Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

by and between

GUARANTY BANCORP

and

HOME STATE BANCORP

Dated as of March 16, 2016

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

This Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) dated as of March 16, 2016, is by and between Guaranty Bancorp (“Guaranty”), a Delaware corporation and bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (“BHC Act”), and Home State Bancorp (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation and bank holding company registered under the BHC Act.

WHEREAS, Guaranty desires to affiliate with the Company and the Company desires to affiliate with Guaranty by merging the Company with and into Guaranty, with Guaranty as the surviving entity (the “Merger”); and

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Guaranty (the “Guaranty Board”) and the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) each believe that the Merger in the manner provided by, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, this Agreement and all exhibits and schedules hereto and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of their stockholders and shareholders, respectively; and

WHEREAS, for federal income Tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and this Agreement is intended to be and hereby is adopted as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations; and

WHEREAS, the Guaranty Board and the Company Board have each approved this Agreement and the transactions proposed herein substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Guaranty’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each of the members of the Company Board, the board of directors of Bank and the holders of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, par value $10.00 per share (“Company Stock”) has entered into an agreement dated as of the date hereof pursuant to which such Person will vote all shares of Company Stock beneficially owned by such Person in favor of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Voting Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, this Agreement provides for the Merger, and in connection therewith, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock and securities convertible into or exchangeable for Company Stock shall be exchanged for consideration as set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is contemplated that immediately following the Merger, and pursuant to a separate agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, a Colorado state banking corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Guaranty (“Guaranty Bank”), and Home State Bank, a Colorado state banking corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Bank”), shall be combined through a merger, with Guaranty Bank as the surviving entity (the “Bank Merger”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of such premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as set forth below.

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I.         DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1                    Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal, offer, indication of interest or inquiry from any Person or group for, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, or relating to any: (i) merger, consolidation, share exchange or business combination involving more than 10% of the total voting power of any class of the capital stock of the Company; (ii) sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, transfer or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by merger, consolidation, combination, reorganization, share exchange or any similar transaction, of any assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries representing 10% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including equity securities of the Subsidiaries), measured either by book value or fair market value; (iii) issuance, sale or other disposition by the Company (including by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange or any similar transaction) of securities (or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, such securities) representing 10% or more of the votes associated with the outstanding voting of any class of equity securities of the Company; (iv) tender offer or exchange offer in which any Person or “group” (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act) shall acquire beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or the right to acquire beneficial ownership, of 10% or more of the outstanding Company Stock or any class of equity securities of the Company; (v) recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar type of transaction with respect to the Company which would result in any Person or group acquiring 10% or more of the fair market value of the assets (including capital stock of the Subsidiaries) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (including equity securities of the Subsidiaries); or (vi) transaction which is similar in form, substance or purpose to any of the foregoing transactions; provided, however, that the term “Acquisition Proposal” shall not include the Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, if any material change is made to any Acquisition Proposal, such altered Acquisition Proposal shall be considered a separate and distinct Acquisition Proposal.

“Affiliate” means any natural corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union, association or governmental authority that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.

“After-Tax” means subtracting an estimated deduction at an effective 38% tax rate.

“Aggregate Loan Balance” means, as of a specified date, the aggregate amount of principal and accrued interest with respect to all Loans.

“Aggregate Merger Consideration” means the Aggregate Stock Consideration plus the Aggregate Cash Consideration.

“ALLL” means Bank’s allowance for loan and lease losses.

“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any federal, state, local, municipal, county, national, foreign, international or multinational law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.

“Applicable Requirements” means and includes, as of the time of reference, with respect to Bank’s origination, servicing, insuring, purchase, sale or filing of claims in connection with Mortgage

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Loans, all contractual, legal and other obligations of Bank (including any contained in a Mortgage Loan document or any Governmental Authority guides, rules or procedures, including guides, rules and procedures relating to the origination, purchase, sale, securitization and servicing of Mortgage Loans).

“Balance Sheet Date” means December 31, 2015.

“Bank Executive Officers” means Harry Devereaux, Mark Bower, Joe Scherger and Karla Porter.

“Best Efforts” means the taking of all commercially reasonable steps to cause or prevent any event or condition which would have been taken in similar circumstances by a reasonably prudent business Person engaged in a similar business for the advancement or protection of his own economic interest in light of the consequences of failure to cause or prevent the occurrence of such event or condition, but excludes the initiation of legal proceedings.

“Brokered Deposit” shall have the meaning set forth in 12 C.F.R. 337.6(a)(2).

“Business Day” means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions located in Denver, Colorado are authorized or required by Applicable Law or any Governmental Authority to close.

“Calculation Date” means the last day of the month ended prior to the Effective Time.

“CBCA” means the Colorado Business Corporations Act.

“Change in Control Payments” means payments owed pursuant to any contract, understanding, instrument, arrangement, commitment or undertaking of any nature, any amount paid, payable or reasonably expected to become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of, prior to or as a result of the Effective Time resulting from a change in control as defined therein pursuant to the terms of any contract, understanding, instrument, arrangement, commitment or undertaking of any nature existing prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, which are listed on Company Schedule 1.1(a).

“Charter Documents” means a certificate or articles of incorporation (including certificates of designation), bylaws, and other organizational documents, each as amended, and each as currently in effect.

“Closing Distribution” means a distribution payable by Bank on the Closing Date to the Company and by the Company to its shareholders of record on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to the difference between: (i) the Tangible Book Value on the Calculation Date; and (ii) the Minimum Tangible Book Value.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Company Real Property” means, collectively, all Leased Real Property, Owned Real Property and Bank OREO.

“Company Schedule” means the confidential disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Guaranty concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, which disclosure schedule is arranged in Sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered Sections contained in this Agreement to which it relates, and each of which disclosures shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by

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the Company to Guaranty. The Company Schedule shall set forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which are necessary or appropriate: (i) in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision of this Agreement; (ii) as an exception to one or more representations and warranties contained in Article IV; or (iii) as an exception to one or more covenants contained in this Agreement.

“Company Stock Option” means an option to purchase Company Stock.

“Core Deposits” means, as of a particular date, a dollar amount equal to all deposit liabilities of Bank, less all Brokered Deposits and all deposits solicited solely via the Internet.

“CRA” means the Community Reinvestment Act.

“DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law.

“Employee Plan” means, whether or not written, any: (i) “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA; (ii) any compensation, employment, consultancy, severance, termination protection, change in control, transaction bonus, retention or similar service agreement, plan, arrangement or policy; or (iii) any other plan or arrangement providing for compensation, bonuses, profit-sharing, equity or equity-based compensation or other forms of incentive or deferred compensation, vacation benefits, insurance (including any self-insured arrangements or cafeteria plans), medical, dental, vision or prescription benefits, disability or sick leave benefits, life insurance, employee assistance program, workers’ compensation, supplemental unemployment benefits and post-employment or retirement benefits (including compensation, pension or insurance benefits); in each case: (A) which is sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, extended or arranged by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company and covers any current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of or consultant to the Company or Bank; or (B) with respect to which the Company or Bank has any direct or indirect liability.

“Enforceability Exceptions” means applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies, and general principles of equity.

“Environmental Laws” means any Applicable Law, including any applicable and enforceable judicial or administrative Order, relating to the environment or any Hazardous Substance, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601, et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,, 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101, et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401, et seq.; and the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f, et seq.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“Escrow Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“Exchange Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

“Fannie Mae” means Fannie Mae, formerly known as the Federal National Mortgage Association.

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“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

“FHA” means the Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the HUD, including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.

“FHA Regulations” means regulations promulgated by HUD under the National Housing Act of 1934, codified in 24 C.F.R., and other HUD issuances relating to Mortgage loans insured by the FHA, including related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee letters.

“Final Average Price” means the average of the closing price of the KBW Regional Banking Index (“KRX”) (as reported in The Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, another nationally recognized alternative source as mutually agreed by Guaranty and the Company) for the ten trading days immediately preceding the tenth day immediately preceding the Closing Date.

“Freddie Mac” means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

“Future Benefit Payments” means payments pursuant to the salary continuation, deferred compensation, severance and other Employee Plans between the Company or Bank and any other Person which are listed on Company Schedule 1.1(b).

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.

“Ginnie Mae” means the Government National Mortgage Association, a wholly owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within HUD.

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, municipal, county, national, foreign, international or multinational government or governmental or regulatory authority, including any department, court, commission, bureau, board, administrative agency or regulatory body of any of the foregoing or any non-governmental regulatory body that provides standards for certification.

“Guaranty Average Closing Price” means the average of the volume weighted closing price (rounded to the nearest full cent) of Guaranty Common Stock on the NASDAQ for the ten trading days immediately preceding the tenth day prior to the Closing Date (as such price is appropriately adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction with respect to the then outstanding shares of Guaranty Common Stock declared or effected after the date hereof and prior to the tenth day immediately preceding the Closing Date).

“Guaranty Common Stock” means the voting common stock of Guaranty, par value $0.001 per share.

“Guaranty Non-Voting Stock” means the non-voting common stock of Guaranty, par value $0.001 per share.

“Guaranty Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock of Guaranty, par value $0.001 per share.

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Sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered Sections contained in this Agreement to which it relates, and each of which disclosures shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by Guaranty to the Company. The Guaranty Schedule shall set forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which are necessary or appropriate (i) in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision of this Agreement; or (ii) as an exception to one or more representations and warranties contained in Article V.

“Hazardous Substance” means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or chemical or any toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substance or material, or any substance or material having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, asbestos or asbestos containing material and any substance or material regulated under any Environmental Law, except de minimis amounts of household cleaning and office products used, kept and disposed of in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws.

“HUD” means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal agency or official thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions thereof with regard to FHA insurance. The term “HUD,” for purposes of this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the FHA and Ginnie Mae.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices); (iv) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to any property purchased by such Person; (v) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding obligations of such Person to creditors for services and supplies incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices); (vi) all lease obligations of such Person that are required to be or otherwise are capitalized on the books and records of such Person in accordance with GAAP; (vii) all obligations of others secured by a Lien on property or assets owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; (viii) all obligations of such Person under interest rate, currency or commodity derivatives or hedging transactions (valued at the termination value thereof); (ix) all letters of credit or performance bonds issued for the account of such Person (excluding letters of credit issued for the benefit of suppliers to support accounts payable to suppliers incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices); and (x) all guarantees and arrangements having the economic effect of a guarantee of such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

“Initial Price” means $86.91.

“Insurer” means a Person who insures or guarantees all or any portion of the risk of loss on any Mortgage Loan, including any provider of private Mortgage insurance, standard hazard insurance, flood insurance, earthquake insurance or title insurance, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged property.

“Intellectual Property” means any and all of the following, whether or not registered, and all rights therein, arising in any jurisdiction: (i) inventions and improvements thereto, whether or not patentable, invention disclosures, statutory invention registrations, design rights, patents and patent applications (including all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions and reexaminations thereof); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, domain names, Internet

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account names (including social networking and media names), rights of publicity, trade names, corporate names and all other source identifiers, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights, including all derivative works, moral rights, renewals, extensions, reversions and restorations associated with such copyrights, now or hereafter provided by Applicable Law, regardless of the medium of fixation or means of expression; (iv) computer software (including source code, object code, firmware, operating systems and specifications), databases and data collections; (v) trade secrets, know-how and confidential business information; (vi) any other type of intellectual property or intellectual property right; (vii) registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing; and (viii) rights to sue or recover and retain damages for past, present and future infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any of the foregoing.

