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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND BETWEEN

 

BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.

 

AND

 

FNBNY BANCORP, INC.

 

 

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

 

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ARTICLE I   CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
    	
2
    
	
1.1.
    	
Certain Definitions
    	
2
    
	
ARTICLE II THE MERGER
    	
8
    
	
2.1.
    	
Merger
    	
8
    
	
2.2.
    	
Effective Time
    	
8
    
	
2.3.
    	
Certificate   of Incorporation and Bylaws
    	
9
    
	
2.4.
    	
Directors   and Officers of Surviving Corporation
    	
9
    
	
2.5.
    	
Effects of the   Merger
    	
9
    
	
2.6.
    	
Tax Consequences
    	
9
    
	
2.7.
    	
Possible   Alternative Structures
    	
9
    
	
2.8.
    	
Bank Merger
    	
10
    
	
2.9.
    	
Additional Actions
    	
10
    
	
ARTICLE III CONVERSION OF SHARES
    	
10
    
	
3.1.
    	
Conversion   of FNBNY Common Stock; Merger Consideration
    	
10
    
	
3.2.
    	
Procedures   for Exchange of FNBNY Common Stock
    	
13
    
	
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF   FNBNY
    	
15
    
	
4.1.
    	
General
    	
15
    
	
4.2.
    	
Organization
    	
16
    
	
4.3.
    	
Capitalization
    	
16
    
	
4.4.
    	
Authority; No   Violation
    	
17
    
	
4.5.
    	
Consents
    	
18
    
	
4.6.
    	
Financial   Statements
    	
19
    
	
4.7.
    	
Taxes
    	
20
    
	
4.8.
    	
Material   Contracts; Leases; Defaults
    	
20
    
	
4.9.
    	
Ownership   of Property; Insurance Coverage
    	
22
    
	
4.10.
    	
Legal Proceedings
    	
23
    
	
4.11.
    	
Compliance   With Applicable Law
    	
24
    
	
4.12.
    	
Employee Benefit   Plans
    	
25
    
	
4.13.
    	
Brokers,   Finders and Financial Advisors
    	
27
    
	
4.14.
    	
Environmental   Matters
    	
27
    
	
4.15.
    	
Loan   Portfolio and Investment Securities
    	
28
    
	
4.16.
    	
Other Documents
    	
30
    
	
4.17.
    	
Related Party   Transactions
    	
30
    
	
4.18.
    	
Deposits
    	
30
    
	
4.19.
    	
Antitakeover   Provisions Inapplicable; Required Vote
    	
30
    
	
4.20.
    	
Registration   Obligations
    	
31
    
	
4.21.
    	
Risk   Management Instruments
    	
31
    
	
4.22.
    	
Opinion of   Financial Advisor
    	
31
    
	
4.23.
    	
Trust Accounts
    	
31
    
	
4.24.
    	
Intellectual   Property
    	
31
    
	
4.25.
    	
Labor Matters
    	
32
    
	
4.26.
    	
FNBNY   Information Supplied
    	
32
    
	
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF   BRIDGE BANCORP
    	
32
    
	
5.1.
    	
General
    	
32
    
	
5.2.
    	
Organization
    	
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5.3.
    	
Capitalization
    	
33
    
	
5.4.
    	
Authority; No   Violation
    	
34
    
	
5.5.
    	
Consents
    	
35
    
	
5.6.
    	
Financial   Statements
    	
35
    
	
5.7.
    	
Taxes
    	
36
    
	
5.8.
    	
Ownership   of Property; Insurance Coverage
    	
37
    
	
5.9.
    	
Legal Proceedings
    	
38
    
	
5.10.
    	
Compliance   With Applicable Law
    	
38
    
	
5.11.
    	
Employee Benefit   Plans
    	
39
    
	
5.12.
    	
Environmental   Matters
    	
40
    
	
5.13.
    	
Securities   Documents
    	
41
    
	
5.14.
    	
Brokers,   Finders and Financial Advisors
    	
41
    
	
5.15.
    	
Intellectual   Property
    	
41
    
	
5.16.
    	
Labor Matters
    	
41
    
	
5.17.
    	
Bridge Bancorp   Common Stock
    	
42
    
	
5.18.
    	
Bridge   Bancorp Information Supplied
    	
42
    
	
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS OF FNBNY
    	
42
    
	
6.1.
    	
Conduct of Business
    	
42
    
	
6.2.
    	
Current Information
    	
47
    
	
6.3.
    	
Access to   Properties and Records
    	
47
    
	
6.4.
    	
Financial   and Other Statements
    	
48
    
	
6.5.
    	
Maintenance of   Insurance
    	
49
    
	
6.6.
    	
Disclosure   Supplements
    	
49
    
	
6.7.
    	
Consents   and Approvals of Third Parties
    	
49
    
	
6.8.
    	
All Reasonable   Efforts
    	
50
    
	
6.9.
    	
Failure to   Fulfill Conditions
    	
50
    
	
6.10.
    	
No Solicitation
    	
50
    
	
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF BRIDGE BANCORP
    	
53
    
	
7.1.
    	
Conduct of Business
    	
53
    
	
7.2.
    	
Regulatory   Filings Relating to Merger
    	
53
    
	
7.3.
    	
Maintenance of   Insurance
    	
53
    
	
7.4.
    	
Disclosure   Supplements
    	
53
    
	
7.5.
    	
Consents   and Approvals of Third Parties
    	
53
    
	
7.6.
    	
All Reasonable   Efforts
    	
54
    
	
7.7.
    	
Failure to   Fulfill Conditions
    	
54
    
	
7.8.
    	
Employee Benefits
    	
54
    
	
7.9.
    	
Directors   and Officers Indemnification and Insurance
    	
56
    
	
7.10.
    	
Stock Listing
    	
58
    
	
7.11.
    	
Stock and Cash   Reserve
    	
58
    
	
ARTICLE VIII REGULATORY AND OTHER MATTERS
    	
58
    
	
8.1.
    	
FNBNY   Shareholder Meeting
    	
58
    
	
8.2.
    	
Merger Prospectus
    	
58
    
	
8.3.
    	
Regulatory   Approvals
    	
59
    
	
ARTICLE IX CLOSING CONDITIONS
    	
60
    
	
9.1.
    	
Conditions   to Each Party’s Obligations under this Agreement
    	
60
    
	
9.2.
    	
Conditions   to the Obligations of Bridge Bancorp under this Agreement
    	
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9.3.
    	
Conditions   to the Obligations of FNBNY under this Agreement
    	
62
    
	
ARTICLE X THE CLOSING
    	
62
    
	
10.1.
    	
Time and Place
    	
62
    
	
10.2.
    	
Deliveries   at the Pre-Closing and the Closing
    	
63
    
	
ARTICLE XI TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
    	
63
    
	
11.1.
    	
Termination
    	
63
    
	
11.2.
    	
Effect of   Termination
    	
66
    
	
11.3.
    	
Amendment,   Extension and Waiver
    	
67
    
	
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS
    	
68
    
	
12.1.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
68
    
	
12.2.
    	
Public   Announcements
    	
68
    
	
12.3.
    	
Survival
    	
68
    
	
12.4.
    	
Notices
    	
68
    
	
12.5.
    	
Parties in Interest
    	
69
    
	
12.6.
    	
Complete Agreement
    	
69
    
	
12.7.
    	
Counterparts
    	
70
    
	
12.8.
    	
Severability
    	
70
    
	
12.9.
    	
Governing Law
    	
70
    
	
12.10.
    	
Interpretation
    	
70
    
	
12.11.
    	
Specific   Performance; Jurisdiction
    	
70
    

 

 

	
Exhibit A
    	
Form of Voting   Agreement for FNBNY Directors and Executive Officers
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Form of Voting   Agreement For Modern Capital Holdings LLC
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit C
    	
Form of Bank   Merger Agreement
    	
 
    

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 27, 2013, by and between Bridge Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation (“Bridge Bancorp”), and FNBNY Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation (“FNBNY”), formed as Madison National Bancorp, Inc.

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY (i) has determined that this Agreement and the business combination and related transactions contemplated hereby are in the best interests of their respective companies and shareholders and (ii) has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are consistent with and in furtherance of their respective business strategies, and (iii) has adopted a resolution approving this Agreement and declaring its advisability; and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, FNBNY will merge with and into Bridge Bancorp (the “Merger”), and immediately thereafter First National Bank of New York, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of FNBNY (“First National Bank”), will be merged with and into The Bridgehampton National Bank, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of Bridge Bancorp (“Bridgehampton National Bank”); and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Bridge Bancorp to enter into this Agreement, each of the directors and executive officers of FNBNY, and Modern Capital Holdings LLC (“Modern Capital”), have entered into a Voting Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibits A (directors and executive officers) and B (Modern Capital) hereto, dated as of the date hereof, with Bridge Bancorp (the “Voting Agreements”), pursuant to which each such director and Modern Capital has agreed, among other things, to vote all shares of common stock of FNBNY owned by such person or entity in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Voting Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties intend the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that this Agreement be and is hereby adopted as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the business transactions described in this Agreement and to prescribe certain conditions thereto.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.      Certain Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings (unless the context otherwise requires, references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement).

 

“Affiliate” means any Person who directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any executive officer or director of such Person and any Affiliate of such executive officer or director.

 

“Aggregate Bridge Bancorp Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(c).

 

“Agreement” means this agreement, and any amendment hereto.

 

“Applications” means the applications for regulatory approval that are required by the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

“Bank Merger” shall mean the merger of First National Bank with and into Bridgehampton National Bank, with Bridgehampton National Bank as the surviving institution, which merger shall occur immediately following the Merger.

 

“Bank Regulator” shall mean any Federal or state banking regulator, including but not limited to the OCC and the FRB, which regulates Bridge Bancorp, Bridgehampton National Bank, FNBNY or First National Bank, as the case may be.

 

“BHCA” shall mean the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

 

“Bridgehampton National Bank” shall mean The Bridgehampton National Bank, a national banking association, with its principal offices located at 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York, 11932 which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bridge Bancorp.

 

“Bridge Bancorp” shall mean Bridge Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation, with its principal executive offices located at 2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, New York, 11932.

 

“Bridge Bancorp Closing Price” shall mean, as of any date, the average of the closing sales price of a share of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, as reported on Nasdaq for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the second trading day preceding the date as of which the Bridge Bancorp Closing Price is determined.

 

“Bridge Bancorp Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Bridge Bancorp.

 

“Bridge Compensation and Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12.

 

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“Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule” shall mean a written disclosure schedule delivered by Bridge Bancorp to FNBNY specifically referring to the appropriate section of this Agreement.

 

“Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements” shall mean the (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets (including related notes and schedules) of Bridge Bancorp as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) of Bridge Bancorp and subsidiaries for each of the three years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, as set forth in Bridge Bancorp’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2012, and (ii) the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Bridge Bancorp as of the end of and for the period ending each calendar quarter following December 31, 2012, and for the periods then ended, as filed by Bridge Bancorp in its Securities Documents.

 

“Bridge Bancorp Stock Benefit Plan” shall mean the Bridge Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock-Based Incentive Plan.

 

“Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary” means any entity, of which twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the capital stock is owned, either directly or indirectly, by Bridge Bancorp or Bridgehampton National Bank, except any corporation the stock of which is held in the ordinary course of the lending activities of Bridgehampton National Bank.

 

“Burdensome Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

 

“Certificate” shall mean certificates evidencing shares of FNBNY Common Stock.

 

“Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Closing Date FNBNY Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(b).

 

“COBRA” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean the confidentiality agreements referred to in Section 12.1 of this Agreement.

 

“Dissenting Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.4.

 

“Dissenting Shareholder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.4.

 

“Distribution Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(d).

 

“Effective Time” shall mean the date and time specified pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof as the effective time of the Merger.

 

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“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or agreement with any governmental entity relating to (1) the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment (including, without limitation, air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface soil, subsurface soil, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), and/or (2) the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Materials of Environmental Concern. The term Environmental Laws includes without limitation (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §6901, et seq; the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §7401, et seq; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §1251, et seq; the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §2601, et seq; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §11001, et seq; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300f, et seq; and all comparable state and local laws, and (b) any common law (including without limitation common law that may impose strict liability) that may impose liability or obligations for injuries or damages due to the presence of or exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern.

 

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Exchange Agent” shall mean Registrar & Transfer Company, or such other bank or trust company or other agent designated by Bridge Bancorp, and reasonably acceptable to FNBNY, which shall act as agent for Bridge Bancorp in connection with the exchange procedures for converting Certificates into the Merger Consideration.

 

“Exchange Fund” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.

 

“Exchange Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.

 

“FDIA” shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended.

 

“FDIC” shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

“FHLB” shall mean the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

 

“First National Bank” shall mean First National Bank of New York, a national banking association, with its principal offices located at 2222 Merrick Road, Merrick, New York, 11566, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of FNBNY.

 

“FNBNY” shall mean FNBNY Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation, with its principal executive offices located at 538 Broadhollow Road, Melville, New York, 11747.

 

“FNBNY Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.1.

 

“FNBNY Class A Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.1.

 

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“FNBNY Class B Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.1.

 

“FNBNY Disclosure Schedule” shall mean a written disclosure schedule delivered by FNBNY to Bridge Bancorp specifically referring to the appropriate section of this Agreement.

 

“FNBNY Financial Statements” shall mean (i) the audited consolidated statements of financial condition (including related notes and schedules, if any) of FNBNY and Subsidiary as of December 31, 2012 and the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) of FNBNY and Subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 2012, and (ii) the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of FNBNY and Subsidiary as of the end of and for the period ending each calendar quarter following December 31, 2012 (and for the periods then ended), through the Closing Date.

 

“FNBNY Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3

 

“FNBNY Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

“FNBNY Regulatory Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11..3.

 

“FNBNY Regulatory Reports” means the call reports, including any accompanying schedules, as filed by First National Bank with the FDIC, for each calendar quarter beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2012 through the Closing Date, and all other reports and filings submitted by First National Bank or FNBNY to a Bank Regulator from September 30, 2011 through the Closing Date and permitted to be shared with third parties.

 

“FNBNY Shareholders Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

“FNBNY Subsidiary” means any entity, of which more than twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the capital stock is owned, either directly or indirectly, by FNBNY or First National Bank, except any corporation the stock of which is held in the ordinary course of the lending activities of First National Bank.

 

“FRB” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“GAAP” shall mean accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistently applied with prior practice.

 

“Governmental Entity” shall mean any Federal or state court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality.

 

“Identified Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(c).

 

“Identified Loan Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(d).

 

“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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“Knowledge” as used with respect to a Person (including references to such Person being aware of a particular matter) means those facts that are known or should have been known after due inquiry by, as to Bridge Bancorp the executive officers (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act), and as to FNBNY, by those persons set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 1.1, and in each case includes any facts, matters or circumstances set forth in any written notice from any Bank Regulator or any other material written notice received by such Person.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, with respect to Bridge Bancorp or FNBNY, respectively, any effect that (i) is material and adverse to the financial condition, results of operations or business of Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole, respectively, or (ii) does or would materially impair the ability of either FNBNY, on the one hand, or Bridge Bancorp, on the other hand, to perform its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the impact of (a) changes in laws and regulations affecting banks or thrift institutions or their holding companies generally, or interpretations thereof by courts or governmental agencies, (b) changes in GAAP or regulatory accounting principles generally applicable to financial institutions and their holding companies, (c) actions and omissions of a party hereto (or any of its Subsidiaries) taken with the prior written consent of the other party, (d) the announcement of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and compliance with this Agreement on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the parties and their respective subsidiaries, including the expenses incurred by the parties hereto in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (e) changes in national or international political or social conditions including the engagement by the United States in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon or within the United States, or any of its territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States, unless it uniquely affects either or both of the parties or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

“Material Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.3.

 

“Materials of Environmental Concern” means pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products, and any other hazardous or toxic materials regulated under Environmental Laws.

 

“Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

“Merger Consideration” shall mean the fraction of a share of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued for each share of FNBNY Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date, plus any Recoveries distributed in cash as set forth in paragraph (B) of the definition of Recoveries in Section 3.1.3(c), and any Post-Closing Additional Consideration, all as set forth in Section 3.1.3.

 

“Merger Prospectus” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.1.

 

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“Merger Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement, together with all amendments, filed with the SEC under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be offered to holders of FNBNY Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

 

“Nasdaq” shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

“OCC” shall mean the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

 

“OCC Agreement” shall mean the formal written Agreement by and between First National Bank (formerly Madison National Bank) and the Comptroller of the Currency entered into as of June 11, 2010.

 

“NYBCL” shall mean the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

“Pension Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.2.

 

“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust or “group” (as that term is defined under the Exchange Act).

 

“Post-Closing Additional Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(d).

 

“Pre-Closing Additional Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(c).

 

“Recoveries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(c).

 

“Regulatory Approvals” means the approval of any Bank Regulator that is necessary in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Bank Merger and the related transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

“Rights” shall mean warrants, options, rights, convertible securities, stock appreciation rights and other arrangements or commitments which obligate an entity to issue or dispose of any of its capital stock or other ownership interests or which provide for compensation based on the equity appreciation of its capital stock.

 

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Securities Documents” shall mean all reports, offering circulars, proxy statements, registration statements and all similar documents filed, or required to be filed, pursuant to the Securities Laws.

 

“Securities Laws” shall mean the Securities Act; the Exchange Act; the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; the Trust

 

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Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“Specified Shareholders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(d).

 

“Subscription Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereof.

 

“Surviving Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

“Termination Date” shall mean July 31, 2014.

 

“Treasury Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.2.

 

Other terms used herein are defined in the preamble and elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

 

2.1.      Merger.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time: (a) FNBNY shall merge with and into Bridge Bancorp, with Bridge Bancorp as the resulting or surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”); and (b) the separate existence of FNBNY shall cease and all of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties, assets, liabilities and obligations of FNBNY shall be vested in and assumed by Bridge Bancorp.  As part of the Merger, each share of FNBNY Common Stock (other than Treasury Stock and Dissenting Shares) will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to the terms of Article III hereof.  Immediately after the Merger, First National Bank shall merge with and into Bridgehampton National Bank, with Bridgehampton National Bank as the resulting or surviving corporation.

 

2.2.      Effective Time.

 

The closing (“Closing”) shall be that date and time (the “Closing Date”) selected by Bridge Bancorp upon no less than two business days written notice to FNBNY, and shall occur no later than the close of business on the fifth business day following the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) waiver of those conditions), or such other date that may be agreed to in writing by the parties.  The Merger shall be effected by the filing of Certificate of Merger with the New York Department of State on the Closing Date, in accordance with the NYBCL.  The “Effective Time” means the date and time upon which the certificate of merger is filed with the New York Department of State, or as otherwise stated in the certificate of merger, in accordance with the NYBCL.

 

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2.3.      Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

 

The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Bridge Bancorp as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter amended as provided therein and by applicable law.

 

2.4.      Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation.

 

The directors and officers of Bridge Bancorp immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

 

2.5.      Effects of the Merger.

 

At and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects as set forth in the NYBCL.

 

2.6.      Tax Consequences.

 

It is intended that the Merger shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of reorganization” as that term is used in Sections 354 and 361 of the Code.  From and after the date of this Agreement and until the Closing, each party hereto shall use its best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify, and will not knowingly take any action, cause any action to be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to be taken which action or failure to act could prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code.  Following the Closing, neither Bridge Bancorp, nor any of their affiliates shall knowingly take any action, cause any action to be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to be taken, which action or failure to act could cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

2.7.      Possible Alternative Structures.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, Bridge Bancorp shall be entitled to revise the structure of the Merger and the Bank Merger, by merging FNBNY with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridge Bancorp, immediately followed by the merger of FNBNY into Bridge Bancorp, provided that (i) any such subsidiary shall become a party to, and shall agree to be bound by, the terms of this Agreement (ii) there are no adverse Federal or state income tax or other adverse tax consequences to FNBNY shareholders as a result of the modification; (iii) the consideration to be paid to the holders of FNBNY Common Stock under this Agreement is not thereby changed in kind or value or reduced in amount; (iv) such modification will not delay or jeopardize the receipt of Regulatory Approvals or other consents and approvals relating to the consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger, otherwise delay or jeopardize the satisfaction of any condition to Closing set forth in Article IX or otherwise adversely affect FNBNY or the holders of FNBNY Common Stock; and (v) such modification will not require any restructuring of FNBNY or its Affiliates.  The parties hereto agree to appropriately amend this Agreement and any related documents in order to reflect any such revised structure.

 

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2.8.      Bank Merger.

 

Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Bank Merger to occur immediately after the Effective Time.  In addition, following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Bridge Bancorp will cause Bridgehampton National Bank, and FNBNY will cause First National Bank, to execute and deliver the Plan of Bank Merger substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C.

 

2.9.      Additional Actions.

 

If, at any time after the Effective Time, Bridge Bancorp shall consider or be advised that any further deeds, assignments or assurances in law or any other acts are necessary or desirable to (i) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in Bridge Bancorp its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of FNBNY or First National Bank, or (ii) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement, FNBNY and its officers and directors shall be deemed to have granted to Bridge Bancorp an irrevocable power of attorney to execute and deliver, in such official corporate capacities, all such deeds, assignments or assurances in law or any other acts as are necessary or desirable to (a) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in Bridge Bancorp its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of FNBNY or (b) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of the Bridge Bancorp are authorized in the name of FNBNY or otherwise to take any and all such action.

