UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2014

 

 

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-35854   13-4219346

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1600 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 400

McKinney, TX 75069-3257

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 562-9004

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The Underwriting Agreement

Independent Bank Group, Inc. (the “Company”), Independent Bank and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) (the “Underwriters”), have entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated July 17, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein, the Company has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from the Company, $65,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024 (the “Notes”). The Company made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Underwriting Agreement concerning the Company and the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196627) (the “Registration Statement”) related to the offering. The Company also agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company and the Underwriters expect to consummate the sale and purchase of the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement on July 22, 2014.

The Notes will be sold to the public at a price equal to 100.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes, after the underwriting discount, but before transaction expenses allocable to the sale of the Notes, will be $64,025,000. The Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate per annum equal to 5.875%. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2015, to each person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on the preceding January 15 or July 15, as the case may be. The Notes mature on August 1, 2024.

The Notes will be subordinated, unsecured debt securities of the Company and will rank below the Company’s senior indebtedness, as defined in the Base Indenture (as defined below), and will rank equally or, if specified, senior to such other subordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Notes were created and established, and the terms and conditions thereof were established, by action of the Pricing Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 17, 2014, between the Company and the Trustee under the Base Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). The First Supplemental Indenture was executed and delivered pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture and in accordance with the Indenture to establish of the terms and conditions of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The terms of the Notes are as set forth in the Indenture, which will govern the Notes, and in the form of the Global Note (as defined below) that will represent the Notes to be sold in the offering.

The material terms of the Notes are described in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated July 17, 2014, which relates to the offer and sale of the Notes (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and the Company’s prospectus dated June 27, 2014, which relates to the offer and sale from time to time of up to $250,000,000 of securities of the Company, including subordinated debt securities of the Company to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the “Base Prospectus”). The Prospectus Supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 18, 2014 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. A Final Term Sheet, dated July 17, 2014, relating to, and setting forth certain terms of, the Notes was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act on July 17, 2014.


The Notes will be delivered in book-entry form only. The Notes will be represented by a single global note in the principal amount of $65,000,000 (the “Global Note”), which will be payable to Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company. The Global Note will be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture.

The Company is offering and selling the Notes under the Registration Statement, which registration statement relates to the offer and sale on a delayed basis from time to time of up to $250,000,000 of securities of the Company, including subordinated debt securities of the Company to be issued pursuant to the Indenture. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes as described herein and to file with the Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement, the documents and instruments attached hereto as exhibits.

Filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are: (i) the Underwriting Agreement; (ii) the First Supplemental Indenture; (iii) the form of the Global Note; and (iv) the opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP, special counsel to the Company, regarding the legality of the Notes.

Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement

On July 14, 2014, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) to amend the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank (the “Credit Agreement”). The Amendment revises the definition of “Subordinated Indebtedness” by adding the requirement that debt may be considered subordinated indebtedness if it is redeemable or subject to prepayment upon a special event, which is defined as the occurrence of (a) a change in the law that could prevent the Company from deducting interest payable on its subordinated debt for tax purposes, (b) an event that precludes the subordinated indebtedness from being recognized as Tier 2 capital for regulatory capital purposes or (c) a requirement that the Company must register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (each, a “Special Event”).

Additionally, the Amendment requires the Company to send written notification to U.S. Bank if the Company determines to prepay or redeem any subordinated indebtedness upon the occurrence of one of the events listed above. The Amendment also places restrictions on the Company to prevent prepaying or redeeming any subordinated indebtedness other than upon the occurrence of a Special Event. The Amendment provides that violating these restrictions or the covenants requiring notice to U.S. Bank constitutes an event of default under the Credit Agreement.

The foregoing descriptions of the Amendment and the Credit Agreement are each qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment and the Credit Agreement, respectively, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 17, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

The following are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

  1.1*   Underwriting Agreement, dated July 17, 2014, among Independent Bank Group, Inc., Independent Bank and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the Underwriters named therein.
  4.1**   Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Independent Bank Group, Inc.’s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, dated June 25, 2014).
  4.2*   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee.
  4.3*   Form of Global Note to represent the 5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024 of the Company (included in Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1*   Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding the legality of the Notes being registered.
10.1**   Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of Independent Bank Group, Inc.’s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, dated June 25, 2014).
10.2*   Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated July 14, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association.
23.1*   Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1*   Press Release, dated July 17, 2014, announcing the pricing of the Notes.

 

* Filed herewith.
** Incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated July 18, 2014   By:  

/s/ David R. Brooks

   

David R. Brooks

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

  1.1*   Underwriting Agreement, dated July 17, 2014, among Independent Bank Group, Independent Bank and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the Underwriters named therein.
  4.1**   Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Independent Bank Group, Inc.’s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, dated June 25, 2014).
  4.2*   First Supplemental Indenture, dated July 17, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee.
  4.3*   Form of Global Note to represent the 5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024 of the Company (included in Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1*   Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered.
10.1**   Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of Independent Bank Group, Inc.’s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, dated June 25, 2014).
10.2*   Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated July 14, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association.
23.1*   Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1*   Press Release, dated July 17, 2014, announcing the pricing of the Notes.

 

* Filed herewith.
** Incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

$65,000,000

5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024

Underwriting Agreement

July 17, 2014

Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.,

    as representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

c/o Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.

1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6 th

Floor New York, New York 10020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Independent Bank Group, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are acting as Representatives (the “Representatives”), $65,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024 (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture thereto, to be dated as of July 17, 2014, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered. Securities issued in book-entry form shall be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a blanket issuer letter of representations to be entered into between the Company and DTC.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-196627), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of various securities, including the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”), and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of this Agreement and each such post-effective amendment is effective under the 1933 Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the rules and


regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule 430B Information.” Each base prospectus and prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information is referred to herein collectively as a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including any amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement;” provided, however, that the term “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities (within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2)); provided, further, that any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act is referred to herein as the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,” and after such filing the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final base prospectus and the prospectus supplement, dated the date hereof, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are referred to herein collectively as the “Prospectus.”

For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any term sheet or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package (as defined herein) (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, prior to the execution of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, after the execution of this Agreement.

1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 4(a) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration

 

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Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted by or are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission to the Company for additional information has been complied with.

Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, at the time it became effective and at the Closing Time complied and will comply with in all material respects the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the “1939 Act Regulations”) and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statements of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the 1939 Act of the Trustee. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters consists of the information described in Section 8(b) hereof.

The Final Term Sheet (as defined below), the Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time did not, and of the Closing Time will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 4:44 p.m. (Eastern Time) on July 17, 2014.

“Final Term Sheet” means the final term sheet in the form set forth on Schedule II hereto, reflecting the final terms of the Securities.

“Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

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“Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule III hereto.

“Section 5(d) Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act.

“Section 5(d) Writing” means any Section 5(d) Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).

Each (A) Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus and (B) Section 5(d) Writing, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies the Representatives, did not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, which information in any such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Section 5(d) Writing has not been superseded or modified; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Section 5(d) Writing there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Section 5(d) Writing conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Section 5(d) Writing, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Section 5(d) Writing to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(ii) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply, in each case, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”) and, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, or any amendment thereto became effective, at the time the Prospectus was issued and at the Closing Time, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(iii) Any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus when filed, if filed by electronic transmission, pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the 1933 Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Representatives for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.

(iv) The financial statements, including the related schedules and notes, filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus (the “Financial Statements”) present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations and consolidated cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such Financial Statements, unless otherwise noted therein, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus. The consolidated statement of income data, balance sheet data and earnings per share data for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Selected Financial Information” fairly present the information therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus. To the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission comply with Regulation G promulgated under the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the required information and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(v) McGladrey LLP (“McGladrey”), the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that are included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

 

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(vi) Harper & Pearson Company, P.C. (“H&P”), the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements of BOH Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries that are included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(vii) The statistical and market-related data contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate.

(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed by the Representatives, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable securities laws.

(ix) Since the date of the most recently dated audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the Financial Statements, (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, have not sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, and there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development known to the Company that the Company reasonably expects to cause a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, earnings, business, properties, assets, consolidated financial position, business prospects, consolidated shareholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), in each case in this clause (A) other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(x) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title in fee simple to all real property and good and indefeasible title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, security interests, claims, restrictions, liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described generally in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries, and

 

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neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any written or oral notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(xi) The Company is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”) and has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xii) The Bank and each material subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, trust company, statutory business trust or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except in each case where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The activities of the Company’s subsidiaries are permitted of subsidiaries of a bank holding company under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board (the “FRB”) set forth in Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary. There are no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or equity securities of any of the Company’s subsidiaries. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distributions on such subsidiary’s capital stock or common securities, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Schedule IV hereto.

