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Exhibit 2.1
ATHENS FEDERAL COMMUNITY BANK
PLAN OF CONVERSION
ADOPTED ON JULY 15, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction | 1 | ||||
2.
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Definitions | 2 | ||||
3.
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General Procedure for the Conversion | 6 | ||||
4.
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Total Number of Shares and Purchase Price of Common Stock | 7 | ||||
5.
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Subscription Rights of Eligible Account Holders (First Priority) | 8 | ||||
6.
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Subscription Rights of Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (Second Priority) | 9 | ||||
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Subscription Rights of Supplemental Eligible Account Holders (Third Priority) | 10 | ||||
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Subscription Rights of Other Members (Fourth Priority) | 10 | ||||
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Community Offering, Syndicated Community Offering, Public Offering and Other Offerings | 11 | ||||
10.
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Limitations on Subscriptions and Purchases of Common Stock | 12 | ||||
11.
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Timing of Subscription Offering; Manner of Exercising Subscription Rights and Order Forms | 14 | ||||
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Payment for Common Stock | 15 | ||||
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Account Holders in Nonqualified States or Foreign Countries | 16 | ||||
14.
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Requirements Following the Conversion for Registration, Market Making and Stock Exchange Listing | 16 | ||||
15.
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Liquidation Account | 17 | ||||
16.
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Completion of the Conversion | 18 | ||||
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Requirements for Stock Purchases by Directors and Officers Following the Conversion | 18 | ||||
18.
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Establishment and Funding of Charitable Foundation | 18 | ||||
19.
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Restrictions on Transfer of Stock | 19 | ||||
20.
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Stock Compensation Plans | 19 | ||||
21.
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Dividend and Repurchase Restrictions on Stock | 20 | ||||
22.
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Amendment or Termination of the Plan | 20 | ||||
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Interpretation of the Plan | 20 |
1. | INTRODUCTION. |
For purposes of this section, all capitalized terms have the meanings ascribed to them in
Section 2.
This Plan of Conversion provides for the conversion of Athens Federal Community Bank (the
Bank) from a federally chartered mutual savings bank into a federally chartered stock savings
bank. The Plan provides that the Bank will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of a stock holding
company (the Holding Company).
The Board of Directors of the Bank has considered the alternatives available to the Bank with
respect to its corporate structure, and has determined that a mutual to stock conversion, as
described in this Plan, will be in the best interests of the Bank and its customers. The
Conversion will raise capital which will enable the Bank to: (1) support future lending and
operational growth, including branching activities and acquisitions of other financial institutions
or financial services companies; (2) increase its ability to render services to the communities it
serves; (3) compete more effectively with commercial banks and other financial institutions for new
business opportunities; and (4) increase its equity capital base and access the capital markets
when needed. The Conversion will also enable the Holding Company and the Bank to adopt stock
benefit plans that will make the Bank more competitive in providing incentive compensation to
management and employees.
In furtherance of the Banks commitment to its community, the Plan provides for the
establishment of a charitable foundation as part of the Conversion. The charitable foundation is
intended to complement the Banks existing community reinvestment activities in a manner that will
allow the Banks local community to share in the growth and profitability of the Holding Company
and the Bank over the long term. Consistent with the Banks goal, the Holding Company intends to
donate to the charitable foundation immediately following the Conversion both cash and a number of
shares of its authorized but unissued common stock in an amount up to 8% of the Holding Company
Common Stock sold in the Conversion.
The Plan provides that non-transferable subscription rights to purchase the Common Stock of
the Holding Company shall be granted to certain Members of the Bank pursuant to the Plan and in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the OTS. The price of the Common Stock to be sold in
the Conversion will be based upon an independent appraisal of the Bank and will reflect its
estimated pro forma market value, as converted. No change will be made in the board of directors
or management of the Bank as a result of the Conversion.
The Plan was adopted by the Banks Board of Directors on July 15, 2009. The Plan and the
formation of the charitable foundation are each subject to the approval of the OTS and must be
approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by
the Voting Members at the Special Meeting.
After the Conversion, the Bank will continue to be regulated by the OTS, as its chartering
authority, and by the FDIC, which insures the Banks deposits. In addition, the Bank will continue
to be a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and all insured savings deposits will continue
to be insured by the FDIC up to the maximum limit provided by law.
2. | DEFINITIONS. |
As used in this Plan, the terms set forth below have the following meaning:
ACTING IN CONCERT means (i) knowing participation in a joint activity or interdependent
conscious parallel action towards a common goal whether or not pursuant to an express agreement or
understanding; or (ii) a combination or pooling of voting or other interests in the securities of
an issuer for a common purpose pursuant to any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or
other arrangement, whether written or otherwise. A Person or company which acts in concert with
another Person or company (other party) shall also be deemed to be acting in concert with any
Person or company who is also acting in concert with that other party, except that any
Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan will not be deemed to be acting in concert with its
trustee or a person who serves in a similar capacity solely for the purpose of determining whether
stock held by the trustee and stock held by the plan will be aggregated and participants or
beneficiaries of any such Tax- Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan will not be deemed to be
acting in concert solely as a result of their common interests as participants or beneficiaries.
When Persons act together for such purpose, their group is deemed to have acquired their stock. The
determination of whether a group is Acting in Concert shall be made solely by the Boards of
Directors of the Holding Company and the Bank or Officers delegated by such Boards and may be based
on any evidence upon which the Board or such delegatee chooses to rely, including, without
limitation, joint account relationships or the fact that such Persons share a common address
(whether or not related by blood or marriage) or have filed joint Schedules 13D or Schedules 13G
with the SEC with respect to other companies. Directors of the Holding Company and the Bank shall
not be deemed to be Acting in Concert solely as a result of their membership on such board or
boards.
ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE means the price per share at which the Common Stock is ultimately sold
by the Holding Company in the Offerings in accordance with the terms hereof.
AFFILIATE means a Person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.
ASSOCIATE of a Person means (i) a corporation or organization (other than the Holding Company,
the Bank or a majority-owned subsidiary of the Holding Company or the Bank), if the Person is a
senior officer or partner or beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of
equity securities of the corporation or organization, (ii) a trust or other estate, if the Person
has a substantial beneficial interest in the trust or estate or is a trustee or fiduciary of the
trust or estate, provided, however, that such term shall not include any Tax-Qualified Employee
Stock Benefit Plan of the Holding Company or the Bank in which such Person has a substantial
beneficial interest or serves as a trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (iii) any person
who is related by blood or marriage to such Person and who lives in the same home as the Person or
who is a director or senior officer of the Holding Company or the Bank or any of their
subsidiaries.
BANK means Athens Federal Community Bank.
BANK BENEFIT PLAN(S) includes, but is not limited to, Tax Qualified Employee Stock Benefit
Plans and Non-Tax Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans.
CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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COMMON STOCK means the shares of common stock to be issued and sold by the Holding Company in
the Offerings and to be contributed to the Foundation, all pursuant to the Plan. The Common Stock
will not be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
COMMUNITY OFFERING means the offering for sale by the Holding Company of any shares of Common
Stock not subscribed for in the Subscription Offering to such Persons as may be selected by the
Holding Company and the Bank in their sole discretion and to whom a copy of the Prospectus is
delivered by or on behalf of the Holding Company.