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION OF SHARES

 

 

3.1.      Conversion of FNBNY Common Stock; Merger Consideration.

 

At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Bridge Bancorp, FNBNY or the holders of any of the shares of FNBNY Common Stock, the Merger shall be effected in accordance with the following terms:

 

3.1.1.  Each share of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain issued and outstanding following the Effective Time and shall be unchanged by the Merger.

 

3.1.2.  All shares of FNBNY Common Stock held in the treasury of FNBNY and each share of FNBNY Common Stock owned by Bridge Bancorp prior to the Effective Time (other than shares held in a fiduciary capacity or in connection with debts previously contracted) (“Treasury Stock”) shall, at the Effective Time, cease to exist, and such shares, including any Certificates therefor, shall be canceled as promptly as practicable thereafter, and no payment or distribution shall be made in consideration therefor.

 

3.1.3. (a)    Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.1, each outstanding share of FNBNY Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares) shall become and be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, as set forth in this Section 3.1.3.

 

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(b)        The Merger Consideration shall be a fraction (the “Exchange Ratio”) of a share of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, determined by dividing the Aggregate Bridge Bancorp Shares (as defined below) by the number of shares of FNBNY Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Date FNBNY Shares”), plus any Post-Closing Additional Consideration as set forth in (d) below.  The Closing Date FNBNY Shares shall equal 4,989,831 shares of FNBNY Common Stock plus that number of additional shares of FNBNY Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.

 

(c)        Bridge Bancorp shall issue an aggregate of 244,110 shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock as a result of the Merger, subject to any adjustment as described in the next sentence (the “Aggregate Bridge Bancorp Shares”). The Aggregate Bridge Bancorp Shares shall be (1) increased by that number as shall equal (i) the dollar amount of any Recoveries relating to the loans identified on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 3.1.3(b) (the “Identified Loans”), (ii) divided by $21.5067 (which is referred to as the “Pre-Closing Additional Consideration”), and (2) decreased by that number as shall be equal, on a dollar for dollar basis, (i) the amount that the recovery of insurance proceeds by the Closing on the matter referred to in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 3.1.3(c) is less than $350,000, (ii) divided by $21.5067. For purposes of this Section 3.1.3(c), Recoveries shall mean (i) aggregate cash payments of principal and interest, including payments (A) resulting from non-recourse sales of the Identified Loans the proceeds of which are received ten business days prior to the Closing Date, and (B) from funds held in trust, escrow or a similar vehicle prior to the Closing Date, the final and undisputed realization of which require only ministerial actions by Bridge Bancorp after the Closing Date (provided that any funds qualifying under this subsection (B) shall be paid pro rata in cash, rather than in Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, to the Specified Shareholders following the Closing upon the completion of the ministerial acts and the realization of payments), less (ii) all out of pocket costs and expenses and any other disbursements directly and primarily relating to the administration of the Identified Loans (including without limitation, real estate taxes and other property maintenance expenses paid and professional fees) from the date of this Agreement to the date that is ten (10) business days preceding the Closing Date.  FNBNY shall provide a detailed schedule of Recoveries (including costs and expenses stipulated in (ii) above) within 5 business days of every month end prior to the Closing Date.  If any amount set forth in this schedule is disputed in good faith by Bridge Bancorp and not resolved prior to the Effective Time, such amount(s) shall not constitute Pre-Closing Additional Consideration and the dispute shall be resolved by an accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the parties (the cost of which shall be equally shared).  Any amount that is determined by such accounting firm to have been Additional Consideration shall be included as Post-Closing Additional Consideration (as defined below).

 

(d)       On the Closing Date, Bridge Bancorp shall establish an account at Bridgehampton National Bank (the “Identified Loan Account”) in which any principal and interest payments received (and not accounted for in Section 3.1.3(c)) on the Identified Loans shall be deposited.  Bridge Bancorp shall also maintain records of all direct out of pocket expenses incurred and primarily relating to the administration of the Identified Loans.  Not more than thirty (30) days following each of the first two anniversary dates of the Closing Date (the “Distribution Dates”), Bridge Bancorp shall distribute from the Identified Loan Account to those holders of FNBNY Common Stock of record at the Effective Time who are not Dissenting Shareholders (the “Specified Shareholders”), a pro rata cash payment equal to sixty percent

 

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(60%) of any Recoveries during the year preceding the anniversary date (the “Post-Closing Additional Consideration”). If there is no payment due Specified Shareholders as of the Distribution Dates, Bridge Bancorp shall so inform the Specified Shareholders.  Following the second Distribution Date, there shall be no further obligation with respect to the Identified Loans and no further distributions to Specified Shareholders.  Bridge Bancorp shall maintain records of Recoveries (including costs and expenses) during this two year period, and provided that Bridge Bancorp provides Specified Shareholders with an explanation of the status of the Identified Loans and any Recoveries, Bridge Bancorp shall have no further liability or obligation with respect to the Specified Shareholders (this sentence is not intended to eliminate Bridge Bancorp’s implied covenant of good faith in connection the foregoing).  Nothing herein shall restrict the ability of Bridge Bancorp to sell the Identified Loans in good faith and at prices it deems reasonable and no claim shall be available to Specified Shareholders in connection therewith.

 

3.1.4. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shares of FNBNY Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a shareholder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has complied with Section 910 of the NYBCL (“Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless such shareholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to appraisal.  From and after the Effective Time, a shareholder who has properly exercised such appraisal rights shall not have any rights of a shareholder of FNBNY or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such share of FNBNY Common Stock, except those provided under Section 910 of the NYBCL (any shareholder duly making such demand being hereinafter called a “Dissenting Shareholder”).  A Dissenting Shareholder shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such share of FNBNY Common Stock held by him in accordance with Section 910 of the NYBCL, unless, after the Effective Time, such shareholder fails to perfect or withdraws or loses his right to appraisal, in which case such shares of FNBNY Common Stock shall be converted into and represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the Certificates, pursuant to Section 3.2.  Bridge Bancorp shall have the right to participate in all discussions, negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demands for appraisal.  FNBNY shall not, except with the prior written consent of Bridge Bancorp, voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demand for appraisal, or waive any failure to timely deliver a written demand for appraisal or the taking of any other action by such Dissenting Shareholder as may be necessary to perfect appraisal rights under the NYBCL.  Any payments made in respect of Dissenting Shares shall be made by Bridge Bancorp as the Surviving Corporation.

 

3.1.5. Upon the Effective Time, outstanding shares of FNBNY Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and except as to Dissenting Shares, shall thereafter by operation of this Section 3.1 represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

 

3.1.6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates, no dividend or distribution with respect to Bridge Bancorp Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share interests, and

 

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such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a shareholder of Bridge Bancorp.  In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Bridge Bancorp shall pay to each former holder of FNBNY Common Stock who otherwise would be entitled to receive a fractional share of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, an amount in cash, rounded to the nearest cent and without interest, equal to the product of (i) the fraction of a share to which such holder would otherwise have been entitled and (ii) the Bridge Bancorp Closing Price as of the Closing Date.  For purposes of determining any fractional share interest, all shares of FNBNY Common Stock owned by a FNBNY shareholder shall be combined so as to calculate the maximum number of whole shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock issuable to such FNBNY shareholder.

 

3.1.7.  In the event Bridge Bancorp changes (or establishes a record date for changing) the number of, or provides for the exchange of, shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a result of a stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, or similar transaction with respect to the outstanding Bridge Bancorp Common Stock and the record date therefor shall be prior to the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration shall be proportionately and appropriately adjusted; provided, that no such adjustment shall be made with regard to Bridge Bancorp Common Stock if Bridge Bancorp issues additional shares of Common Stock and receives fair value consideration for such shares.

 

3.2.      Procedures for Exchange of FNBNY Common Stock.

 

3.2.1.   Bridge Bancorp to Make Merger Consideration Available.  No later than the Closing Date, Bridge Bancorp shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of FNBNY Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Section 3.2, certificates representing the shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, or at its option, evidence of shares in book entry form, and cash in lieu of fractional shares (such certificates for or evidence of shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, together with any cash respect to fractional shares, being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”).

 

3.2.2.   Exchange of Certificates.  Bridge Bancorp shall take all steps necessary to cause the Exchange Agent, within five (5) business days after the Effective Time, to mail to each holder of a Certificate or Certificates, a form letter of transmittal for return to the Exchange Agent and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates for the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, into which the FNBNY Common Stock represented by such Certificates shall have been converted as a result of the Merger.  The letter of transmittal shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent or as prescribed by Section 3.2.7. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, as applicable, (i) a certificate representing that number of shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock (if any) to which such former holder of FNBNY Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof and (ii) a check representing the amount of cash (if any) payable in lieu of fractional shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, which such former holder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2, and the

 

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Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled.  No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash payable in lieu of fractional shares.

 

3.2.3.   Rights of Certificate Holders after the Effective Time.  The holder of a Certificate that prior to the Merger represented issued and outstanding FNBNY Common Stock shall have no rights, after the Effective Time, with respect to such FNBNY Common Stock except to surrender the Certificate in exchange for the Merger Consideration as provided in this Agreement and as to Dissenting Shares such rights as provided under the NYBCL.  No dividends or other distributions declared after the Effective Time with respect to Bridge Bancorp Common Stock shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Section 3.2.  After the surrender of a Certificate in accordance with this Section 3.2, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or other distributions, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had become payable with respect to shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock represented by such Certificate.

 

3.2.4.   Surrender by Persons Other than Record Holders.  If the Person surrendering a Certificate and signing the accompanying letter of transmittal is not the record holder thereof, then it shall be a condition of the payment of the Merger Consideration that: (i) such Certificate is properly endorsed to such Person or is accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name of the record holder appears on such Certificate, and is otherwise in proper form for transfer, or is accompanied by appropriate evidence of the authority of the Person surrendering such Certificate and signing the letter of transmittal to do so on behalf of the record holder; and (ii) the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

3.2.5.   Closing of Transfer Books. From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of FNBNY of the FNBNY Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.  If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be exchanged for the Merger Consideration and canceled as provided in this Section 3.2.

 

3.2.6.   Return of Exchange Fund. At any time following the six (6) month period after the Effective Time, Bridge Bancorp shall be entitled to require the Exchange Agent to deliver to it any portions of the Exchange Fund which had been made available to the Exchange Agent and not disbursed to holders of Certificates (including, without limitation, all interest and other income received by the Exchange Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to Bridge Bancorp (subject to abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) with respect to any Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the Certificates held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Bridge Bancorp nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate for any Merger Consideration delivered in respect of such Certificate to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or other similar law.

 

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3.2.7.   Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.  In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Bridge Bancorp, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof.

 

3.2.8.   Withholding.  Bridge Bancorp or the Exchange Agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby to any holder of FNBNY Common Stock such amounts as Bridge Bancorp (or any Affiliate thereof) or the Exchange Agent are required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any applicable provision of U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. tax law.  To the extent that such amounts are properly withheld by Bridge Bancorp or the Exchange Agent, such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the FNBNY Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding were made by Bridge Bancorp or the Exchange Agent.

 

3.2.9.   Reservation of Shares.  Bridge Bancorp shall reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of the Bridge Bancorp Common Stock for the purpose of issuing shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to the FNBNY shareholders in accordance with this Article III.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FNBNY

 

4.1.      General.  FNBNY represents and warrants to Bridge Bancorp that the statements contained in this Article IV are correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this Article IV), except as set forth in the FNBNY Disclosure Schedules delivered by FNBNY to Bridge Bancorp on the date hereof, and except as to any representation or warranty which relates to a specific date.  FNBNY has made a good faith effort to ensure that the disclosure on each schedule of the FNBNY Disclosure Schedule corresponds to the section referenced herein.  However, for purposes of the FNBNY Disclosure Schedule, any item disclosed on any schedule therein is deemed to be fully disclosed with respect to all schedules under which such item may be relevant as and to the extent that it is reasonably clear on the face of such schedule that such item applies to such other schedule.  References to the Knowledge of FNBNY shall include the Knowledge of First National Bank.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, however, Bridge Bancorp understands that FNBNY will not raise capital and thus the capital of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries is expected to decrease during the pendency of this transaction materially in accordance with the disclosure presented by FNBNY to Bridge Bancorp, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, such reduction and the direct effects thereof will not be deemed a breach of this Agreement by FNBNY or any FNBNY Affiliate.

 

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4.2.      Organization.

 

4.2.1.   FNBNY is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and is duly registered as a bank holding company under the BHCA.  FNBNY has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business materially as now conducted and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

4.2.2.   First National Bank is a New York bank duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States.  The deposits of First National Bank are insured by the FDIC to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid by First National Bank when due.  First National Bank is a member in good standing of the FHLB and owns the requisite amount of stock therein.

 

4.2.3.   FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.2.3 sets forth each FNBNY Subsidiary.  Each FNBNY Subsidiary is a corporation, limited liability company or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.

 

4.2.4.   The respective minute books of FNBNY, First National Bank and each other FNBNY Subsidiary have been made available to Bridge Bancorp and each accurately records, in all material respects, all material corporate actions of their respective shareholders and boards of directors (including committees).

 

4.2.5.   FNBNY has made available to Bridge Bancorp true and correct copies of the articles of incorporation or charter and bylaws of FNBNY, First National Bank and each other FNBNY Subsidiary.

 

4.3.      Capitalization.

 

4.3.1.   The authorized capital stock of FNBNY consists of (i) 40,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of which twenty million (20,000,000) are designated “Class A Common Stock” (“FNBNY Class A Common Stock”) and twenty million (20,000,000) of which are designated “Class B Common Stock” (“FNBNY Class B Common Stock”) and (ii) five thousand (5,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 (“FNBNY Preferred Stock”).  The rights, preference and limitations of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock and the FNBNY Class B Common Stock are identical, except that the FNBNY Class B Common Stock shall not carry any voting rights and the holders of FNBNY Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote such shares at any meeting of the shareholders of FNBNY.  As of the date hereof, there are: (i) three million seven hundred eighty two thousand two hundred and ninety nine shares (3,782,299) of shares of FNBNY Class A Common Stock validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights issued and outstanding; (ii) one million two hundred and seven thousand five hundred and thirty two (1,207,532) shares of FNBNY Class B Common Stock validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of

 

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preemptive rights issued and outstanding; and (iii) no shares of FNBNY Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.  There are no shares of FNBNY Class A or Class B Common Stock held by FNBNY as treasury stock.  References to the “FNBNY Common Stock” shall include the shares of FNBNY Class A Common Stock and the shares of FNBNY Class B Common Stock.

 

4.3.2.            Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has or is bound by any Rights of any character relating to the purchase, sale or issuance or voting of, or right to receive dividends or other distributions on any shares of FNBNY Common Stock, or any other security of FNBNY or an FNBNY Subsidiary or any securities representing the right to vote, purchase or otherwise receive any shares of FNBNY Common Stock or any other security of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, other than pursuant to the Subscription Agreements listed on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3 (the “Subscription AgreementsNo additional shares are issuable pursuant to the Subscription Agreements by reason of the Merger, and the methodology for determining the number of additional shares of FNBNY Common Stock that are issuable pursuant to the Subscription Agreements is as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3.  Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3, there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase FNBNY Common Stock.

 

4.3.3.            FNBNY owns all of the capital stock of First National Bank, free and clear of any lien or encumbrance. Except for the FNBNY Subsidiaries, FNBNY does not possess, directly or indirectly, any material equity interest in any corporate entity, except for equity interests held in the investment portfolios of FNBNY Subsidiaries, equity interests held by FNBNY Subsidiaries in a fiduciary capacity, and equity interests held in connection with the lending activities of FNBNY Subsidiaries, including stock in the FHLB.  Either FNBNY or First National Bank owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each FNBNY Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, agreements and restrictions of any kind or nature.

 

4.3.4.            FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3.4. includes a list of every record holder of FNBNY Common Stock, setting forth the number of shares held by each such holder. Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3.4, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, no Person or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), is the beneficial owner (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of FNBNY Common Stock.

 

4.3.5.            FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.3.5. identifies all material indebtedness of FNBNY (other than indebtedness of First National Bank and any subsidiary of First National Bank) and attaches thereto all instruments and agreements relating to such indebtedness.

 

4.4.                        Authority; No Violation.

 

4.4.1.            FNBNY has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to the receipt of the Regulatory Approvals and the approval of this Agreement by the holders of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by FNBNY and the consummation by FNBNY of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Bank Merger, have been duly and validly approved by the Board of Directors of

 

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FNBNY, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of FNBNY, except for the requisite approval of the holders of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock, is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Bank Merger.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by FNBNY, and subject to approval by the shareholders of FNBNY and receipt of the Regulatory Approvals and due and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by Bridge Bancorp, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of FNBNY, enforceable against FNBNY in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.  FNBNY has approved the Bank Merger Agreement and the Bank Merger in its capacity as the sole stockholder of First National Bank.

 

4.4.2.            Subject to receipt of Regulatory Approvals and FNBNY’s and Bridge Bancorp’s compliance with any conditions contained therein, and to the receipt of the approval of the holders of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock, (A) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by FNBNY, (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (C) compliance by FNBNY with any of the terms or provisions hereof will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary or the charter and bylaws of First National Bank; (ii) violate any statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets; or (iii)  violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provisions of, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default), under, result in the termination of, accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration or the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of FNBNY or First National Bank under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other investment or obligation to which FNBNY or First National Bank is a party, or by which they or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or affected, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults under clause (ii) or (iii) hereof which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

4.5.                        Consents.

 

Except for (a) the receipt of the Regulatory Approvals, and compliance with any conditions contained therein, (b) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the New York Department of State, (c) the filing with the SEC of (i) the Merger Registration Statement and (ii) such reports under Sections 13(a), 13(d), 13(g) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the obtaining from the SEC of such orders as may be required in connection therewith, (d) approval of the listing of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in the Merger on the Nasdaq, (e) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, and (f) the approval of this Agreement by the requisite vote of the holders of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock, no consents, waivers or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any Governmental Entity are necessary, and, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, no consents, waivers or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any

 

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other third parties are necessary, to accomplish (x) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by FNBNY, and (y) the completion of the Merger and the Bank Merger by FNBNY.

 

4.6.                        Financial Statements.

 

4.6.1.            FNBNY has previously made available to Bridge Bancorp the FNBNY Regulatory Reports.  The FNBNY Regulatory Reports, to the extent they contain financial information, have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with applicable regulatory accounting principles and practices throughout the periods covered by such statements.

 

4.6.2.            FNBNY has previously made available to Bridge Bancorp the FNBNY Financial Statements.  The FNBNY Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (including the related notes where applicable) fairly present in each case in all material respects (subject in the case of the unaudited interim statements to normal year-end adjustments and to any other adjustments described therein), the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of and for the respective periods ending on the dates thereof, in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved, except as indicated in the notes thereto.

 

4.6.3.            At the date of each balance sheet included in the FNBNY Financial Statements or the FNBNY Regulatory Reports, neither FNBNY nor First National Bank, as applicable, had any liabilities, obligations or loss contingencies of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a type required to be reflected in such FNBNY Financial Statements or FNBNY Regulatory Reports or in the footnotes thereto which are not fully reflected or reserved against therein or fully disclosed in a footnote thereto, except for liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which are not material, either individually or in the aggregate, or which are incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and except for liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which are within the subject matter of a specific representation and warranty herein and subject, in the case of any unaudited statements, to normal, recurring audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

4.6.4.            The records, systems, controls, data and information of FNBNY and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of FNBNY or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access thereto and there from), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the system of internal accounting controls described below in this Section 4.6.4. FNBNY (x) has implemented and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting that is designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of its financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, which system has been reviewed by FNBNY’s external auditors, and (y) has disclosed to FNBNY’s outside auditors and the audit committee of FNBNY’s Board of Directors (i)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in FNBNY’s internal control over financial reporting. These disclosures (if any) were made in writing by management to FNBNY’s auditors and audit committee and a copy has previously been made available to Bridge Bancorp.

 

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4.6.5.            Since June 30, 2011, (i) neither FNBNY nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries has received any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in illegal accounting or auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of Securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation with respect to FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, or any of their officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors of FNBNY or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of FNBNY.

 

4.7.                        Taxes.

 

FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries that are treated as corporations for United States federal income tax purposes are members of the same affiliated group within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a). FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has duly filed all federal, state and material local tax returns required to be filed by or with respect to FNBNY and every FNBNY Subsidiary on or prior to the Closing Date, taking into account any extensions (all such returns, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, being accurate and correct in all material respects) and has duly paid or made provisions for the payment of all material federal, state and local taxes which have been incurred by or are due or claimed to be due from FNBNY and any FNBNY Subsidiary by any taxing authority or pursuant to any written tax sharing agreement on or prior to the Closing Date other than taxes or other charges which (i) are not delinquent, (ii) are being contested in good faith, or (iii) have not yet been fully determined.  Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.7, FNBNY has received no written notice of, and to FNBNY’s Knowledge there is no audit examination, deficiency assessment, tax investigation or refund litigation with respect to any taxes of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, and no written claim has been made by any authority in a jurisdiction where FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary does not file tax returns that FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.  FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries have not executed an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any material tax due that is currently in effect. FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has withheld and paid all material taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party, and FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, has timely complied in all material respects with all applicable information reporting requirements under Part III, Subchapter A of Chapter 61 of the Code and similar applicable state and local information reporting requirements.