 

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(xiii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization,” and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or compensation arrangements and the options or other rights granted thereunder, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly presents, in all material respects, the information required to be described therein with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

(xiv) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description of the Indenture contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xv) The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters, will have been duly executed by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The Securities, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price for the Securities as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Indenture, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xvi) The Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

(xvii) The issue and sale of the Securities by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, ( A ) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or result in a Repayment Event (as defined below) under, any indenture,

 

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mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, ( B ) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, articles of association or charter (as applicable) or bylaws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or ( C ) subject to compliance by all necessary persons with the applicable provisions of the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 and Regulation Y promulgated in part thereunder, result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any federal, state, local or foreign court, arbitrator, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body (each a “Governmental Entity”) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for, in the case of clauses (A) and (C) those conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Repayment Events that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the 1933 Act of the Securities and except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition, the occurrence or existence of which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary prior to its scheduled maturity.

(xviii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, articles of association or charter (as applicable), bylaws or other governing documents or (B) in breach, violation or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject except in each case for such breaches, violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xix) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders applicable to them (including, without limitation, all regulations and orders of, or agreements with, the FRB, the Texas Department of Banking (the “TDB”) and the FDIC, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, all other applicable fair lending laws or other laws relating to discrimination and the Bank Secrecy Act and Title III of the USA Patriot Act), and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written or oral communication from any Governmental Entity asserting that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in material compliance with any statute, law, rule, regulation, decision, directive or order.

 

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(xx) There are no legal or governmental actions or suits, investigations, inquiries or proceedings before or by any court or Government Entity, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject (A) that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations and is not disclosed therein or (B) which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would be reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses, are not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described or filed.

(xxi) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (A) possesses all permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations of (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”), (B) has made all filings, applications and registrations with, all Governmental Entities necessary to permit the Company or such subsidiary to conduct the business now operated by the Company or such subsidiary, and (C) is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses currently held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses.

(xxii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or code or any applicable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all permits, authorizations and approvals required to be held by it under any applicable Environmental Laws and is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of each such permit, authorization and approval held by it, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters,

 

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claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(xxiii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use or can acquire on reasonable terms ownership or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, licenses, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable property or confidential information, systems or procedures and excluding generally commercially available “off the shelf” software programs licensed pursuant to shrink wrap or “click and accept” licenses) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, except in each case where the failure to own or possess such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with, any such rights of others or any facts or circumstances that would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, except in each case where such infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations which has not been so described.

(xxv) Neither the Company nor the Bank is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, and after receipt of payment for the Securities and the application of the net proceeds as described in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(xxvi) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to the Company and as to which compliance is currently required by the Company.

(xxvii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any affiliates of the Company or its subsidiaries, has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

 

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(xxviii) None of the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and other persons, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (A) used any corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to make any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and the Company has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance therewith, or (D) made any bribe, illegal rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(xxix) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents, in all material respects, the required information and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15(d)-15(f) under the 1934 Act), that complies with the requirements of the 1934 Act applicable to them; the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective; and since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (X) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) of which the Company is aware and (Y) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected adversely, or is reasonably likely to materially affect adversely, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxx) The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the 1934 Act) that comply with the requirements of the 1934 Act that are applicable to an issuer that has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

(xxxi) None of the Company, the Bank and any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any order or directive from the FRB, the TDB, the FDIC, the Commission or any regulatory authority to make any material change in the method of conducting its respective businesses. The Company, the Bank and their subsidiaries, have conducted and are conducting their business so as to comply in all material respects with all applicable statutes, regulations and administrative and court decrees (including, without limitation, all regulations, decisions, directives and orders of the FRB, the TDB, the FDIC and the Commission). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject or is party to, or has received any notice or advice that any of them may become subject or party to, any investigation with respect to, any corrective, suspension or cease-and-desist order, agreement, consent agreement, memorandum of

 

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understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order with or by, or is a party to any commitment letter, or is subject to any directive by, or has been a recipient of any supervisory letter from any Regulatory Agency (as defined below) that, in each case, currently relates to or materially restricts in any respect the conduct of their business or that in any manner relates to capital adequacy, credit policies or management, nor at the request or direction of any Regulatory Agency has the Company or any of its subsidiaries adopted any board resolution that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries been advised by any Regulatory Agency that such Regulatory Agency is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement or any such Regulatory Agreement is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries are each in substantial compliance with any Regulatory Agreements, including memorandums of understanding and any other orders or agreements with the TDB, and there is no unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, currently results in or is expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term “Regulatory Agency” means any Governmental Entity having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depositary institutions or holding companies of depositary institutions, or engaged in the insurance of depositary institution deposits.

(xxxii) Each “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) is in compliance with ERISA, except where the failure to be in compliance with ERISA would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). None of the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (A) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (B) Sections 412, 4971 or 4975 of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service regarding its qualification under such section and, to the knowledge of the Company, its subsidiaries and its ERISA affiliates, nothing has occurred whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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(xxxiii) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company reasonably believes are prudent and customary in the business in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to obtain insurance coverage from insurers similar to their current insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied in any instance in which such insurance coverage was offered by the carrier from which the Company or such subsidiary sought such coverage or to which it applied for such coverage.

(xxxiv) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, or the Underwriters, for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the sale of the Securities.

(xxxv) The Company and its subsidiaries have (i) filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns that they are required to have filed or have properly requested extensions of the deadline for the filing therefor and all such tax returns as filed are true, complete and correct in all material respects and (ii) have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them, other than such taxes as may be paid at a later date without any penalty or fine and except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate actions and except for such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties, the nonpayment or late payment of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the extent required by GAAP, the applicable Financial Statements reflect adequate accruals in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for periods prior to December 31, 2013 as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

(xxxvi) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which, in any case, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxvii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, money laundering statutes applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(xxxviii) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Time and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any prospectus (as such term is defined in the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or such other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations and approved by the Representatives.

(xxxix) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(xl) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-(4)(b)(1).

(xli) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to all securities held by it (except securities sold under repurchase agreements, pledged to secure deposits or derivative contracts or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity) free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge or security interest or other restriction of any kind, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent business practices to secure obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and except for such defects in title or liens, claims, charges, options, encumbrances, mortgages, pledges or security interests or other restrictions of any kind that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The value of such securities as reflected in the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries has been determined in accordance with GAAP.

(xlii) Any and all material swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements (other than employee stock options) and other derivative financial instruments, contracts or arrangements, whether entered into for the account of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or for the account of a customer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries, were entered into in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with prudent business practice and applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of all applicable regulatory agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time of execution of such instruments, contracts or arrangements. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have duly performed all of their respective obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued, and there are no breaches, violations or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder, except for such breaches, violations, defaults, allegations or assertions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xliii) Neither the Company nor any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is (a) currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); (b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of such sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and (c) the Company will not,

 

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directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any of its subsidiaries, any joint venture partner of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person in, or engage in dealings or transactions with any person in, any country, or territory, subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xliv) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(xlv) To the knowledge of the Company, after inquiry of its officers and directors, there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors, or principal shareholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Underwriters and except that Mr. Vincent J. Viola, a principal shareholder of the Company, and Mr. Douglas A. Cifu and Michael T. Viola, both of whom are directors of the Company, may be deemed to be affiliated with a FINRA member firm.

(xlvi) Other than the Notes, the Company has no debt securities to which a rating is accorded by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act.

(xlvii) From the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Act on April 5, 2012 through the date hereof, the Company has met and meets the definition of an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the 1933 Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).

(xlviii) The Company (a) has not engaged in any Section 5(d) Communications and (b) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Section 5(d) Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Section 5(d) Communications.

(b) The Bank represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 4(a) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2 hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) The Bank has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a Texas state bank in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Bank is the only depository institution subsidiary of the Company and the Bank is a member in good standing of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The Bank is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,

 

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except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The activities of the Bank are permitted under the laws and regulations of the State of Texas and the deposit accounts in the Bank are insured up to the applicable limits by the FDIC and no proceeding for the termination or revocation of such insurance is pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened against the Bank.

(ii) Neither the Bank nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its articles of association or certificate of formation (as applicable) or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and, when duly executed by the Representatives, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Bank, enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable securities laws.

(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Bank and the compliance and performance by the Bank with and of all of the provisions of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Bank and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage or time or both, conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or result in a Repayment Event under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or bylaws of the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for those conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Repayment Events that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Representatives in connection with the offering of Securities shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters set forth therein as of the date of such certificate.

(d) The Bank is not and, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.

 

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2. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the price equal to 98.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters’ respective names in Schedule I, plus any additional number of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.

(b) It is understood that Notes having a public offering price equal to an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 initially (the “Directed Notes”) will be reserved by the Underwriters from the aggregate principal amount offered for offer and sale to the officers and directors of the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA. Under no circumstances will the Representatives or any Underwriter be liable to the Company or to any purchaser of Directed Notes for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith in connection with such Directed Note program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Directed Notes are not affirmatively reconfirmed for purchase by any Directed Note Purchaser listed on Schedule V hereto on or immediately after the date of this Agreement (the “Unsold Directed Notes”), such Unsold Directed Notes may be offered by the Underwriters to the public as part of the public offering contemplated herein.