CONTROL (including the terms controlling, controlled by, and under common control with)
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
CONVERSION means the conversion of the Bank to stock form pursuant to this Plan, and all steps
incident thereto.
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT means any withdrawable account as defined in Section 561.42 of the Rules and
Regulations of the OTS, including a demand account as defined in Section 561.16 of the Rules and
Regulations of the OTS.
ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT HOLDER means any Person holding a Qualifying Deposit on the Eligibility
Record Date for purposes of determining Subscription Rights.
ELIGIBILITY RECORD DATE means the date for determining Qualifying Deposits of Eligible Account
Holders and is the close of business on March 31, 2008.
ESOP means a Tax Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan adopted by the Holding Company or the
Bank in connection with the Conversion, the purpose of which shall be to acquire shares of Common
Stock.
ESTIMATED PRICE RANGE means the range of the estimated aggregate pro forma market value of the
total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Offerings, as determined by the
Independent Appraiser in accordance with Section 4 hereof.
FDIC means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
FOUNDATION means the charitable foundation that will qualify as an exempt organization under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, the establishment and funding of which is contemplated by Section 18
herein.
HOLDING COMPANY means the stock corporation that will hold all of the outstanding capital
stock of the Bank upon completion of the Conversion.
INDEPENDENT APPRAISER means the independent financial consulting firm retained by the Holding
Company and the Bank to prepare an appraisal of the estimated pro forma market value of the Common
Stock.
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INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE means the price per share to be paid initially by Participants for
shares of Common Stock subscribed for in the Subscription Offering and by Persons for shares of
Common Stock ordered in the Community Offering and/or Syndicated Community Offering.
LOCAL COMMUNITY means Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and Polk
Counties in Tennessee.
MANAGEMENT PERSON means any Officer or director of the Bank or the Holding Company or any
Affiliate of the Bank or the Holding Company and any person Acting in Concert with such Officer or
director.
MEMBER means any Person qualifying as a member of the Bank in accordance with its mutual
charter and bylaws and the laws of the United States.
OFFERINGS mean the offering of Common Stock in the Subscription Offering, the Community
Offering, the Syndicated Community Offering or the Public Offering.
OFFICER means the chairman of the board, president, chief executive officer, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer or principal financial officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer
and any other person performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether
incorporated or unincorporated.
ORDER FORM means the form or forms to be provided by the Holding Company, containing all such
terms and provisions as set forth in Section 11 hereof, to a Participant or other Person by which
Common Stock may be ordered in the Offerings.
OTHER MEMBER means a Voting Member who is not an Eligible Account Holder or a Supplemental
Eligible Account Holder.
OTS means the Office of Thrift Supervision, or any successor thereto.
PARTICIPANT means any Eligible Account Holder, Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan,
Supplemental Eligible Account Holder or Other Member, but does not include the Foundation.
PERSON means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock
company, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or
any political subdivision of a government.
PLAN OF CONVERSION means this Plan of Conversion as adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Bank and any amendment hereto approved as provided herein.
PREFERRED SUBSCRIBERS means natural persons and trusts of natural persons residing in the
Local Community.
PROSPECTUS means the one or more documents to be used in offering the Common Stock in the
Offerings.
PUBLIC OFFERING means an underwritten firm commitment offering to the public through one or
more underwriters.
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QUALIFYING DEPOSIT means the aggregate balance of all Deposit Accounts in the Bank of (i) an
Eligible Account Holder at the close of business on the Eligibility Record Date, provided such
aggregate balance is not less than $50.00, and (ii) a Supplemental Eligible Account Holder at the
close of business on the Supplemental Eligibility Record Date, provided such aggregate balance is
not less than $50.00.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.
SPECIAL MEETING means the special meeting of members of the Bank called for the purpose of
submitting this Plan and the formation of the Foundation to the Members for their approval,
including any adjournments or postponements of such meeting.
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING means the offering of the Common Stock to Participants.
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS mean nontransferable rights to subscribe for Common Stock granted to
Participants pursuant to the terms of this Plan.
SUPPLEMENTAL ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT HOLDER means any Person, except directors and Officers of the
Bank or the Holding Company and their Associates (unless the OTS grants a waiver to permit a
director or Officer or Associate to be included), holding a Qualifying Deposit at the close of
business on the Supplemental Eligibility Record Date.
SUPPLEMENTAL ELIGIBILITY RECORD DATE, if applicable, means the date for determining
Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and shall be required if the Eligibility Record Date is more
than 15 months before the date of the approval of the Conversion by the OTS. If applicable, the
Supplemental Eligibility Record Date shall be the last day of the calendar quarter preceding OTS
approval of the Conversion.
SYNDICATED COMMUNITY OFFERING means the offering for sale by a syndicate of broker-dealers to
the general public of shares of Common Stock not purchased in the Subscription Offering and the
Community Offering.
TAX-QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE STOCK BENEFIT PLAN means any defined benefit plan or defined
contribution plan, such as an employee stock ownership plan, stock bonus plan, profit-sharing plan
or other plan, which is established for the benefit of the employees of the Holding Company and/or
the Bank and any Affiliate thereof and which, with its related trust, meets the requirements to be
qualified under Section 401 of the Code as from time to time in effect. A Non-Tax-Qualified
Employee Stock Benefit Plan is any defined benefit plan or defined contribution stock benefit plan
that is not so qualified.
VOTING MEMBER means a Person who, at the close of business on the Voting Record Date, is
entitled to vote as a Member of the Bank in accordance with its mutual charter and bylaws.
VOTING RECORD DATE means the date or dates for determining the eligibility of Members to vote
at the Special Meeting.
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3. | GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR THE CONVERSION. |
(a) Organization of the Holding Company and the Bank
The Bank will apply to the OTS to have the Holding Company retain up to 50% of the net
proceeds of the Offerings, or such other amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
The Bank may distribute additional capital to the Holding Company following the Conversion, subject
to the OTS regulations governing capital distributions.
(b) Effect on Deposit Accounts and Borrowings
Each deposit account in the Bank on the effective date of the Conversion, will remain a
deposit account in the Bank after the Conversion in the same amount and upon the same terms and
conditions, and will continue to be federally insured up to the legal maximum by the FDIC in the
same manner as each deposit account existed in the Bank immediately before the Conversion. Holders
of deposit accounts in the Bank shall not, as such holders, have any voting rights. Upon
consummation of the Conversion, all loans and other borrowings from the Bank shall retain the same
status with the Bank after the Conversion, as they had with the Bank immediately before the
Conversion.
(c) The Bank
Upon completion of the Conversion, the Bank will be authorized to exercise any and all powers,
rights and privileges of, and will be subject to all limitations applicable to, capital stock
savings associations under federal law. The Conversion will not result in any reduction of the
amount of retained earnings and general loss reserves will be accounted for by the Holding Company
and the Bank on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Copies of the proposed federal stock charter and bylaws of the Bank are attached hereto and made a
part of this Plan. By their approval of this Plan, the Voting Members shall have approved and
adopted the federal stock charter and bylaws of the Bank.
