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Form of Stock Purchase Agreement--ESOP Sale

  
 EXHIBIT 4.3 
  
 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
 This Stock
Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of this _______day of February, 2002 among the Community National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, (“Seller”), ____________ (“Purchaser”) and Community Bancorp Inc., a
Delaware corporation and registered bank holding company (the “Company”). 
  
 RECITALS 

 
 WHEREAS the Company is the issuer of a class of voting common shares registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
traded on the Nasdaq National Market (the “Shares”); 
  
 WHEREAS the Seller holds certain Shares of the
Company as an employee stock ownership plan available to officers and employees of the Community National Bank (the “Bank”), the Company’s banking subsidiary; 
  
 WHEREAS Seller is being discontinued and terminated and the unvested Shares sold; 
  
 WHEREAS the Seller is an “affiliate” (as hereinafter defined) of the Company for purposes of the Act (as hereinafter defined); 
  
 WHEREAS the Seller is ready, willing and able to sell and transfer 5,000 Shares it currently holds (the “Subject Shares”) to the Purchaser, for the consideration
and on the terms set forth herein; 
  
 WHEREAS the Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission; 
  
 WHEREAS the Purchaser has had an opportunity to
investigate the Company and its business prospects, and is willing and able to purchase the Subject Shares at the price and on the terms set forth herein; and 
  
 WHEREAS the Company has concluded that it is in its best interest and those of its shareholders to discontinue the Seller as an employee benefit plan of the Bank and to facilitate the sale of unvested
Shares; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the covenants and consideration set forth herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 When used in this Agreement with capitalized initials, unless the context clearly requires 

 
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 a different meaning, each of the following terms shall be given the meaning
ascribed to it in this Article, as follows: 
  
 “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

  
 “Affiliate” means any Person that directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified. The term “control,” for purposes of this paragraph, shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, to make or influence the policies and/or decisions of the specified
Person. 
  
 “Article,” means one of the major subdivisions of this Agreement denoted by such name and a
sequential Roman numeral; and a reference to an Article shall include, as applicable in the context, a reference to each and every part of such Article. 
  
 “Bank” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals. 
  
 “BHC Act” means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. 
  
 “Board of
Directors” means the Company’s board of directors. 
  
 “Business Day” means a day other than
Saturday or Sunday when all or substantially all banks in California are open for business. The term shall exclude (1) every legal holiday established as such by the laws of the United States or the State of California, and (2) any other day on
which banking institutions in San Diego are authorized or obligated by law or by federal order to close. 
  
 “Charter Documents” means, with respect to any business organization, any certificate or articles of incorporation and any bylaws, articles of organization, operating agreement, partnership or limited partnership agreement,
declaration of trust or other governing instrument, each as amended to date, that regulate the basic organization of the business organization and its internal relations. 
  
 “Closing” means the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth in Section 2. 
  
 “Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing occurs, determined pursuant to Section 2. 
  
 “Company” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals. 
  
 “Consent” means any required consent, approval, absence of disapproval, waiver or authorization from, or notice to, or registration or filing with, any Person.

  
 “Earnings Release” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.10. 

 
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 “Encumbrance” means any option, pledge, security interest, lien,
charge, encumbrance, mortgage, assessment, claim or restriction (whether on voting, disposition or otherwise), whether imposed by agreement, understanding, law or otherwise. 
  
 “Equity Securities” means capital stock or any options, rights, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase capital stock, or any plans, contracts or
commitments that are exercisable in such capital stock or that provide for the issuance of, or grant the right to acquire, or are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such capital stock. 
  
 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and all regulations thereunder. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  
 “Financial Statements” means the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and the related opinions thereon for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, and quarterly unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, as presented in the SEC Reports. 
  
 “FRB” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
  
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles. 
  
 “Governmental Entity”
means any court or tribunal in any jurisdiction or any United States federal, state, district, domestic, or other administrative agency, department, commission, board, bureau or other governmental authority or instrumentality. 

 
 “Law” means any statute or law or any judgment, decree, injunction, order, regulation or rule of any Governmental
Entity. 
  
 “Options” means options, warrants or rights issued by Company and entitling the holder to
purchase Shares from the Company. The term does not include securities or other instruments of any kind issued by any other Person. 
  
 A “party” shall mean the Seller/Company or the Purchaser. “Parties” shall mean both the Seller/Company and the Purchaser. 
  
 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, trust, association, unincorporated body, partnership, joint venture, Governmental Entity, statutorily or
regulatory sanctioned entity or any other person or organization which may be given standing as a person in any court located in the United States of America. 
  
 “Purchaser” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals. 
  
 “Registration Rights Agreement” means an agreement in the form of the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B, which shall have been executed and delivered by 

 
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 the Company and the Purchaser pursuant to Article II hereof. 

 
 “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “SEC Reports” means all reports filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act with the SEC or other Governmental Entity and
includes reports filed by the Bank with the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to the formation of the Company. 
  
 “Section” means a section of this Agreement denoted by such name and by a sequential number in legal format, consisting of an ordinal in Arabic format corresponding with the article number,
followed by a decimal and a second ordinal indicating the order of the section within the article. Any reference to a Section shall include, as applicable in the context, a reference to each and every subsection or other part of such Section.

  
 “Seller” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals. 
  
 “Shares” means shares of the voting common stock, no par value, of the Company. 
  
 “Subject Shares” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals. 
  

