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  Exhibit 10.1

(CDFI Bank/Thrifts

Senior Preferred Stock)

 

 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220

 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The company set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Company”) intends to issue the number of shares of a series of its preferred stock set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “CDCI Preferred Shares”) to the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Investor”) in exchange for the number of shares of preferred stock previously acquired by the Investor pursuant to the Company’s participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program set forth on Schedule A (the “CPP Preferred Shares”).

 

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  Except to the extent supplemented or superseded by the terms set forth herein or in the Schedules hereto, the provisions contained in the Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms attached hereto as Exhibit A (the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

 

Each of the Company and the Investor hereby confirms its agreement with the other party with respect to the issuance by the Company of the CDCI Preferred Shares and the exchange of the “Preferred Shares” for the CPP Preferred Shares pursuant to this letter agreement and the Exchange Agreement on the terms specified on Schedule A hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

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UST Sequence No. 344

  

  

  

 

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

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

By: _________________________________________                                                                          

        Name:

Title:

COMPANY:  FIRST M&F CORPORATION

By:_________________________________________

Name:    Hugh S. Potts, Jr.

Title:      Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:___________________________

UST Sequence No. 344

  

  

  

EXHIBIT A

(CDFI Bank/Thrifts

Senior Preferred Stock)

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

 

STANDARD TERMS

 

UST Sequence No. 344

  

  

  

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

THE CLOSING; THE EXCHANGE OF CDCI PREFERRED

STOCK FOR CPP PREFERRED STOCK

 

	
  

	
Section 1.1

	
The CDCI Preferred Stock   

	
2

	
  

	
Section 1.2

	
The Closing                 

	
2

 

ARTICLE II

 

EXCHANGE

 

	
 

	
Section 2.1

	
Exchange 

	
5

	
  

	
Section 2.2

	
Exchange Documentation 

	
5

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

	
  

	
Section 3.1

	
Existence and Power 

	
6

	
  

	
Section 3.2

	
CDCI Preferred Shares 

	
6

	
  

	
Section 3.3

	
Community Development Financial Institution Status; Domestic Ownership 

	
7

	
  

	
Section 3.4

	
Authorization and Enforceability 

	
7

	
  

	
Section 3.5

	
Anti-Takeover Provisions and Rights Plan 

	
8

	
  

	
Section 3.6

	
No Company Material Adverse Effect 

	
8

	
  

	
Section 3.7

	
Company Financial Statements 

	
8

	
  

	
Section 3.8

	
No Undisclosed Liabilities 

	
8

	
  

	
Section 3.9

	
Offering of Securities 

	
9

	
  

	
Section 3.10

	
Litigation and Other Proceedings 

	
9

	
  

	
Section 3.11

	
Compliance with Laws 

	
9

	
  

	
Section 3.12

	
Employee Benefit Matters 

	
9

	
  

	
Section 3.13

	
Taxes                                                              

	
10

	
  

	
Section 3.14

	
Properties and Leases 

	
10

	
  

	
Section 3.15

	
Environmental Liability 

	
11

	
  

	
Section 3.16

	
Risk Management Instruments 

	
11

	
  

	
Section 3.17

	
Agreements with Regulatory Agencies 

	
11

	
  

	
Section 3.18

	
Insurance 

	
12

	
  

	
Section 3.19

	
Intellectual Property 

	
12

	
  

	
Section 3.20

	
Brokers and Finders 

	
12

	
  

	
Section 3.21

	
Disclosure Schedule 

	
12

	
  

	
Section 3.22

	
CPP Preferred Stock 

	
13

 

  

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ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

 

	
  

	
Section 4.1

	
Affirmative Covenants 

	
13

	
  

	
Section 4.2

	
Negative Covenants 

	
19

 

ARTICLE V

 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

	
  

	
Section 5.1

	
Purchase for Investment 

	
21

	
  

	
Section 5.2

	
Legends 

	
21

	
  

	
Section 5.3

	
Transfer of CDCI Preferred Shares 

	
23

	
  

	
Section 5.4

	
Rule 144; Rule 144A; 4(11⁄2) Transactions 

	
23

	
  

	
Section 5.5

	
Depositary Shares 

	
24

    Section 5.6                 Expenses and Further Assurances                                                                                                                                                24

    Section 5.7                 Repurchase of Investor Securities                                                                                                                                                25

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

	
  

	
Section 6.1

	
Termination 

	
25

	
  

	
Section 6.2

	
Survival 

	
26

	
  

	
Section 6.3

	
Amendment 

	
26

	
  

	
Section 6.4

	
Waiver of Conditions 

	
26

	
  

	
Section 6.5

	
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction, etc 

	
26

	
  

	
Section 6.6

	
Notices 

	
27

	
  

	
Section 6.7

	
Definitions, Interpretation 

	
27

	
  

	
Section 6.8

	
Interpretation 

	
30

	
  

	
Section 6.9

	
Assignment 

	
31

	
  

	
Section 6.10

	
Severability 

	
31

	
  

	
Section 6.11

	
No Third-Party Beneficiaries 

	
31

	
  

	
Section 6.12

	
Entire Agreement, etc 

	
31

	
  

	
Section 6.13

	
Specific Performance 

	
32

 

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LIST OF ANNEXES

 

 

	
  

	
ANNEX A:  FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

	
  

	
ANNEX B:  FORM OF NEW CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

	
  

	
ANNEX C:  FORM OF OPINION

 

	
    

	
ANNEX D:  FORM OF WAIVER

 

        ANNEX E:  REGISTRATION RIGHTS

  

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Defined Terms

	  
	
Affiliate

	
Section 6.7(a)(ii)

	
Agreement

	
Recitals

	
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency

	
Section 6.7(a)(iii)

	
Bank Holding Company

	
Section 6.7(a)(iv)

	
Bankruptcy Exceptions

	
Section 3.4(a)

	
Benefit Plans

	
Section 1.2(c)(vi)

	
Board of Directors

	
Section 3.5

	
Business Combination

	
Section 6.7(a)(v)

	
Capitalization Date

	
Section 3.1(b)

	
CDCI

	
Recitals

	
CDCI Preferred Shares

	
Recitals

	
CDCI Preferred Stock

	
Recitals

	
CDFI

	
Section 3.3

	
CDFI Application

	
Section 1.2(c)(xii)

	
CDFI Application Update

	
Section 1.2(c)(xii)

	
Certified Entity

	
Section 6.7 (a)(vi)

	
Charter

	
Section 1.2(c)(iv)

	
Closing

	
Section 1.2(a)

	
Closing Date

	
Section 1.2(a)

	
Code

	
Section 3.12

	
Common Stock

	
Section 3.1(b)

	
Company

	
Recitals

	
Company Financial Statements

	
Section 6.7(a)(vii)

	
Company Material Adverse Effect

	
Section 6.7(a)(viii)

	
Company Subsidiaries

	
Section 3.4(b)

	
Compensation Regulations

	
Section 1.2(c)(vi)

	
Controlled Group

	
Section 3.12

	
CPP

	
Recitals

	
CPP Preferred Shares

	
Recitals

	
CPP Preferred Stock

	
Recitals

	
CPP Securities

	
Section 6.12(b)

	
CPP Securities Purchase Agreement

	
Recitals

	
CPP Signing Date

	
Recitals

	
CPP Waiver

	
Section 1.2(c)(vii)

	
Designated Matters

	
Section 6.7(a)(ix)

	
Development Services

	
Section 4.1(d)(i)

	
Disclosure Schedule

	
Section 6.7(a)(x)

	
Disclosure Update

	
Section 1.2(c)(xi)

	
EAWA

	
Section 6.7(a)(xi)

	
EESA

	
Section 1.2(c)(vi)

	
ERISA

	
Section 3.12

	
Exchange

	
Recitals

 

  

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Exchange Act

	
Section 5.3

	
Federal Reserve

	
Section 6.7(a)(iv)

	
Financial Products

	
Section 4.1(d)(i)

	
Fund

	
Section 1.2(c)(xii)

	
Governmental Entities

	
Section 1.2(c)

	
Holder

	
Section 5.4

	
Indemnitee

	
Section 5.4(b)

	
Information

	
Section 4.1(c)(iii)

	
Investment Area

	
Section 4.1(d)(i)

	
Investor

	
Recitals

	
Junior Stock

	
Section 6.7(a)(xii)

	
Letter Agreement

	
Recitals

	
MHA

	
Section 4.1(i)

	
New Certificate of Designations

	
Section 1.2(c)(iv)

	
Parity Stock

	
Section 6.7(a)(xiii)

	
Plan

	
Section 3.12

	
Previously Disclosed

	
Section 6.7(a)(xiv)

	
Proprietary Rights

	
Section 3.19

	
Regulatory Agreement

	
Section 3.17

	
Relevant Period

	
Section 1.2(c)(vi)

	
Savings and Loan Holding Company

	
Section 6.7(a)(xv)

	
Schedules

	
Recitals

	
SEC

	
Section 3.9

	
Section 4.1(e) Employee

	
Section 4.1(e)(ii)

	
Securities Act

	
Section 3.1(a)

	
Senior Executive Officers

	
Section 6.7(a)(xvi)

	
Share Dilution Amount

	
Section 6.7(a)(xvii)

	
Signing Date

	
Section 1.2(c)(xi)

	
subsidiary

	
Section 6.7(a)(i)

	
Target Market

	
Section 4.1(d)(i)

	
Targeted Populations

	
Section 4.1(d)(i)

	
Tax

	
Section 6.7(xviii)

	
Transfer

	
Section 5.3

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EXCHANGE AGREEMENT – STANDARD TERMS

 

Recitals:

 

WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Investor”) has purchased shares of preferred stock or has acquired shares of preferred stock through the exercise of warrants or the exchange of other securities (collectively, the “CPP Preferred Stock”) from eligible financial institutions which elected to participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”);

 

WHEREAS, the Investor may from time to time agree to exchange the shares of CPP Preferred Stock it received from eligible financial institutions that participated in CPP for newly issued shares of preferred stock (“CDCI Preferred Stock”) from such eligible financial institutions to the extent they elect to participate in the Community Development Capital Initiative (“CDCI”);

 

WHEREAS, an eligible financial institution electing to participate in the CDCI  and exchange CPP Preferred Stock for CDCI Preferred Stock shall enter into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with the Investor which incorporates this Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms (the eligible financial institution identified in the Letter Agreement, the “Company”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company issued the CPP Preferred Stock (or warrants exercised to acquire the CPP Preferred Stock or the securities exchanged for the CPP Preferred Stock) pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard Terms incorporated into a letter agreement, dated as of the date set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement (the “CPP Signing Date”), as amended from time to time, between the Company and the Investor (the “CPP Securities Purchase Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company agrees to support the availability of credit and financial services to underserved populations and communities in the United States to promote the expansion of small businesses and the creation of jobs in such populations and communities;

 

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

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends to issue the number of shares of the series of its CDCI Preferred Stock set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement (the “CDCI Preferred Shares”) to the Investor in exchange for (the “Exchange”) the number of shares of the CPP Preferred Stock set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement (the “CPP Preferred Shares”); and

 

  

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

 

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

 

ARTICLE I

 

THE CLOSING; THE EXCHANGE OF CDCI PREFERRED STOCK FOR CPP PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1.1 The CDCI Preferred Stock.  The CDCI Preferred Shares are being issued to the Investor in the Exchange pursuant to Article II hereof.  The CPP Preferred Shares exchanged for the CDCI Preferred Shares pursuant to Article II hereof are being reacquired by the Company and shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company undesignated as to series and may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Company; provided that such shares shall not be reissued as shares of CPP Preferred Stock.

 

Section 1.2 The Closing.  (a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) will take place at the location specified in Schedule A, at the time and on the date set forth in Schedule A or as soon as practicable thereafter, or at such other place, time and date as shall be agreed between the Company and the Investor.  The time and date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”.

 

    (b) Subject to the fulfillment or waiver of the conditions to the Closing in this Section 1.2, at the Closing (i) the Company will deliver the CDCI Preferred Shares to the Investor, as evidenced by one or more certificates dated the Closing Date and registered in the name of the Investor or its designee(s) and (ii) the Investor will deliver the certificate representing the CPP Preferred Shares to the Company.

 

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

 

(i) (A) any approvals or authorizations of all United States and other governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities (collectively, “Governmental Entities”) required for the consummation of the Exchange shall have been obtained or made in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each party and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by United States and other applicable law, if any, shall have expired and (B) no provision of any applicable United States or other law and no judgment, injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Entity shall prohibit consummation of the Exchange as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  

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(ii)  (A) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of another date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such other date) and (B) the Company shall have performed in all respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Executive Officer certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(c)(ii) have been satisfied, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A;

 

(iv) the Company shall have duly adopted and filed with the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental Entity an amendment to its certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document (“Charter”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex B (the “New Certificate of Designations”) and the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a copy of the filed New Certificate of Designations with appropriate evidence from the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental Entity that the filing has been accepted, or if a filed copy is unavailable, a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Executive Officer certifying to the effect that the filing of the New Certificate of Designation has been accepted, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A;

 

(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor, a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Executive Officer certifying to the effect that the Charter and bylaws of the Company delivered to the Investor pursuant to the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement remain true, complete and correct, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A; to the extent that the Charter and bylaws of the Company delivered to the Investor pursuant to the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement are no longer true, correct and complete, prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Investor true, complete and correct certified copies of any amendments or supplements to the Charter or bylaws of the Company or the documentation necessary to make the Charter or bylaws of the Company delivered to the Investor true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date;

 

(vi) (A) the Company shall have effected such changes to its compensation, bonus, incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements and agreements (including golden parachute, severance and employment agreements) (collectively, “Benefit Plans”) with respect to its Senior Executive Officers and any other employee of the Company or its Affiliates subject to Section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or otherwise from time to time (“EESA”), as implemented by any guidance, rule or regulation thereunder, as the same shall be in effect from time to time (collectively, the “Compensation Regulations”) (and to the extent necessary for such changes to be legally enforceable, each of its Senior Executive Officers and other employees shall have duly consented in writing to such changes), as may be necessary, during the period in which any obligation of the Company arising from financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program remains outstanding (such period, as it may be further described in the Compensation Regulations, the “Relevant Period”), in order to comply with Section 111 of EESA or the Compensation Regulations and (B) the Investor shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Executive Officer certifying to the effect that the condition set forth in Section 1.2(c)(vi)(A) has been satisfied, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A;

 

  

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(vii) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor, a written waiver from each of the Company’s Senior Executive Officers and any other employee of the Company required to have delivered a waiver to Investor pursuant to Section 1.2(d)(v) of the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement (each, a “CPP Waiver”) and, to the extent that any Senior Executive Officer or any other employee of the Company or its Affiliates that are subject to Section 111 of EESA did not deliver a CPP Waiver, the Company shall cause each such Senior Executive Officer or other employee to have delivered to the Investor a written waiver in the form attached hereto as Annex D releasing the Investor and the Company from any claims that such Senior Executive Officer or other employee may otherwise have as a result of the modification of, or the agreement of the Company hereunder to modify, the terms of any Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior Executive Officers or other employees to eliminate any provisions of such Benefit Plans that would not be in compliance with the requirements of Section 111 of EESA as implemented by the Compensation Regulations;

 

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

 

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

 

(x) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall have taken all necessary action to ensure that the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and their executive officers, respectively, are in compliance with (i) all guidelines put forth by the Investor with respect to transparency, reporting and monitoring and (ii) the provisions of EESA and any federal law respecting EESA, including the Employ American Workers Act (Section 1611 of Division A, Title XVI of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), Public Law No. 111-5, effective as of February 17, 2009, and all rules, regulations and guidance issued thereunder;

 

(xi) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor, a copy of the Disclosure Schedule on or prior to the date of the Letter Agreement (the “Signing Date”) and, to the extent that any information set forth on the Disclosure Schedule needs to be updated or supplemented to make it true, complete and correct as of the Closing Date, (i) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor an update to the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Update”), setting forth any information necessary to make the Disclosure Schedule true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date and (ii) the Investor, in its sole discretion, shall have approved the Disclosure Update, provided, however, that the delivery and acceptance of the Disclosure Update shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor;

 

  

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(xii) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Signing Date either (i) a true, complete and correct certified copy of each CDFI Certification Application that each Certified Entity submitted to the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (the “Fund”)  in connection with its certification as a CDFI along with any updates to the CDFI Certification Application necessary to make it true, complete and correct as of the Signing Date or (ii), to the extent a copy of the CDFI Certification Application that any Certified Entity submitted to the Fund in connection with its certification as a CDFI is not available, a newly completed CDFI Certification Application with respect to such Certified Entity true, complete and correct as of the Signing Date (the CDFI Certification Application delivered to the Investor pursuant to this Section 1.2(c)(xii), the “CDFI Application”), and, to the extent any information set forth in the CDFI Application is not true, complete and correct as of the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Investor an update to the CDFI Application (the “CDFI Application Update”), setting forth any information necessary to make the information set forth in the CDFI Application true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date; and

 

(xiii) CPP/CDCI Securities.  The Company shall have paid to Investor all accrued and unpaid dividends or interest then due on the CPP Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE II

 

EXCHANGE

 

Section 2.1 Exchange.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to issue the CDCI Preferred Shares to the Investor in exchange for CPP Preferred Shares, and the Investor agrees to deliver to the Company the CPP Preferred Shares in exchange for the CDCI Preferred Shares.

 

Section 2.2 Exchange Documentation.  Settlement of the Exchange will take place on the Closing Date, at which time the Investor will cause delivery of the CPP Preferred Shares to the Company or its designated agent and the Company will cause delivery of the CDCI Preferred Shares to the Investor or its designated agent.

 

  

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ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

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

 

Section 3.1 Existence and Power.  