The initial members of the Board of Directors of the Bank upon the completion of the
Conversion will be the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank at the time of the adoption of
the Plan of Conversion who continue to be directors of the Bank at the time of the closing of the
Conversion. Following the Conversion, the Bank will be wholly-owned by the Holding Company. The
Holding Company will be wholly-owned by its stockholders who will initially consist of the persons
who purchase Common Stock in the Offerings.
(d) The Holding Company
The Holding Company will be authorized to exercise any and all powers, rights and privileges,
and will be subject to all limitations applicable to savings and loan holding companies under
federal law and regulations. The initial members of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company
will be appointed by the Bank. Thereafter, the voting stockholders of the Holding Company will
elect approximately one-third of the Holding Companys directors annually. The total shares of
Common Stock authorized under the Holding Company articles of incorporation will exceed the shares
of Common Stock to be issued in the Conversion.
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(e) Applications and Regulatory and Member Approval
The Bank will take the necessary steps to prepare and file the Application for Conversion,
including the Plan, together with all requisite material, with the OTS for approval. The Bank also
will cause notice of the adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors of the Bank to be given by
publication in a newspaper having general circulation in each community in which an office of the
Bank is located, and will cause copies of the Plan to be made available at each office of the Bank
for inspection by Members. The Bank will post the notice of the adoption of the Plan in each of
its offices. Once the Application for Conversion is filed, the Bank will again cause to be
published, in accordance with the requirements of applicable regulations of the OTS, notice of the
filing of the Application for Conversion with the OTS, and will post notice of the filing of the
Application for Conversion in each office of the Bank.
As soon as practicable after the adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors of the Bank,
the proposed Board of Directors of the Holding Company shall adopt the Plan by at least a
two-thirds vote. The proposed Board of Directors of the Holding Company shall cause to be filed
with the OTS such applications as may be required for approval of the Holding Companys acquisition
of the Bank and filed with the SEC a Registration Statement to register the Common Stock under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed Board of Directors of the Holding Company shall
also register or qualify the Common Stock under any applicable state securities laws, subject to
Section 13 hereof.
Promptly following receipt of requisite approval of the OTS, the Plan will be submitted to the
Voting Members for their consideration and approval at the Special Meeting. The Bank may, at its
option, mail to all Voting Members, at their last known address appearing on the records of the
Bank, a proxy statement in either long form, or to the extent permitted by applicable laws and
regulations, summary form describing the Plan, which will be submitted to a vote of the Voting
Members at the Special Meeting. If the Plan is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the total number of votes eligible to be cast by Voting Members at the Special Meeting, the Bank
shall take all other necessary organizational steps pursuant to applicable laws and regulations to
amend its charter and bylaws to authorize the issuance of its capital stock to the Holding Company
at the time the Conversion is consummated.
(f) Expenses
The Holding Company and the Bank may retain and pay for the services of financial and other
advisors and investment bankers to assist in connection with any or all aspects of the Conversion,
including in connection with the Offerings, the payment of fees to brokers for assisting Persons in
completing and/or submitting Order Forms. The Bank shall use its best efforts to ensure that all
fees, expenses, retainers and similar items shall be reasonable.
4. | TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND PURCHASE PRICE OF COMMON STOCK. |
(a) The aggregate price at which shares of Common Stock shall be sold in the Offerings shall
be based on a pro forma valuation of the aggregate market value of the Common Stock prepared by the
Independent Appraiser. The valuation shall be based on financial information relating to the
Holding Company and the Bank, market, financial and economic conditions, a comparison of the
Holding Company and the Bank with selected publicly-held financial institutions and holding
companies and with comparable financial institutions and holding companies and such other factors
as the Independent
Appraiser may deem to be important, including, but not limited to, the projected operating
results and
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financial condition of the Holding Company and Bank. The valuation shall be stated in
terms of an Estimated Price Range, the maximum of which shall be no more than 15% above the average
of the minimum and maximum of such price range and the minimum of which shall be no more than 15%
below such average. The valuation shall be updated during the Conversion as market and financial
conditions warrant and as may be required by the OTS.
(b) Based upon the independent valuation, the Boards of Directors of the Holding Company and
the Bank shall fix the Initial Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be
offered in the Offerings. The purchase price per share for the Common Stock shall be a uniform
price determined in accordance with applicable OTS rules and regulations. The Actual Purchase
Price and the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Offerings shall be
determined by the Boards of Directors of the Holding Company and the Bank upon conclusion of the
Offerings in consultation with the Independent Appraiser and any financial advisor or investment
banker retained by the Holding Company in connection with such offering.
(c) Subject to the approval of the OTS, the Estimated Price Range may be increased or
decreased to reflect market, financial and economic conditions before completion of the Conversion
or to fill the Order of the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans, and under such
circumstances the Holding Company and the Bank may increase or decrease the total number of shares
of Common Stock to be issued in the Conversion to reflect any such change. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, no resolicitation of subscribers shall be required
and subscribers shall not be permitted to modify or cancel their subscriptions unless the gross
proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock in the Offerings are less than the minimum or more than
15% above the maximum of the Estimated Price Range set forth in the Prospectus. In the event of an
increase in the total number of shares offered in the Offerings due to an increase in the Estimated
Price Range, the priority of share allocation shall be as set forth in this Plan.
5. | SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS OF ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT HOLDERS (FIRST PRIORITY). |
(a) Each Eligible Account Holder shall receive, as first priority and without payment,
Subscription Rights to purchase up to the greater of (i) $300,000 of Common Stock (or such maximum
purchase limitation as may be established for the Community Offering and/or Syndicated Community
Offering), (ii) one-tenth of 1% of the total offering of shares in the Subscription Offering, or
(iii) 15 times the product (rounded down to the next whole number) obtained by multiplying the
total number of shares of Common Stock offered in the Subscription Offering by a fraction, of which
the numerator is the amount of the Qualifying Deposits of the Eligible Account Holder and the
denominator is the total amount of all Qualifying Deposits of all Eligible Account Holders, in each
case subject to Sections 10 and 13 hereof.
(b) In the event of an oversubscription for shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 5(a),
available shares shall be allocated among subscribing Eligible Account Holders so as to permit each
such Eligible Account Holder, to the extent possible, to purchase a number of shares which will
make his or her total allocation equal to the lesser of the number of shares subscribed for or 100
shares. Any available shares remaining after each subscribing Eligible Account Holder has been
allocated the lesser of the number of shares subscribed for or 100 shares shall be allocated among
the subscribing Eligible Account Holders whose subscriptions remain unsatisfied in the proportion
that the Qualifying Deposit of each such subscribing Eligible Account Holder bears to the total
Qualifying Deposits of all such subscribing Eligible Account Holders whose orders are unfilled,
provided that no fractional shares shall be issued.
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Subscription Rights of Eligible Account Holders who are also directors or Officers of the
Holding Company or the Bank and their Associates shall be subordinated to those of other Eligible
Account Holders to the extent that they are attributable to increased deposits during the one-year
period preceding the Eligibility Record Date.
6. | SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS OF TAX-QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE STOCK BENEFIT PLANS (SECOND PRIORITY). |
Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (excluding the Banks 401(k) plan) shall receive,
without payment, Subscription Rights to purchase in the aggregate up to 10% of the Common Stock
sold in the Offerings, including (i) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Conversion as a
result of an increase in the Estimated Price Range after commencement of the Subscription Offering
and before completion of the Offerings; and (ii) any shares of Common Stock contributed to the
Foundation. The subscription rights granted to Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans shall be
subject to the availability of shares of Common Stock after taking into account the shares of
Common Stock purchased by Eligible Account Holders; provided, however, that if the total number of
shares of Common Stock is increased to any amount greater than the number of shares representing
the maximum of the Estimated Price Range as set forth in the Prospectus (Maximum Shares), the
ESOP shall have a priority right to purchase any such shares exceeding the Maximum Shares up to an
aggregate of 10% of Common Stock sold in the Offerings and contributed to the Foundation. Shares
of Common Stock purchased by any individual participant (Plan Participant) in a Tax-Qualified
Employee Stock Benefit Plan using funds therein pursuant to the exercise of subscription rights
granted to such Participant in his individual capacity as an Eligible Account Holder and/or
supplemental Eligible Account Holder and/or purchases by such Plan Participant in the Community
Offering shall not be deemed to be purchases by a Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan for
purposes of calculating the maximum amount of Common Stock that Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plans may purchase pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 6 if the individual Plan
Participant controls or directs the investment authority with respect to such account or
subaccount. Consistent with applicable laws and regulations and policies and practices of the OTS,
the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans may use funds contributed by the Holding Company or
the Bank and/or borrowed from an independent financial institution to exercise such Subscription
Rights, and the Holding Company and the Bank may make scheduled discretionary contributions
thereto, provided that such contributions do not cause the Bank to fail to meet any applicable
regulatory capital requirement. The Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans may fill their
orders to purchase Common Stock, in whole or in part, through open market purchases after the
closing of the Offerings, subject to approval of the OTS.
The Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans shall not be deemed to be an Associate or
Affiliate of or Person Acting in Concert with any Management Person.
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7. | SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT HOLDERS (THIRD PRIORITY). |
(a) In the event that the Eligibility Record Date is more than 15 months before the date of
OTS approval of the Plan, then, and only in that event, a Supplemental Eligibility Record Date
shall be set and each Supplemental Eligible Account Holder shall receive, without payment,
Subscription Rights to purchase up to the greater of (i) $300,000 of Common Stock (or such maximum
purchase limitation as may be established for the Community Offering and/or Syndicated Community
Offering), (ii) one-tenth of 1% of the total offering of shares in the Subscription Offering or
(iii) 15 times the product (rounded down to the next whole number) obtained by multiplying the
total number of shares of Common Stock offered in the Subscription Offering by a fraction, of which
the numerator is the amount of the Qualifying Deposits of the Supplemental Eligible Account Holder
and the denominator is the total amount of all Qualifying Deposits of all Supplemental Eligible
Account Holders, in each case subject to Sections 10 and 13 hereof and the availability of shares
of Common Stock for purchase after taking into account the shares of Common Stock purchased by
Eligible Account Holders and Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans through the exercise of
Subscription Rights under Sections 5 and 6 hereof.
(b) In the event of an oversubscription for shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 7(a),
available shares shall be allocated among subscribing Supplemental Eligible Account Holders so as
to permit each such Supplemental Eligible Account Holder, to the extent possible, to purchase a
number of shares sufficient to make his or her total allocation (including the number of shares, if
any, allocated in accordance with Section 5(a)) equal to the lesser of the number of shares
subscribed for or 100 shares. Any remaining available shares shall be allocated among subscribing
Supplemental Eligible Account Holders whose subscriptions remain unsatisfied in the proportion that
the amount of their respective Qualifying Deposits bears to the total amount of the Qualifying
Deposits of all such subscribing Supplemental Eligible Account Holders whose orders are unfilled,
provided that no fractional shares shall be issued.
8. | SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS OF OTHER MEMBERS (FOURTH PRIORITY). |
(a) Each Other Member shall receive, without payment, Subscription Rights to purchase up to
the greater of (i) $300,000 of Common Stock (or such maximum purchase limitation as may be
established for the Community Offering and/or Syndicated Community Offering) and (ii) one-tenth of
1% of the total offering of shares in the Subscription Offering, subject to Sections 10 and 13
hereof and the availability of shares of Common Stock for purchase after taking into account the
shares of Common Stock purchased by Eligible Account Holders, Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit
Plans and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders, if any, through the exercise of Subscription
Rights under Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof.
(b) If, pursuant to this Section 8, Other Members subscribe for a number of shares of Common
Stock in excess of the total number of shares of Common Stock remaining, available shares shall be
allocated among subscribing Other Members so as to permit each such Other Member, to the extent
possible, to purchase a number of shares which will make his or her total allocation equal to the
lesser of the number of shares subscribed for or 100 shares. Any remaining available shares shall
be allocated among subscribing Other Members whose subscriptions remain unsatisfied on a pro rata
basis in the same proportion as each such Other Members subscription bears to the total
subscriptions of all such subscribing Other Members, provided that no fractional shares shall be
issued.
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9. | COMMUNITY OFFERING, SYNDICATED COMMUNITY OFFERING, PUBLIC OFFERING AND OTHER OFFERINGS. |
(a) If less than the total number of shares of Common Stock offered by the Holding Company are
sold in the Subscription Offering, it is anticipated that all remaining shares of Common Stock
shall, if practicable, be sold in a Community Offering. Subject to the requirements set forth
herein, the manner in which the Common Stock is sold in the Community Offering shall have as the
objective the achievement of the widest possible distribution of such stock.
(b) In the event of a Community Offering, all shares of Common Stock that are not subscribed
for in the Subscription Offering shall be offered for sale by means of a direct community marketing
program, which may provide for the use of brokers, dealers or investment banking firms experienced
in the sale of financial institution securities. Any available shares in excess of those not
subscribed for in the Subscription Offering will be available for purchase by members of the
general public to whom a Prospectus is delivered by the Holding Company or on its behalf, with
preference given first to Preferred Subscribers).
(c) A Prospectus and Order Form shall be furnished to such Persons as the Holding Company and
the Bank may select in connection with the Community Offering, and each order for Common Stock in
the Community Offering shall be subject to the absolute right of the Holding Company and the Bank
to accept or reject any such order in whole or in part either at the time of receipt of an order or
as soon as practicable following completion of the Community Offering. Available shares will be
allocated first to each Preferred Subscriber whose order is accepted in an amount equal to the
lesser of 100 shares or the number of shares subscribed for by each such Preferred Subscriber, if
possible. Thereafter, unallocated shares shall be allocated among the Preferred Subscribers whose
accepted orders remain unsatisfied in the same proportion that the unfilled order bears to the
total unfilled orders of all Preferred Subscribers whose accepted orders remain unsatisfied,
provided that no fractional shares shall be issued. If there are any shares remaining after all
accepted orders by Preferred Subscribers have been satisfied, such remaining shares shall be
allocated to other members of the general public who purchase in the Community Offering, applying
the same allocation described above for Preferred Subscribers.