“Subsidiary,” when used with reference to a specified Person, means any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity of which the majority of outstanding
voting securities are owned by such Person. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
 PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES 
  
 Section 2.1. Purchase and
Sale of Shares. Upon and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell, and Purchaser agrees to purchase, all the Subject Shares at a price of $6.50 per Share, for a total of $32,500 in lawful money of the
United States of America. 
  
 Section 2.2. Closing. The closing of this transaction (the “Closing”)
shall take place at the offices of the Company, 130 W. Fallbrook Street, Fallbrook, California, at 9:00 a.m. on the third Business Day after all of the conditions to the parties’ respective conditions to closing are satisfied or waived as
provided herein, or at such other place and date as the parties may agree in writing. The actual date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” 
  
 Section 2.3. Delivery and Payment. At the Closing, the Seller shall deliver the certificate or certificates representing the Subject Shares, duly endorsed for
transfer to the Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser one or more certificates, in such reasonable denominations as the Purchaser may have designated in writing not less than three days before the Closing, and registered in the
name of the Purchaser, representing the Subject Shares. At the same time and place, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller the purchase price of the Subject 

 
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 Shares by, at the option of the Seller, cashier’s check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by Seller in writing not less than three Business Days before the Closing. 
  
 Section 2.4. Restricted Securities. Purchaser understands that the Subject Shares have the status of “restricted securities,” within the meaning of Rule 144 (a)(3)(i) promulgated by the SEC pursuant to Act inasmuch
as Seller is an affiliate of the Company. The Subject Shares may not be sold or otherwise disposed of by Purchaser unless such sale or disposition has been registered with the SEC under the Act or is exempt from the registration requirement
(including pursuant to Rule 144). Purchaser shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Subject Shares without such registration or exemption, and until such time as the Subject Shares have been registered with the SEC, Company shall direct its
Secretary and transfer agent to refuse to transfer any of the Subject Shares on the records of the Company without receiving evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirement. All
certificates representing the Subject Shares, whether upon original issuance or upon transfer (as, if and when permitted hereby and by applicable Law) shall be endorsed with a legend giving notice of the transfer restriction to prospective
purchasers, in form as follows: 
  
 THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE RESTRICTED SECURITIES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED TO ANY PERSON AT ANY TIME, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT COVERING SUCH SHARES UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 
  
 Section 2.5. Registration Rights. At the Closing and in order to facilitate the sale of the Subject Shares, the Company and the Purchaser shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in the
form attached as Exhibit A hereto, entitling the Purchaser to have the Subject Shares registered under the Act at Company expense at the times and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
 SELLER’S WARRANTIES AND
REPRESENTATIONS 
  
 To induce Purchaser to enter into this Agreement, Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser
as follows: 
  
 Section 3.1. Title to Shares. Seller has good and marketable title to all the Subject Shares,
free and clear of all Encumbrances. 
  
 Section 3.2. Authority of Seller. The execution and delivery by Seller
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly 

 
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 authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller, and this Agreement is a
valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally and by general equitable principles. Neither the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, nor compliance by Seller with any of the provisions
hereof, will: (a) violate any provision of its Charter Documents; (b) constitute a breach of or result in a default (or give rise to any rights of termination, cancellation or acceleration, or any right to acquire any securities or assets) under any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, franchise, license, permit, agreement, Encumbrance or other instrument or obligation to which Seller is a party, or by which Seller or any of the Subject Shares are
bound; or (c) violate any Law applicable to Seller or any of the Subject Shares. No Consent of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over any aspect of the business or assets of Seller, and no Consent of any Person, is required in connection
with the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement or the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby. Seller shall take all action required by the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA to authorize the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein. 
  
 Section 3.3. Litigation.
Seller is not a party to any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened legal, administrative or other claim, action, suit, investigation, arbitration or proceeding challenging the validity or propriety of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
 COMPANY’S WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS 
  
 Company represents and warrants to Purchaser
as follows: 
  
 Section 4.1. Incorporation, Standing and Power. Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is registered with the FRB as a bank holding company under the BHC Act. The Bank is a national banking association duly incorporated and in good standing
under the laws of the United States. All of the outstanding shares of Bank are owned by the Company. Company and Bank have all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate their respective properties and assets and to carry on
their respective businesses as presently conducted. Neither the scope of the business of Company and Bank nor the location of any of their properties requires that Company or Bank be licensed to do business in any jurisdiction other than in Delaware
(in the case of the Company) and California where the failure to be so licensed would, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operation or business of Company on a consolidated
basis. 
  
 Section 4.2. Capitalization. As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of
Company consists of 10,000,000 Shares, of which 3,311,490 are outstanding. All the outstanding Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and without preemptive rights. Except for Options granted pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock option plans, there are no outstanding Options with respect to the unissued Shares or any other securities convertible into such 

 
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 Shares, and Company is not obligated to issue any additional shares of its
capital stock or Options with respect to the unissued shares of its capital stock or any other securities convertible into such stock. 
  
 Section 4.3. Subsidiaries. Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any outstanding stock, Equity Securities or other voting interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity or Person,
other than the Bank and Community (CA) Capital Trust I. 
  
 Section 4.4. Financial Statements. The Financial
Statements of Company: (a) present fairly the consolidated financial condition of Company as of the respective dates indicated and its consolidated results of operations and cash flow for the respective periods indicated; and (b) have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP. The audits of Company have been conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The books and records of Company are being maintained in material compliance with applicable legal and accounting
requirements. Except to the extent (a) reflected in its Financial Statements, or (b) incurred since September 30, 2001 in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, Company does not have any liabilities, whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise. 
  