(c) It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for such Underwriter’s account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities that such Underwriter has agreed to purchase. Each of Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., individually and not as Representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

3. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice to the Company shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives, through the facilities of DTC, for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on July 22, 2014 (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

The documents to be delivered at Closing Time by or on behalf of the parties hereto, including the cross receipt for the Securities, will be delivered at the offices of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300 Houston, Texas 77002, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on July 22, 2014, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing.

 

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5. The Company further covenants and agrees with each of the Underwriters as follows:

(a) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430B under the 1933 Act and will make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that shall be reasonably disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof. The Company will advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof and will advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order with respect to the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any Section 5(d) Writing or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any Section 5(d) Writing or the Prospectus or for additional information, and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any Section 5(d) Writing or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.

(b) The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), any Term Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Representatives shall reasonably object.

(c) The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Representatives, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits). The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Representatives will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(d) Promptly from time to time, the Company will take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction. In each state or other jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such state or other jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect until the completion of the distribution of the Securities. The Company will also supply the Representatives with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdiction as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the 1933 Act, notify the Representatives and upon the Representatives’ request prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon such Underwriter’s request, but at the expense of such Underwriter, prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as it may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act.

(f) The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act, the 1939 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Representatives or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such

 

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counsel, at any such time, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 5(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Representatives such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Representatives may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(g) The Company will make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(h) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including balance sheets and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to such holders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; provided that if the Company files an annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q by means of EDGAR, the Company shall be deemed to have furnished such report to such holders in compliance with the requirements of this section.

(i) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Securities, and to deliver to the Representatives (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders generally or to the Commission); provided that if the Company files any such reports or other communications of the type contemplated by clause (i) above with the Commission and such report or materials are or will become available on EDGAR, the Company shall be deemed to have furnished such report or other communications to the Representatives in compliance with the requirements of this section.

 

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(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”

(k) Until completion of the distribution of the Securities, the Company will file (i) all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and (ii) such information on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q as may be required by Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.

(l) During the period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, including, where and when required, timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(m) The Company shall comply, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply, in all material respects, with all effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(n) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or otherwise, and the Company will, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its affiliates to, comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation M with respect to any securities of the Company. If the limitations of Rule 102 of Regulation M (“Rule 102”) do not apply with respect to the Securities or any other reference security pursuant to any exception set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102, then promptly upon notice from the Representatives (or, if later, at the time stated in the notice), the Company will, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its affiliates to, comply with Rule 102 as though such exception were not available, but the other provisions of Rule 102 (as interpreted by the Commission) did apply.

(o) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the 1933 Act.

(p) If at any time following the distribution of any Section 5(d) Writing, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Section 5(d) Writing would include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and, if not already superseded by a later filed Registration Statement, will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Section 5(d) Writing to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

 

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(q) The Company will prepare the Final Term Sheet in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives and each Underwriter, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives and the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (a)(i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information meeting the requirements of Rule 134 of the 1933 Act Regulations or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet or (b) other customary information that is neither “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, nor otherwise an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus.

6. The Company covenants and agrees with the Representatives that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are completed: (i) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with their engagement, including without limitation, outside legal fees and expenses, marketing, syndication and travel expenses; provided , however that such expenses shall not exceed $125,000; (ii) the cost of obtaining all securities and bank regulatory approvals, including any required FINRA fees, including the filing fees incident thereto; (iii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities as provided in Section 5(d) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Representatives in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (v) the cost of printing or reproducing any agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky survey, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the

 

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representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show with the consent of the Company; (ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities; (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with having the Securities eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC; and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6.

7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Time shall be subject, in its discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Closing Time, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the 1933 Act Regulations and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof (or a post-effective amendment shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B), if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives’ reasonable satisfaction, the Final Term Sheet and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed in such filings by Rule 433, and FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(b) At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as either such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

(c) At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, counsel for the Underwriters. The opinion shall address the matters as the Representatives may reasonably request. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

 

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(d) On the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, McGladrey shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of the Company and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided that the letter delivered as of the Closing Time shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(e) On the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, H&P shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of BOH Holdings, Inc. and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided that the letter delivered as of the Closing Time shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental or regulatory action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, capital adequacy for regulatory purposes, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or their business affairs, business prospects or regulatory affairs, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at the Closing Time on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on Nasdaq; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on Nasdaq; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or Texas authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities occurring after the date hereof, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v), in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at the Closing Time on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

 

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(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though made at and as of the Closing Time, (ii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are to their knowledge contemplated by the Commission and (iv) no event of default under the Indenture or default with notice and/or lapse of time that would be an event of default in respect of the Securities has occurred and is continuing.

(i) Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) of which the Company has notice or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

If any condition specified in this Section 7 shall not have been satisfied when and as required to be satisfied or shall not have been waived by such time, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Time. If the sale of any of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition set forth in this Section 7 is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives upon demand for all documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the proposed offering of those of the Securities as to which such sale is not consummated; provided that any such out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Underwriters under clause (i) of Section 6 hereof for purposes of the proviso to such clause (i). In addition, such termination shall be subject to Section 6 hereof, and Sections 1, 8 and 10 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

8. (a) The Company and the Bank, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any , who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and their respective partners, directors, officers, employees and agents and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any

 

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Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any Section 5(d) Writing, any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Company and the Bank shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any Section 5(d) Writing, any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, provided that the Company, the Bank and the Underwriters hereby acknowledge and agree that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company consists solely of the information described as such in subsection (b) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided for by the Bank in this paragraph shall be limited with respect to the Bank to the extent necessary if (a) a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Bank by written communication addressed to the Bank or its board of directors, including in connection with any examination of the Bank, informs the Bank or its board of directors that such Governmental Entity has determined that such indemnification violates Sections 23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, or another law, rule, regulation or policy applicable to the Bank or the Company, (b) a Governmental Entity notifies the Bank that the indemnification would result in an adverse impact on the Bank’s examination ratings, (c) such indemnification would give rise to civil money penalties or other sanctions, or (d) the Bank determines, upon the written advice of counsel, that the payment of any indemnification hereunder by the Bank would violate any law, rule, regulation or policy applicable to the Bank or the Company. The Company and the Bank agree to notify the Representatives immediately upon receipt of such written advisement or notice. The Underwriters agree to cooperate with the Company in implementing any modification required by the foregoing.

(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company, within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein (provided, however, that the Company and the

 

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Underwriters hereby acknowledge and agree that the only such information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company consists solely of the following: the allocation, concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting”) and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection, unless the indemnifying party has been prejudiced thereby. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, be counsel to the indemnifying party), provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to its and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume the legal defenses of such indemnified party or parties (but not to control the defense of such action as to the indemnifying party) and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties, and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with, to the extent necessary in the circumstances, one separate local counsel in the jurisdiction in which such action is pending) to represent all indemnified parties, approved by the indemnifying party ) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of one counsel for the indemnified party or parties (in addition to local counsel) shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement or compromise of or agreed judgment in any proceedings effected or agreed to without its express prior written consent, but if any such proceeding is settled or compromised, or an agreed judgment is entered into, with such consent or if there be a final judgment (other than an agreed judgment) rendered in favor of for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement, compromise, agreed judgment or other judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without

 

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the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Bank and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each officer and employee of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the

 

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1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company with the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contribution obligation of the Bank in this paragraph shall be limited with respect to the Bank to the extent necessary if (a) a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Bank by written communication addressed to the Bank or its board of directors, including in connection with any examination of the Bank, informs the Bank or its board of directors that such Governmental Entity has determined that such contribution violates Sections 23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, or another law, rule, regulation or policy applicable to the Bank or the Company, (b) a Governmental Entity notifies the Bank that any contribution would result in an adverse impact on the Bank’s examination ratings, (c) such contribution would give rise to civil money penalties or other sanctions, or (d) the Bank determines, upon the written advice of counsel, that any contribution made by the Bank hereunder would violate any law, rule, regulation or policy applicable to the Bank or the Company.

(e) The obligations of the Company and the Bank under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Bank may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) any Underwriter, or any of the respective partners, directors, officers and employees of any Underwriter or any such controlling person. The obligations of each of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which each of the Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) the Company or the Bank or any of the respective directors and officers of the Company, the Bank or any such controlling person.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to an indemnified party at law or in equity.

9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase and pay for the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder at the Closing Time, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for either or both of the Representatives or another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to the Company to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within 36 hours after such default by any Underwriter, the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which the Representatives may determine to be made necessary thereby. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 9 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.

 

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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 9(a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at the Closing Time, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at the Closing Time and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 9(a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities to be purchased at the Closing Time or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in Section 9(b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

11. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 7 hereof, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 6 hereof and provided further that Sections 1, 8 and 10 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.

13. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Representatives shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Representatives at Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6 th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Bracewell & Giuliani LLP,

 

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711 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: William S. Anderson; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile to Independent Bank Group, Inc., 1600 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 400, McKinney, Texas 75069-3257, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, with copies to Andrews Kurth LLP, 1717 Main Street, Suite 3700, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Joseph A. Hoffman and Haynie Rake Repass & Lowry, PC, 14643 Dallas Parkway, Suite 550, Dallas, Texas 75254, Attention: Mark Haynie. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or the Underwriters, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement , (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the Underwriters are and have been acting solely as principals and are not the agents or fiduciaries of the Company, its subsidiaries or the Company’s shareholders, creditors, employees or any other third party, (iii) the Underwriters have not assumed nor will they assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or its subsidiaries on any other matters) and the Underwriters have no obligation to the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company or its subsidiaries and the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship, (v) the Company and its subsidiaries waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims the Company may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or its subsidiaries in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company, and (vi) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Bank consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

 

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17. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SAID STATE OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

THE COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND NEW YORK STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT. THE COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

18. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any facsimile or electronically transmitted copies hereof or signatures hereon shall, for all purposes, be deemed originals.

19. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

20. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

21. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Bank and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us four counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Bank and the Company.

 

Very truly yours,
I NDEPENDENT B ANK G ROUP , I NC .
By:  

/s/ David R. Brooks

  Name: David R. Brooks
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
I NDEPENDENT B ANK
By:  

/s/ David R. Brooks

  Name: David R. Brooks
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement


Accepted as of the date hereof:
Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and theseveral Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
By:   SANDLER O’NEILL + PARTNERS, L.P.
  By:   Sandler O’Neill + Partners Corp.,
    the sole general partner
  By:  

/s/ Robert A. Kleinert

    Name: Robert A. Kleinert
    Title: An Officer of the Corporation
By:   U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Julie Brendel

    Name: Julie Brendel
    Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement


Schedule I

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount
of Securities
 

Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.

   $ 32,500,000   

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     22,750,000   

Evercore Group L.L.C.

     3,250,000   

Keefe, Brueyette & Woods, Inc.

     3,250,000   

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

     3,250,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 65,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule II

Pricing Term Sheet

Dated July 17, 2014

$65,000,000

5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024

Unless otherwise indicated, terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Prospectus.

 

Issuer:    Independent Bank Group, Inc.
Security Type:    5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024
Aggregate Principal Amount:    $65,000,000
Rating:    The Subordinated Notes are rated BBB- by Kroll Bond Rating Agency. A rating reflects only the view of a rating agency, and it is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the Subordinated Notes. Any rating can be revised upward or downward or withdrawn at any time by a rating agency if such rating agency decides that circumstances warrant that change.
Coupon:    5.875%
Interest Payment Dates:    February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2015
Maturity:    August 1, 2024
Yield-to-Maturity:    5.875%
Call Provision:    Non-Call Life

 

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Special Event Redemption:    The Subordinated Notes may not be redeemed prior to maturity, except that the Company may redeem the Subordinated Notes, at its option, in whole if (i) a change or prospective change in law occurs that could prevent the Company from deducting interest payable on the Subordinated Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a subsequent event occurs that precludes the Subordinated Notes from being recognized as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes, or (iii) the Company is required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Issue Price to Investors:    100%
Underwriters’ Discount:    1.5%
Net Proceeds to Issuer (after underwriting discounts, but before expenses):    $64,025,000
Day Count Convention:    30 / 360
Denominations:    $1,000 denominations and integral multiples of $1,000
Subordination:    The Subordinated Notes will be subordinate in right of payment to all senior indebtedness of the Company as described in detail in the Prospectus.
CUSIP / ISIN:    45384B AA4 / US45384BAA44
Joint Book-Running Managers:    Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.; U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Co-Managers:    Evercore Partners; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.
Announce Date:    July 15, 2014
Trade Date:    July 17, 2014
Settlement Date (T+3):    July 22, 2014

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196627) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC (including a prospectus supplement relating to the offering) for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. toll free at 1-866-805-4128 or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll free at 1-877-558-2607.


Schedule III

Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus

Final Term Sheet

 

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Schedule IV

List of Subsidiaries

 

            Banking Subsidiary            

  

Jurisdiction of

        Organization         

Independent Bank    Texas

            Nonbanking Subsidiary            

  

Jurisdiction of

        Organization         

IBG Adriatica Holdings, Inc.    Texas
IBG Aircraft Acquisition, Inc.    Texas
IBG Real Estate Holdings, Inc.    Texas
IB Trust I    Delaware
IB Trust II    Delaware
IB Trust III    Delaware
IB Centex Trust I    Delaware
Community Group Statutory Trust I    Delaware

 

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Schedule V

Directed Note Purchases

Dan Brooks

 

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Company

to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(b)

(i) The Company has been incorporated, is validly existing and is in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Texas and is registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

(ii) The Company has full corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as such business is described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

(iii) The Bank has been organized and is validly existing as a Texas state bank and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with the corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. The Bank is the only subsidiary of the Company that is a depository institution (as defined in the Texas Bank Act, as amended) and the Bank is a member in good standing of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas.

(iv) The Securities have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will have been duly authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture. The Securities conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.

(v) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee, the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Base Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Base Prospectus. The terms, conditions and provisions of the Securities as set forth in the First Supplemental Indenture conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus Supplement.

(vi) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

(vii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Bank.

 

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(viii) Any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424(b).

(ix) The Registration Statement as of the date on which it was declared effective by order of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Prospectus as of July 17, 2014 (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included and other related financial and accounting data and information contained therein or in exhibits to or excluded from the Registration Statement, as to which such counsel may express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act.

(x) The statements made in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of Notes,” insofar as such statements purport to constitute summaries of the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, constitute accurate summaries of such terms in all material respects.

(xi) The statements made in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “U.S. Federal Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of U.S. federal tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects.

(xii) The statements (i) under the captions “Business—Legal Proceedings,” “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions,” “Regulation and Supervision,” and “Risk Factors” appearing in the Exchange Act Documents incorporated by reference in one or more of the documents that were part of the General Disclosure Package as of July 17, 2014 and in the Prospectus as of July 17, 2014 (other than those statements setting forth information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company as set forth in Section 8(b) of the Underwriting Agreement as to which such counsel may express no opinion) and (ii) in Item 15 of the Registration Statement on the date on which it was declared effective by order of the Commission, insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries solely of legal matters, provisions of the Company’s certificate of formation or bylaws, documents or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by such counsel and fairly summarize those matters of law, legal matters, provisions of the Company’s certificate of formation or bylaws, documents or legal proceedings or legal conclusions in all material respects.

(xiii) To such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein.

(xiv) To such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, there are no agreements or instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed as exhibits thereto; and any descriptions of any such agreements or instruments contained therein fairly summarize such agreements or instruments in all material respects.

 

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(xv) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the Company’s execution, delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture, including the issuance and sale of the Securities, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and by the Prospectus, except (i) the registration of the Securities as required under the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and (ii) as otherwise have been obtained or made.

(xvi) None of (A) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the Bank and the performance by the Company and the Bank of their respective obligations thereunder, (B) the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the global note representing the Securities by the Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder or (C) the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities: (i) will result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or the articles of association or bylaws of the Bank; (ii) will constitute a Repayment Event or a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or the Bank pursuant to any material agreements and instruments of which such counsel has knowledge after due inquiry; or (iii) will result in any violation of any Applicable Laws (as defined below) or, to such counsel’s knowledge with due inquiry, any administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or the Bank.

(xvii) To such counsel’s knowledge with due inquiry, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.

(xviii) Neither the Company nor the Bank is, or as a result of the consummation of the sales of the Securities as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (including the receipt of proceeds from the offering contemplated therein) will be, required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Such counsel may express no opinion as to any laws other than (i) Applicable Laws of the State of Texas and (ii) Applicable Laws of the United States of America. References in such opinion to “Applicable Laws” means those laws, rules and regulations of the State of Texas and the United States of America that, in such counsel’s experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, without such counsel’s having made any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific law, rule or regulation, and which are not the subject of a specific opinion herein referring expressly to a particular law or laws; provided that the term “Applicable Laws” does not include:

 

  a. any municipal or other local law, rule or regulation, and any other law, rule or regulation relating to (i) pollution or protection of the environment, (ii) zoning, land use, building or construction codes or guidelines, (iii) labor, employee rights and benefits, or occupational safety and health, or (iv) utility regulation;

 

  b. antitrust laws and other laws regulating competition;

 

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  c. tax laws, rules or regulations;

 

  d. antifraud laws;

 

  e. federal or state banking regulatory or deposit insurance laws, rules or regulations;

 

  f. state securities or blue sky laws, rules or regulations; or

 

  g. any law, rule or regulation that may have become applicable because of any facts specifically pertaining to any of the Underwriters or relating to the legal or regulatory status of any of the Underwriters.

Such counsel shall advise whether the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission and whether, to such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission or any proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that such opinions are based on and limited to the relevant federal law of the United States of America and the law of the State of Texas and that they render no opinion with respect to the state securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the law of any other jurisdiction.