 

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

 

(b) Capitalization.  The authorized capital stock of the Company, and the outstanding capital stock of the Company (including securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most recent fiscal month-end preceding the Signing Date (the “Capitalization Date”) is set forth on Schedule B.  The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights).  As of the Signing Date, the Company does not have outstanding any securities or other obligations providing the holder the right to acquire common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) or other capital stock that is not reserved for issuance as specified on Schedule B, and the Company has not made any other commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Common Stock or other capital stock.  Since the Capitalization Date, the Company has not issued any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock other than (i) shares issued upon the exercise of stock options or delivered under other equity-based awards or other convertible securities or warrants which were issued and outstanding on the Capitalization Date and disclosed on Schedule B and (ii) shares disclosed on Schedule B.  Each holder of 5% or more of any class of capital stock of the Company and such holder’s primary address are set forth on Schedule B.

 

Section 3.2 CDCI Preferred Shares.  The CDCI Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such CDCI Preferred Shares will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, will not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights, and will rank pari passu or senior to all other series or classes of CDCI Preferred Stock, whether or not designated, issued or outstanding, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

  

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Section 3.3 Community Development Financial Institution Status; Domestic Ownership.

 

(a)  The Company, collectively with all of its “Affiliates” (within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. 1805.104) satisfies the requirements of 12 C.F.R. 1805.200(b).

 

(b) Each Certified Entity (A) is a regulated community development financial institution (a “CDFI”) currently certified by the Fund of the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(a) as having satisfied the eligibility requirements of the Fund’s Community Development Financial Institutions Program and (B) satisfies the eligibility requirements for a CDFI set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(1) – (6).

 

(c) The Company is not a Bank Holding Company, Savings and Loan Holding Company, bank or savings association controlled (within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 225(a)(i) in the case of Bank Holding Companies and banks and the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 1467a (a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 583.7 in the case of Savings and Loan Holding Companies and savings associations) by a foreign bank or company.

 

Section 3.4 Authorization and Enforceability.    (a) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder (which includes the issuance of the CDCI Preferred Shares). The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and its stockholders, and no further approval or authorization is required on the part of the Company. This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to any limitations by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (“Bankruptcy Exceptions”).

 

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

 

  

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

 

Section 3.5 Anti-Takeover Provisions and Rights Plan.  The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) has taken all necessary action to ensure that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the Company’s Charter and bylaws, and any other provisions of any applicable “moratorium”, “control share”, “fair price”, “interested stockholder” or other anti-takeover laws and regulations of any jurisdiction.

 

Section 3.6 No Company Material Adverse Effect.  Since the CPP Signing Date, no fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, except as disclosed on Schedule C.

 

Section 3.7 Company Financial Statements.  The Company Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated therein and the consolidated results of their operations for the periods specified therein; and except as stated therein, such financial statements (i) were prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be noted therein) and (ii) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities.  Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) which are not properly reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements to the extent required to be so reflected or reserved against in accordance with GAAP, except for (i) liabilities that have arisen since the last fiscal year end in the ordinary and usual course of business and consistent with past practice and (ii) liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

  

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Section 3.9 Offering of Securities.  Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has taken any action (including any offering of any securities of the Company under circumstances which would require the integration of such offering with the offering of the CDCI Preferred Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated thereunder), which might subject the issuance or acquisition of the CDCI Preferred Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Section 3.10 Litigation and Other Proceedings.  Except (i) as set forth on Schedule D or (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (A) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to which any of their assets are subject, nor is the Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to any order, judgment or decree or (B) unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Governmental Entity with respect to any report or relating to any examinations or inspections of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.11 Compliance with Laws.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have all permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities that are required in order to permit them to own or lease their properties and assets and to carry on their business as presently conducted and that are material to the business of the Company or such Company Subsidiary.  Except as set forth on Schedule E, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied in all respects and are not in default or violation of, and none of them is, to the knowledge of the Company, under investigation with respect to or, to the knowledge of the Company, have been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any applicable domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license, rule, regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand, writ, injunction, decree or judgment of any Governmental Entity, other than such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  Except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application or as set forth on Schedule E, no Governmental Entity has placed any restriction on the business or properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.12 Employee Benefit Matters.  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) providing benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any member of its Controlled Group and for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have any liability, whether actual or contingent (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (ii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (including, for purposes of this clause (ii), any plan \

  

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subject to Title IV of ERISA that the Company or any member of its Controlled Group previously maintained or contributed to in the six years prior to the Signing Date), (1) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA), other than a reportable event for which the notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur, (2) no “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur, (3) the fair market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on the assumptions used to fund such Plan) and (4) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred in the six years prior to the Signing Date, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to its qualified status that has not been revoked, or such a determination letter has been timely applied for but not received by the Signing Date, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss, revocation or denial of such qualified status or favorable determination letter.

 

Section 3.13 Taxes.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise Tax returns (together with any schedules and attached thereto) required to be filed through the Signing Date, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all Taxes due thereon, (ii) all such Tax returns (together with any schedules and attached thereto) are true, complete and correct in all material respects and were prepared in compliance with all applicable laws and (iii) no Tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any Tax deficiencies.

 

Section 3.14 Properties and Leases.   Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens (including, without limitation, liens for Taxes), encumbrances, claims and defects that would affect the value thereof or interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold all leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

 

  

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Section 3.15 Environmental Liability.   Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 3.16 Risk Management Instruments.   Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all derivative instruments, including, swaps, caps, floors and option agreements, whether entered into for the Company’s own account, or for the account of one or more of the Company Subsidiaries or its or their customers, were entered into (i) only in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in accordance with prudent practices and in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory policies and (iii) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time; and each of such instruments constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by the Bankruptcy Exceptions.  Neither the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of any of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement other than such breaches that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.17 Agreements with Regulatory Agencies.   Except as set forth on Schedule F, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any material written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by, or since December 31, 2006, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Entity that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies or procedures, its internal controls, its management or its operations or business (each item in this sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been advised since December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement.  The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with each Regulatory Agreement to which it is party or subject, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that either the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all material respects with any such Regulatory Agreement.

 

  

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Section 3.18 Insurance.   The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are insured with reputable insurers against such risks and in such amounts as the management of the Company reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with industry practice.  The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with their insurance policies and are not in default under any of the material terms thereof, each such policy is outstanding and in full force and effect, all premiums and other payments due under any material policy have been paid, and all claims thereunder have been filed in due and timely fashion, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.19 Intellectual Property.   Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each Company Subsidiary owns or otherwise has the right to use, all intellectual property rights, including all trademarks, trade dress, trade names, service marks, domain names, patents, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works of authorship and copyrights therein, that are used in the conduct of their existing businesses and all rights relating to the plans, design and specifications of any of its branch facilities (“Proprietary Rights”) free and clear of all liens and any claims of ownership by current or former employees, contractors, designers or others and (ii) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is materially infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries received any written (or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral) communications alleging that any of them has materially infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned by any other person.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Company’s knowledge, no other person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has the Company or any or the Company Subsidiaries sent any written communications since January 1, 2007 alleging that any person has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.20 Brokers and Finders.    The Investor has no liability for any amounts that any broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to for any financial advisory, brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

Section 3.21 Disclosure Schedule.    The Company has delivered the Disclosure Schedule and, if applicable, the Disclosure Update to the Investor and the information contained in the Disclosure Schedule, as modified by the information contained in the Disclosure Update, if applicable, is true, complete and correct.

 

  

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Section 3.22 CPP Preferred Stock.    The Company has (i) not breached any representation, warranty or covenant set forth in the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement or any of the other documents governing the CPP Preferred Stock and (ii) paid to Investor all accrued and unpaid dividends and/or interest then due on the CPP Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1 Affirmative Covenants.    The Company hereby covenants and agrees with Investor that:

 

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

 

(b) Certain Notifications Until Closing.  From the Signing Date until the Closing, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any fact, event or circumstance of which it is aware and which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to cause any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement not to be complied with or satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which the Company is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a  Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor.

 

(c) Access, Information and Confidentiality.

 

(i) From the Signing Date until the date when the Investor owns an amount of CDCI Preferred Shares having an aggregate liquidation value of less than 10% of the aggregate liquidation value of the CDCI Preferred Shares as of the Closing Date, the Company will permit the Investor and its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors (A) acting through the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, or otherwise to the extent necessary to evaluate, manage, or transfer its investment in the Company, to examine the corporate books, Tax returns (including all schedules and attached thereto) and other information reasonably requested by Investor relating to Taxes and make copies thereof and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries with the principal officers of the Company, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times and as often as the Investor may reasonably request and (B) to review any information material to the Investor’s investment in the Company 

 

  

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     provided by the Company to its Appropriate Federal Banking Agency.  Any investigation pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) shall be 

     conducted during normal business hours and in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of 

     the Company, and nothing herein shall require the Company or any Company Subsidiary to disclose any information to the 

                     Investor to the extent (x) prohibited by applicable law or regulation, or (y) that such disclosure would reasonably be expected to 

                     cause a  violation of any agreement to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or would cause a risk of a loss of 

                     privilege to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (provided that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to 

                     make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances where the restrictions in this clause (i) apply).

 

 

(ii) From the Signing Date until the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company will deliver, or will cause to be delivered, to the Investor:

 

(A) as soon as available after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within 90 days thereafter, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such fiscal year, and consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company for such year, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year of the Company, and which shall be audited to the extent audited financial statements are available;

 

(B) as soon as available after the end of the first, second and third quarterly periods in each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of any quarterly reports provided to other stockholders of the Company or Company management by the Company;

 

(C) as soon as available after the Company receives any assessment of the Company’s internal controls, a copy of such assessment;

 

(D) annually on a date specified by the Investor, a completed survey, in a form specified by the Investor, providing, among other things, a description of how the Company has utilized the funds the Company received in connection with the sale of the CPP Preferred Shares and the effects of such funds on the operations and status of the Company;

 

(E) as soon as such items become effective, any amendments to the Charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company; and

 

(F) at the same time as such items are sent to any stockholders of the Company, copies of any information or documents sent by the Company to its stockholders.

 

  

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

 

(iv) The Investor’s information rights pursuant to Section 4.1(c)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (E) and (F) and the Investor’s right to receive certifications from the Company pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee or assignee of the CDCI Preferred Shares with a liquidation preference of no less than an amount equal to 2% of the initial aggregate liquidation preference of the CDCI Preferred Shares.

 

(v) From the Signing Date until the date when the Investor no longer owns any CDCI Preferred Shares, the Company shall permit, and shall cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to permit (A) the Investor and its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors, (B) the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and (C) the Comptroller General of the United States access to personnel and any books, papers, records or other data, in each case, to the extent relevant to ascertaining compliance with the financing terms and conditions; provided that prior to disclosing any information pursuant to clause (B) or (C), the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Comptroller General of the United States shall have agreed, with respect to documents obtained under this Agreement in furtherance of its function, to follow applicable law and regulation (and the applicable customary policies and procedures) regarding the dissemination of confidential materials, including redacting confidential information from the public version of its reports and soliciting the input from the Company as to information that should be afforded confidentiality, as appropriate.

 

(vi) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the authority that the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Comptroller General of the United States or any other applicable regulatory authority has under law.

 

(d) CDFI Requirements.

 

(i) From the Signing Date until the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, each Certified Entity shall (A) be certified by the Fund as a CDFI; (B) together with its Affiliates collectively meet the eligibility requirements of 12 C.F.R. 1805.200(b); (C) have a primary mission of promoting community development, as may be determined by Investor from time to time, based on criteria set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(1); (D) provide Financial Products, Development Services, and/or other similar financing as a predominant business activity in arm’s-length transactions; (E) serve a Target Market by serving one or more Investment Areas and/or Targeted Populations as may be determined by Investor from time to time, substantially in the manner set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(3); (F) provide Development Services in conjunction with its Financial Products, directly, through an Affiliate or through a contract with a third-party provider; (G) maintain accountability to residents of the 

 

  

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     applicable Investment Area(s) or Targeted Population(s) through representation on its governing Board of Directors or otherwise; 

     and (H) remain a non-governmental entity which is not an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, or any State 

                     or political subdivision thereof, as described in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) and within the meaning of any supplemental regulations or 

     interpretations of 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) or such supplemental regulations published by the Fund.  Notwithstanding any other 

     provision hereof, as used in this Section 4.1(d), the terms “Affiliates”; “Financial Products”; “Development Services”; “Target 

      Market”; “Investment Areas”; and “Targeted Populations” have the meanings ascribed to such terms in 12 C.F.R. 1805.104.

 

(ii) From the Signing Date until the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company shall deliver to Investor (1)(x) on the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date and (y) annually on the same date on which the Company delivers the documentation required under Section 4.1(c)(ii)(A) to the Investor, a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Executive Officer, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex F, certifying (A) that the Company and each Certified Entity remains in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i); (B) that the information in the CDFI Application, as modified by any updates to the CDFI Application provided by the Company to the Investor on or prior to the date of such certificate, with respect to the covenants set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i)(B) and Section 4.1(d)(i)(D) remains true, correct and complete as of such date or, to the extent any information set forth in the CDFI Application, as modified by any updates to the CDFI Application provided by the Company to the Investor on or prior to the date of such certificate, with respect to such covenants needs to be updated or supplanted to make it true, complete and correct as of such date, that an updated narrative to the CDFI Application setting forth any information necessary to make the information set forth in the CDFI Application is true, complete and correct as of such date; (C) either (a) that the contracts and material agreements entered into by each Certified Entity with respect to Development Services previously disclosed to the Investor remain in effect or (b) that attached are any new contracts and material agreements entered into by the Certified Entity with respect to Development Services; (D) a list of the names and addresses of the individuals which comprise the board of directors of each Certified Entity as of such date and, to the extent any of such individuals was not a member of the board of directors of such Certified Entity as of the last certification to the Investor, a narrative describing such individual's relationship to the applicable Investment Area(s) and Targeted Population(s) or, if such Certified Entity maintains accountability to residents of the applicable Investment Area(s) or Target Population(s) through means other than representation on its governing board of directors and such means have changed since the date of the last certification to the Investor, a narrative describing such change; (E) that each Certified Entity is not an agency of the United States of America, or any State or political subdivision thereof, as described in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) and within the meaning of any supplemental regulations or interpretations of 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) or such supplemental regulations published by the Fund and (F) that the Company remains in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 4.1(f) and Section 4.1(l) and (2) within five (5) business days of receipt, copies of any notices, correspondence or other written communication between each Certified Entity and the Fund, including any form that such Certified Entity is required to provide to the Fund due to the occurrence of a “Material Event” within the meaning of the Fund’s CDFI Certification Procedures.

 

  

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(iii) The Company shall immediately notify the Investor upon the occurrence of any breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 4.1(d).

 

(e) Executive Compensation.

 

(i) Benefit Plans.  During the Relevant Period, the Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that the Benefit Plans of the Company and its Affiliates comply in all respects with, and shall take all other actions necessary to comply with, Section 111 of EESA, as implemented by the Compensation Regulations, and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall adopt any new Benefit Plan (x) that does not comply therewith or (y) that does not expressly state and require that such Benefit Plan and any compensation thereunder shall be subject to any relevant Compensation Regulations adopted, issued or released on or after the date any such Benefit Plan is adopted. To the extent that EESA and/or the Compensation Regulations are amended or otherwise change during the Relevant Period in a manner that requires changes to then-existing Benefit Plans, or that requires other actions, the Company and its Affiliates shall effect such changes to its or their Benefit Plans, and take such other actions, as promptly as practicable after it has actual knowledge of such amendments or changes in order to be in compliance with this Section 4.1(e) (and shall be deemed to be in compliance for a reasonable period to effect such changes).  In addition, the Company and its Affiliates shall take all necessary action, other than to the extent prohibited by applicable law or regulation applicable outside of the United States, to ensure that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not accelerate the vesting, payment or distribution of any equity-based awards, deferred cash awards or any nonqualified deferred compensation payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

(ii) Additional Waivers.  After the Closing Date, in connection with the hiring or promotion of a Section 4.1(e) Employee and/or the promulgation of applicable Compensation Regulations or otherwise, to the extent any Section 4.1(e) Employee shall not have executed a waiver in a form satisfactory to the Investor with respect to the application to such Section 4.1(e) Employee of the Compensation Regulations, the Company shall use its best efforts to (x) obtain from such Section 4.1(e) Employee a waiver in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex D and (y) deliver such waiver to the Investor as promptly as possible, in each case within sixty days of such Section 4.1(e) Employee becoming subject to the requirements of this Section. “Section 4.1(e) Employee” means (A) each Senior Executive Officer and (B) any other employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates determined at any time to be subject to Section 111 of  EESA as implemented by the Compensation Regulations.

 

  

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(iii) Clawback.  In the event that any Section 4.1(e) Employee receives a payment in contravention of the provisions of this Section 4.1(e), the Company shall promptly provide such individual with written notice that the amount of such payment must be repaid to the Company in full within fifteen business days following receipt of such notice or such earlier time as may be required by the Compensation Regulations and shall promptly inform the Investor (x) upon discovering that a payment in contravention of this Section 4.1(e) has been made and (y) following the repayment to the Company of such amount and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to comply with the Compensation Regulations.

 

(iv) Limitation on Deductions.  During the Relevant Period, the Company agrees that it shall not claim a deduction for remuneration for federal income tax purposes in excess of $500,000 for each Senior Executive Officer that would not be deductible if Section 162(m)(5) of the Code applied to the Company.

 

(v) Amendment to Prior Agreement.  The parties agree that, effective as of the date hereof, Section 4.10 of the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement shall be amended in its entirety by replacing such Section 4.10 with the provisions set forth in this Section 4.1(e) and any terms included in this Section 4.1(e) that are not otherwise defined in the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in this Agreement.

 

(f) Bank or Savings and Loan Holding Company Status.

 

 If the Company is a Bank Holding Company or a Savings and Loan Holding Company on the Signing Date, then the Company shall maintain its status as a Bank Holding Company or Savings and Loan Holding Company, as the case may be, for as long as the Investor owns any CDCI Preferred Shares.  The Company shall redeem all CDCI Preferred Shares held by the Investor prior to terminating its status as a Bank Holding Company or Savings and Loan Holding Company, as applicable.