 Section 4.5. Authority of Company. The execution and delivery by Company
of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by both have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company, and this Agreement is a valid and
binding obligation of Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally and by general equitable principles. Neither the execution and delivery by Company of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, nor compliance by Company with any of the provisions hereof, will:
(a) violate any provision of its Charter Documents; (b) constitute a breach of or result in a default (or give rise to any rights of termination, cancellation or acceleration, or any right to acquire any securities or assets) under any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, franchise, license, permit, agreement, Encumbrance or other instrument or obligation to which Company is a party, or by which Company or any of its properties or assets is bound, if in
any such circumstances, such event could have consequences materially adverse to Company on a consolidated basis; or (c) violate any Law applicable to Company or any of its properties or assets. No Consent of any Governmental Entity having
jurisdiction over any aspect of the business or assets of Company, and no Consent of any Person, is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Company of this Agreement or the consummation by Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby. 
  
 Section 4.6. Litigation. To the knowledge of Company, neither the Company nor a Subsidiary is a
party to any pending or, to the knowledge of any of the officers, threatened legal, administrative or other claim, action, suit, investigation, arbitration or proceeding challenging the validity or propriety of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. 

 
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 Section 4.7. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. Neither Company nor a
Subsidiary is in default under or in breach of any provision of its Charter Documents or any Law promulgated by any Governmental Entity having authority over it, where such default or breach would have a material adverse effect on the business,
financial condition or results of operations of Company on a consolidated basis. 
  
 Section 4.8. Brokers and
Finders. Company is not a party to or obligated under any agreement with any broker or finder relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions provided for
herein or therein will result in any liability to any broker or finder. 
  
 Section 4.9. Absence of Material
Change. Since December 31, 2000, the businesses of Company and the Subsidiaries have been conducted only in the ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as theretofore conducted, and there has not occurred since December 31, 2000 any
event that has had or may reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operation of Company on a consolidated basis. 
  
 Section 4.10. SEC Reports and Earnings Release. Since December 31, 1999, the Company has filed all reports and registrations statements required to be filed by it
pursuant to the Act and the Exchange Act. The Company has delivered to Purchaser true and complete copies of all of such filings as well as its press release of January 24, 2002 announcing its earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
(the “Earnings Release”). As of the respective dates, since December 31, 1999, none of Company’s SEC Reports nor the Earnings Release contained at the time of filing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstance under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 Section 4.11. Performance of Obligations. Company and the Subsidiaries have performed all of the obligations required to be performed by each of them to date and are
not in material default under or in breach of any term or provision of any material contract, and no event has occurred that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute such default or breach. To Company’s
knowledge, no party with whom it or the Subsidiaries have an agreement that is material to its business is in default thereunder. 
  
 Section 4.12. Licenses and Permits. Company and the Subsidiaries have all licenses and permits that are necessary for the conduct of its businesses, and such licenses are in full force and effect, except for any failure to be
in full force and effect that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of Company on a consolidated basis. The properties and operations of Company and
the Subsidiaries are and have been maintained and conducted, in all material respects, in compliance with all applicable Laws. 
  
 Section 4.13. Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither Company nor a Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations, either accrued or contingent, that are material to it and that have not been: (a) reflected or disclosed in the
Financial Statements or (b) incurred subsequent to December 31, 2000 

 
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 in the ordinary course of business. Company does not know of any basis for the
assertion against it or any Subsidiary of any liability, obligation or claim (including, without limitation, that of any Governmental Entity) that is likely to result in or cause a material adverse change in the business, financial condition or
results of operations of Company on a consolidated basis that is not fairly reflected in the Financial Statements or otherwise disclosed in this Agreement. 
  
 Section 4.14. Accounting Records. Company and the Subsidiaries maintain accounting records which fairly and validly reflect their respective transactions in all material respects, and accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that such transactions are (i) executed in accordance with its management’s general or specific authorization, and (ii) recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP. Such records, to the extent they contain material information pertaining to Company or a Subsidiary which is not easily and readily available elsewhere, have been duplicated, and such duplicates are stored safely and
securely. 
  
 Section 4.15. Title to Assets. Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to
all their respective properties and assets owned or stated to be owned by the Company or the Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Encumbrances except: (a) as set forth in the Financial Statements; (b) Encumbrances for current taxes not yet due; or
(c) Encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business, if any, that, to the knowledge of Company, (i) are not substantial in character, amount or extent, (ii) do not materially detract from the value, (iii) do not interfere with present use
of the property subject thereto or affected thereby, and (iv) do not otherwise materially impair the conduct of business of Company or the Subsidiaries. 
  