“Investor” means any Person who owns or holds Sold Mortgage Loans, or servicing rights related thereto, sold by Bank.

“Knowledge means: (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the Bank Executive Officers and (ii) with respect to Guaranty, the actual knowledge of Paul Taylor, Michael Hobbs, Christopher Treece or Cathy Goss. For purposes of this definition, a named executive officer shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of facts that would be reasonably expected to come to the attention of such executive officer in the course of the management reporting practices of the Company or Guaranty, as applicable.

“KSOP Cash Consideration” means an amount equal to the number of KSOP Shares multiplied by the Per Share Transaction Value.

“KSOP Encumbered Shares” means KSOP Shares which are subject to the KSOP Pledge Agreement and which have not been released from the encumbrance created under the KSOP Pledge Agreement prior to the Effective Time.

“KSOP Loan” means the Loan Agreement between the Company and Community Bank of Pleasant Hill (Missouri) d/b/a First Trust of MidAmerica as Trustee of the Home State Bank 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Trust dated January 27, 2015.

“KSOP Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement between the Company and Community Bank of Pleasant Hill (Missouri) d/b/a First Trust of MidAmerica as Trustee of the Home State Bank 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Trust dated January 27, 2015.

“KSOP Shares” means the shares of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by the KSOP.

“Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any Mortgage, lien, license, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance, covenant, easement, right of way, restriction on disposition or transfer, voting or other similar agreement, or other adverse claim, limitation or restriction of any kind in respect of such property or asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property or asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property or asset.

“Loan Thresholds” means: (i) any new Loan or commitment to make a Loan having a principal balance exceeding $500,000; (ii) any renewal or modification of an existing Loan having an outstanding balance or commitment of at least $1,000,000; or (iii) any Loan with a Borrower where the aggregate

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amount of the lending relationship at Bank with respect to such Borrower and Borrower’s Affiliates is at least $2,000,000.

“Locked Pipeline Loans” means applications in process for Mortgage Loans to be made by Bank which have been registered and designated as price protected on Bank’s residential Mortgage Loan origination system and which have not closed or funded.

“Material Adverse Effect” means: (i) any fact, effect, event, change, occurrence or circumstance that, by itself or together with other facts, effects, events, changes, occurrences or circumstances, has had or could be reasonably expected to have a material and adverse effect on: (A) the financial position, business, assets, liabilities, profits or results of operations or financial performance of a Person and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole; or (B) the ability of a Person to timely perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (ii) any other fact, effect, event, change, occurrence or circumstance that could materially impair a Person’s ability to operate its business in the ordinary course; provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include, either alone or in combination, the impact of: (1) changes generally affecting the economy, financial or securities markets; (2) the announcement of the Merger; (3) any outbreak or escalation of war or hostilities or any act of terrorism; (4) general conditions in the financial industry, including changes in laws, regulations, rules, GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements; or (5) with respect to the Company and Bank, any changes made or actions taken or not taken by the Company or Bank at the request or with the consent of Guaranty; provided further, however, that any effect referred to in clause (1), (3) or (4) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that effect has a disproportionate effect on a Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other participants in the financial industries in which the Person and its Subsidiaries conduct their businesses. With respect to the Company and Bank, a “Material Adverse Effect” shall include one or more facts, effects, events, changes, occurrences or circumstances that, individually or in the aggregate, results in: (x) a 10% or greater decrease in the Aggregate Loan Balance as of March 16, 2016; or (y) a 10% or greater decrease in Core Deposits from the level as of March 16, 2016.

“Minimum Allowance Amount” means a dollar amount equal to the greater of: (i) $8,358,000; and (ii) 1.75% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Calculation Date.

“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust or other similar security instrument that creates a Lien on real property.

“Mortgage Loan” means any Sold Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan originated or purchased by Bank, as applicable.

“Mortgage Note” means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, a promissory note or notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, with respect to such Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgage or Mortgages, together with any assignment, reinstatement, extension, endorsement or modification thereof.

“NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

“Order” means any order, judgment, decree, decision, ruling, writ, assessment, charge, stipulation, injunction or other determination of any Governmental Authority, or any arbitration award entered by an arbitrator, in each case having competent jurisdiction to render such.

“Paid Off Loan” means a Mortgage Loan or any other type of Loan that, at any time, has been owned or serviced by Bank and has been paid off, foreclosed, or otherwise liquidated.

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“Per Share Transaction Value” means the Transaction Value divided by the sum of the Company Closing Shares and the KSOP Shares.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means: (i) Liens disclosed in the Company Financial Statements; (ii) Liens for Taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or being contested in good faith and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in the Company Financial Statements; (iii) exceptions arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice which do not secure any material monetary obligation and do not materially detract from the value or materially interfere with the present use of any such properties or assets; and (iv) with respect to Owned Real Property: (A) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and repairmen incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for amounts which are not yet due; and (B) Liens for zoning, building or other restrictions, variances, covenants, rights of way, encumbrances, and easements, provided, in each case, that such Liens do not materially detract from the value or materially interfere with the present use of the Owned Real Property they encumber.

“Permitted Exceptions” means all Permitted Encumbrances and all exceptions to title set forth in any Title Policy.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including any Governmental Authority.

“Pipeline Loans” means those Locked Pipeline Loans and Unlocked Pipeline Loans set forth in Company Schedule 4.13(a).

“Post-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period beginning after the Closing Date; and, with respect to a Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends thereafter, the portion of such Tax period beginning after the Closing Date.

“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date; and, with respect to a Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends thereafter, the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date.

“Representative” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s shareholders, officers, directors, employees, partners, managers, members, investment bankers, attorneys, financial advisors, accountants, auditors, consultants, advisors and other agents.

“Required Owned Real Property” means any Owned Real Property set forth on Guaranty Schedule 1.1(c).

“SBA” means the United States Small Business Administration.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

“Sold Mortgage Loans” means Mortgage Loans serviced by Bank pursuant to a servicing agreement that were originated or purchased and subsequently sold in a whole loan sale or securitization (whether or not treated as a sale under GAAP) by Bank and that have not been repaid or refinanced.

“Subsidiary” shall mean, in the case of either Guaranty or the Company, any Person in which it owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities or 25% or more

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of the total equity interest or otherwise has the right to elect or appoint a majority of the directors or other Persons performing similar functions.

“Tax” means any of the following: (i) any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise profits, withholding, social security (or similar) unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated or other tax of any kind whatsoever, whether computed on a separate or consolidated, unitary or combined basis or in any other manner, whether disputed or not, tax, any governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Governmental Authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), and any liability for any of the foregoing as transferee; (ii) in the case of the Company and Bank, liability for the payment of any amount of the type described in clause (i) as a result of being or having been before the Effective Time a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or a party to any agreement or arrangement, as a result of which liability of the Company or Bank to a Governmental Authority is determined or taken into account with reference to the activities of any other Person; and (iii) any liability of the Company or Bank for the payment of any amount as a result of being party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or with respect to the payment of any amount imposed on any Person of the type described in (i) or (ii) as a result of any existing express or implied agreement or arrangement (including an indemnification agreement or arrangement).

“Tax Asset” means the expected future Tax amounts recorded on the ledgers of the Company or Bank in accordance with GAAP for the Company’s or Bank’s Temporary Differences, computed using an effective Tax rate of 38% regardless of whether the expected future Tax amounts result in an increase or decrease in expected future Tax.

“Tax Sharing Agreement” means any existing agreement or arrangement (whether or not written) binding the Company or Bank that provides for the allocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues, receipts, or gains for the purpose of determining any Person’s Tax liability.

“Temporary Difference” means any differences between the income Tax basis and the GAAP basis of the Company’s and Bank’s assets and liabilities as recorded for either GAAP or income Tax purposes.  Temporary Difference includes any net operating loss, built in loss, net capital loss, investment Tax credit, foreign Tax credit, charitable deduction or any other Tax attribute that could be carried forward or back to reduce Taxes (including deductions and credits related to alternative minimum Taxes).

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Voting Agreement, the Termination Agreements, the Employment Agreements, the Retention and Non-Solicitation Agreements, the Retention Agreements, the Non-Competition Agreements, the Bank Merger Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and any and all other agreements, certificates and documents required to be delivered by either party hereto prior to or at the Closing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Transaction Expense” means any costs, fees, prepayment fees, expenses or other amounts incurred or otherwise payable by or on behalf of the Company or Bank in connection with the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or otherwise as a result of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including: (i) legal and accounting fees; (ii) fees and commissions payable to any broker or finder, financial advisor or investment banking firm; and (iii) the estimated amount (as provided in writing by the

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applicable vendor) of any penalty or liquidated damages associated with the termination of the Material Contracts following the Closing Date identified on Company Schedule 1.1(d).

“Transaction Value” means the sum of the Aggregate Cash Consideration and the Value of Aggregate Stock Consideration.

“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated by the UST pursuant to and in respect of the provisions of the Code.

“Unlocked Pipeline Loans” means applications in process for Mortgage Loans to be made by Bank which have not been registered and designated as price protected on Bank’s residential Mortgage loan origination system and which have not closed or funded.

“USA PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.

“UST” means the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Value of Aggregate Stock Consideration” means the Aggregate Stock Consideration multiplied by the Guaranty Average Closing Price.

Section 1.2                    Table of Definitions.  Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

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II.       THE MERGER

Section 2.1                    The Merger.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company shall be merged with and into Guaranty (which, as the surviving corporation, is hereinafter referred to as “Continuing Company” whenever reference is made to it as the surviving or resulting corporation at or after the Effective Time pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL).

Section 2.2                    Closing.  Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article X, Article XI and Article XII, other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”), but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions, the parties shall cause the filings contemplated by Section 2.3 to be made: (a) no later than the tenth day (or next Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) following the last day of the month after such satisfaction or waiver; or (b) on such other date to which Guaranty and the Company may agree in writing (the “Closing Date”).

Section 2.3                    Effective Time.  Subject to the terms and upon the satisfaction or waiver of all requirements of Applicable Law and the conditions specified in this Agreement, Guaranty and the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL and the CBCA, file with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of Colorado, respectively, a certificate of merger and articles of merger, as applicable, and such other documents as may be required to effectuate the Merger (collectively, the “Merger Filings”). The Merger shall become effective, and the effective time of the Merger shall occur at the date and time specified in the Merger Filings (the “Effective Time”).

Section 2.4                    Charter Documents and Facilities of Continuing Company.  At the Effective Time and until thereafter amended in accordance with Applicable Law, the Certificate of Incorporation of Continuing Company shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of Guaranty as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. Until altered, amended or repealed as therein provided, the Bylaws of Continuing Company shall be the Bylaws of Guaranty as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. Unless and until changed by the board of directors of Continuing Company, the main office of Guaranty as of the Effective Time shall become the main office of Continuing Company. Until thereafter changed in accordance with law or the Charter Documents of Continuing Company, all corporate acts, contracts, approvals and authorizations of the Company and Guaranty and their respective shareholders and stockholders, boards of directors, committees elected or appointed thereby, officers and agents, which were valid and effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be taken for all purposes as the acts, plans, policies, contracts, approvals and authorizations of Continuing Company and shall be as effective and binding thereon as the same were with respect to the Company and Guaranty, respectively, as of the Effective Time.

Section 2.5                    Board of Directors and Officers of Continuing Company.