In rendering any such opinions, such counsel may rely solely on an opinion of Haynie Rake Repass & Lowry, PC. Such counsel shall state that it has no reason to believe that any such opinion rendered by Haynie Rake Repass & Lowry, PC is not correct in any material respect.

Such counsel’s opinions may be based on and subject to such assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions as are customary in such opinion letters with respect to opinions of the type described above. In addition, such counsel may state that whenever its opinion is based on factual matters that are “to its knowledge after due inquiry” or “of which it has knowledge after due inquiry,” such counsel has, with your concurrence, relied to the extent such counsel deemed appropriate on certificates of officers (after the discussion of the contents thereof with such officers) of the Company or certificates of others as to the existence or nonexistence of the factual matters upon which such opinion is predicated. Such counsel shall state that it has no reason to believe, however, that any such certificate is untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

Such counsel may state that its opinion letter and the opinions expressed therein are being furnished only in connection with the sale of the Securities under the Underwriting Agreement occurring on the date hereof, are solely for the benefit of the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Underwriting Agreement, and may not be used or relied upon by any Underwriter in any other capacity or for any other purpose and may not be used or relied upon by any other person or entity for any purpose without such counsel’s express prior written authorization. Such counsel may state that except for the use of such opinion letter and the opinions expressed therein that is expressly permitted therein, such opinion letter and the opinions expressed therein may not be quoted, circulated or published, in whole or in part, or otherwise referred to, filed with or furnished to any other person or entity, without such counsel’s express prior written authorization; that the opinion expressed therein is not an opinion with respect to matters of fact or a guarantee and

 

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should not be construed or relied on as such, None of the opinions expressed therein are expressed as of the date thereof, and such counsel expressly disclaims any responsibility to update any such opinion after the date thereof. Opinions expressed therein are strictly limited to the matters stated therein, and no other or more extensive opinion is intended, implied or to be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated therein

 

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Exhibit 4.2

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of July 17, 2014

to

SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE

Dated as of June 25, 2014

 

 

5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of July 17, 2014, between INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas (the “ Company ”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), under the Base Indenture (as hereinafter defined).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “ Base Indenture ” and, as hereby supplemented and amended, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the establishment from time to time of Series of the Company’s subordinated unsecured debt securities, which may be notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the “ Securities ”) and the issuance from time to time of Securities under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 901(4) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish a Series of Securities thereunder and the form and terms, provisions and conditions of Securities of such Series of Securities as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to establish a new Series of Securities under the Indenture to be known as its “5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024” (the “ 2024 Series ”) and to establish and set the form and terms, provisions and conditions of the notes of the 2024 Series (the “ Notes ”), as provided in this First Supplemental Indenture and to provide for the initial issuance of Notes of the 2024 Series in the aggregate principal amount of $65,000,000; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture; and all requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company have been satisfied; and the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Relation to Base Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.

 

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Section 1.02 Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture:

(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Base Indenture, provided that if the definition of a capitalized term defined in this First Supplemental Indenture conflicts with the definition of that capitalized term in the Base Indenture, the definition of that capitalized term in this First Supplemental Indenture shall control for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes;

(b) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;

(e) unless otherwise specified or unless the context requires otherwise, (i) all references in this First Supplemental Indenture to Sections refer to the corresponding Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the terms “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and any other word of similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(f) for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.02(f):

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the City of Dallas, Texas or The City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

DTC ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.

Existing Company Subordinated Debt ” means those Subordinated Debentures of the Company due July 15, 2018, and those Subordinated Debentures of the Company due September 30, 2018, which together had an outstanding aggregate principal amount of $7,730,000 as of March 31, 2014.

Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies.

Global Note ” shall be a Global Security and have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 hereof.

Independent Bank Regulatory Counsel ” means a law firm, a member of a law firm or an independent practitioner that is experienced in matters of federal bank holding company and banking regulatory law, including the laws, rules and the guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board relating to regulatory capital, and shall include any person who, under the standards of professional conduct then prevailing and applicable to such counsel, would not have a conflict of interest in representing the Company or the Trustee in connection with providing the legal opinion contemplated by the definition of the term “Tier 2 Capital Event.”

 

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Independent Tax Counsel ” means a law firm, a member of a law firm or an independent practitioner that is experienced in matters of federal income taxation law, including the deductibility of interest payments made with respect to corporate debt instruments, and shall include any person who, under the standards of professional conduct then prevailing and applicable to such counsel, would not have a conflict of interest in representing the Company or the Trustee in connection with providing the legal opinion contemplated by the definition of the term “Tax Event.”

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b) hereof.

Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

Regular Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to each Interest Payment Date that is on February 1, the immediately preceding January 15, whether or not a Business Day, and with respect to each Interest Payment Date that is on August 1, the immediately preceding July 15, whether or not a Business Day.

Tax Event ” shall mean the receipt by the Company of an opinion of Independent Tax Counsel to the effect that, as a result of:

 

  a. any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective amendment or change) in any law or treaty, or any regulation thereunder, of the United States or any of its political subdivisions or taxing authorities;

 

  b. any judicial decision, administrative action, official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, regulation, notice or announcement, including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt or promulgate any ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation (any of the foregoing, an “administrative or judicial action”);

 

  c. any amendment to or change in any official position with respect to, or any interpretation of, an administrative or judicial action or a law or regulation of the United States that differs from the previously generally accepted position or interpretation; or

 

  d. a threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Company’s federal income tax returns or positions or a similar audit of any of its Subsidiaries, or a publicly known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Notes,

 

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in each case, occurring or becoming publicly known on or after the first date on which any Notes are sold, there is more than an insubstantial increase in the risk that interest paid by the Company on the Notes is not, or, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.

Tier 2 Capital Event ” shall mean the receipt by the Company of an opinion of Independent Bank Regulatory Counsel to the effect that, as a result of:

 

  a. any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of an applicable regulatory authority for the Company; or

 

  b. any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations,

which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Notes, the Notes do not constitute, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion will not constitute, Tier 2 capital (or its then equivalent if the Company were subject to such capital requirement) for purposes of capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board, as then in effect and applicable to the Company.

The terms “ Company ,” “ Trustee ,” “ Base Indenture ,” and “ Notes ” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this First Supplemental Indenture and the paragraph preceding such recitals.

ARTICLE 2

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 2024 SERIES AND

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Establishment of the Series of the Notes and Designation . There is hereby authorized and established a Series of Securities designated as the “5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024.” The Securities that are a part of such Series of Securities shall be in the form and have the terms, provisions and conditions as set forth in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Section 2.02 Maturity. The date upon which the Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest then owing, is August 1, 2024 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

Section 2.03 Form, Payment and Appointment. Except as provided in the fourth paragraph of Section 305 of the Base Indenture, the Notes will be issued only in book-entry form, will be represented by one or more Global Notes (as defined below) registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company (and any successor thereto) (“ DTC ”) or its nominee. Principal or the Redemption Price, if any, of a Note shall be payable to the Person in whose name that Note is registered on the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, provided that principal of, the Redemption Price, if any, of and interest on the Notes

 

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represented by one or more Global Notes (as hereinafter defined) registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee will be payable in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such Global Notes. The principal of any certificated Notes will be payable at the Place of Payment set forth below; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person entitled to payment; provided that the Paying Agent shall have received written notice of such account designation at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment (subject to surrender of the relevant Note in the case of a payment of interest on the Maturity Date).

The Notes shall have such other terms as are set forth in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A .

The Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent and Paying Agent for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

The Place of Payment for the Notes shall be an office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in Dallas, Texas, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Dallas, Texas.

The Notes will be issuable and may be transferred only in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. The amounts payable with respect to the Notes shall be payable in U.S. Dollars.

Section 2.04 Global Note. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more fully registered global notes (each such global note, a “ Global Note ”) registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and deposited with DTC or its designated custodian or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate. Unless and until a Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be made, only to DTC or a nominee of DTC, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary as provided in the Indenture.

Section 2.05 Interest.

(a) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or the Redemption Date, if any, with respect to the Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the initial original issue date of Notes of the 2024 Series, if no interest has previously been paid or duly provided for with respect to any of the Notes of the 2024 Series) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or the Redemption Date, if any, as the case may be (each, an “ Interest Period ”).

(b) The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 5.875% per annum from July 22, 2014, or with respect to any Notes issued after such date, the date of issue, through, but excluding, the date on which the principal or Redemption Price of the Notes has been paid in full or a sum

 

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sufficient to pay the principal or Redemption Price of the Notes has been made available for payment. Interest on the Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing February 1, 2015, to the Persons in whose names the relevant Notes are registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof.

(c) The amount of interest payable for any Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date).

(d) In the event that the Maturity Date for any Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal of, and interest on, the Notes may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest will accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after the Maturity Date). Interest due on the Maturity Date (whether or not an Interest Payment Date) of any Notes will be paid to the Person to whom principal of such Notes is payable.

Section 2.06 Subordination.

