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): March 23, 2022
Farmers National Banc Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
|
|
Ohio |
|
001-35296 |
|
34-1371693 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
|
(Commission
File Number) |
|
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
|
|
|
20 South Broad Street, P.O. Box 555, Canfield, Ohio |
|
44406-0555 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
|
(Zip Code) |
(330) 533-3341
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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 communication 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 communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|
|
☐ |
Pre-commencement communication 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, No Par Value |
|
FMNB |
|
The NASDAQ Stock Market |
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. |
On March 23, 2022, Farmers National Banc Corp. (the Company), Emclaire Financial Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation
(Emclaire), and FMNB Merger Subsidiary V, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Emclaire will merge with
and into Merger Sub (the Merger), with Merger Sub as the surviving entity in the Merger. Promptly following the consummation of the Merger, it is expected that Merger Sub will be dissolved and liquidated and The Farmers National Bank of
Emlenton, the banking subsidiary of Emclaire (Emlenton Bank) will merge with and into The Farmers National Bank of Canfield, the national banking subsidiary of the Company (Farmers Bank) (the Bank Merger). Farmers
Bank will be the surviving bank in the Bank Merger (the Surviving Bank).
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at
the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each common share, par value $1.25 per share, of Emclaire (Emclaire Common Shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (except for certain
Emclaire Common Shares held directly by Emclaire or the Company (collectively, the Excluded Emclaire Common Shares)) will be converted into the right to receive, without interest, $40.00 in cash (the Cash Consideration) or
2.15 common shares, without par value, of the Company (Company Common Shares) (the Exchange Ratio and with the Cash Consideration, collectively, the Merger Consideration), provided, however, that the Merger
Consideration is subject to the provisions of the Merger Agreement limiting the total Company Common Shares to be provided for converted Emclaire Common Shares to the product of 0.70 and the number of Emclaire Common Shares outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, excluding the Excluded Emclaire Common Shares. All other Emclaire Common Shares eligible to receive the Cash Consideration shall be converted into the Cash Consideration. No fractional Company Common Shares will be
issued in the Merger, and Emclaires shareholders will be entitled to receive cash in lieu of such fractional Company Common Shares.
Immediately preceding the Effective Time, each outstanding share granted pursuant to a share award agreement issued prior to date of the
Merger Agreement in accordance with Emclaires 2014 Stock Incentive Plan or 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (each, an Emclaire Restricted Share) shall be fully earned and vested and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive the
Merger Consideration for each Emclaire Common Share underlying an Emclaire Restricted Share, net of any shares redeemed as payment for withholding taxes.
The Merger Agreement provides that the Company shall offer employment, effective immediately after the Effective Time, to William C. Marsh,
the current President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Emclaire and Emlenton Bank, as Senior Vice President of the Company and Market President, Pennsylvania, of the Surviving Bank.
In addition, the Merger Agreement provides that the Company shall take such action necessary to, effective immediately following the Effective
Time, increase the number of directors of the Companys board of directors by one and appoint one person who serves as a non-employee director of Emclaire immediately prior to the Effective Time as a
Class II director of the Company with a term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of the Companys shareholders.
The Merger Agreement contains customary (a) representations and warranties of Emclaire,
the Company and Merger Sub, including, among others, with respect to corporate organization, capitalization, corporate authority, third party and governmental consents and approvals, financial statements and compliance with applicable laws,
(b) covenants of Emclaire and the Company to conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course until the Effective Time and (c) covenants of Emclaire and the Company not to take certain actions prior to the Effective Time.
Emclaire also has agreed that neither it nor its representatives will (i) solicit proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions or, (ii) subject to certain exceptions, enter into discussions concerning, or furnish
information in connection with, any proposals for alternative business combination transactions, or approve, endorse or recommend, or take other actions relating to, an alternative business combination transaction.