(a)           Subject to Section 2.5(b), at the Effective Time and until thereafter changed in accordance with Applicable Law or the Charter Documents of Continuing Company, the members of the Guaranty Board at the Effective Time shall be the board of directors of Continuing Company until Continuing Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders.

(b)           Prior to the Effective Time, the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee of Guaranty may recommend to the Guaranty Board one Person from the Company Board to serve on the board of directors of Continuing Company following the Effective Time. Such Person shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and Guaranty, an active member of the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, with personal connections to the local Colorado civic

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and business communities, and shall meet any qualifications under Guaranty’s Charter Documents and board policies, copies of which have been previously provided to the Company, and Applicable Law. Upon approval of such Person by the Guaranty Board, such director shall be invited to join and shall be appointed to the board of directors of Continuing Company after the Effective Time. Such director shall be entitled to indemnification in connection with his or her role as a director to the same extent as currently offered to other directors on the board of directors of Continuing Company. Provided such director continues to meet the standards for directors of Continuing Company, such director may be nominated for reelection to the board of directors of Continuing Company at the next two annual stockholder meetings of Continuing Company immediately following the Effective Time, and Continuing Company’s proxy materials with respect to such annual meetings shall include the recommendation of the board of directors of Continuing Company that its stockholders vote to reelect such director to the same extent as recommendations are made with respect to other directors on the board of directors of Continuing Company.

(c)           At the Effective Time and until thereafter changed in accordance with Applicable Law or the Charter Documents of Continuing Company, the officers of Guaranty immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the officers of Continuing Company.

Section 2.6                    Effect of Merger.  At the Effective Time, the corporate existence of the Company and Guaranty shall, as provided in the DGCL and CBCA, be merged and continued in Continuing Company, and Continuing Company shall be deemed to be a continuation in entity and identity of the Company and Guaranty. All rights, franchises and interests of the Company and Guaranty, respectively, in and to any type of property and choses in action shall be transferred to and vested in Continuing Company by virtue of such Merger without reversion or impairment, without further act or deed and without any assignment having occurred, but subject to any existing Liens thereon. The Merger shall have all other effects set forth in Section 259 of the DGCL and Article 111 of the CBCA.

Section 2.7                    Liabilities of Continuing Company.  At the Effective Time, Continuing Company shall be liable for any liabilities, Indebtedness, obligations, losses, damages, claims, costs or expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’, accountants’ and other experts’ fees and expenses associated with investigating, preparing for and participating in any litigation or proceeding, including all appeals), interest, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, Taxes, fines, judgments or assessments, in each case, whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due (collectively, “Liabilities”) of the Company and Guaranty. All Liabilities and contracts of the Company and of Guaranty, respectively, matured or unmatured, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not reflected or reserved against on balance sheets, books of account, or records of the Company or Guaranty, as the case may be, shall be those of Continuing Company and shall not be released or impaired by the Merger. All rights of creditors and other obligees and all Liens on property of either the Company or Guaranty shall be preserved unimpaired subsequent to the Merger.

Section 2.8                    Tax Consequences.  It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (and any comparable provision of state law), and the parties hereto hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the Treasury Regulations.

Section 2.9                    Possible Alternative Structures. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, Guaranty and the Company may mutually agree to revise the structure of effecting the acquisition of the Company, provided, however, that: (a) there are no adverse federal or state income Tax consequences to the Company’s shareholders as a result of the modification (including no impact upon the opinions of counsel related to Tax matters to be delivered

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pursuant to this Agreement); (b) the Aggregate Merger Consideration and the Closing Distribution to be paid to the holders of Company Stock under this Agreement is not thereby changed in kind, value or reduced in amount and the delivery of such consideration will not be delayed; (c) the benefits to be received by the Company’s directors, officers and employees under this Agreement are not diminished; and (d) such modification will not delay materially or jeopardize the receipt of any regulatory approvals or other consents and approvals relating to the consummation of the Merger or otherwise cause any condition to Closing set forth in Article X, Article XI or Article XII not to be capable of being fulfilled.

Section 2.10                  Additional Actions.  If, at any time after the Effective Time, Continuing Company shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances or any other acts or things are necessary, desirable or proper to: (a) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in Continuing Company its right, title or interest in or to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement, Continuing Company and its proper officers and directors or their designees shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of either of the Company or its Subsidiaries all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to do, in the name and on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, all such other acts and things as may be necessary, desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm Continuing Company’s right, title or interest in or to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

III.          MERGER CONSIDERATION AND EXCHANGE PROCEDURES

Section 3.1                    Merger Consideration.

(a)           At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each share of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time including shares issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of Company Stock Options, but excluding the KSOP Shares (collectively, “Company Closing Shares”), shall, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist and, along with any certificate representing such share, shall represent only the right to receive (except any Dissenting Shares, which shall have the rights specified in Section 3.6): (i) a number of shares of Guaranty Common Stock equal to the quotient, rounded to the nearest hundred thousandth, obtained by dividing 6,533,914, as such number may be adjusted pursuant to Section 9.1(h)(ii) or Section 9.1(i)(ii) (the “Aggregate Stock Consideration”) by the number of Company Closing Shares (the “Per Share Stock Consideration”), subject to the escrow of shares of Guaranty Common Stock provided for in Section 8.6, plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Guaranty Common Stock as determined in accordance with Section 3.1(c); and (ii) an amount of cash equal to $35,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2 (“Aggregate Cash Consideration”), minus the KSOP Cash Consideration (the “Aggregate Non-KSOP Cash Consideration”), divided by the number of Company Closing Shares (the “Per Share Cash Consideration” and, together with the Per Share Stock Consideration, the “Per Share Merger Consideration”), all as estimated and calculated in good faith as of the Calculation Date in accordance with the process illustrated on Company Schedule 3.1(a).  For clarification of purposes, the parties agree that Company Schedule 3.1(a) sets forth the parties’ good faith estimate of the Aggregate Merger Consideration and certain components as if the Calculation Date had occurred on February 29, 2016, subject to adjustments consistent with this Agreement.

(b)           Each share of Company Stock held in the treasury of the Company and each share of Company Stock owned by Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than: (i) shares of Company Stock held, directly or indirectly, in trust accounts, managed accounts and the like or otherwise held in a fiduciary capacity that are beneficially owned by third parties; and (ii) shares of Company Stock

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held in respect of a debt previously contracted) (the “Treasury Shares”) shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist without any conversion and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.

(c)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Guaranty will not issue any fractional shares of Guaranty Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the Merger. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional shares, Guaranty shall pay to each former holder of Company Stock otherwise entitled to receive such fractional share an amount of cash determined by multiplying: (i) $16.07 by (ii) the fraction of a share of Guaranty Common Stock which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.1.

(d)           At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the KSOP, each KSOP Share, excluding any Dissenting Shares, shall, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist and, along with any certificate representing such share, shall represent only the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the Per Share Transaction Value, subject to the escrow of a portion of the KSOP Cash Consideration, as provided for in Section 8.6; provided, however, that any such cash consideration provided with respect to KSOP Encumbered Shares shall first be used to completely pay the KSOP Loan pursuant to Section 3.4.

Section 3.2                    Adjustment of Merger Consideration for Tangible Book Value.

(a)           If the Tangible Book Value on the Calculation Date is less than $79,000,000 (the “Minimum Tangible Book Value”), the Aggregate Cash Consideration will be reduced by an amount, rounded to the nearest dollar, equal to the difference between the Minimum Tangible Book Value and the Tangible Book Value on the Calculation Date.

(b)           For purposes of this Agreement, “Tangible Book Value” shall equal the sum of the capital stock, capital surplus, retained earnings and current earnings (if not already included in retained earnings) of the Company (excluding unrealized securities gains or losses, on a consolidated basis, as determined pursuant to GAAP and the contra-equity effect of the KSOP Loan). For purposes of calculating Tangible Book Value, the Company shall deduct the following amounts to the extent not accrued, or paid and expensed, or otherwise recorded through current earnings by the Company (without duplication), each on or prior to the Calculation Date: (i) the book value of all intangible assets, including goodwill; (ii) the estimated 2016 ad valorem and property Taxes of the Company and Bank, allocable (on a per diem basis) to the portion of calendar year 2016 ending on the Calculation Date; (iii) the After-Tax amount of all Transaction Expenses, as allowed by the Code; (iv) the aggregate After-Tax amount of any Change in Control Payments, including any payments to be made pursuant to the Termination Agreements; (v) the estimated After-Tax amount of any Future Benefit Payments due on or after the Closing Date; (vi) the estimated After-Tax amount of any and all costs incurred in the termination and liquidation of the KSOP pursuant to Section 8.7; (vii) any amount required to be added to the ALLL pursuant to Section 6.9; (viii) the book value of any Company Real Property Subject to Environmental Termination; (ix) the book value of any Owned Real Property Subject to Title Termination; and (x) such other amounts as are agreed upon by the Company and Guaranty in writing. Tangible Book Value shall be estimated and calculated as of the Calculation Date.  For clarification of purposes, the parties agree that Company Schedule 3.1(a) sets forth the parties’ good faith estimate of the Tangible Book Value as if the Calculation Date had occurred on January 31, 2016. Tangible Book Value shall not be adjusted downward for any adjustment required by Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.7.

Section 3.3                    Treatment of Company Stock Options. Prior to and effective as of the Effective Time, the Company shall take all such actions as are necessary to cause to be exercised or terminated each Company Stock Option, whether or not vested or exercisable, issued and outstanding

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immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Home State Bancorp 2005 Stock Option Plan (the “Company Stock Plan”).

Section 3.4                    Treatment of Encumbered Shares.  With respect to shares of Company Stock that: (a) have been issued to the Home State Bank 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “KSOP”); and (b) remain subject to the KSOP Pledge Agreement or any other Lien, whether in favor of the Company as lender under that certain loan agreement between Community Bank of Pleasant Hill (Missouri) as the trustee of the KSOP trust and the Company or otherwise, a portion of the KSOP Cash Consideration shall be paid to the Company (or other creditor in whose favor the encumbrance runs) and applied to the Indebtedness secured by the KSOP Loan or such Lien so as to effect a release of the KSOP Loan or such Lien.

Section 3.5                    Dilution.  If Guaranty changes (or the Guaranty Board sets a related record date that will occur before the Effective Time for a change in) the number or kind of shares of Guaranty Common Stock outstanding by way of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or similar transaction, then the Aggregate Stock Consideration (and any other dependent items) will be adjusted proportionately to account for such change to provide to the holders of Company Stock the same economic effect contemplated by this Agreement prior to such change.

Section 3.6                    Dissenting Shares.  Each share of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, the holder of which has not voted in favor of the Merger and who has properly demanded and perfected such holder’s dissenter’s rights of appraisal in accordance with Section 7-113-101, et seq., of the CBCA, is referred to herein as a “Dissenting Share.” Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Dissenting Share shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per Share Transaction Value, as applicable, pursuant to this Article III and shall be entitled only to such rights as are available to such holder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the CBCA. Each holder of Dissenting Shares shall be entitled to receive the value of such Dissenting Shares held by such holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of the CBCA, provided that such holder complies with the procedures contemplated by and set forth in the applicable provisions of the CBCA. If any holder of any Dissenting Shares effectively withdraws or loses such holder’s dissenter’s rights under the applicable provisions of the CBCA, each such Dissenting Share shall be deemed to have been converted into and to have become exchangeable for, at the Effective Time, the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per Share Transaction Value, as applicable, without any interest thereon in accordance with the provisions of this Article III. The Company shall give Guaranty: (a) prompt notice of any written demands for fair value, attempted withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served pursuant to Applicable Law relating to shareholders’ demands for fair value; and (b) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for fair value under the CBCA or any other Applicable Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Guaranty, voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for fair value of Dissenting Shares, offer to settle or settle any such demands.