(d) The amount of Common Stock that any Person may purchase in the Community Offering shall
not exceed $300,000 of Common Stock, provided, however, that this amount may be increased to up to
5% of the total offering of shares of Common Stock or decreased to less than $300,000, subject to
any required regulatory approval but without the further approval of the Members or the
resolicitation of subscribers; and provided further that to the extent applicable, and subject to
the preferences set forth in Section 9(b) and (c) of this Plan and the limitations on purchases of
Common Stock set forth in this Section 9(d) and Section 10 of this Plan, orders for Common Stock in
the Community Offering shall first be filled to a maximum of 2% of the total number of shares of
Common Stock sold in the Offerings and thereafter any remaining shares shall be allocated on an
equal number of shares basis per order until all orders have been filled, provided no fractional
shares shall be issued. The Holding Company and the Bank may commence the Community Offering
concurrently with, at any time during, or as soon as practicable after the end of, the Subscription
Offering, and the Community Offering must be completed within 45 days after the completion of the
Subscription Offering, unless extended by the Holding Company and the Bank with any required
regulatory approval.
(e) Subject to such terms, conditions and procedures as may be determined by the Holding
Company and the Bank, all shares of Common Stock not subscribed for in the Subscription Offering or
ordered in the Community Offering may be sold by a syndicate of broker-dealers to the general
public in a Syndicated Community Offering. Each order for Common Stock in the Syndicated Community
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Offering shall be subject to the absolute right of the Holding Company and the Bank to accept
or reject any such order in whole or in part either at the time of receipt of an order or as soon
as practicable after completion of the Syndicated Community Offering. The amount of Common Stock
that any Person may purchase in the Syndicated Community Offering shall not exceed $300,000 of
Common Stock, provided, however, that this amount may be increased to up to 5% of the total
offering of shares of Common Stock or decreased to less than $300,000, subject to any required
regulatory approval but without the further approval of the Members or the resolicitation of
subscribers; and provided further that, to the extent applicable, and subject to the limitations on
purchases of Common Stock set forth in this Section 9(e) and Section 10 of this Plan, orders for
Common Stock in the Syndicated Community Offering shall first be filled to a maximum of 2% of the
total number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offerings and thereafter any remaining shares
shall be allocated on an equal number of shares basis per order until all orders have been filled,
provided no fractional shares shall be issued. The Holding Company and the Bank may commence the
Syndicated Community Offering concurrently with, at any time during, or as soon as practicable
after the end of, the Subscription Offering and/or Community Offering, and the Syndicated Community
Offering must be completed within 45 days after the completion of the Subscription Offering, unless
extended by the Holding Company and the Bank with any required regulatory approval.
(f) The Holding Company and the Bank may sell any shares of Common Stock remaining following
the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and/or the Syndicated Community Offering in a Public
Offering. The provisions of Section 10 hereof shall not be applicable to the sales to underwriters
for purposes of the Public Offering but shall be applicable to sales by the underwriters to the
public. The price to be paid by the underwriters in such an offering shall be equal to the Actual
Purchase Price less an underwriting discount to be negotiated among such underwriters and the
Holding Company and the Bank, subject to any required regulatory approval or consent.
(g) If for any reason a Syndicated Community Offering or Public Offering of shares of Common
Stock not sold in the Subscription Offering and the Community Offering cannot be effected, or if
any insignificant residue of shares of Common Stock is not sold in the Subscription Offering,
Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering, the Holding Company and the Bank shall use
their best efforts to obtain other purchasers for such shares in such manner and upon such
conditions as may be satisfactory to the OTS.
10. | LIMITATIONS ON SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK. |
The following limitations shall apply to all purchases of Common Stock in the Offerings:
(a) The maximum amount of Common Stock that may be subscribed for or purchased in all
categories of the Offerings by any Person, together with any Associate or group of Persons Acting
in Concert, shall not exceed $500,000, except for Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans.
(b) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased in the Conversion by
the ESOP shall not exceed 8%, and all Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans shall not exceed
10%, of the total number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock issued in the Conversion, in
each instance, including (i) any shares which may be issued in the event of an increase in the
maximum Estimated Price Range to reflect changes in market, financial and economic conditions after
commencement of the Subscription Offering and before completion of the Offerings, and (ii) any
shares of Common Stock contributed to the Foundation; provided, however, that purchases of Common
Stock which are made by Plan Participants pursuant to the exercise of Subscription Rights granted
to such
Plan Participant in his or her individual capacity as a Participant or purchases by a Plan
Participant in the
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Community Offering using the funds thereof held in Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plans shall not be deemed to be purchases by a Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan
for purposes of this Section 10(b).
(c) No Person may purchase fewer than 25 shares of Common Stock in the Offerings, to the
extent such shares are available; provided, however, that if the Actual Purchase Price is greater
than $20.00 per share, such minimum number of shares shall be adjusted so that the aggregate Actual
Purchase Price for such minimum shares will not exceed $500.00.
(d) The maximum amount of Common Stock that directors and officers of the Holding Company or
the Bank and their Associates may purchase in the aggregate in the Offerings shall not exceed 31%
of the total number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offerings, including any shares which may
be issued in the event of an increase in the maximum of the Estimated Price Range to reflect
changes in market, financial and economic conditions after commencement of the Subscription
Offering and before completion of the Offerings.
(e) For purposes of the foregoing limitations and the determination of Subscription Rights,
(i) directors, Officers and employees of the Holding Company, the Bank or their subsidiaries shall
not be deemed to be Associates or a group Acting in Concert solely as a result of their capacities
as such, (ii) shares purchased by Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans shall not be
attributable to the individual trustees or beneficiaries of any such plan for purposes of
determining compliance with the limitations set forth in Section 10(b) hereof, and (iii) shares
purchased by a Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plan pursuant to instructions of an individual
in an account in such plan in which the individual has the right to direct the investment,
including any plan of the Bank qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code, shall be aggregated and
included in that individuals purchases and not attributed to the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plan.
(f) Subject to any required regulatory approval and the requirements of applicable laws and
regulations, but without further approval of the Members, the Holding Company and the Bank may
increase or decrease any of the individual or aggregate purchase limitations set forth herein to a
percentage which does not exceed 5% of the total offering of shares of Common Stock in the
Offerings whether before, during or after the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and/or
Syndicated Community Offering. If an individual purchase limitation is increased after
commencement of the Subscription Offering or any other offering, the Holding Company and the Bank
shall permit any Person who subscribed for the maximum number of shares of Common Stock to purchase
an additional number of shares, so that such Person shall be permitted to subscribe for the then
maximum number of shares permitted to be subscribed for by such Person, subject to the rights and
preferences of any Person who has priority Subscription Rights. If any of the individual or
aggregate purchase limitations are decreased after commencement of the Subscription Offering or any
other offering, the orders of any Person who subscribed for more than the new purchase limitation
shall be decreased by the minimum amount necessary so that such Person shall be in compliance with
the then maximum number of shares permitted to be subscribed for by such Person. In the event that
the maximum purchase limitation is increased to 5% of the shares sold in the Offerings, such
limitation may be further increased to 9.99%, provided that orders for Common Stock exceeding 5% of
the shares of Common Stock sold in the Offerings shall not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the total
shares of Common Stock sold in the Offerings.
