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(b) Exception to No Solicitation Provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.2(a), prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, the Company may, in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.2, (i) provide access to non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Person and its potential sources of financing who made such Acquisition Proposal; provided, that such information has previously been made available to Parent and Merger Sub or is provided to Parent promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) following the time such information is made available to such Person and that, prior to furnishing any such non-public information, the Company receives from the Person making such Acquisition Proposal an executed confidentiality agreement with terms at least as restrictive in all material respects on such Person as the Confidentiality Agreement’s terms are on Pretium Partners, LLC (it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the making or amending of an Acquisition Proposal) and (ii) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal if, and only if, prior to taking any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above, (1) the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel that (A) based on the information then available and after consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal and (B) the failure to take such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of directors’ duties under applicable Law and (2) with respect to clause (ii) above, the Company provides written notice to Parent at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to engaging or participating in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 53)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
6.12 Acquisition Proposals. (a) <omitted> Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that after the date of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Requisite BancShares Vote, in the case of BancShares, or the Requisite CIT Vote, in the case of CIT, a party receives an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal not solicited in violation of this Section 6.12, such party may, and may permit its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, furnish or cause to be furnished confidential or nonpublic information or data and participate in such negotiations or discussions with the person making the Acquisition Proposal if, but only if, the board of directors of such party concludes in good faith (after receiving the advice of its outside counsel, and with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors) that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal and that failure to take such actions would more likely than not result in a violation of its fiduciary duty under applicable law, and subject to providing twenty four (24) hours’ prior written notice of its decision to take such action to CIT or BancShares, as applicable, and identifying the person making the Acquisition Proposal and all of the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal;  (Page 63)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (ii) prior to, but not after, the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company and its Representatives may engage in the activities prohibited by Sections 6.3(b)(ii) or 6.3(b)(iii) with respect to a Competing Proposal only if such Competing Proposal did not arise from a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3; provided, however, that (A) no information that is prohibited from being furnished pursuant to Section 6.3(b) may be furnished and no discussions or negotiations regarding a Competing Proposal may occur until the Company receives an executed confidentiality agreement from such Person containing limitations on the use and disclosure of non-public information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company that are no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, as determined by the Company Board in good faith after consultation with its legal counsel; (provided, further, that such confidentiality agreement does not contain provisions which prohibit the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section 6.3 or that otherwise prohibits the Company from complying with the provisions of this Section 6.3), (B) any such non-public information has previously been made available to, or is made available to, Parent prior to or concurrently with (or in the case of oral non-public information only, promptly after (and in any event no later than twenty-four (24) hours after receipt thereof)) the time such information is made available to such Person, (C) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors of nationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel, that such Competing Proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal and (D) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that failure to take such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law;  (Page 60)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
7.5          Acquisition Proposals. (a)         No Solicitation or Negotiation. <omitted> Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.5(a) but subject to the Paired Entities’ compliance with this Section 7.5, at an y time prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Vote is obtained, the Paired Entities, the Paired Entities Subsidiaries and their Representatives may (A) provide information (to any such person, its Representatives, affiliates and its prospective financing sources) in response to a request therefor by a person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (not resulting from a breach of this Section 7.5) after the date of this Agreement if the Paired Entities receive from the person so requesting such information a confidentiality agreement on terms not less restrictive to such person than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement; it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not include explicit or implicit standstill provisions that would restrict the making, amendment or modification of a confidential Acquisition Proposal (an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”); provided, however, that any such non- public information has previously been made available to Parent or will be made available to Parent prior to, or substantially concurrently with (and in any event within 48 hours of), the time such information is made available to such person, its Representatives, affiliates and its prospective financing sources or (B) engage or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any person or group of persons who has made such an Acquisition Proposal; if and only to the extent that, (I) prior to taking any action described in clause (A) or (B) directly above, the Company Board and the Hospitality Board determine in good faith, after consultation with their financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action, in light of the Acquisition Proposal and the terms of this Agreement, would be more likely than not to result in a violation of directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (II) in each such case referred to in clause (A) or (B) directly above, the Company Board and the Hospitality Board have determined in good faith based on the information then available and after consultation with their financial advisor and outside legal counsel that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal. Each of the Paired Entities agrees that any breach of this Section 7.5 by any of the Paired Entities Subsidiaries or any Representatives of the Paired Entities or the Paired Entities Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a  breach of this Agreement by the Paired Entities.  (Page 58)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
Section 7.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: <omitted> (ii) prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in response to an unsolicited bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from a third party made after the date of this Agreement (provided that the Company Competing Proposal by such Person did not result from a breach or violation of this Section 7.3), the Company, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Representatives, may (x) furnish, make available or provide access to non-public information or data with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and to their respective assets to the Person making such Company Competing Proposal (and its Representatives); provided, that any non-public information or data provided to any Person given such access shall have previously been provided to Parent or shall be provided to Parent prior to or concurrently with the time it is provided to such Person, and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person making such Company Competing Proposal (and such Person’s Representatives) regarding such Company Competing Proposal; provided, however, that (A) prior to taking any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clause (x) and clause (y), the Company must notify Parent that it intends to take such action with respect to such Company Competing Proposal, (B) prior to taking the action described in the preceding clause (x), the Company shall have received an executed confidentiality agreement from such Person 55


containing limitations on the use and disclosure of nonpublic information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company that are no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement; provided, that such confidentiality agreement shall not be required to contain standstill provisions and shall not in any way restrict the Company from complying with the provisions of this Section 7.3, and (C) prior to taking any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clause (x) or clause (y), the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Company Competing Proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Superior Proposal, and that failure to take any such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of directors’ duties under applicable Law; (Pages 60-61)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