Section 3.7                    Exchange Procedures.

(a)           On the Closing Date, Guaranty shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent, to be held in trust for the holders of shares of Company Stock: (i) book entry shares of Guaranty Common Stock representing the Aggregate Stock Consideration, via the direct registration system, less shares of Guaranty Common Stock which may be deposited with the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 8.6; and (ii) cash in an aggregate amount sufficient to make the payment of the Aggregate Cash Consideration, as may be adjusted pursuant to the adjustment set forth in Section 3.2, and less cash which may be deposited with the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 8.6 (such shares and cash deposited with the

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Exchange Agent being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement.

(b)           The Exchange Agent, as soon as practicable, but with the intent to be no later than 15 days after the Closing Date, shall mail to each record holder of an outstanding certificate or certificates which as of the Effective Time represented shares of Company Stock (the “Certificates”), a letter of transmittal that will specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and contain instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Per Share Merger Consideration or the KSOP Cash Consideration, as applicable, into which the shares of Company Stock represented by such Certificates will have been converted pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the “Transmittal Materials”). All Transmittal Materials shall be provided to the Company for review and comment no later than 15 days prior to the Closing Date.  Upon surrender to and acceptance by the Exchange Agent of a Certificate, together with the Transmittal Materials duly completed and executed, (i) the holder of such Certificate except for the KSOP shall be entitled to receive in exchange for each share of Company Stock represented thereby the Per Share Merger Consideration, as may be adjusted pursuant to the adjustment set forth in Section 3.2 and less a pro rata portion of any Escrow Amount deposited with the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 8.6, and such Certificate shall forthwith be cancelled, and (ii) the KSOP shall be entitled to receive the KSOP Cash Consideration, less a pro rata portion of any Escrow Amount deposited with the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 8.6, and such Certificate shall forthwith be cancelled.  No interest will be paid or accrued with respect to the shares of Guaranty Common Stock or cash payable upon surrender of the Certificates. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.7, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares or Treasury Shares) shall represent for all purposes only the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration or the KSOP Cash Consideration, as applicable, with respect to each share of Company Stock evidenced by the Certificate.

(c)           No dividends or other distributions declared after the Effective Time with respect to shares of Guaranty Common Stock and payable to the holders thereof shall be paid to the holder of a Certificate until such holder surrenders such Certificate and duly completed and executed Transmittal Materials to the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Section 3.7. After the surrender of a Certificate and duly completed and executed Transmittal Materials in accordance with this Section 3.7, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or other distributions, without interest thereon, which had become payable after the Effective Time with respect to the shares of Guaranty Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate, including dividends on any shares of Guaranty Common Stock included in the Escrow Amount.

(d)           After the Effective Time, the stock transfer ledger of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(e)           If any outstanding Certificates and duly completed and executed Transmittal Materials related thereto are not surrendered prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration applicable to such Certificates as a result of the Merger would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, the unclaimed Per Share Merger Consideration applicable to such Certificates shall, to the extent permitted by abandoned property and any other Applicable Law, become the property of Continuing Company (and to the extent not in Continuing Company’s possession shall be paid by the Exchange Agent to Continuing Company), free and clear of any and all claims or interest of any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Continuing Company, Guaranty, Guaranty Bank, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any

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former holder of Company Stock for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.

(f)            If any shares of Guaranty Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Certificate so surrendered shall be appropriately endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form (reasonably satisfactory to Guaranty) for transfer, and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the issuance of shares of Guaranty Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.

(g)           If a Certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, then upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed in a form reasonably acceptable to Guaranty and the Exchange Agent, and, if required by Guaranty or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as Guaranty or the Exchange Agent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Continuing Company with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Per Share Merger Consideration or KSOP Cash Consideration, as applicable, with respect to each share of Company Stock formerly evidenced by the Certificate.  Guaranty shall use its Best Efforts to resolve lost Certificate issues with Company shareholders to avoid undue expense for shareholders.

(h)           Any portion of the Exchange Fund held by the Exchange Agent in respect of any Dissenting Shares shall be returned to Guaranty upon demand.

Section 3.8                    Tax Withholding.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Continuing Company and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Per Share Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the applicable withholding agent, in its reasonable discretion, determines it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the former holder of Company Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

IV.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Subject to the Company Schedules referred to in this Article IV, the Company represents and warrants to Guaranty as set forth below.

Section 4.1                    Corporate Existence and Power.

(a)           The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado and a bank holding company registered under the BHC Act. The Company has all corporate powers and authority and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to own or lease all of its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is qualified to do business in the State of Colorado. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever had any non-U.S. operations or

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conducted any business outside of the United States of America. The Company has prior to the date hereof delivered to Guaranty true and complete copies of its Charter Documents as currently in effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents.

(b)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.1(b): (i) the Company does not directly engage in and has not directly engaged in any business or operations; (ii) the Company does not directly own any assets other than the equity interests in Bank; (iii) the Company is not a party to any contract relating to the business of any of its Subsidiaries; and (iv) the Company does not own or have any right to use any asset or property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or otherwise) used or held for use in, or related to, the business of any of its Subsidiaries.

Section 4.2                    Corporate Authorization.

(a)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and Bank, as applicable, of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Company or Bank is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within their corporate powers, and, except for the Company Shareholder Approval, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and Bank.  Other than the Company Shareholder Approval, no other votes, approvals or consents of the holders of any of the Company’s capital stock are necessary in connection with the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by a Transaction Document. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company or Bank is a party constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and Bank, as applicable, and is enforceable against the Company and Bank, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by any Enforceability Exceptions.

(b)           At a meeting duly called and held, the Company Board has unanimously: (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) are fair to and in the best interests of the shareholders of the Company; (ii) approved this Agreement; (iii) adopted and recommended this Agreement to the shareholders of the Company; and (iv) determined to submit this Agreement to the shareholders of the Company for approval without any condition ((i) through (iii) collectively, the “Company Board Approval”), and no other corporate actions or proceedings on the part of the Company Board are necessary in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the performance by the Company of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company has delivered to Guaranty a certified copy of the Company Board Approval which has not been, and at the Closing will not have been, revoked, rescinded or amended.

Section 4.3                    Governmental Authorization.  Assuming the Guaranty Required Approvals are duly obtained and that the Merger Filings are properly filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of Colorado, as applicable, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and Bank, as applicable, of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Company or Bank is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company and Bank, as applicable, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority by the Company or Bank, other than: (a) the Company Shareholder Approval; (b) those approvals and consents set forth on Company Schedule 4.3(b); and (c) any other actions or filings the failure of which to take, make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material, in each case in a form reasonably acceptable to Guaranty (the “Company Required Approvals”).

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Section 4.4                    Noncontravention.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and Bank and each other Transaction Document to which the Company or Bank is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company and Bank, as applicable, do not and will not: (a) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the Charter Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 4.3, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any material provision of any Applicable Law; (c) except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.4, require any consent or other action by any Person that is a party to a Material Contract, constitute a breach or default, or event that, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or to a loss of any benefit to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of such Material Contract binding upon the Company or Bank or any of their respective properties, assets or governmental authorizations; or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, except with respect to (c) and (d) where such action would not be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.5                    Capitalization.

(a)           The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000 shares of Company Stock.

(b)           There are 284,715 shares of Company Stock outstanding. There are 9,100 Company Stock Options representing the right to purchase an aggregate of 9,100 shares of the Company Stock (of which options to purchase an aggregate of 7,720 shares of Company Stock are exercisable). All Company Stock Options were issued pursuant to the Company Stock Plan, and no awards other than options have been granted pursuant to the Company Stock Plan. Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.5(b), there are no declared or accrued unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Stock.

(c)           Except as set forth in Section 4.5(b) or Company Schedule 4.5(c), there are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding: (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company; (ii) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company; (iii) options, warrants, units or other securities or rights to acquire from the Company, or other obligation of the Company to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company; or (iv) restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities, rights or units that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or other securities of, or ownership interests in, the Company ((i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, “Company Securities”). Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.5(c), there are no outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any the Company Securities.

(d)           No shares of Company Stock are owned by the Company as treasury shares.

Section 4.6                    Ownership of Company Stock.  A true, correct and complete list dated as of February 29, 2016, of all of the outstanding shares of Company Stock, all of which are owned of record by shareholders of the Company, with the domicile addresses and in the respective amounts, is set forth in Company Schedule 4.6 and will be updated by the Company prior to Closing. Except for the Voting Agreement and as set forth in Company Schedule 4.6, there are no shareholder agreements, voting agreements, proxies, voting trusts or other understanding agreements or commitments with or among one

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or more of such shareholders with respect to the voting, disposition or other incidents of ownership of any shares of Company Stock, including any agreement that provides for preemptive rights or imposes any limitation or restriction on Company Stock, including any restriction on the right of a shareholder to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such Company Stock.

Section 4.7                    Company Subsidiaries; Securities.

(a)           Company Schedule 4.7(a) lists each Subsidiary of the Company and each jurisdiction in which the Subsidiary is qualified to do business. Bank is a Colorado state banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado. Each Subsidiary of the Company (other than Bank) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws in which it was formed. Bank is approved by the FDIC to engage in commercial banking. Each Subsidiary of the Company has all organizational powers and authority and all licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to own or lease all of its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business in Colorado and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has prior to the date hereof delivered or made available to Guaranty true and complete copies of the Charter Documents of each Subsidiary of the Company, in each case as amended and in effect on the date hereof. No Subsidiary of the Company is in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents.

(b)           The authorized capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, of Bank consists of 260,000 shares of common stock, par value $10.00 per share (“Bank Common Stock”). There are 244,197 shares of Bank Common Stock outstanding. All outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.7(b), there are no declared or accrued unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to any shares of Bank Common Stock.

(c)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.7(c), the Company owns, either directly or indirectly, Bank Common Stock and all other issued and outstanding capital stock and other securities of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens. The Bank Common Stock and other outstanding capital stock and other securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries are, as applicable: (i) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and (ii) free and clear of any Liens.

(d)           There are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding: (i) shares of capital stock, voting securities, or other equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) securities of a Subsidiary of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Subsidiary; (iii) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from any Subsidiary of the Company, or other obligations of a Subsidiary to issue, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or membership units or ownership interests in, a Subsidiary of the Company; or (iv) restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities, rights or units that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company (the items in clauses (i) through (iv) being referred to collectively as the “Subsidiary Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Subsidiary Securities.

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(e)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.7(e), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock, other securities, membership units, trust units or ownership interests, or investments in, or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests, membership units, trust units or investments in, any other Person (collectively, “Third Party Interests”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any right to, or is bound by any commitment or obligation to, acquire by any means, directly or indirectly, any Third Party Interests.

Section 4.8                    Financial Statements and Internal Controls.

(a)           The audited consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and the related audited consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 of the Company (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”), in each case: (i) are true, accurate and complete in all respects; (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP; and (iii) fairly present in conformity with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and its results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods then ended. The Company has delivered to Guaranty true and complete copies of the Company Financial Statements. The Company’s and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries’ books and records have been, and are being, maintained in accordance with Applicable Law and GAAP and reflect the substance of events and transactions that should be included therein. There are no material inaccuracies or material discrepancies contained or reflected therein.