(g) The Holding Company and the Bank shall have the right to take all such action as they may,
in their sole discretion, deem necessary, appropriate or advisable to monitor and enforce the
terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in this Section 10 and elsewhere in this
Plan and the
terms, conditions and representations contained in the Order Form, including, but not limited
to, the
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absolute right (subject only to any necessary regulatory approvals or concurrences) to
reject, limit or revoke acceptance of any subscription or order and to delay, terminate or refuse
to consummate any sale of Common Stock that they believe might violate, or is designed to, or is
any part of a plan to, evade or circumvent such terms, conditions, limitations, restrictions and
representations. Any such action shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, and the
Holding Company, the Bank and their respective Boards shall be free from any liability to any
Person on account of any such action.
11. | TIMING OF SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING; MANNER OF EXERCISING SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS AND ORDER FORMS. |
(a) The Offerings shall be conducted in compliance with Part 563g of the Rules and Regulations
of the OTS, to the extent applicable, and Form OC.
(b) The exact timing of the commencement of the Subscription Offering shall be determined by
the Holding Company and the Bank in consultation with the Independent Appraiser and any financial
or advisory or investment banking firm retained by them in connection with the Conversion. The
Holding Company and the Bank may consider a number of factors, including, but not limited to, their
current and projected future earnings, local and national economic conditions, and the prevailing
market for stocks in general and stocks of financial institutions in particular. The Holding
Company and the Bank shall have the right to withdraw, terminate, suspend, delay, revoke or modify
any such Subscription Offering, at any time and from time to time, as they in their sole discretion
may determine, without liability to any Person, subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws and any necessary regulatory approval or concurrence.
(c) Promptly after the SEC has declared the Registration Statement, which includes the
Prospectus, effective and all required regulatory approvals have been obtained, the Holding Company
shall, distribute or make available the Prospectus, together with Order Forms for the purchase of
Common Stock, to all Participants for the purpose of enabling them to exercise their respective
Subscription Rights, subject to Section 13 hereof.
(d) A single Order Form for all Deposit Accounts maintained with the Bank by an Eligible
Account Holder and any Supplemental Eligible Account Holder may be furnished, irrespective of the
number of Deposit Accounts maintained with the Bank on the Eligibility Record Date and Supplemental
Eligibility Record Date, respectively. No person holding a Subscription Right may exceed any
otherwise applicable purchase limitation by submitting multiple orders for Common Stock. Multiple
orders are subject to adjustment, as appropriate, on a pro rata basis and deposit balances will be
divided equally among such orders in allocating shares in the event of an oversubscription.
(e) The recipient of an Order Form shall have no less than 20 days and no more than 45 days
from the date of mailing of the Order Form (with the exact termination date to be set forth on the
Order Form) to properly complete and execute the Order Form and deliver it to the Holding Company.
The Holding Company may extend such period by such amount of time as it determines is appropriate.
Failure of any Participant to deliver a properly executed Order Form to the Holding Company, along
with full payment (or authorization for full payment by withdrawal) for the shares of Common Stock
subscribed for, within the time limits prescribed, shall be deemed a waiver and release by such
person of any rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock. Each Participant shall be required to
confirm to the Holding Company by executing an Order Form that such Person has fully complied with
all of the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions in the Plan.
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(f) The Holding Company and the Bank shall have the absolute right, in their sole discretion
and without liability to any Participant or other Person, to reject any Order Form, including, but
not limited to, any Order Form that is (i) improperly completed or executed; (ii) not timely
received; (iii) not accompanied by the proper and full payment (or authorization of withdrawal for
full payment) or, in the case of institutional investors in the Community Offering, not accompanied
by an irrevocable order together with a legally binding commitment to pay the full amount of the
purchase price before 48 hours before the completion of the Offerings; or (iv) submitted by a
Person whose representations the Holding Company and the Bank believe to be false or who they
otherwise believe, either alone, or Acting in Concert with others, is violating, evading or
circumventing, or intends to violate, evade or circumvent, the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Furthermore, in the event Order Forms (i) are not delivered and are returned to the Holding Company
by the United States Postal Service or the Holding Company is unable to locate the addressee, or
(ii) are not mailed pursuant to a no mail order placed in effect by the account holder, the
Subscription Rights of the Person to which such rights have been granted will lapse as though such
Person failed to return the contemplated Order Form within the time period specified thereon. The
Holding Company and the Bank may, but will not be required to, waive any irregularity on any Order
Form or may require the submission of corrected Order Forms or the remittance of full payment for
shares of Common Stock by such date as they may specify. The interpretation of the Holding Company
and the Bank of the terms and conditions of the Order Forms shall be final and conclusive.
12. | PAYMENT FOR COMMON STOCK. |
(a) Payment for shares of Common Stock subscribed for by Participants in the Subscription
Offering and payment for shares of Common Stock ordered by Persons in the Community Offering shall
be equal to the Initial Purchase Price multiplied by the number of shares that are being subscribed
for or ordered, respectively. Such payment may be made in cash, if delivered in person, or by
check, bank draft or money order at the time the Order Form is delivered to the Holding Company,
provided that checks will only be accepted subject to collection. The Holding Company and the
Bank, in their sole and absolute discretion, may also elect to receive payment for shares of Common
Stock by wire transfer. In addition, the Holding Company may elect to provide Participants and/or
other Persons who have a Deposit Account with the Bank the opportunity to pay for shares of Common
Stock by authorizing the Bank to withdraw from such Deposit Account an amount equal to the
aggregate Initial Purchase Price of such shares. Payment may also be made by a Participant using
funds held for such Participants benefit by a Bank Benefit Plan to the extent that such plan
allows participants or any related trust established for the benefit of such participants to direct
that some or all of their individual accounts or sub-accounts be invested in Common Stock. If the
Actual Purchase Price is less than the Initial Purchase Price, the Holding Company shall refund the
difference to all Participants and other Persons, unless the Holding Company chooses to provide
Participants and other Persons the opportunity on the Order Form to elect to have such difference
applied to the purchase of additional whole shares of Common Stock. If the Actual Purchase Price
is more than the Initial Purchase Price, the Holding Company shall reduce the number of shares of
Common Stock ordered by Participants and other Persons and refund any remaining amount that is
attributable to a fractional share interest, unless the Holding Company chooses to provide
Participants and other Persons the opportunity to increase the Actual Purchase Price submitted by
them.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, if the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans subscribe for
shares during the Subscription Offering, such plans will not be required to pay for the shares at
the time they subscribe but rather may pay for such shares of Common Stock subscribed for by such
plans at the Actual Purchase Price upon consummation of the Conversion, provided that, in the case
of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, there is in force from the time of its subscription until the
consummation of the Offerings, a loan commitment to lend to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, at
such time, the aggregate price of the shares for which it subscribed.