(c) Superior Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if, at any time from and after the No-Shop Period Start Date and prior to the Offer Closing, the Company receives a bona fide written Takeover Proposal that is not withdrawn from any Person that did not result from or involve a breach of Section 6.03(b), and if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, (i) that such Takeover Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, and (ii) failure to take the actions set forth in clauses (A) and (B) below would be more likely than not to result in a violation of Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then the Company and its Representatives may, in response to such Takeover Proposal, (A) furnish, pursuant and subject to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person that has made such written Takeover Proposal and its Representatives; provided, that the Company shall, (x) provide Parent with a copy of such executed Applicable Confidentiality Agreement promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours) after execution and (y) prior to or substantially concurrently with the delivery to such Person, provide to Parent any information or data concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided or made available to such Person or its directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or Representatives, whether in writing or orally, unless such information has been previously provided to Parent, in which case the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours) provide written notification to Parent of the information and data so provided (unless such information was not previously provided to Parent or Merger Sub at the request of Parent or Merger Sub or to comply with applicable Law); and (B) engage in, facilitate or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person making such Takeover Proposal and its Representatives regarding such Takeover Proposal. The Company Board shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Parent in writing if the Company Board makes the determinations set forth in this Section 6.03(c). Nothing in this Section 6.03(c) shall limit the Company’s rights prior to the Cut-Off Time with respect to an Excluded Party. (Page 55)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
(b)               Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Section 6.2(a) or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company receives, after the date hereof and prior to obtaining the Requisite Company Vote, an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal in circumstances not arising from a breach of Section 6.2 which the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors (i) constitutes a Superior Proposal or (ii) could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, and, in each case, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of fiduciary duties of the Company Board of Directors under applicable Law, then in either event the Company may enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement and thereafter take the following actions: (x) furnish nonpublic information to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives (including potential financing sources), and (y) engage in discussions or negotiations with such Person and its Representatives (including potential financing sources) with respect to the Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall provide Parent with an accurate and complete copy of any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement as entered into as contemplated by this Section 6.2(b) promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) of the execution thereof and the Company shall not terminate, waive, amend, release or modify any material provisions of any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement. (Page 21)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
Section 6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> 
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: <omitted> 
(ii)              prior to, but not after, the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company and its Representatives may engage in the activities prohibited by Section 6.3(b)(ii) or Section 6.3(b)(iii) with any Person if (1) the Company receives a bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from such Person that was not solicited at any time following the execution of this Agreement and (2) such Company Competing Proposal did not arise from a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3; provided, however, that (A) no information that is prohibited from being furnished pursuant to Section 6.3(b) may be furnished until the Company receives an executed confidentiality agreement from such Person containing limitations on the use and disclosure of non-public information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company that are no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, as determined by the Company Board in good faith after consultation with its legal counsel; (provided, further, that such confidentiality agreement does not contain provisions that prohibit the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section 6.3 or that otherwise prohibits the Company from complying with the provisions of this Section 6.3), (B) that any such non-public information has previously been made available to, or is made available to, Parent prior to or concurrently with (or in the case of oral non-public information only, promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) after) the time such information is made available to such Person, (C) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Company Competing Proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Superior Proposal and (D) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that failure to take such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law;  (Pages 32-33)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
Section 5.2    No Solicitation. <omitted> (b)    Certain Permitted Conduct. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary but subject to this Section 5.2(b),at any time following the date of this Agreement and prior to the time the Company Shareholder Approval is obtained, if the Company receives a written Acquisition Proposal from any Person or Group that did not result from a breach of this Section 5.2:(i)    the Company and its Representatives may contact such Person or Group to ascertain facts or to clarify the terms and conditions thereof;(ii)    the Company and the Company’s Representatives may provide non-public information and data concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries to such Person or Group, their Representatives and their prospective equity and debt financing sources; provided that the Company shall make available to Parent and Merger Sub (through an electronic data site or otherwise), concurrently with providing such information to any such Person(s), any non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries that the Company made available to any such Person or Group, their Representatives and their prospective equity and debt financing sources if such information was not previously made available to Parent and Merger Sub; and (iii)    the Company and its Representatives may engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with such Person or Group regarding such Acquisition Proposal; <omitted> provided that, prior to taking any action described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above, <omitted> Company and the Company’s Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside counsel) that (A) the failure to take such action would be more likely than not to result in a violation of Company directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (B) such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal (Page 41)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard
6.13 Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 6.13(a) or 6.13(b), in the event that after the date of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Requisite NYCB Vote, in the case of NYCB, or the Requisite Flagstar Vote, in the case of Flagstar, a party receives an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal, such party may, and may permit its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, furnish or cause to be furnished confidential or nonpublic information or data to and participate in negotiations or discussions with the person making the Acquisition Proposal, or any Representative of the person making the Acquisition Proposal, if the Board of Directors of such party concludes in good faith (after receiving the advice of its outside counsel, and with respect to financial matters, its outside financial advisors) that failure to take such actions would be more likely than not to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law; provided, that, prior to furnishing any confidential or nonpublic information permitted to be provided pursuant to this sentence, such party shall have provided such information to the other party to this Agreement and shall have entered into a confidentiality agreement with the person making such Acquisition Proposal on terms no less favorable to it than the Confidentiality Agreement (“Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”), which confidentiality agreement shall not provide such person with any exclusive right to negotiate with such party.  (Page 64)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Other specified standard