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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): February 18, 2020

 

LendingClub Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 001-36771

Delaware

 

51-0605731

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

595 Market Street, Suite 200,

San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 415-632-5600

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

 

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

LC

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Merger Agreement

On February 18, 2020, LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LendingClub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with privately-owned Radius Bancorp, Inc., a savings and loan holding company and a Delaware corporation (“Radius”) and SC Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of LendingClub (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Radius (the “Merger”), with Radius as the surviving corporation in the Merger. Immediately thereafter, at LendingClub’s option Radius will merge with and into LendingClub (the “Subsequent Merger” and, together with the Merger, the “Mergers”). As part of the transaction, LendingClub will acquire Radius’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Radius Bank, a federal savings association, which will convert to a national bank simultaneously with the Merger. The Merger Agreement was approved by the Boards of Directors of each of LendingClub and Radius.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), holders of Radius voting common stock and non-voting common stock will have the right to receive in the aggregate 3,761,141 shares of LendingClub common stock and cash consideration of $138,750,000 with the amount of cash being subject to adjustment based on a variety of factors as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and completion of the Merger is subject to receipt of required bank regulatory approvals, along with the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Radius stockholders holding over 90% of its Class A voting common stock and 100% of its Class B non-voting common stock have agreed to support the Merger and vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. In addition, such stockholders have agreed not to transfer their LendingClub common stock received pursuant to the Merger for a 60 day period after the Effective Time.

The Merger Agreement provides certain termination rights for both LendingClub and Radius and further provides that a termination fee of $5 million will be payable to Radius by LendingClub (or, in certain circumstances, payable to LendingClub by Radius) in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement under certain circumstances. The Merger Agreement also provides that either party can terminate the Merger Agreement at the one year anniversary of the execution thereof unless LendingClub pays Radius $5 million to extend the time at which either party can terminate the Merger Agreement to the fifteen-month anniversary of the execution thereof.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreement is included with this filing only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Merger Agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding LendingClub or Radius, their respective affiliates or their respective businesses. In particular, the Merger Agreement and related description are not intended to be, and should not be relied upon as, disclosures regarding any facts and circumstances

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relating to LendingClub or Radius. The representations and warranties have been negotiated with the principal purpose of not establishing matters of fact, but rather as a risk allocation method establishing the circumstances under which a party may have the right not to consummate the Merger if the representations and warranties of the other party prove to be untrue due to a change in circumstance or otherwise. As is customary, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties made by Radius in the Merger Agreement are qualified by information contained in confidential disclosure schedules that Radius has delivered to LendingClub in connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement. The representations and warranties also may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable under the securities laws. Shareholders of LendingClub are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of LendingClub or Radius. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement.

Exchange Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and in order to facilitate the regulatory approvals of the Merger, on February 18, 2020, LendingClub entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with its largest stockholder, Shanda Asset Management Holdings Limited and its affiliates (collectively, “Shanda”), pursuant to which Shanda will exchange all of the 19,562,881 shares beneficially owned by it of LendingClub common stock, par value $0.01 per share for (i) 195,628 newly issued shares of LendingClub Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A (“Series A Preferred Stock”), par value $0.01 per share, having the designations, relative rights, other preferences and limitations set forth in a certificate of designations attached to the Exchange Agreement and that are mandatorily convertible in certain circumstances when owned by a person other than Shanda or any affiliate of Shanda into 19,562,800 shares of LendingClub common stock and (ii) a one-time cash payment of $50,203,332.77. Series A Preferred Stock is substantially the same as LendingClub common stock except as to voting rights and constitutes non-voting securities of LendingClub for bank regulatory purposes.

The Exchange Agreement imposes certain restrictions and obligations on Shanda so as to ensure that its ownership of LendingClub securities and activities will not impede LendingClub’s ability to obtain the necessary bank regulatory approvals to effect the Merger.

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Exchange Agreement, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1.

Registration Rights Agreement

LendingClub and Shanda also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) on February 18, 2020. The Registration Rights Agreement provides, among other things, that LendingClub will prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement covering the resale by Shanda of the LendingClub common stock that the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into, along with other shares of LendingClub common stock subsequently acquired and held by Shanda.

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The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.2.

Protection Agreement

In connection with the Merger Agreement and in an effort to facilitate compliance with federal banking regulations and prevent closing of the Merger from being delayed or disrupted, on February 18, 2020, LendingClub also entered into a Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement (the “Protection Agreement”) with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as Rights Agent (as such term is defined in the Protection Agreement). A brief summary of the Protection Agreement is set forth under “Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders” below and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information set forth in the second and seventh paragraphs of Item 1.01 of hereby incorporated by reference. No underwriting discounts or commissions are being paid in connection with the Merger or the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock.

Shares offered pursuant to the Merger and shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be offered pursuant to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. LendingClub has not engaged in general solicitation or advertising relating to the offering of Series A Preferred Stock or common stock in connection with the Merger and is not offering any securities to the public in connection with the Merger Agreement or the Exchange Agreement.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

Protection Agreement

Unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used in this Item 3.03 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Protection Agreement.

Effective February 18, 2020, the board of directors of LendingClub (the “Board”) authorized and declared a dividend of one right for each outstanding share of LendingClub common stock (each such right, a “Common Right”) and one right for each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock (each such right, a “Series A Preferred Right” and, together with the Common Rights, the “Rights”) in each case to stockholders of record at the Close of Business on March 19, 2020 (the “Record Date”), and authorized the issuance of one Common Right or one Series A Preferred Right (as such number may be adjusted pursuant to the Protection Agreement) for each share of LendingClub common stock or Series A Preferred Stock, respectively, issued between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date (as defined below) and the Expiration Date (as defined below) and, in some cases, through the Expiration Date.

Each Common Right entitles the registered holder, subject to the terms of the Protection Agreement, to purchase from LendingClub one one-thousandth of a share (a “Unit”) of the LendingClub Preferred Stock, Series B (“Series B Preferred Stock”), at a purchase price of $48.00 per Unit, subject to adjustment. Each Series A Preferred Right entitles the registered holder, subject to the terms of the Protection Agreement, to purchase from LendingClub one share of LendingClub Series A Preferred Stock, at a purchase price of $4,800.00 per share, subject to adjustment. The purchase price is payable in cash or by certified or bank check or money order payable to the order of LendingClub.

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Distribution Date. Initially, the Rights will attach to all certificates representing shares of outstanding LendingClub common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, and no separate Rights Certificates will be distributed. Subject to the provisions of the Protection Agreement, the Common Rights may separate from the LendingClub common stock (though the Series A Preferred Rights shall not separate from the Series A Preferred Stock) and the “Distribution Date” will occur upon the earlier of (i) ten business days following a public announcement (the date of such announcement being the “Stock Acquisition Date”) (or, if the tenth business day after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date) that a Person, acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more Persons, has acquired control over securities representing either (x) either (1) from and after the first public announcement by LendingClub of the closing of the Exchange, 10% or more, or (2) until such announcement, 7.5% or more (or more than 15% in some cases specified in the Protection Agreement) of any class of the then-outstanding Voting Securities of LendingClub or (y) 25% or more of the total equity of LendingClub (such Person an “Acquiring Person”), and (ii) ten business days (or such later date as may be determined by the Board) following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a Person becoming an Acquiring Person. Any determinations under the definition of Acquiring Person shall be made by the Board and in a manner consistent with the provisions of Regulation Y and the published interpretations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the published rulings and opinions of the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System thereunder.

Until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by LendingClub common stock and Series A Preferred Stock certificates and will be transferred with and only with such LendingClub common stock and Series A Preferred Stock certificates. Until the Distribution Date or, in the case of Series A Preferred Stock, the Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any certificates representing outstanding LendingClub common stock or outstanding Series A Preferred Stock will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with LendingClub common stock or Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificates.

An “Acquiring Person” does not include certain Persons specified in the Protection Agreement.

The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the Close of Business on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Protection Agreement or if earlier at the time of consummation of the Relevant Transaction or under certain circumstances in connection with a transaction pursuant to a Qualified Offer (the “Expiration Date”), unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by LendingClub as described below. Under certain circumstances, as provided in the Protection Agreement, the exercisability of the Rights may be suspended.

As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates will be mailed to holders of record of LendingClub common stock and Series A Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date (and to each initial holder of certain shares of LendingClub common stock and Series A Preferred Stock issued after the Distribution Date) and, thereafter, the separate Rights Certificates alone will represent the Rights, provided, that the Company may choose to issue Rights in book-entry form.

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Flip-In. If a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to buy either Series A Preferred Stock, in the case of Series A Preferred Rights, or common stock, in the case of Common Rights, at one-half of market price (determined as provided in the Protection Agreement), for the exercise price of a Right. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of the event set forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain circumstances specified in the Protection Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any affiliate or associate thereof (or certain transferees of any thereof) will be null and void.

Flip-Over. If, at any time following the date that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, (i) LendingClub is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction and LendingClub is not the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person merges with LendingClub and all or part of LendingClub common stock is converted or exchanged for securities, cash or property of LendingClub or any other Person or (iii) one-half or more of LendingClub’s assets, cash flow or earning power is sold or transferred, each holder of a Right (except Rights which previously have been voided as described above) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right.

Redemption. At any time until ten business days following the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, until ten business days following the Record Date), the Board may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.001 per Right (subject to adjustment in certain events) payable, at the election of the Board, in cash, shares of LendingClub common stock or other consideration deemed appropriate by the Board. Immediately upon the action of the Board ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price.

Exchange. LendingClub may, at any time after which a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, until the time specified in the Protection Agreement, exchange all or part of the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (other than Rights that shall have become null and void) for Units or shares of Preferred Stock or shares of LendingClub common stock pursuant to a one-for-one exchange ratio, subject to adjustment.

No Stockholder Rights; Taxation. Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of LendingClub, including the right to vote or to receive dividends. While the distribution of the Rights will not be taxable to stockholders or to LendingClub, stockholders may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become exercisable or in the event of the redemption of Rights as set forth above.

Amendment. Any of the provisions of the Protection Agreement may be amended without the approval of the holders of the Rights or LendingClub common stock or Series A Preferred Stock at any time prior to the Distribution Date. After such date, the provisions of the Protection Agreement may be amended in order to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Protection Agreement, or to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person); provided, that no amendment shall be made to lengthen (i) the time period governing redemption at such time as the Rights are not redeemable or (ii) any other time period unless such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights.

The foregoing description of the Protection Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Protection Agreement, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 4.1, and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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Series A Preferred Stock

The Series A Preferred Stock is described herein under Item 1.01 “Exchange Agreement”.

Series B Preferred Stock

Each Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, if issued, will (a) be nonredeemable; (b) have a minimum preferential quarterly dividend of $0.001 per Unit or any higher per share dividend declared on LendingClub common stock; (c) in the event of a liquidation be entitled to receive a preferred liquidation payment equal to $0.001 per Unit plus the per share amount paid in respect of a share of LendingClub Common Stock; (d) will have one vote, voting together with LendingClub Common Stock; and in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which shares of LendingClub common stock are exchanged, will be entitled to receive the per share amount paid in respect of each share of LendingClub common stock.

The rights of holders of the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, liquidation and voting, and in the event of mergers and consolidations, are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

On February 18, 2020, LendingClub filed a Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designations”) and a Certificate of Designations of the Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware. Pursuant to the Series A Certificate of Designations, the Board authorized 200,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. Pursuant to the Series B Certificate of Designations, the Board authorized 600,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, par value per share of $0.01.

The Series A Certificate of Designations and the Series B Certificate of Designations are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits

Exhibit

Number

   

Exhibit Title or Description

         
 

  2.1*

   

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 18, 2020, by and among LendingClub Corporation, Radius Bancorp, Inc. and SC Sub I, Inc.

         
 

  3.1

   

Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 18, 2020.

         
 

  3.2

   

Certificate of Designations of the Series B Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 18, 2020.

         
 

  4.1

   

Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement by and between LendingClub Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated February 18, 2020.

         
 

10.1

   

Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2020, by and among LendingClub Corporation and Shanda Asset Management Holdings Limited.

         
 

10.2

   

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2020, by and among LendingClub Corporation and Shanda Asset Management Holdings, Limited.

         
 

99.1

   

Press Release dated February 18, 2020.

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (Cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Certain schedules have been omitted and LendingClub agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted exhibits and schedules upon request.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “probable,” “potential,” “possible,” “target,” “continue,” “look forward,” or “assume” and words of similar import. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance or outcomes, but instead express only management’s beliefs regarding future results or events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of management’s control. It is possible that actual results and events may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results or events indicated in these forward-looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these statements. Forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this report, and LendingClub undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events or conditions after the date hereof.

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Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to: expected synergies, cost savings and other financial or other benefits of the proposed transaction between LendingClub and Radius might not be realized within the expected timeframes or might be less than projected; the requisite regulatory approvals for the proposed transaction between LendingClub and Radius, including bank regulatory approvals, might not be obtained, or might not be obtained in a timely manner; credit and interest rate risks associated with LendingClub’s and Radius’s respective businesses; the exchange between LendingClub and Shanda is subject to closing conditions which might not be realized within the expected timeframes and the anticipated regulatory or other benefits of such exchange might be less than projected; customer borrowing, repayment, investment and deposit practices, and general economic conditions, either nationally or in the market areas in which LendingClub and Radius operate or anticipate doing business; and risks related to any required approvals for the consummation of such share exchange may be less favorable than expected, new regulatory or legal requirements or obligations, and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in LendingClub’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as well as LendingClub’s subsequent filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and 10-K. However, these risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of such filings describe additional factors that could impact LendingClub’s business, financial performance and pending or consummated acquisition transactions, including the proposed acquisition of Radius.

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SIGNATURE(S)

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.

 

 

LendingClub Corporation

             

Date: February 19, 2020

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Brandon Pace

 

 

 

Brandon Pace

 

 

 

General Counsel & Secretary

 

 

 

(duly authorized officer)

Table of Contents

Exhibit 2.1

 

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION,

SC SUB I, INC.,

AND RADIUS BANCORP, INC.,

Dated as of February 18, 2020

 

 

 


Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION; DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

     2  

Section 1.1

   Definitions      2  

Section 1.2

   Additional Definitions      9  

Section 1.3

   Interpretation      12  

Section 1.4

   Disclosure Schedules      13  

Article II THE MERGER AND THE OTHER CORE TRANSACTIONS

     13  

Section 2.1

   The Merger      13  

Section 2.2

   Effective Time of the Merger      13  

Section 2.3

   Closing      13  

Section 2.4

   Effects of the Merger      14  

Section 2.5

   Name of Surviving Company; Directors and Officers      14  

Section 2.6

   Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Company      14  

Section 2.7

   The Subsequent Merger      14  

Section 2.8

   The Other Core Transactions      14  

Article III EFFECT ON STOCK

     14  

Section 3.1

   Effect on Stock      14  

Section 3.2

   Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock      18  

Section 3.3

   Exchange Agent      21  

Section 3.4

   Fractional Shares      22  

Section 3.5

   Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      22  

Section 3.6

   Anti-Dilution Adjustments      23  

Section 3.7

   Appraisal Rights      23  

Article IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER

     23  

Section 4.1

   Forbearances of the Company      23  

Section 4.2

   Forbearances of Acquirer      28  

Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     29  

Section 5.1

   Representations and Warranties of the Company      29  

Section 5.2

   Representations and Warranties of Acquirer      55  

Article VI COVENANTS

     58  

Section 6.1

   Reasonable Best Efforts      58  

Section 6.2

   Company Stockholder Approvals      59  

Section 6.3

   Regulatory Applications; Third-Party Consents      60  

Section 6.4

   Press Releases      61  

Section 6.5

   Acquisition Proposals      62  

 

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Section 6.6

   Takeover Laws      62  

Section 6.7

   Access; Information      62  

Section 6.8

   Confidentiality      63  

Section 6.9

   Benefit Arrangements      63  

Section 6.10

   Company Stockholder Option Amendment      65  

Section 6.11

   Employment Letters      65  

Section 6.12

   Expenses      65  

Section 6.13

   Restrictive Shares and Legends      65  

Section 6.14

   Resale Registration Statement      66  

Section 6.15

   FIRPTA Certificate      67  

Section 6.16

   Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance      67  

Section 6.17

   Representation and Warranty Insurance      68  

Article VII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

     70  

Section 7.1

   Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger      70  

Section 7.2

   Conditions to the Obligation of the Company      70  

Section 7.3

   Conditions to the Obligations of Acquirer and Merger Sub      71  

Article VIII TERMINATION

     71  

Section 8.1

   Termination      71  

Section 8.2

   Effect of Termination and Abandonment      73  

Section 8.3

   Termination Fee      73  

Article IX MISCELLANEOUS

     74  

Section 9.1

   Survival      74  

Section 9.2

   Notices      74  

Section 9.3

   Subsidiary and Affiliate Action      75  

Section 9.4

   Extension; Waiver      75  

Section 9.5

   Amendment      75  

Section 9.6

   Alternative Structure      76  

Section 9.7

   Governing Law; Venue      76  

Section 9.8

   Waiver of Jury Trial      77  

Section 9.9

   Entire Understanding; No Third-Party Beneficiaries      77  

Section 9.10

   Claims Unaffected by Investigation      77  

Section 9.11

   Assignment      77  

Section 9.12

   Treatment of Adjustments      78  

Section 9.13

   No Other Representations or Warranties      78  

Section 9.14

   Severability      78  

Section 9.15

   Delivery by Electronic Transmission      79  

 

Exhibit A

   Form of Support Agreement

Exhibit B

   Payout Trial Run

Exhibit C

   Form of Company Stockholder Option Amendment

Exhibit D

   Notice to IRS

Exhibit E

   Statement of Non-U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation Status

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 18, 2020 (this “Agreement”), by and among:

(1) LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Acquirer”) and SC SUB I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”); and

(2) Radius Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

RECITALS

A. The Proposed Transactions. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties intend to effect a strategic business combination pursuant to which Merger Sub, a newly formed, wholly owned Subsidiary of Acquirer, will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”). The Company will be the surviving company in the Merger and shall continue to be governed by the Laws of the State of Delaware immediately thereafter. Following the Merger, at the option of Acquirer, the Company will merge with and into Acquirer with Acquirer being the surviving corporation (the “Acquirer Merger”). The Acquirer Merger sometimes is referred to herein as the “Subsequent Merger. Immediately prior to the Merger, Radius Bank (“Company Bank”) will terminate its election as a “covered savings association” pursuant to 12 C.F.R. Part 101, move its home office to Utah and reclassify its former home office as a branch (the “Termination and Relocation”). Concurrently with the Merger, Company Bank will convert from a federal savings bank to a national bank (the “Conversion”). Immediately following the Conversion, Acquirer will contribute certain assets and certain operations to the Company Bank and the Company Bank will execute its proposed business plan (the “Contribution and Business Plan Execution”). The Acquirer Merger, the Subsequent Merger, the Termination and Relocation, the Conversion, and the Contribution and Business Plan Execution, are collectively referred to herein as the “Core Transactions” and are also included within the scope of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

B. Board Determinations. The respective boards of directors of the Company and Acquirer have each determined that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby are consistent with, and will further, their respective business strategies and goals and are in the best interests of their respective stockholders, and, therefore, have unanimously approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and declared their advisability, and in the case of the board of directors of the Company, have recommended the foregoing to the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon.

C. Support Agreements. As an inducement to and condition of Acquirer’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain directors, officers and stockholders of the Company (such stockholders representing more than ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Class A Voting Common Stock and one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock) are concurrently entering into support agreements (“Support Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, such persons agree to vote all of their shares of Company Common Stock in favor of approval of this Agreement, the Merger and any other matters required to be approved or adopted in order to effect the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. A form of Support Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

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D. Intended Tax Treatment. The parties intend the Merger to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified stock purchase” within the meaning of Section 338(d)(3) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION; DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

Section 1.1 Definitions. This Agreement uses the following definitions:

Acquirer Board means the board of directors of Acquirer.

Acquirer Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Acquirer.

Acquirer Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Acquirer.

Acquirer Stock” means the Acquirer Common Stock and the Acquirer Preferred Stock.

Acquirer Stock Options” means all outstanding and unexercised employee and director options to purchase Acquirer Common Stock.

Acquirer Stock Plans” means the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

Acquisition Proposal” means (1) a tender or exchange offer to acquire more than twenty percent (20%) of the voting power in the Company or Company Bank, (2) a proposal for a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company or Company Bank or (3) any other proposal or offer to acquire in any manner more than twenty percent (20%) of the voting power in, or more than twenty percent (20%) of the business, assets or deposits of, the Company or Company Bank, other than the transactions contemplated hereby.

affiliate” means, with respect to a person, those other persons that, directly or indirectly, control, are controlled by or under common control with, such person; for purposes of this definition, “control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” or “under common control with”), as applied to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that person, through the ownership of at least ten percent (10%) of the voting securities or otherwise.

BHC Act” means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are authorized or required by Law or executive order to be closed in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; or New York, New York.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Company Class A Voting Common Stock” means the voting common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company.

Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock” means the non-voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Company Common Stock” means the Company Class A Voting Common Stock and the Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock.

Company Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Company Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2016, by and among Radius Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation, and the Stockholders party thereto.

Company Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

Company Stock Option” means all outstanding and unexercised stock options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted under the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Company Stock Plan” means the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Company Stockholders Agreement” means that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2016, by and among Radius Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation, and the Stockholders party thereto.

Confidentiality Agreement” means the agreement, dated July 23, 2019, between Acquirer and the Company.

Contract” means, with respect to any person, any agreement, contract, indenture, undertaking, debt instrument, lease, license, consent, settlement, note, mortgage, understanding, arrangement, obligation or commitment to which such person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of their assets or properties may be subject, whether or not in writing, and whether express or implied.

 

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control” means, as to any person, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled by”, “controlled”, “under common control with” and “controlling” shall have correlative meanings.

CRA” means the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.

Dissenting Shares” means shares of Company Common Stock that are held by a Stockholder who has properly exercised appraisal rights under applicable Law.

Employee” means any employee of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement.

Environmental Laws” means any federal, state or local law, regulation, order, decree, permit, authorization, common law or agency requirement relating to: (1) the protection, investigation or restoration of the environment, health, safety, or natural resources; (2) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance; or (3) noise, odor, indoor air, employee exposure, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or property relating to any Hazardous Substance.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Execution Date” means the date hereof.

Expense Overrun” means all costs, fees and expenses of the Company associated with this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Aggregate Agreed Option Amount, the Aggregate Non-Agreed Employment Letter Amount, all items identified in Schedule 1.1 of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule, all legal, accounting, consulting, investment banking and change in control related costs, fees and expenses, any severance or other employment-related expenses payable to any employee of the Company and triggered by the Closing, and any transaction bonuses payable to any employee of the Company (whether or not deferred), but excluding any retention or similar payments in each case as Previously Disclosed as such) incurred, whether or not paid or accrued, by the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to or in connection with the Closing that exceed, in the aggregate, $12,000,000.

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Governing Documents” means the charter, constitution, certificate of formation or articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws of a corporation or banking organization, the certificate of partnership and partnership agreement of a general or limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of a limited liability company, the trust agreement of a trust and the comparable documents of other entities.

Governmental Authority” means any court, tribunal, arbitral or administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any industry self-regulatory authority.

 

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Hazardous Substance” means any substance that is: (1) listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law; (2) any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing material, lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold or radon; or (3) any other substance which may be the subject of regulatory action by any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Law.

Information Technology” means Software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, networks, systems, databases, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment and elements and associated documentation used in the business of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.

Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all United States and foreign (A) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, assumed names, fictitious names, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including all renewals of same; (B) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents, registrations, invention disclosures and applications therefor, including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and including renewals, extensions and reissues; (C) trade secrets, and confidential information, proprietary or nonpublic information and know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists (“Trade Secrets”); (D) data in databases; (E) published and unpublished works of authorship in any media, whether copyrightable or not (including Software and compilations of information), copyrights therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (F) all other similar intellectual property or proprietary rights.

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

Law” means any foreign, federal, state, and local law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, Order, award, writ, decree, directive or injunction issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority.

Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, easement, declaration, restriction, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, option, equity interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, participation interest, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever relating to that property, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing.

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to Acquirer, the Company or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, a material adverse effect on (1) the business, properties, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such party and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (provided, that, with respect to this clause (1), Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the impact of (A) changes, after the date hereof, in GAAP or applicable regulatory accounting requirements, (B) changes, after the date hereof, in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability to companies in the industries in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate, or interpretations thereof by courts or Governmental Authorities, (C)

 

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changes, after the Execution Date, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in economic or market (including equity, credit and debt markets, as well as changes in interest rates) conditions affecting the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to such party or its Subsidiaries, (D) public disclosure of the execution of this Agreement, public disclosure or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any effect on a party’s relationships with its customers or employees) or actions expressly required by this Agreement in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (E) a decline in the trading price of Acquirer’s common stock or the failure, in and of itself, to meet earnings projections or internal financial forecasts (it being understood that the underlying cause of such decline or failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred) or (F) the expenses incurred by the Company or Acquirer in negotiating, documenting, effecting and consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; except, with respect to subclauses (A), (B) or (C), to the extent that the effects of such change are materially disproportionately adverse to the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial conditions of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate); or (2) the ability of the Company or Acquirer, respectively, to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the ability of such party to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

Mortgage Loans” means Extensions of Credit secured by real property or interest in real property that are or were owned, originated (or in the process of origination), made, entered into, serviced or subserviced by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

OREO” means real property designated as other real estate owned by Company Bank.

Payout Spreadsheet” means a spreadsheet which shall be certified as true, complete and correct by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on behalf of the Company, to be provided to Acquirer by the Company no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, setting forth the following: (a) the Per Share Consideration payable to each Stockholder; (b) the portion of the Aggregate Option Amount payable to each holder of Company Stock Options; (c) any payments due to any person as a result of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby; and (d) the calculation of the Expense Overrun. The Payout Spreadsheet shall be prepared and determined in accordance with the same accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures, with consistent classifications, judgments and estimation methodology, as were used in the preparation of the Payout Trial Run.

Payout Trial Run” means the spreadsheet attached hereto on the Execution Date as Exhibit B, setting forth an illustrative calculation of the following: (a) the Per Share Consideration payable to each Stockholder; (b) the portion of the Aggregate Option Amount payable to each holder of Company Stock Options; and (c) any payments due to any person as a result of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) Liens imposed by law for Taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith, in each case, for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and that are not material to the asset in question; (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’, workers’, or repairmen’s liens or other similar common law or statutory Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days; (iii) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature and for contested taxes and import duties, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (iv) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (v) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business and Previously Disclosed.

person” is to be interpreted broadly to include any individual, savings association, bank, trust company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust or unincorporated organization.

Personal Information” means (A) any information concerning an individual that would be considered nonpublic personal information, (B) any information that alone or in combination with other information can be used to identify an individual, browser or device, or (C) any information otherwise protected under any applicable Privacy Laws, including any individual’s financial account information.

Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax year or period that ends on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date.

Previously Disclosed” means information set forth by a party in the applicable paragraph of its Disclosure Schedule.

Privacy Law” means any Law governing personal privacy, data breach notification or the collection, use, storage, transfer, processing, disclosure or protection of Personal Information, including any U.S. state data breach notification and security laws, the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 and its implementing regulations, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and its implementing regulations, each as may be amended from time to time.

Registered” means issued by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending application before any Governmental Authority or Internet domain name registrar.

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Rights” means, with respect to any person, securities or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any other person any right to subscribe for or acquire, or any options, calls or commitments relating to, or any stock appreciation right or other instrument the value of which is determined in whole or in part by reference to the market price, book or other value of, shares of capital stock, units or other equity interests of, such first person.

SBA” means the Small Business Administration;

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Software” means any and all (A) computer programs and other software, including software implementations of algorithms, models, and methodologies, whether in source code, object code or other form, including libraries, subroutines and other components thereof, together with input and output formats; (B) computerized databases and other computerized compilations and collections of data or information, including all data and information included in such databases, compilations or collections (whether machine readable or otherwise); (C) screens, user interfaces, command structures, report formats, templates, menus, buttons and icons; (D) descriptions, flow-charts, architectures, development tools, and other materials used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing; and (E) all documentation, including development, diagnostic, support, user and training documentation related to any of the foregoing.

Stockholders” means the stockholders of the Company.

Straddle Period” means any Tax year or period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to a person, an affiliate directly or indirectly controlled by such person.

Superior Proposal” means a bona fide, unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal received other than in connection with a breach of Section 6.5(a), which the Company Board concludes in good faith to be more favorable from a financial point of view to its Stockholders than the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby (1) after receiving the advice of the Company FA, (2) after taking into account the likelihood of consummation of the proposed transaction on the terms set forth therein (as compared to, and with due regard for, the terms herein) and (3) after taking into account all legal (with the advice of outside counsel), financial (including the financing terms of any such proposal), regulatory (including the advice of outside counsel regarding the potential for regulatory approval of any such proposal) and other aspects of such proposal and any other relevant factors permitted under applicable Law; provided that for purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal”, the references to “more than twenty percent (20%)” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “fifty percent (50%) or more”.

Tangible Book Value” means the Company’s consolidated total stockholders’ equity minus preferred stock, goodwill and all other intangible assets, calculated in accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with the Company Financial Statements; provided, however that Tangible Book Value shall exclude the effects of (i) actual or accrued costs, fees and expenses of the Company associated with this Agreement, from or after the Execution Date, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including all legal, accounting,

 

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consulting, investment banking and change in control costs, fees and expenses of the type listed in Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), (ii) changes in the value of the available for sale securities portfolio that are reflected in other comprehensive income since December 31, 2019, (iii) extraordinary gains since December 31, 2019, (iv) gains from sales of assets (other than gains on sales of guaranteed SBA loans, leased equipment loans and yacht loans made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) since December 31, 2019, (v) positive changes in net tax assets since December 31, 2019, (vi) any releases of reserves or allowances since December 31, 2019, (vii) any purchase accounting adjustments resulting from the Merger and (viii) any other action taken after the Execution Date as to which the Acquirer and the Company have specifically agreed in writing shall not affect the calculation of Tangible Book Value and which were specifically stated as such.

Target Tangible Book Value” means $110,000,000.

Tax and Taxes” means all federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, however denominated, including, without limitation, all net income, gross income, gains, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, goods and services, capital, production, transfer, franchise, windfall profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment, disability, employer health, excise, estimated, severance, stamp, occupation, property, environmental, unemployment or other taxes, custom duties, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority whether arising before, on or after the Effective Time.

Tax Authority” means any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection or other imposition of any Taxes.

Tax Returns” shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates, information returns and any related or supporting statement or information) and any amendments thereto required to be filed or delivered pursuant to Tax Law.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 1.2 Additional Definitions. Each of the following terms has the meaning specified in the Section of this Agreement set forth opposite such term:

 

Term

  

Section

280G Stockholder Vote    Section 6.9(e)
Action    Section 5.1(m)
Acquirer    Preamble
Acquirer 401(k) Plan    Section 6.9(c)
Acquirer Merger    Recitals
Acquirer Merger Surviving Company    Section 2.7
Acquirer Reserve Percentage    Section 3.1(d)(2)
Acquirer SEC Filings    Section 5.2(h)
Aggregate Agreed Option Amount    Section 3.2(c)
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Aggregate Non-Agreed Option Amount    Section 3.2(c)
Aggregate Option Amount    Section 3.2(c)
Agreement    Preamble
Anticipated Closing Date    Section 3.1(c)(1)
Benefit Plans    Section 5.1(u)
Burdensome Condition    Section 6.3(c)(2)
Cash Per Share Consideration    Section 3.1(b)(2)
Cause    Section 3.2(b)
CECL    Section 3.1(d)(1)
Closing    Section 2.3
Closing Date    Section 2.3
Closing Tangible Book Value    Section 3.1(c)(2)
COBRA    Section 5.1(u)(5)
Company    Preamble
Company 401(k) Plan    Section 6.9(c)
Company Bank    Recitals
Company FA    Section 5.1(i)
Company Financial Statements    Section 5.1(j)(1)
Company Intellectual Property    Section 5.1(r)(1)
Company Meeting    Section 5.1(e)(1)
Company Related Person    Section 5.1(gg)
Company Regulatory Agreement    Section 5.1(o)
Company Reserve Percentage    Section 3.1(d)(2)
Company Restricted Stock    Section 3.2(e)
Company Stockholder Matters    Section 5.1(e)(1)
Company Stockholder Option Amendment    Section 3.2(a)(1)
Confidential Information    Section 6.8
Continuing Employee    Section 6.9(a)
Contribution and Business Plan Execution    Recitals
Conversion    Recitals
Conversion Price    Section 3.2(b)
Core Transactions    Recitals
DGCL    Section 2.1
Disability    Section 3.2(b)
Disclosure Schedule    Section 1.4
Effective Time    Section 2.2
ERISA    Section 5.1(u)
ERISA Affiliate    Section 5.1(u)(3)
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet    Section 3.1(c)(1)
Evaluation Firm    Section 3.1(d)(1)
Exchange Agent    Section 3.3(a)
Exchangeable Shares    Section 3.1(b)(4)
Extensions of Credit    Section 5.1(y)(1)
Extension of Credit Buyer    Section 5.1(dd)(2)
Extension of Credit Originator    Section 5.1(dd)(1)
Final Closing Balance Sheet    Section 3.1(c)(2)

 

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Final Reserve Factor    Section 3.1(d)(3)
Independent Accountants    Section 3.1(c)(3)
Infringe    Section 5.1(r)(3)
Integration    Section 6.18
Integration Project Manager    Section 6.18
Intended Tax Treatment    Recitals
Interest Rate Instruments    Section 5.1(z)
Loan Data File    Section 5.1(y)(12)
Material Contracts    Section 5.1(w)(1)
Maximum Premium    Section 6.16(b)
Merger    Recitals
Merger Consideration Value Per Share    Section 3.2(a)(1)
Merger Sub    Preamble
Negative TBV Change    Section 3.1(b)(6)
New Certificate    Section 3.3(a)
New Plans    Section 6.9(b)
Obligor    Section 5.1(y)(1)
OCC    Section 5.1(f)
Old Certificates    Section 3.3(a)
Option Award Conversion Amount    Section 3.2(b)
Order    Section 5.1(m)
Outside Date    Section 8.1(e)
Owned IP    Section 5.1(r)(2)
Owned Software    Section 5.1(r)(8)
Parachute Payment    Section 6.9(e)
Pension Plan    Section 5.1(u)(2)
Per Share Consideration    Section 3.1(b)(1)
Pool    Section 5.1(y)(7)
Privacy Policies    Section 5.1(ff)
Private Placement Legend    Section 6.13(a)
Real Property    Section 5.1(v)
Required Third-Party Consents    Section 5.1(f)
Requisite Regulatory Approvals    Section 6.3(a)
Resale Registration Statement    Section 6.14
Reserve Percentage    Section 3.1(d)(1)
SBA Portfolio    Section 3.1(d)(1)
Securities Act    Section 5.1(j)(1)
Stock Per Share Consideration    Section 3.1(b)(3)
Subsequent Merger    Recitals
Support Agreement    Recitals
Surviving Company    Section 2.1
Takeover Laws    Section 5.1(h)
Tax Incentive    Section 5.1(q)(14)
Termination and Relocation    Recitals
Third Reserve Percentage    Section 3.1(d)(4)
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Section 1.3 Interpretation.

(a) In this Agreement, except as context may otherwise require, references:

(1) to the Preamble, Recitals, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes or Schedules are to the Preamble to, a Recital or Section of, Exhibit, Annex or Schedule to, this Agreement;

(2) to this Agreement are to this Agreement, and the Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules to it, taken as a whole;

(3) to the transactions contemplated hereby include the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Exhibits to it, including the Merger and the Acquirer Merger;

(4) to any agreement (including this Agreement), contract, statute or regulation are to the agreement, contract, statute or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time (in the case of an agreement or contract, to the extent permitted by the terms thereof); and to any section of any statute or regulation include any successor to the section and, in the case of any statute, any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder;

(5) to “dollars” or “$” are to United States dollars;

(6) to “the date hereof” means the date of this Agreement;

(7) to a number of days refers to calendar days unless otherwise specified; and

(8) to any Governmental Authority includes any successor to that Governmental Authority.

(b) The words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar terms are to be deemed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any specific Section.

(c) The words “include”, “includes” or “including” are to be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

(d) The table of contents and article and section headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit or otherwise affect any of the substance of this Agreement.

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(f) As used in this Agreement, the knowledge of the Company means the actual knowledge of any of the officers of the Company listed on Section 1.3(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and the knowledge of Acquirer means the actual knowledge of any of the officers of Acquirer listed on Section 1.3(f) of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule.