Consummation of the Merger is subject to certain conditions, including, among others: (a) the approval of the Merger by the shareholders
of Emclaire; (b) the approval for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market, subject to official notice of issuance, of the Company Common Shares to be issued in the Merger; (c) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the Form S-4) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) to register the Company Common Shares to be issued to the shareholders of Emclaire in the
Merger; (d) the absence of any injunctions or other legal restraints preventing or rendering illegal the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (e) the receipt of regulatory and other governmental approvals required to
consummate the Merger and the Bank Merger and the expiration of applicable waiting periods; (f) the accuracy of specified representations and warranties of each party; (g) the receipt by each party of an opinion from its legal counsel to
the effect that the Merger will qualify as a reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and (h) the agreement of Mr. Marsh to serve as Senior Vice President of the Company and Market President, Pennsylvania, of the
Surviving Bank, as of immediately following the Effective Time. Subject to these conditions and the other conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Merger is expected to close in the second half of 2022. The Company has agreed to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to file the Form S-4 with the SEC within 60 days of the date of the Merger Agreement.
The Merger
Agreement contains certain termination rights for each of Emclaire and the Company, as the case may be, applicable upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of certain events, including: (a) the mutual
written consent of the Company and Emclaire authorized by the boards of directors of the Company and Emclaire; (b) a final, non-appealable denial of required regulatory approvals; (c) the Merger has
not been completed on or before January 31, 2023, (d) a breach by the other party that is not or cannot be cured within 30 days if such breach would result in a failure of the conditions to closing set forth in the Merger Agreement;
(e) the failure of the board of directors of Emclaire to recommend the Merger to its shareholders or a change in the recommendation by the board of directors of Emclaire; (f) a material breach of certain of the Companys covenants;
(g) the recommendation by the board of directors of Emclaire to Emclaires shareholders to tender (or the failure to recommend rejection of a tender or exchange offer) Emclaire Common Shares in certain tender or exchange offers; or
(h) the failure of the shareholders of Emclaire to approve the Merger by the requisite vote.
Emclaire also has the right to terminate the Merger Agreement if both of the following
conditions are satisfied: (i) the average closing price of the Companys common stock for the 20 consecutive trading days ending on the tenth calendar day immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger is less than 80% of the
starting price, as defined, and (ii) a specified ratio of the sales prices of the Companys common stock is less than a specified index ratio of stocks of a bank peer group, unless the Company elects to make an adjustment to the Exchange
Ratio. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain conditions, Emclaire has agreed to pay to the Company a termination fee of $3,750,000.00.
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the directors and certain executive officers of Emclaire have entered into
substantially identical voting agreements with the Company pursuant to which such directors and executive officers have agreed, among other things, to vote their respective Emclaire Common Shares in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and
the transactions contemplated thereby. The form of voting agreement is included as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger
Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreement has been attached as an exhibit to this report in order to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It
is not intended to provide any other information about the Company, Emclaire or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The covenants, representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of the Merger
Agreement and, in the case of representations and warranties, as of specific dates, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what a shareholder might view as material, may have been used for purposes of allocating risk
between the respective parties rather than establishing matters as facts, may have been qualified by or subject to certain disclosures and exceptions not reflected in the Merger Agreement and generally were for the benefit of the parties to the
Merger Agreement. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties or covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company, Emclaire or any of their respective subsidiaries or
affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures
by the Company or Emclaire.
Important Additional Information About the Merger.
In connection with the Merger, the Company will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4
that will include a proxy statement of Emclaire and a prospectus of the Company, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. The Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should be read in conjunction with the other
information regarding the Company, Emclaire, the Merger Agreement and the Merger that will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement on Form S-4.