 

(g) Predominantly Financial.  For as long as the Investor owns any CDCI Preferred Shares, the Company, to the extent it is not itself an insured depository institution, agrees to remain predominantly engaged in financial activities.  A company is predominantly engaged in financial activities if the annual gross revenues derived by the company and all subsidiaries of the company (excluding revenues derived from subsidiary depository institutions), on a consolidated basis, from engaging in activities that are financial in nature or are incidental to a financial activity under subsection (k) of Section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843(k)) represent at least 85 percent of the consolidated annual gross revenues of the company.

 

(h) Capital Covenant.  From the Signing Date until the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall maintain such capital as may be necessary to meet the minimum capital requirements of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, as in effect from time to time.

 

  

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(i) HAMP Modifications.  The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that (i) from and after the date the Company or any Company Subsidiary that services residential mortgage loans has 100 or more residential mortgage loans not owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac which have been past due for 60 or more days, the Company or such Company Subsidiary shall, to the extent such programs are open for participation, (A) participate in the United States Department of the Treasury’s Making Home Affordable (“MHA”) program, including MHA’s Second Lien Modification Program and, (B) immediately execute a Commitment to Purchase Financial Instrument and Servicer Participation Agreement (in such form as may be set forth on the MHA website at www.hmpadmin.com from time to time) with Fannie Mae (acting as the United States Department of the Treasury’s fiscal agent) and (ii) if the Company or any Company Subsidiary owns mortgage loans that are serviced by a non-affiliated mortgage servicer, the Company or such Company Subsidiary shall consent to any MHA modification request made by such mortgage servicer.

 

(j) Reporting Requirements.  Prior to the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company covenants and agrees that, at all times on or after the Closing Date, (i) to the extent it is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall comply with the terms and conditions set forth in Annex E or (ii) as soon as practicable after the date that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall comply with the terms and conditions set forth in Annex E.

 

(k) Compliance with Employ American Workers Act.  The Company shall agree to comply, and take all necessary action to ensure that any Company Subsidiary complies in all respects with the provisions of EESA and any federal law respecting EESA, including the Employ American Workers Act (Section 1611 of Division A, Title XVI of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), Public Law No. 111-5, effective as of February 17, 2009, as implemented by any rules, regulation or guidance thereunder, as such may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any applicable guidance of the United States Department of the Treasury with respect thereto.

 

(l) Control by Foreign Bank or Company.  Prior to the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company shall not be controlled (within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 225(a)(i) in the case of Bank Holding Companies and banks and the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 1467a (a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 583.7 in the case of Savings and Loan Holding Companies and savings associations) by a foreign bank or company.

 

Section 4.2 Negative Covenants.    The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Investor that:

 

(a) Certain Transactions.

 

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

 

  

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(ii) Without the prior written consent of the Investor, until such time as the Investor shall cease to own any debt or equity securities of the Company acquired pursuant to this Agreement or the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the CPP Preferred Shares or the CDCI Preferred Shares), the Company shall not permit any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) to (i) engage in any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction following the consummation of which such significant subsidiary is not wholly-owned by the Company, (ii) dissolve or sell all or substantially all of its assets or property other than in connection with an internal reorganization or consolidation involving wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company or (iii) issue or sell any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible or exercisable for any such shares, other than issuances or sales in connection with an internal reorganization or consolidation involving wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(b) Restriction on Dividends and Repurchases.

 

(i) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not violate any of the restrictions on dividends, distributions, redemptions, repurchases, acquisitions and related actions set forth in the New Certificate of Designations, which are incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full.

 

(ii) During the period beginning on the eighth anniversary of the Closing and ending on the date on which the Investor no longer owns any of the CDCI Preferred Shares, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall, without the consent of the Investor, (A) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on capital stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; or (B) redeem, purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any trust preferred securities issued by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, other than (1) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of the CDCI Preferred Shares, (2) regular dividends on shares of preferred stock in accordance with the terms thereof and which are permitted under the terms of the CDCI Preferred Shares, or (3) dividends or distributions by any wholly-owned Company Subsidiary.

 

(c) Related Party Transactions.  Until such time as the Investor ceases to own any debt or equity securities of the Company, including the CDCI Preferred Shares, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall not enter into transactions with Affiliates or related persons (within the meaning of Item 404 under the SEC’s Regulation S-K) unless (A) such transactions are on terms no less favorable to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries than could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party, and (B) have been approved by the audit committee of the Board of Directors or comparable body of independent directors of the Company, or if there are no independent directors, the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall maintain written documentation which supports its determination that the transaction meets the requirements of clause (A) of this Section 4.2(c).

 

  

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(d) Restriction on Repurchase of CDCI Preferred Shares Not Held by Investor.  Prior to the date on which the Investor no longer owns any of the CDCI Preferred Shares the Company shall not repurchase, redeem, call or otherwise reacquire any CDCI Preferred Shares from any holder thereof, whether by means of open market purchase, negotiated transaction, or otherwise, unless it offers to repurchase, redeem, call or otherwise reacquire a ratable portion of the CDCI Preferred Shares, as the case may be, then held by the Investor on the same terms and conditions.

 

ARTICLE V

 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 5.1 Purchase for Investment.    The Investor acknowledges that the CDCI Preferred Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Investor (a) is acquiring the CDCI Preferred Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to distribute them to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (b) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the CDCI Preferred Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, and (c) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Exchange and of making an informed investment decision.

 

Section 5.2 Legends.    (a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the CDCI Preferred Shares will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

 

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

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.  ANY TRANSFEREE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL 

 

  

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NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS THEN EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO THE ISSUER OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

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

 

(b) In the event that any CDCI Preferred Shares (i) become registered under the Securities Act or (ii) are eligible to be transferred without restriction in accordance with Rule 144 or another exemption from registration under the Securities Act (other than Rule 144A), the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments representing such CDCI Preferred Shares, which shall not contain the applicable legends in Section 5.2(a) above; provided that the Investor surrenders to the Company the previously issued certificates or other instruments.

 

  

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Section 5.3 Transfer of CDCI Preferred Shares.    Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Investor shall be permitted to transfer, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of (“Transfer”) all or a portion of the CDCI Preferred Shares at any time, and the Company shall take all steps as may be reasonably requested by the Investor to facilitate the Transfer of the CDCI Preferred Shares, including without limitation, as set forth in Section 5.4, provided that the Investor shall not Transfer any CDCI Preferred Shares if such transfer would require the Company to be subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the Company was not already subject to such requirements.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall provide reasonable cooperation to facilitate any Transfers of the CDCI Preferred Shares, including, as is reasonable under the circumstances, by furnishing such information concerning the Company and its business as a proposed transferee may reasonably request and making management of the Company reasonably available to respond to questions of a proposed transferee in accordance with customary practice, subject in all cases to the proposed transferee agreeing to a customary confidentiality agreement.

 

Section 5.4 Rule 144; Rule 144A; 4(11⁄2) Transactions.    (a) At all times after the Signing Date, the Company covenants that (1) it will, upon the request of the Investor or any subsequent holders of the CDCI Preferred Shares (“Holders”), use its reasonable best efforts to (x), to the extent any Holder is relying on Rule 144 under the Securities Act to sell any of the CDCI Preferred Shares, make “current public information” available, as provided in Section (c)(1) of Rule 144 (if the Company is a “Reporting Issuer” within the meaning of Rule 144) or in Section (c)(2) of Rule 144 (if the Company is a “Non-Reporting Issuer” within the meaning of Rule 144), in either case for such time period as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144, (y), to the extent any Holder is relying on the so-called “Section 4(11⁄2)” exemption to sell any of its CDCI Preferred Shares, prepare and provide to such Holder such information, including the preparation of private offering memoranda or circulars or financial information, as the Holder may reasonably request to enable the sale of the CDCI Preferred Shares pursuant to such exemption, or (z) to the extent any Holder is relying on Rule 144A under the Securities Act to sell any of its CDCI Preferred Shares, prepare and provide to such Holder the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4), and (2) it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request from time to time to enable such Holder to sell CDCI Preferred Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemptions provided by (i) the provisions of the Securities Act or any interpretations thereof or related thereto by the SEC, including transactions based on the so-called “Section 4(11⁄2)” and other similar transactions, (ii) Rule 144 or 144A under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action described in this Section 5.4(a) that would cause the Company to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company was not subject to such requirements prior to taking such action.  Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.

 

  

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(b) The Company agrees to indemnify Investor, Investor’s officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and Affiliates, and each person, if any, that controls Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, an “Indemnitee”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals incurred in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses), joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any document or report provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.4 or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(c) If the indemnification provided for in Section 5.4(b) is unavailable to an Indemnitee with respect to any losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold the Indemnitee harmless as contemplated therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors, whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission;  the Company and Investor agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5.4(c) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 5.4(b).  No Indemnitee guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the Company if the Company was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

Section 5.5 Depositary Shares.    Upon request by the Investor at any time following the Closing Date, the Company shall promptly enter into a depositary arrangement, pursuant to customary agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Investor and with a depositary reasonably acceptable to the Investor, pursuant to which the CDCI Preferred Shares may be deposited and depositary shares, each representing a fraction of a CDCI Preferred Share, as specified by the Investor, may be issued. From and after the execution of any such depositary arrangement, and the deposit of any CDCI Preferred Shares, as applicable, pursuant thereto, the depositary shares issued pursuant thereto shall be deemed “CDCI Preferred Shares” and, as applicable, “Registrable Securities” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.6 Expenses and Further Assurances.    (a) Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto will bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including fees and expenses of its own financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and counsel.

 

  

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(b) The Company shall, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, (i) furnish to the Investor all instruments, documents and other agreements required to be furnished by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.4 above, or which are reasonably requested by the Investor in connection therewith; (ii) execute and deliver to the Investor such documents, instruments, certificates, assignments and other writings, and do such other acts necessary or desirable, to evidence, preserve and/or protect the CDCI Preferred Shares purchased by the Investor, as Investor may reasonably require; and (iii) do and execute all and such further lawful and reasonable acts, conveyances and assurances for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement, as the Investor shall reasonably require from time to time.

 

Section 5.7 Repurchase of Investor Securities.  From and after the date of this Agreement, the agreements set forth in Section 4.9 of the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement shall be applicable following the redemption in whole of the CDCI Preferred Shares held by the Investor or the Transfer by the Investor of all of the CDCI Preferred Shares held by the Investor to one or more third parties not affiliated with the Investor.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1 Termination.    This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:

 

(a) termination at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(i) by either the Investor or the Company if the Closing shall not have occurred by the 30th calendar day following the Signing Date; provided, however, that in the event the Closing has not occurred by such 30th calendar day, the parties will consult in good faith to determine whether to extend the term of this Agreement, it being understood that the parties shall be required to consult only until the fifth calendar day after such 30th calendar day and not be under any obligation to extend the term of this Agreement thereafter; provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.1(a)(i) shall not be available to any party whose breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement shall have caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to such date; or

 

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

 

  

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(iii) by the mutual written consent of the Investor and the Company; or

 

(b) the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole; or

 

(c) the date on which the Investor has transferred all of the CDCI Preferred Shares to third parties which are not Affiliates of the Investor; or

 

(d) if the Closing shall not have occurred by September 30, 2010, on such date.

 

In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 6.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of either party hereto except that nothing herein shall relieve either party from liability for any breach of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.2 Survival.    (a) This Agreement and all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive the Closing without limitation.

 

(b) The covenants set forth in Article IV and Annex E and the agreements set forth in Article V shall, to the extent such covenants do not explicitly terminate at such time as the Investor no longer owns any CDCI Preferred Shares, survive the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(c) hereof without limitation until the date on which all of the CDCI Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole.

 

Section 6.3 Amendment.    No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an officer or a duly authorized representative of each of the Company and the Investor; provided that for so long as the CDCI Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Investor may at any time and from time to time unilaterally amend Section 4.1(d) to the extent the Investor deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to comply with, or conform to, any changes after the Signing Date in any federal statutes, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and any other publications or interpretative releases of the Fund governing CDFIs, including, without limitation, any changes in the criteria for certification as a CDFI by the Fund.  No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

Section 6.4 Waiver of Conditions.    The conditions to each party’s obligation to consummate the Exchange are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable law.  No waiver will be effective unless it is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.

 

Section 6.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction, etc.    This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, the relationship of the parties, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be enforced, governed, and construed in all respects (whether in contract or in tort) in accordance with the federal law of the United States if and to the extent such law is applicable, and otherwise in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.  Each of the 

 

  

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parties hereto agrees (a) to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Federal Claims for any and all civil actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Exchange contemplated hereby and (b) that notice may be served upon (i) the Company at the address and in the manner set forth for notices to the Company in Section 6.6 and (ii) the Investor at the address and in the manner set forth for notices to the Company in Section 6.6, but otherwise in accordance with federal law.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY CIVIL LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE EXCHANGE CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 6.6 Notices.    Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, or (b) on the second business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier service.  All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in  writing by the party to receive such notice.

 

	
  

	
If to the Company as set forth in Schedule A.

 

      If to the Investor:

                United States Department of the Treasury

                1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

                Washington, D.C. 20220

                Attention:  Chief Counsel, Office of Financial Stability

                Facsimile: (202) 927-9225

                E-mail: CDCINotice@do.treas.gov

   

             with a copy to:

                E-mail:  OFSChiefCounselNotices@do.treas.gov

          Section 6.7 Definitions, Interpretation.

 

(a) Definitions.

 

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

 

  

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

 

(iii) The term “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)).

 

(iv) The term “Bank Holding Company” means a company registered as such with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) pursuant to 12 U.S.C. §1842 and the regulations of the Federal Reserve promulgated thereunder.

 

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

 

(vi) The term “Certified Entity” means the Company or, if the Company itself has not been certified by the Fund as a CDFI, each Affiliate of the Company that has been certified by the CDFI and is specified on Schedule A of the Letter Agreement.

 

(vii) The term “Company Financial Statements” means the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for each of the last three completed fiscal years of the Company (which shall be audited to the extent audited financial statements are available) and each completed quarterly period since the last completed fiscal year, required to be delivered to Investor pursuant to the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(viii) The term “Company Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of operation or financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and each Certified Entity taken as a whole; provided, however, that Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the effects of (A) changes after the Signing Date in general business, economic or market conditions (including changes generally in prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates and price levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign securities or credit markets), or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in each case generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate, (B) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in GAAP, or 

 

  

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     authoritative interpretations thereof, or (C) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in securities, banking and other 

     laws of general applicability or related policies or interpretations of Governmental Entities (in the case of each of these clauses (A), 

     (B) and (C), other than changes or occurrences to the extent that such changes or occurrences have or would reasonably be 

     expected to have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole 

     relative to comparable U.S. banking or financial services organizations); or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the 

     Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a 

     timely basis.

 

(ix) The term “Designated Matters” means (i) the election and removal of directors, (ii) the approval of any Business Combination, (iii) the approval of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or property of the Company, (iv) the approval of a dissolution of the Company, (v) the approval of any issuance of any securities of the Company on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, (vi) the approval of any amendment to the Charter or bylaws of the Company on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, (vii) any matters which require stockholder approval under any applicable national stock exchange rules and (viii) the approval of any other matters reasonably incidental to the matters set forth in subclauses (i) through (vii) as determined by the Investor.

 

(x) The term “Disclosure Schedule” means collectively, those certain schedules delivered to the Investor on or prior to (i) the CPP Signing Date, with respect to the “Disclosure Schedule” delivered in connection with the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Signing Date with respect to the schedules required to be delivered under this Agreement, setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in Section 2.2 of the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement or Article III hereof.

 

(xi) The term “EAWA” means the Employ American Workers Act (Section 1611 of Division A, Title XVI of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), Public Law No. 111-5, effective as of February 17, 2009, as may be amended and in effect from time to time.

 

(xii) The term “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Company the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to the CDCI Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

 

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

 

  

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(xiv) The term “Previously Disclosed” means information set forth on the Disclosure Schedule or the Disclosure Update, as applicable; provided, however, that disclosure in any section of such Disclosure Schedule or Disclosure Update, as applicable, shall apply only to the indicated section of this Agreement except to the extent that it is reasonably apparent from the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is relevant to another section of this Agreement; provided, further, that the existence of Previously Disclosed information, pursuant to a Disclosure Update, shall neither obligate the Investor to consummate the Exchange nor limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor.

 

(xv) The term “Savings and Loan Holding Company” means a company registered as such with the Office of Thrift Supervision pursuant to 12 U.S.C. §1467(a) and the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision promulgated thereunder.

 

(xvi) The term “Senior Executive Officers” means the Company's “senior executive officers” as defined in Section 111 of the EESA and the Compensation Regulations.

 

(xvii) The term “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with GAAP, and as measured from the date of the Company’s most recent consolidated financial statements prior to the Closing Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

 

(xviii) The term “Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, property, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or add on minimum, ad valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, penalty or addition imposed by any Governmental Entity.

 

(xix) To the extent any securities issued pursuant to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby are registered in the name of a designee of the Investor pursuant to Section 1.2 or Section 6.9(c) or transferred to an Affiliate of the Investor, all references herein to the Investor holding or owning any debt or equity securities of the Company, CDCI Preferred Shares shall be deemed to refer to the Investor, together with such designees and/or Affiliates, holding or owning any debt or equity securities, CDCI Preferred Shares (and any like variations thereof), as applicable.

 

Section 6.8 Interpretation.    When a reference is made in this Agreement to “Recitals”, “Articles”, “Sections”, “Annexes” or “Schedules” such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex or Schedule to, this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated.  The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa.  References to “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and the like refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless the context requires otherwise.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.” No rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, as this 

 

  

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Agreement is entered into between sophisticated parties advised by counsel.  All references to “$” or “dollars” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.  Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the section.  References to a “business day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the District of Columbia generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.