(g) This Agreement is the product of an arm’s-length negotiation by sophisticated parties, each having the assistance of counsel and other advisers. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to require any person to take any action, or fail to take any action, if to do so would violate applicable Law.

Section 1.4 Disclosure Schedules. Before entry into this Agreement, the Company delivered to Acquirer, and Acquirer delivered to the Company, a schedule (a Disclosure Schedule”), setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in Article V; provided that the inclusion of an item in a Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation or warranty will not by itself be deemed an admission by a party that such item is material or was required to be disclosed therein. A disclosure of any item contained in any section of the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section of the Disclosure Schedule to which the relevance of such item is readily apparent.

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER AND THE OTHER CORE TRANSACTIONS

Section 2.1 The Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.2 hereof), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company. The Company shall be the surviving corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Company”) in the Merger and shall continue its corporate existence under the Laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 2.2 Effective Time of the Merger. On the Closing Date, the Company and Merger Sub shall cause the Merger to be consummated by executing, delivering and filing a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and any other applicable Laws of the State of Delaware, and shall make such other filings or recordings required under the DGCL in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the close of business on the Closing Date, or at such later date or such earlier or later time as may be agreed by Acquirer and the Company in writing and specified in the certificate of merger in accordance with the DGCL (such time as the Merger becomes effective is referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

Section 2.3 Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”, and the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”) will take place in the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, at 11 a.m., New York time, on the date that is the third (3rd) Business Day after the date on which the last of the conditions specified in Article VII of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived, other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions.

 

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Section 2.4 Effects of the Merger. The Merger will have the effects set forth in the DGCL.

Section 2.5 Name of Surviving Company; Directors and Officers. The name of the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time will be Radius Bancorp, Inc. The directors and officers of the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of Merger Sub.

Section 2.6 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Company. The certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Surviving Company, until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.

Section 2.7 The Subsequent Merger. At Acquirer’s option, the Company and Acquirer will cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to effect the Subsequent Merger following the Effective Time, including approving and entering into any required merger agreement. At the effective time of the Acquirer Merger, the separate existence of the Company will terminate. Acquirer will be the surviving corporation in the Acquirer Merger (the “Acquirer Merger Surviving Company”) and will continue its existence under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The certificate of incorporation of Acquirer will be the certificate of incorporation of the Acquirer Merger Surviving Company. The bylaws of Acquirer will be the bylaws of the Acquirer Merger Surviving Company. In the Subsequent Merger, the shares of the entity not surviving the merger shall be cancelled and the shares of the entity surviving the merger shall remain outstanding and not be affected thereby.

Section 2.8 The Other Core Transactions. The Company and Acquirer will cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to effect the Termination and Relocation and the Conversion, in which the shares of Company Bank shall remain outstanding and not be affected thereby, the Contribution and Business Plan Execution as contemplated in Recital A. The Acquirer agrees that it shall have principal responsibility for effecting the foregoing and obtaining the regulatory approvals with respect thereto, but the Company will be responsible to take certain actions in connection with the application process and authorization of such matters.

ARTICLE III

EFFECT ON STOCK

Section 3.1 Effect on Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action by any holder of Company Common Stock:

(a) Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Per Share Consideration.

 

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(b) Key Definitions.

(1) “Per Share Consideration” means the “Cash Per Share Consideration” and the “Stock Per Share Consideration”.

(2) “Cash Per Share Consideration” means the Aggregate Cash Consideration divided by the number of Exchangeable Shares.

(3) “Stock Per Share Consideration” means 3,761,141 shares of Acquirer Common Stock divided by the number of shares of Exchangeable Shares.

(4) “Exchangeable Shares” means the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock, including Dissenting Shares and shares outstanding under any equity-based awards, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, rounded to the nearest whole share. For the avoidance of doubt, “Exchangeable Shares” shall not include any shares of Company Common Stock that are not outstanding reserved for issuance under Company Stock Options.

(5) “Aggregate Cash Consideration” means an amount equal to:

(a) the sum of (x) $138,750,000, (y) the sum of (A) in the event the Closing occurs after the nine (9) month anniversary of the Execution Date, $5,000,000 and (B) the fee payable pursuant to Section 8.1(e), if applicable, (such sum of (A) and (B), the “Ticking Fee”), less the SBA Reduction Amount up to the lesser of the amount of the Ticking Fee or $7,500,000, less

(b) (x) the Expense Overrun, (y) the Negative TBV Change, if any and (z) the Aggregate Non-Agreed Option Amount.

(6) “Negative TBV Change” means, if a positive number, the excess of the (a) Target Tangible Book Value over the (b) Closing Tangible Book Value.

(c) Closing Tangible Book Value.

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consistent with the Company Financial Statements, and (B) the calculation of Tangible Book Value as of the Anticipated Closing Date contained therein was prepared in accordance with, and to their knowledge after reasonable inquiry includes and excludes all amounts required to be included or excluded by, the definition of Tangible Book Value in this Agreement.

(2) After delivery of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the parties shall work together in good faith, which in the case of the Company shall include providing Acquirer with such documentation and information as Acquirer shall reasonably request, to agree on an updated estimated consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the Anticipated Closing Date (the “Final Closing Balance Sheet”), which shall (i) be prepared in good faith based on all available information at such time and in accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with the Company Financial Statements and (ii) include an updated calculation of Tangible Book Value as estimated as of the Anticipated Closing Date (“Closing Tangible Book Value”). The Final Closing Balance Sheet, and the calculation of the Closing Tangible Book Value contained therein, agreed to between the parties shall become final and binding.

(3) If, no later than the day before the Anticipated Closing Date, the parties are unable to agree upon a Final Closing Balance Sheet and Closing Tangible Book Value contained therein, the parties shall promptly submit any items over which a disagreement remains to an accounting firm that is mutually and reasonably acceptable to the parties (the “Independent Accountants”), which will act as arbitrator to resolve the remaining disputed items. The parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accountants to resolve any dispute and issue a Final Closing Balance Sheet confirming the correct Closing Tangible Book Value (as determined in accordance with this Agreement), as of the Anticipated Closing Date, within ten (10) days following such engagement. The parties will cooperate fully with, and furnish such information as may be requested to, the Independent Accountants. The Final Closing Balance Sheet issued by the Independent Accountants, as well as the amount of Closing Tangible Book Value set forth therein, will be final and binding on the parties. Each party will bear all costs and fees incurred by it in connection with the foregoing arbitration; provided that (i) the fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be borne by the Company and Acquirer in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of disputed items submitted to the Independent Accountants that are unsuccessfully disputed by the Company and Acquirer, respectively (as determined by the Independent Accountants), bears to the total amount of items submitted to the Independent Accountants, and (ii) all after-tax costs, fees and expenses to be borne by the Company shall be deducted from any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(4) of this Agreement.

(4) Notwithstanding such a dispute, the Closing shall otherwise occur provided that the Per Share Consideration shall be calculated and paid based on the lowest Closing Tangible Book Value resulting from Acquirer’s items in dispute. Upon the determination of a final and binding Final Closing Balance Sheet and Closing Tangible Book Value by the Independent Accountants, the Per Share Consideration shall be recalculated and the Acquirer shall pay as provided for herein the amount by which the recalculated Per Share Consideration exceeds the Per Share Consideration used in connection with the Closing.

 

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(5) To facilitate reaching an agreed Final Closing Balance Sheet and Closing Tangible Book Value without the need for an arbitration, commencing with the eighth (8th) month end after the Execution Date, at least ten (10) days prior to the end of each month, the parties shall work in good faith to understand and agree on what the foregoing would be at the end of each such month.

(d) SBA Reduction Amount.

(1) Each of Acquirer and the Company shall retain an accounting firm to serve as an evaluator (an “Evaluation Firm”) of the Company’s SBA 7A portfolio – the related loan and credit portfolio that is not guaranteed (the “SBA Portfolio”) for purposes of determining, as of the most recent month end prior to the Closing Date, an appropriate reserve for the SBA Portfolio under GAAP ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) commonly referred to as Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the SBA Portfolio (the “Reserve Percentage”). Such evaluation need not be based on the Company’s accounting policies and practices and may be a de novo review based on the Evaluation Firm’s professional judgment and discretion. The Company may not use its existing independent accounting firm as its Evaluation Firm.

(2) Not later than 13 days before the Anticipated Closing Date, Acquirer shall deliver to the Company the report of its Evaluation Firm that states its conclusions and the basis therefor and its determination of the appropriate Reserve Percentage (the “Acquirer Reserve Percentage”) and the Company shall deliver to Acquirer the report of its Evaluation Firm that states its conclusions and the basis therefor and determination of the appropriate Reserve Percentage (the “Company Reserve Percentage”).

(3) If either the Acquirer Reserve Percentage or the Company Reserve Percentage exceeds 5.9%, there shall be a “SBA Reduction Amount” (otherwise the SBA Reduction Amount shall be zero) and the SBA Reduction Amount shall be the product of (i) 0.7115 and (ii) (A) the principal amount of the SBA Portfolio as set forth in the Final Closing Balance Sheet or if there shall be no Final Closing Balance Sheet as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties in good faith and (B) the average of the Acquirer Reserve Percentage and the Company Reserve Percentage (such percentage, the “Final Reserve Factor”) minus 5.9%.

(4) The parties shall complete the process set forth in this Section 3.1(d) prior to the Anticipated Closing Date. The Company shall provide Acquirer regular written updates on the status of the SBA Portfolio, including its establishment of reserves with respect thereto, and such other information the SBA Portfolio as Acquirer may request.

 

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(e) Payout Trial Run. The parties have agreed upon an illustrative calculation of the Per Share Consideration and related estimates of the Aggregate Option Amount payable to holders of Company Stock Options pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(1) of this Agreement, in each case determined on a pro forma basis as if the Closing had occurred on the Execution Date, which illustrative calculations are set forth in the Payout Trial Run.

(f) Cancellation. Shares of Company Common Stock will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be canceled and will cease to exist. Holders of shares of Company Common Stock will cease to be, and will have no rights as, Stockholders, and certificates that represented shares of Company Common Stock before the Effective Time will be deemed for all purposes to represent only the right to receive the Per Share Consideration. After the Effective Time, there will be no transfers of shares of Company Common Stock on the stock transfer books of the Company or the Surviving Company, and shares of Company Common Stock presented to the Surviving Company or Acquirer will be canceled and exchanged in accordance with this Article III.

(g) Merger Sub Stock. Each share of Merger Sub common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Company.

Section 3.2 Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock.

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(1) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all action, including causing the Company Board or any committee thereof under any Company Stock Plan to take, or cause to be taken, all action permitted under any Company Stock Plan or otherwise consented to by the applicable Company Stock Option holder through the execution of an option amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a “Company Stockholder Option Amendment”), necessary to cause fifty percent (50%) of each option holder’s outstanding Company Stock Option grants, whether vested or unvested or exercisable or unexercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, to, immediately prior to the Effective Time (i) be cancelled and terminated in a manner satisfactory to Acquirer in its reasonable discretion and without any consideration other than the right to receive a lump sum cash payment payable to the holder of such Company Stock Option pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(2); and (ii) no longer represent any rights to purchase or otherwise with respect to shares of Company Common Stock or any other security of the Company, Acquirer, the Surviving Company or any other person.

(2) Each holder of a Company Stock Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, the exercise price per share of which is less than the Merger Consideration Value Per Share (as defined below) (for the avoidance of doubt, Company Stock Options shall not be considered outstanding for these or any other purposes), shall be entitled to receive from Acquirer in respect of and in consideration for the cancellation and termination of each such Company Stock Option, as soon as reasonably practicable following, but in any event subject to, the Effective Time, and in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, an amount in cash, without any interest and subject to any required Tax withholding, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (x) the Cash Per Share Consideration and (y) the

 

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product of (i) the Stock Per Share Consideration and (ii) $12.30 (the sum of (x) and (y) being the “Merger Consideration Value Per Share”), over (B) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option. (For the avoidance of doubt, any holder that does not execute a Company Stockholder Option Amendment shall receive a cash payment payable in accordance with this Section 3.2(a)(2) for one hundred percent (100%) of their outstanding Company Stock Options, whether vested or unvested.)

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all action, including causing the Company Board or any committee thereof under any Company Stock Plan to take, or cause to be taken, all action permitted under any Company Stock Plan or otherwise consented to by the applicable Company Stock Option holder through the execution of a Company Stockholder Option Amendment, necessary to cause the remaining fifty percent (50%) of each option holder’s outstanding Company Stock Option grants, whether vested or unvested or exercisable or unexercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, that is not cancelled and terminated pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(1) to, as of the Effective Time, be unvested and to, automatically and without any required action on the part of the holder thereof, cease to represent an option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock and to convert into an option to purchase a number of shares of Acquirer Common Stock equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) the Option Award Conversion Amount, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (A) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock of such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (B) the Option Award Conversion Amount. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each such Company Stock Option shall otherwise continue to be governed by its existing terms and conditions (but shall vest one hundred percent (100%) on the date that is the eighteenth (18th) month anniversary of the Closing Date) and shall be subject to accelerated vesting upon termination by the Acquirer of the applicable holder’s employment without Cause or upon the applicable holder’s death of Disability. “Option Award Conversion Amount” means (y) the Stock Per Share Consideration plus (z) (1) the Cash Per Share Consideration divided by (2) the most recent closing price of Acquirer Common Stock prior to the Effective Time (the “Conversion Price”). “Cause” means (i) the holder’s conviction, whether following trial or by plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea), in a criminal proceeding (y) on a charge of any crime involving fraud, embezzlement, bribery, forgery, counterfeiting, extortion, dishonesty, or moral turpitude; or (z) on any felony or misdemeanor charge; (ii) any act or omission by the holder involving dishonesty, disloyalty, or fraud with respect to the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company); (iii) the holder’s breach of fiduciary duty to any of the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company); (iv) holder’s substantial, willful, or repeated disregard of the lawful and reasonable directives of the board of directors of the Acquirer, the CEO of the acquirer or the holder’s supervisor clearly communicated in writing to the holder, provided that if such disregard is capable of remedy the holder shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of written notification of such disregard by the Acquirer in which to remedy such disregard; (v) a breach by the holder of any non-solicitation or other restrictive covenant set forth in any agreement between the holder and the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company), provided that if such breach is capable of remedy, the holder shall have thirty (30)

 

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days from receipt of written notification of such breach by the Acquirer in which to remedy such breach; (vi) the holder’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective customers, clients, contractors, and/or vendors; (vii) the coming into effect of an order, ruling, or determination by a government body, court, or self-regulatory organization that imposes a bar or disqualification on the holder from employment with the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company) (either permanently or for a period exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days); (viii) violation of the Acquirer’s policies against unlawful discrimination and harassment; (ix) the holder’s repeated alcohol or substance abuse while performing services for the Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company); or (x) abandonment or gross dereliction of the holder’s work duties. “Disability” means that a person is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

(c) The aggregate amount paid pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(2) to all Company Stock Option holders who execute a Company Stockholder Option Amendment under Section 3.2(a)(1), plus the aggregate amount paid pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(2) to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, plus the aggregate value delivered pursuant to Section 3.2(b) as measured by the aggregate spread between the exercise price of the converted options and the Conversion Price, plus the aggregate consideration (if any) payable to Company Stock Option holders to enter into Company Stockholder Option Amendments, in each case, to all Company Stock Option holders who execute a Company Stockholder Option Amendment is referred to as the “Aggregate Agreed Option Amount”. The aggregate cash amount paid to all Company Stock Option holders under Section 3.2(a)(2) who do not execute a Company Stockholder Option Amendment pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(1), less, to the extent included therein, the aggregate cash amount paid pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(2) to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company is referred to as the “Aggregate Non-Agreed Option Amount”. The Aggregate Agreed Option Amount and the Aggregate Non-Agreed Option Amount are together referred to as the “Aggregate Option Amount”.

(d) In the event that the exercise price of any Company Stock Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration Value Per Share, no cash payment or other consideration for such Company Stock Option shall be due and payable in respect thereof and the Company Stock Option shall be cancelled and of no further force or effect as of the Effective Time, without any further action on the part of the Company, Acquirer or the holder of the Company Stock Option.

(e) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall take or cause to be taken such action as is necessary and reasonably satisfactory to Acquirer in order to effect the treatment of Company Stock Options as set forth in this Section 3.2 and terminate the Company Stock Plans as of the Effective Time, including taking reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent of each Company Stock Option holder (which consent, for the avoidance of doubt, may be in the form of a signed Company Stockholder Option Amendment).

 

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(f) Company Restricted Stock. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all action, including causing the Company Board or any committee thereof under any Company Stock Plan to take, or cause to be taken, all action necessary to accelerate the vesting of each share of restricted Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (“Company Restricted Stock”) and each such share of Company Restricted Stock shall be an Exchangeable Share and converted into the right to receive, in accordance with Section 3.1 above, the Per Share Consideration, less all applicable Taxes.

Section 3.3 Exchange Agent.

(a) At or before the Effective Time, Acquirer will deposit with its transfer agent or with a depository or trust institution of recognized standing selected by it and reasonably satisfactory to the Company (in such capacity, the “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the “Old Certificates”), (1) evidence of shares in book entry form (“New Certificates”), representing the shares of Acquirer Common Stock issuable to holders of Old Certificates under this Section 3.3(a) and (2) an amount equal to the aggregate cash payable to holders of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.4.

(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, Acquirer shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail or deliver to each person who was, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of record of Company Common Stock, a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Old Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such certificates to the Exchange Agent) containing instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Old Certificates in exchange for the consideration payable pursuant to this Article III. No interest will accrue or be paid with respect to any New Certificate or cash to be delivered upon surrender of Old Certificates. If any New Certificate is to be issued or cash is to be paid in a name other than that in which the Old Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition to the exchange that the Old Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form of transfer, and that the person requesting the exchange (1) pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the issuance of the New Certificate or the making of the cash payment in a name other than the name of the holder of the surrendered Old Certificate or (2) establish to the reasonable satisfaction of Acquirer (or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be) that any such Taxes have been paid or are not applicable.

(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Acquirer Common Stock having a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to any holder of Company Common Stock until such holder has surrendered the Old Certificate representing such stock as provided herein. Subject to the effect of applicable Law, following surrender of any such Old Certificates, there shall be paid to the holder of New Certificates issued in exchange therefor, without interest, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time previously payable with respect to the shares of Acquirer Common Stock represented thereby. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, holders of Company Common Stock who receive Acquirer Common Stock in the Merger shall be entitled to vote after the Effective Time at any meeting of Acquirer stockholders the number of whole shares of Acquirer Common Stock into which their respective shares of Company Common Stock are converted, regardless of whether such holders of Company Common Stock have exchanged their Old Certificates for New Certificates in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(d) Acquirer shall be entitled to rely upon the Company’s stock transfer books to establish the identity of those persons entitled to receive consideration pursuant to this Article III, which books shall be conclusive with respect thereto. In the event of a dispute with respect to ownership of stock represented by any Old Certificate, Acquirer shall be entitled to deposit the full consideration represented thereby in escrow with an independent third party and thereafter be relieved from any and all liability and obligation with respect to any claims thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no party hereto shall be liable to any former holder of Company Common Stock for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.

(e) Each of Acquirer, the Surviving Company and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as Acquirer, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law and shall be entitled to request and be provided any necessary forms, including IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate version of IRS Form W-8, as applicable, or any similar information. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Acquirer, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect to whom such deduction and withholding was made by Acquirer, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent. If any holder of an Old Certificate requests payment of any cash such person is entitled to pursuant to this Section 3.3 by means of a wire transfer in his, her or its duly executed and completed letter of transmittal, the Exchange Agent may make payment of such cash such holder is entitled to hereunder by wire transfer in accordance with such request and the cost of any such wire transfer shall be charged to the account of and deducted from the proceeds paid to such holder hereunder.

(f) All shares of Per Share Consideration shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.13 and all New Certificates will bear the Private Placement Legend to the extent provided for in Section 6.13.

Section 3.4 Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares of Acquirer Common Stock and no certificates or scrip therefor, or other evidence of ownership thereof, will be issued in the Merger; instead, Acquirer will pay to each holder of Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Acquirer Common Stock an amount in cash (without interest) determined by multiplying such fraction of a share of Acquirer Common Stock by the per share volume weighted average price of Acquirer Common Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the Closing as found on Bloomberg’s Volume Weighted Average Price page or its equivalent successor page if such page is not available.

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any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, Acquirer or its transfer agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the shares of Acquirer Common Stock and any cash, unpaid dividends or other distributions that would be payable or deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement had such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate been surrendered.

Section 3.6 Anti-Dilution Adjustments. If Acquirer changes (or the Acquirer Board sets a related record date that will occur before the Effective Time for a change in) the number or kind of shares of Acquirer Common Stock outstanding by way of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or similar transaction, the amount of Acquirer Common Stock included in the Stock Per Share Consideration will be adjusted proportionately to account for such change.

Section 3.7 Appraisal Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that holders of Company Common Stock are entitled to appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL, Dissenting Shares that are outstanding as of the Effective Time will not be converted into the right to receive the consideration payable in respect of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof unless and until the holder shall have failed to perfect, or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost, his, her or its right to dissent from the Merger under the DGCL. The holder of any Dissenting Share shall be treated in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and, as applicable, shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to such holder pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL with respect thereto. Acquirer shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all notices or other communications to be sent to holders of Dissenting Shares and all such notices and other communications shall be satisfactory to Acquirer. The Company will give Acquirer (a) prompt notice of any notice or demands for appraisal or payment for shares of Company Common Stock, any withdrawal of demand for payment and any other similar instruments received by the Company and (b) Acquirer shall direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demands or notices. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Acquirer, settle, offer to settle or otherwise negotiate, any such demands or notices or make or offer to make any payment in respect of any such demands or notices. Acquirer will pay any consideration as may be determined to be due with respect to Dissenting Shares pursuant to and subject to the requirements of applicable Law.

ARTICLE IV

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER

Section 4.1 Forbearances of the Company. The Company agrees that from the date hereof until the Effective Time, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, as Previously Disclosed or as directed in writing by any Governmental Authority, without the prior written consent of Acquirer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it will not, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:

(a) Ordinary Course. Conduct its business other than in the ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date hereof or fail to use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organizations and assets and maintain its rights, franchises and authorizations and its existing relations with customers, suppliers, vendors, Governmental Authorities, employees, business associates and Stockholders.

 

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(b) Operations. Enter into any new line of business or materially change its lending, credit, investment, underwriting, risk, asset liability management or other banking, operating or other policies, procedures or practices from those in effect as of the date hereof, except as required by applicable Law, or close, sell, consolidate or relocate (or make application for, or give notice of the same) or materially alter any of its significant offices or operations facilities of it or its Subsidiaries.

(c) Products. Materially alter any of its policies or practices with respect to the rates, fees, interest, charges, levels or types of services or products available to customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries from those in effect as of the date hereof or offer any promotional pricing with respect to any product or service available to customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, the Company and its Subsidiaries may offer promotional pricing with respect to products and services available to customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and on commercially reasonable terms.

(d) Brokered Deposits. Book any “brokered deposits”, as such term is defined in 12 CFR § 337.6, with respect to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ core banking business, other than in the ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice, and, in any event, such brokered deposits shall not exceed 25% of the Company’s total liabilities, defined per the methodology of the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income. For the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.1(d) shall not apply to the partnerships listed on Section 4.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

(e) Securities Portfolio. Fail to maintain the Company’s securities portfolio at an aggregate value equal to between fifteen percent (15%) and twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s total assets in compliance with the Company’s approved investment policy, a copy of which has been Previously Disclosed.

(f) Capital Expenditures. Make any capital expenditures in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate.

(g) Material Contracts. Terminate, enter into, amend, modify (including by way of interpretation or waiver) or renew any Material Contract or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims contained therein or relating thereto.

(h) Loans. Make, renew, amend, extend the term of, extend the maturity of or grant the forbearance of any Extension of Credit (i) that would require the Company to seek approval from the Senior Credit Committee of the Company Bank in accordance with the Company’s Credit Policy, a copy of which has been Previously Disclosed, or (ii) that would be an exception to the Company’s Credit Policy. The Company shall submit any Extension of Credit requiring consent under this Section 4.1(h) to Tom Casey and Brandon Pace for approval. If the Company does not receive a response within forty-eight (48) hours of the request, such request shall be deemed approved.

 

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(i) Capital Stock.

(a) Except for the issuance of Company Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Company Stock Options outstanding as of the date hereof, issue, sell, grant, transfer or otherwise permit to become outstanding, or dispose of or encumber or pledge, or authorize or propose the creation of, any additional shares of its stock or any additional Rights of it with respect to its stock (including, but not limited to, Company Stock Options);

(b) Permit any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to become subject to grants of employee or director stock options, restricted stock grants, “phantom stock” rights or similar stock-based employee or director rights;

(c) Repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except pursuant to the forfeiture conditions of any equity-based award or the cashless exercise or Tax withholding provisions of or authorizations related to an equity-based award);

(d) Effect any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or similar change in capitalization; or

(e) Form or make any investment in any new Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary formed in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to hold OREO that is acquired after the date of this Agreement.

(j) Dividends, Distributions, Repurchases. Make, declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividend on or in respect of, or declare or make any distribution on any shares of its stock (except for cash dividends by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company as needed by the Company to fund the Company’s working capital requirements for operations and expenses).

(k) Dispositions. Sell, transfer, mortgage, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of or permit the creation of any Lien (other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and that are not material to the asset in question, mechanics’ Liens, materialmen’s Liens, or other inchoate Liens) on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or discontinue any of its assets, deposits, business or properties, except (other than for Intellectual Property) for sales, transfers, mortgages, encumbrances or other dispositions or discontinuances in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in a transaction that individually or taken together with all other such transactions is not material to it and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(l) Acquisitions. Acquire (other than by way of foreclosures or acquisitions of control in a fiduciary or similar capacity or in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in good faith, in each case in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice) all or any portion of the assets, business, deposits or properties of any other person.

(m) Governing Documents. Amend its Governing Documents.

(n) Accounting Methods. Implement or adopt any change in its financial or regulatory accounting principles, practices or methods, other than (with prior notice to Acquirer) as may be required by GAAP or applicable accounting requirements of a Governmental Authority.

(o) Indebtedness. (i) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than deposits, brokered certificates of deposit, federal funds purchased, federal home loan bank overnight advances and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and as otherwise not restricted pursuant to this Agreement) or (ii) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (A) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other person or (B) cancel, release, assign or modify any material amount of indebtedness of any other person.

(p) Tax Matters. (i) Make, change or rescind any Tax election, (ii) adopt or change any Tax accounting method, (iii) request or enter into any closing agreement or Tax ruling, (iv) settle or compromise any Tax claim or assessment, (v) consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, (vi) surrender any right to claim a refund for Taxes, (vii) file any amended Tax Return, (viii) file any income or other material Tax return that has been prepared in a manner inconsistent with past practice, (ix) enter into any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnity or similar agreement or assume any liability for the Taxes of any other person (whether by Contract or otherwise) or (x) take any action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax that would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability or reducing any Tax asset of Acquirer or the Surviving Company in respect of any Tax period ending following the Closing Date.

(q) Intellectual Property Matters. (1) Change or fail to maintain any of the material Information Technology used in their respective businesses, (2) transfer, sell, pledge, place a Lien upon, assign or exclusively license any Owned IP, (3) abandon, cancel, let lapse or fail to maintain any Registered Owned IP unless such Intellectual Property is no longer useful in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses as currently conducted and as reasonably expected to be conducted in the future, and (4) license or grant other rights under any Owned IP, except non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(r) Claims. Settle any action, suit, claim or proceeding against it, except for an action, suit, claim or proceeding that is settled in the ordinary course of business in an amount or for consideration not in excess of $250,000 and that would not (1) impose any material restriction on the business of it or its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Acquirer or its Subsidiaries or (2) create precedent for claims that are reasonably likely to be material to it or its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Acquirer or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(s) Compensation; Employment Agreements. Terminate, enter into, amend, modify (including by way of interpretation) or renew any employment, consulting, severance, retention or similar contract, agreement or arrangement with any director, officer, employee or other person, or grant any salary, wage or other compensation increase or increase any employee or director benefit, including incentive opportunity or bonus payments (or, with respect to any of the preceding, communicate any intention to take such action), except (1) to make changes that are required by applicable Law, (2) to satisfy Previously Disclosed contractual obligations existing as of the Execution Date or (3) normal increases in base salary or base wages to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, provided that no such increase shall be more than three percent (3%) of each such employee’s previous year’s base salary or base wage rate.

(t) Benefit Arrangements. Terminate, enter into, establish, adopt, amend, modify (including by way of interpretation or waiver), make new grants or awards or make or commit to make any additional funding under or renew any Benefit Plans or any plan, agreement or arrangement that would have been a Benefit Plan had it been in place as of the Execution Date hereof, in respect of any director, officer or employee, take any action to accelerate the vesting, exercisability, settlement or payment of stock options, restricted stock, other equity-based award or other compensation or benefits payable thereunder, add any new participants to any non-qualified retirement plans, or forgive any loans to any current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, with respect to any of the preceding, communicate any intention to take such action), except (1) as required by applicable Law, (2) to satisfy Previously Disclosed contractual obligations existing as of the Execution Date or (3) immaterial amendments that do not increase benefits or the cost of benefits or result in increased administrative costs.

(u) Communication. Make any written communications to the directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any oral communications presented to a significant portion of the directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pertaining to compensation or benefit matters that are affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without providing Acquirer with a copy or written description of the intended communication, providing Acquirer with a reasonable period of time to review and comment on the communication, and cooperating with Acquirer in providing any such mutually agreeable communication.

(v) Risk Management. Except as required by applicable Law, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (i) implement or adopt any material change in underwriting, interest rate risk management, credit risk management, risk management of financial derivatives, model risk management and hedging and other risk management policies, procedures or practices or (ii) fail to follow in any material respect its existing policies, procedures or practices with respect to managing its exposure to interest rate, credit and other risk.

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(x) Adverse Actions. (1) Knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, result in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 being or becoming untrue or incorrect in any respect, (2) knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment or (3) knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in the material delay in the satisfaction of any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VII or in such conditions not being satisfied in a timely manner, including merge or consolidate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any other person, or any action that is reasonably likely to materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except as required by applicable Law. Notwithstanding this Section 4.1(x), the Company’s obligations and responsibilities to take or not take any action with respect to obtaining any Requisite Regulatory Approvals shall be exclusively governed by Section 6.3.

(y) Commitments. Enter into any contract with respect to, or otherwise agree or commit to do, any of the foregoing.

Section 4.2 Forbearances of Acquirer. Acquirer agrees that from the date hereof until the Effective Time, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, as Previously Disclosed or as directed in writing by any Governmental Authority, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it will not, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:

(a) Adverse Actions. (1) Knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, result in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.2 being or becoming untrue or incorrect in any respect, (2) knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment or (3) knowingly take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in the material delay in the satisfaction of any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VII or any action that is reasonably likely to materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except as required by applicable Law. Notwithstanding this Section 4.2(a), Acquirer’s obligations and responsibilities to take or not take any action with respect to obtaining any Requisite Regulatory Approvals shall be exclusively governed by Section 6.3.

(b) Dividends, Distributions, Repurchases. Make, declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividend on or in respect of, or declare or make any distribution on any class or series of shares of its stock (except for cash dividends by any Subsidiary of Acquirer to Acquirer).

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as Previously Disclosed or expressly permitted by or provided for in this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Acquirer as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date as follows:

(a) Organization; Standing. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its assets or property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for any failure to be so qualified that would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company. The Company has made available to Acquirer a true, complete and correct copy of its Governing Documents and those of the Company Bank, each as amended to the date hereof, and such Governing Documents are in full force and effect.

(b) Company Common Stock.

(1) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,000,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding, 8,000,000 shares of Company Class A Voting Common Stock, of which 4,970,205 shares are issued and outstanding, and 3,000,000 shares of Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock, of which 2,320,882 shares are issued and outstanding, and no shares of Company Restricted Stock and 512,217 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under Company Stock Options. The Company holds no shares of Company Common Stock as treasury shares. The outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). Other than 512,217 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under outstanding Company Stock Options, there are no shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance, the Company does not have any Rights issued or outstanding with respect to Company Common Stock and the Company does not have any commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Company Common Stock or Rights, except pursuant to this Agreement. The Company has no commitment to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or to register with the SEC, any shares of Company Common Stock. The Company has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations, the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) on any matter. Schedule 5.1(b) sets forth a correct and complete listing of all outstanding awards of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock as of the Execution Date setting forth the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to each such award and the number of shares vested and unvested as of the Execution Date, grant date, vesting schedule and exercise price, if any, with respect thereto. Each Company Stock Option (A) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and conditions of the Company Stock Plan, (B) has

 

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an exercise price per share equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of such grant, (C) has a grant date identical to the date on which the actually awarded such Company Stock Option, and (D) qualifies for the Tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Company Stock Option in the Company’s Tax Returns and the Company Financial Statements, respectively.

(2) The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct list of all holders of Company Common Stock and Rights of the Company with respect to Company Common Stock, which includes (A) the name and address of each holder, (B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock and Rights of the Company with respect to Company Common Stock held by such holder, (C) in the case of Rights of the Company with regard to Company Common Stock, the terms thereof, and (D) a designation as to whether such holder is a member of the Company Board.

(3) There are no voting trusts, proxies, stockholder agreements or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of shares of Company Common Stock.

(4) The Payout Trial Run is true, complete and correct. As of the Effective Time, the Payout Spreadsheet will be true, complete and correct.

(c) Subsidiaries and Equity Holdings.

(1) (A) The Company has Previously Disclosed all of its Subsidiaries; (B) the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all the outstanding equity securities of its Subsidiaries free and clear of Liens, and all such equity securities have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable; (C) the Company has Previously Disclosed and made available to Acquirer a true, complete and correct copy of the Governing Documents of its Subsidiaries, each as amended to the date hereof, and such Governing Documents are in full force and effect; (D) no equity securities of any of its Subsidiaries are or may become required to be issued by reason of any Right or otherwise; (E) there are no contracts, commitments, arrangements or understandings by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to sell or otherwise transfer any equity securities of any of its Subsidiaries; and (F) there are no contracts, commitments, arrangements or understandings by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound that relate to its rights to vote or dispose of any equity securities of any of its Subsidiaries.

(2) Each of its Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its assets or property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for any failure to be so qualified that would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company. Company Bank has elected to be treated as and is a covered savings association pursuant to 12 C.F.R. Part 101. The deposit accounts of Company Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the Deposit Insurance Fund (as defined in Section 3(y) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid, and no proceedings for the termination of such insurance are pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

 

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(3) The Company has Previously Disclosed a list of all equity securities that the Company and its Subsidiaries own, control or hold as of the Execution Date. The Company has Previously Disclosed a list of all bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations that the Company and its Subsidiaries have issued as of the Execution Date, which list includes a description of the terms and conditions on which such obligations may be redeemed by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary.

(d) Power. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate (or comparable) power and authority to own and operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate or to cause the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(e) Authority.

(1) The Company has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and has taken all corporate action necessary for it to execute and deliver this Agreement. This Agreement, the Merger, the Subsequent Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been authorized by all necessary corporate (or comparable) action on the part of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries other than the approval of the foregoing by a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Class A Voting Common Stock and a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock. This Agreement is the Company’s valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles). All actions taken by the Company Board in connection with this Agreement have been validly approved at a meeting where all members were present and voting on such actions. The Company Board, acting unanimously at a meeting where all members were present and voting on the actions approved, has adopted resolutions approving and recommending to the Stockholders approval of this Agreement and the matters contemplated hereby and any other matters required to be approved or adopted in order to effect the Merger, the Subsequent Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “Company Stockholder Matters”). The Company Board has scheduled a special meeting of the Stockholders (the “Company Meeting”) to approve the Company Stockholder Matters to occur no later than the date that is thirty (30) days after the Execution Date. Stockholders representing ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Class A Voting Common Stock and one hundred percent (100%) of Company Class B Non-Voting Common Stock as of the Execution Date have entered into Support Agreements. A list of the Stockholders entering into Support Agreements as of the Execution Date is Previously Disclosed along with the number of shares of stock held by each such Stockholder.

 

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(2) The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct copy of the Company Stockholders Agreement. The Company and all the Stockholders are parties to the Company Stockholders Agreement. This Agreement and the Support Agreements and the execution and delivery thereof and the performance thereof by the parties thereto do not violate or breach the Company Stockholders Agreement. Pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Company Stockholders Agreement, the Dragging Stockholders (as defined in the Company Stockholders Agreement) have exercised their rights set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Stockholders Agreement to cause all Stockholders to vote in favor of the Merger and this Agreement and enter into a Support Agreement. Upon Closing, the Company Stockholders Agreement will automatically and immediately terminate in accordance with its terms and will be of no further force and effect. In addition, each Stockholder has waived, effective as of the Effective Time, any and all claims and rights such Stockholder may have under the Company Stockholders Agreement.