 Section 4.16. Taxes. Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all federal and foreign income tax returns, all state and local franchise and income tax, real and personal property tax, sales and
use tax, premium tax, excise tax and other tax returns of every character required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes, together with any interest and penalties owing in connection therewith, shown on such returns to be due in respect of the
periods covered by such returns, other than taxes which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established. Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all required payroll tax returns, have fulfilled all tax
withholding obligations and have paid over to the appropriate governmental authorities the proper amounts with respect to the foregoing. The tax and audit positions taken by Company and the Subsidiaries in connection with the tax returns described
in the preceding sentence were reasonable and asserted in good faith. Adequate provision has been made in the books and records of Company and the Subsidiaries and, to the extent required by generally accepted accounting procedures, reflected in the
Financial Statements, for all tax liabilities, including interest or penalties, whether or not due and payable and whether or not disputed, with respect to any and all federal, foreign, state, local and other taxes for the periods covered by such
financial statements and for all prior periods. To the knowledge of Company, neither the IRS nor any foreign, state, local or other taxing authority has, during the past three years, examined or is in the process of examining any federal, foreign,
state, local or other tax returns of Company and the Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of Company, neither the IRS nor any foreign, state, local or other taxing authority is now asserting or threatening to assert any deficiency or claim for additional
taxes (or interest thereon or penalties in connection therewith). 

 
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 Section 4.17. Subject Shares. The Subject Shares have been duly authorized
and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Upon transfer to the Purchaser as provided herein, the Subject Shares will retain such status in the hands of the Purchaser. 
  
 Section 4.18. Listing of Shares. The outstanding Shares are listed on the Nasdaq National Market. No action has been taken or threatened by Nasdaq with respect to
the delisting or permanent suspension from trading of the Shares. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
 PURCHASER’S WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS 
  
 To induce Seller and Company to enter into this Agreement, Purchaser hereby warrants and represents to Seller and Company as follows: 
  
 Section 5.1. Standing and Capacity. Purchaser has the capacity and all necessary power and authority necessary to enter into this Agreement and perform all its obligations hereunder.

  
 Section 5.2. Authority of Purchaser. The execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by both have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of Purchaser, and this Agreement is a valid and
binding obligation of Purchaser enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and by general equitable principles. Neither the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, nor compliance by Purchaser with any of the provisions
hereof, will: (a) violate any provision of its Charter Documents; or (b) violate any Law applicable to Purchaser or any of its properties or assets. No Consent of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over any aspect of the business or assets
of Purchaser, and no Consent of any Person, is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement or the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 Section 5.3. Compliance with Obligations. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement do not, and the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or a default under, any material agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or which is binding on it or on its assets. 
  
 Section 5.4. Consents and Approvals. All
consents, approvals, authorizations and orders of Governmental Entities or other third parties required for the Purchaser to execute and deliver this Agreement and to purchase the Subject Shares, and otherwise to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, have been obtained. 

 
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 Section 5.5. Litigation. There is no legal action, suit, investigation or
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against or affecting the Purchaser or its assets which could materially and adversely affect its ability to perform or observe any obligation or condition under this Agreement.

  
 Section 5.6. Investor Qualifications. Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined by SEC
Rule 501(a). Purchaser is experienced at evaluating and investing in companies of the same type as Company, and has had the opportunity (a) to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with executives of the Company, (b)
to study publicly available information about the Company and its industry as well as to review and study the books and records of the Company and the Bank and (c) to seek the advice and reports of stock analysts, brokers, investment advisers,
industry consultants, attorneys, accountants, and other experts about the value of the Subject Shares and the risks and benefits of an investment therein. 
  
 Section 5.7. Investment Intent. Purchaser is purchasing for its own account, for investment purposes, and not with any intention to resell, assign, transfer or otherwise distribute the Subject
Shares except as allowed by SEC Rule 144 or in an offering registered with the SEC under the Act. 
  
 Section 5.8.
Financing. Purchaser has funds available to it to consummate the purchase of the Subject Shares as contemplated by this Agreement. 
  
 Section 5.9. No Brokers. Purchaser has not employed any broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement so as to give rise to any valid claim against the Company for
any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or similar compensation. 
  
 Section 5.10. No Reliance. Purchaser
is relying entirely on its own research, investigation and analysis to support its decision to purchase the Subject Shares. Any statements made by or on behalf of the Company other than in (i) this Agreement, (ii) the SEC Reports or (iii) the
Earnings Release are known to Purchaser to be commentary and opinion, and Purchaser is not relying on them for any purpose. Purchaser acknowledges receipt of the SEC Reports and the Earnings Release. 
  
 Section 5.11. Absence of FDIC insurance. Purchaser acknowledges that the Subject Shares are not deposits of the Bank and are not
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any Governmental Entity. 
  
 Section 5.12. ERISA.
Purchaser is not a “party in interest” within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA or a “disqualified person” within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are not “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 406(a)(1) of ERISA or Section 4975(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

 
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 ARTICLE VI 
 COVENANTS 
  
 Section 6.1. Operations in Ordinary Course. From the date hereof to the
Closing, (a) the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practice; and (b) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, take any action which could result in any of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein being untrue as of the Closing 
  
 Section 6.2. [Intentionally Left Blank] 
  
 Section 6.3.
Confidential Information. Purchaser acknowledges that information it receives as part of its investigations, in negotiations with the Company or in discussions with Company representatives may be material nonpublic information. Purchaser will
not (a) disclose or allow the disclosure of such information to any other Person, or (b) purchase, sell or effect any other transaction in Shares of the Company, until after the Company has disclosed such information to the public by means of a
press release or SEC filing or after such information has become public by other means with which Purchaser had no causal connection. No delay in Company’s disclosure of material non-public information shall release Purchaser from the effect of
this paragraph. In the event this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing, Purchaser shall promptly return to Company or destroy, as requested by Company, all copies of any documents obtained by the Purchaser from Company or its Subsidiaries.
The provisions of this section shall survive either Closing or termination of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 6.4.
Provision of Information About Purchaser. Purchaser shall provide to Company and to Seller such information as each of them may reasonably request to verify that Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of SEC Rule
501(a). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser shall provide: 
  
 (a) Copies of
its most recent annual, quarterly and transaction reports, if any, filed with the SEC or with any other U.S. or state agency by which Purchaser is regulated and with which it is required to file reports that could provide information about its
financial position. 
  