 

4.8.                        Material Contracts; Leases; Defaults.

 

4.8.1.            Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.1, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary is a party to or subject to: (i) any employment agreement, change in control agreement, consulting or severance agreement or other material agreement with any past or present officer, director or employee of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, except for “at will” arrangements; (ii) any plan, material arrangement or contract providing for

 

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bonuses, pensions, options, deferred compensation, retirement payments, profit sharing or similar material arrangements for or with any past or present officers, directors or employees of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary; (iii) any collective bargaining agreement with any labor union relating to employees of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary; (iv) any agreement which by its terms limits the payment of dividends by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, other than the OCC Agreement; (v) any instrument evidencing or related to material indebtedness for borrowed money whether directly or indirectly, by way of purchase money obligation, conditional sale, lease purchase, guaranty or otherwise, in respect of which FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is an obligor to any person, which instrument evidences or relates to indebtedness other than deposits, repurchase agreements, FHLB advances, bankers’ acceptances, and “treasury tax and loan” accounts and transactions in “federal funds” in each case established in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or which contains financial covenants or other restrictions (other than those relating to the payment of principal and interest when due) which would be applicable on or after the Closing Date to Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary; (vi) any other agreement, written or oral, that obligates FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary for the payment of more than $15,000 annually or for the payment of more than $35,000 over its remaining term, which is not terminable without cause on 60 days’ or less notice without penalty or payment (other than agreements for commercially available “off-the- shelf” software), or (vii) any agreement (other than this Agreement and the OCC Agreement), contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) that restricts or limits in any material way the conduct of business by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary (it being understood that any non-compete or similar provision shall be deemed material, but any limitation on the scope of any license granted under any such agreement shall not be deemed material).

 

4.8.2.            Each real estate lease that requires the consent of the lessor or its agent resulting from the Merger or the Bank Merger by virtue of the terms of any such lease, is listed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.2 identifying the section of the lease that contains such prohibition or restriction.

 

4.8.3.            True and correct copies of agreements, contracts, arrangements and instruments referred to in Sections 4.8.1 and 4.8.2 (“Material Contracts”) have been made available to Bridge Bancorp on or before the date hereof, and are, including to the extent applicable in the case of FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans, in full force and effect on the date hereof and neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary (nor, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, any other party to any such contract, arrangement or instrument) has materially breached any provision of, or is in material default in any respect under any term of, any Material Contract, and there has not occurred any event that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute such a default or breach.  Except as listed on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.3, no party to any Material Contract will have the right to terminate any or all of the provisions of any such Material Contract as a result of the execution of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

4.8.4.            A true and correct copy of the subleases for the office space on the 52nd floor at 152 West 57th Street, New York, New York, are attached to FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.4, are in full force and effect, represent the subleasing of all space subject to the primary lease of such space by First National Bank, and neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY

 

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Subsidiary (nor, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, any other party to any such sublease) has materially breached any provision of, or is in default in any respect under any term of, the subleases.

 

4.8.5.            Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.5, since December 31, 2012, through and including the date of this Agreement, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has (i) except for (A) normal increases for employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) as required by applicable law or the terms of agreements listed on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.1, increased the wages, salaries, compensation, pension, or other fringe benefits or perquisites payable to any executive officer, employee, or director from the amount thereof in effect as of December 31, 2012 (which amounts have been previously made available to Bridge Bancorp), granted any severance or termination pay, entered into any contract to make or grant any severance or termination pay (except as required under the terms of agreements or as required or permitted under the terms of severance plans or policies listed on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.1, as in effect as of the date hereof), or paid any bonus other than the customary year-end bonuses in amounts consistent with past practice, (ii) granted any options to purchase shares of FNBNY Common Stock, or any right to acquire any shares of its capital stock to any executive officer, director or employee, (iii)  established or increased the benefits payable under any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, except to the extent required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the regulations issued thereunder, (iv) made any material election for federal or state income tax purposes, (v) made any material change in the credit policies or procedures of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries, the effect of which was or is to make any such policy or procedure less restrictive in any material respect, (vi) made any material acquisition or disposition of any assets or properties, or any contract for any such acquisition or disposition entered into other than loans and loan commitments, (vii) entered into any lease of real or personal property requiring annual payments in excess of $75,000, other than in connection with foreclosed property or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (viii) changed any accounting methods, principles or practices of FNBNY or its Subsidiaries affecting its assets, liabilities or businesses, including any reserving, renewal or residual method, practice or policy or (ix) suffered any strike, work stoppage, slow-down, or other labor disturbance.

 

4.9.                        Ownership of Property; Insurance Coverage.

 

4.9.1.            FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has good and, as to real property, marketable title to all material assets and properties owned by FNBNY or each FNBNY Subsidiary in the conduct of its businesses, whether such assets and properties are real or personal, tangible or intangible, including assets and property reflected in the balance sheets contained in the FNBNY Regulatory Reports and in the FNBNY Financial Statements or acquired subsequent thereto (except to the extent that such assets and properties have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business, since the date of such balance sheets), subject to no material encumbrances, liens, mortgages, security interests or pledges, except (i) those items which secure liabilities for public or statutory obligations or any discount with, borrowing from or other obligations to FHLB, inter-bank credit facilities, or any transaction by an FNBNY

 

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Subsidiary acting in a fiduciary capacity, (ii) statutory liens for amounts not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith, (iii) non-monetary liens affecting real property which do not adversely affect the value or use of such real property, and (iv) those described and reflected in the FNBNY Financial Statements. FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries, as lessee, have the right under valid and existing leases of real and personal properties used by FNBNY and its Subsidiaries in the conduct of their businesses to occupy or use all such properties as presently occupied and used by each of them.

 

4.9.2.            With respect to all material agreements pursuant to which FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary has purchased securities subject to an agreement to resell, if any, FNBNY or such FNBNY Subsidiary, as the case may be, has a lien or security interest (which to FNBNY’s Knowledge is a valid, perfected first lien) in the securities or other collateral securing the repurchase agreement, and the value of such collateral equals or exceeds the amount of the debt secured thereby.

 

4.9.3.            FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary currently maintain insurance considered by each of them to be reasonable for their respective operations.  Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary, except as disclosed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.9.3, has received notice from any insurance carrier during the past five years that (i) such insurance will be canceled or that coverage thereunder will be reduced or eliminated, or (ii) premium costs (other than with respect to health or disability insurance) with respect to such policies of insurance will be substantially increased. There are presently no material claims pending under such policies of insurance and no notices have been given by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary under such policies (other than with respect to health or disability insurance). All such insurance is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect, and within the last three years FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has received each type of insurance coverage for which it has applied and during such periods has not been denied indemnification for any material claims submitted under any of its insurance policies. FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.9.3 identifies all material policies of insurance maintained by FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary as well as the other matters required to be disclosed under this Section.

 

4.10.                Legal Proceedings.

 

4.10.1.    Except as listed on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.10, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary is a party to any, and there are no pending or, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, threatened legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceedings, actions or governmental investigations or inquiries of any nature (i) against FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, (ii) to which FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary’s assets are or may be subject, (iii) challenging the validity or propriety of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iv) which could adversely affect the ability of FNBNY or First National Bank to perform under this Agreement, except for any proceeding, action, investigation or inquiry which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to the financial condition or operations of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary.  True and correct copies of the litigation settlement agreements as to the matters identified on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.10 are in full force and effect (except as otherwise noted on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.10), and neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary (nor, to the Knowledge of

 

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FNBNY, any other party to such settlement agreements) has materially breached any provision of, or is in default in any respect under any term of, the settlement agreements.

 

4.11.                Compliance With Applicable Law.

 

4.11.1.    To FNBNY’s Knowledge, each of FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders or decrees applicable to it, its properties, assets and deposits, its business, and its conduct of business and its relationship with its employees, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and all other applicable fair lending laws and other laws relating to discriminatory business practices and neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has received any written notice to the contrary (other than as may be stated in the OCC Agreement).  The Board of Directors of First National Bank has adopted and First National Bank has implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate and appropriate customer identification verification procedures that has not been declared ineffective by any Governmental Entity and that meets the requirements of Sections 352 and 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act and the regulations thereunder. Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY is a party to any agreement with any individual or group regarding CRA matters.

 

4.11.2.    Each of FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has all material permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, all Governmental Entities and Bank Regulators that are required in order to permit it to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted except where the failure to hold such permits, licensees, authorizations, orders or approvals, or the failure to make such filings, applications or registrations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY; all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals are in full force and effect in all material respects and, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, no suspension or cancellation of any such permit, license, certificate, order or approval is threatened or will result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to obtaining Regulatory Approvals.

 

4.11.3.              Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.11.3, for the period beginning January 1, 2010, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has received any written notification or, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, any other communication from any Bank Regulator (i) asserting that FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is not in material compliance with any of the statutes, regulations or ordinances which such Bank Regulator enforces; (ii) threatening to revoke any license, franchise, permit or governmental authorization which is material to FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary; (iii) requiring, or threatening to require, FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, or indicating that FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary may be required, to enter into a cease and desist order, agreement or memorandum of understanding or any other agreement with any federal or state governmental agency or authority which is charged with the supervision or regulation of banks or engages in the insurance of bank deposits restricting or limiting, or purporting to restrict or limit, in any material respect the operations of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the payment of dividends; or (iv) directing, restricting or limiting, or purporting to direct, restrict or limit, in any manner the

 

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operations of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the payment of dividends (any such notice, communication, memorandum, agreement or order described in this sentence is hereinafter referred to as a “FNBNY Regulatory Agreement”). FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.11.3 sets forth any FNBNY Regulatory Agreement that is currently in effect or that was in effect since January 1, 2010.  The most recent regulatory rating given to First National Bank as to compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) is satisfactory or better.

 

4.11.4.    FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.11.4 sets forth, as of December 31, 2012 and continuing to the date of this Agreement, a schedule of all executive officers and directors of FNBNY who have outstanding loans from FNBNY or First National Bank, and there has been no default on, or forgiveness or waiver of, in whole or in part, any such loan during the two years immediately preceding the date hereof.

 

4.12.                Employee Benefit Plans.

 

4.12.1.    FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.1 includes a list of all existing bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental executive retirement plans, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings, employee stock ownership, stock bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom stock, severance, welfare benefit plans (including paid time off policies and other material benefit policies and procedures), fringe benefit plans, employment, consulting, change in control agreements and all other material benefit practices, policies and arrangements maintained by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary in which any employee or former employee, consultant or former consultant or director or former director of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary participates or to which any such employee, consultant or director is a party or is otherwise entitled to receive benefits (the “FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans”).  Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has any commitment to create any additional FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan or to materially modify, change or renew any existing FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan (any modification or change that increases the cost of such plans would be deemed material), except as required by applicable law or Governmental Entity or to maintain the qualified status thereof.  FNBNY has made available to Bridge Bancorp true and correct copies of the FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans.

 

4.12.2.    Except as disclosed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.2, each FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and with applicable law, including, but not limited to, ERISA, the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, COBRA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and any regulations or rules promulgated thereunder, and all material filings, disclosures and notices required by ERISA, the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, COBRA and HIPAA and any other applicable law have been timely made or any interest, fines, penalties or other impositions for late filings have been paid in full, if due.  Each FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “Pension Plan”) and which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is established pursuant to IRS-approved prototype or volume submitter documents or has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and

 

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FNBNY is not aware of any circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in revocation of any such favorable determination letter.  There is no material pending or, to the Knowledge of FNBNY or First National Bank, threatened action, suit or claim relating to any of the FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans (other than routine claims for benefits).  Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has engaged in a transaction, or omitted to take any action, with respect to any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary to a material unpaid tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.

 

4.12.3.    FNBNY and its Subsidiaries have not for the past 12 years maintained or contributed to and have no liability under a FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA.

 

4.12.4.    All material contributions required to be made under the terms of any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan have been timely made or are accrued on FNBNY’s Financial Statements to the extent required by GAAP.

 

4.12.5.    Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has any obligations to provide post-employment health, life insurance, or disability insurance, or, except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.5, any retiree death benefits under any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan, other than benefits mandated by Section 4980B of the Code.  Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.5, there has been no communication to employees by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to promise or guarantee such employees retiree health, life insurance, or disability insurance, or any retiree death benefits, other than as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.5.

 

4.12.6.    FNBNY and its Subsidiaries do not maintain any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans covering employees who are not United States residents.

 

4.12.7.    With respect to each FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan, if applicable, FNBNY has provided or made available to Bridge Bancorp copies of the:  (A) trust instruments and insurance contracts; (B) two most recent Forms 5500 filed with the IRS; (C) three most recent actuarial reports and financial statements; (D) most recent summary plan description; (E) most recent determination letter issued by the IRS; (F) any Form 5300, 5310 or Form 5330 filed with the IRS within the last two years; and (G) most recent nondiscrimination tests performed under ERISA and the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m) tests).

 

4.12.8.    Except as provided in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.8, the consummation of the Merger will not, (alone or in combination with any other event, including, without limitation, any termination of employment or service at any time prior to or following the Effective Time) (A) entitle any employee, consultant or director to any payment or benefit (including severance pay, change in control benefit, or similar compensation) or any increase in compensation, (B) entitle any employee or independent contractor to terminate any plan, agreement or arrangement without cause and continue to accrue future benefits thereunder, or result in the vesting or acceleration of any benefits under any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan,  (C) result in any material increase in benefits payable under any FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plan, or (D) entitle any current or former employee, director or independent

 

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contractor of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary to any actual or deemed payment (or benefit) which could reasonably be construed to constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as such term is defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).

 

4.12.9.    Except as disclosed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.9, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary maintains any compensation plans, programs or arrangements under which any payment is reasonably likely to become non-deductible, in whole or in part, for tax reporting purposes as a result of the limitations under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, it being understood that FNBNY makes no representation or warranty regarding the effect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any actions taken by Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates on the deductibility of any compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder.

 

4.12.10.      Except as disclosed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.10, all “nonqualified deferred compensation plans” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) are exempt from, or in material compliance with, both in form and operation, Section 409A of the Code and all guidance issued thereunder.

 

4.12.11.      Except as disclosed in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.11, there are no stock options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, earned dividends or dividend equivalents, or shares of restricted stock, outstanding under any of the FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans or otherwise as of the date hereof and none will be granted, awarded, or credited after the date hereof.

 

4.12.12.      FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.12.12 sets forth, as of the payroll date immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, a list of the full names of all officers, and employees of First National Bank or FNBNY, their title and annual rate of salary, and their date of hire.

 

4.13.                Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors.

 

Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or incurred any liability or commitment for any fees or commissions to any such person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for the retention of Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”) by FNBNY and the fees payable pursuant thereto.  A true and correct copy of the engagement agreements with KBW, setting forth the fees payable to KBW for services rendered to FNBNY in connection with the Merger and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is attached to FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.13.

 

4.14.                Environmental Matters.

 

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(A)                          To the Knowledge of FNBNY, neither the conduct nor operation of its business nor any condition of any property currently or previously owned or operated by it (including Participation Facilities) (including, without limitation, in a fiduciary or agency capacity), or on which it holds a lien, results or resulted in a violation of any Environmental Laws that is reasonably likely to impose a material liability (including a material remediation obligation) upon FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary.  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, no condition has existed or event has occurred with respect to any of them or any such property that, with notice or the passage of time, or both, is reasonably likely to result in any material liability to FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary by reason of any Environmental Laws.  Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary during the past five years has received any written notice from any Person or Governmental Entity that FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary or the operation or condition of any property ever owned, operated (including Participation Facilities), or held as collateral or in a fiduciary capacity by any of them are currently in violation of or otherwise are alleged to have liability under any Environmental Laws or relating to Materials of Environmental Concern (including, but not limited to, responsibility (or potential responsibility) for the cleanup or other remediation of any Materials of Environmental Concern at, on, beneath, or originating from any such property) for which a material liability is reasonably likely to be imposed upon FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary;

 

(B)                           There is no suit, claim, action, demand, executive or administrative order, directive, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the FNBNY ‘s Knowledge, threatened, before any court, governmental agency or other forum against FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary (x) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor) with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or (y) relating to the presence of or release into the environment of any Materials of Environmental Concern, whether or not occurring at or on a site owned, leased or operated by FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary;

 

(C)                           To FNBNY’s Knowledge, there are no underground storage tanks on, in or under any properties owned or operated by FNBNY or any of the FNBNY Subsidiaries, and to FNBNY’s Knowledge, no underground storage tanks have been closed or removed from any properties owned or operated by FNBNY or any of the FNBNY Subsidiaries or any Participation Facility except in compliance with Environmental Laws in all material respects; and

 

(D)                          “Participation Facility” means any facility in which FNBNY or its Subsidiaries participates in the management, whether as a fiduciary, lender in control of the facility, owner or operator.

 

4.15.                Loan Portfolio and Investment Securities.

 

4.15.1.    The allowance for loan losses reflected in FNBNY’s audited consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012 was, and the allowance for loan losses shown on the balance sheets in FNBNY’s Financial Statements for periods ending after December 31, 2012 was, adequate, as of the date thereof, under GAAP.

 

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other FNBNY Subsidiary that have been accelerated during the past twelve months; (B) all loan commitments or lines of credit of First National Bank or any other FNBNY Subsidiary which have been terminated by First National Bank or any other FNBNY Subsidiary during the past twelve months by reason of a default or adverse developments in the condition of the borrower or other events or circumstances affecting the credit of the borrower; (C) each borrower, customer or other party which has notified First National Bank or any other FNBNY Subsidiary during the past twelve months of, or has asserted against First National Bank or any other FNBNY Subsidiary, in each case in writing, any “lender liability” or similar claim; (D) all loans, (1) that are contractually past due 60 days or more in the payment of principal and/or interest, (2) that are on non-accrual status, (3) that are contractually past due 90 days or more in the payment of principal and/or interest days or more and still accruing; (4) classified as troubled debt restructurings; (5) that as of the date of this Agreement are classified as “Other Loans Specially Mentioned”, “Special Mention”, “Substandard”, “Doubtful”, “Loss”, “Classified”, “Criticized”, “Watch list” or words of similar import, together with the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on each such Loan and the identity of the obligor thereunder, (6) where, during the past three years, the interest rate terms have been reduced and/or the maturity dates have been extended subsequent to the agreement under which the loan was originally created due to concerns regarding the borrower’s ability to pay in accordance with such initial terms, or (7) where a specific reserve allocation exists in connection therewith, and (E) all assets classified by First National Bank or any First National Bank Subsidiary as real estate acquired through foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure, including in-substance foreclosures, and all real estate owned and other assets currently held that were acquired through foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure.

 

4.15.3.    All loans receivable (including discounts) and accrued interest entered on the books of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries arose out of bona fide arm’s-length transactions, were made for good and valuable consideration in the ordinary course of FNBNY’s or the appropriate FNBNY Subsidiary’s respective business.  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, the loans, discounts and the accrued interest reflected on the books of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries are subject to no defenses, set offs or counterclaims (including, without limitation, those afforded by usury or truth in lending laws), except as may be provided by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity.  All such loans are owned by FNBNY or the appropriate FNBNY Subsidiary free and clear of any liens.

 

4.15.4.    The notes and other evidences of indebtedness evidencing the loans described above, and all pledges, mortgages, deeds of trust and other collateral documents or security instruments relating thereto are, in all material respects, valid, true and genuine, and what they purport to be.

 

4.15.5.    FNBNY and First National Bank and each of their subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all securities owned by them, free and clear of any Liens, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations of FNBNY and First National Bank or any of their subsidiaries.  Such securities are valued on the books of FNBNY in accordance with GAAP in all material respects.  FNBNY and First National Bank and each of their subsidiaries that own securities employ investment, securities, risk

 

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management and other policies, practices and procedures which FNBNY believes are prudent and reasonable.

 

4.16.                Other Documents.

 

FNBNY has made available to Bridge Bancorp copies of its (i) annual report for the year ended December 31, 2012,  and (ii) proxy materials used or for use in connection with its meeting of shareholders held in 2012.

 

4.17.                Related Party Transactions.

 

Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.17, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary is a party to any transaction (including any loan or other credit accommodation) with any director, executive officer (or an immediate family member, as defined in SEC Regulation S-K Item 404, of such person) or Affiliate of FNBNY or any FNBNY Affiliate. All such transactions (a) were made in the ordinary course of business, (b) were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other Persons, and (c) did not involve substantially more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features (as such terms are used under Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act). No loan or credit accommodation to any Affiliate of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is presently in default or, during the three year period prior to the date of this Agreement, has been in default or has been restructured, modified or extended.  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has been notified that principal and interest with respect to any such loan or other credit accommodation will not be paid when due or that the loan grade classification accorded such loan or credit accommodation by FNBNY is inappropriate.