(a) The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Notes by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of and interest on each and all of the Notes is and will be expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, subject to clause (j) of this Section 2.06, to the extent and in the manner described in this Section 2.06 and Section 1501 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any termination, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Notes and the Holders thereof by a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):

(i) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and the interest due thereon (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect) before the Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal of or interest on indebtedness evidenced by the Notes;

 

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(ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Notes would be entitled except for the provisions of Section 1501 of the Base Indenture and this Section 2.06, including any such payment or distribution that may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Notes, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, in accordance with the priorities then existing among holders of Senior Indebtedness for payment of the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect) on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; it being understood that if the Holders of the Notes shall fail to file a proper claim in the form required by any proceeding referred to in this subparagraph (ii) prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim or claims for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, in the form required in any such proceeding; and

(iii) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution that may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinate to the payment of the Notes shall be received by the Trustee or Holders of the Notes before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment of assets of the Company for all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full and no such payments or distributions to holders of such Senior Indebtedness to which the Holders of the Notes would be entitled except for the provisions hereof of cash, property or securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between the Company, its creditors, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Section 2.06 are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand, and, in the case of clause (j) of this Section 2.06, the holders of Existing Company Subordinated Indebtedness. Nothing contained in this Section 2.06 or elsewhere in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or any supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Section 301 or

 

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Article Nine of the Base Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Notes the principal of and interest on the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes with respect to the limitation on the rights of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes, to accelerate the maturity of the Notes and pursue remedies upon such an acceleration, shall anything herein or in the Notes prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Notes from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon any Event of Default under the Indenture occurring, subject to the rights, if any, under this Section 2.06 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Section 2.06, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such termination, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding is pending or upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount hereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Section 2.06. In the absence of any such liquidating trustee, agent or other person, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a written notice by a Person representing itself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder) as evidence that such Person is a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or is such a trustee or representative). If the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person, as a holder of Senior Indebtedness, to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Section 2.06, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to participation in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Section 2.06, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Section 2.06, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Section 2.06 against the Trustee. The Trustee, however, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by reason of the execution of the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture, or any other supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 301 or Article Nine of the Base Indenture, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of the Notes or the Company moneys or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Section 2.06.

 

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(c) In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Senior Indebtedness, beyond any applicable period of grace, or if any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur as a result of the payment referred to hereinafter, permitting the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to accelerate the maturity thereof, then, unless and until such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment or principal of or interest on the Notes, or in respect of any retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Notes, shall be made by the Company.

(d) Nothing contained in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture, any other supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 301 or Article Nine of the Base Indenture, or in any of the Notes shall: (i) impair, as between the Company and Holders of the Notes, the obligations of the Company, to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in clauses (b), (c), or (j) of this Section 2.06, payments of principal of, or interest (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law now or hereafter in effect) on, the Notes, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Notes; (ii) affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness; (iii) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes with respect to the limitation on the rights of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes, to accelerate the maturity of the Notes and pursue remedies upon such an acceleration, prevent the Holder of any Notes or the Trustee from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default thereunder, subject to the rights, if any, under this Section 2.06 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of such remedy; or (iv) prevent the application by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or prevent the receipt by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of such moneys, if, prior to the third Business Day prior to such deposit, the Trustee or such Paying Agent did not have written notice of any event prohibiting the making of such deposit by the Company.

(e) Each Holder by his acceptance of any Notes authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in the Indenture, and appoints the Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for such purposes, including, in the event of any termination, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization or similar proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors by the Company, a marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise) tending toward the liquidation of the property and assets of the Company, the filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of the Notes in the form required in those proceedings.

The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the Company from making any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 or Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture. The Trustee shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default or

 

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event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness or of any other facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in writing at its Corporate Trust Office to that effect signed by an Officer of the Company, or by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or agent thereof; and prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to Article Six of the Indenture, be entitled to assume that no such facts exist; provided that, if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 2.06 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which, by the terms of the Indenture, any monies shall become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note), then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive any monies from the Company and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it on or after such prior date except for an acceleration of the Notes prior to such application. The foregoing shall not apply if the Paying Agent is the Company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of any Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of, or agent of, such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder.

In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Section 2.06 or Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture and, if such evidence is not furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending such evidence being furnished to the Trustee or a judicial determination that such Person has the right to receive such payment.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.06 or any other provisions of the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or any other supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Section 301 or Article Nine of the Base Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or of any event that would prohibit the making of any payment or moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the representative of any such holder.

(g) The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Section 2.06 in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it in its individual capacity to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or any other supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Section 301 or Article Nine of the Base Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

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(h) The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision in this Section 2.06 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or any Event of Default.

(i) Nothing contained in this Section 2.06 shall apply to the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607 of the Base Indenture.

(j) Subject to the provisions of this clause (j) of Section 2.06 and to any provisions established or determined with respect to Securities of any Series pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Existing Company Subordinated Indebtedness. Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (b) of this Section 2.06, the provisions of that clause and the corresponding provisions of each indenture or other instrument or document establishing or governing the terms of any Existing Company Subordinated Indebtedness shall be given effect on a pro rata basis to determine the amount of cash, property or securities that may be payable or deliverable as between the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes and holders of Existing Company Subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand.

(k) The subordination provisions in this Section 2.06 or Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture do not apply to amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to other sections of the Indenture, including Section 607 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.07 Events of Default; Acceleration. All of the Events of Default set forth in clauses (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) of Section 501 of the Base Indenture will apply with respect to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Company will treat the Notes as Tier 2 capital (or its then equivalent if the Company were subject to such capital requirement) for purposes of capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board as then in effect and applicable to the Company, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default set forth in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 of the Base Indenture, neither the Trustee nor the holders of the Notes may accelerate the Maturity of the Notes and make the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, immediately due and payable.

Section 2.08 No Sinking Fund. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 2.09 No Conversion or Exchange Rights. The Notes shall not be convertible into or exchangeable for any equity securities, other securities or other assets of the Company or any Subsidiary.

Section 2.10 No Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . Sections 1202 and 1203 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01 No Redemption. The Notes shall not be redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes before the Maturity Date in whole, at any time, upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event or a Tax Event or if the Company is required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.). Any such redemption will be at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, provided that, for avoidance of doubt, the payment of such accrued and unpaid interest paid as a part of the Redemption Price shall satisfy in full the obligation of the Company to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date on which all accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes was paid or provided for through, but excluding, the Redemption Date. No such redemption of the Notes by the Company prior to the Maturity Date shall be made without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board if such prior approval is or will be required at the scheduled Redemption Date in order for the Notes to qualify as Tier 2 capital of the Company under the rules and guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board. The provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture shall apply to any redemption of the Notes pursuant to this Article 3.

ARTICLE 4

FORM OF NOTES

Section 4.01 Form of Notes . The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication thereon are to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

ARTICLE 5

ISSUE OF NOTES

Section 5.01 Original Issue of Notes. Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $65,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes in accordance with a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

Section 5.02 Additional Issues of Notes . The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes, which Notes will rank pari passu with the Notes and be identical in all respects as the Notes previously issued except for their issuance date, the offering price, the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such additional Notes and the first payment of interest following the issue date of such additional Notes in order that such additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single Series with the Notes outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such additional Notes and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 6

IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 6.01 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer, director, employee or agent, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person to the Company, it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 7

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01 Ratification of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 7.02 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as statements of the Company and not those of the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or of the proceeds thereof.

Section 7.03 Texas Law To Govern. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

Section 7.04 Separability. In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired by such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

Section 7.05 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “.pdf” or “.tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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Section 7.06 Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties to this First Supplemental Indenture and their successors under this First Supplemental Indenture and the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered on the Security Register from time to time, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.07 Conflict with Base Indenture. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this First Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 7.08 Provisions of Trust Indenture Act Controlling. This First Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this First Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ David R. Brooks

Name:   David R. Brooks
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Patrick Giordano

Name:   Patrick Giordano
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[Note: The following legend is to be placed at the beginning of any Global Note representing Notes.]

GLOBAL NOTE

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO IN THIS SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE OR A SUCCESSOR OF SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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THIS SECURITY AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED HEREIN) AS EVIDENCED HEREBY (1) ARE NOT DEPOSITS WITH OR HELD BY THE COMPANY AND ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AND (2) ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS DEFINED IN THE SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE IDENTIFIED HEREIN).

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.

5.875% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE AUGUST 1, 2024

 

No.    CUSIP: 45384B AA4
   ISIN: US45384BAA44

$

Independent Bank Group, Inc., a Texas corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum of $                     DOLLARS (or such other amount as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on August 1, 2024, (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Maturity Date ”), and to pay interest thereon from July 22, 2014 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, commencing February 1, 2015, at the rate of 5.875% per annum, with such interest calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal of the Notes has been paid in full or a sum sufficient to pay the principal of the Notes has been made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note, or any predecessor Note, is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided that the interest due on the Maturity Date (whether or not an Interest Payment Date) of a Note of the Series of Securities of which this Note is a part will be paid to the Person to whom principal of such Note is payable.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in Dallas, Texas, which shall initially be the principal office of the Trustee located therein, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person entitled to payment; provided , that the Paying Agent shall have received written notice of such account designation at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment (subject to surrender of the relevant Note in the case of a payment of interest on the Maturity Date).