 

Section 6.9 Assignment.    Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except (a) an assignment, in the case of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders where such party is not the surviving entity, or a sale of substantially all of its assets, to the entity which is the survivor of such Business Combination or the purchaser in such sale, (b) an assignment of certain rights as provided in Sections 4.1(c) or 4.1(j) or Annex E or (c) an assignment by the Investor of this Agreement to an Affiliate of the Investor; provided that if the Investor assigns this Agreement to an Affiliate, the Investor shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement but (i) all rights, remedies and obligations of the Investor hereunder shall continue and be enforceable by such Affiliate, (ii) the Company’s obligations and liabilities hereunder shall continue to be outstanding and (iii) all references to the Investor herein shall be deemed to be references to such Affiliate.

 

Section 6.10 Severability.    If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.  Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

 

Section 6.11 No Third-Party Beneficiaries.    Other than as expressly provided herein, nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the Company and the Investor (and any Indemnitee) any benefit, right or remedies.

 

Section 6.12 Entire Agreement, etc.   (a) This Agreement (including the Annexes and Schedules hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

  

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(b) For the avoidance of doubt, for so long as the Investor holds any outstanding CPP Preferred Stock or warrants issued by the Company to the Investor pursuant to the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement or any securities issuable upon the exercise thereof or exchanged therefor (collectively, the “CPP Securities”), the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement and the CPP Securities shall remain in full force and effect, other than as specifically modified herein.

 

Section 6.13 Specific Performance.    The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms.  It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled (without the necessity of posting a bond) to specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are entitled at law or equity.

 

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ANNEX A

 

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

OF

 

[COMPANY]

 

 In connection with that certain letter agreement, dated [____________], 2010 (the “Agreement”) by and between [COMPANY] (the “Company”) and the United States Department of the Treasury which incorporates that certain Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms referred to therein (the “Standard Terms”), the undersigned does hereby certify as follows:

 

1. I am a duly elected/appointed [____________] of the Company.

 

2. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III of the Standard Terms are true and correct in all respects as though as of the date hereof (other than representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of another date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such other date) and the Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under the Agreement.

 

3. The New Certificate of Designations, a true, complete and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto, has been filed with, and accepted by, the Secretary of State of the State of [___________].

 

4. The Company has effected such changes to its Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior Executive Officers and any other employee of the Company or its Affiliates subject to Section 111 of EESA, as implemented by any Compensation Regulations (and to the extent necessary for such changes to be legally enforceable, each of its Senior Executive Officers and other employees has duly consented in writing to such changes), as may be necessary, during the Relevant Period, in order to comply with Section 111 of EESA or the Compensation Regulations.

 

5. The Charter and bylaws of the Company delivered to the Investor pursuant to the CPP Securities Purchase Agreement are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof.

 

The foregoing certifications are made and delivered as of [_________] pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Standard Terms.

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Standard Terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Officer’s Certificate has been duly executed and delivered as of the [__] day of [__________], 20[__].

 

	
  

	
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[SEE ATTACHED]

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ANNEX C

 

FORM OF OPINION

 

(a)           The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a [TYPE OF ORGANIZATION] and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.  The Company has all necessary power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is being conducted.

 

(b)           The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of [_____________], [_____________] and [_____________].

 

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

 

(d)           The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Agreement and to carry out its obligations thereunder (which includes the issuance of the CDCI Preferred Shares).

 

(e)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and its stockholders, and no further approval or authorization is required on the part of the Company, including, without limitation, by any rule or requirement of any national stock exchange.

 

(f)           The Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

 

(g)           The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (i) do not require any approval by any Governmental Entity to be obtained on the part of the Company, except those that have been obtained, (ii) do not violate or conflict with any provision of the Charter, (iii) do not violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of its organizational documents or under any agreement, contract, indenture, lease, mortgage, power of attorney, evidence of indebtedness, letter of credit, license, instrument, obligation, purchase or sales order, or other commitment, whether oral or written, to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or (iv) do not conflict with, breach or result in a violation of, or default under any judgment, decree or order known to us that is applicable to the Company and, pursuant to any applicable laws, is issued by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company.

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(h)           Other than the filing of the New Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental Entity, such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under any state “blue sky” laws and such consents and approvals that have been made or obtained, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with the consummation by the Company of the Exchange.

 

(i)           The Company is not nor, after giving effect to the issuance of the CDCI Preferred Shares pursuant to the Agreement, would be on the date hereof an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(j)           Each Certified Entity (A) is a regulated community development financial institution (a “CDFI”) currently certified by the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (the “Fund”) of the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(a) and (B) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements of the Fund’s Community Development Financial Institutions Program for a CDFI.

 

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ANNEX D

 

FORM OF WAIVER

 

In consideration for the benefits I will receive as a result of the participation of [____________________] (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) in the United States Department of the Treasury’s (the “Treasury”) Capital Purchase Program, Community Development Capital Initiative and/or any other economic stabilization program implemented by the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified, the “EESA”) (any such program, including the Capital Purchase Program and the Community Development Capital Initiative, a “Program”), I hereby voluntarily waive any claim against the United States (and each of its departments and agencies) or the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees and agents for any changes to my compensation or benefits that are required to comply with the executive compensation and corporate governance requirements of Section 111 of the EESA, as implemented by any guidance or regulations issued and/or to be issued thereunder, including without limitation the provisions for the Capital Purchase Program, as implemented by any guidance or regulation thereunder, including the rules set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 30, or any other guidance or regulations under the EESA and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Agreement by and among the Company and the Treasury dated as of _______ __, 2010, as amended (such requirements, the “Limitations”).

 

I acknowledge that the Limitations may require modification or termination of the employment, compensation, bonus, incentive, severance, retention and other benefit plans, arrangements, policies and agreements (including so-called “golden parachute” agreements), whether or not in writing, that I may have with the Company or in which I may participate as they relate to the period the United States holds any equity or debt securities of the Company acquired through a Program or for any other period applicable under such Program or Limitations, as the case may be, and I hereby consent to all such modifications.

 

This waiver includes all claims I may have under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction (whether or not in existence as of the date hereof) related to the requirements imposed by the Limitations, including without limitation, a claim for any compensation or other payments or benefits I would otherwise receive, any challenge to the process by which the Limitations are or were adopted and any tort or constitutional claim about the effect of these Limitations on my employment relationship and I hereby agree that I will not at any time initiate, or cause or permit to be initiated on my behalf, any such claim against the United States, the Company or its directors, officers, employees or agents in or before any local, state, federal or other agency, court or body.

 

I agree that, in the event and to the extent that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company or similar governing body (the “Committee”) reasonably determines that any compensatory payment and benefit provided to me, including any bonus or incentive compensation based on materially inaccurate financial statements or performance criteria, would cause the Company to fail to be in compliance with the Limitations (such payment or benefit, an “Excess Payment”), upon notification from the Company, I shall repay such Excess Payment to the Company within 15 business days. In addition, I agree that the Company shall have the right to postpone any such payment or benefit for a reasonable period of time to enable the Committee to determine whether such payment or benefit would constitute an Excess Payment.

 

I understand that any determination by the Committee as to whether or not, including the manner in which, a payment or benefit needs to be modified, terminated or repaid in order for the Company to be in compliance with Section 111 of the EESA and/or the Limitations shall be a final and conclusive determination of the Committee which shall be binding upon me. I further understand that the Company is relying on this letter from me in connection with its participation in a Program.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute this waiver on my own behalf, thereby communicating my acceptance and acknowledgement to the provisions herein.

 

	
  

	
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ANNEX E

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

 1.1           Definitions.  Terms not defined in this Annex shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. As used in this Annex E, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

(a) “Holder” means the Investor and any other holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in compliance with Section 1.9 hereof.

 

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

 

(c) “Pending Underwritten Offering” means, with respect to any Holder forfeiting its rights pursuant to Section 1.11 of this Annex E, any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities in which such Holder has advised the Company of its intent to register its Registrable Securities either pursuant to Section 1.2(b) or 1.2(d) of this Annex E prior to the date of such Holder’s forfeiture.

 

(d) “Register,” “registered,” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and (A) filing a registration statement or amendment thereto in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or amendment thereto or (B) filing a prospectus and/or prospectus supplement in respect of an appropriate effective registration statement on Form S-3.

 

(e) “Registrable Securities” means (A) all CDCI Preferred Shares and (B) any equity securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clause (A) by way of conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, or share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization, provided that, once issued, such securities will not be Registrable Securities when (1) they are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (2) they shall have ceased to be outstanding or (3) they have been sold in any transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities.  No Registrable Securities may be registered under more than one registration statement at any one time.

 

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

 

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

 

(i) “Special Registration” means the registration of (A) equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or successor form) or (B) shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management, employees, consultants, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company or Company Subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans.

 

 1.2           Registration.

 

(a) The Company covenants and agrees that as promptly as practicable after the date that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and in any event no later than 30 days thereafter), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities (or otherwise designate an existing shelf registration on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) filed with the SEC to cover the Registrable Securities), and, to the extent the Shelf Registration Statement has not theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically effective upon such filing, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or become effective and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period from the date of its initial effectiveness until such time as there are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Shelf Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration Statement) if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, then the Company shall not be obligated to file a Shelf Registration Statement unless and until requested to do so in writing by the Investor.

 

(b) Any registration pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of this Annex E shall be effected by means of a Shelf Registration Statement on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration Statement”).  If the Investor or any other Holder intends to distribute any Registrable Securities by means of an underwritten offering it shall promptly so advise the Company and the Company shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate such distribution, including the actions required pursuant to Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E; provided that the Company shall not be required to facilitate an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities unless (i) the expected gross proceeds from such offering exceed $200,000 or (ii) such underwritten offering includes all of the outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Holder.  The lead underwriters in any such distribution shall be selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be distributed.

 

(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration (including a resale of Registrable Securities from an effective Shelf Registration Statement) or an underwritten offering pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Annex E:  (A) with respect to securities that are not Registrable Securities; or (B) if the Company has notified the Investor and all other Holders that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be materially detrimental to the Company or its securityholders for such registration or underwritten offering to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such registration for a period of not more than 45 days after receipt of the request of the Investor or any other Holder; provided that such right to delay a registration or underwritten offering shall be exercised by the Company (1) only if the Company has generally exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar black-out rights against holders of similar securities that have registration rights and (2) not more than three times in any 12-month period and not more than 90 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period.

 

(d) If during any period when an effective Shelf Registration Statement is not available, the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities, other than a registration pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of this Annex E or a Special Registration, and the registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice to the Investor and all other Holders of its intention to effect such a registration (but in no event less than ten days prior to the anticipated filing date) and will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten business days after the date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”).  Any such person that has made such a written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the fifth business day prior to the planned effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 1.2(d) prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not Investor or any other Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration.

 

(e) If the registration referred to in Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E is proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise Investor and all other Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E.  In such event, the right of Investor and all other Holders to registration pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Annex E will be conditioned upon such persons’ participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such person’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting if such securities are of the same class of securities as the securities to be offered in the underwritten offering, and each such person will (together with the Company and the other persons distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company; provided that the Investor (as opposed to other Holders) shall not be required to indemnify any person in connection with any registration. If any participating person disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriters and the Investor (if the Investor is participating in the underwriting).

  

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(f) If either (x) the Company grants “piggyback” registration rights to one or more third parties to include their securities in an underwritten offering under the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 1.2(b) of this Annex E or (y) a Piggyback Registration under Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E relates to an underwritten offering on behalf of the Company, and in either case the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such managing underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (A) first, in the case of a Piggyback Registration under Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (B) then the Registrable Securities of the Investor and all other Holders who have requested inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.2(b) or Section 1.2(d) of this Annex E, as applicable, pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares owned by each such person and (C) lastly, any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that if the Company has, prior to the Signing Date, entered into an agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated hereby then it shall apply the order of priority in such conflicting agreement to the extent that it would otherwise result in a breach under such agreement.

 

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

 

 1.4           Obligations of the Company.  Whenever required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities or facilitate the distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:

 

(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment with respect to a proposed offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement, subject to Section 1.4 of this Annex E, keep such registration statement effective and keep such prospectus supplement current until the securities described therein are no longer Registrable Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) Give written notice to the Holders:

 

(i) when any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 4.1(j) of the Agreement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC (except for any amendment effected by the filing of a document with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act) and when such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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(vi) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement contemplated by Section 1.4(j) of this Annex E cease to be true and correct.

 

(g) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement referred to in Section 1.4(f)(iii) of this Annex E at the earliest practicable time.

 

(h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 1.4(e) or 1.4(f)(v) of this Annex E, promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to such registration statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders and any underwriters, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with Section 1.4(f)(v) to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Holders and any underwriters shall suspend use of such prospectus and use their reasonable best efforts to return to the Company all copies of such prospectus (at the Company’s expense) other than permanent file copies then in such Holders’ or underwriters’ possession.  The total number of days that any such suspension may be in effect in any 12-month period shall not exceed 90 days.

 

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

 

(j) If an underwritten offering is requested pursuant to Section 1.2(b) of this Annex E, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form, scope and substance and take all such other actions reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith or by the managing underwriter(s), if any, to expedite or facilitate the underwritten disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith in any underwritten offering (including making members of management and executives of the Company available to participate in “road shows”, similar sales events and other marketing activities), (A) make such representations and warranties to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the managing underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary form, substance and scope, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish the underwriters with opinions of counsel to the Company, addressed to the managing underwriter(s), if any, covering the matters customarily covered in such opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are included in the Shelf Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included in such Shelf Registration Statement, addressed to each of the managing underwriter(s), if any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters, (D) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures customary in underwritten offerings (provided that the Investor shall not be obligated to provide any indemnity), and (E) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith, their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

 

 1.7           Furnishing Information.

 

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

 

(b) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 1.4 of this Annex E that Investor and/or the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registered offering of their Registrable Securities.

 

 1.8           Indemnification.

 

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

 

(b) If the indemnification provided for in Section 1.8(a) of this Annex E is unavailable to an Indemnitee with respect to any losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold the Indemnitee harmless as contemplated therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors, whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission;  the Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 1.8(b) of this Annex E were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 1.8(a) of this Annex E.  No Indemnitee guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the Company if the Company was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

 1.9           Assignment of Registration Rights.  The rights of the Investor to registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Annex E may be assigned by the Investor to any transferee or assignee of Registrable Securities; provided, however, the transferor shall, within ten days after such transfer, furnish to the Company written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the number and type of Registrable Securities that are being assigned.

 

 1.10           Clear Market.  With respect to any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities by the Investor or other Holders pursuant to this Annex E, the Company agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Shelf Registration Statement (other than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any preferred stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for preferred stock of the Company, during the period not to exceed ten days prior and 60 days following the effective date of such offering or such longer period up to 90 days as may be requested by the managing underwriter for such underwritten offering.  The Company also agrees to cause such of its directors and senior executive officers to execute and deliver customary lock-up agreements in such form and for such time period up to 90 days as may be requested by the managing underwriter.

 

 1.11           Forfeiture of Rights.  At any time, any holder of Registrable Securities (including any Holder) may elect to forfeit its rights set forth in this Annex E from that date forward; provided, that a Holder forfeiting such rights shall nonetheless be entitled to participate under Section 1.2(d) – (f) of this Annex E in any Pending Underwritten Offering to the same extent that such Holder would have been entitled to if the holder had not withdrawn; and provided, further, that no such forfeiture shall terminate a Holder’s rights or obligations under Section 1.7 of this Annex E with respect to any prior registration or Pending Underwritten Offering.

 

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

  

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 1.13           No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company shall not, on or after the Signing Date, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that may impair the rights granted to the Investor and the Holders under this Annex E or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof in any manner that may impair the rights granted to the Investor and the Holders under this Annex E.  In the event the Company has, prior to the Signing Date, entered into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Investor and the Holders under this Annex E (including agreements that are inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated by Section 1.2(f) of Annex E) or that may otherwise conflict with the provisions hereof, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to amend such agreements to ensure they are consistent with the provisions of this Annex E.

 

 1.14           Certain Offerings by the Investor.  An “underwritten” offering or other disposition shall include any distribution of such securities on behalf of the Investor by one or more broker-dealers, an “underwriting agreement” shall include any purchase agreement entered into by such broker-dealers, and any “registration statement” or “prospectus” shall include any offering document approved by the Company and used in connection with such distribution.

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ANNEX F

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

OF

 

[COMPANY]

 

 In connection with that certain letter agreement, dated [____________], 2010 (the “Agreement”) by and between [COMPANY] (the “Company”) and the United States Department of the Treasury (“Investor”) which incorporates that certain Exchange Agreement –Standard Terms referred to therein (the “Standard Terms”), the undersigned does hereby certify as follows:

 

1. I am a duly elected/appointed [____________] of the Company.

 

2. Each Certified Entity (as defined in the Standard Terms) (A) is certified by the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (the “Fund”) of the United States Department of the Treasury as a regulated community development financial institution (a “CDFI”); (B) together with its Affiliates collectively meets the eligibility requirements of 12 C.F.R. 1805.200(b); (C) has a primary mission of promoting community development, as may be determined by Investor from time to time, based on criteria set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(1); (D) provides Financial Products, Development Services, and/or other similar financing as a predominant business activity in arm’s-length transactions; (E) serves a Target Market by serving one or more Investment Areas and/or Targeted Populations in the manner set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(3); (F) provides Development Services in conjunction with its Financial Products, directly, through an Affiliate or through a contract with a third-party provider; (G) maintains accountability to residents of the applicable Investment Area(s) or Targeted Population(s) through representation on its governing Board of Directors or otherwise; and (H) remains a non-governmental entity which is not an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, or any State or political subdivision thereof, as described in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) and within the meaning of any supplemental regulations or interpretations of 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) or such supplemental regulations published by the Fund.  As used herein, the terms “Affiliates”; “Financial Products”; “Development Services”; “Target Market”; “Investment Areas”; and “Targeted Populations” have the meanings ascribed to such terms in 12 C.F.R. 1805.104.