(3) The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct copy of the Company Registration Rights Agreement. The Company and all the Stockholders are parties to the Company Registration Rights Agreement. This Agreement and the Support Agreements and the execution and delivery thereof and the performance thereof by the parties thereto do not violate or breach the Company Registration Rights Agreement. Prior to June 3, 2021 or the Company proposing a Piggyback Registration (as defined in the Company Registration Rights Agreement), the Stockholders have no rights under the Company Registration Rights Agreement to cause the Company to take or forego any action. Upon the consummation of the Merger, the rights of any Stockholder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Company Registration Rights Agreement) in any registration thereunder shall terminate and be of no further force or effect as no Stockholder will own any Registrable Securities. In addition, each Stockholder has waived, effective as of the Effective Time, any and all claims and rights such Stockholder may have under the Company Registration Rights Agreement and has otherwise consented to the termination thereof.

(f) Consents and Approvals. No notices, applications or other filings are required to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, approvals, registrations, permits, expirations of waiting periods or other authorizations required to be obtained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from, any Governmental Authority or any third party (such required third-party consents, the “Required Third-Party Consents”) in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement, the Merger, the Subsequent Merger or any other transactions contemplated hereby except for (1) filings of applications and notices with, receipt of approvals or no objections from, and the expiration of related waiting periods, required by federal and state banking authorities, including applications and notices under the BHC Act and the National Bank Act with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (acting through the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank as allowed) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), respectively, (2) receipt of the approvals described in this Section 5.1(f) and the other approvals Previously Disclosed, (3) filings of any required applications and notices with, and receipt of any required approvals from, any Governmental Authority with responsibility for enforcing any state securities law, (4) the filing of the Articles of Merger with respect to the Merger, the certificate of merger and articles of merger with respect to the Acquirer Merger and (5) consents required by Contracts which are not Material Contracts.

 

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(g) No Defaults. Subject to making the filings and receiving the consents and approvals referred to in Section 5.1(f), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not violate, conflict with, require a consent or approval under, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the right of termination of, accelerate the performance required by, increase any amount payable under, change the rights or obligations of a party under, cause any additional fees to be due under, or give rise to any Lien or penalty under, the terms, conditions or provisions of (1) its Governing Documents or those of its Subsidiaries, (2) any Material Contract, policy or other instrument of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their respective businesses, operations, assets or properties is subject or receives benefits or (3) any Law, permit or license.

(h) Takeover Laws. The Company Board has approved this Agreement, the Support Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger and the Subsequent Mergers) as required to render inapplicable to this Agreement, the Support Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby any applicable provisions of any “moratorium”, “control share”, “fair price”, “affiliated transaction”, “business combination” Laws or other applicable antitakeover Laws and regulations of any state, including Section 203 of the DGCL (collectively, “Takeover Laws”), and this Agreement, the Support Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger and the Subsequent Merger) are exempt from, and are not subject to, any Takeover Laws.

(i) Financial Advisors. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions, finder’s fees or other compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except that, in connection with this Agreement, the Company has retained Broadhaven Capital Partners (“Company FA”), as its financial advisor, and true, complete and correct copies of its arrangements with Company FA have been made available to Acquirer. As of the date hereof, the Company has received a written opinion of Company FA, issued to the Company, to the effect that, as of the date thereof, and based upon and subject to the factors, assumptions and limitations set forth therein, the Per Share Consideration is fair from a financial point of view to holders of Company Common Stock.

(j) Financial Reports and Regulatory Filings.

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the twelve (12) months then ended, (ii) holding company only balance sheets and income statements of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and (iii) a statement of condition and statement of income of the Company Bank as of December 31, 2019 and for the twelve (12) months then ended. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Company will provide to Acquirer (x) as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day following the end of the relevant calendar month, similar unaudited financial statements (including any related notes and schedules thereto) for each of the periods ended thereafter or (y) as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the ninetieth (90th) day following the end of the relevant calendar year, customary audited year-end consolidated financial statements (including any related notes and schedules thereto) for the annual periods ended thereafter (all of the foregoing audited and unaudited financial statements are referred to collectively as the “Company Financial Statements”). Each of the balance sheets or statements of condition as included in the Company Financial Statements (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents or will fairly present in all material respects the Company’s financial position and that of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the date of such statement, and each of the statements of income, comprehensive income, and statements of stockholders’ equity and cash flows or equivalent statements included in the Company Financial Statements (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents or will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated or unconsolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and changes in cash flows, as the case may be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except in each case as noted therein. Crowe LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent registered public accountants as would be required by the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

(2) Section 5.1(j)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all documentation creating or governing all securitization transactions and “off-balance sheet arrangements” effected by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2016.

(3) The Company (A) has designed disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company by others within those entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board, (i) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and has identified for the Company’s outside auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls.

 

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(4) Since December 31, 2018, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all material reports, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file under any applicable Law, regulation or rule with any applicable Governmental Authorities. As of their respective dates (and without giving effect to any amendments or modifications filed after the date of this Agreement with respect to reports and documents filed before the date of this Agreement), each of such reports and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, complied in all material respects with all of the statutes, rules and regulations enforced or promulgated by the Governmental Authority with which they were filed.

(k) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability, whether asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due required in accordance with GAAP to be reflected in audited consolidated statements of financial condition of the Company or the notes thereto, except for (i) liabilities fully set forth or reserved against on the face of the balance sheet contained in the Company Financial Statements as of and for the period ending December 31, 2018, (ii) normal fluctuations in the amount of the liabilities referred to in clause (i) above or other liabilities occurring in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries in accordance with past practice since December 31, 2018, which fluctuations in the aggregate are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iii) liabilities relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Section 5.1(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a good faith estimate of the expenses the Company will incur with respect to the Merger and the Subsequent Merger.

(l) Absence of Certain Changes; Conduct of Business. To the extent required by GAAP, all liabilities and material obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been reflected, disclosed or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements (or footnotes thereto), dated as of December 31, 2018, and since such date (1) other than in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice or otherwise in connection with the Merger, the Subsequent Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any material obligation or liability, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether or not required to be disclosed, (2) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice, (3) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any actions prohibited by Section 4.1, and (4) no event has occurred or fact or circumstance has arisen that, individually or taken together with all other events, facts, and circumstances, would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(m) Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, case, litigation, arbitration, opposition, objection, cancellation, inquiry, hearing, dispute, demand, investigation or proceeding (collectively, “Action”) pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including with or by any vendor or supplier of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and it is not aware of any basis for any such Action), nor is there any judgment, writ, award, injunction, order, decree, settlement, stipulation or ruling (collectively, “Order”) of any Governmental Authority or arbitration outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in the process of being issued).

 

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(n) Compliance with Laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries:

(1) conducts and at all times since January 1, 2016 has conducted its business in all material respects in compliance with all Laws applicable thereto or to the employees conducting such businesses, including all Laws applicable to agreements with, and disclosures and communications to, consumers;

(2) currently has a rating of “Satisfactory” or better under the CRA and is not aware of any pending downgrade of such rating;

(3) has all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, all Governmental Authorities that are required in order to permit it to own or lease its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted in all material respects, and all such permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to its knowledge, no suspensions or cancellations are threatened;

(4) has received, since January 1, 2016 and as of the Execution Date, no notification from a Governmental Authority (A) asserting that it is not in compliance with any of the Laws that such Governmental Authority enforces, (B) threatening to suspend, cancel, revoke or condition the continuation of any permit, license, authorization, order or approval or (C) restricting or disqualifying, or threatening to restrict or disqualify, its activities;

(5) does not engage, directly or indirectly (including through Company Bank), in any activity, or beneficially owns any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in any person that engages in any activity, not expressly permitted under the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation LL; and

(6) has not been charged with, pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a criminal offense under any Law.

(o) Regulatory Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, or has been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has been since January 1, 2016, a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since January 1, 2016, has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of any Governmental Authority that currently restricts the conduct of its business or that in any manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit or risk management policies, its management or its business (each, a “Company Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been advised in writing since January 1, 2016, by any Governmental Authority that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering or requesting any such Company Regulatory Agreement.

 

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(p) Books and Records and Internal Controls.

(1) The Company’s books and records and those of its Subsidiaries have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and in material compliance with applicable Law.

(2) The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations and (B) transactions are recorded in conformity with GAAP consistently applied and applicable Law.

(q) Tax Matters.

(1) The Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) prepared and timely filed, or caused to be prepared and timely filed with the applicable Tax Authority all income Tax Returns and all other material Tax Returns which are required to be filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (taking into account any applicable extensions of time to file such Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business) and all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects and have been completed in accordance with all applicable Laws and (ii) timely paid, or caused to be timely paid, all Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown on a Tax Return) prior to Closing, except for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established by the Company and its Subsidiaries on their books in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the Company Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for Taxes arising from extraordinary gains or losses or transactions outside of the ordinary course of business.

(2) The Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) duly and timely withheld all material Taxes (including from amounts paid or owing to their Employees, shareholders, independent contractors, creditors, customers and third parties) which they are obligated to withhold and (ii) duly and timely paid such amounts over to the appropriate Tax Authority. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all material information reporting and withholding requirements, in respect of payments made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including maintenance of required records with respect thereto.

(3) All material Taxes required to have been collected and paid on the sale of products or services by the Company or its Subsidiaries (whether or not denominated as sales or use taxes) have been properly and timely collected and paid, or all material sales tax exemption certificates or other proofs of the exempt nature of sales of such products or services have been properly collected and retained or, to the extent required, submitted to the appropriate Tax Authority.

 

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(4) There is no material Tax deficiency outstanding, assessed or proposed in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is still pending, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries executed any waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax that is still in effect (other than extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business). The Company and its Subsidiaries have not granted any power of attorney concerning any Tax matter that is still in effect.

(5) The Company and its Subsidiaries have disclosed on their federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.

(6) No audit or other examination of any Tax Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently in progress, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been notified in writing of any request for such an audit or other examination. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written claim made by any Tax Authority asserting that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation in a jurisdiction in which the Company or such Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns. No adjustment relating to any Tax Return filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been proposed in writing by any Tax Authority. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not parties to or bound by any closing or other agreement or ruling with any Tax Authority with respect to Taxes executed on or prior to the Closing Date. There are no matters relating to Taxes under discussion between any Tax Authority and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(7) The Company has delivered or made available to Acquirer copies of all Tax Returns (and related workpapers) for the Company and its Subsidiaries for all Tax periods for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired. There are no closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, or similar agreements or rulings relating to Taxes that have been entered into or issued by any Tax authority with or in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.1(q)(7) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each jurisdiction where the Company and each of its Subsidiaries will be required to file a Tax Return following the Closing with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, including the type of Tax Return and the type of Tax required to be paid.

(8) There are no Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating or attributable to Taxes other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP and that are not material to the asset in question.

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(10) Since November 1, 2017, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-deferred treatment under Section 355 of the Code.

(11) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law).

(12) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) has never been a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (b) is not a party to any Tax sharing, indemnification or allocation agreement that is still in effect, (c) has no liability for the Taxes of any person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law, including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement), as a transferee or successor, by operation of Law, by Contract or otherwise, and (d) has never been a party to any joint venture or partnership.

(13) The Company and its Subsidiaries will not be required to include any amount of income or gain or exclude any amount of deduction or loss from taxable income for any Tax period or portion thereof after the Closing as a result of any (i) change in method of accounting under Section 481 of the Code for any Tax period or portion thereof ending on or prior to the Closing, (ii) closing agreement under Section 7121 of the Code executed prior to the Closing, (iii) deferred inter-company gain or excess loss account under Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code in connection with a transaction consummated prior to the Closing (or in the case of each of (i), (ii) and (iii), under any similar provision of applicable Law), (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition consummated prior to the Closing, (v) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing or (vi) election pursuant to Section 108(i) of the Code.

(14) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and always has been a corporation taxable under subchapter C of the Code for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, and has had comparable status under the Laws of any other jurisdiction in which it was required to file any Tax Return at the time it was required to file such Tax Return. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (directly or indirectly held) has ever filed an entity classification election Form 8832 under Section 7701 of the Code. The Company and its Subsidiaries use the accrual method of accounting for income Tax purposes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have delivered to Acquirer or its legal counsel copies of and are in full compliance with all terms and conditions of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax reduction agreement or order (each, a “Tax Incentive”), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not have any adverse effect on the continued validity and effectiveness of any such Tax Incentive.

 

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(15) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (or has ever been) subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its country of incorporation, organization or formation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or any other place of business in such jurisdiction.

(16) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable transfer pricing Laws and regulations, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of the Company and any affiliates.

(17) The Company has never had a non-U.S. Subsidiary. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have not been a “United States Shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code of a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code (or any similar provision of United States state, local or foreign Law), (ii) have not been a material stockholder of a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code and (iii) have not been a “United States Shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code of a “specified foreign corporation” as defined in Section 965(e) of the Code.

(18) To the knowledge of the Company, no carryforward or current-year U.S. federal and state income tax net operating losses of the Company and its Subsidiaries are subject to any limitation under Section 382 of the Code or any comparable provision of state law.

(19) There is no property or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including uncashed checks to vendors, customers or employees, non-refunded overpayments or unclaimed subscription balances, that is escheatable or reportable as unclaimed property to any state or municipality under any applicable escheatment or unclaimed property Laws.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no representation or warranty is made regarding the amount or the availability, in any period on and after the Closing Date, of any Tax attribute or Tax asset of the Company, including but not limited to any net operating loss, net capital loss, any Tax basis in assets, any Tax credit, or any other similar item.

(r) Intellectual Property Matters.

(1) Section 5.1(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all Intellectual Property used in or held for use in the conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries (the “Company Intellectual Property”) that is owned or exclusively in-licensed by the Company or its Subsidiaries and either (i) registered with a Governmental Authority or (ii) unregistered but material to the conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

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(2) The Company or its Subsidiaries own or have a valid license to use all Company Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens, royalty or other payment obligations (except for royalties or payments with respect to off-the-shelf Software at standard commercial rates). The Company Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property necessary to carry on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. All Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“Owned IP”), and to the knowledge of the Company, all other Company Intellectual Property, is valid and enforceable and has not been cancelled, forfeited, expired or abandoned, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the Company Intellectual Property.

(3) To the knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not violate, misappropriate or infringe upon (collectively, “Infringe”) the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has since January 1, 2016 received any written notice from a third party alleging Infringement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property rights of any third party (including “cease and desist” letters and written invitations to take a license). The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the loss or impairment of the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to own or use any of the Company Intellectual Property.

(4) Since January 1, 2016, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, no person has Infringed any Owned IP; and (ii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has sent to any third party any notice of Infringement of any Owned IP (including “cease and desist” letters and written invitations to take a patent license).

(5) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable measures consistent with industry standards to protect the confidentiality and value of all material Trade Secrets and to maintain and protect all material Trade Secrets. To the knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, there has been no misappropriation of the Company’s Trade Secrets in any material respect. All relevant persons who have generated any Owned IP have validly assigned, or have a contractual obligation to assign, their entire right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property to the Company or its Subsidiaries (whether directly to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or indirectly through a series of assignments or contractual obligations to assign, for example from the relevant person to its respective employer to the Company or its Subsidiaries).

 

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(6) Since January 1, 2016, no Information Technology system failures have occurred that (i) resulted in or would be reasonably likely to result in a material disruption or damage to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries and (ii) have not as of the date of this Agreement been remedied in all material respects. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintain commercially reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology and procedures consistent with industry practices. To the knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, no person has gained unauthorized access to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Information Technology.

(7) To the knowledge of the Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Software (within the Information Technology) material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted contains any virus, software routine or hardware component designed to permit unauthorized access or to disable or otherwise harm any computer, systems or software.

(8) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Software owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries (if any) (“Owned Software”) contains or is distributed with any (x) shareware, (y) open source code or (z) other Software, in each case (of (x), (y), or (z)) the use or distribution of which is under a license that requires either of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following: (A) disclose or distribute the Owned Software in source code form; (B) authorize a licensee of the Owned Software to make derivative works of the same; (C) distribute the Owned Software at no cost to the recipient; or (D) permit the Owned Software, or portions thereof or interfaces therefor, to be reverse engineered, reverse assembled or disassembled (other than by operation of Law).

(s) Environmental Matters.

(1) The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied at all times with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects;

(2) to the knowledge of the Company, no property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings or other structures) was contaminated during the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ownership with any Hazardous Substance that could reasonably be expected to require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law;

(3) to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any liability for any release of any Hazardous Substance on any third-party property;

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(5) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, decree, injunction or other arrangement with any Governmental Authority or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party relating to liability under any Environmental Law; and

(6) the Company has made available to Acquirer copies of all environmental reports, studies, assessments, sampling data, liability estimates and other material environmental information in its possession relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their current or former properties (including OREO) or operations.

(t) Labor Matters.

(1) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or is otherwise bound by any collective bargaining agreement, Contract or other agreement with a labor union or labor organization, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of a proceeding asserting that it or any of its Subsidiaries has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act) or seeking to compel the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to bargain with a labor union or labor organization. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, nor, since January 1, 2016, has there been any labor strike, dispute, walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, there has been no activity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ employees seeking to certify a collective bargaining unit or engaging in any other organization activity.

(2) The Company and its Subsidiaries are employing all of their employees in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices, including all applicable Laws related to taxation, employment standards, workers’ compensation, terms and conditions of employment, occupational health and safety, disability benefits, wages and hours, termination of employment, human rights, immigration, pay equity, employment equity, and, where applicable, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not in breach of any such Laws and there are no pending, outstanding or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened proceedings thereunder. There has been no harassment, discrimination, retaliatory act or similar claim, action or proceeding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their officers, directors or employees since January 1, 2016. The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid or accrued for all wages, benefits or other compensation for past services (other than wages, benefits and compensation accrued in the ordinary course of business during the current pay period and accrued vacation). No employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has filed an administrative complaint or action alleging the employee is owed any wages, benefits or other compensation for past services (other than wages, benefits and compensation accrued in the ordinary course of business during the current pay period and accrued vacation).

 

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(u) Employee Benefit Plans. A list of all benefit and compensation plans, agreements, contracts, equity and equity-based plans, policies or arrangements sponsored, maintained or contributed to, by or with the Company or its Subsidiaries covering current or former employees, directors or consultants (who are natural persons) of the Company and its Subsidiaries (or the spouses, dependents or beneficiaries of such employees, directors or consultants) or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability, including, but not limited to, “employee benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), whether or not subject to ERISA, and deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, termination, severance, change in control, retention, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, stock-based, incentive and bonus plans (the “Benefit Plans”) has been Previously Disclosed, and each Benefit Plan which has received a favorable determination letter or a favorable opinion letter from the IRS has been separately identified. The Company has made available to Acquirer true, complete and correct copies of all Benefit Plans (or a written description of the material provisions of each such Benefit Plan that is unwritten) and all material related documents, including (i) any trust instruments and insurance Contracts forming a part of any Benefit Plans, (ii) all amendments thereto that have been made available to Acquirer, (iii) the two most recent annual reports on Form 5500 that were filed with the IRS, (iv) the most recently received determination letter and favorable opinion letter from the IRS, if any, relating to a Benefit Plan, and (v) the two most recently prepared actuarial reports for each Benefit Plan (if applicable).

(1) The Company has Previously Disclosed an anonymized list by employee identification number of the corporate and functional titles, hire dates, base salary or base wage, bonus and incentive opportunities, commissions and other compensation of each Employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Execution Date, in each case for 2018 (actual) and 2019 (target).

(2) Each Benefit Plan is in writing and complies in form and has been operated and maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and with ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws. Each Benefit Plan that is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (“Pension Plan”) and that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS and the Company is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in the revocation of any such favorable determination letter or the loss of the qualification of such Pension Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction with respect to any Benefit Plan that, assuming the taxable period of such transaction expired as of the Execution Date, could reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any Subsidiary to a tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably expects to incur a tax or penalty imposed by Section 4980F of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.

 

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(3) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any entity which is considered one employer with the Company under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (an “ERISA Affiliate”) or any of their respective predecessors (x) maintains or contributes to or has maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute within the last six (6) years to a plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (y) maintains or has an obligation to contribute to or has maintained or had an obligation to contribute to a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code) or (z) has any liability, directly or indirectly, with respect to a plan described in (x) or (y) above. None of the Benefit Plans are maintained outside of the United States, or are primarily for the benefit of Employees working outside of the United States.

(4) All contributions required to have been made under each Benefit Plan, as of the Execution Date, have been timely made and all obligations in respect of each Benefit Plan have been properly and fully accrued in accordance with GAAP and reflected in the Company Financial Statements.

(5) As of the Execution Date, there is no litigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated relating to the Benefit Plans. No Benefit Plan is under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice of, any audit or investigation by any Governmental Authority. As of the Execution Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations for retiree health and life benefits under any Benefit Plan or collective bargaining agreement other than benefit continuation rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”).

(6) Since January 1, 2016, there has been no amendment to, announcement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to, or change in participation or coverage under, any Benefit Plan which would increase materially the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of the expense incurred therefor for the most recent fiscal year. Neither the execution of this Agreement, stockholder approval of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (w) entitle any person to severance pay or any increase in severance pay upon any termination of employment after the date hereof, (x) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Benefit Plans, (y) limit or restrict the right of the Company or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Acquirer to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans or (z) result in payments under any of the Benefit Plans or otherwise which would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law or that would subject any individual to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code. No Benefit Plan or other agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides any person with gross-up or any other amount of additional compensation if such individual is provided amounts subject to excise or additional taxes imposed under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code.

 

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(7) Each Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) and any award thereunder has been, in all material respects, in documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(8) Any individual who performs or performed services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and who is not treated as an employee for federal income tax purposes by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not an employee under applicable Law or for any purpose, including for Tax withholding purposes or Benefit Plan purposes; the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liability by reason of an individual who performs or performed services for the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in any capacity being improperly excluded from participating in a Benefit Plan; and each of the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been properly classified by the Company and the Subsidiaries as “exempt” or “non-exempt” under applicable Law.

(v) Property; Title to Assets; Insurance. Section 5.1(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets out a list of all real property (including OREO) that is owned, or leased or subleased from any other person (together, the “Real Property”), by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and identifies the instruments under which such real property is leased or subleased. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has good and marketable title to all real property owned by it, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, and (ii) has a good and valid leasehold interest in all real property that is leased or subleased from any other person by it, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good title to all properties and assets, other than real property, owned or stated to be owned by it, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances. All insurable properties owned or held by the Company and its Subsidiaries are adequately insured by reputable insurers against fire and, to the knowledge of the Company, other risks customarily insured against, including public liability insurance, in customary and sufficient amounts appropriate for the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Section 5.1(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each policy of insurance maintained by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, the amount and type of insurance, the name of the insurer and the amount of the annual premium.

(w) Material Contracts.

(1) The Company has listed in Section 5.1(w) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and provided to Acquirer true, complete and correct copies of the following Contracts (the “Material Contracts”) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound, or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or properties may be subject as of the Execution Date:

 

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any partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other similar agreement or arrangement;

 

  (C)

any Contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business or operations (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) entered into since January 1, 2016 (other than Contracts relating to the acquisition or sale of OREO);

 

  (D)

any Contract for the purchase of services, materials, supplies, goods, equipment or other assets or property that provides for either (i) annual payments of $200,000 or more, or (ii) aggregate payments of $400,000 or more;

 

  (E)

any Contract that creates future payment obligations in excess of $400,000 and that by its terms does not terminate or is not terminable without penalty upon notice of sixty (60) days or less, or any Contract that creates or would create a Lien;

 

  (F)

any Contract providing for a power of attorney on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

  (G)

any Contract, other than this Agreement, providing for exclusive dealing or limiting the freedom of the Company or any of its current or former employees to compete in any line of business or with any person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries or in any area, or that would so limit their freedom;

 

  (H)

any Contract, other than this Agreement, that requires the Company to disclose confidential information or to indemnify or hold harmless any person or third party;

 

  (I)

any loan, note, credit agreement, indenture, conditional sales contract or other title retention agreement or security agreement pursuant to which any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $350,000 is outstanding or may be incurred or relating to a guarantee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of indebtedness of any third party in excess of $350,000;

 

  (J)

any Contract for the settlement of any claim or legal, administrative or regulatory proceeding entered into since January 1, 2016 that has current ongoing obligations or requires the payment of money damages in an amount greater than $250,000;

 

  (K)

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  (L)

any Contract, other than this Agreement, that is entered into, or has been entered into in the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, with (i) any affiliate of it, (ii) any current or former director, officer, employee, consultant or stockholder of the Company or any affiliate of it, or (iii) any “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) of a person identified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph;

 

  (M)

any Contract pursuant to which (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is granted or otherwise receives any license or other rights with respect to Intellectual Property or Information Technology material to the conduct of their businesses, other than with respect to off-the-shelf unmodified Software that is generally available on standardized terms, (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants to any third party, any license or other rights under material Intellectual Property, (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in any way restricted from developing and/or owning (other than as disclosed in subsection (ii) herein) Software or other Intellectual Property, including any Contract pursuant to which the Company has assigned any ownership rights over such Software or Intellectual Property, or (iv) the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to use or otherwise exploit Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is materially restricted;

 

  (N)

any Contract that grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any assets, rights or property of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

  (O)

any Contract with a “most favored nation” or similar provision providing for terms, pricing or otherwise, that are preferential to or match that of existing or future Contracts;

 

  (P)

any Contract with a Governmental Authority;

 

  (Q)

any Contract and all related documents in connection with the 2016 recapitalization of the Company, including the Stockholders Agreement by and among Radius Investment Corp. (to be renamed Radius Bancorp, Inc.) and the Stockholders Party Thereto and Amendment No. 1 thereto and the Registration Rights Agreement by and among Radius Investment Corp. (to be renamed Radius Bancorp, Inc.) and the Stockholders Party Thereto; and

 

  (R)

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(2) Each Material Contract is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to its knowledge, the counterparty or counterparties thereto, is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles) and is in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, or, to its knowledge, any counterparty or counterparties, is in material breach of any provision of or in material default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) under, and has not taken any action resulting in the termination of, acceleration of performance required by, or resulting in a right of termination or acceleration under, any Material Contract.

(x) Insurance Coverage. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains adequate insurance coverage for all normal risks incident to the respective businesses of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets. Such coverage is of a character and amount at least equivalent to that typically carried by persons engaged in similar businesses and subject to the same or similar perils or hazards. Section 5.1(x) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each Contract representing such coverage as of the Execution Date.

(y) Extensions of Credit.

(1) Each loan, revolving credit facility, letter of credit or other extension of credit or commitment to extend credit (individually, an “Extension of Credit” and collectively, “Extensions of Credit”) payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is evidenced by promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness, (ii) complies in all material respects with applicable Law, (iii) has been made for good, valuable and adequate consideration in the ordinary course of business, (iv) is evidenced by true and genuine promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness, which, together with all security agreements and guarantees, constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and the counterparty or counterparties thereto (each such person, an “Obligor”), (v) are enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, (vi) is secured, to the extent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or purports to have a security interest in collateral or a mortgage securing such Extension of Credit, by a valid perfected security interest or recorded mortgage naming the Company or such Subsidiary as the secured party or mortgagee and (vii) is in full force and effect.

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of termination or acceleration under, any Extension of Credit except for immaterial breaches other than payment breaches (unless such payment breach only involves a late interest payment that is not more than five (5) days past due) that are not reasonably expected to have an impact on the collectability of the Extension of Credit.

(3) As of January 31, 2020, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries had an Extension of Credit that has been classified by regulatory examiners or by management of the Company as “Special Mention”, “Substandard”, and “Doubtful”, “Loss”, “Classified”, “Criticized”, “Watch”, “Past Due” or words of similar import, or an Extension of Credit that has been identified by accountants or auditors (internal or external) as having a significant risk of uncollectability. The Company has Previously Disclosed the most recent Extension of Credit watch list of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and a list of all Extensions of Credit that, as of January 31, 2020, are ninety (90) days or more past due with respect to principal or interest payments or has been placed on nonaccrual status.

(4) Each Extension of Credit (including Extensions of Credit held for resale to investors) has been solicited and originated and is administered and serviced, and the relevant Extension of Credit files are and have been maintained, in all material respects in accordance with the relevant Extension of Credit documents, the Company’s underwriting standards (and, in the case of Extensions of Credit held for resale to investors, with the underwriting standards, if any, of the applicable investors) and with applicable Law and all applicable requirements of any government-sponsored enterprise program.

(5) None of the Contracts pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has sold Extensions of Credit or pools of Extensions of Credit or participations in Extensions of Credit or pools of Extensions of Credit contains any obligation to repurchase such Extensions of Credit or interests therein solely on account of a payment default by the Obligor on any such Extension of Credit.

(6) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is now or ever has been subject to any fine, suspension, settlement or other agreement or other administrative agreement or sanction by, or any reduction in any loan purchase commitment from, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any other investor, or any federal or state agency relating to the origination, sale or servicing of mortgage or consumer Extension of Credit. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, nor do they have any reason to believe, that the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation proposed to limit or terminate the underwriting authority of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to increase the guarantee fees payable to such investor.

 

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(7) Each Extension of Credit included in a pool of Extensions of Credit originated, acquired or serviced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a “Pool”) meets all eligibility requirements (including all applicable requirements for obtaining mortgage insurance certificates and loan guaranty certificates) for inclusion in such Pool. All such Pools have been finally certified or, if required, recertified in accordance with applicable Law, except where the time for certification or recertification has not yet expired. No Pools have been improperly certified, and no Extension of Credit has been bought out of a Pool without all required approvals of the applicable investors.

(8) The allowances for loan losses contained in the Company Financial Statements were established in accordance with the past practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the allowance for loan losses shown on any interim unaudited balance sheet since the date of the Company Financial Statements was adequate under and in accordance with the requirements of GAAP to provide for possible losses on loans (including accrued interest receivable) and credit commitments (including standby letters of credit) outstanding as of the date of such balance sheet.

(9) The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct list of all Extensions of Credit in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any participation interest or that have been made with or through another financial institution on a recourse basis against the Company or any such Subsidiary.

(10) Except for Federal Home Loan Bank stock, securities pledged to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, and securities sold under agreements to repurchase that are classified as secured borrowings on the Financial Statements, none of the investments reflected in the Financial Statements as of and for the twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2019, and none of the investments made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2019, are subject to any restriction, whether contractual or statutory, which materially impairs the ability of the Company or such Subsidiary to dispose freely of such investment at any time.

(11) The Company has made available to Acquirer true, complete and correct copies of the loan files related to each individual loan, note, borrowing arrangement and other commitment for credit relationships requested by Acquirer or its Representatives.

(12) The Company has previously delivered to Acquirer spreadsheets containing information regarding all loans made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of January 31, 2020 (the “Loan Data File”). The information contained in the Loan Data File is accurate and complete in all material respects as of February 17, 2020.

 

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(z) Interest Rate Risk Management Instruments. All interest rate swaps, caps, floors and option agreements and other interest rate risk management arrangements (collectively, “Interest Rate Instruments”), if any, whether entered into for the account of the Company 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 applicable rules, regulations and policies of any Governmental Authority and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time. All Interest Rate Instruments are valid and legally binding obligations of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and, to its knowledge, the counterparty or counterparties thereto, are enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles) and are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to its knowledge, any counterparty or counterparties, is in breach of any provision of or in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) under, and has not taken any action resulting in the termination of, acceleration of performance required by, or resulting in a right of termination or acceleration under, any Interest Rate Instrument. The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct list of all Interest Rate Instruments as of the Execution Date.

(aa) Sufficiency of Assets. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns good and marketable title to, or has the valid rights to use under a lease or license, all of the assets and rights used in the operation of its respective business as conducted since January 1, 2016, free and clear of any encumbrances other than the Permitted Encumbrances. Such assets and rights constitute all of the assets, tangible and intangible, of any nature whatsoever, used in the operation of such business as conducted prior to the date hereof by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(bb) Mortgage Banking Activities. All Mortgage Loans have been originated, processed, underwritten, closed, funded, insured, sold or acquired, serviced and subserviced (including all loan application, loss mitigation, loan modification, foreclosure and real property administration activities), and all disclosures required by applicable Law made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Mortgage Loans have been provided to the borrowers thereof, in each case, in accordance with all applicable Law in all material respects. No Mortgage Loans were originated by any person other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. No fraud or material error, omission, misrepresentation, mistake or similar occurrence has occurred on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, any third-party servicer in connection with the origination or servicing of any Mortgage Loans. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation or potential obligation to repurchase or reacquire from any person any Mortgage Loan or any collateral securing any Mortgage Loan, whether by Contract or otherwise. The Company has Previously Disclosed a complete list of each repurchase claim that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been subject to over the past two (2) years in respect of any Mortgage Loan, the circumstances as to each such matter, and the resolution or status of each such matter. Every Company Subsidiary that services any Mortgage Loans complies with the “small servicer” exemption set forth in the regulations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 12 C.F.R. § 1026.41(e)(4).

 

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(cc) Trust Business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries acts as a fiduciary on behalf of others in any capacity or otherwise engages in any fiduciary activities.

(dd) Extension of Credit Originators and Buyers.

(1) Section 5.1(dd)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name of every bank or lending partner (“Extension of Credit Originator”) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that originated any Extensions of Credit purchased by the Company since January 1, 2016. Each Extension of Credit originated by an Extension of Credit Originator was originated: (1) in the ordinary course of business consistent with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ policies and procedures for loan origination and servicing in place at the time such Extension of Credit was sold in all material respects and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Extension of Credit Originator’s policies and procedures for loan origination and servicing in place at the time such Extension of Credit was made in all material respects and (2) in accordance with applicable Law, in all material respects. Since January 1, 2016, in connection with the business of the Company, no Extension of Credit Originator has had the exclusive right to originate Extensions of Credit for purchase by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(2) Section 5.1(dd)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name of each person that purchased Extensions of Credit from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2016 (each such Person, an “Extension of Credit Buyer”). Each Extension of Credit purchased by an Extension of Credit Buyer from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was sold: (1) in the ordinary course of business consistent with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ policies and procedures for loan sales in place at the time such Extension of Credit was sold in all material respects and (2) in accordance with applicable Law.

(3) Since January 1, 2016, no Extension of Credit Originator or Extension of Credit Buyer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has canceled or otherwise materially modified its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or has materially decreased its origination or purchase, as the case may be, of Extensions of Credit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No Extension of Credit Originator or Extension of Credit Buyer has, to the knowledge of the Company, any plan or intention to terminate, cancel or otherwise adversely modify its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to decrease materially or limit its purchase of Extensions of Credit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(ee) Extension of Credit Purchase Agreements. Section 5.1(ee) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all loan purchase agreements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has sold any Extensions of Credit and has indemnification or repurchase or substitution obligations under such loan purchase agreement or any ancillary agreements entered into in connection therewith. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been required or requested to exercise any such repurchase or substitution obligations or has received any claim for indemnification under any such agreement. There is no material document defect with respect to any of the Extensions of Credit sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under such agreements and the Company has not breached any representations under any such agreements, in each case, that would materially and adversely affect the value of the loans sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder.

 

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(ff) Information Security. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented policies and procedures governing the collection, use, storage, processing, transfer, disclosure and protection of Personal Information, including publicly available privacy policies (collectively, “Privacy Policies”), that comply with all applicable Privacy Laws and are otherwise substantially consistent with standard industry best practices. The Company and its Subsidiaries comply with, and have in the past five (5) years complied with, all applicable Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and contractual obligations relating to Personal Information. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries takes all steps reasonably necessary (including implementing and monitoring compliance with adequate measures with respect to technical and physical security) to ensure that all Personal Information in its possession is protected against loss and against unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized access to, or misuse of, such Personal Information in the past three (3) years. All collection, use, processing or transmission of Personal Information by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries occurs and has occurred solely within the United States, and not in any other jurisdiction or country.

(gg) Related-Party Transactions. There is no indebtedness, indemnity or guarantee of any indebtedness or other obligation between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of its directors, any officer with a title of vice president or above, any stockholder of the Company, or any relative, beneficiary or spouse living with such person or any affiliate of any of the foregoing (collectively, a “Company Related Person”) or affiliate of the Company, on the other. No Company Related Person or affiliate provides or causes to be provided any assets, services (other than services as an officer, director or employee) or facilities to the Company. The Company does not provide or cause to be provided any assets, services or facilities to any such Company Related Person or affiliate (other than with respect to their employment as directors, officers or employees of the Company). The Company does not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any investment in or issued by any such Company Related Person or affiliate. There are no Contracts with any such Company Related Person or affiliate to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. This Section 5.1(gg) shall not cover deposits by Company Related Persons.