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(c) If a Participant or other Person authorizes the Bank to withdraw the amount of the Initial
Purchase Price from his or her Deposit Account, the Bank shall have the right to make such
withdrawal or to freeze funds equal to the aggregate Initial Purchase Price upon receipt of the
Order Form. Notwithstanding any regulatory provisions regarding penalties for early withdrawals
from certificate accounts, the Bank may allow payment by means of withdrawal from certificate
accounts without the assessment of such penalties. In the case of an early withdrawal of only a
portion of such account, the certificate evidencing such account shall be canceled if any
applicable minimum balance requirement ceases to be met. In such case, the remaining balance will
earn interest at the regular passbook rate. However, where any applicable minimum balance is
maintained in such certificate account, the rate of return on the balance of the certificate
account shall remain the same as before such early withdrawal. This waiver of the early withdrawal
penalty applies only to withdrawals made in connection with the purchase of Common Stock and is
entirely within the discretion of the Holding Company and the Bank.
(d) The subscription funds will be held by the Bank or, in the Banks discretion, in an escrow
account at an unaffiliated insured financial institution. The Holding Company shall pay interest,
at not less than the Banks passbook rate, for all amounts paid in cash, by check, bank draft or
money order to purchase shares of Common Stock in the Subscription Offering and the Community
Offering from the date payment is received until the date the Offerings are completed or
terminated.
(e) The Holding Company will not offer or sell any of the Common Stock proposed to be issued
to any Person whose purchase would be financed by funds loaned, directly or indirectly, to the
Person by the Bank.
(f) Each share of Common Stock shall be non-assessable upon payment in full of the Actual
Purchase Price.
13. | ACCOUNT HOLDERS IN NONQUALIFIED STATES OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. |
The Holding Company and the Bank shall make reasonable efforts to comply with the securities
laws of all jurisdictions in the United States in which Participants reside. However, no
Participant will be offered or receive any Common Stock under the Plan if such Participant resides
in a foreign country or resides in a jurisdiction of the United States with respect to which any of
the following apply: (a) there are few Participants otherwise eligible to subscribe for shares
under this Plan who reside in such jurisdiction; (b) the granting of Subscription Rights or the
offer or sale of shares of Common Stock to such Participants would require any of the Holding
Company or the Bank or their respective directors and Officers, under the laws of such
jurisdiction, to register as a broker-dealer, salesman or selling agent or to register or otherwise
qualify the Common Stock for sale in such jurisdiction, or any of the Holding Company or the Bank
would be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or file a consent to service of process in
such jurisdiction; or (c) such registration, qualification or filing in the judgment of the Holding
Company and the Bank would be impracticable or unduly burdensome for reasons of cost or otherwise.
14. | REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING THE CONVERSION FOR REGISTRATION, MARKET MAKING AND STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING. |
In connection with the Conversion, the Holding Company shall register the Common Stock
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall undertake not
to deregister such stock for a period of three years thereafter. The Holding Company also shall
use its best efforts to (i) encourage and assist a market maker to establish and maintain a market
for the Common
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Stock, and (ii) list the Common Stock on a national or regional securities exchange or to have
quotations for such stock disseminated on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
15. | LIQUIDATION ACCOUNT. |
(a) At the time of the Conversion, the Bank shall establish a liquidation account in an amount
equal to the Banks net worth as reflected in its statement of financial condition contained in the
Prospectus used in the Conversion. The function of the liquidation account will be to preserve the
rights of certain holders of Deposit Accounts in the Bank who maintain such accounts in the Bank
following the Conversion to a priority to distributions in the unlikely event of a liquidation of
the Bank subsequent to the Conversion.
(b) The liquidation account shall be maintained for the benefit of Eligible Account Holders
and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders, if any, who maintain their Deposit Accounts in the Bank
after the Conversion. Each such account holder will, with respect to each Deposit Account held,
have a related inchoate interest in a portion of the liquidation account balance, which interest
will be referred to in this Section 15 as the subaccount balance. All Deposit Accounts having
the same social security number will be aggregated for purposes of determining the initial
subaccount balance with respect to such Deposit Accounts, except as provided in Section 15(d)
hereof.
(c) In the event of a complete liquidation of the Bank subsequent to the Conversion (and only
in such event), each Eligible Account Holder and Supplemental Eligible Account Holder, if any,
shall be entitled to receive a liquidation distribution from the liquidation account in the amount
of the then current subaccount balances for Deposit Accounts then held (adjusted as described
below) before any liquidation distribution may be made with respect to the capital stock of the
Bank. No merger, consolidation, sale of bulk assets or similar combination transaction with
another FDIC-insured institution in which the Bank is not the surviving entity shall be considered
a complete liquidation for this purpose. In any such transaction, the liquidation account shall be
assumed by the surviving entity.
(d) The initial subaccount balance for a Deposit Account held by an Eligible Account Holder
and Supplemental Eligible Account Holder, if any, shall be determined by multiplying the opening
balance in the liquidation account by a fraction, of which the numerator is the amount of the
Qualifying Deposits of such account holder and the denominator is the total amount of Qualifying
Deposits of all Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders, if any. For
Deposit Accounts in existence at both the Eligibility Record Date and the Supplemental Eligibility
Record Date, if any, separate initial subaccount balances shall be determined on the basis of the
Qualifying Deposits in such Deposit Accounts on each such record date. Initial subaccount balances
shall not be increased, and shall be subject to downward adjustment as provided below.
(e) If the aggregate deposit balance in the Deposit Account(s) of any Eligible Account Holder
or Supplemental Eligible Account Holder, if any, at the close of business on any annual closing
date (which date is the Banks fiscal year end), commencing on or after the effective date of the
Conversion, is less than the lesser of (a) the aggregate deposit balance in such Deposit Account(s)
at the close of business on any other annual closing date subsequent to such record dates or (b)
the aggregate deposit balance in such Deposit Account(s) as of the Eligibility Record Date or the
Supplemental Eligibility Record Date, if any, the subaccount balance for such Deposit Account(s)
shall be adjusted by reducing such subaccount balance in an amount proportionate to the reduction
in such deposit balance. In the event of such a downward adjustment, the subaccount balance shall
not be subsequently increased, notwithstanding any subsequent increase in the deposit balance of
the related Deposit Account(s). The subaccount balance of an Eligible Account Holder or
Supplemental Eligible Account Holder, if any, will
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be reduced to zero if the Account Holder ceases to maintain a Deposit Account at the Bank that
has the same social security number as appeared on his Deposit Account(s) at the Eligibility Record
Date or, if applicable, the Supplemental Eligibility Record Date.
(f) After the Conversion, the Bank may not pay cash dividends generally on deposit accounts
and/or capital stock of the Bank, or repurchase any of the capital stock of the Bank, if such
dividend or repurchase would reduce the Banks regulatory capital below the aggregate amount of the
then current subaccount balances for Deposit Accounts then held; otherwise, the existence of the
liquidation account shall not operate to restrict the use or application of any of the net worth
accounts of the Bank.