 

3. The information set forth in the CDFI Certification Application delivered to the Investor pursuant to Section 1.2(c)(xii) of the Standard Terms (the “CDFI Application”), as modified by any updates to the CDFI Application provided on [Insert Date(s)] by the Company to the Investor on or prior to the date hereof, with respect to the covenants set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i)(B) and Section 4.1(d)(i)(D) of the Standard Terms remains true, correct and complete as of the date hereof.

 

4. The contracts and material agreements entered into by each Certified Entity with respect to Development Services previously disclosed to the Investor remain in effect   and copies of any new contracts and material agreements entered into by the Certified Entity with respect to Development Services are attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

5. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is (A) a list of the names and addresses of the individuals which comprise the board of directors of each Certified Entity as of the date hereof, (B) to the extent any member of the board of directors listed on Exhibit B was not a member of the board of directors as of the last certification provided to the Investor pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) of the Standard Terms, a narrative describing such individual’s relationship to the applicable Investment Area(s) and Targeted Population(s) and (C) to the extent any Certified Entity maintains accountability to residents of the applicable Investment Area(s) or Target Population(s) through means other than representation on its governing board of directors and such means have changed since the date of the last certification provided to the Investor pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) of the Standard Terms on [Insert Date], a narrative describing such change.

 

6. Each Certified Entity is not an agency of the United States of America, or any State or political subdivision thereof, as described in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) and within the meaning of any supplemental regulations or interpretations of 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) or such supplemental regulations published by the Fund.

 

7. [Insert if the Company was a Bank Holding Company or a Savings and Loan Holding Company on the Signing Date: The Company is and has been at all times since the date of the last certification provided to the Investor pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) of the Standard Terms, a [Insert if the Company is a Bank Holding Company: Bank Holding Company] [Insert if the Company is a Savings and Loan Holding Company: Savings and Loan Holding Company].] The Company is not, and has not been at any time since the date of the last certification provided to the Investor pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) of the Standard Terms on [Insert Date], controlled (within the meaning of [Insert for banks and Bank Holding Companies: the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 225(a)(i)] [Insert for savings associations and Savings and Loan Holding Companies: the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 1467a (a)(2)) and 12 C.F.R. 583.7]) by a foreign bank or company.

 

The foregoing certifications are made and delivered as of [_________] pursuant to Section 4.1(d)(ii) of the Standard Terms.

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Standard Terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Officer’s Certificate has been duly executed and delivered as of the [__] day of [__________], 20[__].

 

	
  

	
[COMPANY]

 

 

	
  

	
 

	By:__________________________________________

	
  

	
Name:________________________________________

	
 

	
Title:_________________________________________

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EXHIBIT A

 

NEW CONTRACTS AND MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

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EXHIBIT B

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

CERTIFIED ENTITY: [CERTIFIED ENTITY]1

	
NAME

	
ADDRESS

	
NARRATIVE2

	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  

 

 

 

  

 

1 Include chart for each Certified Entity.

  

2 To the extent (x) any of the individuals was not a member of the board of directors of such Certified Entity as of the last certification to the Investor, include a narrative describing such individual’s relationship to the applicable Investment Area(s) and Targeted Population(s) or, (y) if such Certified Entity maintains accountability to residents of the applicable Investment Area(s) or Target Population(s) through means other than representation on its governing board of directors and such means have changed since the date of the last certification to the Investor, a narrative describing such change.

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SCHEDULE A

 

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

Company Information:

 

Name of the Company:                                                                                     First M&F Corporation

 

                Corporate or other organizational form of Company:                                 Corporation

 

                Jurisdiction of Organization of Company:                                                    State of Mississippi

 

	
  

	
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency of Company:

	
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

 

 Name of Certified Entities:                                                                              N/A

 

 Corporate or other organizational form of each Certified Entity:

 

                 Jurisdiction of Organization of each Certified Entity:

 

                 Appropriate Federal Banking Agency of each Certified Entity:

 

	
  

	
Notice Information:

	
John G. Copeland, CFO and EVP

	
  

	
First M&F Corporation

	
  

	
Post Office Box 520

	
  

	
Kosciusko, Mississippi 39090

 

	
  

	
With a copy to:

	
Craig N. Landrum, Esq.

	
  

	
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

	
  

	
Post Office Box 427

	
  

	
Jackson, MS  39205-0427

 

Terms of the Exchange:

 

	
  

	
Series of CDCI Preferred Stock Exchanged:

	
Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Class B Non-Voting, Series CD

 

	
  

	
Per Share Liquidation Preference of

	
      CDCI Preferred Stock:

	
$1,000 per share

 

 Number of Shares of CDCI Preferred Stock 

      Exchanged:                                                                             30,000 shares

   

Dividend Payment Dates on the CDCI Preferred Stock: Payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and  November 15 of each year.

 

	
  

	
Series of CPP Preferred Stock Exchanged:

	
Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Class B Non-Voting, Series A

 

 Number of Shares of CPP Preferred Stock

    Exchanged:                                                                                30,000 shares

 

	
  

	
Date of Letter Agreement pursuant to which

	
     CPP Preferred Shares were purchased:

	
February 27, 2009

 

Closing:

 

	
  

	
Location of Closing:

	
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

	
  

	
One World Financial Center

	
  

	
New York, NY 10281

 

	
  

	
Time of Closing:

	
9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time

 

	
  

	
Date of Closing:

	
September 29, 2010

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SCHEDULE B

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

Capitalization Date: August 31, 2010

 

Common Stock

 

Par value:                      $5.00

 

Total Authorized:                    50,000,000 shares

 

Outstanding:                9,088,027 shares

 

	
  

	
Subject to warrants, options, convertible

	
  

	
securities, etc.:                                                                  1,196,347 shares

 

Reserved for benefit plans and other issuances:           1,900,000 shares

 

Remaining authorized but unissued:                                37,815,626 shares

 

	
  

	
Shares issued after Capitalization Date (other

	
  

	
than pursuant to warrants, options,

	
  

	
convertible securities, etc. as set forth

	
  

	
above):                                                                             None

 

Preferred Stock

 

Par value:                                                                             No par value

 

	
  

	
Total Authorized:

	
  

	
    Class A Voting Preferred Stock:                         1,000,000 shares

	
  

	
    Class B Non-Voting Preferred Stock:                 1,000,000 shares

	
  

	
 

Outstanding (by series):|

	
  

	
    Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred 

      Stock, Class B Non-Voting, Series A:             30,000 shares

 

Reserved for issuance:                                                    None

 

	
  

	
Remaining authorized but unissued:

	
  

	
Class A Voting Preferred Stock:                         1,000,000 shares

	
  

	
Class B Non-Voting Preferred Stock:                 1,000,000 shares

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Holders of 5% or more of any class of capital stock                                      Primary Address

	
Hugh S. Potts, Jr.

	
1104 Walnut Grove Road

	
(6.48% of Common Stock)

	
Kosciusko, Mississippi 39090

 

	
United States Department of the Treasury

	
Attention:  Chief Counsel, Office of Financial Stability

	
(100% of Preferred Stock)

	
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

	
 

	
Washington, D.C.  20220

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT

 

List any exceptions to the representation and warranty in Section 3.6 of the Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms.

 

 

If none, please so indicate by checking the box:  o

 

 

See the Company’s disclosure on Schedule F below.

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SCHEDULE D

 

LITIGATION

 

List any exceptions to the representation and warranty in Section 3.10 of the Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms.

 

 

If none, please so indicate by checking the box:  x

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SCHEDULE E

 

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

 

List any exceptions to the representation and warranty in the second sentence of Section 3.11 of the Exchange Agreement– Standard Terms.

 

 

If none, please so indicate by checking the box:  x

 

 

List any exceptions to the representation and warranty in the last sentence of Section 3.11 of the Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms.

 

 

If none, please so indicate by checking the box:  o

 

 

See the Company’s disclosure on Schedule F below.

 

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SCHEDULE F

 

REGULATORY AGREEMENTS

 

List any exceptions to the representation and warranty in Section 3.17 of the Exchange Agreement – Standard Terms.

 

 

If none, please so indicate by checking the box:  o

 

 

FRB Memorandum of Understanding.

 

The Company is a party to a memorandum of understanding with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the terms of which are confidential.

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SAP 4400071312

ECM 9960015230

 

AMENDMENT TO AIRCRAFT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This
Amendment (“Amendment”), dated as of
December 11, 2009, is by and between San Diego Gas & Electric
Company, a California corporation having its offices at 8330 Century Park
Court, San Diego, California (“Purchaser”),
and Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a Delaware corporation having its offices
at 5550 S.W. Macadam Avenue, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon (“Seller”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                   Purchaser and
Seller are parties to that certain Aircraft Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May 27, 2009, (the “Agreement”),
pursuant to which Purchaser shall purchase the Aircraft from Seller and Seller
shall sell the Aircraft to Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth
therein.

 

B.                                     Purchaser and
Seller desire to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Amendment.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Purchaser and Seller hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Incorporation
of Recitals.  The
Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated herein as if set forth in the
body of this Amendment.

 

2.                                       Capitalized
Terms.  Capitalized terms used in this
Amendment without definition shall have the definitions set forth in the
Agreement.

 

3.                                       Amendment of
Agreement.  The
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

a.               The definition
of “Scheduled Delivery Date” is revised by deleting the date “December 15,
2009” and replacing it with the date “December 18, 2009”.

 

b.              Section 2.2.1
is revised by deleting after the word “pay” at the beginning thereof the phrase
“the balance of the Purchase Price to the Seller” and replacing it with the
phrase [* * *], with the balance of the Purchase Price to be paid to the Seller
on or before January 4, 2010”.

 

[*
* *]  This confidential material has been
omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

 

Acknowledgment Copy

 

1

 

c.               Section 2.4.2
is revised by deleting the sub- sub- subparagraph (v) thereof and
replacing it with new sub- sub- subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as
follows:

 

“(v)
[* * *] paid on December 18, 2009 (“Payment 5”).

 

(vi)
[* * *] paid on January 4, 2010 (“Final Payment”)
to the bank account set forth below:

 

[*
* *]

 

d.              Section 2.6.1
is revised by deleting from the end of the first sentence thereof the date
“January 30, 2013” and replacing it with the date “July 31, 2013”.

 

e.               Section 2.6.3
is revised by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with
the following text:

 

“The
repurchase price for the Aircraft (“Aircraft Repurchase Price”)
shall be the fair market value of the Aircraft determined in accordance with
the following procedure: Purchaser and Seller shall each appoint a qualified
independent aircraft appraiser to render a written appraisal of the Aircraft’s
fair market value.  The fair market value
shall be the average of the two appraisals, provided that if the
difference between the two appraisals is greater than ten percent (10%) and the
parties are unable to agree on a value, then the two appraisers shall appoint a
third qualified independent aircraft appraiser, whose written appraisal shall
be averaged with the nearest of the two original written appraisals to
determine the fair market value.”

 

f.                 Section 5.1.1(i)
is revised by deleting therefrom the phrase “Daugherty, Fowler, Peregrin,
Haught & Jenson,” and replacing it with the phrase “McAfee &
Taft,”.

 

g.              Section 5.2.1(g)
is revised by deleting therefrom the phrase “Final Payment” and replacing it
with the phrase “Payment 1, Payment 2, Payment 3, Payment 4 and Payment 5”.

 

3.                                       Counterpart
Execution.  This
Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.

 

4.                                       Effect of
Amendment.  Except as
specifically modified by this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions and
provisions of the Agreement shall be unmodified and shall remain in full force
and effect.

 

[Signatures appear on following page.]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller hereby execute this Amendment as of the
date first above written.

 

 

Purchaser

 

	
  San Diego Gas & Electric Company

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Steven C. Reese

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Steven
  C. Reese, C.P.M.

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Portfolio
  Manager, Electric Materials, 

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Generation,
  and Construction

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Seller

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Charles E. Ryan

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Charles
  E. Ryan

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  CFO

  	
   

  

 

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SAP 4400071312

ECM 9960015230

 

SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

as Purchaser

 

and

 

ERICKSON AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED

 

as Seller

 

 

AIRCRAFT PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN RESPECT OF

ONE (1) ERICKSON S-64F AIRCRAFT

MANUFACTURER’S SERIAL NUMBER 64095

 

 

Supplier Copy

 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
  CLAUSE

  	
   

  	
  PAGE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.

  	
  Definitions
  and Interpretation

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.

  	
  Agreement
  to Sell and Purchase

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.

  	
  Delivery
  and Title

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.

  	
  Conditions
  Precedent

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.

  	
  Fees
  and Expenses

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.

  	
  Registration
  Fees

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.

  	
  Indemnities

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.

  	
  Assignments

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.

  	
  Amendments

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  12.

  	
  Miscellaneous

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.

  	
  Governing
  Law

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.

  	
  Jurisdiction

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 1: 
  Form of Bill Sale

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 2: 
  Delivery Conditions

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 3 
  Acceptance Certificate

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EXECUTION PAGE

  	
   

  	
  33

  

 

 

THIS
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of 26
May 2009

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)                                  SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
COMPANY a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California and having its offices at 8330 Century Park Court, San Diego,
California 92123-1530 (the “Purchaser”);
and

 

(2)                                  ERICKSON AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its
offices at 5550 S.W. Macadam Avenue, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97239 (the “Seller”).

 

IT IS
AGREED as follows

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                                 Definitions

 

The
terms set forth in this Clause 1.1 when used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth herein:

 

“Acceptance Certificate” means an acceptance certificate in
the form set out in Schedule 3.

 

“AFCS” means Automatic Flight Control System.

 

“Agreement” means this aircraft purchase agreement together
with the Schedules (which form an integral part hereof) as originally executed
by the parties hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, novated, replaced
or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Aircraft” means the Airframe, together with the Engines and
all Parts installed at Delivery or, with respect to any reference to the
Aircraft after the Redelivery Date, installed at the Redelivery Date, and where
the context permits, references to the “Aircraft” shall include the Aircraft
Documentation and, unless otherwise provided herein, shall mean the Aircraft as
a whole and any part thereof.

 

“Aircraft Documentation” means the manuals, logbooks and
other records relating to the Aircraft or any part thereof delivered by the
Seller to the Purchaser which shall include, without limitation, all records,
manuals, logbooks and other documentation required on the Delivery Date by the
rules and regulations of the FAA for Purchaser to take title to, own, control,
use, operate, repair and maintain the Aircraft.

 

“Aircraft Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement”
means that certain agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement between
Seller and Purchaser with respect to the Modification and the sale of the
Spares.

 

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“Airframe” means one (1) remanufactured Erickson S-64F
airframe with manufacturer’s serial number 64095, together with all Parts
installed at Delivery relating thereto but excluding the Engines.

 

“Bill of Sale” means a bill of sale substantially in the form
set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Bill of Sale).

 

“Cape Town Convention” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Clause 7.

 

“Crew Provisioning Agreement” means that certain agreement
dated as of the date of this Agreement between Seller and Purchaser with
respect to Seller providing to Purchaser certain crew members to operate the
Aircraft for a period of 24 months from the Redelivery Date.

 

“Data” means all information and data of any type, form or
nature (including but not limited to, designs, drawings, blueprints, tracings,
plans, models, layouts, software, specifications, technical publications,
electronic transmittals, and memoranda) which may be furnished or made
available to Purchaser relating to the Aircraft, Spares, AFCS or the
transactions contemplated as the result of this Agreement, the Aircraft
Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement or the Crew Provisioning
Agreement designated in writing or marked by Seller as “Confidential”.

 

“Delivery” means the sale and purchase of, and transfer of
title to, the Aircraft in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Delivery Conditions” are set forth in Schedule 2.

 

“Delivery Date” means the date on which the Aircraft is
delivered by the Seller to the Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Delivery Location” means Central Point, Oregon or such other
location as may be mutually agreed in writing by Seller and Purchaser.

 

“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the
lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

“Effective Time” means the time at which Delivery shall
occur.

 

“Encumbrance” means any lien, claim or encumbrance with
respect to the Aircraft or Spares.

 

“Engines” means the two (2) engines installed on the Airframe
at Delivery and “ Engine” shall
mean each of them.

 

“Expense” means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, claims (whether fraudulent, groundless, false or
not), demands, actions, suits, judgements, 

 

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legal
proceedings (whether civil or criminal), investigations, costs, disbursements
and expenses (including legal fees) of every kind and nature whatsoever.

 

“FAA” means the United States Federal Aviation Administration.

 

“FAA Bill of Sale” means a Federal Aviation
Administration Bill of Sale (AC Form 8050-2) conveying title to the Aircraft.

 

“Final Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Clause
2.4.2(ii).

 

“Foreign Object Damage” means any damage to the Aircraft
caused by objects which are not part of the Aircraft.

 

“Initial Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Clause
2.4.2(i).

 

“Modification” means the installation and certification of
the AFCS pursuant to the Aircraft Modification and Spare Parts Purchase
Agreement.

 

“Part” means any
part, furnishing, appliance, module, accessory, instrument, component, radar,
radio, fixtures, fittings or other item of equipment (other than a complete
Engine).

 

“Purchase Price” means an amount equal to $ [* * *] which
amount for the avoidance of doubt shall be exclusive of Transfer Taxes (if
any).

 

“Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent” has the meaning given to
such term in Clause 5.1.1.

 

“Redelivery Date” means the date possession of the Aircraft
and title to the Spares and the Modification are given to Purchaser upon
completion of the Modification.

 

 “Scheduled Delivery Date”
means on or about December 15, 2009.

 

“Seller Indemnitees” has the meaning given to
such term in Clause 8.1.

 

“Seller’s Conditions Precedent” has the meaning given to such
term in Clause 5.2.1.

 

“Spares” means those spare parts listed on Schedule 2
of the Aircraft Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement.

 

“Taxes” means any and all fees, taxes (including, without
limitation, income, gross receipts, sales, rental, use, turnover, VAT, property
(tangible and intangible), excise and stamp), licenses, liens, imposts, duties,
recording charges, assessments, withholdings of any 

 

[* * *]  This confidential material has been omitted
and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment.

 

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nature,
together with any assessments, penalties, fines, additions to tax and interest
thereon (each individually a “Tax”).