 

4.18.                Deposits.

 

Except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.18, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the deposits of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is a “brokered deposit” as defined in 12 CFR Section 337.6(a)(2).

 

4.19.                Antitakeover Provisions Inapplicable; Required Vote.

 

The Board of Directors of FNBNY has approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as required to render inapplicable to such agreements and transactions Section 912 of the NYBCL and any similar “moratorium,” control share,” “fair price,” “takeover” or “interested stockholder” law (any such laws, “Takeover Statutes”).  The affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of FNBNY Class A Common Stock is the only stockholder approval required to approve this Agreement and the Merger under FNBNY’s certificate of incorporation and the NYBCL.

 

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4.20.                Registration Obligations.

 

Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary is under any obligation, contingent or otherwise, which will survive the Effective Time by reason of any agreement to register any transaction involving any of its securities under the Securities Act.

 

4.21.                Risk Management Instruments.

 

All material interest rate swaps, caps, floors, option agreements, futures and forward contracts and other similar risk management arrangements, whether entered into for FNBNY’s own account, or for the account of one or more of FNBNY’s Subsidiaries or their customers (all of which are set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.21), were in all material respects entered into in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory policies, and to the Knowledge of FNBNY, with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time; and to FNBNY’s Knowledge each of them constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of FNBNY or one of its Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles), and is in full force and effect.  Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary, nor to the Knowledge of FNBNY any other party thereto, is in breach of any of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement in any material respect.

 

4.22.                Opinion of Financial Advisor.

 

The Board of Directors of FNBNY has received an opinion from KBW to the effect that, subject to the terms, conditions and qualifications set forth therein, as of the date of such opinion, the aggregate consideration to be received by the holders of shares of FNBNY Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement is fair to such shareholders, collectively as a group, from a financial point of view.  Such opinion has not been amended or rescinded as of the date of this Agreement.

 

4.23.                Trust Accounts.

 

First National Bank does not exercise fiduciary powers requiring OCC approval.

 

4.24.                Intellectual Property.

 

FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary owns or, to FNBNY’s Knowledge, possesses valid and binding licenses and other rights (subject to expirations in accordance with their terms) to use all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, service marks and trademarks, which are material to the conduct of their business as currently conducted, each without payment, except for all license agreements under which license fees or other payments are due in the ordinary course of FNBNY’s or each of FNBNY’s Subsidiaries’ business, and except in each case which, either individually or in the aggregate, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary has received any notice of conflict with respect thereto that asserts the rights of others.  FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary has performed all the material obligations required to be performed, and are not in default in any respect, under any

 

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contract, agreement, arrangement or commitment relating to any of the foregoing.  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, the conduct of the business of FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted does not, in any material respect, infringe upon, dilute, misappropriate or otherwise violate any intellectual property owned or controlled by any third party, except to such an extent as, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

4.25.                Labor Matters.

 

There are no labor or collective bargaining agreements to which FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is a party.  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, there is no union organizing effort pending or to the Knowledge of FNBNY, threatened against FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary.  There is no labor strike, labor dispute (other than routine employee grievances that are not related to union employees), work slowdown, stoppage or lockout pending or, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, threatened against FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary.  There is no unfair labor practice proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, threatened against FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary (other than routine employee grievances that are not related to union employees).  To the Knowledge of FNBNY, FNBNY and each FNBNY Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and are not engaged in any unfair labor practice, except for such noncompliance which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

4.26.                FNBNY Information Supplied.

 

The information relating to FNBNY and any FNBNY Subsidiary to be contained in the Merger Registration Statement, or in any other document filed with any Bank Regulator or other Governmental Entity in connection herewith, will not, to the Knowledge of FNBNY, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.

 

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BRIDGE BANCORP

 

5.1.                        General.

 

Bridge Bancorp represents and warrants to FNBNY that the statements contained in this Article V are correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this Article V), except as set forth in the Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule delivered by Bridge Bancorp to FNBNY on the date hereof, and except as to any representation or warranty which relates to a specific date.  Bridge Bancorp has made a good faith effort to ensure that the disclosure on each schedule of the Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule corresponds to the section referenced herein.  However, for purposes of the Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule, any item disclosed on any schedule

 

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therein is deemed to be fully disclosed with respect to all schedules under which such item may be relevant as and to the extent that it is reasonably clear on the face of such schedule that such item applies to such other schedule.  References to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp shall include the Knowledge of Bridgehampton National Bank.

 

5.2.                        Organization.

 

5.2.1.            Bridge Bancorp is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and is duly registered as a bank holding company under the BHCA.  Bridge Bancorp has full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.

 

5.2.2.            Bridgehampton National Bank is a national bank duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent required) under federal law.  The deposits of the Bridgehampton National Bank are insured by the FDIC to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due.  Bridgehampton National Bank is a member in good standing of the FHLB and owns the requisite amount of stock therein.

 

5.2.3.            Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 5.2.3 sets forth each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary.  Each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.

 

5.2.4.            The respective minute books of Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary accurately records, in all material respects, all material corporate actions of their respective shareholders and boards of directors (including committees).

 

5.2.5.            Prior to the date of this Agreement, Bridge Bancorp has made available to FNBNY true and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries.

 

5.3.                        Capitalization.

 

5.3.1.      The authorized capital stock of Bridge Bancorp consists of 20,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of which 9,249,925 shares are outstanding, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value (“Bridge Bancorp Preferred Stock”), none of which are outstanding.  There are 4,322 shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock held by Bridge Bancorp as treasury stock.  Except as set forth in Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 5.3.1, neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has or is bound by any Rights of any character relating to the purchase, sale or issuance or voting of, or right to receive dividends or other distributions on any shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock, or any other security of Bridge Bancorp or any securities representing the right to vote, purchase or otherwise receive any

 

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shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock or any other security of Bridge Bancorp, other than shares issuable under the Bridge Bancorp Stock Benefit Plan.

 

5.3.2.            Bridge Bancorp owns all of the capital stock of Bridgehampton National Bank free and clear of any lien or encumbrance.

 

5.3.3.            Except as disclosed in the Bridge Bancorp Proxy Statement relating to its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, no Person or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) is the beneficial owner (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock.

 

5.3.4.            Except as set forth in Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 5.3.4, Bridge Bancorp owns all of the capital stock of each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, free and clear of any lien or encumbrance. Except for the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries, Bridge Bancorp does not possess, directly or indirectly, any material equity interest in any corporate entity, except for equity interests held in the investment portfolios of Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries, equity interests held by Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries in a fiduciary capacity, and equity interests held in connection with the lending activities of Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries, including stock in the FHLB.  Either Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, agreements and restrictions of any kind or nature.

 

5.4.                        Authority; No Violation.

 

5.4.1.            Bridge Bancorp has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to receipt of the Regulatory Approvals, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Bridge Bancorp and the completion by Bridge Bancorp of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Bank Merger, have been duly and validly approved by the Board of Directors of Bridge Bancorp, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Bridge Bancorp are necessary to complete the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Bank Merger.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Bridge Bancorp, and subject to the receipt of the Regulatory Approvals and due and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by FNBNY, constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Bridge Bancorp, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.  Bridge Bancorp has approved the Bank Merger Agreement and the Bank Merger in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Bridgehampton National Bank.

 

5.4.2.            Subject to receipt of Regulatory Approvals and FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp’s compliance with any conditions contained therein, (A) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Bridge Bancorp (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (C) compliance by Bridge Bancorp with any of the terms or provisions hereof will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary; (ii) violate any statute, code,

 

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ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets; or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provisions of, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default), under, result in the termination of, accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration or the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other investment or obligation to which any of them is a party, or by which they or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or affected, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults under clause (ii) or (iii) hereof which, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a Material Adverse Effect on Bridge Bancorp.

 

5.5.                        Consents.

 

Except for (a) filings with Bank Regulators, the receipt of the Regulatory Approvals, and compliance with any conditions contained therein, (b) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the New York Department of State, (c) the filing with the SEC of (i) the Merger Registration Statement and (ii) such reports under Sections 13(a), 13(d), 13(g) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the obtaining from the SEC of such orders as may be required in connection therewith, (d) approval of the listing of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in the Merger on the Nasdaq, (e) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, (and (f) the approval of this Agreement by the requisite vote of the shareholders of FNBNY, no consents, waivers or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any Governmental Entity are necessary, and, to Bridge Bancorp’s Knowledge, no consents, waivers or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any other third parties are necessary, in connection with (x) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Bridge Bancorp, and (y) the completion of the Merger.

 

5.6.                        Financial Statements.

 

5.6.1.            Bridge Bancorp has previously made available to FNBNY the Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements.  The Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (including the related notes where applicable) fairly present in each case in all material respects (subject in the case of the unaudited interim statements to normal year-end adjustments) the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of and for the respective periods ending on the dates thereof, in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved, except as indicated in the notes thereto, or in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q.

 

5.6.2.            At the date of each balance sheet included in the Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements, Bridge Bancorp did not have any liabilities, obligations or loss contingencies of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a type required to be reflected in such Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements or in the footnotes thereto which are not fully

 

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reflected or reserved against therein or fully disclosed in a footnote thereto, except for liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which are not material individually or in the aggregate or which are incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and except for liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which are within the subject matter of a specific representation and warranty herein and subject, in the case of any unaudited statements, to normal, recurring audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

5.6.3.            The records, systems, controls, data and information of Bridge Bancorp and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Bridge Bancorp or its Subsidiaries or its accountants (including all means of access thereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the system of internal accounting controls described below in this Section 5.6.3.  Bridge Bancorp (x) has implemented and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting that is designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of its financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, which system has been reviewed by Bridge Bancorp’s external auditors, and (y) has disclosed to Bridge Bancorp’s outside auditors and the audit committee of Bridge Bancorp’s Board of Directors (i)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Bridge Bancorp’s internal control over financial reporting. These disclosures (if any) were made in writing by management to Bridge Bancorp’s auditors and audit committee and a copy has previously been made available to FNBNY.

 

5.6.4.            Since June 30, 2011, (i) neither Bridge Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries has received any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in illegal accounting or auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of Securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Bridge Bancorp or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors of Bridge Bancorp or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of Bridge Bancorp.

 

5.6.5.            The allowance for credit losses reflected in Bridge Bancorp’s audited statement of condition at December 31, 2012 was, and the allowance for credit losses shown on the balance sheets in Bridge Bancorp’s Securities Documents for periods ending after December 31, 2012 will be, adequate, as of the dates thereof, under GAAP.

 

5.7.                        Taxes.

 

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to be filed by or with respect to Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary on or prior to the Closing Date, taking into account any extensions (all such returns, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, being accurate and correct in all material respects) and has duly paid or made provisions for the payment of all material federal, state and local taxes which have been incurred by or are due or claimed to be due from Bridge Bancorp and any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary by any taxing authority or pursuant to any written tax sharing agreement on or prior to the Closing Date other than taxes or other charges which (i) are not delinquent, (ii) are being contested in good faith, or (iii) have not yet been fully determined.  Bridge Bancorp has received no written notice of, and to Bridge Bancorp’s Knowledge there is no, audit examination, deficiency assessment, tax investigation or refund litigation with respect to any material taxes of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, and no written claim has been made by any authority in a jurisdiction where Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary does not file tax returns that Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.  Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries have not executed an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any material tax due that is currently in effect.  Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has withheld and paid all material taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party, and Bridge Bancorp and each of its Subsidiaries, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, has timely complied in all material respects with all applicable information reporting requirements under Part III, Subchapter A of Chapter 61 of the Code and similar applicable state and local information reporting requirements.

 

5.8.                        Ownership of Property; Insurance Coverage.

 

5.8.1.            Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has good and, as to real property, marketable title to all material assets and properties owned by Bridge Bancorp or each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary in the conduct of their businesses, whether such assets and properties are real or personal, tangible or intangible, including assets and property reflected in the balance sheets contained in the Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements or acquired subsequent thereto (except to the extent that such assets and properties have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business, since the date of such balance sheets), subject to no material encumbrances, liens, mortgages, security interests or pledges, except (i) those items which secure liabilities for public or statutory obligations or any discount with, borrowing from or other obligations to FHLB, inter-bank credit facilities, or any transaction by a Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary acting in a fiduciary capacity, (ii) statutory liens for amounts not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith, (iii) non-monetary liens affecting real property which do not adversely affect the value or use of such real property, and (iv) those described and reflected in the Bridge Bancorp Financial Statements.  Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries, as lessee, have the right under valid and subsisting leases of real and personal properties used by Bridge Bancorp and its Subsidiaries in the conduct of their businesses to occupy or use all such properties as presently occupied and used by each of them.

 

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will be reduced or eliminated, or (ii) premium costs (other than with respect to health or disability insurance) with respect to such policies of insurance will be substantially increased. There are presently no material claims pending under such policies of insurance and no notices have been given by Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary under such policies (other than with respect to health or disability insurance).  All such insurance is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect, and within the last three years Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has received each type of insurance coverage for which it has applied and during such periods has not been denied indemnification for any material claims submitted under any of its insurance policies. Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 5.8.2 identifies all material policies of insurance maintained by Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary as well as the other matters required to be disclosed under this Section.

 

5.9.                        Legal Proceedings.

 

There is no suit, action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to its Knowledge, threatened against or affecting Bridge Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries (and it is not aware of any facts that reasonably could be expected to be the basis for any such suit, action or proceeding) (1) that involves a Governmental Entity or Bank Regulator, or (2) that, individually or in the aggregate, is (A) material to it and its Subsidiaries’ businesses, or (B) reasonably likely to prevent or delay it from performing its obligations under, or consummating the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.  There is no injunction, order, award, judgment, settlement, decree or regulatory restriction imposed upon or entered into by Bridge Bancorp, any of its Subsidiaries or to which such assets are subject.

 

5.10.                Compliance With Applicable Law.

 

5.10.1.    To the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, each of Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders or decrees applicable to it, its properties, assets and deposits, its business, and its conduct of business and its relationship with its employees, including, without limitation, the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA Patriot Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and all other applicable fair lending laws and other laws relating to discriminatory business practices, and neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has received any written notice to the contrary. The Board of Directors of the Bridgehampton National Bank has adopted and Bridgehampton National Bank has implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate and appropriate customer identification verification procedures that has not been declared ineffective by any Governmental Authority and that meets the requirements of Sections 352 and 326 of the USA Patriot Act and the regulations thereunder.

 

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certificate, order or approval is threatened or will result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to obtaining the Regulatory Approvals.

 

5.10.3.    For the period beginning January 1, 2010, neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has received any written notification or, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, any other communication from any Bank Regulator (i) asserting that Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is not in material compliance with any of the statutes, regulations or ordinances which such Bank Regulator enforces; (ii) threatening to revoke any license, franchise, permit or governmental authorization which is material to Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank; (iii) requiring or threatening to require Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, or indicating that Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary may be required, to enter into a cease and desist order, agreement or memorandum of understanding or any other agreement with any federal or state governmental agency or authority which is charged with the supervision or regulation of banks or engages in the insurance of bank deposits restricting or limiting, or purporting to restrict or limit, in any material respect the operations of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the payment of dividends; or (iv) directing, restricting or limiting, or purporting to direct, restrict or limit, in any manner the operations of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the payment of dividends (any such notice, communication, memorandum, agreement or order described in this sentence is hereinafter referred to as an “Bridge Regulatory Agreement”). Neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has consented to or entered into any currently effective Bridge Regulatory Agreement.  The most recent regulatory rating given to the Bridgehampton National Bank as to compliance with the CRA is satisfactory or better.

 

5.11.                Employee Benefit Plans.

 

5.11.1.    Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 5.11 includes a list of all existing bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental executive retirement plans, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings, employee stock ownership, stock bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom stock, welfare benefit plans (including paid time off policies and other material benefit policies and procedures), fringe benefit plans, employment, consulting, severance and change in control agreements, and all other benefit practices, policies and arrangements maintained by Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary in which any employee or director of Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary participates or to which any such employee or director is a party or is otherwise entitled to receive benefits (the “Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plans”).

 

5.11.2.    Each Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and with applicable law, including, but not limited to, ERISA, the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, COBRA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and any regulations or rules promulgated thereunder, and all material filings, disclosures and notices required by ERISA, the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and any other applicable law have been timely made or any interest, fines, penalties or other impositions for late filings have been paid in full, if due.  Each Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan which is a Pension Plan and which is 

 

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intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and Bridge Bancorp is not aware of any circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in revocation of any such favorable determination letter.  There is no material pending or, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, threatened action, suit or claim relating to any of the Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plans (other than routine claims for benefits).  Neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has engaged in a transaction, or omitted to take any action, with respect to any Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary to a material unpaid tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.

 

5.11.3.    All material contributions required to be made under the terms of any Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan have been timely made or are accrued on Bridge Bancorp’s Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.  Bridge Bancorp and its Subsidiaries have duly expensed and accrued as a liability the present value of future benefits under each applicable Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan for financial reporting purposes as required by GAAP.

 

5.12.                Environmental Matters.

 

5.12.1.    To the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, neither the conduct nor operation of its business nor any condition of any property currently or previously owned or operated by it (including, without limitation, in a fiduciary or agency capacity), or on which it holds a lien, results or resulted in a violation of any Environmental Laws that is reasonably likely to impose a material liability (including a material remediation obligation) upon Bridge Bancorp or any of Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary.  To the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, no condition has existed or event has occurred with respect to any of them or any such property that, with notice or the passage of time, or both, is reasonably likely to result in any material liability to Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary by reason of any Environmental Laws.  Neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary during the past five years has received any written notice from any Person that Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary or the operation or condition of any property ever owned, operated, or held as collateral or in a fiduciary capacity by any of them are currently in violation of or otherwise are alleged to have financial exposure under any Environmental Laws or relating to Materials of Environmental Concern (including, but not limited to, responsibility (or potential responsibility) for the cleanup or other remediation of any Materials of Environmental Concern at, on, beneath, or originating from any such property) for which a material liability is reasonably likely to be imposed upon Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary.

 

5.12.2.    There is no suit, claim, action, demand, executive or administrative order, directive, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Bridge Bancorp’s Knowledge, threatened, before any court, governmental agency or other forum against Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary (x) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor) with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or (y) relating to the presence of or release (defined herein) into the environment of any Materials of Environmental Concern (as defined herein), whether or not occurring at or on a site owned, leased or operated by Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary.

 

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5.13.                Securities Documents

 

With respect to Bridge Bancorp’s (i) annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, (ii) quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013, and (iii) proxy materials used or for use in connection with its meetings of shareholders held in 2013, such reports and such proxy materials complied, at the time filed with the SEC, in all material respects, with the Securities Laws.

 

5.14.                Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors

 

Neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or incurred any liability or commitment for any fees or commissions to any such person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for the retention of RBC Capital Markets, LLC and the fee payable pursuant thereto.

 

5.15.                Intellectual Property

 

Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary owns or, to Bridge Bancorp’s Knowledge, possesses valid and binding licenses and other rights (subject to expirations in accordance with their terms) to use all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, service marks and trademarks, which are material to the conduct of their business as currently conducted, each without payment, except for all license agreements under which license fees or other payments are due in the ordinary course of Bridge Bancorp’s or each of Bridge Bancorp’s Subsidiaries’ business, except in each case the absence of which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries taken as a whole and neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has received any notice of conflict with respect thereto that asserts the rights of others.  Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary has performed all the material obligations required to be performed, and are not in default in any respect, under any contract, agreement, arrangement or commitment relating to any of the foregoing.  To the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, the conduct of the business of Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted does not, in any material respect, infringe upon, dilute, misappropriate or otherwise violate any intellectual property owned or controlled by any third party, except in each case which, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a Material Adverse Effect on Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

5.16.                Labor Matters

 

There are no labor or collective bargaining agreements to which Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is a party.  There is no union organizing effort pending or to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, threatened against Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary.  There is no labor strike, labor dispute (other than routine employee grievances that are not related to union employees), work slowdown, stoppage or lockout pending or, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, threatened against Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp 

 

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Subsidiary.  There is no unfair labor proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Bridge Bancorp, threatened in writing against Bridge Bancorp or any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary (other than routine employee grievances that are not related to union employees).  Bridge Bancorp and each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and are not engaged in any unfair labor practice, except for such noncompliance which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Bridge Bancorp and the Bridge Bancorp Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

5.17.                Bridge Bancorp Common Stock

 

The shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and subject to no preemptive rights.

 

5.18.                Bridge Bancorp Information Supplied

 

The information relating to Bridge Bancorp and any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary to be contained in the Merger Registration Statement, or in any other document filed with any Bank Regulator or other Governmental Entity in connection herewith, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.  The Merger Registration Statement will comply with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no representation or warranty is made by Bridge Bancorp with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by FNBNY specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Merger Registration Statement.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF FNBNY

 

6.1.                        Conduct of Business.

 

6.1.1.            Affirmative Covenants.  During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, except with the written consent of Bridge Bancorp, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, FNBNY will, and it will cause each FNBNY Subsidiary to: operate its business, only in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; use reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and assets and maintain its rights and franchises; and voluntarily take no action which would, or would be reasonably likely to, (i) materially adversely affect the ability of the parties to obtain any Regulatory Approvals or other approvals of Governmental Entities required for the transactions contemplated hereby or materially increase the period of time necessary to obtain such approvals, or (ii) materially adversely affect its ability to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement.