(hh) Stock Repurchases. The Company has Previously Disclosed all repurchases of capital stock (including the price) by the Company or any of its current and former Subsidiaries within the previous three (3) years. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim by any current or former Stockholder of the Company or any of its current and former Subsidiaries in connection with any such repurchase, and no such stockholder has any basis for any such claim.

(ii) Completeness of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Company herein or in any schedule hereto, including the Company Disclosure Schedule, or certificate furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement do not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

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Section 5.2 Representations and Warranties of Acquirer. Except as Previously Disclosed or as disclosed in Acquirer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, or any other report, registration statement, definitive proxy statement or information statement filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to December 31, 2018 under the Securities Act, or under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Acquirer hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date as follows:

(a) Organization; Standing. Acquirer is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Acquirer is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its assets or property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except as would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Acquirer.

(b) Acquirer Stock. As of the Execution Date, the authorized capital stock of Acquirer consists of 180,000,000 shares of Acquirer Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Acquirer Preferred Stock of which various shares have been authorized as Previously Disclosed. As of the Execution Date, no more than 90,000,000 shares of Acquirer Common Stock and 0 shares of Acquirer Preferred Stock are outstanding. As of the Execution Date, no more than 12,500,000 shares of Acquirer Common Stock are subject to Acquirer equity-based awards granted under the Acquirer Stock Plans. The outstanding shares of Acquirer Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). As of the Execution Date, Acquirer does not have any Rights issued or outstanding with respect to Acquirer Stock, and Acquirer does not have any commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Acquirer Common Stock or Rights, except pursuant to this Agreement, outstanding Acquirer Stock Options and the Acquirer Stock Plans. The shares of Acquirer Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, when so issued in accordance with this Agreement, will have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights (and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights).

(c) Subsidiaries. Acquirer does not have any “significant” Subsidiaries, as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

(d) Power. Each of Acquirer and Merger Sub has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(e) Authority. Each of Acquirer and Merger Sub has duly executed and delivered this Agreement. No vote of the holders of the capital stock of Acquirer is necessary to approve this Agreement or the Merger, and this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been authorized by all necessary corporate action of each of Acquirer and Merger Sub. This Agreement is its valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

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(f) Consents and Approvals. No notices, applications or other filings are required to be made by Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, approvals, registrations, permits, expirations of waiting periods or other authorizations required to be obtained by Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries from, any Governmental Authority or any third party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement, the Merger, the Subsequent Merger or any other transactions contemplated hereby except for (1) filings of applications and notices with, receipt of approvals or no objections from, and the expiration of related waiting periods, required by federal and state banking authorities, including applications and notices under the BHC Act and the National Bank Act with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (acting through the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank as allowed) and the OCC, respectively, (2) receipt of the approvals described in this Section 5.2(f) and the other approvals Previously Disclosed, (3) filings of any required documents, applications and notices with, and receipt of any required approvals from, any Governmental Authority with responsibility for enforcing any state securities law, (4) the filing of the Articles of Merger with respect to the Merger, the certificate of merger and articles of merger with respect to the Acquirer Merger and (5) consents required by Contracts which are not Material Contracts.

(g) No Defaults. Subject to making the filings and receiving the consents and approvals referred to in Section 5.2(f), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not violate, conflict with, require a consent or approval under, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the right of termination of, accelerate the performance required by, increase any amount payable under, change the rights or obligations of a party under, or give rise to any Lien or penalty under, the terms, conditions or provisions of (1) Acquirer’s Governing Documents or those of its Subsidiaries or (2) any Law, permit or license except as would not, in each case, reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Acquirer.

(h) Financial Reports and Regulatory Filings. Acquirer’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and all other reports, registration statements, definitive proxy statements or information statements filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to December 31, 2018 under the Securities Act, or under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the form filed or as thereafter amended prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “Acquirer SEC Filings”) with the SEC as of the date filed or amended prior to the date hereof, as the case may be, (A) complied or will comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and (B) did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the statements of financial position contained in or incorporated by reference into any of the Acquirer SEC Filings (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presented or will fairly present in all material respects its financial position and that of its Subsidiaries as of the date of such statement, and each of the statements of income and changes in stockholders’ equity and

 

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statements of cash flows or equivalent statements in the Acquirer SEC Filings (including any related notes and schedules thereto) fairly presented or will fairly present in all material respects, the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and changes in cash flows, as the case may be, of it and its Subsidiaries for the periods to which those statements relate, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except in each case as may be noted therein, and subject to year-end audit adjustments and as permitted by Form 10-Q in the case of unaudited statements.

(i) Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2018, no event has occurred or fact or circumstance has arisen that, individually or taken together with all other events, facts, and circumstances (described in any paragraph of Section 5.2 or otherwise), has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Acquirer.

(j) Litigation. There is no Action pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against or materially affecting Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (and it is not aware of any basis for any such Action), nor is there any Order of any Governmental Authority or arbitration outstanding against Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (or in the process of being issued), except as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Acquirer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any, and there are no pending or, to Acquirer’s knowledge, threatened Action of any nature against Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries which challenge the validity or propriety of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) Compliance with Laws. Except (i) as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and except (ii) for liabilities fully set forth or reserved against in accordance with GAAP consistently applied on the face of the balance sheet contained in Acquirer’s financial statements as of and for the period ending December 31, 2018, Acquirer and each of its Subsidiaries:

(1) conducts and at all times since January 1, 2016 has conducted its business in all respects in compliance with all Laws applicable thereto or to the employees conducting such businesses, including all Laws applicable to agreements with, and disclosures and communications to, consumers;

(2) has all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, all Governmental Authorities that are required in order to permit it to own or lease its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted in all respects, and all such permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to its knowledge, no suspensions or cancellations are threatened; and

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(4) has not been charged with, pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a criminal offense under any Law.

(l) Available Funds. As of the Execution Date and the Closing Date, Acquirer has and will have available to it funds necessary to consummate the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and required for the satisfaction of all of Acquirer’s and Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement.

(m) Ownership and Operations of Merger Sub. As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $1 per share, all of which are validly issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub is, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by Acquirer or a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Acquirer. Merger Sub has not conducted any business other than (x) incident to its formation for the sole purpose of carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (y) in relation to this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

(n) Information Security. Acquirer and its Subsidiaries have implemented Privacy Policies that comply with all applicable Privacy Laws and are otherwise to the knowledge of Acquirer substantially consistent with standard industry best practices. Except as would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, Acquirer and its Subsidiaries comply with, and have since January 1, 2016 complied with, all applicable Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and contractual obligations relating to Personal Information. Acquirer and each of its Subsidiaries takes all steps reasonably necessary (including implementing and monitoring compliance with adequate measures with respect to technical and physical security) to ensure that all Personal Information in its possession is protected against loss and against unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure, and, to the knowledge of Acquirer, there has been no unauthorized access to, or misuse of, such Personal Information since January 1, 2016, except as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

Section 6.1 Reasonable Best Efforts.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and Acquirer will use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, in good faith, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable Laws, so as to permit consummation of the Merger and the Subsequent Merger as promptly as practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby, and each will cooperate fully with, and furnish information to, the other parties to that end.

 

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(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Acquirer, on the other hand, will give prompt notice to the other of any fact, event or circumstance known to it that is reasonably likely, individually or taken together with all other facts, events and circumstances known to it, to result in any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company or Acquirer, respectively. The Company, on the one hand, and Acquirer, on the other hand, will give prompt notice to the other of any fact, event or circumstance known to it that would cause or constitute a breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein that reasonably could be expected to give rise, individually or in the aggregate, to the failure of a condition in Article VIII.

Section 6.2 Company Stockholder Approvals.

(a) On the date that is no later than thirty (30) days following the Execution Date, the Company Board will submit to the Stockholders the Company Stockholder Matters and any other matters required to be approved or adopted by such Stockholders in order to carry out the intentions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. In furtherance of that obligation, the Company has taken, or will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its Governing Documents, all action necessary, proper, desirable or advisable to convene the Company Meeting as promptly as practicable (but in any event no later than the date that is thirty (30) days following the Execution Date) to consider and vote upon approval of the Company Stockholder Matters and any such other matters. The Company and the Company Board, as applicable, will each use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from each class of the Stockholders the required vote to approve the Company Stockholder Matters and any such other matters, including soliciting proxies in accordance with applicable Law and recommending that the Stockholders vote in favor of the Company Stockholder Matters (and including such recommendation in any proxy materials or information statement provided to the Stockholders). The Company Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned without the consent of Acquirer and Acquirer may cause the Company to postpone or adjourn the Company Meeting if it appears that the required Stockholder approvals will not be obtained at such time. The Company shall provide Acquirer with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all proxy materials prior to the distribution of such proxy materials to Stockholders and all such proxy materials shall be reasonably satisfactory to Acquirer prior to the distribution thereof.

(b) The Company Board shall communicate to the Stockholders its recommendation that the stockholders adopt and approve the Company Stockholder Matters and include such recommendation in the Company’s proxy materials. The Company Board shall not (i) withdraw, qualify or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Acquirer, such recommendation; or (ii) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to excuse (i) the Company or the Company Board from complying with its obligation to submit this Agreement and the other Company Stockholder Matters to its Stockholders or (ii) any party to a Support Agreement from complying with its obligations thereunder. Neither the Company nor the Company Board shall submit any Acquisition Proposal other than the Merger to the vote of its Stockholders unless this Agreement shall have first been terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

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(c) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain Support Agreements from all its Stockholders as soon as possible after the Execution Date, including by enforcing the terms of the Company Stockholders Agreement.

Section 6.3 Regulatory Applications; Third-Party Consents.

(a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company and Acquirer and their respective Subsidiaries will cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to prepare as promptly as practicable all documentation, to make all filings and submissions (formal or informal) and to obtain all consents, approvals, permits and other authorizations of all Governmental Authorities, including, but not limited to, the approval of the Federal Reserve and the OCC under the BHC Act and the National Bank Act, respectively, necessary to consummate the Core Transactions, appointment of new directors and executive officers of Company Bank and the other transactions contemplated hereby, including the Subsequent Merger, or those the failure of which to be obtained would reasonably be likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on Acquirer or the Surviving Company (the “Requisite Regulatory Approvals”), and to make and obtain all other Required Third-Party Consents. The parties understand and agree that given the existing business and regulatory posture of Acquirer and the fact that it is not an existing bank holding company or bank and the complexity of the Core Transactions that the process for obtaining the foregoing Requisite Regulatory Approvals may not involve the customary path of filing formal applications at the earliest opportunity and will be guided in part by the process suggested by the Governmental Authorities responsible for the Requisite Regulatory Approvals; notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquirer and the Company will use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Federal Reserve an SR 1212 filing within forty-five (45) days of the date of this Agreement. Each of the Company and Acquirer will have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other, in each case subject to applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, with respect to all material written information submitted to any third party or any Governmental Authority in connection with the Requisite Regulatory Approvals and the Required Third-Party Consents, other than any information which is otherwise confidential. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties will act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party agrees that it will consult with the other party with respect to obtaining all material permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Authorities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and each party will keep the other party apprised of the status of material matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties shall discuss in advance the strategy and timing for obtaining the Requisite Regulatory Approvals.

(b) The Company and Acquirer will, upon request (but subject to applicable confidentiality requirements), furnish the other party with all information concerning itself, its affiliates, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary, proper, desirable or advisable in connection with any filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of such other party or any of its affiliates with or to any third party or Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and to respond to any comment letters received in connection therewith.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, including Section 4.1(x) and Section 4.2(a):

(1) Except as listed in Section 6.3(c)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company (or any Subsidiary thereof) shall not amend, modify, extend, supplement or waive any of the material terms and conditions of any Material Contract without the prior written consent of Acquirer, nor shall the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, without the prior written consent of Acquirer, pay or commit to pay to any person whose consent, waiver or approval is being sought any cash or other consideration, make any accommodation or commitment to incur any liability or other obligation to such person in connection with such consent, waiver or approval, except for immaterial customary fees and expenses expressly imposed by the terms of any such Material Contract; and

(2) Nothing herein shall require Acquirer to, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, without the prior written consent of Acquirer, agree to, take any action or commit to take any action in connection with, or agree to any condition on, or request with respect to, any Requisite Regulatory Approval that would (1) materially and adversely affect the business, operations or financial condition of Acquirer (measured on a scale relative to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), (2) require Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including, after the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries) to make any material divestitures or cease engaging in any material business activities, whether prior to or subsequent to the Closing, (3) result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (4) adversely impact in a significant manner the economic benefits expected from the transactions contemplated hereby or (5) restrict in any material respect or impose a material burden (in each case, through a covenant, commitment or otherwise) on Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including, after the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or with respect to the business or operations of Acquirer or any of its Subsidiaries (including, after the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries) as contemplated by the business plan submitted in connection with obtaining the Requisite Regulatory Approvals (for purposes of clause (5), materiality shall be measured on a scale relative to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) (any of the foregoing, a “Burdensome Condition”).

Section 6.4 Press Releases. The Company and Acquirer will consult with each other before issuing any press release, written employee communication or other written stockholder communication with respect to the Core Transactions, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and the Company will not issue any such communication or make any such public statement without the prior consent of Acquirer; provided that the Company may, without the prior consent of Acquirer (but after prior consultation, to the extent practicable in the circumstances), issue such communication or make such public statement as may be required by applicable Law. The Company and Acquirer will cooperate to develop all public communications and make appropriate members of management available at presentations related to the transactions contemplated hereby as reasonably requested by the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Acquirer shall be permitted to make any filings or disclosures with respect to this Agreement, the Core Transactions or the transactions contemplated hereby as required, in the reasonable determination of Acquirer, by applicable Law (including filings with the SEC).

 

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Section 6.5 Acquisition Proposals.

(a) The Company agrees that it and its Representatives will not, and will cause its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives and affiliates not to, solicit or knowingly encourage inquiries or proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information to, or have any discussions with, any person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal. The Company, its Representatives and each Stockholder and its Representatives will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any activities, discussions or negotiations conducted before the date of this Agreement with any persons other than Acquirer with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and will use its reasonable best efforts to enforce any confidentiality or similar agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal and request the return or destruction of all copies of any confidential information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries provided to any person (other than Acquirer). The Company and each Stockholder will within one business day advise Acquirer following receipt of any Acquisition Proposal and the substance thereof (including the identity of the person making such Acquisition Proposal), and will keep Acquirer apprised of any related developments on a current basis.

(b) In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall keep Acquirer reasonably informed on a prompt basis of the status and material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal, including any material amendments or proposed amendments as to price and other material terms thereof and any change in the Company’s intentions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and Acquirer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to offer to amend this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in order for such Acquisition Proposal to cease to be a Superior Proposal.

Section 6.6 Takeover Laws. The Company and each Stockholder will not take any action that would cause the transactions contemplated hereby to be subject to requirements imposed by any Takeover Law and, if necessary, will take all steps within its control to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) those transactions from, or if necessary challenge the validity or applicability of, any Takeover Law, as now or hereafter in effect.

Section 6.7 Access; Information.

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the foregoing, the Company shall provide Acquirer with its audited financial statements when available and shall complete the audit of its financial statements for the year ending on December 31, 2020 as soon as possible after December 31, 2020. Furthermore, the Company shall provide the Acquirer with such access as it may deem necessary and appropriate to conduct an audit or audits of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective operations and performance. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access jeopardizes the attorney client privilege of the institution in possession or control of such information or contravenes any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree.

(b) Subject to the requirements of Law and except as necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement, each party (until the Effective Time) agrees that it will not, and will cause its respective Representatives not to, use any information or documents it may obtain from the other party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (as well as any other information obtained prior to the date hereof in connection with entering into this Agreement) for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Integration. In the event that this Agreement is terminated or the transactions contemplated hereby shall otherwise fail to be consummated, each party shall promptly cause all copies of documents or extracts thereof containing information and data as to the other party and its Subsidiaries to be destroyed or returned to such other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party and its respective Representatives may keep copies of the Transaction Information required by bona fide record retention policies established for the purpose of compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Section 6.8 Confidentiality. The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and shall continue in full force and effect (and all obligations thereunder shall be binding upon Acquirer and its Representatives as if parties thereto) until the Closing, at which time the obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate. If for any reason this Agreement is terminated, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the first (1st) anniversary of such termination; provided, however, that (a) the terms hereof (including exhibits and schedules hereto) (collectively, “Transaction Information”) shall be considered “Confidential Information” for purposes of the Confidentiality Agreement and (b) the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement shall apply indefinitely with respect to Transaction Information.

Section 6.9 Benefit Arrangements.

(a) Acquirer agrees that, immediately following the Effective Time and for a period of at least twelve (12) months thereafter, (1) each employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries who remains employed following the Effective Time (collectively, the “Continuing Employees”) will be provided with annual base salary or base wage that is no less than the annual base salary or base wage provided to each such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time, (2) each Continuing Employee will be provided with target annual incentive opportunities that are no less than the target annual incentive opportunities provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time and (3) the Continuing Employees will be provided with retirement and welfare benefits under employee benefit plans that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those currently provided to Acquirer’s employees under such employee benefit plans.

 

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(b) With respect to any employee benefit plans in which any Continuing Employee first becomes eligible to participate on or after the Effective Time (any such plans, the “New Plans”), Acquirer shall, or shall cause the Surviving Company to, (x) waive all preexisting conditions, actively at work requirements, exclusion and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements under the New Plans to the extent they were inapplicable to, or were satisfied under, the Benefit Plans, and (y) recognize service of the Continuing Employees with the Company and any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, for purposes of eligibility and vesting (but not benefit accrual) under the New Plans to the same extent such service was credited under a comparable Benefit Plan (except to the extent it would result in a duplication of benefits), as if such service were with the Surviving Company.

(c) If requested by Acquirer by no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the Closing, the Company shall adopt such resolutions and/or amendments to terminate the Radius Bank Incentive Savings Plan (the “Company 401(k) Plan”) and the Continuing Employees shall be permitted to roll any eligible rollover distributions into the 401(k) Stock Purchase Plan for Employees of Acquirer & Affiliates (“Acquirer 401(k) Plan”). If the Company 401(k) Plan is terminated as of immediately prior to the Closing Date, each Continuing Employee who participated or was eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be eligible to participate in the Acquirer 401(k) Plan commencing on the Closing Date.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained herein shall (1) be construed as an amendment to any employee benefit plan, New Plan or Benefit Plan, (2) otherwise obligate Acquirer, the Surviving Company or any of their affiliates to maintain any particular employee benefit plan or Benefit Plan, (3) obligate Acquirer, the Surviving Company or any of their affiliates to retain the employment of any particular Continuing Employee following the Effective Time, or (4) create any third-party beneficiary rights in any employee or any beneficiary or dependent thereof, or any collective bargaining representative thereof, with respect to the compensation, terms and conditions of employment and/or benefits under any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement.

(e) (1) At least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall submit for approval by its stockholders, in conformance with Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder (the “280G Stockholder Vote”), any payments that could constitute a “parachute payment” pursuant to Section 280G of the Code (each, a “Parachute Payment”), (2) at least seven Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the right to any Parachute Payment shall have been irrevocably waived by each of the applicable “disqualified individuals” (as defined under Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and (3) the Company shall have delivered to Acquirer true and complete copies of all disclosure and documents that comprise the stockholder approval of each Parachute Payment in sufficient time to allow Acquirer to comment thereon but no less than five Business Days prior to the 280G Stockholder Vote, and shall reflect all reasonable comments of Acquirer thereon.

 

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Section 6.10 Company Stockholder Option Amendment. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain a signed Company Stockholder Option Amendment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C from each Company Stock Option holder listed on Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule within ten (10) Business Days after the Execution Date.

Section 6.11 Employment Letters. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain from each individual identified on Schedule 6.11 a signed employment letter on behalf of Acquirer (in a form provided by Acquirer) setting forth the terms of employment for each such individual’s employment with Acquirer, which shall, at a minimum comply with the requirements set forth in Section 6.9, effective as of the Effective Time, and further providing that such employment letter supersedes the terms of any existing employment agreement or arrangements between the Company and each such individual. The aggregate amount of severance or other employment-related expenses payable to the individuals who do not execute an employment letter pursuant to this Section 6.11, other than severance or other employment-related expenses payable in connection with ordinary course terminations of employment occurring prior to the Closing, is referred to as the “Aggregate Non-Agreed Employment Letter Amount”.

Section 6.12 Expenses. Each party will bear all expenses incurred by it in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay or accrue for prior to Closing and reflect in shareholders’ equity, calculated in accordance with GAAP and on the same basis as the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018, all costs, fees and expenses of the Company associated with this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including all legal, accounting, consulting, investment banking and change in control costs, fees and expenses, but excluding any retention or similar payments Previously Disclosed) incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to or in connection with the Closing. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall provide Acquirer with a schedule in the form of Section 1.1 to the Company Disclosure Schedule, certified by an authorized officer of the Company, (1) setting forth the total costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including all legal, accounting, consulting, investment banking and change in control costs, fees and expenses, but excluding any retention or similar payments Previously Disclosed) incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to or in connection with the Closing and (2) calculating the portion of such costs and expenses that constitute the Expense Overrun, if any.

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Placement Legend”) and that appropriate no transfer restrictions may be issued to Acquirer’s transfer agent:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN SECTION 6.13 OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION, SC SUB I, INC. AND RADIUS BANCORP, INC., DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2020, AND IN SECTION 6 OF THE SUPPORT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION AND [•], DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2020.

(b) At or prior to the Closing Date, Acquirer shall instruct the transfer agent for Acquirer Common Stock that, in connection with a sale of shares of the Stock Per Share Consideration pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, the Private Placement Legend may be removed from any certificate for any shares of Acquirer Common Stock to be so transferred.

(c) Shares of Stock Per Share Consideration may be disposed of in a sale pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement only during an “open trading window” as determined by Acquirer’s insider trading policies.

(d) On the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing, all certificates or other instruments representing the shares of Stock Per Share Consideration subject to this Agreement shall no longer be required to bear the Private Placement Legend and any transfer restrictions issued to Acquirer’s transfer agent shall be revoked. Any sales of shares of the Stock Per Share Consideration on or after such date will be done in accordance with Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC. Any Stockholder that elects to sell such shares of the Stock Per Share Consideration shall cooperate with, and provide information reasonably requested by, Acquirer to assist Acquirer in determining that such sale satisfies the requirements of Section 6.13(a).

Section 6.14 Resale Registration Statement. For the purposes of registering the resale of shares of Acquirer Common Stock to be offered to holders of Company Stock in connection with the Merger with the SEC under the Securities Act, Acquirer shall draft and prepare, and the Company shall cooperate in the preparation of, a registration statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the resale of the shares to be issued by Acquirer in the Merger (the “Resale Registration Statement”). Acquirer shall provide the Company and its counsel with appropriate opportunity to review and comment on the Resale Registration Statement prior to the time it is initially filed with the SEC or any amendments are filed with the SEC. Acquirer shall file the Resale Registration Statement with the SEC. Each of Acquirer and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Resale Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, but in any event, no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

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Section 6.15 FIRPTA Certificate. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver (1) a notice to the IRS, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D dated as of the Closing Date and executed by the Company, together with the written authorization for Acquirer to deliver such notice to the IRS on behalf of the Company following the Effective Time and (2) a Statement of Non-U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation Status pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, dated as of the Closing Date and executed by the Company, certifying that shares of Company Stock do not constitute “United States real property interests” under Section 897(c) of the Code.

Section 6.16 Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance.

(a) Acquirer agrees that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions at or prior to the Effective Time now existing in favor of any person who is, as of the Effective Time, a director or executive officer as Previously Disclosed for purposes of this Section 6.16 of the Company or the Company Bank as provided in the respective certificates of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Previously Disclosed indemnification or other agreements of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, shall be assumed by the Surviving Company in the Merger, without further action, at the Effective Time, and shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable Law, and Acquirer shall cause the Surviving Company to comply with and honor the foregoing obligations.

(b) In the event that the Surviving Company or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, or if Acquirer dissolves the Surviving Company, then, and in each such case, Acquirer shall take such action, to the extent necessary, so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Company assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.1.

(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall purchase a six-year “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy effective for claims asserted for a six-year period after the Effective Time covering each person covered as of the Effective Time by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time on terms that are no less favorable than those of such policy of the Company as in effect on the date of this Agreement, which insurance shall, prior to the Closing, be in effect and prepaid for such entire six-year period; provided that the Company shall not pay an aggregate premium for such policy in excess of 200% of the current annual premium paid by the Company for its existing coverage (the “Maximum Premium”). If such insurance coverage cannot be obtained at all, or can only be obtained at an aggregate premium in excess of the Maximum Premium, the Company shall acquire the most advantageous policy obtainable for an aggregate premium equal to the Maximum Premium.

 

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(d) The rights of each indemnified party hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such indemnified party may have under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the DGCL or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are expressly intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the indemnified parties and shall be binding on Acquirer, the Surviving Company and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 6.17 Representation and Warranty Insurance. Prior to Closing, the Company shall cooperate with Acquirer in Acquirer’s effort to obtain from an insurer acceptable to Acquirer in its discretion a representation and warranty liability insurance policy that takes effect at Closing and is in form acceptable to Acquirer in its discretion, insuring against the breach by the Company of its representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement. Such cooperation shall include, among other things, allowing an insurer or insurers and their advisors and representatives access to information, documents and personnel reasonably necessary to allow for the diligence that may be required for the issuance of such policy.

Section 6.18 Integration and Related Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the parties agree to cooperate and to employ their reasonable best efforts to plan, execute and complete the integration of the Company into Acquirer (the “Integration”) in an orderly and efficient manner as of the Effective Time, or at such later time as Acquirer may determine; provided, that in no event shall the Integration become effective prior to the Effective Time. Commencing as of the date of this Agreement, the Company and Acquirer shall each appoint qualified staff members to act as project managers for the Integration (each, an “Integration Project Manager”). Such Integration Project Managers shall act as the principal contacts between the parties on matters relating to the Integration, and shall coordinate the assignment of personnel as required and generally facilitate the planning, execution and completion of the Integration. In addition to any conversion of the data and systems files as part of the Integration, the parties shall reasonably cooperate in exchanging and providing the information requested and performing such tasks as may be necessary to complete the Integration, including the collection and input of relevant data, development of new operating procedures and design of forms, in each case, as directed by Acquirer. The Company shall, commencing as of the date of this Agreement, provide Acquirer with reasonable access to the Company and its Subsidiaries offices, systems and facilities and all relevant information and personnel at such times and places as Acquirer shall reasonably request, allow Acquirer to implement such changes as shall be reasonably necessary to effect the Integration at the Effective Time, or at such other time following the Effective Time as Acquirer shall determine; provided that no such changes will be effective prior to the Effective Time. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Acquirer, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of Acquirer or its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each of Acquirer and Company shall exercise, consistent with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

 

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Section 6.19 SEC Reporting Cooperation.

(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable best efforts, upon Acquirer’s request, to cooperate with and provide support to Acquirer:

(1) by furnishing to Acquirer (i) any audited combined statements of financial position and related statements of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations, comprehensive income, shareowners’ equity and cash flows, (ii) the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ quarterly unaudited condensed combined statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareowners’ equity, cash flows and (iii) any and all additional financial information related to the Company as may be requested by Acquirer, to permit Acquirer to comply with its SEC reporting obligations and the preparation and filing of such financial statements in accordance with the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including as required pursuant to Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K; and

(2) in Acquirer’s preparation of any pro forma consolidated balance sheets and related pro forma consolidated statements of income of Acquirer and its Subsidiaries giving effect to meet the requirements of Regulation S-X, including by the Company and its Subsidiaries providing any and all additional information necessary for such preparation, on a timeline as would be expected to permit Acquirer to file such financial information with the SEC in accordance with the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) In connection with the actions contemplated by Acquirer under Section 6.19(a)(1)–(2) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall, and shall use its and their respective reasonable best efforts to cause its independent accountants to (A) provide reasonable assistance to Acquirer using reasonable best efforts to cause the Company’s independent accountants to permit Acquirer’s independent accountants to rely on the Company’s independent accountants, including in connection with any comfort letters related to the financial information discussed in this Section 6.19 and (B) provide reasonable access to the books and records relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries for Acquirer’s independent public accountants to complete their annual audit, quarterly review and any comfort letters related thereto.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

Section 7.1 Conditions to Each Partys Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligation of each of the Company and Acquirer to consummate the Merger is subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Company and Acquirer before the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:

(a) No Injunction. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and prohibits consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby. No Law or Order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Authority which prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Resale Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and no stop order with respect thereto shall be in effect.

Section 7.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company. The Company’s obligation to consummate the Merger is also subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Company before the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:

(a) Regulatory Approvals. All Requisite Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof shall have expired.

(b) Representations and Warranties of Acquirer. The representations and warranties of Acquirer set forth in Section 5.2(b) and Section 5.2(i) (in each case, after giving effect to Section 1.4) shall be true and correct (other than, in the case of Section 5.2(b), such failures to be true and correct as are de minimis) in each case as of the Execution Date and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and the representations and warranties of Acquirer set forth in Section 5.2(a) (first sentence) and Section 5.2(e) (in each case, after giving effect to Section 1.4) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. All other representations and warranties of Acquirer set forth in this Agreement (read without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect set forth in such representations or warranties but, in each case, after giving effect to Section 1.4) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, provided, that for purposes of this sentence, such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be true and correct unless the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, either individually or in the aggregate, and without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect set forth in such representations or warranties, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Acquirer. The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Acquirer by an authorized officer of Acquirer to that effect.

(c) Performance of Obligations of Acquirer. Acquirer shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or before the Effective Time, and the Company shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of Acquirer by an authorized officer of Acquirer to that effect.

 

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Section 7.3 Conditions to the Obligations of Acquirer and Merger Sub. Acquirer’s and Merger Sub’s respective obligations to consummate the Merger are also subject to the fulfillment, or written waiver by Acquirer and Merger Sub, before the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:

(a) Regulatory Approvals. All Requisite Regulatory Approvals (1) shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof shall have expired and (2) shall not have imposed a Burdensome Condition.

(b) Representations and Warranties of the Company. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.1(b)(1), Section 5.1(b)(2) and Section 5.1(c)(1)(A), (B), (D), (E) and (F) (but with respect to the Company Bank only), and Section 5.1(l)(4) (in each case after giving effect to Section 1.4) shall be true and correct (other than, in the case of Section 5.1(b)(1) and Section 5.1(b)(2), such failures to be true and correct as are de minimis) in each case as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. All other representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (in each case, after giving effect to Section 1.4) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date in all material respects if not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect and in all respects if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect. Acquirer and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company to that effect.

(c) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or before the Effective Time, and Acquirer and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company to that effect.

ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION

Section 8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger may be abandoned, at any time before the Effective Time:

(a) Mutual Agreement. By mutual agreement of the Company and Acquirer.

(b) Breach. By either Acquirer or the Company (provided that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained herein) if there shall have been a breach of any of the covenants or agreements or any of the representations or warranties (or any such representation or warranty shall cease to be true) set forth in this Agreement on the part of the Company, in the case of a termination by Acquirer, or Acquirer, in the case of a termination by the Company, which breach or failure to be true, either individually or in the aggregate with all other breaches by such party

 

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(or failures of such representations or warranties to be true), would constitute, if occurring or continuing on the Closing Date, the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.2, in the case of a termination by the Company, or Section 7.3, in the case of a termination by Acquirer, and which is not cured within sixty (60) days following written notice to the Company, in the case of a termination by Acquirer, or Acquirer, in the case of a termination by the Company, or by its nature or timing cannot be cured during such period (or such fewer days as remain prior to the Outside Date).

(c) Denial of Regulatory Approval. By the Company or Acquirer if (1) any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or final, nonappealable Order which is in effect and prohibits consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, (2) any Law or Order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Authority which prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, or (3) any Requisite Regulatory Approval is denied by final, nonappealable action of the relevant Governmental Authority unless the failure to obtain a Requisite Regulatory Approval shall be due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement to perform or observe the covenants and agreements of such party set forth herein.

(d) Delay of Regulatory Approval. By Acquirer, upon payment by Acquirer to the Company of a fee of $5,000,000 by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company for that purpose, if any Requisite Regulatory Approval has not been received by the close of business on the date that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Execution Date.

(e) Outside Date. By either the Company or Acquirer if the Effective Time has not occurred by the close of business on the date that is the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Execution Date, (the “Outside Date”), provided that the Outside Date shall be the date that is the fifteen (15) month anniversary of the Execution Date if, on or prior to the original Outside Date, Acquirer has provided notice to the Company of its determination to extend the Outside Date to such date and has paid the Company a fee of $5,000,000, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Company for that purpose.

(f) Superior Proposal. By the Company if the Company (1) shall have received on or after the date that is the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Execution Date an unsolicited bona fide written Superior Proposal to acquire all of the equity of the Company that did not arise from or in connection with a breach of the obligations set forth in Section 6.5 and, after providing Acquirer with written notice of such Superior Proposal and an opportunity to make a counter proposal within five (5) Business Days of receipt by Acquirer of such written notice, the Company Board determines, after considering in good faith any counter proposal that Acquirer may have made pursuant to Section 6.5 and after consultation with outside legal counsel and the Company FA, that the failure to accept such Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties to the Stockholders under applicable Law, (2) the Company pays to Acquirer an amount equal to the $5,000,000 fee, if any, paid by Acquirer at the time Acquirer exercised its right to extend the Outside Date pursuant to Section 8.1(e) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by Acquirer for that purpose, (3) the Company pays Acquirer an additional fee of $5,000,000 by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by Acquirer for that purpose and (4) the Company simultaneously enters into a definitive agreement to be acquired pursuant to such Superior Proposal.

 

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(g) Failure to Obtain Company Stockholder Approval. By Acquirer if the Company has not obtained the approval of its Stockholders contemplated by Section 6.2 by the forty-fifth (45th) day after the Execution Date.

Section 8.2 Effect of Termination and Abandonment. If this Agreement is terminated and the Merger is abandoned, no party will have any liability or further obligation under this Agreement, except that Section 6.7(b), Section 6.8, Section 8.1, this Section 8.2, Section 8.3 and Article IX will survive termination of this Agreement and (2) termination will not relieve any party from liability for any willful breach by it of this Agreement.

Section 8.3 Termination Fee.

(a) In the event that the Company or Acquirer has terminated this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(3) and all the conditions to Closing, other than Section 7.2(a) and Section 7.3(a), shall have been satisfied or capable of being satisfied at such time (other than those conditions that by their nature can only be satisfied at Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof), and the terminating party has performed or complied with the covenants and agreements of such party set forth herein, then Acquirer shall pay to the Company a fee of $5,000,000 by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company for that purpose.

(b) Section 8.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and Section 8.3(b) of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule set out the account designated by the Company or by Acquirer, as the case may be, into which any fee payable pursuant to this Article VIII is to be deposited. Each of the Company or Acquirer may change such designated account at any time upon prior written notice to the other party.

(c) If any fee payable pursuant to this Article VIII has not been received by the Company or Acquirer, as the case may be, by the date upon which such fee becomes payable, interest shall accrue on such fee commencing on the day following such date, at an annual rate equal to the prime rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal on the date that such fee was first required to be paid to the Company or Acquirer, as the case may be.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Acquirer shall not be obligated to pay more than one $5,000,000 fee pursuant to this Article VIII, and the payment of any such fee shall constitute liquidated damages and not a penalty and receipt of such fee by the Company shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for damages against Acquirer for any loss suffered by the Company as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth herein or the failure of the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to pay more than one $5,000,000 fee pursuant to this Article VIII, and the payment of any such fee shall constitute liquidated damages and not a penalty and receipt of such fee by Acquirer shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for damages against the Company for any loss suffered by Acquirer as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth herein or the failure of the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated.

 

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(f) Each of Acquirer and the Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that, without these agreements, the other party would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if either Acquirer or the Company fails to pay any amount due pursuant to this Article VIII, and, in order to obtain such payment, the party receiving the payment, as applicable, commences a suit which results in a final, non-appealable judgment against the party making the payment for any fee payable pursuant to this Article VIII or any portion thereof, the party making the payment shall pay the costs and expenses of the party receiving the payment, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, in connection with such suit.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall not survive the Effective Time (other than Article II, Article III, Section 6.13, Section 6.14, Section 6.16 and this Article IX, which shall survive in accordance with their terms) and thereafter no party shall have any recourse with respect thereto.

Section 9.2 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications given or made under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given when personally delivered, electronically transmitted (with delivery receipt) or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the persons and addresses set forth below or such other place as such party may specify by notice:

If to the Company:

Radius Bancorp, Inc.