 (b) Unless provided as part of the reports described above, copies of
Purchaser’s audited balance sheet and statement of operations for the year and quarter most recently concluded. If Purchaser does not have audited financial statements, it may provide copies of its federal income tax returns for the same
periods, which copies shall be verified in writing by Purchaser to be true, correct and complete. 
  
 Section 6.5.
Advice of Changes. Each party will promptly notify the other in writing of any event occurring before the Closing which would render any of the warranties or representations contained herein (except warranties and representations made as of a
specific date) untrue or inaccurate if made as of the date of such event. The Company will promptly notify the Purchaser of the occurrence of any event prior to the Closing which might reasonably be expected to have a 

 
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 material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets or results
of operations of the Company on a consolidated basis. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
 PURCHASER’S CONDITIONS 
  
 The obligations of the
Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Subject Shares are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on or before the Closing Date, of all of the following conditions: 
  
 Section 7.1. Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties of the Seller and the Company contained in this Agreement shall have been
true and correct when made and shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing Date, except for representations and
warranties applicable solely as to a specified date. 
  
 Section 7.2. Performance of Covenants. The Seller and
the Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all obligations, agreements and covenants hereunder to be performed or complied with by each of them, respectively, on or before the Closing Date. 
  
 Section 7.3. No Actions or Injunctions. No injunction or other court order restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been issued and be in effect on the Closing Date and no action, suit or other proceeding, by any governmental agency or any other party, shall be pending or threatened that, in the reasonable opinion of
the Purchaser (after consultation with the Seller and the Company) has a substantial likelihood of success, seeking to restrain or prohibit the purchase and sale of the Subject Shares hereunder or seeking material damages with respect thereto.

  
 Section 7.4. No Material Change. No event shall have occurred which materially and adversely affects the
financial condition or prospects of the Company on a consolidated basis. 
  
 Section 7.5. Seller’s
Certificate. Purchaser shall have been furnished with a certificate executed on behalf of the Seller by all its trustees, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 with respect to Seller have been
fulfilled at or prior to the Closing Date. 
  
 Section 7.6. Company Officer’s Certificate. Purchaser
shall have been furnished with a certificate executed on behalf of the Company by its President or Chief Financial Officer, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 with respect to Company have been
fulfilled at or prior to the Closing Date. 

 
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 ARTICLE VIII 
 SELLER’S CONDITIONS 
  
 The obligations of the Seller to sell and deliver the
Subject Shares to the Purchaser and the Company to enter into the Registration Rights Agreement are subject to this satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of all of the following conditions: 
  
 Section 8.1. Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement shall have been true and correct when made and shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing Date, except for
representations and warranties applicable solely to a specified date. 
  
 Section 8.2. Performance of
Covenants. The Purchaser shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all obligations, agreements and covenants hereunder to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing Date. 
  
 Section 8.3. No Actions or Injunctions. No injunction or other court order restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been issued and be in effect on the Closing Date and no action, suit or other proceeding by any governmental agency or any other party shall be pending or threatened, that in the reasonable opinion of the
Seller (after consultation with the Purchaser) has a substantial likelihood of success, seeking to restrain or prohibit the purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder or seeking material damages with respect thereto. 
  
 Section 8.4. No Material Change. No other event shall have occurred which materially and adversely affects either Purchaser’s
or Company’s ability to consummate this transaction. 
  
 Section 8.5. Certificate. Seller and the Company
shall have been furnished with a certificate executed on behalf of the Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 have been fulfilled at or prior to the Closing Date. 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
 TERMINATION 

 
 Section 9.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing: 

 
 (a) by the mutual written consent of all the parties; or 
  
 (b) by any party, in writing (provided the terminating party is not otherwise in default or in breach of this Agreement),
if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before February 28, 2002; or 

 
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 (c) by any party, in writing, if another party has breached any
of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein, which in the case of any covenant or agreement, is not cured within fifteen days after such party has been notified of the intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this clause (c). 
  
 Section 9.2. Effect of Termination. Termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1
shall terminate all obligations of the parties hereunder, except for the obligations under this Article, Article X and Section 6.3, which shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that termination
pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 9.1. shall not relieve the defaulting or breaching party from any liability to the other party hereto for breach of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  

Section 10.1. Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees to use their best efforts promptly to
take, or cause to be taken, all actions and promptly to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  
 Section 10.2. Survival of Provisions. Except for covenants to be performed after Closing, or where the
context or provisions indicate an intention that a covenant is intended to survive Closing, all the covenants, representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement shall expire upon the first anniversary of the Closing, without
prejudice to any claim for breach thereof which may have arisen before that time. All the provisions of this Article shall survive either Closing or termination. 
  
 Section 10.3. Indemnification. Each party will indemnify the other against and hold it harmless and defend it, including its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys and shareholders,
from all damages and costs (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arising from any breach of such party’s covenants, representations or warranties in this Agreement. 
  