 

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6.1.2.            Negative Covenants.  FNBNY agrees that from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, except as otherwise specifically permitted or required by this Agreement, set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2, or consented to by Bridge Bancorp in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it will not, and it will cause each FNBNY Subsidiary not to:

 

(A)                          change or waive any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation, Charter or Bylaws, except as required by law, appoint a new director to the board of directors, or allow dissenters rights to its stockholders as authorized by New York law;

 

(B)                           change the number of authorized or issued shares of its capital stock, issue any shares of FNBNY Common Stock, including any shares that are held as “treasury shares” as of the date of this Agreement, except pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, or issue or grant any Right or agreement of any character relating to its authorized or issued capital stock or any securities convertible into shares of such stock, make any grant or award of any options, warrants or similar instruments, or split, combine or reclassify any shares of capital stock, or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution in respect of capital stock, or redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock.

 

(C)                           enter into, amend in any material respect or terminate any contract or agreement (including without limitation any settlement agreement with respect to litigation) except in the ordinary course of business;

 

(D)                          make application for the opening or closing of any, or open or close any, branch or automated banking facility;

 

(E)                            grant or agree to pay any bonus, severance or termination to, or enter into, renew or amend any employment agreement, severance agreement and/or supplemental executive agreement with, or increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, any of its directors, officers or employees, except (i) as may be required pursuant to commitments and severance plans and policies existing on the date hereof and set forth on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.1 and 4.12.1, and (ii) pay increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to non-officer employees, and (iii) as may be required by law. Neither FNBNY nor any FNBNY Subsidiary shall hire or promote any employee to a rank having a title of vice president or other more senior rank or hire any new employee at an annual rate of compensation in excess of $50,000, provided that FNBNY or an FNBNY Subsidiary may hire at-will, non-officer employees to fill vacancies that may from time to time arise in the ordinary course of business;

 

(F)                             enter into or, except as may be required by law, materially modify any pension, retirement, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right, stock grant, savings, profit sharing, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement, consulting, bonus, group insurance or other employee benefit, incentive or welfare contract, plan or arrangement, or any trust agreement related thereto, in respect of any of its directors, officers or employees; or make any contributions to any defined contribution plan not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

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(G)                          merge or consolidate FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary with any other corporation; sell or lease all or any substantial portion of the assets or business of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary; make any acquisition of all or any substantial portion of the business or assets of any other person, firm, association, corporation or business organization other than in connection with foreclosures, settlements in lieu of foreclosure, troubled loan or debt restructuring, or the collection of any loan or credit arrangement between FNBNY, or any FNBNY Subsidiary, and any other person; enter into a purchase and assumption transaction with respect to deposits and liabilities; voluntarily revoke or surrender by any FNBNY Subsidiary of its certificate of authority to maintain, or file an application for the relocation of, any existing branch office, or file an application for a certificate of authority to establish a new branch office;

 

(H)                          sell or otherwise dispose of the capital stock of FNBNY or sell or otherwise dispose of any asset of FNBNY or of any FNBNY Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; except for transactions with the FHLB, subject any asset of FNBNY or of any FNBNY Subsidiary to a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance (other than in connection with deposits, repurchase agreements, bankers acceptances, “treasury tax and loan” accounts established in the ordinary course of business and transactions in “federal funds” and the satisfaction of legal requirements in the exercise of trust powers) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money), except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(I)                                voluntarily take any action that is intended or may reasonably be expected to result in any of the representations and warranties of FNBNY or First National Bank set forth in this Agreement becoming untrue as of any date after the date hereof or in any of the conditions set forth in Article IX hereof not being satisfied, except in each case as may be required by applicable law;

 

(J)                                materially change any method, practice or principle of accounting, except as may be required from time to time by GAAP or any Bank Regulator responsible for regulating FNBNY or First National Bank;

 

(K)                          waive, release, grant or transfer any material rights of value or modify or change in any material respect any existing material agreement or indebtedness to which FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary is a party, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;

 

(L)                            purchase any equity securities, or purchase any securities other than (i) Federal Farm Credit obligations or other securities having the full faith and credit of the United States, and (ii) having a face amount of not more than $1.0 million with a maturity date of three years or less as of the date of purchase;

 

(M)                        except for commitments issued prior to the date of this Agreement which have not yet expired and which have been disclosed on the FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(M), and with respect to the loans held by First National Bank and set forth in Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(M), and the renewal of existing lines of credit, make any new loan or other credit facility commitment (including without limitation, lines of credit and 

 

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letters of credit), or modify any existing loan, in an amount in excess of $325,000 for a commercial real estate loan or $200,000 for a commercial business loan, or in excess of $325,000 for a residential loan that meets the requirements for sale to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.  In addition, the prior approval of Bridge Bancorp is required with respect to the foregoing:  (i) any new loan or credit facility commitment in an amount of $325,000 or greater to any borrower or group of affiliated borrowers whose credit exposure with First National Bank, FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, in the aggregate, exceeds $625,000 prior thereto or as a result thereof; (ii) any new loan or credit facility commitment in excess of $325,000 to any person residing, or any property located, outside of the State of New York; (iii) any new loan or loan commitment to any director or executive officer; (iv) any additional loan amount or commitment for additional loan amount, or any term modification, with respect to the Identified Loans; and (v) any modification or addition to the terms or any new loan, loan commitment or credit facility commitment with respect to the loans held by First National Bank and set forth in Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(M).

 

(N)                          except as set forth on the FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(N), enter into, renew, extend or modify any other transaction (other than a deposit transaction) with any Affiliate;

 

(O)                          enter into any futures contract, option, interest rate caps (other than with respect to residential ARMs), interest rate floors (other than with respect to commercial loans), interest rate exchange agreement or other agreement or take any other action for purposes of hedging the exposure of its interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities to changes in market rates of interest;

 

(P)                             except for the execution of this Agreement, and actions taken or which will be taken in accordance with this Agreement and performance thereunder, take any action that would give rise to a right of payment to any individual under any employment agreement;

 

(Q)                          make any material change in policies in existence on the date of this Agreement with regard to: the extension of credit, or the establishment of reserves with respect to the possible loss thereon or the charge off of losses incurred thereon; investments; asset/liability management; deposit pricing or gathering; or other material banking policies except as may be required by changes in applicable law or regulations or by a Bank Regulator;

 

(R)                           except for the execution of this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated therein, take any action that would give rise to an acceleration of the right to payment to any individual under any FNBNY Employee Plan;

 

(S)                             except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(S), make any capital expenditures in excess of $15,000 individually or $35,000 in the aggregate, other than pursuant to binding commitments existing on the date hereof and other than expenditures necessary to maintain existing assets in good repair;

 

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(T)                             except as set forth in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 6.1.2(T), purchase or otherwise acquire, or sell or otherwise dispose of, any assets or incur any liabilities other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and policies;

 

(U)                          sell any participation interest in any loan (other than sales of loans secured by one- to four-family real estate that are consistent with past practice) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and provided that Bridgehampton National Bank will be given the first opportunity to purchase any loan participation being sold, or sell OREO properties (other than sales of OREO which generate a net book loss of not more than $35,000 per property);

 

(V)                          undertake or enter into any lease, contract or other commitment for its account, other than in the normal course of providing credit to customers as part of its banking business, involving a payment by FNBNY or First National Bank of more than $10,000 annually, or containing any financial commitment extending beyond 24 months from the date hereof;

 

(W)                       pay, discharge, settle or compromise any claim, action, litigation, arbitration or proceeding, other than any such payment, discharge, settlement or compromise in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that involves solely money damages in the amount not in excess of $15,000 individually or $35,000 in the aggregate, and that does not create negative precedent for other pending or potential claims, actions, litigation, arbitration or proceedings;

 

(X)                          foreclose upon or take a deed or title to any commercial real estate without first conducting a Phase I environmental assessment of the property or foreclose upon any commercial real estate if such environmental assessment indicates the presence of a Materials of Environmental Concern;

 

(Y)                          purchase or sell any mortgage loan servicing rights;

 

(Z)                            issue any broadly distributed communication of a general nature to employees (including general communications relating to benefits and compensation) without prior consultation with Bridge Bancorp and, to the extent relating to post-Closing employment, benefit or compensation information without the prior consent of Bridge Bancorp (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) or issue any broadly distributed communication of a general nature to customers without the prior approval of Bridge Bancorp (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as required by law or for communications in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not relate to the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(AA)              enter into any transaction with an officer, director or affiliate, directly or indirectly through an entity affiliated or associated with such officer, director or affiliate, other than a deposit transaction with First National Bank in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or

 

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6.2.                        Current Information.

 

6.2.1.            During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, FNBNY will cause one or more of its representatives to confer with representatives of Bridge Bancorp and report the general status of its ongoing operations at such times as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably request, subject to the consent of the Chief Executive Officer of FNBNY (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  FNBNY will promptly notify Bridge Bancorp of any material change in the normal course of its business or in the operation of its properties and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, of any governmental complaints, investigations or hearings (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated), or the institution or the threat of material litigation involving FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary.  Without limiting the foregoing, senior officers of Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY shall meet on a monthly basis to review the financial and operational affairs of FNBNY and its Subsidiaries, in accordance with applicable law, and FNBNY shall give due consideration to Bridge Bancorp’s input on such matters, with the understanding that, notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, neither Bridge Bancorp nor any Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary shall under any circumstance be permitted to exercise control of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary prior to the Effective Time.

 

6.2.2.            First National Bank and Bridgehampton National Bank shall meet on a regular basis to discuss and plan for the conversion of First National Bank’s data processing and related electronic informational systems to those used by Bridgehampton National Bank, which planning shall include, but not be limited to, discussion of the possible termination by First National Bank of third-party service provider arrangements effective at the Effective Time or at a date thereafter, non-renewal of personal property leases and software licenses used by First National Bank in connection with its systems operations, retention of outside consultants and additional employees to assist with the conversion, and outsourcing, as appropriate, of proprietary or self-provided system services, it being understood that First National Bank shall not be obligated to take any such action prior to the Effective Time and, unless First National Bank otherwise agrees, no conversion shall take place prior to the Effective Time.

 

6.2.3.            First National Bank shall provide Bridgehampton National Bank, within fifteen (15) business days of the end of each calendar month, a written list of all FNBNY delinquent loans and classified assets.  On a monthly basis, FNBNY shall provide Bridgehampton National Bank with a schedule of all loan approvals, which schedule shall indicate the loan amount, loan type and other material features of the loan.

 

6.2.4.            FNBNY shall promptly inform Bridge Bancorp upon receiving notice of any legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceedings, demands, notices, audits or investigations (by any federal, state or local commission, agency or board) relating to the alleged liability of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary under any labor or employment law.

 

6.3.                        Access to Properties and Records.

 

Subject to Section 12.1 hereof, FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries shall permit, upon the consent of the Chief Executive Officer of FNBNY (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Bridge Bancorp reasonable access during normal business

 

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hours upon reasonable notice to its properties and those of the FNBNY Subsidiaries, and shall disclose and make available to Bridge Bancorp during normal business hours all of its books, papers and records relating to the assets, properties, operations, obligations and liabilities, including, but not limited to, all books of account (including the general ledger), tax records, minute books of directors’ (other than minutes that discuss any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other subject matter FNBNY reasonably determines should be treated as confidential) and shareholders’ meetings, organizational documents, Bylaws, material contracts and agreements, filings with any regulatory authority, litigation files, plans affecting employees, and any other business activities or prospects in which Bridge Bancorp may have a reasonable interest; provided, however, that FNBNY shall not be required to take any action that would provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate or prejudice the rights or business interests or confidences of any customer or other person or would result in the waiver by it of the privilege protecting communications between it and any of its counsel or as not permitted by law or regulation. FNBNY shall provide and shall request its auditors to provide Bridge Bancorp with such historical financial information regarding it (and related audit reports and consents) as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably request for securities disclosure purposes.  Bridge Bancorp shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with FNBNY’s regular business operations during any such access to FNBNY’s property, books and records.  FNBNY shall permit Bridge Bancorp, at its expense, to cause a “Phase I Environmental Site Assessment” (“Phase I ESA”) in conformance with American Society for Testing materials “ASTM”) Standard 1527-05 (as amended) to be performed at each Branch at any time prior to the Closing Date, and to the extent such Phase I ESA recommends performance of a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (the “Phase II”) prior to the Closing only to the extent that the Phase II is within the scope of additional testing recommended by the Phase I ESA to be performed as a result of a “Recognized Environmental Condition” (as such term is defined by the ASTM) that was discovered in the Phase I ESA and provided that as to any Phase II performed at a Branch which First National Bank leases, the landlord pursuant to the applicable lease has consented to such Phase II if such consent is necessary pursuant to the lease.  First National Bank will use its commercially reasonable efforts (at no cost to First National Bank) to obtain such landlord consent.  Prior to performing any Phase II, Bridge Bancorp will provide FNBNY with a copy of its proposed work plan and Bridge Bancorp will cooperate in good faith with FNBNY to address any comments or suggestions made by FNBNY regarding the work plan. Bridge Bancorp and its environmental consultant shall conduct all environmental assessments pursuant to this Section at mutually agreeable times and so as to eliminate or minimize to the greatest extent possible interference with FNBNY’s operation of its business, and Bridge Bancorp shall maintain or cause to be maintained reasonably adequate insurance with respect to any assessment conducted hereunder. Bridge Bancorp shall be required to restore each property to substantially its pre-assessment condition.

 

6.4.                        Financial and Other Statements.

 

6.4.1.            Promptly upon receipt thereof, FNBNY will furnish to Bridge Bancorp copies of each annual, interim or special audit of the books of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries made by its independent auditors and copies of all internal control reports submitted to FNBNY by such auditors in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of FNBNY and the FNBNY Subsidiaries made by such auditors.

 

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6.4.2.            As soon as reasonably available, but in no event later than the date such documents are filed with the Bank Regulators, FNBNY will deliver to Bridge Bancorp the Regulatory Reports.  FNBNY will furnish to Bridge Bancorp copies of all documents, statements and reports as it or any FNBNY Subsidiary shall send to its shareholders, the FDIC, the FRB or any other regulatory authority, except as legally prohibited thereby.  Within 15 days after the end of each month, FNBNY will deliver to Bridge Bancorp a monthly financial package that shall include a consolidated balance sheet and a consolidated statement of income, without related notes, for such month prepared in accordance with current financial reporting practices.

 

6.4.3.            FNBNY will advise Bridge Bancorp promptly of the receipt of any examination report of any Bank Regulator with respect to the condition or activities of FNBNY or any of the FNBNY Subsidiaries.

 

6.4.4.            With reasonable promptness, FNBNY will furnish to Bridge Bancorp such additional financial data that FNBNY possesses and as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably request, including without limitation, detailed monthly financial statements and loan reports.

 

6.4.5.            Commencing December 1, 2013, FNBNY shall cause an audit of its consolidated statement of financial condition as of November 30, 2013 to be commenced by an independent audit firm and shall take such steps prior thereto to provide for the audit to commence promptly on December 1.

 

6.5.                        Maintenance of Insurance.

 

FNBNY shall maintain, and cause each FNBNY Subsidiary to maintain, insurance in such amounts as are reasonable to cover such risks as are customary in relation to the character and location of their properties and the nature of their business.

 

6.6.                        Disclosure Supplements.

 

From time to time prior to the Effective Time, FNBNY will promptly supplement or amend the FNBNY Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such FNBNY Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in such FNBNY Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate thereby. No supplement or amendment to such FNBNY Disclosure Schedule shall have any effect for the purpose of determining satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article IX.

 

6.7.                        Consents and Approvals of Third Parties.

 

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6.8.                        All Reasonable Efforts.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, FNBNY agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and 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.

 

6.9.                        Failure to Fulfill Conditions.

 

In the event that FNBNY determines that a condition to its obligation to complete the Merger cannot be fulfilled and that it will not waive that condition, it will promptly notify Bridge Bancorp.

 

6.10.                No Solicitation.

 

(a) FNBNY shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and the respective officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, affiliates and other agents (collectively, the “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, induce or knowingly encourage, or take any action to facilitate the making of, any inquiry, offer or proposal which constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal or furnish, or otherwise afford access, to any Person (other than Bridge Bancorp) any information or data with respect to FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) release any Person from, waive any provisions of, or fail to enforce any confidentiality agreement or standstill agreement to which FNBNY is a party; or (iv) enter into any agreement, agreement in principle or letter of intent with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or approve or resolve to approve any Acquisition Proposal or any agreement, agreement in principle or letter of intent relating to an Acquisition Proposal. Any violation of the foregoing restrictions by FNBNY or any Representative, whether or not such Representative is so authorized and whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of FNBNY or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by FNBNY. FNBNY and its Subsidiaries shall, and shall cause each of FNBNY Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing discussions, negotiations, and communications with any Persons with respect to any existing or potential Acquisition Proposal.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any inquiry, offer or proposal (other than an inquiry, offer or proposal from Bridge Bancorp), whether or not in writing, contemplating, relating to, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Transaction” shall mean (A) any transaction or series of transactions involving any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries; (B) any transaction pursuant to which any third party or group acquires or would acquire (whether through sale, lease or other disposition), directly or indirectly, any assets of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries representing, in the aggregate, twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the assets of FNBNY and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (C) any issuance, sale or other disposition of (including by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange or any similar transaction) securities (or options, rights or warrants to purchase or securities

 

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convertible into, such securities) representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the votes attached to the outstanding securities of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any third party or group beneficially owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of any class of equity securities of FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries; or (E) any transaction which is similar in form, substance or purpose to any of the foregoing transactions, or any combination of the foregoing.

 

(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.10(a), FNBNY may take any of the actions described in clause (ii) of Section 6.10(a) if, but only if, (i) FNBNY has received a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal, prior to the FNBNY Shareholders Meeting, that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.10; (ii) the FNBNY Board determines in good faith, after consultation with and having considered the advice of its outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal; (iii) FNBNY has provided Bridge Bancorp with at least one (1) Business Day’s prior notice of such determination; and (iv) prior to furnishing or affording access to any information or data with respect to FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Proposal, FNBNY receives from such Person a confidentiality agreement with terms no less favorable to FNBNY than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement. FNBNY shall promptly provide to Bridge Bancorp any non-public information regarding FNBNY or its Subsidiaries provided to any other Person that was not previously provided to Bridge Bancorp, such additional information to be provided no later than the date of provision of such information to such other party.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” shall mean any bona fide written proposal (on its most recently amended or modified terms, if amended or modified) made by a third party to enter into an Acquisition Transaction on terms that the FNBNY Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consultation with and having considered the advice of outside legal counsel and a financial advisor (i) would, if consummated, result in the acquisition of all, but not less than all, of the issued and outstanding shares of FNBNY Common Stock or all, or substantially all, of the assets of FNBNY and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) would result in a transaction that (A) involves consideration to the holders of the shares of FNBNY Common Stock that is more favorable, from a financial point of view, than the consideration to be paid to FNBNY’s shareholders pursuant to this Agreement, considering, among other things, the nature of the consideration being offered and any material regulatory approvals or other risks associated with the timing of the proposed transaction beyond or in addition to those specifically contemplated hereby, and (B) is, in light of the other terms of such proposal, more favorable to FNBNY’s shareholders than the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) is reasonably likely to be completed on the terms proposed, in each case taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of the proposal.

 

(c) FNBNY shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) notify Bridge Bancorp in writing if any proposals or offers (or modified offers or proposals) are received by, any information is requested from, or any negotiations or discussions are sought to be initiated or continued with, FNBNY or any FNBNY Representatives, in each case in connection with any Acquisition Proposal, and such notice shall indicate the name of the Person initiating such discussions or negotiations or making such proposal, offer or information request

 

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and the material terms and conditions of any proposals or offers (and, in the case of written materials relating to such proposal, offer, information request, negotiations or discussion, providing copies of such materials (including e-mails or other electronic communications).