One Harbor Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attention: Michael Butler

Email: mbutler@radiusbank.com

with a copy to:

Hogan Lovells US LLP

555 13th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Attention: Richard Schaberg

Email: richard.schaberg@hoganlovells.com

 

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If to Acquirer, to:

LendingClub Corporation

595 Market Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attention: Brandon Pace

Email: bpace@lendingclub.com

with a copy to:

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Mark J. Menting

Email: mentingm@sullcrom.com

Section 9.3 Subsidiary and Affiliate Action. Wherever a party to this Agreement has an obligation under this Agreement to “cause” a Subsidiary or affiliate of such party or any such Subsidiary’s officers, directors, management or employees to take, or refrain from taking, any action, or such action that may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, such obligation of such party shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of such party to cause such Subsidiary or affiliate to take such necessary action. Wherever this Agreement provides that a Subsidiary of a party has an obligation to act or refrain from taking any action, such party shall be deemed to have an obligation under this Agreement to cause such Subsidiary or any such Subsidiary’s officers, directors, management or employees to take, or refrain from taking, any action, or such action as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. Any failure by an affiliate of Acquirer or the Company to act or refrain from taking any action contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by Acquirer or the Company, respectively.

Section 9.4 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, the parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

Section 9.5 Amendment. This Agreement (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, only by written agreement making specific reference to the applicable provision to be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, in each duly executed by the parties thereto.

 

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Section 9.6 Alternative Structure. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, before the Effective Time, Acquirer may revise the structure of the Merger or the Subsequent Merger or otherwise revise the method of effecting the Merger or the Subsequent Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that (a) such revision does not alter or change the kind or amount of consideration to be delivered to the Stockholders, (b) such revised structure or method is reasonably capable of consummation without material delay in relation to the structure contemplated herein and (c) such revision does not otherwise cause any of the conditions set forth in Article VII not to be capable of being fulfilled (unless duly waived by the party entitled to the benefits thereof). This Agreement and any related documents will be appropriately amended in order to reflect any such revised structure or method.

Section 9.7 Governing Law; Venue.

THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THAT STATE AND WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. ANY PROCESS AGAINST THE PARTIES HERETO IN, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE SERVED PERSONALLY OR BY CERTIFIED MAIL AT THE ADDRESSES SET FORTH IN (OR PURSUANT TO) SECTION 9.2 WITH THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH SERVED ON IT PERSONALLY, AND THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT SUCH SERVICE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH SUCH PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN SUCH COURTS, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT (OR SUBSTANTIALLY LESS CONVENIENT) FORUM OR THAT SUCH PARTY IS NOT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN SUCH COURT.

 

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Section 9.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.8.

Section 9.9 Entire Understanding; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, together with the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto regarding the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes any and all other oral or written agreements or understandings previously made or purported to be made with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except for Section 6.15, nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities upon any person other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 9.10 Claims Unaffected by Investigation. The right of any party to assert or recover on any claim shall not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy of or compliance with, any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, the written waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or compliance with any covenant or agreement, shall not affect the right to indemnification or other remedy based on such representations, warranties covenants or agreements.

Section 9.11 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under it may be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempted or purported assignment in violation of this Section 9.11 will be null and void; provided that this Agreement (including the rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement) may be assigned by Acquirer (a) to any affiliate of it or (b) by operation of any consolidation, merger or similar transaction of Acquirer or any permitted assignee of it, it being understood and agreed that no such assignment will relieve Acquirer of any of its obligations hereunder unless the Company consents to such assignment. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

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Section 9.12 Treatment of Adjustments. Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, all adjustments to the Per Share Consideration shall be considered, and shall be treated by the parties to this Agreement, as adjustments to the purchase price.

Section 9.13 No Other Representations or Warranties.

(a) Except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 5.1, neither the Company nor any other person (except as in the Support Agreement, if applicable), makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and the Company hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, neither the Company nor any other person, makes or has made any representation or warranty to Acquirer, Merger Sub or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, or (ii) except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 5.1, any oral or written information presented to Acquirer, Merger Sub or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of the Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company acknowledges and agrees that none of Acquirer, Merger Sub or any other person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty other than those contained in Section 5.2.

(b) Except for the representations and warranties made by Acquirer and Merger Sub in Section 5.2, neither Acquirer, Merger Sub nor any other person, makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Acquirer, its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub), or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and Acquirer and Merger Sub hereby disclaim any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, none of Acquirer, Merger Sub or any other person, makes or has made any representation or warranty to the Company or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to Acquirer, any of its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub) or their respective businesses, or (ii) except for the representations and warranties made by Acquirer and Merger Sub in Section 5.2, any oral or written information presented to the Company or any of its respective affiliates or Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of Acquirer and Merger Sub, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions contemplated hereby. Acquirer and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor any other person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty other than those contained in Section 5.1.

Section 9.14 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction such that the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion thereof shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.

 

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Section 9.15 Delivery by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement, and any amendments or waivers hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such amendment or instrument shall raise the use of e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file to deliver a signature to this Agreement or any amendment hereto or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file as a defense to the formation of a contract and each party hereto forever waivers any such defense.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed, or caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Scott Sanborn
Name:   Scott Sanborn
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

SC SUB I, INC.
By:   /s/ Scott Sanborn
Name:   Scott Sanborn
Title:   President

 

RADIUS BANCORP, INC.
By:   /s/ Michael Butler
Name:   Michael Butler
Title:   President & Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

MANDATORILY CONVERTIBLE

NON-VOTING PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

OF

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Sections 103, 141 and 151 thereof, does hereby certify that:

In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) and applicable law, the Board of Directors adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A”.

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, the General Corporation Law of the State Delaware, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and the Bylaws, the Board of Directors hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the designation, voting rights, preferences, redemption rights, qualifications, privileges, limitations and restrictions and special or relative rights thereof as follows:

Section 1.Designation and Rank. (a) There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A” (hereinafter called the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The maximum number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,200,000. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank pari passu with the common stock of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), as set forth herein, and junior to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock as to rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation and as to rights to dividends; provided, however, that upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the $0.01 preference set forth in Section 7(a). Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and


shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall be required to issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock if requested in writing by any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled thereto and may, in its discretion, issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) Converted Stock Amount. For the purposes of this Certificate of Designations, “Converted Stock Amount” shall mean one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, adjusted as provided for herein. If the Corporation subdivides, splits or reclassifies its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, including by way of a dividend or distribution of Common Stock, or combines, consolidates or reclassifies its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Converted Stock Amount shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such event, be appropriately and proportionately adjusted as if such subdivision, split, reclassification, combination or consolidation applied to the shares of Common Stock represented by the Converted Stock Amount except as otherwise adjusted for pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 4(a)(iii).

Section 2.Dividends.

(a) Payment of Dividends; Certain Adjustments. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, dividends or distributions of the same amount, in an identical form of consideration and at the same time, including declaration, record and payment or distribution dates, as those dividends or distributions that would have been payable on the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Converted Stock Amount such that holders of the Common Stock shall not receive a dividend or distribution unless an identical dividend or distribution (as described above) is also made to the Series A Preferred Stock holders based on the Converted Stock Amount; provided that, the foregoing shall not apply to any dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock that results in an adjustment in the Converted Stock Amount pursuant to Section 1(b), and provided further that, if any dividend or distribution is payable in rights or warrants to subscribe for Common Stock or purchase Common Stock pursuant to a conversion feature in a debt or equity security or otherwise shall be declared on the Common Stock, the corresponding dividend or distribution payable on the Series A Preferred Stock shall consist of an identical right or warrant except that it shall be to acquire the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Preferred Stock identical to the Series A Preferred Stock, in each case with an aggregate Converted Stock Amount equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that would then be subject to such right or warrant. Each declared dividend or distribution shall be payable to holders of record as provided in the Bylaws on the same record date for the payment of the corresponding dividends and distributions to the holders of the Common Stock.

(b) Dividend Rate. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have no set dividend rate.

 

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(c) Priority as to Dividends. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank junior, with regard to dividends, to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have the same priority, with regard to dividends, as the Common Stock as set forth herein.

Section 3.Certain Rights.

(a) No Voting Rights. Except as from time to time expressly required by applicable law or pursuant to this Section 3, the Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.

(b) Consent on Certain Amendments. Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section 3, and in addition to any other vote expressly required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal (including by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) any provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations) or the Bylaws that significantly and adversely affects the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein (which vote or consent shall not be required, for the avoidance of doubt, for any Reorganization Event in connection with which the Series A Preferred Stock is treated as provided in Section 4). Without limitation of the foregoing sentence, a Reorganization Event in which the Series A Preferred Stock is not converted or is not otherwise treated as provided in Section 4 shall for all purposes be deemed to be an event that significantly and adversely affects the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein, and the approval of any such Reorganization Event shall require the vote or consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock that is set forth in the foregoing sentence.

(c) Repurchase of Common Stock. If the Corporation makes (i) an offer to repurchase shares of Common Stock from all of the holders thereof, or (ii) a tender offer for any shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall also offer to repurchase or make a tender offer for, as applicable, shares of Series A Preferred Stock pro rata based upon the Converted Stock Amount immediately prior to such repurchase and otherwise on terms which would provide the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock consideration and other terms equivalent to the terms offered to the holders of Common Stock assuming the Series A Preferred Stock were so converted.

Section 4.Reorganization Events. (a) In the event of: (i) any consolidation, merger or other similar business combination of the Corporation with or into another person, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another person; (ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another person of all or substantially all of the property

 

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and assets of the Corporation, or any subsidiary with assets in excess of 50% of the total assets of the Corporation, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another person; (iii) any change, including by reorganization or reclassification, of the Common Stock into securities, including securities other than the Common Stock; or (iv) any statutory exchange of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock for securities of another person (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger or acquisition) (any such event specified in this Section 4(a), a “Reorganization Event”), then, subject to Section 4(c), the holder of each share of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event, effective as of the consummation of such Reorganization Event, shall automatically receive for such share of Series A Preferred Stock the type and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable in such Reorganization Event by a holder (excluding the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an affiliate of such counterparty) of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the share of the Series A Preferred Stock would then be convertible based on the Converted Stock Amount (such securities, cash and other property, the “Exchange Property”).

(b) In the event that holders of the shares of the Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in any such Reorganization Event, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the same election privileges and rights as the holders of the Common Stock, as if they had converted all of their Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock (based on the Converted Stock Amount) immediately prior to the election deadline.

(c) In the event that the Exchange Property consists of “voting securities” for bank regulatory purposes (“Voting Securities”), and the issuer of such securities is subject to such regulations, the holder of Series A Preferred Stock will receive in lieu of such Voting Securities a substantially identical non-“voting security” equivalent.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4 or otherwise in this Certificate of Designations, the Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless such agreement entitles holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to receive the consideration provided in this Section 4.

Section 5.Conversion. (a) Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall, without any further action of any person, be automatically converted into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock effective immediately after the consummation of the transfer thereof (the “Mandatory Conversion Time”) to an unaffiliated third party in a Permissible Transfer (as defined below) by the holder thereof (a “Mandatory Conversion”). The number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be the Converted Stock Amount, provided that cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

 

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Permissible Transfer” means (i) a widespread public distribution, including pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) a transfer in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive 2% or more of the outstanding securities of any class of Voting Securities of the Corporation (including pursuant to a related series of transfers), (iii) a transfer to a transferee that would control 50% or more of the Voting Securities of the Corporation without any transfer from the transferor, and (iv) a transfer to the Corporation.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be permitted to convert such shares into any other class of the Corporation’s share capital, except pursuant to this Section 5.

Section 6.Conversion Procedures. (a) As promptly as practicable following any Permissible Transfer, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock that has been transferred, or its representative, shall provide written notice to the Corporation and/or its representative of the related Mandatory Conversion (such notice, a “Notice of Mandatory Conversion”). In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall state, as appropriate:

(i) the Mandatory Conversion Time applicable to such transfer;

(ii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with such Mandatory Conversion; and

(iii) the name in which shares of Common Stock issued upon such Mandatory Conversion should be registered or certificates for shares of Common Stock should be issued, as the case may be.

(b) As promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than three (3) business days following delivery of the Notice of Mandatory Conversion, with respect to such shares of Series A Preferred Stock as to which a Mandatory Conversion shall have occurred, the Corporation shall issue and deliver, or caused to be issued and delivered, shares of Common Stock in book entry form, to the extent reasonably practicable, or, if the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock in book-entry form is not reasonably practicable or if requested by such holder, certificates representing shares of Common Stock, to the recipient thereof or such recipient’s designee and, if required by the Corporation, furnishing appropriate transfer documents and the payment of all transfer and similar taxes.

(c) Effective immediately prior to the Mandatory Conversion Time with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock, dividends shall no longer be declared on any such converted share of Series A Preferred Stock and such share of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the right of the holder to receive any payments to which such holder is otherwise entitled pursuant to Section 2, Section 4, Section 5 or Section 10 hereof, as applicable.

 

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(d) Prior to the Mandatory Conversion Time with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, or other securities issuable upon conversion of, such share of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the holder thereof shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion) by virtue of holding such share of Series A Preferred Stock.

(e) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance with Section 5 of this Certificate of Designations will resume the status of authorized and unissued preferred stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance. The Corporation may, from time to time, take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not take any such action if such action would reduce the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock below the sum of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of then outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by the Corporation.

(f) The person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock and/or securities as of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Time with respect thereto. In the event that a holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon the Mandatory Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Corporation.

Section 7.Liquidation Rights; Priority. (a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation and after any payment required to be made to any holders of any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock, but before any payment is made to the holders of the Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, whether such assets are capital or surplus, an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to $0.01 per share and, thereafter, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall

 

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participate on a pari passu basis with the Common Stock in an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the amount that a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Converted Stock Amount would be entitled to receive in connection with such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, assuming such shares of Common Stock were outstanding and no more. After payment of such full amount, the holders shall not be entitled to any further participation.

(b) None of a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation into or with any other corporation, nor the merger, consolidation or business combination of any other corporation into or with the Corporation, nor a sale, transfer or lease of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 7.

(c) Written notice of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, stating a payment date and the place where the distributable amounts shall be payable, shall be given by mail, postage prepaid, no less than 30 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to the holders at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation.

Section 8.Maturity. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have no maturity date and shall be perpetual until converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designations.

Section 9.Redemption. (a) The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at the option of the holder or the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing or otherwise acquiring shares of Series A Preferred Stock in voluntary transactions with the holders thereof; provided, however, that, if at any time the Corporation shall be a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, the Corporation may not repurchase or otherwise acquire shares of Series A Preferred Stock without the prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if so required.

(b) The Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions.

Section 10.Fractional Shares. (a) No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as a result of any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of any Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price (defined below) of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day (defined below) immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Time.

 

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Closing Price” of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on such date. If the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained and paid by the Corporation for this purpose.

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

(c) If more than one share of the Series A Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.

 

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Section 11.Reservation of Common Stock. (a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock or shares acquired by the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as provided in this Certificate of Designations, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, provided that if at any time the number of authorized but unissued Common Stock will not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation will take such action as may, based on the advice of its outside counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Common Stock to such number of shares as will be sufficient for such purpose.

(b) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, charges and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests, charges and other encumbrances created by the holders).

(c) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

Section 12.Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Corporation.

Section 13.Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Corporation’s transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 14.Other Rights. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as expressly set forth herein or in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or as provided by applicable law. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights.

 

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Section 15.Book Entry Shares. To the extent reasonably practicable, the Corporation shall issue shares of Series A Preferred Stock in book entry form through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company or the Corporation’s transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock.

Section 16.Miscellaneous. (a) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three business days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail (unless first-class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under the terms of this Certificate of Designations) with postage prepaid, addressed: (i) if to the Corporation, to its office at 595 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94105, Attn: Brandon Pace, e-mail: bpace@lendingclub.com, or (ii) if to any holder, to such holder at the address of such holder as listed in the stock record books of the Corporation, or (iii) to such other address as the Corporation or any such holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

(b) The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

(c) The Corporation will not, by voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the prompt carrying out of all the provisions hereof, including the provisions of Section 5 and Section 6, and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the adjustment and conversion rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock against impairment.

Section 17.Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 16 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in Article IV of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A” and this Section 17 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines the number of Section 1 through Section 16 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION has caused this Certificate to be signed by Scott Sanborn, its Chief Executive Officer, this 18th day of February, 2020.

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
By   /s/ Scott Sanborn

 

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Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

OF

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Sections 103, 141 and 151 thereof, does hereby certify that:

In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, in accordance with the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) and applicable law, the Board of Directors adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Preferred Stock, Series B”.

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and the Bylaws, the Board of Directors hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the designation, voting rights, preferences, redemption rights, qualifications, privileges, limitations and restrictions and special or relative rights thereof as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Rank. (a) There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Preferred Stock, Series B” (hereinafter called the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The maximum number of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be 600,000. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank pari passu with the common stock of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), as set forth herein, and junior to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time that is not also pari passu with the Common Stock unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock as to rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation and as to rights to dividends; provided, however, that upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the preference set forth in Section 6(a).

(b) Shares of the Series B Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

 

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(c) The Series B Preferred Stock may be issued in Units or other fractions of a share, which Units or other fractions shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s Units or other fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Preferred Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) Payment of Dividends; Certain Adjustments. Each holder of one one-thousandth (1/1,000) of a share (a “Unit”) of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, (i) quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of February, May, August and November in each year (each such date being a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, in an amount per Unit (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $0.001 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends declared on shares of the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, and (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, quarterly distributions (payable in kind) on each Quarterly Dividend Payment Date in an amount per Unit equal to the aggregate per share amount of all non-cash dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise) declared on shares of Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after February 18, 2020 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which the holder of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (i)(b) or clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(c) Dividend Declaration. The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on Units of Series B Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (a) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the shares of Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.001 per Unit on the Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

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(d) Dividend Accrual. Dividends shall begin to accrue and shall be cumulative on each outstanding Unit of Series B Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, unless the date of issuance of such Unit is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such Unit shall begin to accrue from the date of issuance of such Unit, or unless the date of issuance is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on Units of Series B Preferred Stock in an amount less than the aggregate amount of all such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such Units shall be allocated pro rata on a Unit-by-Unit basis among all Units of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

(e) Dividend Priority. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior, with regard to dividends, to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock shall have the same priority, with regard to dividends, as the Common Stock as set forth herein.

Section 3. Certain Voting and Consent Rights. The holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a) Voting Rights. Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each Unit of Series B Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall, at any time after the Rights Declaration Date, (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per Unit to which holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(c) Class Voting. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation or as required by law, the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

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(d) No Special Voting Rights. Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

(e) Consent on Certain Amendments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time when any Units of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, neither the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation nor this Certificate of Designations shall be amended in any manner (including by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Units of Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding Units of Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose.

Section 4. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged for or converted into an amount per Unit (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is converted or exchanged.

(a) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or conversion of Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 5. Certain Restrictions.

(a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on Units of Series B Preferred Stock as provided herein are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on outstanding Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of junior stock;

(ii) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, any shares of parity stock, except dividends paid ratably on Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of such Units and all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any parity stock, provided, however, that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any junior stock; or

 

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(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Units of Series B Preferred Stock, or any shares of parity stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such Units and shares of parity stock upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series and classes.

(b) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation, unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 5, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a) Distribution Restrictions. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (i) to the holders of shares of junior stock, unless the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock (a) shall have received, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in paragraph (b), $0.001 per Unit plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such payment, and (b) thereafter receive the amount equal to the aggregate per share amount to be distributed to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (ii) to the holders of shares of parity stock, unless simultaneously therewith distributions are made ratably on Units of Series B Preferred Stock and all other shares of such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled under clause (i)(a) of this sentence and to which the holders of shares of such parity stock are entitled, in each case upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

(b) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (i)(b) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 7. Maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock shall have no maturity date and shall be perpetual.

 

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Section 8. Redemption. The Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at the option of the holder or the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing or otherwise acquiring Units of Series B Preferred Stock in voluntary transactions with the holders thereof.

Section 9. Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Corporation.

Section 10. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Corporation’s transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 11. Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as expressly set forth herein or in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or as provided by applicable law. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights.

Section 12. Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series B Preferred Stock without certificates.

Section 13. Ranking. The Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock and to any other class of Preferred Stock that hereafter may be issued by the Corporation as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series or class shall provide otherwise.

Section 14. Certain Definitions. As used in this resolution with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) The term “junior stock” (i) as used in Section 5, shall mean the Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation over which the Series B Preferred Stock has preference or priority as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section 6, shall mean the Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation over which the Series B Preferred Stock has preference or priority in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(b) The term “parity stock” (i) as used in Section 5, shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized or issued ranking pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section 6, shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION has caused this Certificate to be signed by Scott Sanborn, its Chief Executive Officer, this 18th day of February, 2020.

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
By   /s/ Scott Sanborn

 

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Exhibit 4.1

LendingClub Corporation

and

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

as Rights Agent

TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 18, 2020


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Section 1.    Certain Definitions      1  
Section 2.    Appointment of Rights Agent      9  
Section 3.    Issuance of Rights Certificates      9  
Section 4.    Form of Rights Certificates      12  
Section 5.    Countersignature and Registration      12  
Section 6.    Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates      13  
Section 7.    Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights      14  
Section 8.    Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates      16  
Section 9.    Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock      17  
Section 10.    Preferred Stock Record Date      18  
Section 11.    Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights      19  
Section 12.    Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares      28  
Section 13.    Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets, Cash Flow or Earning Power      29  
Section 14.    Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares      33  
Section 15.    Rights of Action      35  
Section 16.    Agreement of Rights Holders      35  
Section 17.    Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder      36  
Section 18.    Concerning the Rights Agent      36  
Section 19.    Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent      37  
Section 20.    Duties of Rights Agent      37  
Section 21.    Change of Rights Agent      39  
Section 22.    Issuance of New Rights Certificates      40  
Section 23.    Redemption and Termination      40  
Section 24.    Exchange      41  
Section 25.    Notice of Certain Events      43  
Section 26.    Notices      44  
Section 27.    Supplements and Amendments      45  


TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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Section 28.    Successors      46  
Section 29.    Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc.      46  
Section 30.    Benefits of this Agreement      46  
Section 31.    Severability      46  
Section 32.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction      47  
Section 33.    Counterparts      47  
Section 34.    Force Majeure      47  
Section 35.    Process to Seek Exemption      47  
Section 36.    Descriptive Headings; Interpretation      48  
Exhibit A.    Forms of Rights Certificates      A-1, A-2  
Exhibit B.    Form of Summary of Rights      B  
Exhibit C    Certificate of Designations      C  


TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT, dated as of February 18, 2020 (the “Agreement”), between LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”).

WHEREAS, effective February 18, 2020 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”), the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) (i) authorized and declared a dividend of (x) one right (a “Common Right”) for each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) and (y) one right (a “Preferred A Right” and, together with the Common Rights, the “Rights”) for each share of Company Series A Preferred Stock, in each case outstanding at the Close of Business on March 19, 2020 (the “Record Date”), and (ii) authorized the issuance of one Common Right or one Preferred A Right (as such number may hereinafter be adjusted pursuant hereto) for each share of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock, respectively, issued between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date; provided, however, that Rights may be issued with respect to shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock issued after the Distribution Date but before the Expiration Date in accordance with Section 22 hereof;

WHEREAS, each Common Right initially represents the right to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, one Unit of Company Series B Preferred Stock; and

WHEREAS, each Preferred A Right initially represents the right to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, one share of Company Series A Preferred Stock;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

(a) “Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person who or which (other than as a result of a Qualified Offer or an Exempt Transaction), acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more Persons, acquires Control of securities representing:

(x) either (1) from and after the first public announcement by the Company of the closing of the Exchange pursuant to (and as defined in) the Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange”), 10% or more, or (2) until such announcement, 7.5% or more, of any class of Voting Securities of the Company, provided, however, the percentage specified in this clause (x) shall be more than 15% of any class of Voting Securities of the Company (instead of 10% or 7.5% or more of any class of Voting Securities) with respect to the acquisition and retention of Control of securities of the Company by the Company’s existing shareholder, the “Vanguard Parties,” as defined in that certain letter issued by the Board of Governors dated November 26, 2019 available at (https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/legalinterpretations/bhcchangeincontrol20191126a.pdf), unless the Board of Directors determines that the Vanguard Parties have failed to adhere in any material respect with the conditions and commitments set forth in such letter; or

 

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(y) 25% or more of the total equity of the Company;

Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(i) an “Acquiring Person” shall not include:

(A) the Company;

(B) any Subsidiary of the Company;

(C) any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(D) any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such employee benefit plan acting in such capacity or a trustee or fiduciary holding shares of Company Common Stock for the purpose of funding any such plan;

(E) any Person if:

(1) the Board of Directors determines that such Person who would otherwise be an Acquiring Person became such inadvertently (including because such Person was unaware that it would be an Acquiring Person); and

(2) such Person as promptly as reasonably practicable (as determined by the Board of Directors) divested or divests itself of Control of a sufficient number of securities so that such Person would no longer be an “Acquiring Person;”

(F) any Person who (but for the operation of this subclause (F)) would be an Acquiring Person as of the first public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend, unless such Person shall, after the time of such public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend, increase the securities under its Control (other than pursuant to the grant or exercise of an option under the Company stock option plan or a dividend or distribution made by the Company or as a result of a split or subdivision of or acquisition of securities by the Company) so that such Person (other than as a result of a Qualified Offer or an Exempt Transaction), acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more Persons, Controls securities representing an amount equal to or greater than the greater of (x) either (i) (1) from and after the first public announcement by the Company of the closing of the Exchange, 10%, or (2) until such announcement, 7.5% (or, at any time, in the case of the Vanguard Parties, subject to the provisos in clause (a)(x) above, more than 15%), of any class of Voting Securities of the Company, or (ii) 25% or more of the total equity of the Company, and (y) the lowest Controlling interest of such Person as a percentage of Voting Shares or other securities of the Company as of any time from and after the time of the first public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend; or

 

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(G) Shanda Asset Management Holdings Ltd (“Shanda”) and its Associates and Affiliates, provided, that Shanda shall not have violated in any manner deemed by the Board of Directors to be material any of Sections 3.2, 3.5 and 3.6 of the Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2020 by and among the Company and Shanda (the “Exchange Agreement”), and that Mr. Tianqiao Chen shall not have violated in any manner deemed by the Board of Directors to be material the agreements set forth in the letter to the Company from Mr. Tianqiao Chen dated February 18, 2020; and

(ii) no Person shall be deemed an Acquiring Person as a result of the acquisition of shares of Company Stock by the Company (including pursuant to the Exchange) which, by reducing the amount of Company Stock outstanding, increases the proportional amount of Voting Securities or total equity of the Company Controlled by such Person; provided, however, that if (x) a Person would become an Acquiring Person (but for the operation of this subclause (ii)) as a result of the acquisition of Company Stock by the Company (including pursuant to the Exchange) and (y) after such share acquisition by the Company, such Person (other than as a result of a Qualified Offer or an Exempt Transaction), acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more Persons, comes to have Control over any additional securities representing Control over any Company Stock (other than pursuant to the grant or exercise of an option under a Company stock option plan or pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the Company securities), then such Person shall be deemed an Acquiring Person unless, upon having Control over such Company Stock, such Person Controls less than both (x) (1) from and after the first public announcement by the Company of the closing of the Exchange, 10%, or (2) until such announcement, 7.5% (or, at any time, in the case of the Vanguard Parties, subject to the provisos in clause (a)(x) above, 15%), of any class of Voting Securities of the Company and (y) 25% of the total equity of the Company.

Any determinations under the definition of Acquiring Person shall be made by the Board of Directors and in a manner consistent with the provisions of Regulation Y and the published interpretations of the Board of Governors and the published rulings and opinions of the staff of the Board of Governors thereunder.

For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

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

Control” and its correlative terms means the ownership or control of, or power to vote, a security for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, or control within the meaning of Section 225.2(e)(2) and Section 225.9 of Regulation Y.

 

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Regulation Y” shall mean Regulation Y of the Board of Governors as if the amendments that will be in effect from and after April 1, 2020 were effective as of the date of this Agreement.

Voting Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 225.2(q)(1) of Regulation Y.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a bona fide swaps dealer who would otherwise be an Acquiring Person has become so as a result of its actions in the ordinary course of its business that the Board of Directors determines were taken without the intent or effect of evading or assisting any other Person to evade the purposes and intent of this Agreement, then, and unless and until the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine, such Person shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Agreement.

Each Person identified in subclauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this Section 1(a) is individually an “Exempt Person” and collectively “Exempt Persons.”

(b) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as in effect on the date hereof.

(c) A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to have “Beneficial Ownership” of and to “beneficially own,” any securities:

(i) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of under Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act Regulations”) as in effect on the date hereof, including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, to have “Beneficial Ownership” of or to “beneficially own,” any securities under this subparagraph (i) as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such securities if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from (1) a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations or (2) a customary agreement with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities, and (B) is not reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);

(ii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of such other Person) with whom or which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in the proviso to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (c) and also except for customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) or disposing of such securities;

 

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(iii) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right or obligation to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction of conditions (whether or not within the control of such Person), compliance with regulatory requirements, or otherwise) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, to have “Beneficial Ownership” of or to “beneficially own,” any securities under this subparagraph (iii) as a result of customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities; and

(iv) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Counterparty (or any such Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates) under any Derivatives Contract (without regard to any short or similar position under the same or any other Derivatives Contract) to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is a Receiving Party; provided, however, that the number of shares of Company Stock that a Person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to this clause (iv) in connection with a particular Derivatives Contract shall not exceed the number of Notional Shares with respect to such Derivatives Contract; provided further that the number of securities beneficially owned by each Counterparty (including its Affiliates and Associates) under a Derivatives Contract shall for purposes of this clause (iv) be deemed to include all securities that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Counterparty (or any of such other Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates) under any Derivatives Contract to which such first Counterparty (or any of such first Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates) is a Receiving Party, with this proviso being applied to successive Counterparties as appropriate;

provided, however, that under this paragraph (c) a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, or to “beneficially own,” any securities:

(A) tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made in accordance with Exchange Act Regulations by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange,

(B) that may be issued upon exercise of Rights at any time prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event, or

 

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(C) that may be issued upon exercise of Rights from and after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, which Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 22 hereof (the “Original Rights”) or pursuant to Section 11(i) hereof in connection with an adjustment made with respect to any Original Rights; and further provided, however, that:

(x) no decision reached, or action taken, by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall cause any Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person) who is a member of the Board of Directors or such committee to be deemed, for the purposes of this Agreement, to be a Beneficial Owner of any securities beneficially owned by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person) who is a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof solely by reason of such membership of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or participation in the decisions or actions thereof on the part of either or both of such Persons, and

(y) no Person who is an officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person shall be deemed, solely by reason of such Person’s status or authority as such, to be the “Beneficial Owner” of, to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, or to “beneficially own” any securities that are “beneficially owned” (as defined in this paragraph (c)), including in a fiduciary capacity, by an Exempt Person or by any other such officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person.

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean (1) the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with (2) the number of such securities not then issued and outstanding which are issuable by the Company and which such Person would be deemed to Beneficially Own hereunder.

(d) “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of California are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

(e) “Close of Business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., California time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., California time, on the next succeeding Business Day.

(f) “Common Stock” of any Person other than the Company shall mean the capital stock of such Person with the greatest voting power, or, if such Person shall have no capital stock, the equity securities or other equity interest having power to control or direct the management of such Person.

(g) “Company” has the meaning given it in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and also means a Principal Party to the extent provided in Section 13(a).

(h) “Company Series A Preferred Stock” shall mean the Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, having the voting powers, designation, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions described in the Certificate of Designations therefor, as amended from time to time.

 

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(i) “Company Series B Preferred Stock” shall mean a series of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, having the voting powers, designation, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions described in the Series B Certificate of Designations set forth as Exhibit C hereto and as amended from time to time.

(j) “Company Stock” shall mean any equity, voting or non-voting, interest in the Company, including Company Common Stock, Company Series A Preferred Stock and Company Series B Preferred Stock.

(k) “Derivatives Contract” shall mean a contract between two parties (the “Receiving Party” and the “Counterparty”) that is designed to produce economic benefits and risks to the Receiving Party that correspond substantially to the ownership by the Receiving Party of a number of shares of Company Stock specified or referenced in such contract (the number corresponding to such economic benefits and risks, the “Notional Shares”), regardless of whether (i) obligations under such contract are required or permitted to be settled through the delivery of cash, shares of Company Stock or other property or (ii) such contract conveys any voting rights in shares of Company Stock, without regard to any short or similar position under the same or any other Derivatives Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, interests in broad-based index options, broad-based index futures and broad-based publicly traded market baskets of stocks approved for trading by the appropriate federal governmental authority shall not be deemed to be Derivatives Contracts.

(l) “Exempt Transaction” means any transaction that the Company has declared exempt, pursuant to Section 35 hereof or otherwise.

(m) “Person” shall mean any individual, bank, partnership, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint venture, pool, trust, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization or any other form of entity, as well as any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof.

(n) “Preferred Stock” shall mean Company Series A Preferred Stock and/or Company Series B Preferred Stock.

(o) “Qualified Offer” shall mean an offer having all of the following characteristics:

(i) a tender or exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock at a price and on terms determined, prior to the purchase of shares under such tender or exchange offer, by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers, employees or (other than members of the Board of Directors to the extent deemed to be Affiliates solely as a result of their status as such) Affiliates of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person (such members of the Board of Directors, the “Independent Directors”), after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms and taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors deem relevant, to be fair to stockholders and not inadequate and otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (other than the Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof on whose behalf the offer is being made);

 

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(ii) such offer is conditioned on a minimum number of the shares of Company Common Stock being tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration date as would provide the bidder, upon consummation of the offer, with beneficial ownership of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock; and

(iii) in connection with which the Company and its stockholders have received an irrevocable and legally binding written commitment of the offeror to consummate, as promptly as practicable upon successful completion of the offer, a second step transaction whereby all Company Common Stock not purchased in the offer will be acquired for the same per-share consideration actually paid pursuant to the offer, subject to stockholders’ statutory appraisal rights, if any.

(p) “Relevant Transaction” shall mean the acquisition by the Company of Radius Bancorp, Inc.

(q) “Stock Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date of public announcement (including the filing of any report, or any amendment to any report, pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report)) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such; provided, however, that if such Person is determined not to have become an Acquiring Person pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, then no Stock Acquisition Date shall be deemed to have occurred.

(r) “Subsidiary” shall mean, with reference to any Person, any other Person of which an amount of voting securities or equity interests sufficient to elect at least a majority of the directors or equivalent governing body of such other Person is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, or any other Person otherwise controlled by such first-mentioned Person.

(s) “Triggering Event” shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13 Event.

In addition, the following terms are defined in the Sections indicated below:

 

   

Defined Term

  

Section Number

 

Adjustment Shares

  

11(a)(ii)

                         

 

Agreement

  

Preamble

 

Board of Directors

  

Whereas clause

 

Common Right Purchase Price

  

7(b)

 

common stock equivalents

  

11(a)(iii)

 

Company

  

Preamble

 

Company Common Stock

  

Whereas clause

 

current market price

  

11(d)

 

Current Value

  

11(a)(iii)

 

Distribution Date

  

3(a)

 

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Defined Term

  

Section Number

                         

 

Equivalent Preferred Stock

  

11(b)

 

Exchange

  

1(a)

 

Exchange Act

  

1(b)

 

Exchange Act Regulations

Exchange Agreement

  

1(c)

1(a)

 

Exchange Ratio

  

24(a)

 

Exchange Securities

  

24(a)

 

Exempt Person

  

1(a)

 

Expiration Date

  

7(a)

 

Final Expiration Date

  

7(a)

 

Independent Directors

  

1(o)

 

Nasdaq

  

11(d)(i)

 

Original Rights

  

1(c)

 

Principal Party

  

13(b)

 

Purchase Price

  

7(b)

 

Record Date

  

Whereas clause

 

Redemption Price

  

23(a)

 

Registered Common Stock

  

13(b)(ii)

 

Registration Date

  

9(c)

 

Registration Statement

  

9(c)

 

Right

  

Whereas clause

 

Rights Agent

  

Preamble

 

Rights Certificates

  

3(a)

 

Rights Dividend Declaration Date

  

Whereas clause

 

Section 11(a)(ii) Event

  

11(a)(ii)

 

Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date

  

11(a)(iii)

 

Section 13 Event

  

13(a)

 

Securities Act

  

9(c)

 

Series A Right Purchase Price

  

7(b)

 

Spread

  

11(a)(iii)

 

Substitution Period

  

11(a)(iii)

 

Summary of Rights

  

3(b)

 

Trading Day

  

11(d)(i)

 

Trust

  

24(a)

 

Trust Agreement

  

24(a)

 

Unit

  

7(b)

Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-rights agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and in no event shall be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-rights agent.