 Section 10.4. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 Section 10.5. Injunctive Relief. All parties acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement were breached. It
is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement in any court of the United States or any state thereof
having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled by law or equity. The party seeking injunctive relief shall not be required to prove actual damages to obtain relief. 

 
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 Section 10.6. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement (including
Exhibit A) contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. No agreements, understanding, representations or assurances shall have any effect unless set forth herein. This Agreement may be
amended only by an agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto. From time to time but no later than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, any party may supplement or amend its warranties and representations to disclose in writing any
material change as required by Section 6.5 hereof, and such amended or supplemental disclosures shall be regarded as part of this Agreement if the party receiving the same proceeds to the Closing without objection. Any such amended or supplemental
disclosure, and any notice of election to treat the newly disclosed information as a breach of the warranties and representations set forth above, shall be in writing, addressed as required for notices generally under this Agreement, and delivered
to the other parties by personal delivery, certified mail, commercial delivery service or other method of delivery requiring a signature on behalf of the recipient. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no party shall not be
required to close the transaction contemplated hereby for five Business Days after being provided with any supplemental or amended disclosures as contemplated by this paragraph. 
  
 Section 10.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument. Neither party shall be bound by this Agreement unless and until both parties have duly executed a counterpart hereof. 
  
 Section 10.8. Cross-References. Any reference herein to an Article or Section, including a self-reference to “this Article” or “this Section,”
shall be deemed to refer, as applicable and unless limited to a specified portion thereof, to every part of the referenced Article or Section. 
  
 Section 10.9. Notices. Any notice under or relating to this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given when delivered by hand or by confirmed facsimile
transmission, on the second Business Day after a writing is consigned (delivery charges prepaid) to a commercial overnight courier, and on the fifth Business Day after a writing is deposited in the mail, postage and other charges prepaid, addressed
as follows: 
  
 
	 If to Company:
 	  	 Community Bancorp
 130 W. Fallbrook Street
 Fallbrook, CA 92028
 
	 
	 with a copy to:
 	  	 Barnet Reitner, Esq.
 Reitner & Stuart
 1319 Marsh Street
 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
 
	 
	 If to Purchaser:
 	  	  

 
  
  

 
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 or to such other address as either party may, from time to time, designate in a
written notice given in a like manner. 
  
 Section 10.10. Waivers. No waiver by a party of any default with
respect to any provision, condition or requirement hereof shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof; nor shall any delay or omission of a party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right accruing to it thereafter. 
  
 Section 10.11. Submission to Jurisdiction; Consent to
Service of Process. With respect to any claim arising out of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, each party (a) irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and the United States
District Court located in the County of San Diego, and (b) irrevocably waives any objection it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement brought in any such court, irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and further irrevocably waives the right to object, with respect to such
suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to preclude any party from bringing an action or proceeding in
respect of any such agreement in any other jurisdiction. 
  
 Section 10.12. Successors and Assigns. Except
insofar as transfer of the Subject Shares is restricted by this Agreement or by Law, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and legal representatives. No third party is intended to have any
rights by reason of, or to enforce, any provision of this agreement. 
  
 Section 10.13. Governing Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
date first above written. 
  
 
	 PURCHASER:
 	  	 COMPANY:
 Community Bancorp Inc.
 
	  
 By: _________________________________
 Title: Real Party in Interest
 	  	 By: _________________________________
 Title:
_______________________________
 
	  	  	  
	 SELLER:
 Community National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan
 	  	  
	  
 By: ________________________________
 Trustee
  
 By: _________________________________
 Trustee
 	  	  

 

 
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 EXHIBIT 4.4 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of February
    , 2002 between COMMUNITY BANCORP INC., a Delaware corporation and registered bank holding company (the “Company”), and
                                    , a California
corporation, (“Purchaser”). 
  
 1. Background. Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Community National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “Plan) and the Purchaser, the Purchaser has, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, agreed
to purchase from the Plan 105,000 shares of the Company’s voting common stock, no par value (the “Subject Shares”). 
  
 2. Definitions. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following respective meanings: 
  
 “Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date determined pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act. 
  
 “Company” shall have the meaning given such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. Reference to a particular section of the Exchange Act shall include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such similar Federal statute.

  
 “Holder” is defined in Section 3.1 hereof. 
  
 “Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a
governmental agency. 
  
 “Plan” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 1 hereof. 

 
 “Postponement Period” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.1(g) hereof. 

 
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 “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning given such term in Section
1 hereof. 
  
 “Purchaser” shall have the meaning given such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

  
 “Registration Expenses” means all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance
with Section 3 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, filing and applicable Nasdaq fees, all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and
delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, any fees and
disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities; provided, however, that Registration Expenses shall exclude and the Holders shall pay the fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants to such Holders,
underwriters’ fees and expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes in respect of the Registrable Securities being registered, if any, except that (i) in the case of a registration pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, the
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders (selected by the Holders representing more than 50% of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration), and (ii) in the case of a registration pursuant to
Section 3.2 hereof, the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders (selected by the Holders representing more than 50% of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration). 
  
 “Registrable Securities” means the Subject Shares acquired by the Purchaser on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement). As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (a) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the
Securities Act (as defined below) and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (b) they shall have been sold as permitted by, and in compliance with, the Securities Act, (c) they shall have been
otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration of them under the Securities Act,
or (d) they shall have ceased to be outstanding. 
  