 

“Total Loss” means any of the following events:

 

(a)                                  loss of the Aircraft or loss
of the use of the Aircraft due to theft, hi-jacking, disappearance,
destruction, damage beyond repair or rendering of the Aircraft permanently
unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever;

 

(b)                                 any damage to the Aircraft
which results in an insurance settlement on the basis of an actual total loss
or an agreed or arranged total loss;

 

(c)                                  the condemnation or
confiscation or the requisition of title by any government entity or taking of
title to the Aircraft by any government entity;

 

(d)                                 the requisition for use or
hire or seizure of possession of the Aircraft by any government body that shall
have resulted in the loss of possession of such property by Seller and such
seizure or requisition shall have continued for a period which extends beyond
the Effective Time.

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Aircraft
Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement, the Crew Provisioning
Agreement, the Acceptance Certificate, the Bill of Sale and the FAA Bill of
Sale, and the AFCS and Spare Parts Bill of Sale delivered under the Aircraft
Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement.

 

“Transfer Taxes” shall mean any and all present and future
sales, use, personal property, ad valorem,
value-added, withholding, transfer, customs, VAT, stamp, documentary or other
similar Taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees or withholdings, together with any
penalties, fines, surcharges or interest thereon and “Taxation”
shall be construed accordingly.

 

“VAT” means value added tax and any other tax of similar
nature in any jurisdiction.

 

1.2                                 Interpretation

 

Any
reference in this Agreement to:

 

1.2.1                        any “Clause” or “Schedule” is a
reference to such Clause or Schedule of, or to, this Agreement;

 

1.2.2                        “consent” also includes an approval, authorisation,
exemption, filing, license, order, permission, recording or registration;

 

1.2.3                        “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import means this
Agreement as a whole and not any particular part hereof;

 

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1.2.4                        “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated body of persons or any state
or government or any instrumentality, agency or sub division thereof; and

 

1.2.5                        words importing
the singular number include the plural and vice versa.

 

1.3                                 Headings

 

Clause
and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect
the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

 

2.                                      AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE

 

2.1                                 Sale of Aircraft and Spares

 

Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in particular
but without limitation, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of, or
waiver by, the Seller of the Seller’s Conditions Precedent, the Seller hereby
agrees, in consideration of the payment by the Purchaser of the Purchase Price,
to sell, deliver and transfer all legal and beneficial title in and to the
Aircraft subject to the limited warranty set forth in Clause 4.2, but otherwise
in an “as-is, where-is” condition to the Purchaser on the Delivery Date at the
Delivery Location free and clear of all Encumbrances other than any Encumbrance
created or granted by, or through, Purchaser.

 

2.2                                 Purchase of Aircraft and Spares

 

Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, in particular
but without limitation, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of, or
waiver by, the Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent, the Purchaser
hereby agrees with the Seller that, on the Delivery Date, it will:

 

2.2.1                        pay the balance
of the Purchase Price to the Seller in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement; and

 

2.2.2                        purchase and
accept delivery (and execute and deliver to Seller the Acceptance Certificate)
of the Aircraft from the Seller at the Delivery Location in an “as-is, where-is”
condition.

 

2.3                                 Total Loss

 

If
before Delivery the Aircraft suffers a Total Loss, then with effect from the
date of such Total Loss this Agreement shall without further act terminate, and
the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall cease and be
discharged without further liability on the part of either the Seller or the
Purchaser, save that Seller shall return to Purchaser the Initial Payment and
any other Purchase Price installment payments made by Purchaser to Seller under
Clause 2.4 of this Agreement.

 

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2.4           Payments

 

2.4.1        Payment of Purchase Price

 

2.4.2        The Purchaser shall subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement pay the Purchase Price to the Seller as set forth
below:

 

(i)            [* * *] paid on the date
this Agreement is signed by the Purchaser and Seller (“Initial
Payment”)

 

(ii)           [* * *] on June 26,
2009 (“Payment 2”).

 

(iii)          [* * *] on July 26,
2009 (“Payment 3”).

 

(iv)          [* * *] on November 25,
2009 (“Payment 4”).

 

(v)           [* * *]  paid immediately prior to the Effective Time
(“Final Payment”) to the bank account
set forth below:

 

[*
* *]

 

2.4.3        All amounts payable by the Purchaser under this
Agreement shall be paid, subject to Clause 2.4.4 below, on the due date for
payment by remittance in Dollars in same day funds in full, without any set-off
or counterclaim whatsoever and free and clear of any deductions and
withholdings, subject to receipt by the Purchaser of a timely invoice delivered
to the Purchaser in accordance with Clause 2.4.4 below.

 

2.4.4        The Seller shall submit an invoice for each Purchase
Price instalment required hereunder, not less than five (5) days prior to
the scheduled instalment payment date. 
The Seller shall include [* * *] on all invoices submitted.  All invoices submitted shall have complete
support documentation of all charges incurred, including any data required to
calculate fees or variable rate charges. 
The Purchaser shall make payment on the later of (i) the due date
and (ii) Net one (1) day after receipt and approval of an undisputed
invoice.  Invoices shall be in duplicate
and in a format approved by the Purchaser to the following addresses:

 

	
  Original
  to:

  	
  San
  Diego Gas & Electric Company

  
	
   

  	
  Accounts
  Payable

  
	
   

  	
  PO
  BOX 129007

  
	
   

  	
  San Diego, CA 92112-9007

  

 

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  With
  Copies to:

  	
  San
  Diego Gas & Electric Company

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:
  Jonathan Woldemariam

  
	
   

  	
  JWoldemariam@semprautilities.com

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:
  Rachel Romani

  
	
   

  	
  RRomani@semprautilities.com

  

 

2.5           Tax Gross-up

 

All
payments to be made by the Purchaser to the Seller shall be made free and clear
of and without deduction for or on account of Transfer Tax unless the Purchaser
is required to make such a payment subject to any deduction or withholding for
or on account of Transfer Tax, in which case the sum payable by the Purchaser
(in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be made)
shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that the Seller receives a
sum net of any deduction or withholding equal to the sum which it would have
received had no such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.

 

2.6           Put
Option

 

Purchaser
shall have the right, at its sole election, to require the Seller to repurchase
the Aircraft and Spares from Purchaser (the “Put Option”)
on or about the estimated completion date of the Purchaser’s Sunrise Powerlink
transmission line project (“Sunrise”).  Upon Purchaser’s exercise of the Put Option,
Seller shall purchase the Aircraft and Spares from Purchaser, and Purchaser
shall sell and convey the Aircraft and Spares to Seller, at the prices and on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.6.1        The date the Put Option may
be exercised (“Put Option Date”), except as
otherwise provided in this Section 2.6.1, shall be January 30,
2013.  In the event that the following
conditions are met on or before December 31, 2009:  (a) the U.S. Forest Service shall have
(i) issued a decision approving Sunrise, or (ii) entered into a
memorandum of understanding with Purchaser, Cal Fire, and the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management in satisfaction of the fire mitigation conditions set forth
in Decision No. 08-12-058 of the California Public Utilities Commission
(either (i) or (ii), a “Mitigation Agreement”);
(b) the Mitigation Agreement incorporates the use of the Aircraft for fire
mitigation following completion of Sunrise construction; and (c) the
Mitigation Agreement provides a reasonable basis, in Purchaser’s sole judgment,
for rate recovery for such use of the Aircraft, then the Put Option shall
expire effective as of the date of such Mitigation Agreement.  Purchaser shall deliver written notice to
Seller of the expiration of the Put Option (a “Put
Expiration Notice”) as soon as reasonably practicable following the
date of such Mitigation Agreement and not later than December 31,
2009.  In the event that the Mitigation
Agreement is not issued or executed by December 31, 2009 then, in the sole
discretion of Seller, Seller may thereafter deliver written notice to Purchaser
that should a Mitigation Agreement meeting conditions (a), (b) and
(c) above be executed or issued by the Put Option Date, the Put Option
shall expire effective upon the date of such Mitigation Agreement.  Purchaser shall use diligent good faith
efforts to cause the execution or issuance of a Mitigation Agreement meeting
conditions (a), (b) and (c) by December 31, 2009, and by the Put
Option Date if Seller has provided written notice as set forth in this
Section 2.6.1, and Purchaser shall promptly deliver a Put Expiration
Notice to Seller following the execution or issuance of any such Mitigation
Agreement.

 

2.6.2        Purchaser may elect, in its
sole discretion, to exercise the Put Option by delivering a written exercise
notice to Seller no less than six (6) months prior to the Put Option Date,
at which time Purchaser shall be deemed to have irrevocably exercised the Put
Option, subject only to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
including, without limitation, Section 2.6.1.

 

2.6.3        Subject to the limitations
set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.6.3, the repurchase price
for the Aircraft (“Aircraft Repurchase Price”)
shall be the appraised value of the Aircraft determined in accordance with the
following 

 

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procedure: 
Purchaser and Seller shall each appoint a qualified independent aircraft
appraiser to render a written appraisal of the Aircraft’s value.  The appraised value shall be the average of
the two appraisals, provided that if the difference between the two
appraisals is greater than ten percent (10%) and the parties are unable to
agree on a value, then the two appraisers shall appoint a third qualified
independent aircraft appraiser, whose written appraisal shall be averaged with
the nearest of the two original written appraisals to determine the appraised
value.  [***].

 

2.6.4        The repurchase price for the
Spares (“Spares Repurchase Price”) [***].

 

2.6.5        If Purchaser shall have
exercised the Put Option, Purchaser and Seller shall use diligent good faith
efforts to cause the closing to take place no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Time on the Put Option Date (“Scheduled Closing”),
provided, however, that the Scheduled Closing may be postponed
upon the mutual written agreement of the Parties.

 

2.6.6        Upon Purchaser’s exercise of
the Put Option, (i) Purchaser shall execute an FAA bill of sale for the
Aircraft and a general warranty bill of sale for the Aircraft and the Spares,
transferring all of Purchaser’s right, title and interest, free and clear of
all Encumbrances other than the Encumbrances granted or created by, or through,
Seller (other than Encumbrances arising through the performance by Seller of
its obligations under the Crew Provisioning Agreement), (ii) Seller and
Purchaser shall execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all other customary
agreements, documents and instruments reasonably necessary or appropriate to
consummate the purchase and sale of the Aircraft and the Spares, and
(iii) Seller shall pay to Purchaser’s specified account in immediately
available funds the sum of the Aircraft Repurchase Price and the Spares
Repurchase Price.

 

2.6.7        In the event that
construction of Sunrise shall not have been completed on or before the closing
of the Put Option, Seller shall lease back to Purchaser the Aircraft (or a
comparable helicopter which can substantially perform all tasks for which the
Aircraft is being designed and remanufactured) on then current market terms and
conditions at fair market rental rates.

 

3.             DELIVERY AND TITLE

 

3.1           Delivery and Title

 

Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, sale and transfer of
title to the Aircraft by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder shall take place
on the Delivery Date at

 

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the
Effective Time by the Seller delivering the completed and executed Bill of Sale
and FAA Bill of Sale to the Purchaser (or its authorised representative)
immediately whereupon the risk of loss or destruction of, or damage to, the
Aircraft shall pass from the Seller to the Purchaser and the Seller shall
transfer and convey to the Purchaser all legal and beneficial title to the
Aircraft free and clear of Encumbrances other than Encumbrances created or
granted by, or through, Purchaser. 
Delivery may be delayed for any of the following causes:  acts of God, war, armed hostilities, riots,
fires, floods, earthquakes or serious accidents, governmental acts or failures
to act, strikes or labor troubles causing cessation, slowdown or interruption
of work, damage to the Aircraft or Spares, failure of or delay in transportation,
or inability, after due and timely diligence, to procure materials, systems,
accessories, equipment or parts; or arising out of any other cause to the
extent it is beyond Seller’s control or not occasioned by Seller’s
negligence.  A delay resulting from such
causes shall cause the Scheduled Delivery Date to be equitably extended.

 

3.2           Location of Aircraft

 

At
the Effective Time, the Aircraft shall be located at the Delivery Location.

 

3.3           Representative

 

Purchaser
shall appoint a representative (“Representative”) upon execution of this
Agreement who will be the agent of the Purchaser with respect to all technical
issues concerning the Aircraft, Spares and the Modification.  Seller shall provide office space for the
Representative at Seller’s Central Point, Oregon facility at no charge to the
Purchaser during the remanufacturing and Modification of the Aircraft.  All other costs and expenses related to the
Representative shall be borne by the Purchaser including, without limitation,
travel, accommodation, meals, communication, remuneration and benefits.  The prompt and professional conduct of the
Representative throughout the remanufacturing process is critical to the
Delivery of the Aircraft on the Scheduled Delivery Date in the Delivery
Condition (and the Spares and AFCS on the Redelivery Date) and Seller shall not
be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of the Representative.

 

The
Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Seller Indemnitees,
(and each of their respective successors, assigns, affiliates, and their
respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
agents, contractors and subcontractors ) from and against all Expense arising
from (i) the death of or injury to the Representative and to any employee,
agent or contractor of the Representative or the Purchaser, or (ii) the
loss of or damage to any property of the Representative, the Purchaser or any
employee, agent or contractor of the Representative or the Purchaser, in
connection with or arising out of any activity of the Representative, the
Purchaser or any employee, agent or contractor of either including, without
limitation, with respect to any acceptance flight, demonstration flight,
monitoring, test or inspection of the Aircraft, Spares or Modification and the
correction of any non-conformities whether or not arising from the negligence
(whether active or

 

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passive)
of any such indemnified person; excluding, however, any such Expenses attributable
to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any such indemnified person.

 

3.4         Inspection and Test

 

Prior
to the Delivery, Purchaser shall be provided an opportunity to have the
Representative observe an inspection of the Aircraft in accordance with the
Manufacture Phase Inspection Guide Doc. 
No. 4002-3 and a test of the Aircraft in accordance with ATP E25,
501 to determine that the Aircraft meets Delivery Conditions.  Promptly upon conclusion of the inspection
and the test, the Representative shall deliver to Seller in writing a list
containing any non-conformity with respect to the Delivery Conditions, and
Seller shall agree in writing to correct any such non-conformity with respect
to the Delivery Conditions prior to the Redelivery on the Redelivery Date.

 

4.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

4.1            Representations and Warranties of the Seller

 

The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:

 

4.1.1        the Seller is a corporation
validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate
power to enter into and perform the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in the State of Oregon;

 

4.1.2        the execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents have been duly authorised by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller;

 

4.1.3        each consent required by the
Seller to authorise, or required by it in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, legality, validity or enforceability of the Transaction
Documents has been obtained and is in full force and effect, and there is no
default in the observance or performance of any of the conditions and
restrictions (if any) imposed on or in connection therewith;

 

4.1.4        the entry by the Seller
into, and performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated by, the
Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with:  (1) any law or regulation or any
official or judicial order applicable to the Seller; (ii) the
constitutional documents of the Seller; or (iii) any material agreement or
document to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or any of its
properties is bound or require any consent, approval or authorization of, the
giving of notice to or registration with or taking any other action under any
applicable law or regulation in respect of any

 

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governmental authority with
jurisdiction, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement;

 

4.1.5        no litigation or other
proceeding before any court, administrative agency or government body is
pending or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge threatened against the
Seller, the outcome of which could materially adversely affect the validity of
the Transaction Documents or the rights, benefits or interest of the Purchaser
conveyed hereunder;

 

4.1.6        the Seller holds good title
to the Aircraft, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than those created or
granted by or through Purchaser, and upon Delivery, Seller shall convey to
Purchaser, its successors and assigns, good title to the Aircraft, free and
clear of any and all Encumbrances other than those created or granted by or
through Purchaser;

 

4.1.7        the Seller holds all
licenses, certificates, permits and franchises from the FAA and all other
appropriate agencies of the United States of America and/or other governmental
authorities or political subdivisions thereof having jurisdiction necessary to
authorize Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents;
and each such certificate, permit and franchise is in full force and effect.

 

4.2            Limited Warranty

 

4.2.1        Seller warrants that for a
period of [* * *] from the Redelivery Date, whichever comes first, the
Aircraft, AFCS and Spares , will be free of defects of material and workmanship
(for purposes hereof, defects of material or workmanship shall mean a failure
on the part of Seller to conform to generally accepted aircraft maintenance
industry practices as prescribed by applicable FAA regulations and manufacturer’s
specifications) and Seller will, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
below, repair or replace, at Seller’s sole discretion, any Part or
component delivered by Seller on the Delivery Date or the Redelivery Date which
is defective during the warranty period.

 

4.2.2        The warranty provided in
Clause 4.2.1 does not apply to, and Seller shall not bear any responsibility to
repair or replace, any Spare, Part or component rendered unserviceable due
to (i) improper storage, use, operation, abuse or negligent acts or
omissions of Purchaser or any third party, (ii) failure of Purchaser or
any third party to properly install, service, and/or maintain the Spare, Part or
component, (iii) the failure of Parts or components not supplied by
Seller, (iv) accident or incident or any other causes external to the
Spare, Part or component under this warranty and (v) Foreign Object
Damage.  For purposes of this
Section 4.2.2, “third parties” shall not include Seller or any officer,
director, member, partner, affiliate, employee, agent,

 

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contractor or subcontractor
of Seller involved with the use, operation, repair, maintenance, storage,
overhaul or other actions required or taken in connection with this Agreement,
the Aircraft Modification and Spare Parts Purchase Agreement or the Crew
Provisioning Agreement and the warranty contained herein shall cover any of the
actions referenced in clauses (i)-(iv) above attributable to any such
persons.  The warranty provided in Clause
4.2.1 does not apply to, and Seller shall not bear any responsibility to repair
or replace, any expendables or consumables, which are items required for normal
and routine maintenance or replaced at scheduled intervals shorter than the
warranty period, such as engine oil and hydraulic fluid, oil filters, tires,
brake pads, packings and o-rings, anti-corrosion and/or sealing compounds,
brush plating material, nuts, bolts, washers, screws, fluids, compounds, and
standard aircraft hardware that is readily available to aircraft operators from
sources other than Seller.