Section 3. Issuance of Rights Certificates.

(a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day after the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth Business Day after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date), and (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the

 

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Board of Directors) after the date that a tender or exchange offer (other than a Qualified Offer or an Exempt Transaction) by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-4(a) of the Exchange Act Regulations or any successor rule, if upon consummation thereof such Person would be an Acquiring Person (including, in the case of both clause (i) and (ii), any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of (i) and (ii) above being the “Distribution Date”):

(x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (e) of this Section 3) by the certificates for shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof as of and subsequent to the Record Date (which certificates for shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights) and not by separate certificates, and

(y) the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock, including a transfer to the Company;

provided, however, that if a tender or exchange offer is terminated prior to the occurrence of a Distribution Date, then no Distribution Date shall occur as a result of such tender or exchange offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will send by first-class, insured, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, one or more rights certificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 hereto (the “Rights Certificates”), evidencing one Right for each share of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock, as the case may be, so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per share of Company Common Stock or share of Company Series A Preferred Stock has been made pursuant to Section 11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Rights Certificates, the Company may make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof) so that Rights Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Rights Certificates.

(b) From and after the Record Date, the Company will, as promptly as practicable after request therefor, make available a copy of the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Summary of Rights”) to any holder of Rights who may request it prior to the Final Expiration Date.

(c) Rights shall, without any further action, but subject to Section 6(b) hereof, be issued in respect of all shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock which are issued (including any shares of Company Common Stock held in treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, including with respect to any shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock that are issued after the Record Date (including, if the Exchange is consummated after the Record Date, any such

 

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shares issued in the Exchange) and any shares of Company Common Stock issued upon the conversion of any shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designations for the Company Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, Rights may, or shall, be issued with respect to all shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock described in the second sentence of Section 22 hereof, subject to the provisions thereof. Certificates representing such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock issued after the Record Date shall bear the following legend:

This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement between LendingClub Corporation (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Rights Agent”) dated as of February 18, 2020, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the office of the Rights Agent. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO, OR HELD BY, ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.

With respect to certificates for Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock outstanding as of the Record Date or issued subsequent to the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, until the Distribution Date the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date) or, in the case of Company Series A Preferred, the Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any such certificate for Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby.

(d) Subject to Section 6(b) hereof, in the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date or, in the case of Company Series A Preferred, the Expiration Date (including in the Exchange), any Rights associated with such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed canceled and returned so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock that are no longer outstanding.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, shares of Company Stock and Rights (and any securities issuable on their exercise) may be issued and transferred by book-entry and not represented by physical certificates. Where shares of Company Stock or Rights (and any securities issuable on their exercise) are held in uncertificated form, they shall be held subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to certificated shares or Rights, and the Company and the Rights Agent shall cooperate in all respects to give effect to the intent of the provisions contained herein.

 

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Section 4. Form of Rights Certificates.

(a) The Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase and of assignment and the certificates to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall each be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any rule or regulation thereunder or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22 hereof, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record Date (or in the case of Rights issued with respect to Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock after the Record Date, as of the date of issuance of such Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock) and on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock as shall be set forth therein at the price set forth therein, provided, however, that the amount and type of securities, cash or other assets that may be acquired upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(b) Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights which are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) of this Agreement and any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend:

The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate are or were beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Agreement). Accordingly, this Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby are null and void.

The provisions of Section 7(e) hereof shall be operative whether or not the foregoing legend is contained on any such Right Certificate.

Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.

(a) Any Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents and shall be attested by its Secretary, Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries and shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal (if any) or a facsimile or other recorded electronic form thereof. The signature of any of these officers on the Rights Certificates may be manual, facsimile or other recorded electronic form. Rights Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures or signatures in other recorded electronic form of the individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the countersignature of such Rights Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Rights Certificates. No Rights Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless there appears on such Rights Certificate a countersignature duly executed by the Rights Agent by manual or facsimile signature or by signature in other recorded electronic form of an authorized signatory, and such countersignature upon any Rights Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Rights Certificate has been duly countersigned as required hereunder.

 

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(b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its office designated for surrender of Rights Certificates upon exercise or transfer, books for registration and transfer of the Rights Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the name and address of each holder of the Rights Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each Rights Certificate and the date of each Rights Certificate.

Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 4, 6(b), 7(e) and 14 hereof, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date, any Rights Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or, following a Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder (or former holder, in the case of a transfer) to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Rights Certificate or Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Rights Certificate or Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Rights Certificate until the registered holder shall have completed and executed the certificate set forth in the form of assignment on the reverse side of such Rights Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) of the Rights represented by such Rights Certificate or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4, Section 7(e), Section 14 and Section 24 hereof, countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Rights Certificates.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein: no Preferred A Right shall be transferred or assigned, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, other than with the transfer of (and to the same transferee as) the Company Series A Preferred Stock in connection with which such Right was issued and, if a share of Company Series A Preferred Stock is, pursuant to the Certificate of Designations of the Company Series A Preferred Stock, converted into a share or shares of Company Common Stock, the Preferred A Right accompanying or otherwise issued in connection with such share of Company Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted automatically into a Common Right or Common Rights with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock issued upon such conversion (and other than pursuant to such conversion of Preferred A Rights, no Common Right shall be issued in connection with the issuance of Company Common Stock in connection with such conversion of Company Series A Preferred Stock). Purported transfers or assignments not in compliance with the foregoing shall be void.

 

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(c) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, if a Rights Certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the registered holder of the Rights represented thereby and upon payment to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incident thereto, there shall be issued, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Rights Certificate, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate, in substantially the form of the prior Rights Certificate, of like tenor and representing the equivalent number of Rights, but, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Rights Agent of such loss, theft or destruction of such Rights Certificate and, if requested by the Company or the Rights Agent, indemnity also satisfactory to it.

Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.

(a) The registered holder of any Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein), in whole or in part, at any time after the Distribution Date, upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof properly completed and duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office designated by the Rights Agent for such purposes, together with payment of the Purchase Price for each Unit or share of Preferred Stock (or, following a Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which the Rights are exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on the eighteen month anniversary of the date hereof (the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof, (iii) the time at which the rights expire as provided in Section 13(f) hereof, (iv) the time at which the Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof, and (v) the time of the consummation by the Company of the Relevant Transaction (the earlier of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) being the “Expiration Date”), at which time the Rights are deemed terminated.

(b) The purchase price:

(i) for each one one-thousandth of a share (each such one one-thousandth of a share being a “Unit”) of Company Series B Preferred Stock upon exercise of Common Rights shall be $48.00, subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 13(a) hereof (such purchase price, as so adjusted, being the “Common Right Purchase Price”), and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (d) below.

(ii) The purchase price for each share of Company Series A Preferred Stock upon exercise of Preferred A Rights shall be $4,800.00, subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 13(a) hereof (such purchase price, as so adjusted, being the “Series A Right Purchase Price” and, together with the Series B Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”), and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (d) below.

 

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(c) Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate duly executed, accompanied by payment, with respect to each Right so exercised, of the applicable Purchase Price for the Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or, following a Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be purchased thereby as set forth below and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax or evidence satisfactory to the Company of payment of such tax, the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 20(k) hereof, thereupon promptly:

(i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of the Preferred Stock (or make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent for the Preferred Stock) a certificate or certificates for the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock to be purchased, and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such requests, or, in the case of uncertificated securities, inform the transfer agent of the number of securities to be purchased, which number shall be registered in the book entry account system of the transfer agent for the securities registered in the names of the holders thereof, or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit the total number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights hereunder with a depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing interests in such number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the Units or shares of Preferred Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs the depositary agent to comply with such request,

(ii) after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or, upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder,

(iii) requisition from the Company the amount of cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof, and

(iv) after receipt thereof, deliver such cash, if any, to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate.

In the event that the Company is obligated to issue Company Common Stock or other securities of the Company, pay cash and/or distribute other property pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Company will make all arrangements necessary so that such Company Common Stock, other securities, cash and/or other property are available for distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate. The payment of the applicable Purchase Price (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) shall be made in cash or by certified or bank check or money order payable to the order of the Company.

(d) In case the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent and delivered to, or upon the order of, the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder, subject to the provisions of Sections 6 and 14 hereof.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the first occurrence of any Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights beneficially owned or Controlled by:

(i) an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person,

(ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) which becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or

(iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) which becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and which receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person (or such Associate or Affiliate) has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights, shares of Company Common Stock or the Company or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined to be part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e),

shall be null and void without any further action, and no holder of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 7(e) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Rights or any other Person as a result of the Company’s failure to make or delay in making any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates or Associates or any transferee or any of them hereunder.

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Rights Certificate to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered holder upon the occurrence of any purported exercise by such registered holder unless such registered holder shall have (i) completed and executed the certificate following the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise, (ii) not indicated an affirmative response to clause 1 or 2 thereof, and (iii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) of the Rights represented by such Rights Certificate or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.

Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates. All Rights Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no Rights Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any Rights Certificates acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.

 

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Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock.

(a) The Company shall, at all times prior to the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, cause to be reserved and kept available, out of its authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock or its authorized and issued shares of Preferred Stock held in its treasury, and, after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, to the extent reasonably practical, cause to be reserved and kept available, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, Company Common Stock and/or other securities or its authorized and issued shares held in its treasury, the number of shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, Company Common Stock and/or other securities) that, as provided in this Agreement, will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights. Upon the occurrence of any events resulting in an increase in the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock (or other equity securities of the Company) issuable upon exercise of all outstanding Rights above the number then reserved, the Company shall make appropriate increases in the number of shares so reserved to the extent reasonably practicable.

(b) If the shares of Series B Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, Company Common Stock and/or other securities) to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of the Rights (other than Series A Preferred Stock) may be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause, from and after the time that the Rights become exercisable, all securities reserved for such issuance to be listed on such exchange or quotation system upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.

(c) The Company shall use its best efforts:

(i) as soon as practicable following the earliest date after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and a determination by the Company of the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Rights (including in accordance with Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) or, if so required by law, as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date (such date being the “Registration Date”), to file a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities that may be acquired upon exercise of the Rights (other than shares of Series A Preferred Stock) (the “Registration Statement”),

(ii) to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing,

(iii) to cause the Registration Statement to continue to be effective (and to include a prospectus complying with the requirements of the Securities Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of which the Rights are no longer exercisable for the securities covered by the Registration Statement, and (B) the Expiration Date, and

 

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(iv) to take as soon as practicable following the Registration Date such action as may be required to ensure that any acquisition of securities upon exercise of the Rights complies with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws.

The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days after the Registration Date, the exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become effective. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction if the requisite qualification in such jurisdiction shall not have been obtained, the exercise thereof shall not be permitted under applicable law or a registration statement shall not have been declared effective.

(d) The Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Units or shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, any other securities that may be delivered upon exercise of Rights) shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates or depositary receipts for such securities (subject to payment of the applicable Purchase Price), duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

(e) The Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or other tax or charge imposed in connection with the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates or of any Preferred Stock (or any other securities or assets, as the case may be) upon the exercise of Rights; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax or charge imposed in connection with the issuance or delivery of Units or shares of Preferred Stock, or any certificates or depositary receipts for such Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, any other securities, cash or assets, as the case may be) to any Person other than the registered holder of the Rights Certificates evidencing the Rights surrendered for exercise. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or depositary receipts for Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, any other securities, cash or assets, as the case may be) to, or in a name other than that of, the registered holder upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax or charge shall have been paid (any such tax or charge being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or charge is due.

Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date. Each Person in whose name any certificate or depositary receipt for Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or other securities) represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the applicable Purchase Price (and any applicable taxes or charges) was made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Preferred Stock (or other securities, as the case may be)

 

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transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such securities on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Preferred Stock (or other securities) transfer books of the Company are open; further provided, however, that if delivery of the Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) is delayed pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof, such Persons shall be deemed to have become the record holders of such Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or other securities) only when such Units or shares (or other securities) first become deliverable. Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to securities for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.

Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of securities purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.

(a) (i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement, with respect to either series of Preferred Stock, (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided for herein, including this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e) hereof, then the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date upon exercise of the applicable Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other capital stock, as the case may be, which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the transfer books of the Company were still open, such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

 

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(ii) In the event any Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) or 13(f) hereof, then, immediately upon the occurrence of such event (a “Section 11(a)(ii) Event”):

(1) each holder of a Preferred A Right (except as otherwise provided herein, including Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise of such Preferred A Right at the then-current and applicable Series A Right Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in lieu of the number of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock for which such Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable), such number of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock as shall equal the result obtained by:

(A) multiplying the then-current Series A Right Purchase Price by the number of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock for which a Preferred A Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Preferred A Right was then exercisable) (such product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement, other than Section 13 hereof, the “Series A Right Purchase Price”), and

(B) dividing that product by one-half of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Company Series A Preferred Stock on the date of such first occurrence

(such shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock being the “Company Series A Preferred Stock Adjustment Shares”); provided, however, that the Company Series A Right Purchase Price and the number of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Preferred A Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with this Section 11. From and after the occurrence of a Section 13 Event, any Preferred A Rights that have not theretofore been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in connection with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii); and

(2) each holder of a Common Right (except as otherwise provided herein, including Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise of such Common Right at the then-current and applicable Common Right Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in lieu of the number of Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock for which such Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable), such number of shares of Company Common Stock as shall equal the result obtained by:

(A) multiplying the then-current Common Right Purchase Price by the number of Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock for which such Common Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Common Right was then exercisable) (such product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement, other than Section 13 hereof, the “Common Right Purchase Price”), and

 

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(B) dividing that product by one-half of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Company Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence

(such shares of Company Common Stock being the “Company Common Stock Adjustment Shares” and, together with the Company Series A Preferred Stock Adjustment Shares, the “Adjustment Shares”); provided, however, that the Company Common Stock Purchase Price and the number of shares of Company Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Common Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with this Section 11. From and after the occurrence of a Section 13 Event, any Common Rights that have not theretofore been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in connection with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).

(iii) The Company may at its option substitute for a share of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Common Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii), Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock having a current market price (as determined by Section 11(d) hereof) equal to the current market price of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of the issuance of such Units. In the event that the number of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock (or, if the Company shall have determined to substitute Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock for shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the preceding sentence, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock) which are authorized by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), then the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

(A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the applicable Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the “Current Value”) over (2) the applicable Purchase Price (such excess being the “Spread”), and

(B) with respect to each Right (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to Section 7(e)), make adequate provision to substitute, in whole or in part, for such Adjustment Shares, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price (as may be reduced as provided below in this subparagraph (iii)), (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the applicable Purchase Price, (3) with respect to Common Rights, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Company (including shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock (such other shares being “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which, when added to the value of the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Right, shall have an aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any reduction in such Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors, after receiving advice from a nationally recognized investment banking firm;

 

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provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (such thirty day period, as it may be extended hereunder, being referred to herein as the “Substitution Period,” and the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date”), then, subject to Section 24 hereof, the Company shall be obligated (to the extent permitted by applicable law) to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the applicable Purchase Price, with respect to Preferred A Rights, shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock (to the extent available), or, with respect to Common Rights, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock (to the extent available) and then, if necessary, shares (or fractions of shares, at the discretion of the Board of Directors) of Company Common Stock, and in the case of either Preferred A Rights or Common Rights, cash, or a combination thereof, which shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock or shares (or fractions of shares) of Company Common Stock and/or cash shall have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors determines that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, then the Substitution Period may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety days after the Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional Units or shares.

To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the second and/or third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Common Rights or Preferred A Rights, as the case may be, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of such Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or Units and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such second sentence and to determine the value thereof. If any such suspension occurs, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at the time such suspension is no longer in effect.

For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of a share of Company Series A Preferred Stock, Unit of Company Series B Preferred Stock or share of Company Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Company Series A Preferred Stock, Unit of Company Series B Preferred Stock or share of Company Common Stock, as the case may be, on the Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date and the value of any common stock equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as a Unit of Company Series B Preferred Stock on such date.

 

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(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock or any series of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five calendar days after such record date) shares of Preferred Stock (or shares having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section l1(d) hereof) per share of such Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price for the applicable Rights to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying:

(i) the Purchase Price for the applicable Rights in effect immediately prior to such record date, by

(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of such Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of such Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of such Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of such Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of such Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible).

In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Units or shares of Preferred Stock or any series of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend paid out of funds legally available therefor), assets (other than a dividend payable in shares of Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights, options or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price for the applicable Rights to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying:

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(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of such Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes) of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights, options or warrants distributable in respect of a share of such Preferred Stock and (B) the denominator of which shall be such current market price per share of such Preferred Stock.

Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder:

(i) The “current market price” per share of Company Common Stock or Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such shares for the thirty consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date; provided, however, if prior to the expiration of such requisite thirty Trading Day period the issuer announces either (A) a dividend or distribution on such shares payable in such shares or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such shares, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, as the case may be, shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty Trading Day period, then, and in each such case, the “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account such event. The closing price for each day shall be:

(x) the last sale price, regular way, or, in the case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading, or

(y) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”) or such other system then in use, or

(z) if on any such date such shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such shares selected by the Board of Directors.

 

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If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such shares, or if such shares are not publicly held or so listed or traded, “current market price” per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term “Trading Day” shall mean, if such shares are listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if such shares are not so listed or admitted, a Business Day.

(ii) The “current market price” per share of Company Series B Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same manner as set forth for Company Common Stock in clause (i) of this Section 11(d) (other than the penultimate sentence thereof). If the current market price per share of Company Series B Preferred Stock cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Company Series B Preferred Stock is not publicly held or listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i) of this Section 11(d), the “current market price” per share of Company Series B Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to (A) 1,000 (as such amount may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to Company Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by (B) the current market price per share of Company Common Stock. If neither Company Common Stock nor Company Series B Preferred Stock is publicly held or so listed or traded, “current market price” per share of the Company Series B Preferred Stock shall mean the fair value per share as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. For all purposes of this Agreement, the “current market price” of a Unit of Company Series B Preferred Stock shall be equal to (A) the current market price of one share of Company Series B Preferred Stock divided by (B) 1,000.

(iii) For all purposes of this Agreement, the “current market price” per share of Company Series A Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to (A) 100 (as such amount may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to Company Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by (B) the current market price per share of Company Common Stock.

(e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the either the Common Right Purchase Price or the Series A Right Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the said Purchase Prices; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one one-millionth of a share of Preferred Stock or one ten-thousandth of any other share or security, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment and (ii) the Expiration Date.

 

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(f) If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) or 13(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock other than Preferred Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock contained in Sections 11(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m), and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock (or other securities or amount of cash or combination thereof) that may be acquired from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

(h) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth of a Unit or to the nearest one-millionth of a share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock covered by a Right immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.

(i) The Company may elect, on or after the date of any adjustment of a Purchase Price, to adjust the number of applicable Rights, in lieu of any adjustment in the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of such a Right. Each of such Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each such Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing (x) the Purchase Price for such Right in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the (y) Purchase Price for such Right in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten days later than the date of such public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of applicable Rights Certificates on such record date Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by

 

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the Company, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates to be so distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may bear, at the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.

(j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per Unit or share and the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.

(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing a Purchase Price below the par or stated value, if any, of the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock or other shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise of the applicable Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue such fully paid and nonassessable number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock or other shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.

(l) In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in a Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuance to the holder of any applicable Right exercised after such record date of that number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock and shares of other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number of Units or shares of Preferred Stock and shares of other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or securities upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

(m) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in a Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that in their judgment the Board of Directors shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or subdivision of any series of Preferred Stock, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred Stock at less than the current market price, (iii) issuance wholly for cash of shares of Preferred Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Preferred Stock, (iv) stock dividends or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Stock, shall not be taxable to such holders or shall reduce the taxes payable by such holders.

(n) The Company shall not, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (iii) sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one

 

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transaction, or a series of transactions, assets, cash flow or earning power aggregating more than one-half of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if:

(x) at the time of or immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer there are any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights, or

(y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, the Person which constitutes, or would constitute, the “Principal Party” for purposes of Section 13(a) hereof shall have distributed or otherwise transferred to its stockholders or other persons holding an equity interest in such Person Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates and Associates.

(o) After the Distribution Date, the Company shall not, except as permitted by Section 23, Section 24 or Section 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

(p) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the Company shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date and prior to the Distribution Date (i) declare a dividend on the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock payable in shares of Company Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number of Rights associated with each share of Company Common Stock then outstanding, or issued or delivered thereafter prior to the Distribution Date or in accordance with Section 22 hereof, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the number of Rights thereafter associated with each share of Company Common Stock following any such event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying:

(x) the number of Rights associated with each share of Company Common Stock immediately prior to such event, by

(y) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and (B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such event.

Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or Section 13 hereof, the Company shall (a) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Preferred Stock and the Company Common Stock, a copy of such certificate, and

 

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(c) mail or make available a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock) in accordance with Section 26 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the failure of the Company to make such certification or give such notice shall not affect the validity of such adjustment or the force or effect of the requirement for such adjustment. The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein contained.

Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets, Cash Flow or Earning Power.

(a) In the event that, following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, directly or indirectly:

(x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger,

(y) any Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof) shall consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, or any Person or Persons (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof) shall consummate a share exchange with the Company, and, in connection with such consolidation, merger or share exchange, all or part of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person or cash or any other property, or

(z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer) to any Person or Persons (other than the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), in one or more transactions, assets, cash flow or earning power aggregating one-half or more of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole)

(any such event being a “Section 13 Event”), then, and in each such case, and except as contemplated by Section 13(f) hereof, proper provision shall be made so that:

(i) each holder of a Right (other than Rights which have become void as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then-current applicable Purchase Price, in accordance with this Agreement and in lieu of Units or shares of the applicable Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock, such number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, nonassessable and freely tradeable shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party, which

 

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shares shall not be subject to any liens, encumbrances, rights of call or first refusal, transfer restrictions or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by:

(A) multiplying (x) the then-current applicable Purchase Price by (y) the number of Units or shares of the applicable Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying (x) the number of such Units or shares of the applicable Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable hereunder immediately prior to such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event by (y) the Purchase Price for such Right in effect immediately prior to such first occurrence), and

(B) dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, shall be the “Common Right Purchase Price” or the “Preferred A Right Purchase Price” for all purposes of this Agreement) by either (1) one-half, in the case of Common Rights, or (2) the product of one-half multiplied by 100, in the case of Preferred A Rights, of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13 Event;

provided, however, that the Purchase Price (as theretofore adjusted in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) and the number of shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof to reflect any events occurring in respect of the Common Stock of such Principal Party after the occurrence of such Section 13 Event;

(ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement;

(iii) the term “Company” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party in all respects, it being specifically intended that the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall apply only to such Principal Party following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event;

(iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the authorization and reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock in accordance with Section 9 hereof) in connection with the consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions of this Agreement shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its shares of Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights;

 

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(v) such Principal Party shall take such steps as may be necessary to assure that, upon the subsequent occurrence of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, reorganization or other extraordinary transaction in respect of such Principal Party, each holder of a Right shall thereupon be entitled to receive, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price, such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property which such holder would have been entitled to receive had it, at the time of such transaction, owned the shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party purchasable upon the exercise of a Right, and such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, reservation of shares of stock) as may be necessary to permit the subsequent exercise of the Rights in accordance with the terms hereof for such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property; and

(vi) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no further effect following the first occurrence of any Section 13 Event.

(b) “Principal Party” shall mean:

(i) in the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of the first sentence of Section 13(a) hereof, (A) the Person that is the issuer of any securities into which shares of Company Common Stock are converted in such merger or consolidation, or, if there is more than one such issuer, the issuer of Common Stock that has the highest aggregate current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) and (B) if no securities are so issued, the Person that is the other party to such merger or consolidation, or, if there is more than one such Person, the Person the Common Stock of which has the highest aggregate current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof); and

(ii) in the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of the first sentence of Section 13(a) hereof, the Person that is the party receiving the largest portion of the assets, cash flow or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions, or, if each Person that is a party to such transaction or transactions receives the same portion of the assets, cash flow or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions or if the Person receiving the largest portion of the assets, cash flow or earning power cannot be determined, whichever Person the Common Stock of which has the highest aggregate current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof);

provided, however, that in any such case:

(1) if the Common Stock of such Person is not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding twelve-month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (“Registered Common Stock”) or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person that has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to such other Person;

(2) if the Common Stock of such Person is not Registered Common Stock or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person but is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person which has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to the ultimate parent entity of such first-mentioned Person;

 

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(3) if such Person is directly or indirectly controlled by more than one Person, and one or more of such other Persons has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the Registered Common Stock having the highest aggregate current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof); and

(4) if such Person is directly or indirectly controlled by more than one Person, and none of such other Persons have Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever ultimate parent entity is the corporation having the greatest stockholders equity or, if no such ultimate parent entity is a corporation, shall refer to whichever ultimate parent entity is the entity having the greatest net assets.

(c) The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale or transfer unless the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of authorized shares of its Common Stock which have not been issued or reserved for issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this Section 13, and unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing for the terms set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 and further providing that the Principal Party, as soon as practicable after the date of such Section 13 Event, at its own expense, shall:

(i) (A) file on an appropriate form a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, (B) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after filing and remain effective (and to include a prospectus complying with the requirements of the Securities Act) until the Expiration Date, and (C) take all such action as may be required to enable the Principal Party to issue the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights and to assure that any acquisition of such securities upon the exercise of the Rights complies with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws, including but not limited to the registration or qualification of such securities under all requisite securities and “blue sky” laws of the various states and the listing of such securities on such exchanges and trading markets as may be necessary or appropriate; and

(ii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act.

(d) In case the Principal Party which is to be a party to a transaction referred to in this Section 13 has a provision in any of its authorized securities or in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other instrument governing its corporate affairs, which provision would have the effect of (i) causing such Principal Party to issue, in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of a transaction referred to in this Section 13, shares of Common Stock or common stock equivalents of such Principal Party at less than the then current

 

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market price per share (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) or securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock or common stock equivalents of such Principal Party at less than such then current market price (other than to holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 13) or (ii) providing for any special payment, tax or similar provisions in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock of such Principal Party pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13; then, in such event, the Company shall not consummate any such transaction unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing that the provision in question of such Principal Party shall have been cancelled, waived or amended, or that the authorized securities shall be redeemed, so that the applicable provision will have no effect in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of the proposed transaction.

(e) The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a Section 13 Event shall occur, any Rights which theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in the manner and for the securities described in Section 13(a).

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 13 shall not be applicable to a transaction described in subparagraphs (x) and (y) of Section 13(a) if:

(i) such transaction is consummated with a Person or Persons who acquired shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to a Qualified Offer (or a wholly owned subsidiary of any such Person or Persons),

(ii) the price per share of Company Common Stock offered in such transaction is not less than the price per share of Company Common Stock paid to all holders of shares of Company Common Stock whose shares were purchased pursuant to such Qualified Offer and

(iii) the form of consideration being offered to the remaining holders of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to such transaction is the same as the form of consideration paid pursuant to such Qualified Offer.

Upon consummation of any such transaction contemplated by this Section 13(f), all Rights hereunder shall expire.

Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.

(a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights, except prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(p) hereof, or to distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of issuing such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the Persons to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to such fraction of the market value of a whole Right. For purposes of this Section 14(a), the market value of a whole Common Right shall be the closing price of the Common Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Common Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The closing price of the Common Rights for any day shall be:

(x) the last sale price, regular way, or, in the case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Rights are listed or admitted to trading, or

 

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(y) if the Common Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by Nasdaq or such other system then in use, or

(z) if on any such date the Common Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Rights selected by the Board of Directors.

If on any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Common Rights, and in any event with respect to the Series A Rights, the fair value of the Rights on such date as determined by the Board of Directors shall be used and such determination shall be conclusive for all purposes.

(b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions of Series B Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence such fractional shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions of Series B Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock); provided, however, that in lieu of fractions of shares of Series B Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company may provide for the issuance of depositary receipts pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it, provided, further, however, that the holders of such depositary receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are entitled as beneficial owners of the Preferred Stock represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of such fractional shares of Preferred Stock that are not integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the then current market price of a share of the applicable Preferred Stock on the day of exercise, determined in accordance with Section 11(d) hereof.

(c) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Company Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Company Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Company Common Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one (1) share of Company Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market value of one share of Company Common Stock shall be the closing price per share of Company Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.

 

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(d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right, except as permitted by this Section 14.

Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement, other than rights of action vested in the Rights Agent pursuant to Section 18 hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock); and any registered holder of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock), may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any other Person to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement.

Section 16. Agreement of Rights Holders. Every holder of a Right, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Right that:

(a) prior to the Distribution Date or, in the case of the Series A Rights, the Expiration Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock, as the case may be;

(b) after the Distribution Date, the Common Rights Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purposes, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and with the appropriate forms and certificates duly executed;

(c) subject to Section 6(a) and Section 7(f) hereof, the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Company Stock certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Rights Certificates or the associated Company Stock certificate made by any Person other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent, subject to the last sentence of Section 7(e) hereof, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; and

 

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(d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or any other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree, judgment or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation; provided, however, the Company must use its best efforts to have any such order, decree, judgment or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as promptly as practicable.

Section 17. Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as such, of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the number of shares of Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or, except as provided in Section 25 hereof, to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders, or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Section 17 shall also apply to holders, as such, of Rights prior to the issuance of Rights Certificates.

Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent.

(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel, incurred in connection with the execution and administration of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company shall indemnify the Rights Agent for, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement or the exercise or performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against a claim of liability hereunder.

(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted by it in connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or certificate for Preferred Stock or for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged by the proper Person or Persons.

 

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Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.

(a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust or stockholder services businesses of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of a predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

(b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter (including the identity of any Acquiring Person and the determination of current market price) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be specified herein) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken or omitted in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.

 

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(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Rights Certificates or be required to verify the same (except as to its countersignature on such Rights Certificates), but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

(e) The Rights Agent shall not be responsible for the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or for the validity or execution of any Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or failure by the Company to satisfy conditions contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 11 or Section 13 hereof or for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Rights Certificates after actual notice of any such adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Preferred Stock or any other securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether any shares of Preferred Stock or any other securities will, when so issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(f) The Company shall perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the performance by the Rights Agent of its duties under this Agreement.

(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and shall not be liable for any action taken, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.

(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or have a pecuniary interest in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other Person.

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(j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of its rights hereunder if the Rights Agent shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(k) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has either not been completed, not signed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2 thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.

Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon thirty days’ prior notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent for the Company Common Stock or Preferred Stock, by registered or certified mail, and, if such resignation occurs after the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon thirty days’ prior notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent for the Company Common Stock or Preferred Stock, by registered or certified mail, and, if such removal occurs after the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Rights Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then any registered holder of any Rights Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be (a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States in good standing, shall be authorized under applicable laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer or stockholder service powers and shall be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or (b) an Affiliate of a corporation described in clause (a). After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Company Common Stock or Preferred Stock, and, if such appointment occurs after the Distribution Date, mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent.

 

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Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement in the Purchase Price or the number or kind or class of shares or other securities or property that may be acquired under the Rights Certificates.

In addition, in connection with the issuance or sale of shares by the Company of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock following the Distribution Date (other than upon exercise of a Right) and prior to the Expiration Date, the Company (a) shall, with respect to shares of Company Common Stock so issued or sold pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement granted or awarded as of the Distribution Date, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any other securities hereinafter issued by the Company and in existence as of the Distribution Date, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors, issue Rights Certificates representing the appropriate number of the applicable Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be obligated to issue any such Rights Certificate if, and to the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or the Person to whom such Rights Certificate would be issued, and (ii) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.

Section 23. Redemption and Termination.

(a) The Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day following the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day following the Record Date) or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all of the then-outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.001 per Right, as such amount may be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price being the “Redemption Price”). The Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, pay the Redemption Price either in shares of Company Common Stock (based on the current market price, as defined in Section 11(d) hereof, of the shares of Company Common Stock at the time of redemption) or cash or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors and the redemption of the Rights shall be effective at such time and on the basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors may in its sole discretion establish. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company’s right of redemption has expired.

(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights as provided in Section 23(a) above (or at such later time as the Board of Directors may establish for the effectiveness of such redemption), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price for each Right so

 

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held. The Company shall promptly give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then-outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder’s last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Company Common Stock, provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity of such redemption. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made.

(c) The Company may, at its option, discharge all of its obligations with respect to any redemption of the Rights by (i) issuing a press release announcing the manner of redemption of the Rights in accordance with this Agreement, and (ii) mailing payment of the Redemption Price to the registered holders of the Rights as their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent of the Company Common Stock, and upon such action, all outstanding Rights and Rights Certificates shall be null and void without any further action by the Company.

(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for value any Rights at any time in any manner, other than that specifically set forth in this Section 23 or in Section 24 hereof and other than in connection with the purchase or repurchase by any of them of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock prior to the Distribution Date.

Section 24. Exchange.

(a) The Company, upon resolution of the Board of Directors, may, at its option, at any time after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof) for either shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, in the case of Preferred A Rights, or Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock, in the case of Common Rights, in either case at the election of the Board of Directors (such shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock, as applicable, the “Exchange Securities”), at an exchange ratio of one Exchange Security per Right, as appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being the “Exchange Ratio”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than an Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Company Common Stock aggregating one-half or more of the shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding. From and after the occurrence of a Section 13 Event, any Rights that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a).

 

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The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to effecting such an exchange, the Board of Directors may direct the Company to enter into a Trust Agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all or some (as designated by the Board of Directors) of the Exchange Securities issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all or some (as designated by the Board of Directors) Persons entitled to receive Exchange Securities pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such Exchange Securities (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such Exchange Securities are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.

Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24(a) and registering Exchange Securities in any Person’s name, including any nominee or transferee of a Person, the Company may implement such procedures as it deems appropriate to minimize the possibility that any Exchange Securities issuable pursuant to this Section 24(a) are received by Persons whose Rights are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may require (or cause the trustee of the Trust to require), as a condition thereof, that any holder of Rights provide evidence, including the identity of the Beneficial Owners thereof and their Affiliates and Associates (or former Beneficial Owners thereof and their Affiliates and Associates) as the Company shall reasonably request in order to determine if such Rights are so null and void. If any Person shall fail to comply with such request, the Company shall be entitled conclusively to deem the Rights formerly held by such Person to be null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof and not transferable or exercisable or exchangeable in connection herewith.

Any Exchange Securities issued at the direction of the Board of Directors in connection herewith shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock or Units of Company Series B Preferred Stock (as the case may be), and the Company shall be deemed to have received as consideration for such issuance a benefit having a value that is at least equal to the aggregate par value of the Exchange Securities so issued. Approval by the Board of Directors of the exchange shall constitute a determination by the Board of Directors that such consideration is adequate.

(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to Section 24(a), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Exchange Securities equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly provide public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give or any defect in such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange shall state the method by which the exchange of Exchange Securities for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.

 

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(c) In the event that the number of Exchange Securities that are authorized by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to permit any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, then the Company, at the election of the Board of Directors, shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Exchange Securities for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or shall make adequate provision to substitute, in whole or in part, (1) cash, (2) other equity securities of the Company, (3) debt securities of the Company, (4) other assets, or (5) any combination of the foregoing having an aggregate value for each Right to be exchanged equal to the per share market price of one Exchange Security (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) as of the date of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors. To the extent that the Company determines that action must be taken pursuant to the foregoing clauses of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Exchange Securities and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof.

(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Exchange Securities or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Exchange Securities. In lieu of issuing fractional Exchange Securities, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exchanged as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of one Exchange Security on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.

Section 25. Notice of Certain Events.

(a) In case the Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date:

(i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Preferred Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock (other than a regular periodic cash dividend paid out of funds legally available therefor),

(ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Preferred Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options,

(iii) to effect any reclassification of its Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock),

(iv) to effect any consolidation or merger into or with any other Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or to effect any sale or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer), in one or more transactions,

 

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of more than one-half of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or

(v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,

then, in each such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least twenty (20) days prior to the record date for determining holders of the shares of Preferred Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock, whichever shall be the earlier; provided, however, no such notice shall be required pursuant to this Section 25, if any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company effects a consolidation or merger with or into, or effects a sale or other transfer of assets, cash flow or earnings power to, any other wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company.

(b) In case any Triggering Event shall occur, then, in any such case, (i) the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event and the consequences of the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13 hereof, as the case may be, and (ii) all references in the preceding paragraph (a) to Preferred Stock shall be deemed thereafter to refer also to Company Common Stock and/or, if appropriate, other securities of the Company.

Section 26. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing and mailed or sent or delivered, if to the Company, at its address at:

LendingClub Corporation

595 Market Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attention: Brandon Pace, Corporate Secretary

 

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and if to the Rights Agent, at its address at:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn

New York City, New York 11219

United States

Attention: Ted Wiener

Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to the holder of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock) shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company.

Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. Prior to the Distribution Date, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this Agreement in any respect without the approval of any holders of certificates representing Rights or shares of Company Common Stock. From and after the Distribution Date, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order:

(i) to cure any ambiguity,

(ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, including any change to satisfy any applicable law, rule or regulation, including any trading regulation on any applicable exchange so as to allow trading of the Company’s securities thereon,

(iii) to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or

(iv) to change or supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person);

provided, however, that this Agreement may not be supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence, (A) subject to Section 31 hereof, a time period relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as the Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights (other than an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person).

Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.

 

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Prior to the Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of Company Common Stock.

Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

Section 29. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors (acting through the Independent Directors to the extent so specified herein or as the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine) shall have the exclusive power and authority, acting in its sole discretion, to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including the right and power (i) to interpret the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including a determination whether to redeem or not redeem the rights or to amend this Agreement and whether any proposed amendment adversely affects the interest of the holders of Rights Certificates). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors (or the Independent Directors, as the case may be) shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors (or the Independent Directors, as the case may be) or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights.

Section 30. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock).

Section 31. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board of Directors determines in its judgment that severing the invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of this Agreement and the Rights shall not then be redeemable, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated and shall not expire until the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day following the date of such determination by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 32. Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

(a) This Agreement, each Right and each Rights Certificate issued hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely in such State, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

(b) (i) THE COMPANY AND EACH HOLDER OF RIGHTS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR, IF SUCH COURT SHALL LACK SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. The Company and each holder of Rights acknowledge that the forum designated by this paragraph (b) has a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to such Persons’ relationship with one another.

(ii) The Company and each holder of Rights hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in paragraph (b)(i). The Company and each holder of Rights undertake not to commence any action subject to this Agreement in any forum other than the forum described in this paragraph (b). The Company and each holder of Rights agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such Persons.

Section 33. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile or other recorded electronic form counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 34. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunctions of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest. The Rights Agent shall provide the Company prompt notice as soon as practicable in the event that any such delay or failure in performance occurs and keep the Company apprised of developments and mitigation effort with respect thereto.

Section 35. Process to Seek Exemption. Any Person who desires to effect any acquisition of securities that would, if consummated, result in such Person being an Acquiring Person may, prior to the Stock Acquisition Date, request that the Company grant an exemption under this Agreement with respect to such acquisition. The Company, by action of the Independent Directors, shall respond to or make a determination whether to grant an exemption as promptly as practicable after receipt of written request therefor; provided, however, that such response may be a request to clarify or provide information with respect to the received request, and that the failure of the Company to make a request or determination shall not be deemed to constitute a grant of such exemption. Any exemption granted hereunder may be granted in whole or in part, and may be subject to limitations or conditions as the Company shall determine necessary, desirable or appropriate.

 

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Section 36. Descriptive Headings; Interpretation.

(a) The headings contained in this Agreement are for descriptive purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(b) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

LendingClub Corporation
By:   /s/ Scott Sanborn
         Name:   Scott Sanborn
         Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
By:   /s/ Michael A. Nespoli
         Name:   Michael A. Nespoli
         Title:   Executive Director

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

TO TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

FORM OF COMMON RIGHTS CERTIFICATE

 

Certificate No. ______    Common Rights

NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW). THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.

Rights Certificate

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

This certifies that ____________________, or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the registered holder thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement dated as of February 18, 2020, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”) (terms defined therein being used herein with the same meaning unless otherwise defined herein), between LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (which term shall include any successor Rights Agent under the Agreement), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, at the office of the Rights Agent, one one-thousandth of a fully paid and nonassessable share of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), of the Company at the Purchase Price initially of $48.00 per one one-thousandth share of Series B Preferred Stock (each such one one-thousandth of a share being a “Unit”), upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Election to Purchase and related certificate duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the number and kind of shares which may be purchased upon exercise thereof) and the Purchase Price per Unit set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of February 18, 2020, based on the Series B Preferred Stock as constituted at such date.

Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person or (ii) under certain circumstances described in the Agreement, a direct or indirect transferee of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, including a transferee of any person who, after such transfer, becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.

 

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In certain circumstances described in the Agreement, the Rights evidenced hereby may entitle the registered holder thereof to purchase capital stock of an entity other than the Company or receive common stock, cash or other assets, all as provided in the Agreement.

As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other securities which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events, including a Triggering Event.

This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, which terms and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Agreement. Copies of the Agreement are on file at the principal offices of the Company and of the Rights Agent.

This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to the aggregate number of Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the registered holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Company under certain circumstances at its option at a redemption price of $.001 per Right (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to the Agreement). In addition, subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the Rights may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Units of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of the Common Stock of the Company. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing any such exchange, and without any further action or any notice, the Rights (other than Rights which are not subject to such exchange) will terminate and the Rights will only enable holders to receive the shares issuable upon such exchange.

No fractional shares of Series B Preferred Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock, which may, at the election of the Company be evidenced by depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Agreement.

 

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No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Preferred Stock or of any other securities which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Agreement), or to receive dividends of subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Agreement.

This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company. Dated as of ____________

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title: President

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title: Secretary

Countersigned:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

as Rights Agent

 

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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(Form of Reverse Side of Common Rights Certificate)

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to

transfer the Rights Certificate.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto: ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ (Please print name and address of transferee) this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________ Attorney, to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution.

 

Dated: __________ __, ____
 

 

Signature
Signature Guaranteed:

Certificate

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes in (1) and (2) that:

(1) this Rights Certificate [    ] is [    ] is not being sold, assigned and transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Agreement); and

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.

 

Dated: __________ __, ____
 

 

Signature
Signature Guaranteed:

 

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NOTICE

The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an approved eligible financial institution acceptable to the Rights Agent in its sole discretion or by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program.

In the event the certification set forth above is not completed, the Company will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) and such assignment will not be honored.

 

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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed if the registered holder desires to exercise

Rights represented by the Rights Certificate.)

To: LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                                  Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the Units of Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other securities of the Company or of any other person or other property which may be issuable upon the exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such Units (or such other securities) be issued in the name of and delivered to:                                          (Please print name and address)                                                                                                                           

(Please insert social security or other identifying number).

If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:                                                                                                                (Please print name and address)                                                                                                (Please insert social security or other identifying number).

 

Dated:                        ,         
 
  Signature
  Signature Guaranteed:

 

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Certificate

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes in (1) and (2) that:

(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [    ] are [    ] are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement); and

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof.

 

Dated:                        ,         
 

Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

NOTICE

The signature in the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must conform to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an approved eligible financial institution acceptable to the Rights Agent in its sole discretion or by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program.

In the event the certification set forth above is not completed, the Company will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) and the election to purchase will not be honored.

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

TO TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

FORM OF PREFERRED A RIGHTS CERTIFICATE

 

Certificate No.                 Preferred A Rights

NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW). THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.

TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF THE RIGHTS ARE LIMITED BY THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT). PURPORTED TRANSFERS NOT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH ARE VOID.

Rights Certificate

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

This certifies that                                 , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the registered holder thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement dated as of February 18, 2020, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”) (terms defined therein being used herein with the same meaning unless otherwise defined herein), between LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (which term shall include any successor Rights Agent under the Agreement), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, at the office of the Rights Agent, one of a fully paid and nonassessable share of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of the Company at the Purchase Price initially of $4,800.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Election to Purchase and related certificate duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the number and kind of shares which may be purchased upon exercise thereof) and the Purchase Price per share set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of February 18, 2020, based on the Series A Preferred Stock as constituted at such date.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person or (ii) under certain circumstances described in the Agreement, a direct or indirect transferee of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, including a transferee of any person who, after such transfer, becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.

In certain circumstances described in the Agreement, the Rights evidenced hereby may entitle the registered holder thereof to purchase capital stock of an entity other than the Company or receive common stock, cash or other assets, all as provided in the Agreement.

As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other securities which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events, including a Triggering Event.

This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, which terms and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Agreement. Copies of the Agreement are on file at the principal offices of the Company and of the Rights Agent.

This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to the aggregate number of Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the registered holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Company under certain circumstances at its option at a redemption price of $.001 per Right (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to the Agreement). In addition, subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the Rights may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the Company. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing any such exchange, and without any further action or any notice, the Rights (other than Rights which are not subject to such exchange) will terminate and the Rights will only enable holders to receive the shares issuable upon such exchange.

No fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Agreement.

 

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No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Preferred Stock or of any other securities which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Agreement), or to receive dividends of subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Agreement.

This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company. Dated as of                         

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

By:    
  Name:
  Title: President
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Secretary

Countersigned:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

as Rights Agent

 

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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(Form of Reverse Side of Preferred A Rights Certificate)

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate in compliance with the Agreement and the Exchange Agreement.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto: ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ (Please print name and address of transferee) this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________ Attorney, to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution.

Dated:                          ,             

 

     Signature   
     Signature Guaranteed:   

Certificate

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes in (1), (2) and that:

(1) this Rights Certificate [    ] is [    ] is not being sold, assigned and transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Agreement); and

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.

The undersigned hereby also certifies that this assignment is being made with and to the same assignee as the share of Series A Preferred Stock in connection with which this Right was issued and otherwise in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and the Exchange Agreement.

 

    

Dated:                          ,             

  

 

     Signature   
     Signature Guaranteed:   

 

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NOTICE

The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an approved eligible financial institution acceptable to the Rights Agent in its sole discretion or by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program.

In the event the certification set forth above is not completed, the Company will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) and the assignment will not be honored.

 

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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed if the registered holder desires to exercise Rights represented by the Rights Certificate.)

To: LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                                        Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other securities of the Company or of any other person or other property which may be issuable upon the exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares (or such other securities) be issued in the name of and delivered to:                                                       (Please print name and address)                                                                                  

(Please insert social security or other identifying number).

If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to: _______________________________________________________________ (Please print name and address) ______________________________________ (Please insert social security or other identifying number).

 

    

Dated:                          ,             

  

 

     Signature   
     Signature Guaranteed:   

 

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Certificate

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes in (1) and (2) that:

(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [    ] are [    ] are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement); and

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof.

 

    

Dated:                          ,             

  

 

     Signature   
     Signature Guaranteed:   

NOTICE

The signature in the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must conform to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an approved eligible financial institution acceptable to the Rights Agent in its sole discretion or by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program.

In the event the certification set forth above is not completed, the Company will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) and the election to purchase will not be honored.

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO TEMORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE TEMPORARY

BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING

PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH

TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER

PROTECTION AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON

BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY

BECOME NULL AND VOID.

SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE PREFERRED STOCK

Effective February 18, 2020, the Board of Directors of LendingClub Corporation (the “Company”) (i) authorized and declared a dividend of (x) one right (a “Common Right”) for each outstanding share of Company Common Stock and (y) one right (a “Preferred A Right” and, together with the Common Rights, the “Rights”) for each outstanding share of Company Series A Preferred Stock, in each case to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 19, 2020 (the “Record Date”), and (ii) authorized the issuance of one Common Right or one Preferred A Right (as such number may be adjusted pursuant to the Protection Agreement (as defined below)) for each share of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock, respectively, issued between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date and, in some cases, through the Expiration Date (such terms, in addition to other capitalized terms herein, as defined in the Protection Agreement).

Each Common Right entitles the registered holder, subject to the terms of the Protection Agreement, to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share (a “Unit”) of Company Series B Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $48.00 per Unit, subject to adjustment. Each Preferred A Right entitles the registered holder, subject to the terms of the Protection Agreement, to purchase from the Company one share of Company Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $4,800.00 per share, subject to adjustment. The purchase price is payable in cash or by certified or bank check or money order payable to the order of the Company.

The terms of the Rights are set forth in a Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of February 18, 2020, as amended from time to time (the “Protection Agreement”). Copies of the Protection Agreement, the Certificate of Designations for the Company Series B Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Designations for the Company Series A Preferred Stock have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to a Current Report Form 8-K on or about February 19, 2020. This summary description of the Rights and the Preferred Stock does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Protection Agreement and the Certificates of Designations, including the definitions therein of certain terms, which Protection Agreement and Certificates of Designations are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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The Protection Agreement

Distribution Date. Initially, the Rights will attach to all certificates representing shares of outstanding Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock, and no separate Rights Certificates will be distributed. Subject to the provisions of the Protection Agreement, the Common Rights may separate from the Company Common Stock upon the Distributions Date. The “Distribution Date” will occur upon the earlier of (i) ten business days following a public announcement (the date of such announcement being the “Stock Acquisition Date”) (or, if the tenth business day after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the close of business on the Record Date) that a Person, acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more Persons, has acquired control over securities representing either (x) either (1) from and after the first public announcement by the Company of the closing of the Exchange pursuant to (and as defined in) the Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange”), 10% or more, or (2) until such announcement, 7.5% or more (or more than 15% for some Persons as specified in the Protection Agreement) of any class of Voting Securities of the Company or (y) 25% or more of the total equity of the Company (such Person an “Acquiring Person”), and (ii) ten business days (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors) following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a Person becoming an Acquiring Person. Any determinations under the definition of Acquiring Person shall be made by the Board of Directors and in a manner consistent with the provisions of Regulation Y and the published interpretations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the published rulings and opinions of the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System thereunder.

Until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock certificates and will be transferred with and only with such Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock certificates. Until the Distribution Date or, in the case of Company Series A Preferred Stock, the Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any certificates representing outstanding Company Common Stock or outstanding Company Series A Preferred Stock will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificates.

An “Acquiring Person” does not include certain Persons specified in the Protection Agreement.

The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the close of business on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Protection Agreement or if earlier at the time of consummation of the Relevant Transaction or under certain circumstances in connection with a transaction pursuant to a Qualified Offer, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company as described below. Under certain circumstances, as provided in the Protection Agreement, the exercisability of the Rights may be suspended.

Interests in certain Derivatives Contracts and other rights are treated as Beneficial Ownership of the number of shares of Company Common Stock equivalent to the economic exposure created by the derivative position or right. Swaps dealers unassociated with any control intent or intent to evade the purposes of the Protection Agreement are excepted from such imputed Beneficial Ownership.

 

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As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates will be mailed to holders of record of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date (and to each initial holder of certain shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock issued after the Distribution Date) and, thereafter, the separate Rights Certificates alone will represent the Rights, provided, that the Company may choose to issue Rights in book-entry form.

Flip-In. If a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then each holder of a Common Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, shares of Company Common Stock or, at the option of the Company, shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock, and each holder of a Series A Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or, in each case, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the Company) having a market price (determined as provided in the Protection Agreement) equal to two times the exercise price of the Right. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of the event set forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain circumstances specified in the Protection Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any affiliate or associate thereof (or certain transferees of any thereof) will be null and void.

Flip-Over. If, at any time following the date that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, (i) the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction and the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person merges with the Company and all or part of the Company Common Stock is converted or exchanged for securities, cash or property of the Company or any other Person or (iii) one-half or more of the Company’s assets, cash flow or earning power is sold or transferred, each holder of a Right (except Rights which previously have been voided as described above) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right.

Redemption. At any time until ten business days following the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, until ten business days following the Record Date), the Board of Directors may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.001 per Right (subject to adjustment in certain events) payable, at the election of the Board of Directors, in cash, shares of Company Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price.

Exchange. The Company may, at any time after which a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, until the time specified in the Protection Agreement, exchange all or part of the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (other than Rights that shall have become null and void) for Units or shares of Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to a one-for-one exchange ratio, subject to adjustment.

 

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No Stockholder Rights; Taxation. Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote or to receive dividends. While the distribution of the Rights will not be taxable to stockholders or to the Company, stockholders may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become exercisable for Units of Preferred Stock (or other consideration) or for common stock of the acquiring company or in the event of the redemption of Rights as set forth above.

Amendment. Any of the provisions of the Protection Agreement may be amended without the approval of the holders of the Rights or Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock at any time prior to the Distribution Date. After such date, the provisions of the Protection Agreement may be amended in order to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Protection Agreement, or to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person); provided, that no amendment shall be made to lengthen (i) the time period governing redemption at such time as the Rights are not redeemable or (ii) any other time period unless such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights.

Description of Preferred Stock

The Units of Series B Preferred Stock that may be acquired upon exercise of the Rights will be nonredeemable.

Each Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, if issued, will have a minimum preferential quarterly dividend of $0.001 per Unit or any higher per share dividend declared on the Company Common Stock; in the event of liquidation, will have a preferred liquidation payment equal to (a) $0.001 per Unit and (b) the per share amount paid in respect of a share of the Company Common Stock; will have one vote, voting together with the Company Common Stock; and in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which shares of Company Common Stock are exchanged, will be entitled to receive the per share amount paid in respect of each share of Company Common Stock.

The rights of holders of the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, liquidation and voting, and in the event of mergers and consolidations, are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

The Series A Preferred Stock is described in the Form 8-K as filed by the Company on or about February 19, 2020 under “Exchange Agreement” under item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.

 

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EXHIBIT C

TO TEMPORARY BANK CHARTER PROTECTION AGREEMENT

FORM OF

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B


CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

OF

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Sections 103, 141 and 151 thereof, does hereby certify that:

In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, in accordance with the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) and applicable law, the Board of Directors adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Preferred Stock, Series B”.

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 18, 2020, in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and the Bylaws, the Board of Directors hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the designation, voting rights, preferences, redemption rights, qualifications, privileges, limitations and restrictions and special or relative rights thereof as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Rank. (a) There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Preferred Stock, Series B” (hereinafter called the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The maximum number of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be 600,000. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank pari passu with the common stock of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), as set forth herein, and junior to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time that is not also pari passu with the Common Stock unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock as to rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation and as to rights to dividends; provided, however, that upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the preference set forth in Section 6(a).

(b) Shares of the Series B Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

 

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(c) The Series B Preferred Stock may be issued in Units or other fractions of a share, which Units or other fractions shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s Units or other fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Preferred Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) Payment of Dividends; Certain Adjustments. Each holder of one one-thousandth (1/1,000) of a share (a “Unit”) of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, (i) quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of February, May, August and November in each year (each such date being a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, in an amount per Unit (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $0.001 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends declared on shares of the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, and (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, quarterly distributions (payable in kind) on each Quarterly Dividend Payment Date in an amount per Unit equal to the aggregate per share amount of all non-cash dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise) declared on shares of Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after February 18, 2020 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which the holder of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (i)(b) or clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(c) Dividend Declaration. The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on Units of Series B Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (a) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the shares of Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.001 per Unit on the Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

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(d) Dividend Accrual. Dividends shall begin to accrue and shall be cumulative on each outstanding Unit of Series B Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issuance of a Unit of Series B Preferred Stock, unless the date of issuance of such Unit is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such Unit shall begin to accrue from the date of issuance of such Unit, or unless the date of issuance is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on Units of Series B Preferred Stock in an amount less than the aggregate amount of all such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such Units shall be allocated pro rata on a Unit-by-Unit basis among all Units of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

(e) Dividend Priority. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior, with regard to dividends, to any other series of Preferred Stock that is issued by the Corporation from time to time unless so designated in such series of Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock shall have the same priority, with regard to dividends, as the Common Stock as set forth herein.

Section 3. Certain Voting and Consent Rights. The holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a) Voting Rights. Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each Unit of Series B Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall, at any time after the Rights Declaration Date, (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per Unit to which holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(c) Class Voting. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation or as required by law, the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

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(d) No Special Voting Rights. Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

(e) Consent on Certain Amendments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time when any Units of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, neither the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation nor this Certificate of Designations shall be amended in any manner (including by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Units of Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding Units of Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose.

Section 4. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged for or converted into an amount per Unit (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is converted or exchanged.

(a) Anti-Dilution Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or conversion of Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 5. Certain Restrictions.

(a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on Units of Series B Preferred Stock as provided herein are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on outstanding Units of Series B Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of junior stock;

(ii) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, any shares of parity stock, except dividends paid ratably on Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of such Units and all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any parity stock, provided, however, that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any junior stock; or

 

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(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Units of Series B Preferred Stock, or any shares of parity stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such Units and shares of parity stock upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series and classes.

(b) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation, unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 5, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a) Distribution Restrictions. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (i) to the holders of shares of junior stock, unless the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock (a) shall have received, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in paragraph (b), $0.001 per Unit plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such payment, and (b) thereafter receive the amount equal to the aggregate per share amount to be distributed to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (ii) to the holders of shares of parity stock, unless simultaneously therewith distributions are made ratably on Units of Series B Preferred Stock and all other shares of such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled under clause (i)(a) of this sentence and to which the holders of shares of such parity stock are entitled, in each case upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

(b) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of Units of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (i)(b) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 7. Maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock shall have no maturity date and shall be perpetual.

 

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Section 8. Redemption. The Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at the option of the holder or the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing or otherwise acquiring Units of Series B Preferred Stock in voluntary transactions with the holders thereof.

Section 9. Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Corporation.

Section 10. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Corporation’s transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 11. Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as expressly set forth herein or in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or as provided by applicable law. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights.

Section 12. Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series B Preferred Stock without certificates.

Section 13. Ranking. The Units of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock and to any other class of Preferred Stock that hereafter may be issued by the Corporation as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series or class shall provide otherwise.

Section 14. Certain Definitions. As used in this resolution with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) The term “junior stock” (i) as used in Section 5, shall mean the Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation over which the Series B Preferred Stock has preference or priority as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section 6, shall mean the Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation over which the Series B Preferred Stock has preference or priority in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(b) The term “parity stock” (i) as used in Section 5, shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized or issued ranking pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section 6, shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION has caused this Certificate to be signed by Scott Sanborn, its Chief Executive Officer, this      day of             , 2020.

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
By    

 

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Exhibit 10.1

SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, dated as of February 18, 2020 (this “Agreement”), between:

(1) LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LendingClub”); and

(2) Shanda Asset Management Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Shanda”).

RECITALS

A. Concurrently herewith, LendingClub is entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among LendingClub, a wholly owned subsidiary Delaware corporation of LendingClub, and Radius Bancorp Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which the parties thereto intend to effect a strategic business combination pursuant to which LendingClub will acquire Radius Bancorp, Inc., and thereby acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, Radius Bank.

B. In light of the foregoing and various other considerations, including valuable business considerations and purposes, on the part of each of LendingClub and Shanda, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Shanda and LendingClub desire that Shanda exchange all of the 19,562,881 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of LendingClub (“Common Stock”) beneficially owned by it for (i) the Exchange Preferred Shares (as defined below) and (ii) the Cash Payment (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “Exchange”).

C. Simultaneously herewith, Tianqiao Chen has provided a letter to LendingClub to the effect that he is an affiliate of Shanda and that he and his other affiliates will comply with the obligations set forth in Section 3.5 and Section 3.6 hereof.

D. Simultaneously herewith, the parties are entering into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which LendingClub will provide Shanda with certain registration rights.

E. After due consideration, the board of directors of LendingClub has approved the Exchange and the related transactions that may be required in connection with the Exchange.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

THE EXCHANGE

Section 1.1 The Exchange. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, Shanda shall convey, transfer and deliver to LendingClub, free and clear of any Liens, 19,562,881 shares of Common Stock held at such time by Shanda (the “Exchange Common Shares”). In exchange for the Exchange Common Shares LendingClub shall (a) issue to Shanda 195,628 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Exchange Preferred Shares”) and (b) pay to Shanda in cash, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Shanda, $50,203,332.77 (the “Cash Payment”).


Section 1.2 Closing.

(a) The closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall occur on the third (3rd) Business Day following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Article IV (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at or immediately prior to the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at or immediately prior to the Closing) shall be satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement (the day on which the Closing occurs being referred to herein as the “Closing Date”). The Closing shall take place in the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, or via the exchange of electronic documents and signatures, at 10 a.m., New York time or at such other time, date or manner as the parties may jointly designate.

(b) At the Closing, Shanda shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to LendingClub all right, title and interest in and to the Exchange Common Shares and LendingClub (i) shall deliver to Shanda evidence of book-entry delivery evidencing the issuance in book entry form of the Exchange Preferred Shares that are to be issued to Shanda pursuant to Section 1.1 and (ii) shall pay the Cash Payment in accordance with Section 1.1.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of LendingClub. LendingClub hereby represents and warrants to Shanda as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date (except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.1) as follows:

(a) Organization; Standing. LendingClub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. LendingClub is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its assets or property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for any failure to be so qualified that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business or operations of LendingClub or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) LendingClub Capital Stock. As of the Execution Date, the authorized capital stock of LendingClub consists of 180,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 1,200,000 shares have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 600,000 of which have been designated as Preferred Stock, Series B, par value $0.01

 

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per share of LendingClub, shares of each of such series being reserved for possible issuance under rights pursuant to LendingClub’s Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement. As of the close of business on February 14, 2020, no more than 90,000,000 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding. The outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). The shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be issued in the Exchange, when so issued in accordance with this Agreement, will (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights (and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights and shall be free of all Liens other than as provided for in this Agreement and applicable securities Laws), and (ii) not be subject to any option, warrant, call or similar right of any person to acquire the same. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchange Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights (and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights). The Certificate of Designations has been duly adopted and authorized by LendingClub, and, when filed with, and accepted by, the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware, will be binding upon LendingClub.

(c) Power. LendingClub has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate or to cause the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) Authority. LendingClub has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and has taken all corporate action necessary for it to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. This Agreement, the Exchange, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of LendingClub and require no action on the part of LendingClub’s stockholders. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are LendingClub’s valid and legally binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles).

(e) Consents and Approvals. No notices, applications or other filings are required to be made by LendingClub with, nor are any consents, approvals, registrations, permits, expirations of waiting periods or other authorizations required to be obtained by LendingClub from, any court, tribunal, arbitral or administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any industry self-regulatory authority (a “Governmental Authority”) or any third party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement, the Exchange, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) filings required under applicable federal or state securities Laws, (ii) any application to list all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all of the Exchange Preferred Shares on the New

 

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York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware, and (iv) such other notices, applications, filings, consents, approvals, registrations, permits or expirations of waiting periods as shall not have an adverse effect on or delay the performance by LendingClub of its obligations under this Agreement.

(f) No Defaults. Subject to the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Designations, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not violate, conflict with, require a consent or approval under, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the right of termination of, accelerate the performance required by, increase any amount payable under, change the rights or obligations of a party under, cause any additional fees to be due under, or give rise to any Lien or penalty under, the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, (ii) any material contract or other instrument of LendingClub or any of its subsidiaries which is material on a consolidated basis, or by which LendingClub or any of its subsidiaries which is material on a consolidated basis is bound or affected, or to which LendingClub or any of its subsidiaries which is material on a consolidated basis or its businesses, operations, assets or properties is subject or receives benefits or (iii) assuming the accuracy of the representations made by Shanda in Section 2.2, any Law, permit or license.

(g) Sufficient Funds. LendingClub has, and will have as of the Closing, sufficient funds and liquid assets on hand to make the Cash Payment and consummate the transactions hereunder.

Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of Shanda. Shanda hereby represents and warrants to LendingClub as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date (except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.1) as follows:

(a) Organization; Standing. Shanda is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable jurisdiction) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. Shanda is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its assets or property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for any failure to be so qualified that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect with respect to Shanda’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) Power. Shanda has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate or to cause the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(c) Title to Exchange Common Shares. Shanda has good and valid title to the Exchange Common Shares and beneficially owns the Exchange Common Shares, free and clear of any Lien. As of June 20, 2016, Shanda beneficially owned 57,739,270 shares of Common Stock, and has not sold any shares of Common Stock since such date. Neither Shanda nor any of its affiliates owns, beneficially or derivatively, or has any right to acquire other than pursuant to this Agreement, any other securities of LendingClub other than the Exchange Common Shares, including any derivative contract with respect to any securities of LendingClub or any other hedging or other derivative, swap, “put-call,” margin, securities lending or other transaction that has or reasonably would be expected to have the effect of changing, limiting, arbitraging or reallocating the economic benefits and risks of ownership of any securities of LendingClub, and has not, in whole or in part, (i) assigned, transferred, hypothecated, pledged or otherwise disposed of the Exchange Common Shares or its ownership rights in the Exchange Common Shares, or (ii) given any person any transfer order or power of attorney with respect to such Exchange Common Shares.

(d) Authority. Shanda has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and has taken all corporate action necessary for it to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. This Agreement, the Exchange, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Shanda and no other corporate action on the part of Shanda is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Exchange, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are Shanda’s valid and legally binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles).

(e) Consents and Approvals. No notices, applications or other filings are required to be made by Shanda or any of its affiliates with, nor are any consents, approvals, registrations, permits, expirations of waiting periods or other authorizations required to be obtained by Shanda or any of its affiliates from, any Governmental Authority or any third party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement, the Exchange, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) filings required under applicable federal or state securities Laws or (ii) such other notices, applications, filings, consents, approvals, registrations, permits or expirations of waiting periods as shall not have an adverse effect on or delay the performance by Shanda of its obligations under this Agreement.

(f) No Defaults. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not violate, conflict with, require a consent or approval under, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the right of termination of, accelerate the performance required by, increase any amount payable under, change the rights or obligations of a party

 

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under, cause any additional fees to be due under, or give rise to any Lien or penalty under, the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) Shanda’s governing documents, (ii) any material contract or other instrument of Shanda, or by which Shanda is bound or affected, or to which Shanda or its businesses, operations, assets or properties is subject or receives benefits or (iii) assuming the accuracy of the representations made by LendingClub contained in Section 2.1, any Law, permit or license.

(g) Sophistication. Shanda, along with its affiliates, has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of making its investment decision regarding the Exchange and of making an informed investment decision. Shanda is not relying on LendingClub with respect to tax and other economic considerations of the foregoing, and Shanda has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, its own advisors.

(h) Material Nonpublic Information. Shanda hereby acknowledges receipt of an information packet entitled “Shanda Exchange Information Packet” that contains information that at the time of the Execution Date is material nonpublic information (within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities Laws) and is provided to Shanda in connection with its entering into this Agreement and effecting the Exchange. In addition, Shanda acknowledges and understands that LendingClub and its officers, directors and affiliates may possess material nonpublic information not known to Shanda that may impact the value of the Exchange Common Shares and the Exchange Preferred Shares, and that LendingClub is unable to disclose such information to Shanda. Shanda understands, based on its experience, the disadvantage to which it is subject due to the disparity of information between it and LendingClub. Notwithstanding this, Shanda has deemed it appropriate to enter into this Agreement and engage in the Exchange.

(i) Purchase for Own Account. Shanda (i) is acquiring the Exchange Preferred Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for its own account solely for investment with no present intention or plan to distribute any of the Exchange Preferred Shares to any person nor with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, (ii) acknowledges that the Exchange Preferred Shares are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, and that it will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Exchange Preferred Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities Laws, (iii) is able to bear the economic risk inherent in holding the Exchange Preferred Shares for an indefinite period, and (iv) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act).

 

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ARTICLE III

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 3.1 Further Assurances.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, LendingClub and Shanda will use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, in good faith, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable Laws, so as to permit consummation of the Exchange as promptly as practicable, including, in the case of LendingClub, causing the closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1(b), Section 4.1(c) and Section 4.2(a)(b) to be satisfied.

(b) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, LendingClub shall use its reasonable best efforts to facilitate a conversation with its transfer agent, The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and its respective successors (“DTC”) and Shanda for the purpose of providing Shanda reasonable comfort that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Exchange Preferred Shares shall be tradable, upon the approval of an application by or on behalf of LendingClub to DTC to such effect, on the DTC platform in book entry form. Shanda’s obtaining such reasonable comfort satisfactory to it shall be the “DTC Condition.” Shanda shall advise LendingClub promptly in writing at such time as it believes the DTC Condition is satisfied. LendingClub further agrees that upon Closing, that it shall thereafter use reasonable best efforts to facilitate additional conversations and instructions to LendingClub’s transfer agent and/or DTC, as necessary, to further the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Exchange Preferred Shares.

Section 3.2 Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) Prior to Closing, Shanda agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, short sell, transfer, tender, pledge, encumber, assign, or otherwise dispose of, or grant a proxy with respect to, the Exchange Common Shares, (ii) enter into or acquire a derivative contract with respect to the Exchange Common Shares or enter into any other hedging or other derivative, swap, “put-call,” margin, securities lending or other transaction that has or reasonably would be expected to have the effect of changing, limiting, arbitraging or reallocating the economic benefits and risks of ownership of the Exchange Common Shares, or (iii) otherwise enter into any contract, option or arrangement or understanding with respect to any of the activities described in clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to the Exchange Common Shares (each of (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Transfer”).

(b) Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, Shanda and its affiliates shall not be permitted hereunder to Transfer any Exchange Preferred Shares to any person which, to Shanda’s or its affiliate’s actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, has filed or would be required to file, as a result of such Transfer, a Schedule 13D (or any successor form) with respect to any securities of LendingClub until such time as there are no Exchange Preferred Shares outstanding; provided that (i) the foregoing restriction shall not apply to Shanda in the event of a widespread public offering of any Exchange Preferred Shares (or the underlying

 

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Common Stock) by Shanda, or any open market sale or sale transactions on the NYSE of any Exchange Preferred Shares (or the underlying Common Stock) by Shanda, or transactions involving any Exchange Preferred Shares (or the underlying Common Stock) through a broker-dealer where the identity of the purchaser of such securities is unknown to Shanda, and (ii) Shanda shall without limitation, be deemed to have made a reasonable inquiry if it has received a written representation from the purchaser of such Exchange Preferred Shares (or the underlying Common Stock) that such purchaser has no intent to change or influence control of LendingClub or participate in any transaction having that effect described in Rule 13d-1(c)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Section 3.3 Confidentiality.

(a) Subject to Section 3.8 and Shanda’s obligation to disclose this Agreement on an amendment to its Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within two (2) Business Days of the date hereof, Shanda agrees not to disclose this Agreement or any information regarding the Exchange until such time as LendingClub has publicly disclosed the foregoing.

(b) The letter agreement by and between Shanda Media Limited and LendingClub, dated as of January 10, 2020 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), shall terminate upon the public announcement by LendingClub of this Agreement; provided, that LendingClub’s obligations and Shanda’s rights with respect to the disclosure of MNPI (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 3.4 Restrictive Shares and Legends.

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Exchange Preferred Shares may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state, federal or foreign securities Laws. All certificates or other instruments representing the Exchange Preferred Shares subject to this Agreement will bear a legend substantially to the following effect (the “Private Placement Legend”) and appropriate transfer restrictions may be issued to LendingClub’s transfer agent:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.

(b) Upon Shanda’s request, upon receipt by LendingClub of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to LendingClub to the effect that such legend is no longer required under the Securities Act or applicable state Laws, as the case may be, LendingClub shall promptly cause the Private Placement Legend to be removed from any certificate for any Exchange Preferred Shares to be so transferred.

 

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Section 3.5 Certain Restrictions.

(a) Shanda agrees that, from the Closing Date until the date that neither it nor any of its affiliates any longer holds any securities of LendingClub, including Exchange Preferred Shares, Shanda shall not, and shall cause each of its affiliates not to, in each case directly or indirectly, in any manner:

(1) other than pursuant to this Agreement, acquire or offer to acquire, seek, propose or agree to acquire or seek to acquire, by means of purchase, tender or exchange offer, business combination or in any other manner, beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(1) of the Exchange Act but also including for these purposes the ownership, control or power to vote for bank regulatory purposes) or constructive economic ownership, including through any security, contract right or derivative position the value of which to the “owner” increases with an increase in the value of any equity securities (or other securities derived from the value of any equity securities) of LendingClub, without regard to any hedge that may have been entered into with respect to such position, of (i) any voting securities of LendingClub for bank regulatory purposes that would cause Shanda’s and its affiliates’ aggregate beneficial and constructive ownership of voting securities of LendingClub (including for these purposes the ownership, control or power to vote such securities for bank regulatory purposes) to represent more than 9.9% of the total voting interest of all outstanding voting securities of LendingClub or (ii) any securities (whether or not such securities are voting securities for bank regulatory purposes) of LendingClub that would cause Shanda’s and its affiliates’ aggregate beneficial and constructive ownership of securities of LendingClub (including for these purposes the ownership, control or power to vote such securities for bank regulatory purposes) representing more than 24.9% of LendingClub’s total equity for bank regulatory purposes;

(2) acquire “control” (including through the triggering of a regulatory presumption of “control”) of LendingClub for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended; or

(3) take any action that would require Shanda or any of its affiliates to be required to make any filings or provide any information or commitments in connection with LendingClub’s establishment or ownership of a de novo depository institution subsidiary or acquisition or ownership of a depository institution or obtaining any regulatory approvals in connection therewith.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Shanda shall not be deemed to have breached or violated any of its obligations under this Section 3.5 by virtue of (i) having consummated the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) Shanda’s ownership, in and of itself, of the Exchange Preferred Shares or (iii) the consummation of any Permissible Transfer (as defined in the Certificate of Designations).