 “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act in connection with the delayed or continuous offering and sale of securities. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. References to a particular
section of the Securities Act shall include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such similar Federal statute. 

 
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 “Subject Shares” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 1
hereof. 
  
 3. Registration Under Securities Act, etc. 
  

3.1 Registration on Request. 
  
 (a) Request. If the Subject Shares have not yet been registered pursuant to the Securities Act and Rule 415 by or before January 25, 2003 and subject to Section 3.7 hereof, the Company shall, without further action or notice
by the holders of the Subject Shares (the “Holders” and each a “Holder”), use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act and Rule 415 of all of the Registrable Securities. 
  
 (b) Registration Statement Form. Registrations under this Section 3.1 shall be on such appropriate registration form of the
Commission as shall be selected by the Company. The Company agrees to include in any such registration statement all information which, in the opinion of counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities so to be registered and counsel to the
Company, is required to be included. 
  
 (c) Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration requested pursuant to this Section 3.1. 
  
 (d) Postponement. The Company
shall be entitled to postpone for a reasonable period of time (but not exceeding 90 days) (the “Postponement Period”) the filing of any registration statement otherwise required to be prepared and filed by it pursuant to this Section 3.1
if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that such registration and offering would interfere with any financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company or any of its affiliates or
would require premature disclosure thereof and promptly gives the holders of Registrable Securities requesting registration thereof pursuant to this Section 3.1 written notice of such determination, containing a general statement of the reasons for
such postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. 
  

	3.2
	 
	Incidental Registration. 
 

  
 (a) Right to Include Registrable Securities. If the Company at any time prior to January 25, 2003 proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act by registration on Forms
S-1, S-2 or S-3 or any successor or similar form(s) (except registrations on such Forms or similar form(s) solely for registration of securities in connection with an employee benefit plan or dividend reinvestment plan or a merger or consolidation)
it will, subject to Section 3.7 hereof, register the Subject Shares pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that if, prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the
Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company shall give written notice of such determination and its reasons therefor to each Holder of Registrable Securities and (i) in the case

 
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 of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable
Securities in connection with such registration (but not from any obligation of the Company to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay
registering any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this
Section 3.2. 
  
 (b) No Sale in Incidental Registration. The obligation of the Company pursuant to this
Section 3.2 relates only to the registration of the Subject Shares under the Securities Act. Holders shall have no right to include the Subject Shares for sale in any offer and sale of the Company’s securities which has triggered the obligation
of the Company to register the Subject Shares. 
  
 3.3 Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, as provided in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof, the Company will as expeditiously as possible: 
  
 (a) prepare and file with the Commission the requisite registration statement to effect such registration and thereafter use its best
efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not Registrable Securities (and, under the circumstances specified in
Section 3.2(a), its securities which are Registrable Securities) at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto; 
  
 (b) notify each Holder of the Commission’s requests for amending or supplementing of the registration statement and the prospectus, and prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of
all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement for such period as shall be required for the disposition of all of such Registrable Securities, provided, that except with respect to any such registration statement filed
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, such period need not exceed 120 days; 
  
 (c) furnish to each Holder,
such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as such Holder may reasonably request;

  
 (d) use its best efforts (A) to register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by
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 laws of such States of the United States of America where an exemption is not available and as the
Holders shall reasonably request, (B) to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in effect, and (C) to take any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such
Holders to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold by such Holders, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this Agreement be obligated to be so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction; 
  
 (e) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other federal or state
governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel to the Holder or Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; 
  
 (f) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities a signed counterpart of (i) an opinion of counsel for the Company, and (ii) a
“comfort” letter signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in such registration statement, covering substantially the same matters with
respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the accountant’s comfort letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions
of issuer’s counsel and in accountant’s comfort letters delivered to the underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities (and dated the dates such opinions and comfort letters are customarily dated) and, in the case of the
accountant’s comfort letter, such other financial matters, and in the case of the legal opinion, such other legal matters, as the Holders of more than 50% of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, or the
underwriters, may reasonably request; 
  
 (g) notify each Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and at the request of any such Holder promptly prepare
and furnish to it a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the Purchaser of such securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; 
  
 (h) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its
security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months, but not more than eighteen months, beginning with the first full calendar month after the effective date of such 

 
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 registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder, and promptly furnish to each such Holder a copy of any amendment or supplement to such registration statement or prospectus; 
  
 (i) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar (which, in each case, may be the Company) for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such registration; and 
  
 (j) use its best
efforts to list all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement on the Nasdaq National Market. 
  
 The Company may require
each Holder to furnish the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing. 
  
 Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Securities that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of
the kind described in subdivision (g) of this Section 3.3, such holder will forthwith discontinue such holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities until such
holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subdivision (g) of this Section 3.3 and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies, then in such holder’s possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. 
  