(b)           As of the dates of the Company Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries had incurred any material liability (whether or not accrued, fixed, contingent or otherwise and whether or not required to be disclosed, except as set forth or provided for in the Company Financial Statements.

(c)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.8(c), since the Balance Sheet Date, there has not been: (i) any material damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance which has not been remediated; (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution in cash, stock or property in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) any material change by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in its accounting principles, practices, procedures or methods for GAAP purposes; or (iv) any material increase in the compensation payable or that could become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to directors, officers or employees or any amendment of any Employee Plan other than increases or amendments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(d)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.8(d), the records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and control of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or their accountants (including all means of access thereto and therefrom) in all material respects.

(e)           The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains internal controls over financial reporting that are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of its financial reporting and the preparation of its financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and procedures for its own purposes that: (i) pertain to the

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maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements.  Since January 1, 2012, the Company has not experienced or effected any material change in internal control over financial reporting.

(f)            Since January 1, 2012, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or has otherwise had or obtained, to the Company’s Knowledge, any material complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies, or methods of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their internal control over financial reporting, including any complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.

(g)           To the Knowledge of the Company: (i) there are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information except as set forth in Company Schedule 4.8(g); and (ii) since January 1, 2012, there is no fraud whether or not material that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company has made available to Guaranty: (i) a summary of any such disclosure made by management to the Company’s auditors and audit committee since January 1, 2012; and (ii) any material communication since January 1, 2012 made by management or the Company’s auditors to the audit committee required or contemplated by the audit committee’s charter or professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(h)           Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off balance sheet partnership or any similar contract or agreement (including any contract or agreement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate), including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand, or any “off balance sheet arrangements” (for reference, as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such contract or agreement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving or material liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company Financial Statements or the 2015 Financial Statements.

Section 4.9                    Absence of Certain Changes.  Since the Balance Sheet Date, the businesses of the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been conducted in the ordinary course consistent with safe and, with respect to the Bank, sound banking practices (excluding the incurrence of expenses related to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby), and there has not been: (a) any event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) any action taken by the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives that, if taken without Guaranty’s consent (and during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time), would constitute a breach of Section 6.2.

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Section 4.10                  No Undisclosed Liabilities.  There are no liabilities or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether known or unknown, accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in such a liability, other than:

(a)           liabilities or obligations provided for in the Company Financial Statements;

(b)           liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the Balance Sheet Date in amounts consistent with past practices; and

(c)           liabilities or obligations which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to be material.

Section 4.11                  Material Contracts.

(a)           Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.11, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any of the following agreements:

(i)            (A) any lease or sublease: (1) of personal property providing for aggregate rentals of $75,000 or more annually; or (2) of real property; or (B) any contract or option to purchase or sell any real or personal property exceeding $75,000;

(ii)           any agreement or series of related agreements for the purchase, sale, receipt, lease or use of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets providing for aggregate payments by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exceeding $75,000;

(iii)          any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, shareholder, investor rights or other similar agreement or arrangement;

(iv)          any agreement or series of related agreements exceeding $75,000 relating to the acquisition or disposition of the securities of any Person, any business or assets except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (in each case, whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);

(v)           any contract with a Governmental Authority;

(vi)          any contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants or makes available, or is granted or receives, any license, or other right with respect to any material Intellectual Property in each case that is reasonably necessary to operate the Company or the Bank in the ordinary course of business consistent with safe and sound banking practices (other than non-exclusive licenses to commercially available software);

(vii)         any agreement relating to Indebtedness of more than $75,000 of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than deposit agreements: (A) entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with safe and sound banking practices and on the same terms as those contained in Bank’s standard deposit agreement; and (B) evidencing deposit liabilities of Bank);

(viii)        any agreement relating to any interest rate, currency or commodity derivatives or hedging transaction;

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(ix)          any participation, loan purchase or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has: (A) acquired an interest in Indebtedness of any third party; or (B) sold an interest in Indebtedness of any third party;

(x)           any agreement (including any keepwell agreement) under which: (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (B) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of any other Person (other than letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices with the same terms as those set forth in Bank’s standard loan agreement);

(xi)          any agreement that: (A) limits the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or which would so limit the freedom (including the ability to solicit customers, or the manner or localities in which business can be conducted) of Continuing Company, Bank, Guaranty Bank or any of their Affiliates after the Effective Time; (B) contains exclusivity or “most favored nation” or other similar obligations or restrictions binding on the Company or Bank or that would be binding on Continuing Company, Bank, Guaranty Bank or any of their Affiliates after the Effective Time; or (C) contains a right of first refusal, a right of first offer or a similar obligation or restriction binding on the Company or Bank or that would be binding on Continuing Company, Bank, Guaranty Bank or any of their Affiliates after the Effective Time;

(xii)         any agreement with an Affiliate of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries other than Loans in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii)        (A) any employment, consultancy, deferred compensation, retention, bonus, severance, retirement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including any amendment to any such existing agreement or arrangement); or (B) any agreement relating to bank-owned life insurance, in each case with any director, officer, employee or independent contractor of or consultant to, or shareholder of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Employee Plan disclosed on Company Schedule 4.30(a));

(xiv)        any agreement, commitment or arrangement the costs of which are Transaction Expenses;

(xv)         any collective bargaining agreement with any labor union;

(xvi)        any contract exceeding $75,000 related to the borrowing of money by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(xvii)       any data processing services contract (other than shrink-wrap or similar form software license agreements with respect to off-the-shelf computer software) that may not be terminated without payment or penalty exceeding $75,000 upon notice of 30 days or less; or

(xviii)      any other contract set forth on Company Schedule 4.11.

(b)           Each contract disclosed or required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.11 is referred to as a “Material Contract”. Each Material Contract is: (i) a valid and binding agreement of the Company or its Subsidiary and of each other party thereto; and (ii) in full force and effect. With respect to each Material Contract, no notice to terminate, in whole or part, has been served (nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has there been any indication that any such notice of termination will be served). The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be

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performed by it to date under each Material Contract; none of the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any other party thereto is in material default or breach under the terms of any such Material Contract; and no event or circumstance has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute any material event of default thereunder. The Company has provided Guaranty with true and complete copies of each Material Contract (including all modifications and amendments thereto).

Section 4.12                  Origination Matters.

(a)           Since January 1, 2012, Bank has been in material compliance with all Applicable Requirements governing it, its assets and its conduct of business with respect to Mortgage Loans. Bank has timely filed all material reports that any Investor, Insurer or other third party requires that it file with respect to its business with respect to Mortgage Loans, and each such report was true and correct. Bank has not done or caused to be done, or failed or omitted to do any act, the effect of which would invalidate or impair: (i) any private Mortgage insurance or commitment to insure by any private Mortgage Insurer; (ii) any title insurance policy; (iii) any hazard insurance policy; (iv) any flood insurance policy; (v) any fidelity bond, direct surety bond, or errors and omissions insurance policy required by a private Mortgage Insurer; or (vi) any surety or guaranty agreement, in each case applicable to Mortgage Loans.

(b)           No Governmental Authority, Investor or Insurer has: (i) asserted that Bank has violated or has not complied with the representations and warranties applicable with respect to any: (A) Sold Mortgage Loans originated or purchased and subsequently sold, in each case, since January 1, 2012; or (B) sale of Mortgage servicing rights to an Investor; or (ii) imposed restrictions on the activities (including commitment authority) of Bank.

(c)           Since January 1, 2012, no Governmental Authority, Investor or Insurer has indicated to Bank that it has terminated, or intends to terminate, its relationship with Bank for performance, Loan quality or concern with respect to Bank’s compliance with Applicable Law or that Bank is in default with respect to any Applicable Requirements.

(d)           Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with all Applicable Requirements, and all prior transfers, if any, of each Mortgage Loan have been, and the transactions herein contemplated are, in material compliance with all Applicable Requirements. Each Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are in material compliance with all Applicable Requirements.

(e)           Each Mortgage Loan is evidenced by a Mortgage Note and is duly secured by a valid first Lien or subordinated Lien on the related Bank Loan Property, in each case, on such forms and with such terms as comply with all Applicable Requirements. Since January 1, 2012, no Mortgage Loan (including any Paid Off Loan or Sold Mortgage Loan) has been subject to any rights of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable by Bank, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission (except any Mortgage Loans held for sale by Bank which are closed but not funded), set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, or defense has been asserted with respect thereto. For purposes of this Section 4.12(e), references to Mortgage Notes shall be deemed to include Mortgage Notes in respect of Paid Off Loans.

(f)            With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related original Mortgage has been recorded or is in the process of being recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is required to perfect the Lien thereof.

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(g)                                  Bank does not, nor has it at any time, serviced any Mortgage Loan originated by it or any Mortgage or similar Loan originated by its Affiliate or any third party, and Bank is not party to any contract that has, does or could provide for Bank’s servicing of any Mortgage Loan.

(h)                                 There has been no fraudulent action or omission on the part of the originator of any Mortgage Loan or Pipeline Loan or parties acting on behalf of such originator in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan or Pipeline Loan or the application of any insurance proceeds with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Bank Loan Property for which Bank is responsible to the applicable Investor or Insurer or otherwise bears the risk of loss.

(i)                                     Except for customary industry standards for indemnification and repurchase remedies in connection with agreements for the sale or servicing of Mortgage Loans, Bank is not now, nor has it been since January 1, 2012, subject to any material fine, suspension, settlement or other agreement or administrative agreement or sanction by, or any obligation to indemnify, a Governmental Authority, an Insurer or an Investor, relating to the origination, sale or servicing of Mortgage Loans.

Section 4.13                                                     Pipeline Loans; Mortgage Loans Held for Sale; Hedging Arrangements.

(a)                                 Company Schedule 4.13(a) sets forth a list and description of all Pipeline Loans, which description includes, with respect to each Pipeline Loan: (i) the loan number of the Pipeline Loan; (ii) the immediately anticipated principal balance of the Pipeline Loan; (iii) the interest rate (for Locked Pipeline Loans only); (iii) the product type; (iv) the city and state in which the residential property securing such Pipeline Loan is located; (v) if known, the closing date; (vi) whether the Pipeline Loan has been approved by Bank and the applicable Investor; and (vii) whether the Pipeline Loan constitutes a Locked Pipeline Loan or an Unlocked Pipeline Loan. The Company shall update Company Schedule 4.13(a) as of the last day of the month prior to the month in which the Closing occurs (“Update Date”) the information in items (i) through (vii) of this Section 4.13(a) with regard to the Pipeline Loans of Bank.

(b)                                 Company Schedule 4.13(b) sets forth a list and description of all Mortgage Loans held for sale by Bank, which description includes, with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the loan number of the Mortgage Loan; (ii) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; (iii) the interest rate; (iv) the product type; (v) the Investor for the Mortgage Loan; (vi) the remaining amortization; (vii) the origination date; (viii) the maturity date; (ix) the applicable Mortgage insurance, if any; (x) the guarantor, if any; (xi) the city and state in which the residential property securing the Mortgage Loan is located; and (xii) the anticipated date on which an Investor is expected to purchase such Mortgage Loan. The Company shall update Company Schedule 4.13(b) as of the Update Date to disclose the information in items (i) through (xii) of this Section 4.13(b) with regard to the Mortgage Loans of Bank held for sale.