 

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Section 3.6 Support of Depository Institution Charter Initiative. Shanda shall, and shall cause its affiliates to, (a) take no action inconsistent with LendingClub’s initiative to either establish and own a de novo depository institution or to acquire and own a depository institution; provided, however, that so long as Shanda and its affiliates have not breached or violated any of their obligations under Section 3.5(a)(2) and Section 3.5(a)(3), Shanda and its affiliates shall have no obligation to make any filings or provide any information or commitments, or to take any actions or omit to take any actions, in connection with LendingClub’s or any of its affiliates’ establishment and ownership of a de novo depository institution or acquisition of a depository institution or obtaining any regulatory approvals in connection therewith, and (b) adhere to a mutually agreed upon response with LendingClub if asked for comment on the Exchange and the transactions contemplated hereby and/or LendingClub’s establishment and ownership of a de novo depository institution or acquisition of a depository institution.

Section 3.7 Repurchases; Tender Offers.

(b) Following the Closing, Shanda agrees to participate on a pro rata basis in any stock redemption, repurchase or buyback program initiated by LendingClub to the extent that such participation is necessary to comply with the limitations on ownership of LendingClub’s equity securities set forth in Section 3.5(a)(1); provided, however, that Shanda shall not be required or obligated to sell any equity securities to LendingClub in any such program at a price per security less than Shanda’s per security basis in such equity securities as of immediately prior to the Exchange.

(c) In light of the fact that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock under certain circumstances upon the sale, disposition or transfer to a non-affiliate of the holder of such Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in the Certificate of Designations, following the Closing, LendingClub agrees that it shall not commence or, subject to the fiduciary duties of the board of directors of LendingClub and compliance with applicable securities Laws, recommend any tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock unless the offeror with respect thereto shall have offered the same consideration per share to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (on an as-converted basis) as such offeror is offering to the holders of the Common Stock.

Section 3.8 Material Nonpublic Information. LendingClub agrees to either (a) disclose on or prior to the Closing Date all material nonpublic information (within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities Laws) that has been provided to Shanda or its representatives at or prior to such time, including this Agreement or any information regarding the Exchange or contained in the information packet entitled “Shanda Exchange Information Packet” or (b) provide a written representation to Shanda that all information that has been, or will be, furnished by LendingClub to Shanda on or prior to the Closing Date does not constitute material nonpublic information.

 

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Section 3.9 Initial Statements. The parties shall share their initial press releases (if any) with each other and LendingClub shall share with Shanda any Current Report on Form 8-K that it elects to file with the SEC regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or relevant portion of any script for an earnings statement in advance of any such publication or filing and each party shall reasonably and in good faith consider any comments the other party may make with respect to any such press release or filing.

ARTICLE IV

CLOSING CONDITIONS

Section 4.1 Conditions to Each Partys Obligation to Effect the Exchange. The respective obligation of each of LendingClub and Shanda to consummate the Exchange is subject to the fulfillment or written waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by LendingClub and Shanda at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

(a) No Injunction. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and prohibits consummation of the Exchange or the transactions provided for herein or in the Registration Rights Agreement. No Law or order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Authority which prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Exchange or the transactions provided for herein or in the Registration Rights Agreement.

(b) Certificate of Designations. The Certificate of Designations shall have been duly executed by LendingClub and duly filed with, and certified by, the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

(c) Listing Application. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that shall be issuable by LendingClub upon conversion of all the Exchange Preferred Shares shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

Section 4.2 Conditions to the Obligation of Shanda. Shanda’s obligation to consummate the Exchange is also subject to the fulfillment or written waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by Shanda at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

(a) Secretary’s Certificate. Shanda shall have received a written certificate executed by the secretary of LendingClub, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(1) the representations and warranties of LendingClub set forth in Section 2.1 were true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Execution Date and are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is qualified as to

 

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materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect, as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and

(2) LendingClub has complied in all material respects (except to the extent that any such agreement is qualified by materiality, in which case it shall have been complied with in all respects) with all the agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date

(b) DTC Condition. If the Closing is to occur prior to the day set forth in Section 5.1(c), Shanda shall be satisfied in its discretion that the DTC Condition is satisfied as set forth in Section 3.1(b).

Section 4.3 Conditions to the Obligation of LendingClub. LendingClub’s obligation to consummate the Exchange is also subject to the fulfillment or written waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by LendingClub at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

(a) Secretary’s Certificate. LendingClub shall have received a written certificate executed by an authorized officer of Shanda, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(1) the representations and warranties of Shanda set forth in Section 2.2 were true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Execution Date and are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect, as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and

(2) Shanda has complied in all material respects (except to the extent that any such agreement is qualified by materiality, in which case it shall have been complied with in all respects) with all the agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

ARTICLE V

TERMINATION

Section 5.1 Termination Events. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

(a) by mutual written agreement of LendingClub and Shanda;

 

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(b) by either LendingClub or Shanda, upon written notice to the other party, in the event that the Closing does not occur on or before 5:00 pm (NY time) on March 19, 2020; provided, however, that the respective right of each such party to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.1(b) shall not be available to a party whose failure to fulfill any material obligation under this Agreement shall have been the principal cause of, or principally resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to such date (for purposes of this Section 5.1(b) an obligation of LendingClub with respect to the DTC Condition shall only constitute a breach if LendingClub’s failure to use the efforts described in Section 3.1(b) is willful and intentional); or

(c) by Shanda upon written notice to LendingClub, on or prior to the twenty-first (21st) day following the conversation between the parties and DTC contemplated by Section 3.1(b) if Shanda is not reasonably satisfied that the DTC Condition has been satisfied and the notice states as such.

Section 5.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 5.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any party or their respective affiliates, directors, officers or employees, except that (a) this Section 5.2, Section 3.3, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 5.5 and Article VI shall survive such termination and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination, including any intentional failure of a party to fulfill a condition to the performance of its obligations hereunder.

Section 5.3 Expense Reimbursement. In the event this Agreement is terminated (a) by Shanda pursuant to Section 5.1(c) or (b) by either Shanda or LendingClub pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and at the time of such termination (i) the condition set forth in Section 4.2(b) has not been satisfied and (ii) the other conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, those conditions that by their nature cannot be satisfied other than at Closing) shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement, then, in each case, LendingClub shall, promptly reimburse Shanda for all documented out-of-pocket third-party costs, fees and expenses incurred by Shanda in connection with due diligence and the negotiation, preparation, and performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and all other agreements and transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including fees and expenses of attorneys, consultants and other advisers incurred by or on behalf of Shanda in connection therewith (such reimbursement to be made promptly and in any event within three (3) Business Days of delivery of documentation evidencing such costs, fees and expenses) (the “Expense Reimbursement Amount”).

Section 5.4 Termination Fee. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by (a) Shanda pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or (b) LendingClub pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and at the time of such termination Shanda would have been entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1(b), and at the time of such termination pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) in this Section 5.4 (A) the condition to the obligations of the parties to consummate the

 

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Exchange and the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.1(a) shall have been satisfied, and (B) the circumstances described in Section 5.3 shall not have occurred, then within three (3) Business Days following such termination, LendingClub shall pay to Shanda, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Shanda in writing, cash in an amount equal to $5,020,226.60 (the “Termination Fee”).

Section 5.5 Liquidated Damages. Each party acknowledges that the agreements contained in Section 5.3 and Section 5.4 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In the event that LendingClub shall fail to pay the Expense Reimbursement Amount or Termination Fee when due, then LendingClub shall reimburse Shanda for all reasonable expenses actually incurred or accrued by Shanda (including reasonable expenses of counsel) in connection with the collection under and enforcement of Section 5.3 and Section 5.4. The parties hereto agree and understand that in no event shall LendingClub be required to pay an Expense Reimbursement Amount or a Termination Fee on more than one occasion and if an Expense Reimbursement Amount is paid there shall be no obligation to pay a Termination Fee and if a Termination Fee is paid there shall be no obligation to pay an Expense Reimbursement Amount. The parties acknowledge and agree that the payment of the Termination Fee or the Expense Reimbursement Amount, as the case may be, as contemplated hereby shall constitute payment of liquidated damages and not a penalty and that such Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement Amount is reasonable in light of the substantial but indeterminate harm anticipated to be caused by LendingClub’s failure to consummate the Exchange and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the difficulty of proof of loss and damages, the inconvenience and non-feasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy and the value of the transactions to be consummated hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the payment in full to Shanda of the Termination Fee (in the event of a termination of this Agreement in the circumstances described in Section 5.4) or the Expense Reimbursement Amount (in the event of a termination in the circumstances described in Section 5.3) shall, in each case, be the sole and exclusive remedy of Shanda in such circumstances, and LendingClub shall not have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing and shall not be limited or deemed waived by any investigation or knowledge by the party benefitting therefrom prior to or after the date hereof.

 

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Section 6.2 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications given or made under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given when personally delivered, electronically transmitted (with delivery receipt) or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the persons and addresses set forth below or such other place as such party may specify by notice:

If to LendingClub:

LendingClub Corporation

595 Market Street

Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attention: Brandon Pace

Email: bpace@lendingclub.com

with a copy to:

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Mark J. Menting

Email: mentingm@sullcrom.com

and

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attention: Kenton J. King and Thomas J. Ivey

Email: Kenton.King@skadden.com and

Thomas.Ivey@skadden.com

If to Shanda, to:

Shanda Investment Group Ltd

2735 Sand Hill Road, Suite 140

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Tianqiao Chen, Founder, Chairman & CEO and Jason Soncini

Email: ctq@shanda.com and jason.soncini@shanda.com

 

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with a copy to:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

One World Financial Center

New York, NY 10281

Attention: Richard M. Brand and Andrew P. Alin

Email: Richard.Brand@cwt.com and Andrew.Alin@cwt.com

Section 6.3 Extension; Waiver. Each party hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

Section 6.4 Amendment. This Agreement (including all exhibits thereto) may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, only by written agreement making specific reference to the applicable provision to be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, in each case duly executed by the parties thereto.

Section 6.5 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or otherwise breached. Accordingly, the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof (including the parties’ obligation to consummate the Exchange), in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled in law or at equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

Section 6.6 Governing Law; Venue.

(a) This Agreement is governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within that state and without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

(b) All judicial proceedings brought against the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any obligations hereunder, shall be brought in the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States of America located in the State of Delaware. Any process against the parties hereto in, or in connection with, any proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be

 

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served personally or by certified mail at the addresses set forth in (or pursuant to) Section 6.2 with the same effect as though served on it personally, and the parties hereto agree that such service constitutes effective and binding service in every respect. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States of America located in the State of Delaware for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party hereto further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in such courts, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient (or substantially less convenient) forum or that such party is not subject to personal jurisdiction in such court.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 6.7.

Section 6.8 Entire Understanding; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, together with the Certificate of Designations, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto regarding the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes any and all other oral or written agreements or understandings previously made or purported to be made with respect to the subject matter hereof. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies hereunder.

Section 6.9 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under it may be assigned by either of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party, and any attempted or purported assignment in violation of this Section 6.9 will be null and void; provided that this Agreement (including the rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement) may be assigned by LendingClub by operation of any consolidation, merger or similar transaction of LendingClub, it being understood and agreed that no such assignment will relieve LendingClub of any of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

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Section 6.10 No Other Representations or Warranties.

(a) Except for the representations and warranties made by LendingClub in Section 2.1, neither LendingClub nor any other person, makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to LendingClub or its businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and LendingClub hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, neither LendingClub nor any other person, makes or has made any representation or warranty to Shanda or any of their respective affiliates or directors, officers, employees, legal or financial advisors or any representatives of such legal or financial advisors with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to LendingClub or its businesses, or (ii) except for the representations and warranties made by LendingClub in Section 2.1, any oral or written information presented to Shanda or any of their respective affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, legal or financial advisors or any representatives of such legal or financial advisors in the course of their due diligence investigation of LendingClub, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions contemplated hereby. LendingClub acknowledges and agrees that neither Shanda nor any other person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty other than those contained in Section 2.2.

(b) Except for the representations and warranties made by Shanda in Section 2.2, neither Shanda nor any other person, makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Shanda, or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and Shanda hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. Shanda acknowledges and agrees that neither LendingClub nor any other person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty other than those contained in Section 2.1.

Section 6.11 Interpretation; Construction.

(a) In this Agreement, except as context may otherwise require, references: (i) to the Recitals, Sections, or Exhibits are to a Recital to or Section of, or Exhibit to, this Agreement; to this Agreement are to this Agreement, and the Exhibit to it, taken as a whole; to the transactions contemplated hereby include the transactions provided for in this Agreement, including the Exchange; to any agreement (including this Agreement), contract, statute or regulation are to the agreement, contract, statute or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time (in the case of an agreement or contract, to the extent permitted by the terms thereof); to any section of any statute or regulation include any successor to the section and, in the case of any statute, any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; and to “dollars” or “$” are to United States dollars; (ii) to the words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar terms are to be deemed to refer to this Agreement as

 

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a whole and not to any specific Section; (iii) to the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are to be deemed followed by the words “without limitation”; (iv) to the article and section headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit or otherwise affect any of the substance of this Agreement; and (v) to the words “to the extent” when used in this Agreement shall mean “the degree by which” and not merely “if.”

(b) This Agreement is the product of an arm’s-length negotiation by sophisticated parties, each having the assistance of counsel and other advisers. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to require any person to take any action, or fail to take any action, if to do so would violate applicable Law.

Section 6.12 Definitions.

(a) This Agreement uses the following definitions:

(1) “affiliate” means, with respect to a person, those other persons that, directly or indirectly, control, are controlled by or under common control with, such person; for purposes of this definition, “control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” or “under common control with”), as applied to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that person, through the ownership of at least 10% of the voting securities or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, affiliates of Shanda shall include Shanda Group USA Limited, Shanda Technology Overseas Capital Company Limited, Shanda Investment Group Limited and Tianqiao Chen. To the extent that this Agreement references an affiliate of a party, it shall be the obligation of such party to cause such affiliate to take or refrain from any referenced action or requirement.

(2) “Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are authorized or required by Law or executive order to be closed in San Francisco, California or New York, New York.

(3) “control” means, as to any person, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled by”, “controlled”, “under common control with” and “controlling” shall have correlative meanings.

(4) “Execution Date” means the date hereof.

(5) “Law” means any foreign, federal, state, and local law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, award, writ, decree, directive or injunction issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

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(6) “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, easement, declaration, restriction, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, option, equity interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, participation interest, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever relating to that property, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing.

(7) “person” is to be interpreted broadly to include any individual, savings association, bank, trust company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust or unincorporated organization

(8) “Series A Preferred Stock” means the Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share, of LendingClub, having the designations, relative rights, other preferences and limitations set forth in a Certificate of Designations in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and which are mandatorily convertible in certain circumstances when owned by a person other than Shanda or any affiliate of Shanda into 19,562,800 shares of Common Stock.

Section 6.13 Costs and Expenses. Each party shall pay its own respective costs and expenses, including any commission or finder’s fee to any broker, finder or financial advisor, incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement. In connection with any breach of a representation and warranty, or an alleged breach of a representation and warranty, the beneficiary of such representation and warranty shall be, in connection with any third party claim which implicates such representation or warranty, entitled to prompt receipt from the other party of its costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in defending such claim.

Section 6.14 Withholding Certificate. At least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Shanda shall deliver to LendingClub an accurate, complete and signed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8.

Section 6.15 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, recording, value added, registration and other similar taxes and all conveyance fees, recording fees and other similar charges that may be imposed or assessed as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, together with any interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties, shall be borne by Shanda.

Section 6.16 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction such that the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion thereof shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.

 

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Section 6.17 Delivery by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement, and any amendments or waivers hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such amendment or instrument shall raise the use of e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file to deliver a signature to this Agreement or any amendment hereto or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file as a defense to the formation of a contract and each party hereto forever waives any such defense.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed, or caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.

 

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Scott Sanborn
Name:   Scott Sanborn
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

SHANDA ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LTD
By:   /s/ Tianqiao Chen
Name:   Tianqiao Chen
Title:   Director

 

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Exhibit A

Certificate of Designations of Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A, of LendingClub

Exhibit 10.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 18, 2020, is made and entered into by and among LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Shanda Asset Management Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Shanda”, and together with any other parties listed on the signature pages hereto and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and, each, a “Holder”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and Shanda have entered into that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which Shanda will exchange all 19,562,881 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), held by it for certain cash consideration and 195,628 shares of the Company’s newly issued Mandatorily Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share (“Series A Stock”), which when transferred to a third-party unaffiliated with Shanda will, in the aggregate, convert to 19,562,800 shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Exchange Agreement, the Company and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Demand Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.


Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

Form S-1” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available.

Form S-3” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement that may be available.

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Losses” shall have the meaning given Section 4.1.1.

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.4.

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

Participating Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.3.

Permitted Transferees” shall mean with respect to a Holder, each other person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Holder; provided that no Holder shall be deemed a Permitted Transferee of any other Holder by reason of an investment in, or holding of Common Stock (or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock) of, the Company. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or other agreement).

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) the Conversion Shares which may be issuable upon conversion of the Series A Stock in the future, (b) any outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company held by a Holder from time to time and (c) any other equity security of the Company sold or issued or issuable with respect to any such share of Common Stock by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities: (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective

 

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under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) when such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) when such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (iv) upon the second anniversary of the time when such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect) promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations).

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out of pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

(a) all registration, listing, qualification and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

(b) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

(c) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

(d) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

(e) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred in connection with such Registration;

(f) fees and expenses of the Company and the Underwriter(s) relating to “road show” investor presentations; and

(g) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the Holders in connection with a Shelf Registration or the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration not to exceed $50,000 (not including any reasonable and out-of-pocket costs of the Holders incurred in connection with the exercise by the Company of its rights to delay the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.4) for each such applicable Registration.

Registration Statement” shall mean any Demand Registration Statement, Piggyback Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be.

 

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Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Registrationshall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Shelf Registration Statementshall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS

2.1 Initial Shelf Registration.

2.1.1 With respect to all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders, the Company shall (a) as promptly as practicable prepare and file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) as permitted by Rule 415 of the Securities Act (or such other similar rule as is then applicable) for the public resale of such Registrable Securities then outstanding on a delayed or continuous basis (the “Shelf Registration”), and (b) to the extent that such Shelf Registration Statement has not theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically effective upon such filing, use reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become and be declared effective by the Commission not later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) and in any event as soon as practicable after such filing. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause each Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1 to be continuously effective, supplemented, amended or replaced to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for the resale of all Registrable Securities by the Holders until the earlier of (i) all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement having been distributed in the manner set forth and as contemplated in such Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) there no being longer any Registrable Securities outstanding. So long as the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) at the time of filing of the Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission, such Shelf Registration Statement shall be designated by the Company as an automatic Shelf Registration Statement.

2.1.2 If, at any time, a Shelf Registration ceases to be effective, the Company shall use its best efforts to file and use its reasonable best efforts to cause to become effective a new “evergreen” Shelf Registration Statement providing for an offering to be made on a continuous basis of all of the Registrable Securities of the Holders. Such Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed on Form S-3 or, if Form S-3 is unavailable to the Company, on Form S-1 following a Demand Registration in the manner contemplated by Section 2.2.

 

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2.1.3 Upon the written request of a Holder, the Company will file and seek the effectiveness of a post-effective amendment to an existing Shelf Registration in order to register up to the number of shares previously removed from such Shelf Registration by such Holder and not “reloaded” onto such Shelf Registration.

2.2 Demand Registration.

2.2.1 Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, if the Company is ineligible to use a Shelf Registration Statement or if the Shelf Registration Statement is otherwise unavailable to the Company, the Holders (the “Demanding Holders”) may make a written demand that the Company promptly prepare and file a Registration Statement (a “Demand Registration Statement) under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities having an anticipated aggregate offering price of the lesser of (a) the value of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holder and (b) $20,000,000, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of security to be included in such Demand Registration Statement and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, which may include delayed distribution pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities, if any, of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) business days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s), such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration and the Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holder(s) and Requesting Holder(s) pursuant to such Demand Registration, including by filing a Demand Registration Statement relating thereto as soon as practicable, but not more than thirty (30) days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration. Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to obtain effectiveness of more than two (2) Demand Registration Statements under this Section 2.2.1 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities within any twelve (12) month period.

2.2.2 Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.2.1 above, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration (for the purposes of the limitation contained in the final sentence of Section 2.1.1) unless and until (i) the Demand Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto, and (iii) the Demand Registration Statement has remained effective for the period set forth in Section 3.1.1; provided, further, that if, after such Demand Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency, then the Demand Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Demand Registration Statement until the Demand Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.

 

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2.2.3 Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the Holders participating in a Registration (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis) so advise the Company that the offering of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration (whether it be a Shelf Registration or Demand Registration) shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of each participating Holder (each “Participating Holder”) to include their Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Participating Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Participating Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Participating Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this Section 2.2.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis) of the Participating Holders.

2.2.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Participating Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Participating Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without having a material adverse effect on the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Participating Holders (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each such Participating Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all such Participating Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

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2.3 Piggyback Registration.

2.3.1 Piggyback Rights. If, at any time when a Shelf Registration covering all Registrable Securities is not effective, and the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company, other than (i) a Registration Statement for an offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, including a rights offering, (ii) a Registration Statement for an offering of warrants, units, preferred stock or debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iii) a registration statement on Form S-4 or any successor form for securities to be offered in a transaction of the type referred to in Rule 145 under the Securities Act or (iv) a registration statement on Form S-8 for an offering to employees of the Company pursuant to any employee benefit plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than twenty (20) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement (the “Piggyback Registration Statement”), which notice shall (a) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (b) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within ten (10) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration, a “Piggyback Registration” and each Holder desiring to have their Registrable Securities so registered, “Participating Piggyback Holders”). The Company shall cause all such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Participating Piggyback Holders to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Piggyback Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All Participating Piggyback Holders shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company. If any Participating Piggyback Holder disapproves of the terms of the Underwritten Offering, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the Underwriter(s).

2.3.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Participating Piggy-Back Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with the amount of Registrable Securities requested by the Participating Piggy-Back Holders to be included in the Piggy-Back Registration as well as the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

(a) If the Piggy-Back Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (i) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of the Participating Piggy-Back Holders (pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Participating Piggy-Back Holder

 

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proposes to Register and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all the Participating Piggyback Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration) which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

(b) If the Registration is initiated by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (i) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such initiating persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of the Participating Piggyback Holders (pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Participating Piggyback Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all the Participating Piggyback Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration) which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

(c) The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights of priority provided in Section 2.3.2 above.

2.3.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. The Company may withdraw a Piggyback Registration Statement filed with the Commission at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Piggyback Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.3.

2.4 Restrictions on Registration Rights. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article II or any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to delay the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2 hereof if the Company has notified the Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, such Registration would require the premature disclosure of material non-public information, the premature disclosure of which would be materially detrimental to the Company, in which event

 

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the Company shall have the right to defer such Registration for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of such Holders; provided, that such right to delay a Registration shall be exercised by the Company (a) only if the Company has generally exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar black-out rights against holders of similar securities that have registration rights, if any, and (b) not more than twice in any twelve (12) month period and not more than ninety (90) days in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month period. The Company shall promptly give the Holders written notice of such determination containing a general statement of the reasons for such postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. The Company, if Registrable Securities have been registered, pursuant to a Registration Statement in accordance with this Agreement or otherwise, will promptly notify the Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of a delay, suspension or withdrawal pursuant to this Section 2.4. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event during the period the Registration Statement is effective which is of a type specified in the second preceding sentence or as a result of which the Registration Statement or related Prospectus contains any Misstatement, the Holders agree that they will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement (until they receive copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus that corrects the Misstatements (and the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as promptly as practicable) and receive notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective, or are notified by the Company that they may resume such offers and sales). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall bear all reasonable and out-of-pocket costs of the Holders incurred in connection with the exercise by the Company of its rights to delay the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.4.

2.5 Cooperation with Holders. The Company shall keep the Holders reasonably informed regarding filings made pursuant to this Section 2, including by, to the extent reasonably practicable, providing the Holders with an opportunity to review and comment on such filings in advance of their submission to the Commission. The plan of distribution in any Shelf Registration Statement will provide as much flexibility as is reasonably possible.

2.6 Unlimited Shelf and Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Shelf Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.1 or Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall not be counted (for the purposes of the limitation contained in the final sentence of Section 2.2.1) as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.2 hereof.

 

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ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

3.1 General Procedures. If at any time the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as promptly as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in the case of a Shelf Registration for the period contemplated by Section 2.1.1 or otherwise until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or cease to exist; provided, however, that before filing such Registration Statement or any amendments thereto (for purposes of this subsection, amendments shall not be deemed to include any filing that the Company is required to make pursuant to the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish the representatives of the Holders copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel.

3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the majority-in-interest (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis) of the Holders with Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

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3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

3.1.6 provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement and procure the cooperation of the Company’s transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical stock certificates into book-entry form (or vice-versa) in accordance with any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or the underwriters;

3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal, if such stop order should be issued, at the earliest possible time;

3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel;

3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

3.1.10 notify the Holders at any time (a) when such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective, (b) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein, and (c) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

3.1.11 permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense (subject to Section 3.2), in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

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3.1.12 obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis) of the participating Holders, and if such Registrable Securities are not being sold through Underwriters, then addressed to the participating Holders (but only if such accountants agree to deliver such letters to such participating Holders);

3.1.13 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.14 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, (a) enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, scope and substance, with the managing Underwriter of such offering, (b) enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, (c) make such representations and warranties to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the managing Underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary form, substance and scope, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, and (d) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by majority-in-interest of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis) being sold in connection therewith, their counsel and the managing Underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties in the foregoing clause (c);

3.1.15 otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act generally available to the Holders no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of any twelve (12) month period (or ninety (90) days, if such period is a fiscal year) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold;

3.1.16 in connection with any Underwritten Offering, make appropriate officers of the Company available to the selling security holders for meetings with prospective purchasers of the Registrable Securities and prepare and present to potential investors customary “road show” material in each case in accordance with the recommendations of the Underwriters and in all respects in a manner consistent with other new issuances of securities in an offering of a similar size to such offering of the Registrable Securities;

3.1.17 make reasonably available for inspection by the representatives of the Holders, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such representative or any such Underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative or any such Underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Registration;

 

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3.1.18 furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits (including those, if any, incorporated by reference); and

3.1.19 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (a) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (b) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, that, (i) all participants in such Underwritten Offering are required to enter into substantially similar agreements and documents, as the case may be, and (ii) no such participant shall be required to make any representations or warranties or give any indemnities other than those related to title and ownership of, and power and authority to transfer, shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Company or the managing Underwriter(s) by such participant pertaining exclusively to such participant and expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document.

3.4 Suspension of Sales. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as promptly as practicable after the time of such notice), or until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. To the extent that the Company provides such written notice and exercises such right of suspension, the total number of days that any such suspension may be in effect in any twelve (12) month period shall not exceed ninety (90) days. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.

 

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3.5 Reporting Obligations; Rule 144. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (including Sections 13(a) or 15(d) thereof). The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions, (a) at all times after any Registration Statement covering securities of the Company shall have become effective, the Company agrees to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and (b) upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder forthwith upon request a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any Registrable Securities without registration.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1 Indemnification.

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) or participating person within the meaning of the Securities Act against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) (“Losses”) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act or any amendments or supplements thereto) or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each such Holder, such Holder’s directors, officers and agents, such participating person or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses, liability or action; except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 

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4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all Losses resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in connection with such Registration; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement (and shall not in any event exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement). The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (a) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (b) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel and more than one local counsel in any jurisdiction for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.

 

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4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: 595 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94105, Attention: General Counsel, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address or facsimile number as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

 

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5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

5.2.2 Subject to Section 5.2.5, any Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any of its Permitted Transferees.

5.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and Permitted Transferees.

5.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.

5.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof to a Permitted Transferee and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

5.4 Governing Law; Venue.

5.4.1 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION .

5.4.2 All judicial proceedings brought against the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any obligations hereunder, shall be brought in the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States of America located in the State of Delaware. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States of America located in the State of Delaware for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party hereto further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in such courts, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been

 

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brought in an inconvenient (or substantially less convenient) forum or that such party is not subject to personal jurisdiction in such court. WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND RELEASES TO THE OTHER ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.

5.5 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question (treating all shares of Series A Stock on an as-converted basis), compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of the Company, in a manner that is different in any respect (other than in a de minimis respect) from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

5.6 Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the date that neither such Holder nor any of its Permitted Transferees holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.

5.7 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

5.8 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, which is inconsistent in any material respects with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ Scott Sanborn
 

 

Name: Scott Sanborn

  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
HOLDER:
SHANDA ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED,
a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands
/s/ Tianqiao Chen

Name: Tianqiao Chen

Title:   Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

Exhibit 99.1

LENDINGCLUB ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF RADIUS BANK

First U.S. Fintech to Announce Acquisition of a Bank, Now Poised to Reimagine Banking

Enhancing LendingClub’s Ability to Serve its Members, Grow its Market Opportunity, Increase and Diversify Earnings, and Provide Resilience and Regulatory Clarity

Board Adopts a Temporary Stockholder Rights Plan to Protect Bank Charter Initiative

Transaction will be Discussed during the Company’s Q4 and Full Year Earnings Call and Webcast Today at 2pm PT

San Francisco, CA – February 18, 2020 – LendingClub Corporation (NYSE:LC), America’s largest online lending marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Radius Bancorp, and its wholly owned subsidiary Radius Bank, (together “Radius”) recently voted the nation’s best online bank1 in a cash and stock transaction valued at $185 million. Combining Radius and LendingClub will create a digitally native marketplace bank at scale with the power to deliver an integrated customer experience, enabling consumers to both pay less when borrowing and earn more when saving.

Radius is a leading online bank founded in 1987 and based in Boston, MA, with more than $1.4 billion in diversified assets. It is known for its award-winning, branchless digital banking platform that combines state-of-the-art technology with the best checking and savings account features to provide a superior banking experience for consumers and small businesses. Its platform provides convenient features such as check deposit, bill pay, card management, and a personal financial management dashboard, as well as open APIs to offer “banking-as-a-service” (BaaS) functionality to leading fintechs. In addition, the company offers commercial lending options for businesses, and treasury management services for pension funds, unions, municipalities, and non-profit organizations.

LendingClub is the number one provider of personal loans in the country, facilitating more than $12.3 billion in loans in 2019. With a proven 14-year track record of improving customers’ financial health, the company has helped its over three million members to save money versus their high interest credit card debt.

 

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https://www.bankrate.com/banking/best-online-banks/

 

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“This is a transformational transaction that allows us to reimagine banking in a way that is free from legacy practices and systems and where the success of LendingClub is aligned with the success of our customers,” said Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub. “By combining with Radius, we will create a category-defining experience for our members that will dramatically enhance the resilience and earnings trajectory of our business.”

“LendingClub has always been a fintech innovator, and I look forward to leveraging the strengths of both of our talented teams as we usher in a new era in banking,” said Mike Butler, Radius’ President and CEO. “We are excited for our employees to operate our virtual banking platform with more resources and for our clients to gain access to an industry-leading lending product. This is a perfect marriage, with LendingClub bringing the leading digital asset generation platform, and Radius contributing a leading online deposit gathering platform, to position the combined company for long-term success.”

Additional compelling strategic and financial benefits of the transaction include that it will:

 

   

Diversify and increase earnings by capturing the sizeable revenue opportunity that is currently being absorbed by issuing banks, reducing the use of high-cost warehouse lines, and generating additional and recurring net interest income;

 

   

Enhance resiliency over the economic cycle by offering a source of low-cost, stable funding;

 

   

Deliver regulatory clarity through a direct relationship with a primary regulator;

 

   

Attract new members through the addition of banking services that leverage LendingClub’s marketing strength;

 

   

Offer new products, services and resources through an expanded BaaS offering to better serve partners; while increasing the cross-sell power for Radius clients to gain access to lending products; and

 

   

Increase engagement with existing LendingClub members to help them manage their cash flow and earn savings, while generating more data to inform underwriting and help consumers progress on a path to better financial health.

The combined entity expects to be substantially accretive with a cash payback of the purchase price premium and all costs in two years. The purchase price is subject to certain adjustments set forth in the definitive agreement, and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the next twelve to fifteen months with benefits starting to materialize immediately after close.

 

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Further, to facilitate compliance with federal banking regulations and prevent closing of the Radius acquisition being delayed or disrupted, the LendingClub Board of Directors has adopted a Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement, also known as a stockholder rights agreement, and approved a dividend distribution of one purchase right for each outstanding share of the Company’s stock as of March 19, 2020. The agreement is intended to deter stock positions in excess of certain thresholds set forth by the Federal Reserve under the Bank Holding Company Act. Specifically, it provides for the dilution of any person or group of persons who acquire:

 

  (i)

25 percent or more equity interest in LendingClub or

 

  (ii)

7.5 percent or more of any class of LendingClub’s voting securities. This threshold automatically increases to 10 percent as set forth in the agreement.

Anyone already above such thresholds is grandfathered in at their current levels. The agreement is effective immediately and will automatically expire on either the closing of the Radius acquisition or after 18 months, whichever is earlier.

Additional details on acquisition of Radius, including the Temporary Bank Charter Protection Agreement, will be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K that LendingClub will be filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, February 19, 2020—available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Advisors

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to LendingClub in connection with the transaction and Sullivan and Cromwell LLP served as its legal counsel. Additionally, Broadhaven Capital Partners and Piper Sandler served as financial advisors to Radius Bancorp and Hogan Lovells US LLP served as its legal counsel in connection with the transaction.

Conference Call and Webcast

LendingClub will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today.

Webcast information

A live webcast of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com under the Filings & Financials menu in Quarterly Results. To access the call please dial +1 (888) 317-6003 or outside the U.S. +1 (412) 317-6061 with Conference ID 7474063 ten minutes prior to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

 

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Replay

An audio archive of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com. An audio replay will also be available 1 hour after the end of the call until February 25, 2020 by calling +1 (877) 344-7529 or outside the U.S. +1 (412) 317-0088 with Conference ID 10138523.

About LendingClub

LendingClub was founded to transform the banking system to make credit more affordable and investing more rewarding. Today, LendingClub’s online credit marketplace connects borrowers and investors to deliver more efficient and affordable access to credit. Through its technology platform, LendingClub is able to create cost efficiencies and passes those savings onto borrowers in the form of lower rates and to investors in the form of risk-adjusted returns. LendingClub is based in San Francisco, California. All loans are made by federally regulated issuing bank partners. More information is available at https://www.lendingclub.com.

About Radius Bank

With assets of approximately $1.4 billion, Radius Bank is a forward-thinking digital bank committed to providing a full complement of accounts and services to meet the banking needs of consumers and businesses nationwide. Radius provides the product depth of a national brand, the technology of a fintech, and the personalized attention typically reserved for a local bank to consumers, small and middle market businesses, unions, government entities and non-profit organizations. The Bank’s award-winning digital banking platform allows consumer clients to bank from anywhere with a computer or mobile device and provides convenient features such as check deposit, bill pay, card management, and a personal financial management dashboard. Business clients enjoy a wide array of award-winning deposit products, advanced treasury management services, and loan and payment solutions. In addition, Radius’ suite of open APIs delivers a robust banking-as-a-service (Baas) platform for fintechs to quickly access core banking features and build best-in-class financial solutions. Radius specializes in partnering with forward-thinking fintechs to provide white-label deposit products, cards, digital onboarding, and account management. Radius Bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is an Equal Housing/Equal Opportunity Lender. For further information, visit the Bank’s website at radiusbank.com, or follow the Bank on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Safe Harbor Statement

Some of the statements above, including statements regarding our ability to close the pending transaction with Radius, the timing and ability to realize certain financial and strategic benefits from the transaction and the impact of a bank charter on our business, are “forward-looking statements.” The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements include: the outcomes of pending governmental investigations and pending or threatened litigation, which are inherently uncertain; the impact of management changes and the ability to continue to retain key personnel; our ability to achieve cost savings from restructurings; our ability to continue to attract and retain new and existing borrowers and investors; our ability to obtain or add bank functionality and a bank charter; competition; overall economic conditions; demand for the types of loans facilitated by us; default rates and those factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K, each as filed with the SEC, as well as

 

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LendingClub’s subsequent filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and 10-K. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in forward-looking statements. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Information in this press release is not an offer to sell securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

Media and Investor Contacts

LendingClub 

For Investors: IR@lendingclub.com

Media Contact: Press@lendingclub.com

Radius Bank

Sarah Sturba

Matter Communications

radiusbankpr@matternow.com

 

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