 

(d) Subject to Section 6.10(e), neither the FNBNY Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw, qualify or modify, or propose to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Bridge Bancorp in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger), the FNBNY Recommendation (as defined in Section 8.1), or make any statement, filing or release, in connection with FNBNY Shareholders Meeting or otherwise, inconsistent with the FNBNY Recommendation (it being understood that taking a neutral position or no position with respect to an Acquisition Proposal shall be considered an adverse modification of the FNBNY Recommendation); (ii) approve or recommend, or publicly propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal; or (iii) enter into (or cause FNBNY or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into) any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other agreement (A) related to any Acquisition Transaction (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10(b)) or (B) requiring FNBNY to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(e) Notwithstanding Section 6.10(d), prior to the date of FNBNY Shareholders Meeting, the FNBNY Board may approve or recommend to the shareholders of FNBNY a Superior Proposal and withdraw, qualify or modify the FNBNY Recommendation in connection therewith (a “FNBNY Subsequent Determination”) after the third (3rd) Business Day following Bridge Bancorp’s receipt of a notice (the “Notice of Superior Proposal”) from FNBNY advising Bridge Bancorp that the FNBNY Board has decided that a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal that it received (that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.10) constitutes a Superior Proposal (it being understood that FNBNY shall be required to deliver a new Notice of Superior Proposal in respect of any revised Superior Proposal from such third party or its affiliates that FNBNY proposes to accept and the subsequent notice period shall be two (2) business days) if, but only if, (i) the FNBNY Board has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with and having considered the advice of outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such actions would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to FNBNY’s shareholders under applicable law, and (ii) at the end of such three (3) Business Day period or the two (2) Business Day Period (as the case may be), after taking into account any such adjusted, modified or amended terms as may have been committed to in writing by Bridge Bancorp since its receipt of such Notice of Superior Proposal (provided, however, that Bridge Bancorp shall not have any obligation to propose any adjustments, modifications or amendments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement), FNBNY Board has again in good faith made the determination (A) in clause (i) of this Section 6.10(e) and (B) that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the changing, qualifying or modifying of the FNBNY Recommendation or the making of a FNBNY Subsequent Determination by the FNBNY Board shall not change the approval of the FNBNY Board for purposes of causing any Takeover Laws to be inapplicable to this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger.

 

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ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS OF BRIDGE BANCORP

 

7.1.                        Conduct of Business.

 

During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, except with the written consent of FNBNY, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, Bridge Bancorp will, and it will cause each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary to use reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and assets and maintain its rights and franchises; and voluntarily take no action that would, or would be reasonably likely to: (i) adversely affect the ability of the parties to obtain the Regulatory Approvals or other approvals of Governmental Entities required for the transaction contemplated hereby, or materially increase the period of time necessary to obtain such approvals; (ii) adversely affect its ability to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement; or (iii) result in the representations and warranties contained in Article V of this Agreement not being true and correct on the date of this Agreement or at any future date on or prior to the Closing Date or in any of the conditions set forth in Article IX hereof not being satisfied.

 

7.2.                        Regulatory Filings Relating to Merger.

 

Bridge Bancorp will comply with Section 8.3 and also furnish to FNBNY copies of all documents, statements and reports as it or Bridge Bancorp files with any other Bank Regulator or the SEC with respect to the Merger.

 

7.3.                        Maintenance of Insurance

 

Bridge Bancorp shall maintain, and cause each Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary to maintain, insurance in such amounts as are reasonable to cover such risks as are customary in relation to the character and location of their properties and the nature of their business.

 

7.4.                        Disclosure Supplements.

 

From time to time prior to the Effective Time, Bridge Bancorp will promptly supplement or amend the Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any material matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in such Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered inaccurate thereby. No supplement or amendment to such Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule shall have any effect for the purpose of determining satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article IX.

 

7.5.                        Consents and Approvals of Third Parties.

 

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7.6.                        All Reasonable Efforts.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, Bridge Bancorp agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and 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.

 

7.7.                        Failure to Fulfill Conditions.

 

In the event that Bridge Bancorp determines that a condition to its obligation to complete the Merger cannot be fulfilled and that it will not waive that condition, it will promptly notify FNBNY.

 

7.8.                        Employee Benefits.

 

7.8.1.            Bridge Bancorp will review all FNBNY Compensation and Benefit Plans to determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether to maintain, terminate or continue such plans.  In the event employee compensation and/or benefits as currently provided by FNBNY or FNBNY Subsidiary are changed or terminated by Bridge Bancorp, in whole or in part, Bridge Bancorp shall provide Continuing Employees (as defined below) with compensation and benefits that are, in the aggregate, substantially similar to the compensation and benefits provided to similarly situated employees of Bridge Bancorp or applicable Bridge Bancorp Subsidiary (as of the date any such compensation or benefit is provided). Employees of FNBNY and First National Bank who become participants in a Bridge Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan shall, for purposes of determining eligibility for and for any applicable vesting periods of such employee benefits (and not for benefit accrual purposes) be given credit for meeting eligibility and vesting requirements in such plans for service as an employee of FNBNY or First National Bank prior to the Effective Time.  This Agreement shall not be construed to limit the ability of Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank to terminate the employment of any employee or to review employee benefits programs from time to time and to make such changes (including terminating any program) as they deem appropriate.

 

7.8.2.            Subject to any required regulatory approval or satisfaction of a condition in any regulatory approval, Bridge Bancorp agrees to comply with the contractual terms of any employment, change in control, consulting or severance contract or material arrangement that FNBNY has with its current and former employees and which have been identified in FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.1, except to the extent any such agreements shall be superseded or terminated at the Effective Time or following the Effective Time in accordance with their terms or applicable law.  In accordance with the terms of the Madison National Bancorp, Inc. Two-Year Change in Control Agreements set forth on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.1 and notwithstanding anything contained in any other agreement set forth on FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 4.8.1 or in this Agreement to the contrary, no payment or benefit shall be made or afforded under any employment, deferred compensation, change of control, severance contract, stock option plan or plan that would constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as such term is defined in Section 280G of the Code), and to the extent any such payment would constitute an, “excess parachute payment,” the payment or benefit will be reduced to an amount the value of which is $1.00 less than an amount equal to three (3) times such individual’s “base amount,” as

 

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determined in accordance with Section 280G of the Code.  Each officer subject to an employment, change in control, severance or similar agreement has acknowledged in a writing attached to FNBNY Disclosure Schedule 7.8.2, that no payment may be made thereunder without regulatory approval to the extent required by applicable law or a Governmental Entity and that there shall be no claims against FNBNY or First National Bank, or Bridge Bancorp or Bridgehampton National Bank, if regulatory approval is not obtained, provided that each of FNBNY, First National Bank, Bridge Bancorp and Bridgehampton National Bank shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain any required regulatory approval.

 

7.8.3.            Except to the extent of commitments herein or other contractual commitments, if any, specifically made or assumed by Bridge Bancorp hereunder or by operation of law, Bridge Bancorp shall have no obligation arising from and after the Effective Time to continue in its employ or in any specific job or to provide to any specified level of compensation or any incentive payments, benefits or perquisites to any individual who is an employee of FNBNY or First National Bank as of the Effective Time.  Subject to any required regulatory approval or satisfaction of a condition in any regulatory approval, Bridge Bancorp agrees that each FNBNY or First National Bank employee who (i) is not offered employment with Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank as of the Effective Time or (ii) is involuntarily terminated by Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank (other than for cause) within six (6) months of the Effective Time and who is not covered by a separate employment agreement, change in control agreement, severance, consulting, or similar agreement shall receive a severance payment equal to two weeks of base pay (at the rate in effect on the termination date) for each full year of service at FNBNY or First National Bank, with a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks and a minimum of four weeks of base pay; provided that such individual executes a release agreement in a form approved by Bridge Bancorp. For purposes of calculating the number of years of service, fractional years of service shall be rounded up or down to the nearest full year.

 

7.8.4.            In the event of any termination or consolidation of any FNBNY or First National Bank health plan with any Bridgehampton National Bank health plan, Bridgehampton National Bank shall make available to employees of FNBNY or First National Bank who continue employment with Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank (“Continuing Employees”) and their dependents employer-provided health coverage on the same basis as it provides such coverage to similarly situated Bridgehampton National Bank employees.  Unless a Continuing Employee affirmatively terminates coverage under a FNBNY or First National Bank health plan prior to the time that such Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Bridgehampton National Bank health plan, no coverage of any of the Continuing Employees or their dependents shall terminate under any of the FNBNY or First National Bank health plans prior to the time such Continuing Employees and their dependents become eligible to participate in the health plans, programs and benefits common to all similarly situated employees of the Bridgehampton National Bank and their dependents.  In the event of a termination or consolidation of any FNBNY or First National Bank health plan, terminated FNBNY or First National Bank employees and qualified beneficiaries will have the right to continued coverage under group health plans of the Bridgehampton National Bank in accordance with COBRA, consistent with the provisions below.  All FNBNY or First National Bank employees who cease participating in a FNBNY or First National Bank health plan and become participants in a comparable Bridgehampton National Bank health plan shall receive credit for any co-payment

 

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and deductibles paid under FNBNY or First National Bank health plan for purposes of satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements under the Bridgehampton National Bank health plan, upon substantiation, in a form satisfactory to the Bridgehampton National Bank that such co-payment and/or deductible has been satisfied.

 

7.8.5.            If requested by Bridge Bancorp in writing prior to the Effective Time, and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Time, FNBNY or First National Bank shall cause to be adopted prior to the Effective Time resolutions of the Board of Directors of FNBNY or First National Bank and any necessary amendments to terminate any and all 401(k) Plans immediately prior to the Effective Time or cease all contributions to any and all 401(k) Plan maintained or sponsored by FNBNY or First National Bank or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “401(k) Plan”), and to prohibit the entry of new participants to the 401(k) Plan as of the day preceding the Effective Time. In the sole discretion of Bridge Bancorp, the 401(k) Plan may be merged into the Bridge Bancorp 401(k) Plan or terminated immediately prior to the Effective Time.  The form and substance of such resolutions and any necessary amendments shall be subject to the review and approval of Bridge Bancorp, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. FNBNY or First National Bank shall deliver to Bridge Bancorp an executed copy of such resolutions and any necessary amendments as soon as practicable following their adoption by the Board of Directors of FNBNY or First National Bank and shall fully comply with such resolutions and any necessary amendments.  If, in accordance with this Section 7.8.5, Bridge Bancorp requests in writing that FNBNY or First National Bank freeze entry of new participants into the 401(k) Plan, FNBNY or First National Bank shall take such actions as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably require in furtherance of the assumption of the 401(k) Plan by Bridge Bancorp, including, but not limited to, adopting such amendments to the 401(k) Plan as may be necessary to effect such assumption. In the event the 401(k) Plan is terminated, Bridge Bancorp shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, use reasonable best efforts to cause the Bridge Bancorp 401(k) Plan to accept a “direct rollover” of such Continuing Employee’s account balances (and to use reasonable best efforts to include the rollover of promissory notes evidencing all outstanding loans) under the 401(k) Plan, provided that such rollover is elected in accordance with applicable law and is permitted by the terms and conditions of the Bridge Bancorp 401(k) Plan.

 

7.8.6.            If requested by Bridge Bancorp, FNBNY or First National Bank shall take all such actions as Bridge Bancorp may request in order to fully and timely comply with any and all requirements of both the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (“WARN Act”) and any state specific WARN Act statutes, including providing notices to FNBNY or First National Bank’s employees.

 

7.9.                        Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance.

 

7.9.1.            For a period of six years after the Effective Time, Bridge Bancorp shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each person who is now, or who has been at any time before the date hereof or who becomes before the Effective Time, an officer, director or employee of FNBNY or an FNBNY Subsidiary (the “Indemnified Parties”) against all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including attorney’s fees), liabilities or judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement (which settlement shall require the prior written consent of Bridge Bancorp, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) of or in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, or administrative (each a

 

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“Claim”), in which an Indemnified Party is, or is threatened to be made, a party or witness in whole or in part or arising in whole or in part out of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of FNBNY or an FNBNY Subsidiary if such Claim pertains to any matter of fact arising, existing or occurring at or before the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby), regardless of whether such Claim is asserted or claimed before, or after, the Effective Time, to the fullest extent as would have been permitted by FNBNY under the NYBCL and under FNBNY’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Bridge Bancorp shall pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent as would have been permitted by FNBNY under the NYBCL and under FNBNY’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such advance payments if he shall be adjudicated or determined to be not entitled to indemnification in the manner set forth below.  Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 7.9.1 upon learning of any Claim, shall notify Bridge Bancorp (but the failure so to notify Bridge Bancorp shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 7.9.1, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices Bridge Bancorp) and shall deliver to Bridge Bancorp the undertaking referred to in the previous sentence.

 

7.9.2.   In the event that either Bridge Bancorp or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving bank or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Bridge Bancorp shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 7.9.

 

7.9.3.   Bridge Bancorp shall maintain, or shall cause Bridgehampton National Bank to maintain, in effect for six years following the Effective Time, the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies covering the officers and directors of FNBNY (provided, that Bridge Bancorp may substitute therefore policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not materially less favorable) with respect to matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall Bridge Bancorp be required to expend pursuant to this Section 7.9.3 more than 175% of the annual cost currently expended by FNBNY with respect to such insurance (the “Maximum Amount”); provided, further, that if the amount of the annual premium necessary to maintain or procure such insurance coverage exceeds the Maximum Amount, Bridge Bancorp shall maintain the most advantageous policies of directors’ and officers’ insurance obtainable for a premium equal to the Maximum Amount. In connection with the foregoing, FNBNY agrees in order for Bridge Bancorp to fulfill its agreement to provide directors and officers liability insurance policies for six years to provide such insurer or substitute insurer with such reasonable and customary representations as such insurer may request with respect to the reporting of any prior claims.

 

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7.10.    Stock Listing.

 

Bridge Bancorp agrees to list on the Nasdaq (or such other national securities exchange on which the shares of the Bridge Bancorp Common Stock shall be listed as of the date of consummation of the Merger), subject to official notice of issuance, the shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in the Merger.

 

7.11.    Stock and Cash Reserve.

 

Bridge Bancorp agrees at all times from the date of this Agreement until the Merger Consideration has been paid in full to reserve a sufficient number of shares of its common stock to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

REGULATORY AND OTHER MATTERS

 

8.1.      FNBNY Shareholder Meeting.

 

FNBNY will (i) as promptly as practicable after the Merger Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, take all steps necessary to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of the FNBNY Class A Common Stock (the “FNBNY Shareholders Meeting”), for the purpose of considering this Agreement and the Merger, and for such other purposes as may be, in FNBNY’s reasonable judgment, necessary or desirable, (ii) subject to Section 6.10, have its Board of Directors recommend approval of this Agreement to the FNBNY shareholders (the “FNBNY Recommendation”).

 

8.2.      Merger Prospectus.

 

8.2.1.   For the purposes (x) of registering Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be offered to holders of FNBNY Common Stock in connection with the Merger with the SEC under the Securities Act and (y) of holding the FNBNY Shareholders Meeting, Bridge Bancorp shall draft and prepare, and FNBNY shall cooperate in the preparation of, the Merger Registration Statement, including, to the extent required by law in the judgment of counsel to either party or otherwise desired by the parties, a combined proxy statement and prospectus satisfying all applicable requirements of applicable state securities and banking laws, and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder (such prospectus and to the extent required proxy statement, in the form mailed to the FNBNY shareholders, together with any and all amendments or supplements thereto, being herein referred to as the “Merger Prospectus”).  Bridge Bancorp shall use its best efforts to file the Merger Registration Statement, including the Merger Prospectus, with the SEC within 30 days of the date of this Agreement.  Each of Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY shall use their best efforts to have the Merger Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, and each of FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp shall thereafter promptly mail the Merger Prospectus to the FNBNY shareholders. Bridge Bancorp shall also use its best efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “Blue Sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and FNBNY shall furnish all information concerning FNBNY and the holders of FNBNY Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.

 

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8.2.2.   FNBNY shall provide Bridge Bancorp with any information concerning itself that Bridge Bancorp may reasonably request in connection with the drafting and preparation of the Merger Prospectus, and Bridge Bancorp shall notify FNBNY promptly of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Merger Prospectus and of any requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall provide to FNBNY promptly copies of all correspondence between Bridge Bancorp or any of their representatives and the SEC. Bridge Bancorp shall give FNBNY and its counsel the opportunity to review and comment on the Merger Prospectus prior to its being filed with the SEC and shall give FNBNY and its counsel the opportunity to review and comment on all amendments and supplements to the Merger Prospectus and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC.  Each of Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY agrees to use all reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other party hereto, to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the SEC and to cause the Merger Prospectus and all required amendments and supplements thereto to be mailed to the holders of FNBNY Common Stock entitled to vote at the FNBNY Shareholders Meeting hereof at the earliest practicable time.

 

8.2.3.   FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp shall promptly notify the other party if at any time it becomes aware that the Merger Prospectus or the Merger Registration Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  In such event, FNBNY shall cooperate with Bridge Bancorp in the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such Merger Prospectus that corrects such misstatement or omission, and Bridge Bancorp shall file an amended Merger Registration Statement with the SEC, and FNBNY shall mail an amended Merger Prospectus to the FNBNY shareholders. If requested by Bridge Bancorp, FNBNY shall obtain a “comfort” letter from its independent certified public accountant, dated as of the date of the Merger Prospectus and updated as of the date of consummation of the Merger, with respect to certain financial information regarding FNBNY, in form and substance that is customary in transactions such as the Merger.

 

8.3.      Regulatory Approvals.

 

Each of FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp will cooperate with the other and use all reasonable efforts to promptly prepare all necessary documentation, to effect all necessary filings and to obtain all necessary permits, consents, waivers, approvals and authorizations of the SEC, the Bank Regulators and any other third parties and governmental bodies necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (and Bridge Bancorp shall use its best efforts to make all necessary filings with the Bank Regulators within fifteen (15) business days of the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that in no event shall Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank be required to agree to any prohibition, limitation, or other requirement that would prohibit or materially limit the ownership or operation by any of them of the business or assets of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, materially limit the business currently conducted by Bridge Bancorp or Bridgehampton National Bank, compel any of them to dispose of or hold separate all or any material portion of the business or assets of FNBNY or any FNBNY Subsidiary, continue in effect after the Effective Time the OCC Agreement or any provision thereof (together, a “Burdensome Condition”), except for any prohibition, limitation,

 

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or other requirement that is imposed for reasons unrelated to the proposed acquisition of FNBNY.  FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp will furnish each other and each other’s counsel with all information concerning themselves, their subsidiaries, directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Merger Prospectus and any application, petition or any other statement or application made by or on behalf of FNBNY, Bridge Bancorp to any Bank Regulatory or governmental body in connection with the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. FNBNY shall have the right to review and approve in advance any filing made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with any governmental body.  Bridge Bancorp shall give FNBNY and its counsel the opportunity to review and comment on each filing prior to its being filed with a Bank Regulator or the SEC and shall give FNBNY and its counsel the opportunity to review and comment on all regulatory filings, amendments and supplements to such filings and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, a Bank Regulator or the SEC.

 

ARTICLE IX

CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

9.1.      Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations under this Agreement.

 

The respective obligations of each party under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, none of which may be waived:

 

9.1.1.   Shareholder Approval. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of FNBNY.

 

9.1.2.   Injunctions.  None of the parties hereto shall be subject to any order, decree or injunction of a court or agency of competent jurisdiction that enjoins or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no statute, rule or regulation shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, interpreted, applied or enforced by any Governmental Entity or Bank Regulator, that enjoins or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

9.1.3.   Regulatory Approvals.  All Regulatory Approvals required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all waiting periods relating to such approvals shall have expired; all other necessary approvals, authorizations and consents of any Governmental Entities required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the failure of which to obtain would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all waiting periods relating to such approvals, authorizations or consents shall have expired.

 

9.1.4.   Effectiveness of Merger Registration Statement.  The Merger Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Merger Registration Statement shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC and, if the offer and sale of

 

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Bridge Bancorp Common Stock in the Merger is subject to the blue sky laws of any state, shall not be subject to a stop order of any state securities commissioner.

 

9.1.5.   Nasdaq Listing.  The shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been authorized for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

9.1.6.   Audited Financial Statements. The audited consolidated statement of financial condition as of December 31, 2013 of FNBNY has been completed, to the extent needed under the Subscription Agreements.

 

9.2.      Conditions to the Obligations of Bridge Bancorp under this Agreement.

 

The obligations of Bridge Bancorp under this Agreement shall be further subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 9.2.1 through 9.2.4 at or prior to the Closing Date:

 

9.2.1.   Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties of FNBNY and First National Bank set forth in this Agreement that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct, and each of the representations and warranties of FNBNY and First National Bank that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and upon the Effective Time with the same effect as though all such representations and warranties had been made on the Effective Time (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date); and FNBNY shall have delivered to Bridge Bancorp a certificate to such effect signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and FNBNY as of the Effective Time.

 

9.2.2.   Agreements and Covenants.  FNBNY shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and complied in all material respects with all agreements or covenants to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Effective Time, and Bridge Bancorp shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of FNBNY by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of FNBNY to such effect dated as of the Effective Time.

 

9.2.3.   Permits, Authorizations, Etc.  FNBNY shall have obtained any and all material permits, authorizations, consents, waivers, clearances or approvals required for the lawful consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger.

 

9.2.4.   Regulatory Approvals.  None of the Regulatory Approvals necessary to consummate the Mergers and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall include any term, condition or restriction upon Bridge Bancorp or the Bridgehampton National Bank that imposes a Burdensome Condition.

 

9.2.5.   Limitation on Dissenters’ Rights.  As of the Closing Date, the holders of no more than 10% of the FNBNY Common Stock that is issued and outstanding shall have taken the actions required by the NYBCL to qualify their FNBNY Common Stock as Dissenting Shares.

 

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FNBNY will furnish Bridge Bancorp with such certificates of its officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Section 9.2 as Bridge Bancorp may reasonably request.