(c)                                  All interest rate locks on Locked Pipeline Loans have been conducted and managed in Bank’s ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and customary Mortgage banking practices.

(d)                                 Bank does not conduct or manage hedging arrangements on the Mortgage Loans.

(e)                                  No Pipeline Loan was previously rejected for purchase by any Investor or for insurance by any Insurer.

(f)                                   Bank is approved by and is in good standing by the Department of Veterans Affairs to originate and service VA loans.  Bank is not approved and does not act as a supervised mortgagee by the HUD to originate and service Title I FHA Mortgage loans, as a GNMA I and II Issuer

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by Ginnie Mae, or as a seller/servicer by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to originate and service conventional residential Mortgage loans.

(g)                                  Bank has not received any notice that any Governmental Authority proposes to limit or terminate the underwriting authority of Bank or to increase the guarantee fees payable to any such Governmental Authority.

Section 4.14                                                     Litigation.  There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending against, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any basis therefor or any action, suit, investigation or proceeding threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any present or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (relating to their capacity as such) or any Person for whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable or to which any of its properties or assets may be subject before or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability (whether or not accrued, fixed contingent or otherwise and whether or not required to be disclosed) except as fully set forth or provided for in the Company Financial Statements, or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Company Schedule 4.14 lists each action, suit, investigation or proceeding which is pending on the date of this Agreement, or that has been settled in the past three years in an amount exceeding $75,000, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any present or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (relating to their capacity as such) or any Person for whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable or to which any of their respective properties or assets may be subject.

Section 4.15                                                     Compliance with Laws and Court Orders.

(a)                                 Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.15(a) since January 1, 2010: (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material violation of, nor has it materially violated, nor is it under investigation with respect to, or has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any Applicable Law or Governmental Authority guidelines, including the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, any regulations promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Interagency Policy Statement on Retail Sales of Nondeposit Investment Products, the SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 and any other law relating to bank secrecy, discriminatory lending, financing or leasing practices, money laundering prevention and all Governmental Authority requirements relating to the origination, sale and servicing of Mortgage loans; (ii) the Company and Bank have each timely and properly filed and maintained all requisite Currency Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports and have properly monitored transaction activity (including wire transfers); and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

(b)                                 None of the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective Representatives has, directly or indirectly: (i) used any funds of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries for any unlawful contribution, unlawful gift or unlawful entertainment or other expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic governmental official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign from funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) violated any provision that would result in the violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any similar law; (iv) established or maintained any unlawful fund of monies or other assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) made any fraudulent entry on the books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (vi) made any unlawful bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, unlawful kickback or other unlawful payment to any Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property or services, to obtain favorable treatment in securing business or to obtain special

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concessions for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates, to pay for favorable treatment for business secured or to pay for special concessions already obtained for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the UST.

Section 4.16                                                     Properties.

(a)                                 Company Schedule 4.16(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list and description of each parcel of real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Owned Real Property”). Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.16(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof, and there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein. There are no developments affecting the Owned Real Property pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened which could reasonably be expected to materially detract from the value, interfere with the present use or materially and adversely affect the marketability of any of the Owned Real Property. The buildings, structures and equipment included in the Owned Real Property (i) have no material defects that would reasonably be expected to interfere with the present use of Owned Real Property and all Owned Real Property; (ii) are in satisfactory operating condition and repair and have been maintained consistent with standards generally followed in the industry (giving due account to the age and length of use of same, ordinary wear and tear excepted); and (iii) are suitable for their present uses. The Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, has fee simple title to each parcel of Owned Real Property subject only to the Permitted Exceptions. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of such Owned Real Property is subject to any Lien, except for the Permitted Exceptions.

(b)                                 Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases or licenses any real property except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.16(b) (collectively, the “Leased Real Property”). To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no developments affecting the Leased Real Property pending or threatened, which could reasonably be expected to interfere with the present use of any of the Leased Real Property. The buildings, structures and equipment included in the Leased Real Property to the Company’s Knowledge have no material defects, are in satisfactory operating condition and repair and have been maintained consistent with standards generally followed in the industry (giving due account to the age and length of use of same, ordinary wear and tear excepted) and are suitable for their present uses.

(c)                                  The Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property constitute all of the real property used or held for use in connection with the current business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and are adequate to conduct such business as currently conducted.

Section 4.17                                                     Intellectual Property.  Company Schedule 4.17 contains a complete and accurate list of all registrations (including domain name registrations) and any applications for registration of any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and identifies the applicable owner. The Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, is the sole and exclusive owner of all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by it (collectively, the “Owned Intellectual Property”) and holds all of its right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property and all Intellectual Property licensed by it from third parties (together with the Owned Intellectual Property, the “Company Intellectual Property”) free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor the conduct of their businesses has infringed, misappropriated, used without authorization or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property rights of any Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries each own, or otherwise have valid and sufficient rights to use, all Intellectual Property used or held for use in, or necessary for, its

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business as such business is currently conducted. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all Company Intellectual Property, the value of which is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof. No Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company Intellectual Property, except where such infringement, misappropriation or other violation would not have any adverse impact on the Company or the Company’s Subsidiary. No charges, claims or litigation have been asserted or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (a) contesting the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s right to use, or the validity of, any the Company Intellectual Property; (b) challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any license or agreement pertaining thereto or asserting the misuse thereof; or (c) claiming that the Company or its Subsidiary has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property rights of any Person, and no valid basis exists for the assertion of any such charge, claim or litigation.

Section 4.18                                                     Insurance Coverage.  Company Schedule 4.18 sets forth a true and complete list of, and the Company has furnished to Guaranty prior to the date hereof true and complete copies of, all insurance policies and fidelity bonds relating to the assets, business, operations, employees, officers or directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries. There is no claim by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds or in respect of which such underwriters have reserved their rights. All premiums payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have otherwise complied fully with the terms and conditions of all such policies and bonds. Such policies of insurance and bonds (or other policies and bonds providing substantially similar insurance coverage) have been in effect since at least January 1, 2012 and remain in full force and effect. Such policies and bonds are of the type and in amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting businesses similar to that of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Knowledge of any actual or threatened termination of or failure to renew, premium increase with respect to, or material alteration of coverage under, any of such policies or bonds. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall after the Closing continue to have coverage under such policies and bonds with respect to events occurring prior to the Closing, including pursuant to the Tail Policy. The aggregate annual premium paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries under its directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies (correct and complete copies of which were delivered to Guaranty prior to the date hereof) was $116,837.

Section 4.19                                                     Licenses and Permits.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied, and each is in compliance, with all material licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, approvals or other similar authorizations required to carry on its business as now conducted (the “Permits”). Company Schedule 4.19 lists each Permit together with the name of the Governmental Authority issuing such Permit unless the omission of such Permit would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Permits are valid and in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under, and no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both could reasonably be expected to constitute a default under, any of the Permits. No notice of breach or default in respect of any Permit has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no proceedings in progress, pending or threatened which would reasonably be expected to result in the cancellation, revocation, suspension or adverse alteration of any of them. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Knowledge of any existing matters or state of facts which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such notice or proceeding, and none of the Permits will be terminated or impaired or become terminable, or cease to be applicable to the Company or its Subsidiary, in whole or in part, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for termination of Bank’s charter upon the Bank Merger or in each case as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 4.20                                                     Deposits. All of the deposits held by Bank (including the records and documentation pertaining to such deposits) have been established and are held in compliance in all respects with all: (a) applicable policies, practices and procedures of Bank; and (b) Applicable Law, including anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism, or embargoed Persons requirements. Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.20, no deposit of Bank is a Brokered Deposit or is subject to any encumbrance, legal restraint or other legal process (other than garnishments, pledges, set-off rights escrow limitations and similar actions taken in the ordinary course of business). All of the deposit accounts of Bank are insured up to the applicable limits (or fully insured if there is no limit) through the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) as administered by the FDIC to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid have been paid when due. No legal action or proceeding for the termination or revocation of such insurance is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such termination or revocation been threatened.

Section 4.21                                                     Regulatory Filings.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed or furnished, as applicable, in a timely manner with the applicable Governmental Authorities all forms, filings, registrations, submissions, statements, certifications, reports and documents, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it has been required to file or furnish, including any report or statement required to be filed or furnished pursuant to Applicable Law (“Regulatory Reports”), and has paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. All such Regulatory Reports that have been filed with or furnished to the applicable Governmental Authorities were complete and accurate in all material respects and complied in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the Reports of Condition and Income required to be filed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act). The Regulatory Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

Section 4.22                                                     Supervisory Actions.  Neither the Company nor Bank is subject to any cease-and-desist or other Order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter, troubled condition letter, supervisory letter or similar undertaking to, is subject to any Order or directive by, or has been since January 1, 2012, a recipient of any supervisory letter from, has been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of, any Governmental Authority that currently restricts in any respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its business, other than those of general application (each, whether or not set forth in the Company Schedules, a “Company Regulatory Agreement”). Since January 1, 2012, neither the Company nor Bank has been advised by any Governmental Authority that the Governmental Authority is considering issuing, initiating, ordering or requesting any Company Regulatory Agreement or any investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and Bank are each in compliance in all respects with each Company Regulatory Agreement to which it is a party or subject, and since January 1, 2012, neither the Company nor Bank has received any notice from any Governmental Authority indicating that it is not in compliance in any respect with any such Company Regulatory Agreement. Each of the Company and Bank is and, at all times since January 1, 2012, has been “well capitalized” or “well managed” as such terms are defined or used in the FDIC’s capital maintenance rules and regulations codified in 12 C.F.R. Part 325. There has not been any event or occurrence that could reasonably be expected to result in a determination that either the Company or Bank is not “well capitalized” or “well managed.”

Section 4.23                                                     Community Reinvestment Act.  Bank had a rating of “satisfactory” or better as of its most recent CRA examination, and the Company has no Knowledge of, has not been

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advised of, and has no reason to believe that any facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to cause it or Bank to be deemed not to be in satisfactory compliance in any respect with the CRA or to be assigned a rating for CRA purposes by federal or state bank regulators of lower than “satisfactory”.

Section 4.24                                                     Anti-money Laundering.  The Company has no Knowledge of, has not been advised of, and has no reason to believe that any facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to cause it or Bank to be deemed to be operating in violation in any respect of the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, any Order issued with respect to anti-money laundering by the UST’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other applicable anti-money laundering statute, rule or regulation or any license, Order or regulation issued with respect to economic sanctions programs by the UST’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Company Board and Bank’s board of directors have each adopted and implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate and appropriate customer identification certification procedures that comply with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, that has not been deemed ineffective by any Governmental Authority and that meets the requirements of Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 4.25                                                     Customer Information Security.  Since January 1, 2012, there has been no unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, any nonpublic personal information of a customer in the possession of the Company or Bank that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to such customer. The Company has no Knowledge of, nor has it been advised of or has any reason to believe that any facts or circumstances exist that would cause the Company or Bank to be deemed not to be in satisfactory compliance in any respect with the applicable privacy of customer information requirements contained in any federal and state privacy laws and regulations, including in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as well as the provisions of the information security program adopted by the Company and Bank pursuant to Appendix B to 12 C.F.R. Part 364.

Section 4.26                                                     Loan Portfolio.