 

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the Series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE OF NOTE

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.

5.875% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE AUGUST 1, 2024

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company of a Series designated as the “5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024” (herein called the “ Notes ”) initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $65,000,000 on July 22, 2014. Such Series of Securities has been established pursuant to, and is one of an indefinite number of Series of subordinated debt securities of the Company issued or issuable under and pursuant to, the Subordinated Debt Indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of June 25, 2014, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of July 17, 2014, thereto (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and the Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and any other indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Persons in whose names Notes are registered on the Security Register from time to time and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms, conditions and provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and those set forth in this Note. To the extent that the terms, conditions and provisions of this Note modify, supplement or are inconsistent with those of the Indenture, then the terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note shall govern to the extent such terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note are not inconsistent with the terms, conditions and provisions made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

All capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined herein that are defined in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture. If any capitalized term used in this Note and defined herein is also defined in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, in the event of any conflict in the meanings ascribed to such capitalized term, the definition of the capitalized term in this Note shall control.

The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon, is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the First Supplemental Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to obligations of the Company constituting the Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) on the terms and subject to the terms and conditions as provided and set forth in Section 2.06 of the First Supplemental Indenture and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all other Notes and with all other unsecured subordinated indebtedness of the Company issued under the Indenture and not by its terms subordinate and junior in right of payment to the promissory notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of types that include the Notes. Each Holder of this Security, by the acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions of the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided.

 

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The Notes are intended to be treated as Tier 2 capital (or its then equivalent if the Company were subject to such capital requirement) for purposes of capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies) (the “ Federal Reserve Board ”) as then in effect and applicable to the Company. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal and interest owed on the Notes shall only become due and payable in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Article Five of the Base Indenture and Section 2.07 of the First Supplemental Indenture. Accordingly, the holder of this Note has no right to accelerate the maturity of this Note in the event the Company fails to pay interest on any of the Notes, fails to perform any other obligations under the Notes or in the Indenture that are applicable to the Notes.

The Notes of this Series shall not be redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company may redeem the Notes before the Maturity Date upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event or a Tax Event or if the Company is required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.). No such redemption of the Notes by the Company prior to the Maturity Date shall be made without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board if such prior approval is or will be required at the scheduled Redemption Date in order for the Notes to qualify as Tier 2 capital of the Company under the rules and guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

The Notes of this Series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The Notes are not convertible into or exchangeable for any of the equity securities, other securities or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary.

The Base Indenture provisions relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance in Sections 1202 and 1203 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of the Notes at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of each Series (each Series voting as a class) affected thereby and at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of a Series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes of such Series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest

 

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on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this Series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this Series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $1,000.

The Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest (if any) on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

[Note: The provisions below that appear in brackets will be inserted into any Global Note representing Notes.] [This Security is a global note, represented by one or more permanent global certificates registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (each a “Global Note” and collectively, the “Global Notes”). Accordingly, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificates evidencing the Notes represented hereby, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or any nominee of such successor. Ownership of beneficial interests in this Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable Depositary or its nominee (with respect to interest of persons that have accounts with the Depositary (“Participants”) and the records of Participants (with respect to interests of persons other than Participants)). Beneficial interests in Notes owned by persons that hold through Participants will be evidenced only by, and transfers of such beneficial interests with such Participants will be effected only through, records maintained by such Participants. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in this Security will not be entitled to have any individual certificates and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under the Indenture.

Except in the limited circumstances set forth in Section 305 of the Base Indenture, Participants and owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive Securities in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of Notes. Neither the Company nor the principal Paying Agent will be liable for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee or any direct or indirect participant in identifying the beneficial owners of the related Notes. The Company and the principal payment agent may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all purposes, including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Notes to be issued.

 

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Except as provided in Section 305 of the Base Indenture, beneficial owners of Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in definitive form and no Global Note will be exchangeable except for another Global Note of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely on the procedures of the Depositary and, if such person is not a Participant, on the procedures of the Participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder under the Notes.

The laws of some jurisdictions may require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in definitive form. Accordingly, the ability to transfer interests in the Notes represented by a Global Note to those persons may be limited. In addition, because the Depositary can act only on behalf of its Participants, who in turn act on behalf of persons who hold interests through Participants, the ability of a person having an interest in Notes represented by a Global Note to pledge or transfer such interest to persons or entities that do not participate in the Depositary’s system, or otherwise to take actions in respect of such interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical definitive security in respect of such interest. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of Notes by the Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to the Notes.]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as the Company’s principal Paying Agent with respect to the Notes through its offices presently located at 750 N. Saint Paul Place, Suite 1750, Dallas, Texas 75201. The Company may at any time rescind the designation of a Paying Agent, appoint a successor Paying Agent, or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts.

Notices to the Holders of registered Notes will be mailed to such Holders at their respective addresses in the Security Register will be deemed to have been given on the fourth weekday (being a day other than Saturday or Sunday) after the date of mailing. The Indenture contains provisions setting forth certain conditions to the institution of proceedings by the Holders of Notes with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy under the Indenture.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

 

A-9


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign the within Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer the within Security to:

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint as agent to transfer this Security on the books of Independent Bank Group, Inc. The agent may substitute another to act for it.

 

Your Signature:                                                                                              

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

Your Name:                                                                                                    

Date:                                                                                                               

Signature Guarantee: *                                                                                  

 

* NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

 

A-10


SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Note is $65,000,000. The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of

decrease in

principal

amount of this

Note

  

Amount of

decrease in

principal

amount of this

Note

  

Principal

amount of this

Note following

such decrease

or increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

 

A-12

Exhibit 5.1

July 18, 2014

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

1600 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 400

McKinney, Texas 75069-3257

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

Underwritten Offering of

$65,000,000 5.875% Subordinated Notes Due August 1, 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to: (i) the Underwriting Agreement between Independent Bank Group, Inc. a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), dated July 17, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”); (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196627), which was prepared pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the general rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act Rules”) and was filed with the Commission on June 9, 2014, which Registration Statement on Form S-3 was amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, which Amendment No. 1 was prepared pursuant to the Securities Act and Securities Act Rules and was filed with the Commission on June 25, 2014, and which Registration Statement on Form S-3, as it was amended by such Amendment No. 1, was declared effective under the Securities Act on June 27, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”); (iii) the Prospectus dated June 27, 2014 constituting a part of the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated therein by reference at each pertinent time (the “Base Prospectus”); (iv) the preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated July 15, 2014, which supplemented the Base Prospectus and which, along with the Base Prospectus, was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) on July 15, 2014, (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”); (v) the Final Term Sheet, dated June 17, 2014, relating to $65,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Subordinated Notes Due August 1, 2024 (the “Notes”), which was filed with the Commission on July 17, 2014 pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act (the “Final Term Sheet”); (vi) the Prospectus Supplement dated July 17, 2014, which supplements the Base Prospectus and which, along with the Base Prospectus, was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act on July 18, 2014 (the “Prospectus Supplement”); and (vii) the Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under such indenture (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2014, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”, and the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).


ANDREWS

    KURTH LLP

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

July 18, 2014

Page 2

We have acted as special counsel to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes by the Company.

In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied upon, without independent investigation or verification, executed originals, counterparts or copies of: the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Company, the Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Company, the Certificate of Merger, dated January 2, 2014, of Live Oak Financial Corp. with and into the Company, the Certificate of Merger, dated April 15, 2014, of BOH Holdings, Inc. with and into the Company, and the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as amended and restated to date and in effect on the date hereof; the Registration Statement; the Base Prospectus; the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement; the Final Term Sheet; the Prospectus Supplement; the Original Indenture; the First Supplemental Indenture; the form of the global note, to be dated July 22, 2014, which will be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $65,000,000, which will be payable to Cede & Co., as the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and which will represent the Notes being sold to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Global Note”); the Underwriting Agreement; resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the offer and sale of the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and such other documents, records and certificates as we considered necessary or appropriate to enable us to express the opinions set forth herein. In all such examinations, we have assumed the authenticity and completeness of all documents and records submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic and complete originals of all documents and records submitted to us as photostatic, electronic, conformed, notarized or certified copies.

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, without independent investigation or the authentication and verification, that: (i) each natural person signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so; (ii) each person signing in a representative capacity (other than on behalf of the Company) had the authority to sign in such capacity; (iii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the Company); (iv) at or prior to the time of delivery of the Global Note and the issuance of the Notes, the authorization of the Notes and of the series of securities of which the Notes are a part and the Indenture will not have been modified, supplemented, terminated or rescinded, and there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of the Notes; (v) the Global Note executed and delivered by the Company as contemplated herein will be identical in form to the form of the Global Note examined by us as described herein; and (vi) the Indenture is and, at the time of authentication and delivery to DTC of the Global Note and the issuance of the Notes, will be the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, the Indenture will, at the time of the authentication and delivery to DTC of the Global Note and the issuance of the Notes, continue to be the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, and the Indenture has been qualified pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.