(g) For purposes of this Section 15, a Deposit Account includes a predecessor or successor
account which is held by an Account Holder with the same social security number.
16. | COMPLETION OF THE CONVERSION. |
The effective date of the Conversion shall be the date of the closing of the sale of all
shares of Common Stock. The closing of the sale of all shares of Common Stock sold in the
Offerings shall occur simultaneously and shall be conditioned upon the prior receipt of all
requisite regulatory and other approvals.
17. | REQUIREMENTS FOR STOCK PURCHASES BY DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS FOLLOWING THE CONVERSION. |
For a period of three years following the Conversion, the directors and Officers of the
Holding Company and the Bank and their Associates may not purchase Common Stock without the prior
written approval of the OTS except from a broker-dealer registered with the SEC. This prohibition
shall not apply, however, to (i) a negotiated transaction involving more than 1% of the outstanding
Common Stock, and (ii) purchases of stock made by and held by any Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plan (and purchases of stock made by and held by any Non-Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plan following the receipt of shareholder approval of such plan) even if such Common Stock
may be attributable to individual Officers or directors and their Associates. The foregoing
restriction on purchases of Common Stock shall be in addition to any restrictions that may be
imposed by federal and state securities laws.
18. | ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. |
As part of the Conversion, the Holding Company and the Bank intend to establish the Foundation
and donate to the Foundation from authorized but unissued shares of Holding Company Common Stock,
an amount up to 8% of the number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock sold in the Conversion.
A portion of this donation may be in cash. The Foundation is being formed in connection with the
Conversion in order to complement the Banks existing community reinvestment activities and to
share with the Banks local community a part of the Banks financial success as a locally
headquartered, community-minded, financial services institution. The funding of the Foundation
with Holding Company Common Stock accomplishes this goal as it enables the community to share in
the growth and profitability of the Holding Company and the Bank over the long term.
The Foundation will be dedicated to the promotion of charitable purposes including grants or
donations to support housing, not-for-profit community groups and other types of organizations or
civic-minded projects. The Foundation annually will distribute total grants to assist charitable
organizations or to fund charitable projects within its local community of not less than 5% of the
average fair value of
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Foundation assets each year, less certain expenses. In order to serve the purposes for which it
was formed and maintain its Section 501(c)(3) qualification, the Foundation may sell, on an annual
basis, a limited portion of Holding Company Common Stock contributed to it by the Holding Company.
The establishment and funding of the Foundation as part of the Conversion is subject to the
receipt of OTS approval and approval of Members. The Conversion is not conditioned upon the
establishment and funding of the Foundation. The Conversion may proceed and be completed whether
or not the Foundation is established and funded.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation will be comprised of individuals who are Officers
and/or Directors of the Holding Company or the Bank and, for at least five years after its
organization, at least one member of the Banks community who is not an Officer or Director of the
Holding Company or the Bank. The Board of Directors of the Foundation will be responsible for
establishing the policies of the Foundation with respect to grants or donations, consistent with
the stated purposes of the Foundation.
19. | RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF STOCK. |
All shares of Common Stock that are purchased by Persons other than directors and Officers of
the Holding Company or the Bank shall be transferable without restriction. Shares of Common Stock
purchased by directors and Officers of the Holding Company or the Bank on original issue from the
Holding Company (by subscription or otherwise) shall be subject to the restriction that such shares
shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of for value for a period of one year following the date of
purchase, except for any disposition of such shares following the death of the original purchaser.
The shares of Common Stock issued by the Holding Company to such directors and Officers shall bear
the following legend giving appropriate notice of such one-year restriction:
The shares of stock evidenced by this Certificate are restricted as
to transfer for a period of one year from the date of this
Certificate pursuant to Part 563b of the Rules and Regulations of
the Office of Thrift Supervision. These shares may not be
transferred during such one-year period without a legal opinion of
counsel for the Company that said transfer is permissible under the
provisions of applicable law and regulation. This restrictive
legend shall be deemed null and void after one year from the date of
this Certificate.
In addition, the Holding Company shall give appropriate instructions to the transfer agent for the
Holding Company with respect to the applicable restrictions relating to the transfer of restricted
stock. Any shares issued at a later date as a stock dividend, stock split or otherwise with
respect to any such restricted stock shall be subject to the same holding period restrictions as
may then be applicable to such restricted stock. The foregoing restriction on transfer shall be in
addition to any restrictions on transfer that may be imposed by federal and state securities laws.
20. | STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS. |
(a) The Holding Company and the Bank are authorized to adopt Tax-Qualified Employee Stock
Benefit Plans in connection with the Conversion, including without limitation an ESOP.
(b) Subsequent to the Conversion, the Holding Company and the Bank are authorized to adopt
Non-Tax Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans, including without limitation, stock option plans
and restricted stock plans. In addition, any such plan implemented during the one-year period
subsequent
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to the date of consummation of the Conversion: (i) shall be disclosed in the Prospectus; (ii)
in the case of stock option plans and employee recognition or grant plans, shall be submitted for
approval by the holders of the Common Stock no earlier than six months following consummation of
the Conversion; and (iii) shall comply with all other applicable requirements of the OTS.
(c) Existing, as well as any newly-created, Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans may
purchase shares of Common Stock in the Offerings, to the extent permitted by the terms of such
benefit plans and this Plan.
(d) The Holding Company and the Bank are authorized to enter into employment or severance
agreements with their executive officers.
21. | DIVIDEND AND REPURCHASE RESTRICTIONS ON STOCK. |
The Holding Company may not declare or pay a cash dividend on its Common Stock if the effect
thereof would cause the regulatory capital of the Bank to be reduced below the amount required
under §567.2 of the OTS rules and regulations. Otherwise, the Holding Company may declare
dividends or make other capital distributions in accordance with §563b.520 of the Rules and
Regulations of the OTS. Following completion of the Conversion, the Holding Company may repurchase
its Common Stock consistent with §563b.510 and §563b.515 of the Rules and Regulations of the OTS
relating to stock repurchases, as long as such repurchases do not cause the regulatory capital of
the Bank to be reduced below the amount required under the Rules and Regulations of the OTS.
22. | AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. |
If deemed necessary or desirable by the Boards of Directors of the Holding Company and the
Bank, this Plan may be substantively amended, as a result of comments from regulatory authorities
or otherwise, at any time before the solicitation of proxies from Voting Members to vote on the
Plan and at any time thereafter with the concurrence of the OTS.
Before the Special Meeting, this Plan may be terminated by the Boards of Directors of the
Holding Company and the Bank without approval of the OTS. After the Special Meeting, the Boards of
Directors of the Holding Company and the Bank may terminate this Plan only with the concurrence of
the OTS.
This Plan shall terminate if the Conversion is not completed within 24 months from the date
that the Plan is approved by the Voting Members at the Special Meeting.
23. | INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN. |
All interpretations of this Plan and application of its provisions to particular circumstances
by a majority of each of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company and the Board of Directors
of the Bank shall be final, subject to the authority of the OTS.
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