 

9.3.      Conditions to the Obligations of FNBNY under this Agreement.

 

The obligations of FNBNY under this Agreement shall be further subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 9.3.1 through 9.3.5 at or prior to the Closing Date:

 

9.3.1.   Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties of Bridge Bancorp and Bridgehampton National Bank set forth in this Agreement that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct, and each of the representations and warranties of Bridge Bancorp and Bridgehampton National Bank that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and upon the Effective Time with the same effect as though all such representations and warranties had been made on the Effective Time (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date); and Bridge Bancorp shall have delivered to FNBNY a certificate to such effect signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Bridge Bancorp as of the Effective Time.

 

9.3.2.   Agreements and Covenants.  Bridge Bancorp shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and complied in all material respects with all agreements or covenants to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Effective Time, and FNBNY shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Bridge Bancorp by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to such effect dated as of the Effective Time.

 

9.3.3.   Permits, Authorizations, Etc.  Bridge Bancorp shall have obtained any and all material permits, authorizations, consents, waivers, clearances or approvals required for the lawful consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger.

 

9.3.4.   Payment of Merger Consideration.  Bridge Bancorp shall have delivered the Exchange Fund to the Exchange Agent on or before the Closing Date and the Exchange Agent shall provide FNBNY with a certificate evidencing such delivery.

 

9.3.5.   Bridge Bancorp will furnish FNBNY with such certificates of their officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Section 9.3 as FNBNY may reasonably request.

 

ARTICLE X

THE CLOSING

 

10.1.    Time and Place.

 

Subject to the provisions of Articles IX and XI hereof, the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereby shall take place by mail or electronic delivery, or, at the option of the Bridge Bancorp, at the offices of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 780, Washington, D.C. at 10:00 a.m., or at such other place or time upon which Bridge

 

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Bancorp and FNBNY mutually agree.  A pre-closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Pre-Closing”) shall take place on the day prior to the Closing Date.

 

10.2.    Deliveries at the Pre-Closing and the Closing.

 

At the Pre-Closing there shall be delivered to Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY the opinions, certificates, and other documents and instruments required to be delivered at the Pre-Closing under Article IX hereof. At or prior to the Closing, Bridge Bancorp shall have delivered the Merger Consideration as set forth under Section 9.3.4 hereof.

 

ARTICLE XI

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

 

11.1.    Termination.

 

This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date, whether before or after approval of the Merger by the shareholders of FNBNY:

 

11.1.1. At any time by the mutual written agreement of Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY;

 

11.1.2. By the Board of Directors of either party (provided, that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained herein) if there shall have been a material breach of any of the representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement on the part of the other party, which breach by its nature cannot be cured prior to the Termination Date or shall not have been cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach by the terminating party to the other party provided, however, that neither party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1.2 unless the breach of representation or warranty, together with all other such breaches, would entitle the terminating party not to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby under Section 9.2.1 (in the case of a breach of a representation or warranty by FNBNY) or Section 9.3.1 (in the case of a breach of a representation or warranty by Bridge Bancorp);

 

11.1.3. By the Board of Directors of either party (provided, that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained herein) if there shall have been a material failure to perform or comply with any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement on the part of the other party, which failure by its nature cannot be cured prior to the Termination Date or shall not have been cured within 30 days after written notice of such failure by the terminating party to the other party provided, however, that neither party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1.3 unless the breach of covenant or agreement, together with all other such breaches, would entitle the terminating party not to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby under Section 9.2.2 (in the case of a breach of covenant by FNBNY) or Section 9.3.2 (in the case of a breach of covenant by Bridge Bancorp);

 

11.1.4. At the election of the Board of Directors of either party if the Closing shall not have occurred by the Termination Date, or such later date as shall have been agreed to in writing by Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY; provided, that no party may terminate this Agreement

 

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pursuant to this Section 11.1.4 if the failure of the Closing to have occurred on or before said date was due to such party’s material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement;

 

11.1.5. By the Board of Directors of either party if the shareholders of FNBNY shall have voted at the FNBNY Shareholders Meeting on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such vote shall not have been sufficient to approve such transactions;

 

11.1.6. By the Board of Directors of either party if (i) final action has been taken by a Bank Regulator whose approval is required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, which final action (x) has become unappealable and (y) does not approve this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority shall have issued an order, decree, ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;

 

11.1.7. Reserved.

 

11.1.8. By the Board of Directors of Bridge Bancorp if FNBNY has received a Superior Proposal, and in accordance with Section 6.10 of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of FNBNY has entered into an acquisition agreement with respect to the Superior Proposal, terminated this Agreement, or withdraws its recommendation of this Agreement, fails to make such recommendation or modifies or qualifies its recommendation in a manner adverse to Bridge Bancorp;

 

11.1.9. By the Board of Directors of FNBNY if FNBNY has received a Superior Proposal, and in accordance with Section 6.10 of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of FNBNY has made a determination to accept such Superior Proposal;

 

11.1.10. By FNBNY, if the FNBNY’s Board of Directors determines by a vote of the majority of the members of the entire FNBNY’s Board, at any time during the five-day period commencing with the Determination Date, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(i)         The number obtained by dividing the Average Closing Price by the Starting Price (as defined below) (the “Bridge Bancorp Ratio”) shall be less than 0.80; and

 

(ii) the Bridge Bancorp Ratio shall be less than (y) the number obtained by dividing the Final Index Price by the Index Price on the Starting Date (each as defined below) and subtracting 0.20 from the quotient in this clause (ii) (y) (such number in this clause (ii) (y) being referred to herein as the “Index Ratio”);subject, however, to the following three sentences.  If the FNBNY elects to exercise its termination right pursuant to this Section 11.1.10, it shall give written notice to Bridge Bancorp (provided that such notice of election to terminate may be withdrawn at any time within the aforementioned five-day period).  During a five-day period commencing with its receipt of such notice, Bridge Bancorp shall have the option to increase the consideration to be received by the holders of FNBNY Common Stock hereunder, by adjusting the Exchange Ratio (calculated to the nearest one one-thousandth) to equal the lesser of (x) a number (rounded to the nearest one one-thousandth) obtained by dividing (A) the product of the

 

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Starting Price, 0.80 and the Exchange Ratio by (B) the Average Closing Price and (y) a number (rounded to the nearest one one-thousandth) obtained by dividing (A) the product of the Index Ratio and the Exchange Ratio (as then in effect) by (B) the Bridge Bancorp Ratio.  If Bridge Bancorp so elects within such five-day period, it shall give prompt written notice to FNBNY of such election and the revised Exchange Ratio, whereupon no termination shall have occurred pursuant to this Section 11.1.10 and this Agreement shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms (except as the Exchange Ratio shall have been so modified.)

 

For purposes of this Section 11.1.10, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.

 

“Acquisition Transaction” shall mean (i) a merger or consolidation, or any similar transaction, involving the relevant companies, (ii) a purchase, lease or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the relevant companies, (iii) a purchase or other acquisition (including by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange or otherwise) of securities representing 10% or more of the voting power of the relevant companies; or (iv) agreement or commitment to take any action referenced above.

 

“Average Closing Price” shall mean the average of the daily closing prices for shares of Bridge Bancorp Common Stock for the twenty consecutive full trading days on which such shares are actually traded on the Nasdaq (as reported by the Nasdaq) ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Determination Date.

 

“Determination Date” shall mean the first date on which all Regulatory Approvals have been received (disregarding any waiting period).

 

“Final Index Price” shall mean the average of the Index Prices for the twenty consecutive full trading days ending on the trading day prior to the Determination Date.

 

“Index Group” shall mean the 15 financial institutions listed below, the common stock of all of which shall be publicly traded and as to which there shall not have been an Acquisition Transaction involving any of such companies publicly announced at any time during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the day immediately preceding the Determination Date.  In the event that:

 

(i) the common stock of any of such companies ceases to be publicly traded, or

 

(ii) an Acquisition Transaction involving any of such companies is announced at any time during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the day immediately preceding the Determination Date, and as a result of which transaction the company will be merged into another company and no longer will be an independently traded entity, then such company or companies will be removed from the Index Group for purposes of determining the Final Index Price and the Index Price.

 

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The 15 financial institutions are as follows:

 

	
Flushing Financial Corp.
    	
 
    	
FFIC
    
	
Dime Community   Bancshares Inc.
    	
 
    	
DCOM
    
	
Provident New York   Bancorp
    	
 
    	
PBNY
    
	
Lakeland Bancorp
    	
 
    	
LBAI
    
	
Hudson Valley   Holding Corp.
    	
 
    	
HVB
    
	
Oritani Financial   Corp.
    	
 
    	
ORIT
    
	
Northfield Bancorp   Inc.
    	
 
    	
NFBK
    
	
OceanFirst   Financial Corp.
    	
 
    	
OCFC
    
	
First of Long   Island Corp.
    	
 
    	
FLIC
    
	
Peapack-Gladstone   Financial
    	
 
    	
PGC
    
	
Suffolk Bancorp
    	
 
    	
SUBK
    
	
Center Bancorp   Inc.
    	
 
    	
CNBC
    
	
Sun   Bancorp, Inc.
    	
 
    	
SNBC
    
	
BCB Bancorp Inc.
    	
 
    	
BCBP
    
	
ConnectOne Bancorp   Inc.
    	
 
    	
CNOB
    

 

“Index Price” shall mean the average closing price of the entities comprising the Index Group taken as a whole without regard to market capitalization.

 

“Starting Date” shall mean the last trading day immediately preceding the date of the first public announcement of entry into this Agreement.

 

“Starting Price” shall mean $21.97.

 

If Bridge Bancorp or any company belonging to the Index Group declares or effects a stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or similar transaction between the date of this Agreement and the Determination Date, the prices of the common stock of Bridge Bancorp or such company shall be appropriately adjusted for the purposes of applying this Section 11.1.10.

 

11.2.    Effect of Termination.

 

11.2.1. In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to any provision of Section 11.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no further force, except that (i) the provisions of Sections 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.9, 12.10, and any other Section which, by its terms, relates to post-termination rights or obligations, shall survive such termination of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.

 

11.2.2. If this Agreement is terminated, expenses and damages of the parties hereto shall be determined as follows:

 

(A)       Except as provided below, whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.

 

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(B)       In the event of a termination of this Agreement because of a willful breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, the breaching party shall remain liable for any and all damages, costs and expenses, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees, sustained or incurred by the non-breaching party as a result thereof or in connection therewith or with respect to the enforcement of its rights hereunder.

 

(C)       As a condition of Bridge Bancorp’s willingness, and in order to induce Bridge Bancorp, to enter into this Agreement, FNBNY hereby agrees to pay Bridge Bancorp, and Bridge Bancorp shall be entitled to payment of a fee of $200,000 plus an amount equal to its out of pocket expenses incurred up to and including the termination (the “Bridge Bancorp Fee”).  The Bridge Bancorp Fee shall be paid within three business days after written demand for payment is made by Bridge Bancorp, following the occurrence of any of the events set forth below:

 

(i) FNBNY terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.9 or Bridge Bancorp terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.8; or

 

(ii)        The entering into a definitive agreement by FNBNY relating to an Acquisition Proposal or the consummation of an Acquisition Proposal involving FNBNY within twelve months after the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the termination of the Agreement by Bridge Bancorp pursuant to Section 11.1.2 or 11.1.3 because of, in either case, a willful breach by FNBNY; or (ii) the failure of the shareholders of FNBNY to approve this Agreement after the public disclosure or public awareness of an Acquisition Proposal.

 

(D)       The right to receive payment of the Bridge Bancorp Fee under Section 11.2.2(C) will constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of Bridge Bancorp against FNBNY and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors with respect to a termination under (i) or (ii) above.

 

11.3.    Amendment, Extension and Waiver.

 

Subject to applicable law, at any time prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after approval thereof by the shareholders of FNBNY), the parties hereto by action of their respective Boards of Directors, may (a) amend this Agreement, (b) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of any other party hereto, (c) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein; provided, however, that after any approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the shareholders of FNBNY, there may not be, without further approval of such shareholders, any amendment of this Agreement which reduces the amount, value or changes the form of consideration to be delivered to FNBNY’s shareholders pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party, but such waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or

 

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condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1.    Confidentiality.

 

Except as specifically set forth herein, Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY mutually agree to be bound by the terms of the confidentiality agreements dated July 17, 2013 and agreed to by Bridge Bancorp on July 19, 2013 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) previously executed by the parties hereto, which Confidentiality Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. The parties hereto agree that such Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in accordance with their respective terms, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.

 

12.2.    Public Announcements.

 

FNBNY and Bridge Bancorp shall cooperate with each other in the development and distribution of all news releases and other public disclosures with respect to this Agreement, and except as may be otherwise required by law, neither FNBNY nor Bridge Bancorp shall issue any news release, or other public announcement or communication with respect to this Agreement unless such news release, public announcement or communication has been mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto.

 

12.3.    Survival.

 

All representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall expire on and be terminated and extinguished at the Effective Time, except for those covenants and agreements contained herein which by their terms apply in whole or in part after the Effective Time.

 

12.4.    Notices.

 

All notices or other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered by receipted hand delivery or mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or by recognized overnight courier addressed as follows:

 

	
If to FNBNY, to:
    	
 
    	
John F. Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

FNBNY   Bancorp, Inc.

538 Broadhollow Road

Melville, New York   11747

Fax: (631) 756-8328

Email:   JStewart@fnbny.com
    

 

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With required copies   (which shall not
   constitute notice) to:
    	
 
    	
Gregory J.   Lyons, Esq.

Debevoise &   Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York   10022

Fax: (215) 521-6566

Email:   gjlyons@devevoise.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
If to Bridge Bancorp,   to:
    	
 
    	
Kevin M. O’Connor

President and Chief   Executive Officer

Bridge   Bancorp, Inc.

2200 Montauk Highway

Bridgehampton, New York   11932

Fax: (631) 537-1835

Email: koconnor@bridgenb.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
With required copies   (which shall not
   constitute notice) to:
    	
 
    	
John J. Gorman, Esq.

Luse Gorman   Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.

5335 Wisconsin Avenue,   N.W., Suite 780

Washington, D.C. 20015
   Fax: (202) 362-2902
   Email: jgorman@luselaw.com
    

 

or such other address as shall be furnished in writing by any party, and any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given: (a) as of the date delivered by hand; (b) three (3) business days after being delivered to the U.S. mail, postage prepaid; or (c) one (1) business day after being delivered to the overnight courier.

 

12.5.    Parties in Interest.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party.  Except for the provisions of Article III and Sections 7.9.2 and 7.10, following the Effective Time, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

12.6.    Complete Agreement.

 

This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules hereto and the documents and other writings referred to herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto, and the Confidentiality Agreement, referred to in Section 12.1, contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties other than those expressly set forth herein or therein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (other than the Confidentiality Agreements referred to in Section 12.1 hereof) between the parties, both written and oral, with respect to its subject matter.

 

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12.7.    Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original.  A facsimile copy or electronic transmission of a signature page shall be deemed to be an original signature page.

 

12.8.    Severability.

 

In the event that any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and the parties shall use their reasonable efforts to substitute a valid, legal and enforceable provision which, insofar as practical, implements the purposes and intents of this Agreement.

 

12.9.    Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of State of New York.

 

12.10.  Interpretation.

 

When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections or Exhibits, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The recitals hereto constitute an integral part of this Agreement.  References to Sections include subsections, which are part of the related Section (e.g., a section numbered “Section 5.5.1” would be part of “Section 5.5” and references to “Section 5.5” would also refer to material contained in the subsection described as “Section 5.5.1”).  The table of contents, index and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.  The phrases “the date of this Agreement”, “the date hereof” and terms of similar import, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.  The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

12.11.  Specific Performance; Jurisdiction.

 

The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions contained in this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was otherwise breached.  It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York or in any state court in the State of New York, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.  In addition, each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern 

 

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District of New York or of any state court located in the State of New York in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York or a state court located in the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bridge Bancorp and FNBNY have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
Bridge   Bancorp, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
September 27, 2013
    	
By:
    	
/s/Kevin M. O’Connor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Kevin M. O’Connor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and Chief Executive   Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FNBNY   Bancorp, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
September 27, 2013
    	
By:
    	
/s/John F. Stewart
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John F. Stewart
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
								

 

72Exhibit 4.1

 

Execution Version

 

 

	
 
    

 

 

 

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

 

among

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION,

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Depositary,

 

and

 

The Holders From Time to Time of
 the Depositary Receipts Described Herein

 

 

Dated as of September 30, 2013 

 

 

 

	
 
    

 

 

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ARTICLE I
    
	
DEFINED TERMS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.1.
    	
Definitions
    	
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ARTICLE II
    
	
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF   PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION   OF RECEIPTS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.1.
    	
Form and   Transfer of Receipts
    	
3
    
	
Section 2.2.
    	
Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery   of Receipts in Respect Thereof
    	
4
    
	
Section 2.3.
    	
Registration of Transfer of Receipts
    	
5
    
	
Section 2.4.
    	
Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender   of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock
    	
5
    
	
Section 2.5.
    	
Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer,   Surrender and Exchange of Receipts
    	
6
    
	
Section 2.6.
    	
Lost Receipts, etc.
    	
6
    
	
Section 2.7.
    	
Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered   Receipts
    	
7
    
	
Section 2.8.
    	
Redemption of Preferred Stock
    	
7
    
	
Section 2.9.
    	
Bank Accounts
    	
8
    
	
Section 2.10.
    	
Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form
    	
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ARTICLE III
    
	
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF   RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.1.
    	
Filing   Proofs, Certificates and Other Information
    	
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Section 3.2.
    	
Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges
    	
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Section 3.3.
    	
Warranty as to Preferred Stock
    	
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Section 3.4.
    	
Warranty as to Receipts
    	
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ARTICLE IV
    
	
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.1.
    	
Cash   Distributions
    	
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Section 4.2.
    	
Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences   or Privileges
    	
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Section 4.3.
    	
Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges
    	
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Section 4.4.
    	
Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date   for Holders of Receipts
    	
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Section 4.5.
    	
Voting Rights
    	
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Section 4.6.
    	
Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and   Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.
    	
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Section 4.7.
    	
Delivery of Reports
    	
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Section 4.8.
    	
Lists of Receipt Holders
    	
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ARTICLE V
    
	
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S   AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.1.
    	
Maintenance   of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar
    	
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Section 5.2.
    	
Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the   Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation
    	
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Section 5.3.
    	
Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s   Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation
    	
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Section 5.4.
    	
Resignation and Removal of the Depositary;   Appointment of Successor Depositary
    	
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Section 5.5.
    	
Corporate Notices and Reports
    	
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Section 5.6.
    	
Indemnification by the Corporation
    	
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Section 5.7.
    	
Fees, Charges and Expenses
    	
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ARTICLE VI
    
	
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.1.
    	
Amendment
    	
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Section 6.2.
    	
Termination
    	
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ARTICLE VII
    
	
MISCELLANEOUS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.1.
    	
Counterparts
    	
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Section 7.2.
    	
Exclusive Benefit of Parties
    	
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Section 7.3.
    	
Invalidity of Provisions
    	
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Section 7.4.
    	
Notices
    	
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Section 7.5.
    	
Depositary’s Agents
    	
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Section 7.6.
    	
Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursement   Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of Receipts and Preferred Stock
    	
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Section 7.7.
    	
Holders of Receipts Are Parties
    	
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Section 7.8.
    	
Governing Law
    	
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Section 7.9.
    	
Inspection of Agreement
    	
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Section 7.10.
    	
Headings
    	
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Section 7.11.
    	
Force Majeure
    	
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Section 7.12.
    	
Further Assurances
    	
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Section 7.13.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
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EXHIBIT A
    	
[FORM OF   FACE OF RECEIPT]
    	
A-1
    
	
EXHIBIT B
    	
[FORM OF OFFICER’S   CERTIFICATE]
    	
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THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated September 30, 2013 (this “Agreement”), among The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and the Holders from time to time of the Receipts (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, $1.00 par value per share, $25,000 liquidation preference per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation from time to time with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares (as defined below) in respect of the Preferred Stock so deposited; and

 

WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINED TERMS

 

Section 1.1.     Definitions.

 

The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Agreement:

 

“Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Certificate of Designations” shall mean the relevant Certificate of Designations filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the Preferred Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation.

 

“Corporation” shall mean The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

“Depositary” shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and any successor as Depositary hereunder.

 

“Depositary Shares” shall mean the depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in one share of the Preferred Stock, evidenced by a Receipt.

 

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.5.

 

“Depositary’s Office” shall mean the principal office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered, which is currently located at 1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101, Mendota Heights, MN 55120.

 

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“DTC” shall mean The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Effective Date” shall mean the date first stated above.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Exchange Event” shall mean with respect to any Global Registered Receipt:

 

(1)  (A) the Global Receipt Depository which is the Holder of such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts notifies the Corporation that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations or that it is no longer eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act, and (B) the Corporation has not appointed a qualified successor Global Receipt Depository within 90 calendar days after the Corporation received such notice, or

 

(2)  the Corporation in its sole discretion notifies the Depositary in writing that the Receipts or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts shall no longer be represented by such Global Receipt or Receipts.

 

“Global Receipt Depository” shall mean, with respect to any Receipt issued hereunder, DTC or such other entity designated as Global Receipt Depository by the Corporation in or pursuant to this Agreement, which entity must be, to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

 

“Global Registered Receipts” shall mean a global registered Receipt registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.