 

4.2.3        The warranty period
applicable to any Spare, Part or component repaired or replaced is the
remainder of the warranty period in effect for such Spare, Part or
component delivered on the Redelivery Date.

 

4.2.4        Purchaser must discover the
unserviceable Spare, Part or component within the warranty period and
shall, promptly (and in no event more than 10 days after such discovery or
notice thereof to Purchaser) notify the Seller in writing of the subject Spare,
Part or component.  Purchaser, at
its own cost and expense shall ship the affected item C.I.F. to Seller’s
facility in Central Point, Oregon and shall bare all risk of loss of or damage
to the item during shipment.  Seller
shall ship the repaired or replacement item C.I.F. to Purchaser within the
continental United States at Seller’s cost and expense and will bare all risk
of loss of or damage to such item during shipment.  If Seller determines that the Spare, Part or
component shipped to it for warranty repair or replacement was not
unserviceable, then Purchaser shall be responsible for the return of the item
to it FOB Central Point, Oregon at its cost and expense and shall bare all risk
of loss of or damage to the item and, further, Purchaser shall pay to Seller
for the cost to inspect the item and return it to service at Seller’s then
prevailing retail prices charged to customers in the ordinary course of its
business.  Such payment shall be made net
no more than thirty (30) days from the date of Seller’s invoice.

 

4.3             Disclaimer

 

4.3.1        EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY AND
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE BILL OF SALE, THE SELLER MAKES
NO REPRESENTATIONS WHATSOEVER IN RESPECT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AFCS AND THE
SPARES (THE AIRCRAFT, THE

 

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AFCS AND THE SPARES BEING
SOLD “AS-IS, WHERE-IS” “WITH ALL FAULTS”), AND OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT, THE SELLER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS, AND EXCLUDES (i) ANY EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO CONDITION, DESCRIPTION,
AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, DESIGN, QUALITY, MANUFACTURE OR
OPERATION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, (ii) ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, (iii) ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF
FREEDOM FROM ANY RIGHTFUL CLAIM BY WAY OF INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, (iv) ANY
IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE
OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND (v) ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY OF THE
SELLER ARISING IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE
NEGLIGENCE OF THE SELLER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, OR IN STRICT LIABILITY, INCLUDING
ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO
THE AIRCRAFT, THE AFCS OR THE SPARES OR FOR ANY LIABILITY OF THE PURCHASER TO
ANY THIRD PARTY OR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.  NO AGREEMENT ALTERING
OR EXTENDING THE SELLER’S LIABILITY FOR WARRANTIES WILL BE BINDING UPON THE
SELLER UNLESS IN WRITING AND EXECUTED BY A DULY AUTHORISED OFFICER OF THE
SELLER.

 

4.3.2        Neither party hereto will be
liable to the other for any special, consequential, incidental or exemplary
damages of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the
performance or failure to perform under the Transaction Documents.

 

4.4               Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser

 

The
Purchaser represents and warrants to the Seller that:

 

4.4.1        the Purchaser is a
corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of California and has
the corporate power to enter into and perform the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents;

 

4.4.2        the execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents have been duly authorised by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Purchaser;

 

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4.4.3        each consent required by the
Purchaser to authorise, or required by it in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, legality, validity or enforceability of the Transaction
Documents has been obtained and is in full force and effect, and there is no
default in the observance or performance of any of the conditions and
restrictions (if any) imposed on or in connection therewith;

 

4.4.4        the entry by the Purchaser
into, and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by, the
Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with:  (i) any United States Federal or
California State utility law or regulation or any official or judicial order
applicable to the Purchaser; (ii) the constitutional documents of the
Purchaser; or (iii) any material agreement or document to which the
Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser or any of its properties is
bound; and

 

4.4.5        no litigation or other
proceeding before any court, administrative agency or government body is
pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge threatened against the
Purchaser, the outcome of which could materially adversely affect the validity
of the Transaction Documents or the rights, benefits or interest of the Seller
conveyed hereunder.

 

4.5         Fee Disclaimer

 

Each
of the Purchaser and the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the other
that it has not paid, agreed to pay or caused to be paid directly or indirectly
in any form, any commission, percentage, contingent fee, brokerage or other
similar payments of any kind, in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to any person (other
than fees payable to the Representative or the Purchaser’s or the Seller’s
technical or legal advisers (as the case may be).  Each of the Purchaser and the Seller agrees
to indemnify and hold the other harmless from and against any and all claims,
suits, damages, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to reasonable
attorneys’ fees) asserted by any agent, broker or other third party for any
commission or compensation of any nature whatsoever based upon the Transaction
Documents or the Aircraft, if such claim, suit, damage, costs or expense arises
out of any breach by the indemnifying party, its employees or agents of this
Clause 4.5.

 

4.6         Repetition of Representations and Warranties

 

Each
representation set out in Clauses 4.1 (Representations and
Warranties of the Seller), 4.4 (Representations and
Warranties of the Purchaser) and 4.5 (Fee
Disclaimer) shall be deemed to be repeated on the Delivery Date and
the Redelivery Date by reference to the facts and circumstances existing on
such date and shall survive the execution hereof and the Delivery and
Redelivery of the Aircraft.

 

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5.             CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1            Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent

 

5.1.1        The obligations of the
Purchaser under this Agreement are subject to the following conditions
precedent (the “Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent”)
being fulfilled to the satisfaction of, or waived in writing by, the Purchaser:

 

(a)       the representations and warranties
on the part of the Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true and
accurate on and as of the Delivery Date as if made and repeated on and as of
the Delivery Date with reference to the facts and circumstances existing as of
the Delivery Date;

 

(b)       no Total Loss of the
Aircraft shall have occurred;

 

(c)       the Transaction Documents
shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the
Purchaser);

 

(d)       [Intentionally left blank];

 

(e)       evidence of the issue of
each approval, license and consent which may be required in connection with the
performance by the Seller of all its obligations under the Transaction
Documents;

 

(f)        the Seller shall have made
the Aircraft available for Delivery at the Delivery Location on the Delivery Date,

 

(g)       on the Delivery Date the
Aircraft shall be in construction configuration and conform in all material
respects to the Delivery Conditions except as otherwise set forth in writing in
accordance with Clause 3.4;

 

(h)       the Aircraft has been duly
certified by the FAA as to type and has a current, valid FAA airworthiness
certificate;

 

(i)        at the time of Delivery,
Daugherty, Fowler, Peregrin, Haught & Jenson, special FAA counsel to
Purchaser, shall have confirmed that such counsel is forthwith furnishing Purchaser
an opinion addressed to Purchaser to the effect that (i) the FAA Bill of
Sale and FAA Application for Registration with respect to the Aircraft have
been duly filed with the FAA; (ii) legal title to the Aircraft is vested
in Purchaser, free and clear of all Encumbrances of record; and (iii) the
transfer of title to the Aircraft has been registered on the International
Registry in accordance with the Cape Town Convention;

 

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(j)        no legal or governmental
action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened before any
court, administrative agency or tribunal, nor shall any order, judgment or
decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any court, administrative
agency or tribunal to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the consummation
of this Agreement, any Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby;

 

If
any of the Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent remain outstanding on the
Termination Date and are not waived or deferred in writing by the Purchaser,
the Purchaser shall be entitled at any time thereafter to terminate its
obligation to purchase the Aircraft from the Seller by notice, whereupon
neither party shall have any further obligation or liability hereunder, other
than the obligation of the Seller to return the Initial Payment and any other
of the payments received pursuant to Clause 2.4 of this Agreement to the
Purchaser.

 

5.2            Seller’s Conditions Precedent

 

5.2.1        The obligations of the
Seller under this Agreement are subject to the following conditions precedent
(the “Seller’s Conditions Precedent”) being
fulfilled to the satisfaction of, or waived in writing by, the Seller:

 

(a)           the representations and
warranties on the part of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be
true and accurate on and as of the Delivery Date as if made and repeated on and
as of the Delivery Date with reference to the facts and circumstances existing
as of the Delivery Date;

 

(b)           [Intentionally left blank];

 

(c)           evidence of the issue of
each approval, license and consent which may be required in connection with the
performance by the Purchaser of all its obligations under the Transaction
Documents;

 

(d)           the Transaction Documents
shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the
Seller);

 

(e)           the insurance certificates
and brokers letter of undertaking required by Clause 8.2.3 shall have been
delivered to Seller;

 

(f)            the Seller shall have
received the Final Payment on the Delivery Date.

 

If
any of the Seller’s Conditions Precedent remain outstanding on the Termination
Date and are not waived or deferred in writing by the Seller, the Seller shall
be entitled at any time thereafter to terminate its obligation to sell the
Aircraft to the Purchaser by notice to the Purchaser, whereupon neither party
shall have any further obligation or liability hereunder, except the Seller
shall retain the Initial Payment as liquidated damages and not as a penalty

 

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and
refund to the Purchaser any other payments received pursuant to Clause 2.4 of
this Agreement.

 

6.                                      FEES AND EXPENSES

 

Each
of the Purchaser and the Seller shall be responsible for its own costs and
expenses, including legal fees, incurred by each of them in connection with the
negotiation, preparation and execution of the Transaction Documents, regardless
of whether the Aircraft, the Spares or the AFCS are in fact sold by the Seller
to the Purchaser.

 

7.                                      REGISTRATION FEES

 

The
Purchaser shall be responsible at its own expense for obtaining and maintaining
any governmental and other licences, approvals, consents, certificates,
exemptions, registrations and filings necessary for the ownership, leasing,
registration, maintenance, use or operation of the Aircraft on and after
Delivery.  Seller and Purchaser will, at
Purchaser’s expense, execute and file documents with the FAA and register an
international interest pursuant to the Convention on International Interests in
Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests
in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, both signed in
Cape Town, South Africa on November 16, 2001, together with the
Regulations for the International Registry, the International Registry Procedures,
the International Registry Website terms and conditions, and all other rules,
amendments, supplements and revisions thereof (collectively, the “Cape Town Convention”) with respect to the sale of the
Aircraft hereunder.

 

8.                                      INDEMNITIES

 

8.1                           Indemnities

 

Purchaser
shall indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless Seller and each of its
respective successors, assigns, affiliates, and Seller’s and each of their
respective officers, directors, shareholders, agents, employees, members,
partners, contractors subcontractors, and suppliers, (collectively, the “Seller Indemnitees”) for, from and against, and on written
demand shall pay or reimburse each Seller Indemnitee for the payment of, any
and all losses, costs, expenses, fees (including legal fees and disbursements),
payments, demands, liabilities, claims, actions, proceedings, penalties, fines,
damages and judgments of any kind and nature whatsoever (other than Taxes)
(collectively, “Losses”), imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against any Seller Indemnitee from and after the Delivery on the
Delivery Date to the extent relating to or arising directly or indirectly out
of or in any way connected with (i) the breach by Purchaser of any
representation or warranty hereunder or (ii) the ownership, possession,
maintenance, modification, control, use, operation, sale, leasing or other
application or disposition of the Spares, the Aircraft, the AFCS, any Engine or
any Part or component thereof or interest therein, whether by Purchaser or
any other person or party; provided, however, that such Losses are not
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wilful
misconduct of a Seller Indemnitee or (b) the breach by Seller or any
Seller Indemnitee of any express warranty, representation or obligation
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.  Purchaser’s indemnification obligations under
this Agreement, except for those arising from a breach by Seller of any express
warranty, representation or obligation hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document, shall solely be satisfied by the insurance required to be maintained
under Clause 8.2 hereof, to the extent Purchaser has complied with its
obligations thereunder.  If a claim is
made against a Seller Indemnitee for any such Losses, the relevant Seller
Indemnitee shall promptly notify Purchaser upon receiving notice of such
claim.  If requested by Purchaser in
writing, such Seller Indemnitee will, at Purchaser’s expense, take such action
as Purchaser or the insurer defending such claim may reasonably direct with
respect to such claim.  Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of parties under this
Clause 8.1 will survive the Delivery of the Aircraft and the Redelivery of the
AFCS and the Spares.

 

Taxes

 

8.1.1                        Each of the
Seller and the Purchaser shall co-operate and use reasonable efforts to avoid
or minimize any and all Transfer Taxes imposed on or arising out of the sale of
the Aircraft to the Purchaser by the Seller or otherwise imposed on the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all
Transfer Taxes arising out of the sale and/or delivery of the Aircraft or any Part thereof
shall be the sole responsibility and liability of the Purchaser.

 

8.1.2                        The Purchaser
will indemnify and hold Seller harmless on demand from and against any and all
Transfer Taxes levied or imposed against or upon the Seller or the Purchaser
and relating to or attributable to the Purchaser, this Agreement or the sale
and/or purchase of the Aircraft pursuant to this Agreement, and any Transfer
Taxes of any kind whatsoever assessed against the Seller which are attributable
to any payment made by the Purchaser pursuant to this Clause 8.1.2 (expressly
excluding any such Tax based on gross or net income, profits or revenues, franchise or doing business Taxes of
Seller).

 

8.1.3                        If a claim is
made against the Seller for any Transfer Taxes required to be indemnified by
Purchaser in Clause 8.1.1, the Seller shall promptly notify the Purchaser.  Following receipt of such notice or upon
receipt of any claim made by a taxing authority against the Purchaser directly,
the Purchaser shall promptly pay and discharge when due any and all Transfer
Taxes, the responsibility and liability for which is assumed by the Purchaser
pursuant to the provisions of Clause 8.1.1 and/or Clause 8.1.2.

 

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8.2                           Insurance

 

8.2.1                        Subject to the
express provisions of the Crew Provisioning Agreement, the Purchaser shall, at
no expense to the Seller, maintain or procure following the Delivery Date
liability insurance (including war risks and allied perils, including
passengers and third parties, cargo and baggage, products liability and
property damage) in respect of the Aircraft including cover for the indemnities
in Clause 8.1 in an amount of not less than [* * *] in respect of any one
accident and/or occurrence (but in the aggregate in respect of products and
personal injury liability).

 

8.2.2                        The insurance
policies in respect of such insurance shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller and shall include provisions (to the extent
commercially available) whereby:

 

(a)                                  the Seller
Indemnitees are named as additional named insureds for their respective rights
and interests;

 

(b)                                 the insurers
under any hull or liability policy for the Aircraft shall waive all rights of
subrogation against the Seller Indemnitee to the extent of the indemnity under
Clause 8.1;

 

(c)                                  in respect of the
interests of each Seller Indemnitee in such policies, the insurance shall not
be invalidated by any act or omission (including misrepresentation and
non-disclosure) of the Purchaser or any other person (other than as to any such
Seller Indemnitee) which results in a breach of any term, condition, warranty
or other provision of such policies;

 

(d)                                 none of the
Seller Indemnitees shall have responsibility for the payment of premiums or any
other amounts payable under such policies;

 

(e)                                  if such
insurance is cancelled or allowed to lapse for any reason whatsoever, or if any
material change is made in such insurance that adversely affects the interest
of any Seller Indemnitee, such cancellation, lapse or change shall not be
effective as to any Seller Indemnitee for 30 days (or 7 days or such
other period as is then customarily obtainable in the industry in the case of
any war and allied perils liability coverage) after giving notice from such
insurers or the Purchaser’s appointed insurance broker to the Seller ;

 

(f)                                    be primary
without right of contribution from any other insurance maintained by any Seller
Indemnitee;

 

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(g)                                 provide a
severability of interests provision applicable to each insured and Seller Indemnitee
under the policy such that all of the provisions of the insurance required
hereunder, except the limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as
if there were a separate policy covering each insured and Seller Indemnitee;

 

(h)                                 waive any right
of the insurers to any setoff, counterclaim or other deduction against the
Seller Indemnitees; and

 

(i)                                     provide for
worldwide coverage, subject to such limitations and exclusions as may be
customary, provided, such limitations and exclusions are not applicable
to the territories where the Aircraft is operated.

 

8.2.3                        On or before
the Delivery Date and at each renewal of the insurances the Purchaser shall
deliver to the Seller originals of each insurance certificate and broker’s
letter of undertaking in relation to the Aircraft confirming that the Purchaser
has complied with its obligations hereunder.

 

8.2.4                        So long as
Seller is required to provide insurance under Clause 6.2 of the Crew
Provisioning Agreement, the obligations of Purchaser under this Clause 8.2
shall be deemed complied with by Purchaser so long as the Purchaser has
complied with its obligation to pay for the insurance procured by the Seller
under Clause 6.2.1 of the Crew Provisioning Agreement.

 

9.                                      ASSIGNMENTS

 

Neither
party shall assign or transfer its rights, obligations or interests hereunder
without the prior written consent of the other, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld.  The terms “Purchaser” and “Seller” when
used herein, shall be deemed to include their respective successors and
permitted assigns.  The Purchaser may, at
its sole cost and expense, assign its rights by way of security to a third
party provider of financing for the purchase described herein provided,
however, that any such assignment shall in no way decrease the rights or
increase the obligations of Seller hereunder.

 

10.                               AMENDMENTS

 

Neither
this Agreement nor any provision hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
this Clause 10) may be amended, supplemented, changed, waived, discharged or
terminated orally, but only by a statement in writing signed by each of Seller
and the Purchaser.  For avoidance of
doubt, the Representative does not have the authority to enter into any
amendments of this Agreement or any Exhibit or Schedule hereto on
behalf of the Purchaser.  Only an
authorized officer of the Purchaser may sign any such amendment on behalf of
the Purchaser.