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 3.5 Preparation; Reasonable Investigation. In connection with the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give the Holders of Registrable
Securities registered under such registration statement and their respective counsel and accountants the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission,
and, to the extent practicable, each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and give each of them such access to its books and records (to the extent customarily given to underwriters of the Company’s securities) such opportunities to discuss
the business of the Company with its officers and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of such holders’ and such underwriters’ respective counsel, to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
  
 3.6 Indemnification. 

 
 (a) Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration of any securities of the Company under the
Securities Act, the Company will, and hereby does, 

 
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 indemnify and hold harmless, in the case of any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 3.1 or
3.2 hereof, each Holder of any Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, its directors, officers, partners, agents and affiliates and each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such
securities and each other Person, if any, who controls such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened,
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which such securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, and the Company will reimburse such Holder and each such director, officer, partner, agent or affiliate, underwriter and controlling Person for any legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided, that the Company shall not be liable 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 an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, any such preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through an instrument duly executed by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter, as the
case may be, specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation thereof; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to any Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of Registrable
Securities or any other Person, if any, who controls such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, 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 such Person’s failure to send or give a copy of the final prospectus, as the same may be then supplemented or amended, to the Person asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such final prospectus. Such indemnity shall remain in full force regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of such Holder or any such director, officer, partner, agent or affiliate or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder. 
  
 (b) Indemnification by the Holders. As a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement, the Company shall have received an
undertaking satisfactory to it from the prospective Holder of such Registrable Securities, to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in subdivision (a) of this Section 3.6) the Company, and each director
of the Company, each officer of the Company and each other Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to any statement or alleged statement in or omission or alleged omission from such
registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, if such 

 
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 statement or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company through an instrument duly executed by such Holder specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus,
summary prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided, however, that the liability of such indemnifying party under this Section 3.6(b) shall be limited to the amount of proceeds received by such indemnifying party in the offering giving rise to
such liability. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such
Holder. 
  
 (c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 3.6, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to
the latter of the commencement of such action; provided, however, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding subdivisions of this
Section 3.6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and,
unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall be
liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. 
  
 (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 3.6 shall for any reason be held by a court to be unavailable to an indemnified party under
subparagraph (a) or (b) hereof in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, then, in lieu of the amount paid or payable under subparagraph (a) or (b) hereof, the indemnified party and the indemnifying party
under subparagraph (a) or (b) hereof shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the same), (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, with respect to the
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant 

 
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 equitable considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and such Holders from the offering of the securities covered by such registration statement. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent, misrepresentation. Such Holders’ obligations to contribute as provided in
this subparagraph (d) are several and not joint in proportion to the relative value of their respective Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement. In addition, no Person shall be obligated to contribute hereunder any amounts in
payment for any settlement of any action or claim effected without such Person’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 (e) Other Indemnification. Indemnification and contribution similar to that specified in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 3.6 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the
Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation of any governmental authority other than the Securities Act. 

 
 (f) Indemnification Payments. The indemnification and contribution required by this Section 3.6 shall be made by
periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred. 
  
 3.7 Conditions and Limitations on Registrations of Registrable Securities. 
  
 The Company shall not be required to effect any registration of Registrable Securities if it shall deliver to the Holder or Holders an opinion of counsel (which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to such Holder or Holders) to the effect that the Registrable Securities requested to be registered may be sold by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act. 
  
 4. Rule 144. The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to enable Holders of Registrable Securities to sell such securities without registration under
the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, filing on a timely basis all reports required to be filed by the Exchange Act. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements. 
  
 5. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended
with the consent of the Company and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or
omission to act, of the Holder or Holders of at least 66- 

 
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  2/3% of the Registrable Securities. Each Holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this Section 5, whether or not such
Registrable Securities shall have been marked to indicate such consent. 
  
 6. Nominees for Beneficial
Owners. In the event that any Registrable Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the beneficial owner thereof may, at its election in writing delivered to the Company (accompanied by a written acknowledgment of, and
consent to, such election by such nominee), be treated as the Holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or other action by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any determination of any
number or percentage of shares of Registrable Securities held by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities contemplated by this Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities so elects to be treated as the holder of such
Registrable Securities, the Company may require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner’s beneficial ownership of such Registrable Securities. 
  
 7. Notices. All communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by postage-prepaid first-class mail, shall be deemed to be received three days after being sent,
or, if earlier, the date of actual receipt, and shall be addressed as follows: 
  
 (a) If to the Purchaser, addressed
to it in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as it shall have furnished to the Company in writing; 
  
 (b) if to any other Holder of Registrable Securities, at the address that such holder shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or, until any such other Holder so furnishes to the Company an address, then to and at the
address of the last Holder of such Registrable Securities who has furnished an address to the Company; or 
  
 (c) if
to the Company, addressed to it in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as the Company shall have furnished to each holder of Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. 
  
 8. Assignment; Calculation of Percentage Interests in Registrable Securities. 
  

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and, with respect to the Company, its respective
successors and assigns and, with respect to Purchaser, its successors and assigns, and any holder of any Registrable Securities, subject to the provisions respecting the minimum numbers of percentages of shares of Registrable Securities required in
order to be entitled to certain rights, or take certain actions, contained herein. The Purchaser (and not any other Holder of Registrable Securities or any other Person) shall be permitted, in connection with a transfer or disposition of Registrable
Securities permitted by the Purchase Agreement, to impose conditions or constraints on the ability of the transferee, as a Holder of Registrable Securities, to request a registration pursuant to Section 3.1 and shall provide the Company with copies
of such conditions or constraints and the identity of such transferees. 

 
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 (b) For purposes of this Agreement, all references to a percentage of the
Registrable Securities shall be calculated based upon the number of shares of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time such calculation is made. 
  
 9. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning
hereof. 
  
 10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the
rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of California. 
  
 11. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 12. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect from and after the date the Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in
accordance with its terms. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written. 
  
 
	 COMMUNITY BANCORPINC. 
 	 	  	 	  
	 
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