 

“Letter of Representations” shall mean any applicable agreement among the Corporation, the Depositary and a Global Receipt Depository with respect to such Global Receipt Depository’s rights and obligations with respect to any Global Registered Receipts, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor agreement thereto.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, which is signed by an officer of the Corporation and which shall include the terms and conditions of the Preferred Stock to be issued by the Corporation and deposited with the Depositary from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals.

 

“Receipt” shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, whether in definitive or temporary form, and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares with respect to the Preferred Stock held of record by the Record Holder of such Depositary Shares.

 

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“Record Holder” or “Holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.

 

“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

 

“Registrar” shall mean the Depositary or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided; and if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed, references herein to “the books” of or maintained by the Depository shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such Registrar for such purpose.

 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

ARTICLE II
 FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS

 

Section 2.1.     Form and Transfer of Receipts.

 

The definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided.  Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Corporation, delivered in compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts.  If temporary Receipts are issued, the Corporation and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at an office described in the penultimate paragraph of Section 2.2, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts.  Such exchange shall be made at the Corporation’s expense and without any charge therefor.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Receipts.

 

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary.  No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually or by facsimile signature by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned by manual or facsimile signature by a duly authorized officer of such Registrar.  The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.

 

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Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.

 

Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement all as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Corporation or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.

 

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures; provided, however, that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.3, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Agreement and for all other purposes.

 

Section 2.2.     Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Corporation may from time to time deposit shares of Preferred Stock under this Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for such shares of Preferred Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and an executed Officer’s Certificate attaching the Certificate of Designations and all other information required to be set forth therein, and together with a written order of the Corporation directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Preferred Stock.  Each Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Depositary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement and shall be binding on the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders of Receipts to which such Officer’s Certificate relates.

 

The Preferred Stock that is deposited shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.  The Depositary shall not lend any Preferred Stock deposited hereunder.

 

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Preferred Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the Preferred Stock on the books of the Corporation (or its duly appointed transfer agent) in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall execute and deliver to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the

 

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Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.  The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate.  Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.

 

Section 2.3.     Registration of Transfer of Receipts.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer.  Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.

 

The Depositary shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Receipts for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days prior to any selection of Depositary Shares and Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of notice of redemption, or (b) to transfer or exchange for another Receipt any Receipt called or being called for redemption in whole or in part except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

Section 2.4.     Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock.

 

Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered, and shall deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Holder of the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.

 

Any Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals.  Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such Holder, or to the person or persons designated by such Holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor.  If a Receipt delivered by the Holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such

 

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number of whole shares of Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.3 upon his order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares.

 

In no event will fractional shares of Preferred Stock (or any cash payment in lieu thereof) be delivered by the Depositary.  Delivery of the Preferred Stock and money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.

 

If the Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of such Preferred Stock, such Holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such Holder for withdrawal of such shares of Preferred Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.

 

Delivery of the Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the Holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the Holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such Holder.

 

Section 2.5.     Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts.

 

As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Corporation shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the Holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.7, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature, and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Corporation may establish consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and/or applicable law.

 

The deposit of the Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Preferred Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Corporation is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.6.     Lost Receipts, etc.

 

In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and

 

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substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the Holder thereof furnishing the Depositary with an affidavit and an indemnity or bond satisfactory to the Depositary.  Applicants for such substitute Receipts shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Depositary may prescribe and as required by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 2.7.     Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts.

 

All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary.  Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled.

 

Section 2.8.     Redemption of Preferred Stock.

 

Whenever the Corporation shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary, not less than 35 days and not more than 65 days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Preferred Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Corporation stating that such redemption of Preferred Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Corporation shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid dividends (without accumulation of any undeclared dividends) thereon to the date fixed for redemption, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Stock.  The Depositary shall mail notice of the Corporation’s redemption of Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock to be redeemed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed at their respective last addresses as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders.  Each such notice shall be prepared by the Corporation and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such Holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such Holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price or the manner of its calculation; (iv) the place or places where Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date.  In case less

 

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than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable.

 

Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Preferred Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock so called for Redemption shall cease to accrue from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to 1/1000th of the redemption price per share of Preferred Stock so redeemed plus all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations.

 

If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the Holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.

 

Section 2.9.     Bank Accounts.

 

The Corporation acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the Depositary in connection with the services provided under this Agreement will be in the Depositary’s name and that the Depositary may receive investment earnings in connection with the investment at the Depositary’s risk and for its benefit of funds held in those accounts from time to time.  Neither the Corporation nor the Holders will receive interest on any deposits.

 

Section 2.10.   Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form.

 

If the Corporation shall determine in a writing delivered to the Depositary that the Receipts are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts, then the Depositary shall, in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered Receipts evidencing such Receipts, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in the aggregate number of Receipts to be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts, and (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its nominee.

 

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Registered Receipt to a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository to such Global Receipt Depository or another nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by such Global Receipt Depository or any such nominee to a successor Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt selected or approved by the Corporation or to a nominee of such successor Global Receipt Depository.  Except as provided below, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Receipts represented by such Global Registered Receipt.  Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or indirect participant of a Global Receipt Depository shall have any rights under this Agreement with respect to any Global Registered Receipt held on their behalf by a Global Receipt Depository and such Global Receipt Depository may be treated by the Corporation, the Depositary and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or the Depositary as the holder of such Global Registered Receipt for all purposes whatsoever.  Unless and until definitive Receipts are delivered to the owners of the beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt, (1) the applicable Global Receipt Depository will make book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit all payments and distributions in respect of the Global Registered Receipts to such participants, in each case, in accordance with its applicable procedures and arrangements, and (2) whenever any notice, payment or other communication to the holders of Global Registered Receipts is required under this Agreement, the Corporation and the Depositary shall give all such notices, payments and communications specified herein to be given to such holders to the applicable Global Receipt Depository.

 

If an Exchange Event has occurred with respect to any Global Registered Receipt, then, in any such event, the Depositary, upon receipt of a written order from the Corporation for the execution and delivery of individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt, shall execute and deliver individual definitive registered Receipts, in authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms in an aggregate number equal to the beneficial interests represented by such Global Registered Receipt in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt.

 

Definitive registered Receipts issued in exchange for a Global Registered Receipt pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt, pursuant to instructions from its participants, shall instruct the Depositary in writing.  The Depositary shall deliver such Receipts to the persons in whose names such Receipts are so registered.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, should the Corporation determine that the Receipts should be issued as a Global Registered Receipt, the parties hereto shall comply with the terms of any Letter of Representations.

 

ARTICLE III
 CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION

 

Section 3.1.     Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information.

 

Any Holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such

 

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representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or proper.  The Depositary or the Corporation may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares and evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

 

Section 3.2.     Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges.

 

Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7.  Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Preferred Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Preferred Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the Holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such Holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the Holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

 

Section 3.3.     Warranty as to Preferred Stock.

 

The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Preferred Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of the related Receipts.

 

Section 3.4.     Warranty as to Receipts.

 

The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will represent legal and valid interests in the Preferred Stock.  Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.

 

ARTICLE IV
 THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES

 

Section 4.1.     Cash Distributions.

 

Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such Holders; provided, however, that in case the Corporation or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Preferred Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in

 

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respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly.  The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary or distribution to Record Holders of Receipts then outstanding.  Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide the Depositary with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed Form W-8 or W-9, as may be applicable.  Each Holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distributions to be made hereunder.

 

Section 4.2.     Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges.

 

Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts held by such Holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution.  If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Corporation or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, in a commercially reasonable manner.  The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to Record Holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash.  The Corporation shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Depositary and the Depositary shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Holders of Receipts unless the Corporation shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities or property have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered in connection with such distributions.

 

Section 4.3.     Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges.

 

If the Corporation shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names the Preferred Stock is recorded on the books of the Corporation any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such Record Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the Corporation; provided, however, that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Depositary determines

 

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that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Corporation) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to Holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by Holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with approval of the Corporation, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper.  The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

 

The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for Holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.  In no event shall the Depositary make available to the Holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such registration statement shall have become effective, or the Corporation shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to the effect that the offering and sale of such securities to the Holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act.

 

The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to Holders of Receipts, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

 

Section 4.4.     Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts.

 

Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Corporation shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Corporation with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the

 

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exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.

 

Section 4.5.     Voting Rights.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the Record Holders of Receipts a notice prepared by the Corporation which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the Holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Corporation) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given.  Upon the written request of the Holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received.  The Corporation hereby agrees to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Preferred Stock or cause such Preferred Stock to be voted.  In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will not vote (but, at its discretion, may appear at any meeting with respect to such Preferred Stock unless directed to the contrary by the Holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

 

Section 4.6.     Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.

 

Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Preferred Stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Corporation or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Corporation, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Corporation in the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Preferred Stock and in the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price per share of Preferred Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Preferred Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Preferred Stock.  In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Corporation, execute and deliver additional Receipts or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities.  Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, Holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Stock or any such

 

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recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the Preferred Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

 

Section 4.7.     Delivery of Reports.

 

The Depositary shall furnish to Holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Corporation which are received by the Depositary and which the Corporation is required to furnish to the holders of the Preferred Stock.

 

Section 4.8.     Lists of Receipt Holders.

 

Reasonably promptly upon request from time to time by the Corporation, at the sole expense of the Corporation, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all registered Holders of Receipts.

 

ARTICLE V
 THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION

 

Section 5.1.     Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar.

 

Upon execution of this Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office, facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts; provided that any such Holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.

 

The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

 

The Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby.  If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of the Receipts or Depositary Shares in

 

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accordance with any requirements of such exchange.  Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the Corporation.  If the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Preferred Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation.

 

Section 5.2.     Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation.

 

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall incur any liability to any Holder of Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Designations) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Corporation shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation incur liability to any Holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Agreement shall provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Agreement except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 5.3.     Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation.

 

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Agreement to Holders of Receipts other than for its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, excluding the Depositary’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, the Depositary’s aggregate liability under this Agreement with respect to, arising from or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the amounts paid hereunder by the Corporation to the Depositary as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Depositary, nor the Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable in any event for special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits).

 

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Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

 

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Preferred Stock for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information.  The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and the Corporation may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon or omitting to act upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is not taken in bad faith.  The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar.

 

The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, and any Registrar may own and deal in any class of securities of the Corporation and its affiliates and in Receipts.  The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Corporation and its affiliates.

 

The Depositary shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Preferred Stock nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law.  The Depositary shall not be responsible for advancing funds on behalf of the Corporation and shall have no duty or obligation to make any payments if it has not timely received sufficient funds to make timely payments.

 

In the event the Depositary believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Depositary hereunder, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Depositary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, omitting or suffering to take any action hereunder, the Depositary may, in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Corporation, refrain from taking any action and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Corporation, any Holders of Receipts or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Depositary receives written instructions or a certificate signed by the Corporation which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depositary or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depositary.

 

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time, the Depositary may apply to any officer of the Corporation for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for the Depositary or the Corporation with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Depositary under this Agreement.  The Depositary and its agents and subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by the Corporation for any action taken or omitted by the Depositary in reliance upon any instructions from the Corporation or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel.  The Depositary shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from Corporation.

 

Section 5.4.     Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary.

 

The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Corporation, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

 

The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Corporation by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary hereunder and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

 

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Corporation shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus, along with its affiliates, of at least $50,000,000.  If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary.  Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Corporation an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Corporation, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto.  Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the Holders of Receipts.

 

Any entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder.  Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or its own name as successor Depositary.

 

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Section 5.5.     Corporate Notices and Reports.

 

The Corporation agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositary’s books, copies of all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Designations), to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts.  Such transmission will be at the Corporation’s expense and the Corporation will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request.  In addition, the Depositary will transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts at the Corporation’s expense such other documents as may be requested by the Corporation.

 

Section 5.6.     Indemnification by the Corporation.

 

Notwithstanding Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Corporation shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar (including each of their officers, directors, agents and employees) against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, damage, cost, penalty, liability or expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed, suffered or omitted to be taken in connection with this Agreement and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the respective parts of any such person or persons.  The obligations of the Corporation set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent.

 

Section 5.7.     Fees, Charges and Expenses.

 

The Corporation agrees promptly to pay the Depositary the compensation to be agreed upon with the Corporation for all services rendered by the Depositary hereunder and to reimburse the Depositary for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Depositary without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part (or on the part of any agent or Depositary Agent) in connection with the services rendered by it (or such agent or Depositary Agent) hereunder.  The Corporation shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of Preferred Stock by owners of Depositary Shares, and any redemption or exchange of the Preferred Stock at the option of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements.  All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges shall be at the expense of Holders of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts.  If, at the request of a Holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which the Corporation is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be liable for such charges and expenses; provided, however, that the Depositary may, at its sole option, require a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depositary any charge or expense the Depositary has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder of Receipts.  The Depositary

 

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ARTICLE VI
 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

Section 6.1.     Amendment.

 

The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Corporation and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective against the Holders of Receipts unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate at least a two-thirds majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding.  Every Holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by this Agreement as amended thereby.  In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 and Article III, of any owner of Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depositary with instructions to deliver to the Holder the Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law or the rules and regulations of any governmental body, agency or commission, or applicable securities exchange.

 

Section 6.2.     Termination.

 

This Agreement may be terminated by the Corporation or the Depositary only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares issued hereunder have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8, (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and such distribution shall have been distributed to the Holders of Receipts representing Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable or (iii) upon the consent of Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate not less than two-thirds of the Depositary Shares outstanding.

 

Upon the termination of this Agreement, the Corporation shall be discharged from all obligations under this Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7.

 

ARTICLE VII
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1.     Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

 

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Section 7.2.     Exclusive Benefit of Parties.

 

This Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

 

Section 7.3.     Invalidity of Provisions.

 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

 

Section 7.4.     Notices.

 

Any and all notices to be given to the Corporation hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or overnight delivery service, or by telegram or facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Corporation at:

 

The Allstate Corporation

3075 Sanders Road

Northbrook, IL 60062

Attention: Treasurer

 

 

or at any other addresses of which the Corporation shall have notified the Depositary in writing.

 

Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or overnight delivery service, or by telegram or facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Attention: Suzanne M Swits

Facsimile No.: (651) 450-4078

 

or at any other addresses of which the Depositary shall have notified the Corporation in writing.

 

Any and all notices to be given to any Record Holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission or confirmed by letter, addressed to such Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such Holder shall have timely filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such Holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request.

 

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Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box.  The Depositary or the Corporation may, however, act upon any facsimile transmission received by it from the other or from any Holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.

 

Section 7.5.     Depositary’s Agents.

 

The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents.  The Depositary will promptly notify the Corporation of any such action.

 

Section 7.6.     Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursement Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of Receipts and Preferred Stock.

 

The Corporation hereby appoints Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Registrar, dividend disbursement agent and redemption agent in respect of the Receipts, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accept such respective appointments.

 

The Corporation hereby appoints Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. as transfer agent, registrar, dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the Preferred Stock and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointments.  With respect to the appointments of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as transfer agent, registrar, dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the Preferred Stock, each of the Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in their respective capacities under such appointments, shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities and benefits as the Corporation and Depositary hereunder, respectively, as if explicitly named in each such provision.

 

Section 7.7.     Holders of Receipts Are Parties.

 

The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts and of the Officer’s Certificate by acceptance of delivery thereof.

 

Section 7.8.     Governing Law.

 

This Agreement and the Receipts of each series and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable conflicts of law principles.

 

Section 7.9.     Inspection of Agreement.

 

Copies of this Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary’s Office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any Holder of a Receipt.

 

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Section 7.10.   Headings.

 

The headings of articles and sections in this Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

 

Section 7.11.   Force Majeure.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Depositary will not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.

 

Section 7.12.   Further Assurances.

 

The Corporation agrees that it will perform, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, acknowledged or delivered, all such further and other acts, documents, instruments and assurances as the Depositary may reasonably require to perform the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.13.   Confidentiality.

 

The Depositary and the Corporation agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including inter alia, personal, non-public Holder information and the fees for services, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement, shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law or legal process.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Depositary have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all Holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

	
 
    	
THE ALLSTATE   CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Mario Rizzo
    
				

 

	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Mario Rizzo
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior Vice President   and Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Suzanne M. Swits
    
				

 

	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Suzanne M. Swits
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

 

[Signature Page to Deposit Agreement]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]

 

 

Unless this receipt is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to The Allstate Corporation or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

	
DEPOSITARY SHARES
    	
 
    	
             $[·]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT NO. [·]
    	
 
    	
FOR [·] DEPOSITARY   SHARES,
    

 

EACH REPRESENTING 1/1000th OF ONE SHARE OF

FIXED RATE NONCUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C 

OF

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

 

CUSIP: 020002606

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Dividend Payment Dates:  January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of DEPOSITARY SHARES (“Depositary Shares”), each Depositary Share representing 1/1000th of one share of the Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, $1.00 par value per share, $25,000 liquidation preference per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013 (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts.  By accepting this Depositary Receipt, the Holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement.  This Depositary Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer or, if executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.

 

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Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
    	
 
    
	
Depositary
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized Officer
    	
 
    

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH RECEIPTHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS A COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND A COPY OR SUMMARY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF THE FIXED RATE NONCUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C, OF THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION.  ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT.

 

The Corporation will furnish without charge to each receipt holder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.  Such request may be made to the Corporation or to the Registrar.

 

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations when used in the form of ownership on the face of this certificate shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.  Abbreviations in addition to those appearing below may be used.

 

	
Abbreviation
    	
 
    	
Equivalent   Word
    	
 
    	
Abbreviation
    	
 
    	
Equivalent   Word
    
	
JT TEN
    	
 
    	
As joint tenants, with   right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
    	
 
    	
TEN BY ENT
    	
 
    	
As tenants by the   entireties
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
TEN IN COM
    	
 
    	
As tenants in common
    	
 
    	
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
    	
 
    	
Uniform Gifts to Minors   Act
    

 

 

	
Abbreviation
    	
 
    	
Equivalent   Word
    	
 
    	
Abbreviation
    	
 
    	
Equivalent
   Word
    	
 
    	
Abbreviation
    	
 
    	
Equivalent
   Word
    
	
ADM
    	
 
    	
Administrator(s), Administratrix
    	
 
    	
EX
    	
 
    	
Executor(s), Executrix
    	
 
    	
PL
    	
 
    	
Public Law
    
	
AGMT
    	
 
    	
Agreement
    	
 
    	
FBO
    	
 
    	
For the benefit of
    	
 
    	
TR
    	
 
    	
(As) trustee(s), for,   of
    
	
ART
    	
 
    	
Article
    	
 
    	
FDN
    	
 
    	
Foundation
    	
 
    	
U
    	
 
    	
Under
    
	
CH
    	
 
    	
Chapter
    	
 
    	
GDN
    	
 
    	
Guardian(s)
    	
 
    	
UA
    	
 
    	
Under Agreement
    
	
CUST
    	
 
    	
Custodian for
    	
 
    	
GDNSHP
    	
 
    	
Guardianship
    	
 
    	
UW
    	
 
    	
Under will of, Of will   of, Under 
    

 

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last will &   testament
    
	
DEC
    	
 
    	
Declaration
    	
 
    	
MIN
    	
 
    	
Minor(s)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EST
    	
 
    	
Estate, of Estate of
    	
 
    	
PAR
    	
 
    	
Paragraph
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

For value received,          hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE:_______________________________________

 

PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:_______________________________________

 

Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint          Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:________________________________

 

NOTICE:  The signature to the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Receipt in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

 

NOTICE:  If applicable, the signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations, and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

 

[FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE]

 

 

I, Mario Rizzo, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of The Allstate Corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certify that pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations effective [Insert date], 2013, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on [Insert date], 2013 (the “Certificate of Designations”), and pursuant to resolutions adopted by Board of Directors of the Corporation on April 11, 2013 and May 21, 2013 and the consent of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Pricing Committee”) on September 23, 2013, the Corporation has established the Preferred Stock which the Corporation desires to deposit with the Depositary for the purposes of being subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013 (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Depositary, and the Holders of Receipts issued thereunder from time to time.  In connection therewith, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a duly authorized committee thereof has authorized the terms and conditions with respect to the Preferred Stock as described in the Certificate of Designations attached as Annex A hereto.  Any terms of the Preferred Stock that are not so described in the Certificate of Designations and any terms of the Receipts representing such Preferred Stock that are not described in the Deposit Agreement are described below:

 

Aggregate Number of shares of Preferred Stock issued on the day hereof:

 

CUSIP Number for Receipt: 020002606

 

Denomination of Depositary Share per share of Preferred Stock (if different than 1/1000th of a share of Preferred Stock):

 

Redemption Provisions (if different than as set forth in the Deposit Agreement):

 

Name of Global Receipt Depositary:  The Depository Trust Company

 

All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have such meaning as ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.

 

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THE ALLSTATE   CORPORATION
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
This certificate is   dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
				

 

	
Name:
    	
Mario Rizzo
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Senior Vice President   and Treasurer
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to Officer’s Certificate (Deposit Agreement)]

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