 

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11.                               NOTICES

 

11.1                     Notices

 

All
notices to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and either sent by
a nationally recognized overnight courier service, in which case notice shall
be deemed delivered as of the date shown on the courier’s delivery receipt; or
sent by telecopy during business hours of the recipient, with a copy of the
notice also deposited in the United States mail (postage prepaid) the same
business day, in which case notice shall be deemed delivered on transmittal by
telecopier provided that a transmission report is generated reflecting the
accurate transmission of the notices, or sent by United States mail, postage
prepaid, in which case notice shall be deemed delivered as of two business days
after deposit in the mail, addressed as follows:

 

	
   

  	
  To
  the Purchaser:

  	
  SAN
  DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8315
  Century Park Court, CP22D

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  San
  Diego, CA 92123

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile:

  	
  (858)
  654-1720

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:

  	
  Director
  of Supply Management

  

 

11.1.1  to the
Seller to:

 

	
   

  	
  Address:

  	
  ERICKSON
  AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5550
  SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 200

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Portland,
  OR 97239

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile:

  	
  503-473-8540

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:

  	
  Vice
  President-General Counsel

  

 

or
to such other address, email or facsimile number as is notified by one party to
the other under this Agreement.

 

11.2                     English Language

 

All
notices, requests, demands, or other communication under this Agreement, unless
made in the English language, shall (unless expressly provided to the contrary)
be accompanied by an English translation and the English version of all such
documents, notices, communications, evidence, reports, opinions and other
documents shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, prevail in the
event of any conflict with the non English version thereof.

 

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12.                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1                     Entire Agreement

 

This
Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser
relating to the purchase of the Aircraft, and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall not be varied otherwise than by an instrument in writing of
even date herewith or subsequent hereto executed by or on behalf of the Seller
and the Purchaser.

 

12.2                     Delay in Exercising Rights

 

No
failure or delay on the part of either party in exercising any right, power or
remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise by either party of any such right, power or remedy
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy.  The remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any remedies
provided by law.

 

12.3                     Further Assurance

 

Each
party shall from time to time do and perform such other and further acts and
execute and deliver any and all such further instruments as may be required by
law or reasonably requested in writing by the other to establish, maintain and
protect the rights and remedies of the other and to carry out and effect the
intent and purposes of this Agreement.

 

12.4                     Rights at Law

 

Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed to limit in any way any right, power,
remedy or privilege of the parties hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity.  Each and every right,
power, remedy and privilege of each party under this Agreement:  (1) shall be in addition to and not in
limitation of, or in substitution for, any other right, power, remedy or
privilege under this Agreement or at law or in equity; (ii) may be
exercised from time to time or simultaneously and as often and in such order as
may be deemed expedient by it; and (iii) shall be cumulative and not
mutually exclusive and the exercise of one shall not be deemed a waiver of the
right to exercise any other.

 

12.5                     Counterparts

 

This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by each of the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

12.6                     Severability

 

If
any provision of this Agreement shall become invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect under any law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired.

 

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12.7                     Data and Confidentiality

 

12.7.1                  All Data is proprietary to
and shall remain the property of Seller. 
All Data is disclosed to Purchaser in confidence, and shall neither (1) be
used by Purchaser or be furnished by Purchaser to any other person, firm or
corporation for the design or manufacture of any products, articles,
compositions of matter, or processes, nor (2) be permitted out of
Purchaser’s possession, or divulged to any other person or entity except the
Representative and as otherwise agreed by Seller in writing, nor (3) be
used in the creation, manufacture, development or derivation of any
modifications, spare parts, design or configuration changes, or to obtain FAA
or any other government or regulatory approval of any of the foregoing.  If consent is given, in writing by Seller,
for reproduction in whole or in part, any existing notice or legend shall
appear in any such reproduction.  Nothing
in this Clause shall preclude Purchaser from using Data for the control,
repair, operation, use, sale, leasing, overhaul or maintenance by Purchaser and
the Representative of the Aircraft. 
Purchaser shall be responsible for and take all steps necessary to
insure compliance by its employees and agents with this Clause.  Nothing in this Agreement shall convey to
Purchaser the right to use Data to create, manufacture, develop, or cause the
reproduction of any aircraft, spare part, or part or component thereof, of a
design identical or similar to that of the Aircraft, the Spares and the AFCS
purchased under the Transaction Documents, or give to Purchaser a license under
any patents or rights owned or controlled by Purchaser.

 

12.7.2                  This Agreement contains
information specifically for Seller and Purchaser, and nothing herein contained
shall be divulged by Seller or Purchaser, nor shall any Data provided by Seller
hereunder be divulged by Purchaser, to any third party without the prior
written consent of the other party hereto; except (i) to the extent
required by law or to enforce this Agreement; and (ii) to the extent
necessary for disclosure to both parties’ respective  regulators,
insurers, accountants, legal counsel, technical advisors, the Representative or
other professional advisors for whom each party hereto shall be responsible
for, and take all steps necessary to insure, compliance by those persons with this
Clause.

 

12.8                           Prohibition on Non-Public Information Sharing

 

12.8.1                  The Seller understands that
the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) have issued certain Affiliate Rules, including,
without limitation, CPUC Decision (“D”)
06-12-029; FERC Order 697 (18 C.F.R. Section 35.39(g)); and FERC Order
No. 2004.  The Seller and its
permitted

 

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subcontractors may be in
receipt of or have access to non-public information which is subject to the
foregoing rules.  In accordance with
those rules, Seller understands and agrees, and shall cause its permitted
subcontractors to understand and agree not to disclose or allow access to:  (1) any non-public information of the
Purchaser and/or Southern California Gas Company with any entity affiliated
with such utilities by virtue of substantial, even if not majority, direct or
indirect ownership other than the ultimate parent company of both such
entities, Sempra Energy (each, a “Sempra Subsidiary”); (2) any non-public
electric or gas marketing, procurement or transmission-related information of
any Sempra Subsidiary with any other Sempra Subsidiary; (3) any non-public
transmission-related information of any Sempra Subsidiary’s transmission
operations with persons participating in the performance of the same Sempra
Subsidiary’s or any other Sempra Subsidiary’s electric and/or gas procurement,
marketing or other merchant functions; or (4) any gas procurement, marketing
or merchant information associated with Southern California Gas Company’s
merchant function with persons participating in the performance of Southern
California Gas Company’s and/or the Purchaser’s gas operations function.

 

12.8.2                  Seller and permitted
subcontractors understand and agree that they may be required to complete
training regarding the foregoing at the Purchaser’s sole discretion.

 

13.                               GOVERNING LAW

 

THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF OREGON, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

14.                               JURISDICTION

 

14.1                     Oregon Courts

 

Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceedings
in connection with this Agreement which is expressed to be governed by Oregon
law, against either party or any of its assets may be brought in any court
located in Multnomah County, Oregon, which shall have jurisdiction to settle
any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and each party
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any State or Federal court sitting in Multnomah County

 

14.2                     Non-exclusive Submission

 

The
submission to jurisdiction referred to in Clause 14.1 (Oregon
Courts) shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the
rights of either party to take proceedings against the other party in the
courts of any other competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of

 

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proceedings
in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any
other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

 

14.3                     Inconvenient Forum

 

Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably waives any objection it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding in the courts
located in Multnomah County and any claim it may now or hereafter have that any
action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

14.4                     Waiver of Immunity

 

Each
party to this Agreement agrees that in any legal action or proceedings against
it or its assets in connection with this Agreement no immunity from such legal
action or proceedings (which shall include, without limitation, suit,
attachment prior to judgement, other attachment, the obtaining of judgement,
execution or other enforcement) shall be claimed by or on behalf of it or with
respect to its assets, and each party to this Agreement irrevocably waives any
such right of immunity which it or its assets now have or may hereafter acquire
or which may be attributed to it or its assets and consents generally in
respect of any such legal action or proceedings to the giving of any relief or
the issue of any process in connection with such action or proceedings
including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or execution against any
property whatsoever (irrespective of its use or intended use) of any order of
judgement which may be made or given in such action or proceedings.

 

14.5                     Waiver of Jury Trial

 

Each
of the Parties to this Agreement irrevocably waives trial by jury in any action
or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.

 

14.6                     Interpretation

 

No
Clause or other provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted against the
interest of any party hereto for the reason that such party drafted the Clause
or other provision.

 

14.7                     Government Authorization, Export Shipment

 

Purchaser
shall be responsible for obtaining any required export licenses and import
licenses or any other required governmental authorization and shall be
responsible for complying with all applicable U.S. and foreign government
licensing and reporting requirements for its ownership, use, operation,
maintenance, sale, leasing and control of the Aircraft from and after Delivery
on the Delivery Date, excluding any such licensing and reporting requirements
applicable to Seller in its capacity as operator of the Aircraft pursuant to
the Crew Provisioning Agreement.

 

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15.                               AGREEMENT TO LEASE REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT

 

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the case the
Redelivery Date of the Aircraft is delayed beyond June 20 2010, then the
Seller agrees that it will provide the Purchaser with the use of a comparable
helicopter which can substantially perform all tasks for which the Aircraft is
being designed and remanufactured at no costs to the Purchaser, other than the
Fees payable by the Purchaser under the Crew Provisioning Agreement and any
other costs and expenses payable by the Purchaser thereunder (including,
without limitation, the costs and expenses of the insurance policies pursuant
to Clause 6.2.1 (Aviation Insurance) thereof) from
June 20, 2010 until the Redelivery Date.

 

16.                               DIVERSE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GOAL

 

It
is the policy of Purchaser to provide maximum opportunity for women, minority
and service disabled veteran business enterprises (“Diverse Business
Enterprises” or “DBE”) to participate in the performance of contracts.  As part of Purchaser’s efforts toward achieving
Purchaser’s thirty percent DBE goal, Seller shall diligently and in good faith
cooperate with Purchaser in identifying and utilizing qualified DBE
subcontractors and suppliers for work performed for Purchaser.  Each party shall be responsible for its own
costs incurred in connection with this clause.

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the duly authorised representatives of the parties
hereto have executed this Agreement and the same has been delivered and
rendered effective on the day and year first hereinbefore written.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

FORM OF BILL OF SALE

 

For
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, ERICKSON AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED
(the “Seller”), owner of the full legal and
beneficial title to the aircraft, engines, equipment and documents described
below (hereinafter referred to as the “Aircraft”):

 

1.                                       one (1) Erickson
S-64F aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number 64095;

 

2.                                       two (2) PW[          ]
engines whose serial numbers are
[          ] and
[          ] respectively;

 

3.                                       all equipment,
accessories and parts belonging to, installed in or appurtenant to such
aircraft or engines; and

 

4.                                       the Aircraft
Documentation,

 

does
hereby sell, grant, transfer and deliver all its right, title and interest in
and to the Aircraft free and clear of all Encumbrances other than those created
or granted by, or through, Purchaser, to SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
COMPANY (the “Purchaser”), under that certain
Aircraft Purchase Agreement dated as of       
May 2009 and made between Seller and Purchaser (the “Sale
Agreement”), to have and to hold the Aircraft forever.  The Seller hereby warrants to the Purchaser,
and its successors and assigns, that it is the legal and beneficial owner of
the Aircraft and that there is hereby conveyed to the Purchaser good and
marketable title to the Aircraft free and clear of any Encumbrances other than
the Encumbrances granted or created by, or through, Purchaser.

 

The
terms “Aircraft Documentation” and “Encumbrances” shall have the same meanings
in this Bill of Sale as in the Sale Agreement.

 

The
Aircraft is sold AS IS and WHERE IS and under all the terms and conditions set
forth in the Sale Agreement.

 

Except
as stated in Clause 4.1 (Representations and
Warranties of the Seller), Clause 4.2 (Limited
Warranties) and 4.6 (Repetition of
Representations and Warranties) of the Sale Agreement and in this
Bill of Sale, to the extent permitted by applicable law, no representations,
guarantees or warranties are given by Seller, express or implied of any kind,
arising by law or otherwise.

 

This
Bill of Sale and all matters arising from or connected with it are governed by
the laws of the State of Oregon without reference to principles of conflicts of
law.

 

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IN
WITNESS whereof, Seller has caused this Bill of Sale to be duly executed as of
this [   ] day of
[            ],
2009

 

 

	
  ERICKSON
  AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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SCHEDULE 2

 

S-64F HELICOPTER

QTY 1

 

	
  A.

  	
   

  	
  Main Features 5-64 F Helicopter

  	
   

  	
  Re Manufactured

  
	
  B.

  	
   

  	
  General Arrangement

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Wheeled
  Landing Type

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Dual
  Engine P & W
  JFTD12A-5A 4,800 SHP X 2

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6
  Blade Fully Articulated Main Rotor Head

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4
  Blade Tail Rotor Head

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fuel
  Capacity, Main 908 USG Aux 448 USG

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Dual
  Control 2 Pilot Requirement

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Aft
  Facing Pilot Station with Flight Controls

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  47,000
  lbs Max Gross Weight

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  25,000
  lbs Max External Load Weight

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Environmental
  Control Unit (ECU)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Engine
  Anti Ice System

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  AFCS
  w/o Upgrade

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Primary
  Instrumentation CRT & LCD Display

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Back
  up Instrumentation Analog

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Rotor
  Brake Hand Pump Style

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Main
  Wheel Brakes

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Cockpit
  Door Bubble Windows

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Pulse
  Lights

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Red &
  White Strobe Tail Lights

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Red
  Nose Strobe Light

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Sealed
  Lead Acid Battery

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  APP
  Electric Start

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Cockpit
  Fans

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fire
  Extinguisher Hand Held

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Crash
  Axe

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Two
  Color Paint Scheme

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Hard
  Wiring for RADS, RADS Kit Included

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Collective
  Down Lock System

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4th Crew Seat

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Auxiliary
  Fuel Tank with Indicator

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  First
  Aide Kit

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fall
  Protection System

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  

 

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  C.

  	
   

  	
  Engine and Systems Monitoring

  Display

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  ICDS
  2000 Multi Function Display (2 ea.) Includes:

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  N1 Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fuel Flow Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  EPR Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  MGB Oil Temperature Indicator

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fuel Quantity Indicator (3 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Torque Indicator (3 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Triple Tachometer (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Oil Cooler Tachometer

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  T-5 Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Hydraulic Pressure Indicator (3 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  MGB Oil Temperature Indicator

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Engine Oil Temperature Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Load Cell Indicator

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fire Tank Quantity Indicator

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Electronic
  Horizontal-Situation Indicator (EHSI) (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Electronic
  Attitude Directional Indicator (EADI) (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Magnetic
  Compass

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Altimeter
  (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Airspeed
  Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Vertical
  Speed Indicator (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Artificial
  Horizon (2 ea.) Standby

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Clock
  Digital (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  OAT
  Indicator — Digital and Analog (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Hour
  Meter

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  

 

	
  D.

  	
   

  	
  Radio Package

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6
  Position Intercom System, 4 Inside, 2 External

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  VHF
  COMM- 118-152 MHz (VHF-22) (2ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Distance
  Measuring Equipment (DME) Transceiver

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  ATC
  Transponder (TDR-94/94D Mode S Transponder) (2 ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Radio
  Tuning Unit (RTU) (2ea.)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Emergency
  Locator Transmitter (ELT) 406 MHz

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Radar
  Altimeter

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  USFS
  P25 Compliant VHF FM Transceiver (Northern Airborne Technology NPX136D)

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  GPS
  (Garmin 500)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  VOR/ILS
  Receiver with Marker Beacon

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Automatic
  Direction Finder (ADF) Receiver

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  

 

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  D.

  	
   

  	
  Radio Package

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Cockpit
  Voice Recorder (Pacific Avionics & Instruments)

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  EMM
  35 Engines and Systems Monitoring

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Night
  Vision Goggle Modification 3 Sets Goggles

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  AFF
  Blue Sky System

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  

 

	
  E.

  	
   

  	
  Fire Suppression System

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Fire
  Tank 2,550 USG

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Foam
  Tank Internal 70 USG

  	
   

  	
  Standard with Tank

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Pond
  Snorkel with Aux Pack

  	
   

  	
  Standard with Tank

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Sea
  Snorkel

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Hydro
  Seed Modification

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Bambi
  Bucket HL7600 STD.

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  

 

	
  F.

  	
   

  	
  Construction Accessories

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Siren
  Warning System

  	
   

  	
  Standard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Shock &
  Pendant to include upper hook

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Anti
  Rotational Restraint System

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Construction
  Winch

  	
   

  	
  Included in Price

  

 

	
  G.

  	
   

  	
  Training

  	
   

  	
  Equipment and

  Accessories

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Maintenance
  Training 240 Hr. Course

  	
   

  	
  Technical Training Syllabus

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Pilot
  Training 40 Hr. Ground School 10 Hr.  Flight Transition

  	
   

  	
  Pilot Training Syllabus

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Safety
  Management Training

  	
   

  	
  SMS Syllabus

  

 

	
  H.

  	
   

  	
  Time Life Credits

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Time Life Credits allowed only for parts and components exceeding 50%
  of their time limit and only applied to the hours over their 50% in service
  time.

  	
   

  	
  Comply

  

 

	
  I.

  	
   

  	
  Time Since Overhaul

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  All components under the manufacturers overhaul schedule shall be TSO
  0.0

  	
   

  	
  Comply

  

 

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SCHEDULE 3

 

Acceptance Certificate

 

Capitalized
terms herein have the same meaning as in that certain Aircraft Purchase
Agreement dated as of May     , 2009 (the “Agreement”),
by and between Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (“Seller”) and San Diego
Gas & Electric Company (“Purchaser”).

 

Pursuant
to the Agreement the undersigned hereby accepts delivery of the Aircraft at
    :     (AM/PM) on
                    ,
          , 2009 in Central
Point, Oregon and agrees and confirms that the Aircraft has been delivered to
and accepted by Purchaser in accordance with all terms and conditions set forth
in the Agreement.

 

Executed
by a duly authorized representative of Purchaser this
         day of
                  ,
2009.

 

 

	
   

  	
  SAN
  DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

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EXECUTION PAGE

 

	
  The
  Purchaser

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  for
  and on behalf of

  	
   

  
	
  SAN
  DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signature:

  	
  /s/
  J. Chris Baker

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:
  J. Chris Baker

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:
  SVP & CIO - SEU Shared Services

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  The
  Seller

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  for
  and on behalf of

  	
   

  
	
  ERICKSON
  AIR-CRANE INCORPORATED

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signature:

  	
  /s/
  Charles E. Ryan

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:
  Charles E. Ryan

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:
  CFO

  	
   

  

 

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