(a)                                 Company Schedule 4.26(a)(i) sets forth: (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount, as of the date hereof, of all loan agreements, notes or borrowing arrangements payable to Bank, including leases, credit enhancements and participations (referred to together with all outstanding loans payable to Bank, whether now existing or arising prior to the Effective Time, as the “Loans”), other than “non-accrual” Loans; and (ii) separately, the aggregate outstanding principal amount, as of the date hereof, of all “non-accrual” Loans. Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.26(a)(ii), Bank has no outstanding Loan or asset classified as “Other Real Estate Owned” (collectively, “Bank OREO”) or that was designated by Bank as “special mention,” “substandard,” “doubtful,” “loss” or words of similar import (any of the foregoing Loans or assets, “Criticized Assets”). Company Schedule 4.26(a)(iii) sets forth: (A) a summary of Criticized Assets as of the date hereof, by category of Loan (e.g., commercial and consumer), together with the aggregate principal amount of such Loans by category; and (B) each asset of Bank that, as of the date hereof, is so classified. No borrower with respect to a Loan has: (1) filed, or consented by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction; (2) made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (3) consented to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, liquidator or other officer with similar power over itself or any substantial part of its property; (4) been adjudicated insolvent; or (5) taken action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing. The information (including electronic information and information contained on tapes and computer disks and the information set forth on the Company Schedules referenced in this Section 4.26(a)) with respect to the Loans and Criticized Assets made available to Guaranty is, as of the respective dates indicated therein, true and complete.

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(b)                                 Company Schedule 4.26(b) contains the “watch list” of Loans (the “Watch List”). There is no other Loan agreement, note or borrowing arrangement which should be included on the Watch List in accordance with Bank’s ordinary course of business, consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

(c)                                  Each Loan: (i) is evidenced by notes, agreements or other evidences of Indebtedness which are true, genuine and what they purport to be; (ii) to the extent purported to be secured, has been secured by valid Liens and security interests which have been perfected; and (iii) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor named therein, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by any Enforceability Exceptions). All Loans originated by Bank, and all such Loans purchased, administered or serviced by Bank, were made or purchased and are administered or serviced, as applicable, in accordance with Bank’s customary lending standards. All such Loans (and any related guarantees) and payments due thereunder are, and on the Closing Date will be, free and clear of any Lien, and Bank has complied, and on the Closing Date will have complied, with all of its applicable loan policies and procedures and Applicable Law relating to such Loans, including any Applicable Law with respect to documentation in connection with the origination, processing, underwriting (including credit approval), purchase and servicing of Mortgage loans, real estate settlement procedures, consumer protection, truth in lending, fair housing, transfers of servicing, collection practices, equal credit opportunity and adjustable rate Mortgages, and the terms and provisions of any Mortgage or other collateral documents and other loan documents with respect to such Loans.

(d)                                 Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.26(d), Bank has not at any time purchased or sold any Loans or advances or any participations therein. Bank has not at any time sold any of its assets with recourse of any kind to Bank, nor entered into any agreement providing for the sale or servicing of any Loan or other asset which constitutes a “recourse arrangement” under applicable regulation or policy promulgated by a Governmental Authority. Bank has not received any request to repurchase any Loan or advance or participation therein, or any other asset, sold to a third party, nor has the Company or Bank been advised by any third party purchaser of any Loan or advance or participation therein, or any other asset, that such purchaser intends to request that Bank repurchase such Loan or advance or participation therein or other asset.

(e)                                  Neither the Company nor Bank is, or has been since January 1, 2012, subject to any fine, suspension, settlement or other agreement or other administrative agreement or sanction by, or any reduction in any loan purchase commitment from any Governmental Authority relating to the origination, sale or servicing of Mortgage loans or consumer loans. Neither the Company nor Bank has received any notice that any Governmental Authority proposes to limit or terminate the underwriting authority of Bank or to increase the guarantee fees payable to any such Governmental Authority.

(f)                                   There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened litigation with respect to any Loan which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the rights of Continuing Company, Bank or Guaranty Bank to enforce such Loan or any related property in which Bank holds or has held a Lien or with respect to which the Company or Bank holds or has held a fiduciary or management role (collectively, “Bank Loan Property”).

(g)                                  Prior to the Closing, the Company shall update all Company Schedules prepared and delivered to Guaranty pursuant to this Section 4.26 to reflect all Loans, Loan information and disclosures as of the Update Date.  Solely for the purposes of any update to the Company Schedules pursuant this Section 4.26(g): (i) the term “Loans” shall include all loan agreements, notes or borrowing arrangements (including leases, credit enhancements and participations) payable to Bank as of the Update Date; and (ii) the words “as of the date hereof” or words of similar effect shall mean the Update Date.

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(h)                                 Bank has not originated, modified or serviced any SBA Loan that was either not qualified to be guaranteed by the SBA or otherwise not originated in accordance with SBA rules and regulations.

Section 4.27                                                     Risk Management Instruments.  Company Schedule 4.27 sets forth all derivative instruments of Bank including swaps, caps, floors and option agreements, whether entered into for Bank’s own account or for the account of Bank’s customers. All such derivative instruments were entered into: (a) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and safe and sound banking practices; (b) in accordance with all Applicable Law; and (c) with counterparties reasonably believed to be financially responsible at the time, and each of them constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Bank and is enforceable against Bank and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by Applicable Law, including any Enforceability Exceptions. Neither Bank nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement.

Section 4.28                                                     Employees.  Company Schedule 4.28 sets forth a true and complete list as of the date hereof of the names, titles, hire dates, locations, whether full- or part-time, whether active or on leave, annual salaries or wage rates and other compensation, including most recent annual bonus received and current annual bonus opportunity, of all employees and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries. None of such individuals has indicated to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that he or she intends to resign or retire as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise within one year after the Closing Date. All employees and independent contractors of and consultants to the Company and its Subsidiaries are employed or provide services solely within the United States. Five days prior to the Closing Date, the Company will provide Guaranty with an updated Company Schedule 4.28, as of the Update Date.

Section 4.29                                                     Labor Matters.

(a)                                 The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all Applicable Law relating to labor and employment, including those relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, equal employment opportunity, age and disability discrimination, immigration control, information privacy and security, payment and withholding of Taxes and continuation coverage with respect to group health plans.

(b)                                 Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been a party to or subject to, or is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective bargaining agreement or other labor agreement with any union or labor organization. No employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by a labor union, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has not been any organizational campaign, petition or other unionization activity seeking recognition of a collective bargaining unit relating to any director, officer, employee, independent contractor of or consultant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c)                                  There are no, and since January 1, 2012, there have not been any strikes, work stoppages, work slowdowns or lockouts pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d)                                 All Persons providing services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been properly classified as either employees or independent contractors in accordance with Applicable Law (including the Code) and the terms of all applicable Employee Plans and have been treated accordingly under Applicable Law and such Employee Plans.

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Section 4.30                                                     Employee Benefit Plans.

(a)                                 Company Schedule 4.30(a) contains a true and complete list of each Employee Plan.  Prior to the date hereof, the Company has made available to Guaranty correct and complete copies of: (i) each Employee Plan, including all amendments thereto (or, in the case of any Employee Plan that is unwritten, a complete and accurate description thereof); (ii) the most recent annual reports on Form 5500 filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Employee Plan (if any such report was required) and summary annual reports; (iii) the most recent summary plan description for each Employee Plan for which a summary plan description is required; (iv) each trust agreement and insurance or group annuity contract relating to any Employee Plan; (v) each group health plan’s privacy notice, privacy policies and procedures, and business associate agreements for the plan’s vendors; and (vi) each employee handbook or other policy delivered or made available to any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ employees or other service providers.

(b)                                 Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any other entity that, together with the Company or its Subsidiary, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code (collectively, “ERISA Affiliates”) (nor any predecessor of any such entity) sponsors, maintains, administers or contributes to (or has any obligation to contribute to), or has in the past six years sponsored, maintained, administered or contributed to (or had any obligation to contribute to), any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA. No direct, contingent or secondary liability to the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates has been incurred or could reasonably be expected to be incurred by the Company, any of the Company’s ERISA Affiliates or their ERISA Affiliates under Title IV of ERISA.

(c)                                  Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.30(c), with respect to any Employee Plan covered by Subtitle B, Part 4 of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, no non-exempt prohibited transaction has occurred that has caused or could reasonably be expected to cause the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates to incur any liability under ERISA or the Code. All contributions, premiums or other payments required by Applicable Law or by any Employee Plan have been made by the due date thereof.

(d)                                 (i) Each Employee Plan has been established and administered in compliance with its terms, except where noncompliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Applicable Law; and (ii) each Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code either: (A) has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service as to its qualification, a copy of which has been provided to Guaranty and which is in force as of the Effective Time; (B) is subject to an opinion letter with respect to a preapproved document which is in force and upon which such plan may rely and nothing has occurred that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; or (C) with respect to the KSOP, has been submitted to the Internal Revenue Service for favorable determination with respect to its qualification and termination.

(e)                                  With respect to each Employee Plan: (i) there are no actions, suits, investigations, audits or proceedings (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course of the business consistent with past practice) that are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened; and (ii) no facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such action, suit, investigation, audit or proceeding.

(f)                                   Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any current or projected liability for, and no Employee Plan provides or promises, any post-employment or post-retirement medical, dental, disability, hospitalization, life or similar benefits (whether insured or self-insured) to any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor of or consultant to the Company or

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any of its Subsidiaries (other than coverage mandated under Section 4980B of the Code or other Applicable Law requiring continuation of health care coverage for terminated employees).

(g)                                  There has been no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement (whether or not written) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Employee Plan that could reasonably be expected to increase the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of expense incurred in respect thereof for the most recent fiscal year ended prior to the date hereof.

(h)                                 Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.30(h), there are no outstanding Loans or other extensions of credit made by the Company or Bank to any of the Company’s or Bank’s current or former directors, officers, or employees other than expense advances to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices.

(i)                                     Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.30(i), neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or together with any other event) will: (i) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director, independent contractor of or consultant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any payment or benefit, including any bonus, retention, severance, retirement or job security payment or benefit; (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or increase the amount payable or trigger any other obligation under, any Employee Plan; or (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Closing, Continuing Company, Bank or Guaranty Bank, to merge, amend or terminate any Employee Plan.

(j)                                    No Employee Plan, individually or collectively, could reasonably be expected to result in the payment of any amount that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code.

(k)                                 Each Employee Plan, and any award thereunder, that is or forms part of a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been timely amended (if applicable) to comply and has been operated in compliance with, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in practice and operation with, all applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(l)                                     Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former employee, officer, director, independent contractor of or consultant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Tax incurred by such individual, including under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.

(m)                             Except as set forth in Company Schedule 4.30(m) or as required by the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601, et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code (“COBRA”) or similar state law, the cost of which is borne by the insured individuals, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability to provide post-retirement health or life benefits to any service provider or former service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There does not exist, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, do any circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to result in, liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of a failure to comply with COBRA or similar state law.

(n)                                 The amount of all future benefit payments owed on behalf of each participant in an Employee Plan that includes any deferred compensation or salary continuation arrangement as of the date hereof have been, and as of the Closing Date, will be, accrued for in accordance with GAAP in the Company Financial Statements and the 2015 Financial Statements, as applicable.