ANDREWS

    KURTH LLP

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

July 18, 2014

Page 3

 

As to certain facts material to our opinion, we have made no independent investigation or verification of such facts and have relied, to the extent that we deem such reliance proper, upon a certificate of a public official of the State of Texas, the Company and officers or other representatives of the Company.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that, upon the execution and delivery of the Global Note by the Company and the authentication of the Global Note by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

The foregoing opinion is qualified to the extent that the enforceability of the Indenture, the Global Note, the Notes or any related document or instrument may be limited by or subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, liquidation, rearrangement, probate, conservatorship, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws (including court decisions) now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally or providing for the relief of debtors, general principles of equity (regardless of whether such remedies are sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) or public policy.

We note that the enforceability of specific provisions of the Indenture the Global Note and the Notes may be subject to (i) standards of reasonableness and “good faith” limitations and obligations such as those provided in those provisions of the Texas Business and Commerce Code that are the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of Texas and similar applicable principles of common law and judicial decisions and (ii) the course of dealings between the parties, the usage of trade and similar provisions of common law and judicial decision.

We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the separability clauses in Section 111 of the Original Indenture and Section 7.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture or any provision of the Indenture or the Global Note that purports to waive or not give effect to rights to notice, defenses, subrogation or other rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law, including Section 116 and Section 117 of the Original Indenture. We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of (i) the parenthetical clause in clause (1) of Section 607 of the Original Indenture relating to the limitations on the compensation of trustees or (ii) Section 116 of the Original Indenture or Article 6 of the First Supplemental Indenture to the extent such provision purports to waive liability for violation of securities laws. We express no opinion as to any provision of the Indenture the Global Note or the Notes that purports to confer subject matter jurisdiction in respect of bringing suits, enforcement of judgments or otherwise on any federal court, to the extent such court does not otherwise have such jurisdiction.


ANDREWS

    KURTH LLP

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

July 18, 2014

Page 4

 

The foregoing opinions are limited in all respects to matters under and governed by the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Texas, in each case, as in force and effect as of the date of this opinion. We do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.

This opinion letter may be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes by the Company and the Registration Statement and that will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Andrews Kurth LLP

Exhibit 10.2

DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 1.

Dated as of July 14, 2014

to and under

Credit Agreement

Dated as of June 4, 2014

Each of INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC. and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION agree as follows:

1. Credit Agreement . Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2014, between Independent Bank Group, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”) and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Lender”, and said credit agreement, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”). Terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 1 (this “ Amendment ”) are used herein with the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

2. Amendments . On and after the Agreement Date set forth on the signature page to this Amendment (the “ Agreement Date ”), the Credit Agreement shall be amended as hereinafter set forth.

(a) Section 1.1(a) shall be amended:

(i) by deleting the definition of Subordinated Indebtedness in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Borrower that (a) is evidenced by bonds or notes, (b) at or before the time of issuance or distribution, is fully subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and any instruments or securities issued in substitution of, or exchange for, all or any portion of the Obligations, (c) does not have the benefit of any obligation of any Person (whether as issuer, guarantor or otherwise), (d) is unsecured, (e) does not contain any financial covenants and does not contain any other terms which are more burdensome to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Related Documents, and (f) is not subject to optional or mandatory redemption or prepayment, except for optional redemption or prepayment in connection with the occurrence of a Special Event, and (g) does not mature prior to the date that is five (5) years after the date of its issuance.”

; and

(ii) by inserting where alphabetically appropriate the following definition:


Special Event ” means, with respect to any subordinated indebtedness of the Borrower, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a change or prospective change in law occurs that could prevent the Borrower from deducting interest payable on such subordinated indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (b) an event that precludes such subordinated indebtedness from being recognized as Tier 2 capital for regulatory capital purposes; and (c) the Borrower is required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.”

(b) Section 5.3(h) shall be amended by deleting the word “or” where it appears immediately before clause (vi) thereof and by adding the following immediately prior to the period (“.”) at the end of said Section 5.3(h):

“; (vii) the determination by the Borrower to prepay or redeem any Subordinated Indebtedness upon the occurrence of a Special Event”

(c) There shall be added at the end of Section 6, the following new Section 6.8:

“6.8 Prepayment or Redemption of Subordinated Indebtedness . Prepay or redeem, or permit any prepayment or redemption of, any Subordinated Indebtedness, except upon the occurrence of a Special Event, provided that (a) immediately after giving effect to any such prepayment or redemption the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 5.11 hereof, determined on a pro forma basis as at the date of such prepayment or redemption (except in the case of Section 5.11(d) which shall be determined as at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter), which compliance shall be demonstrated by delivery by the Borrower to the Lender of a duly completed certificate of the president or chief financial officer of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, and (b) both immediately before and after giving effect to any such prepayment or redemption no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.”

(d) Section 7.1(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(b) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any of the covenants, agreements or conditions contained in Section 5.3(h) or Section 6.8;”

3. Continuing Effect of Credit Agreement . The provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by the amendments in Section 2 hereof, are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects confirmed, approved and ratified.

4. Representations and Warranties . In order to induce the Lender to agree to the amendments contained herein, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

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(a) The Borrower has the power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to execute, deliver and perform in accordance with their respective terms, this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrower and is, and the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment is, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(b) Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Amendment, shall be made at and as of the Agreement Date, except to the extent that any such representations or warranties are made as of a specified date or with respect to a specified period of time, in which case such representations and warranties shall be made as of such specified date or with respect to such specified period.

5. Governing Law . This Amendment shall, pursuant to New York General Obligations Law 5-1401, be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

6. Counterparts . This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto were upon the same instrument.

7. Headings . Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience and reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers all as of the date set forth below.

 

INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP, INC.
By:   /s/ David R. Brooks
Name:   David R. Brooks
Title:   Chairman and CEO
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:   /s/ Gregory A. Hargis
Name:   Gregory A. Hargis
Title:   Vice President

Agreement Date: July 14, 2014

 

4

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   

Press Release

For Immediate Release

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

Announces Upsizing and Pricing of $65 Million of its 5.875%

Subordinated Notes Due 2024

McKINNEY, Texas, July 17, 2014 — Independent Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBTX), the holding company for Independent Bank, today announced that it has set the price for the public offering of $65 million of its 5.875% Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2024 (the “Notes”). The Notes have been offered to the public at par. Due to market demand for the Notes, Independent increased the aggregate amount of the Notes to $65 million from the previously announced amount of $60 million. Independent Bank Group plans to use the proceeds of the offering to enhance Independent Bank’s financial flexibility and support its growth by using approximately $16.8 million to pay the cash portion of the merger consideration in its previously announced acquisition of Houston City Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Houston Community Bank, and contributing the balance of the net proceeds to Independent Bank as regulatory capital.

Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. (“Sandler O’Neill”) and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are Joint Book-Running Managers for the Notes offering. Evercore Partners, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc. are Co-Managers in the transaction.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement (File No. 333-196627), the prospectus included in the registration statement, a preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Notes filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and a final prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained without charge by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov , or may be obtained from Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6 th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attn: Syndicate Operations (1-866-805-4128); and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. at 214 North Tryon Street, 26 th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202 (toll-free: 1-877-558-2607).

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws or any such state or jurisdiction. Any offering of the Notes is being made only by means of a written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

About Independent Bank Group

Independent Bank Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Independent Bank, provides a wide range of relationship-driven commercial banking products and services tailored to meet the needs of businesses, professionals and individuals. Independent Bank Group operates 35 full service banking locations with 22 located in the Dallas/North Texas region, seven located in the Austin/Central Texas region, and six located in the Houston region.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains statements regarding the Notes offering and the planned use of proceeds therefrom that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about Independent Bank Group and its subsidiaries. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Independent Bank Group’s control, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to whether Independent Bank Group can: successfully identify acquisition targets and integrate the businesses of acquired companies and banks; continue to sustain its current internal growth rate or total growth rate; provide products and services that appeal to its customers; continue to have access to debt and equity capital markets; and achieve its sales objectives. Other risks include, but are not limited to: the trading price of Independent Bank Group common stock; the possibility that credit quality could deteriorate; actions of competitors; changes in laws and regulations (including changes in governmental interpretations of regulations and changes in accounting standards); a deterioration or downgrade in the credit quality and credit agency ratings of the securities in Independent Bank Group’s securities portfolio; customer and consumer demand, including customer and consumer response to marketing; effectiveness of spending, investments or programs; economic conditions, including current rate fluctuations and interest rate fluctuations; and weather. These and various other factors are discussed in Independent Bank Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, and other reports and statements that Independent Bank Group has filed with the SEC.


Contacts:

Analysts/Investors:

 

Torry Berntsen

President and Chief Operating Officer

(972) 562-9004

tberntsen@ibtx.com

  

Michelle Hickox

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(972) 562-9004

mhickox@ibtx.com

Media:

Eileen Ponce

Marketing Director

(469) 301-2706

eponce@ibtx.com

Source: Independent Bank Group, Inc.