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Section 4.31                                                     Environmental Matters.  There is no complaint, demand, summons, Order, claim, action, suit, investigation, review, proceeding or penalty pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting, the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, any of their respective assets or any Company Real Property or Bank Loan Property, which alleges or relates to a violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Law. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are and at all times have been in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws and have obtained and are in compliance with all environmental Permits. There has been no release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within any building, structure, facility or fixture of any Hazardous Substance which could reasonably be expected to result in any investigation, remediation or corrective action of any property or asset of, or form the basis of any claim against or liability of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including with respect to any Company Real Property and Bank Loan Property. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor will it be, deemed the owner or operator under any Environmental Law of any Bank Loan Property that is or has been contaminated with, or has or has had any release of, any Hazardous Substance. There are no liabilities or obligations of or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether known or unknown, accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, arising under or relating to any Environmental Law or any Hazardous Substance, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in such a liability or obligation resulting in a Material Adverse Effect.  All written environmental or health and safety audits, reports, assessments or tests in the possession or control of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and all written, environmental or health and safety audits, reports, assessments or tests regarding the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any Company Real Property, Bank Loan Property or any property formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, have been furnished to Guaranty prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “Environmental Information”).

Section 4.32                                                     Tax Matters.

(a)                                 (i) All returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund, or information returns or statements relating to Taxes, including any schedules or attachments thereto, and including any amendments thereof (collectively, “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been filed when due and in accordance with all Applicable Law; (ii) as of the time of filing, such Tax Returns were true and complete; and (iii) all Taxes due and payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been timely paid, or withheld and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.

(b)                                 (i) The charges, accruals and reserves for Taxes with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ books (excluding any Tax Assets) are adequate to cover Tax liabilities accruing through the end of the last period for which the Company and its Subsidiaries ordinarily record items on their respective books and, as adjusted for the passage of time through the Calculation Date in accordance with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ past customs and practices, are adequate to cover all Tax liabilities as of such time; (ii) since the end of the last period for which the Company and its Subsidiaries ordinarily record items on their respective books, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any transaction, or taken any other action, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and safe and sound banking practices that would materially impact any Tax Assets, Tax accruals or Tax reserves of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) all information set forth in the Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) relating to Tax matters is true and complete.

(c)                                  Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.32(c), (i) There are no Liens for Taxes, other than Permitted Encumbrances, upon any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been granted any extension or waiver of the

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statute of limitations period applicable to any Tax Return, which period (after giving effect to such extension or waiver) has not yet expired; (iii) there is no claim, audit, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation now pending or threatened against or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Tax or Tax Asset; (iv) no adjustment that would increase the Tax liability, or reduce any Tax Asset, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been made, proposed or threatened by a Governmental Authority during any audit of a Pre-Closing Tax Period which could reasonably be expected to be made, proposed or threatened in an audit of any subsequent Tax period; (v) there are no requests for rulings or determinations in respect of any Tax or Tax Asset pending between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any rulings or determinations from any Governmental Authority; (vi) since January 1, 2012, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or changed any Tax election, changed any annual Tax accounting period, or adopted or changed any method of Tax accounting (to the extent that any such action may affect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), nor has it filed any amended Tax Return, entered into any closing agreement, settled any Tax claim or assessment, or surrendered any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability; and (vii) all Tax Returns with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be filed with respect to any Tax year ending on or after December 31, 2012 have been examined and closed or are Tax Returns with returns with respect to which the applicable period for assessment under Applicable Law, after giving effect to extensions or waivers, has expired.

(d)                                 Company Schedule 4.32(d) contains a list of all jurisdictions in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to file Tax Returns. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever received a claim or notice from an authority in a jurisdiction where it does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

(e)                                  Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.32(e): (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has it ever been, a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or to any other agreement or arrangement referred to in clause (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Tax”; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement or arrangement with any Governmental Authority affecting any Tax period for which the applicable statute of limitations, after giving effect to extensions or waivers, has not expired.

(f)                                   (i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a direct or indirect beneficiary of a guarantee of Tax benefits or any other arrangement that has the same economic effect (including an indemnity from a seller or lessee of property, or other insurance) with respect to any transaction relating to it; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any understanding or arrangement described in Section 6662(d)(2)(C)(ii) of the Code and has not participated in a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 and, if it has participated in such a “reportable transaction,” it has properly disclosed the transaction in accordance with Applicable Law; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been required to disclose on any Tax Returns any position that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been at any time a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes of any Person as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

(g)                                  (i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any other Person will be required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any Post-Closing Tax Period under Section 481(c) of the Code (or any similar provision of the Tax laws of any jurisdiction) as a result of a change in

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method of accounting for a Pre-Closing Tax Period unless the Company’s automatic consent change for loan origination costs is denied; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any other Person will be required to include for a Post-Closing Tax Period taxable income attributable to income economically realized in a Pre-Closing Tax Period, including any distributions in a Pre-Closing Tax Period from an entity that is fiscally transparent for Tax purposes and any income that would be includible in a Post-Closing Tax Period as a result of the installment method or the look-back method (as defined in Section 460(b) of the Code); (iii) no election has been made under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 or any similar provision of Tax law to treat either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an association, corporation or partnership; (iv) no Tax Asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to a limitation under Section 382 or Section 383 of the Code; and (v) Company Schedule 4.32(g) contains a list of the Tax Assets of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for each taxable year since the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ formation, respectively.

(h)                                 None of Continuing Company, Bank, Guaranty Bank or any of their Affiliates will be required to include any item of income in, nor will Continuing Company, Bank, Guaranty Bank or any of their Affiliates be required to exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period or portion thereof ending on or after the Calculation Date as a result of any: (i) intercompany transaction or excess loss account under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law); (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Calculation Date; or (iii) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Calculation Date.

(i)                                     Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any interest in real property in any jurisdiction in which a Tax is imposed, or the value of the interest is reassessed, on the direct or indirect transfer of an interest in real property and which treats the transfer of an interest in an entity that owns an interest in real property as a transfer of the interest in real property.

(j)                                    The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld and paid all Taxes required to be withheld and paid by it in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, consultant, creditor, shareholder or other third party.

(k)                                 S Corporation Election.

(i)                                     Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.32(k) and subject to the actions described thereon, during the period commencing on January 1, 2008 and ending at the close of business on the Closing Date (the “S Period”): (A) the Company has been an “S corporation” within the meaning of Section 1361(a) of the Code, (B) a valid election under Section 1362 of the Code (“S Election”) has been in effect with respect to the Company at all times for the S Period, (C) a valid S Election or similar election has been in effect with respect to the Company during the S Period in all relevant state and local jurisdictions in which the Company is subject to Tax and in which such election is required, (D) each of the Company’s current shareholders is, and at all times during the S Period its current and former shareholders has been, a Person described in Section 1361(b)(1)(B) of the Code at all times that such Person held shares of Company Stock during the S Period, and at no time during the S Period did the Company exceed the maximum number of shareholders permissible to maintain the S Election, nor was any shareholder of the Company a non-resident alien, (F) during the S Period, each Subsidiary of the Company is and has been a qualified subchapter S subsidiary (“QSub”), and a valid election under Section 1361(b)(3)(B) of the Code (“QSub Election”) has been in effect with respect to each Subsidiary at all times for such period, and (G) a valid QSub Election or similar election has been in effect with respect to each Subsidiary of the Company during such period in all relevant state and local jurisdictions in which the Company or such Subsidiary is subject to Tax and in which such election is required.

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(ii)                                  The aggregate amount of U.S. federal income Tax liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries arising as a result of the Merger (including any “built in gain” within the meaning of Section 1374 of the Code) will not exceed $0.

(iii)                               Since January 1, 2008, the Company has filed its Tax Returns in a manner consistent with its S Election and QSub Election, and except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.32(k), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any of their Representatives, has taken or agreed to take any action or failed to take any action that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of revoking, terminating or otherwise inhibiting the S Election or the QSub Election.

(l)                                     Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has it ever been, a “United States real property holding corporation” as defined in Section 897 of the Code.

(m)                             Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any United States federal net operating and capital loss carryforwards (including any limitations of such net operating or capital loss carryforwards under Section 382, 383 or 384 of the Code or the Treasury Regulations), as of December 31, 2015, or any Code Section 382 ownership change starting January 1, 2012.

(n)                                 Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take (or failed to take or agree to take) any action or knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

Section 4.33                                                     Affiliate Transactions.

(a)                                 Except as set forth on Company Schedule 4.33 or as part of the normal and customary terms of an individual’s employment or service as a director, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is now, nor has it been since January 1, 2012, involved, directly or indirectly, in any business arrangement or other relationship exceeding $75,000 in the aggregate (as debtor, creditor, guarantor or otherwise), contract for goods or services, lease or other transaction or agreement with: (i) any director or Bank Executive Officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, any shareholder owning 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Company Stock or any Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such director, officer or shareholder; or (ii) other than credit and consumer banking transactions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates who is not an officer, or any Affiliate, or “associate” or member of the “immediate family” of any such employee. No director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any of their respective Affiliates, or any shareholder owning 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Company Stock, or any Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” of any such Affiliate, director, officer or shareholder directly or indirectly owns, or otherwise has any right, title or interest in, to or under, any material property or right, tangible or intangible, that is used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b)                                 The Company and Bank are each in compliance with Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and its implementing regulations, and all extensions of credit by Bank to any “executive officer,” director or “principal shareholder” (as such terms are defined in the Federal Reserve’s Regulation O) of the Company or Bank have been made in compliance with the Federal Reserve’s Regulation O.

Section 4.34                                                     Allowance for Loan Losses.  The ALLL is, and shall be as of the Effective Time, in compliance with Bank’s existing methodology for determining the adequacy of the

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ALLL, as well as the standards established by applicable Governmental Authorities and the Financial Accounting Standards Board and is and shall be adequate under all standards. Neither Bank nor any of its Subsidiaries has been notified by any Governmental Authority or by Company’s or Bank’s independent auditor, in writing or otherwise, that: (a) such allowances are inadequate; (b) the practices and policies of Bank or any of its Subsidiaries in establishing such allowances and in accounting for non-performing and classified assets generally fail to comply with applicable accounting or regulatory requirements; or (c) such allowances are inadequate or inconsistent with the historical loss experience of Bank or its Subsidiaries.

Section 4.35                                                     Disclosure Documents and Fairness Opinion.

(a)                                 The information supplied by the Company and Bank for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement or any other application, filing, statement or document or any amendment or supplement thereto, except for financial projections, shall be true and correct in all material respects and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.35 will not apply to statements or omissions included in Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement based upon information supplied by Guaranty or any of its Representatives in writing specifically for use therein.

(b)                                 The Company has received an opinion (the “Company Fairness Opinion”) from Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking, LP (“Sheshunoff”) addressed to the Company Board to the effect that, as of the date of the opinion, and based upon and subject to the factors, assumptions, qualifications and limitations contained therein, the Aggregate Merger Consideration to be paid to the holders of Company Stock pursuant to the Merger is fair from a financial point of view. The Company has obtained the authorization of Sheshunoff to include a copy of the Company Fairness Opinion in the Proxy Statement.

Section 4.36                                                     Fiduciary Responsibilities. To the extent applicable, Bank is empowered and authorized under Applicable Law to exercise all trust powers necessary to conduct its business and has conducted such business in accordance with Applicable Law. Bank has properly administered all accounts for which it acts as a fiduciary, including accounts for which it serves as trustee, agent, custodian, personal representative, guardian, escrow agent, conservator or investment advisor, in accordance with the terms of the applicable governing documents and contracts and Applicable Law (including ERISA). Neither Bank nor any of its current or former directors, officers or employees, has committed any breach of trust with respect to any such fiduciary account and the records for each such fiduciary account.