SHAREHOLDERS OF EMCLAIRE AND OTHER INVESTORS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PROXY STATEMENT
AND PROSPECTUS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, EMCLAIRE, THE MERGER, THE PERSONS SOLICITING PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO
THE MERGER, AND THEIR INTERESTS IN THE MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by the Company through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with
the SEC by the Company will be available free of charge on the Companys website at https://www.farmersbankgroup.com or may be obtained from the Company by written request to Farmers National Banc Corp., 20 South Broad Street, Canfield, Ohio
44406, Attention: Investor Relations.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful before registration or qualification of the securities under the securities laws of the jurisdiction. No offer of
securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.
Participants in the
Solicitation
The respective directors and executive officers of the Company and Emclaire and other persons may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from Emclaire shareholders with respect to the Merger. Information regarding the directors of the Company is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022 in connection with
its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and information regarding the executive officers of the Company is available in its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022. Information regarding the
directors and executive officers of Emclaire is available in its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2022 and other documents filed by Emclaire with the SEC. Other information regarding the
participants in the solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and prospectus to be included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact, but rather statements based on the Companys current expectations, beliefs and assumptions regarding the future of the Companys
business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, its intended results and future performance, the economy and other future conditions. Forward-looking statements are preceded by terms such as will,
would, should, could, may, expect, estimate, believe, anticipate, intend, plan project, or variations of these words,
or similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and actual future results could
differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of
which are outside of the Companys control. Numerous uncertainties, risks, and changes could cause or contribute to the Companys actual results, performance, and achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause or contribute to these differences include, without limitation, the possibility that the closing of the proposed transaction is delayed or does not occur at all because required regulatory
approvals, shareholder approval or other conditions to the transaction are not obtained or satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized when expected or at all; the
Companys failure to integrate Emclaire and Emlenton Bank in accordance with expectations; deviations from performance expectations related to Emclaire and Emlenton Bank; diversion of managements attention on the proposed transaction;
general economic conditions in markets where the Company conducts business, which could materially impact credit quality trends; effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local, national, and international
economy, the Companys organization and employees, and the Companys customers and suppliers and their business operations and financial condition, including the Companys customers ability to repay loans; disruptions in the
mortgage and lending markets and significant or unexpected fluctuations in interest rates related to COVID-19 and governmental responses, including financial stimulus packages; general business conditions in
the banking industry; the regulatory environment; general fluctuations in interest rates; demand for loans in the market areas where the Company conducts business; rapidly changing technology and evolving banking industry standards; competitive
factors, including increased competition with regional and national financial institutions; and new service and product offerings by competitors and price pressures; and other factors disclosed periodically in the Companys filings with the SEC
including the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Such
reports are available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov and on the Companys website at https://www.farmersbankgroup.com under the Investor Relations section.
Because of the risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on them,
whether included in this report or made elsewhere from time to time by the Company or on the Companys behalf. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and the Company assumes no duty and does not undertake to update
forward-looking statements.
On March 24, 2022, the Company and Emclaire issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. The full text
of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. Also on March 24, 2022, Farmers first
utilized an investor presentation relating to the Merger Agreement. A copy of the presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
|
|
|
Exhibit Number |
|
Description |
|
|
2.1* |
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Farmers National Banc Corp., Emclaire Financial Corp., and FMNB Merger Subsidiary V, LLC, dated as of March 23, 2022 |
|
|
99.1 |
|
Joint Press Release, dated March 24, 2022 |
|
|
99.2 |
|
Investor Presentation |
|
|
104 |
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
* |
Pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K, certain schedules and
similar attachments have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SEC upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
|
|
Farmers National Banc Corp. |
|
|
By: |
|
/s/ Kevin J. Helmick |
Kevin J. Helmick |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: March 24, 2022
Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
EMCLAIRE FINANCIAL
CORP.,
FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.,
and
FMNB MERGER SUBSIDIARY V,
LLC
Dated as of March 23, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE I |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE MERGER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
The Merger |
|
|
1 |
|
1.2 |
|
Effective Time |
|
|
2 |
|
1.3 |
|
Effects of the Merger |
|
|
2 |
|
1.4 |
|
Conversion of Shares |
|
|
2 |
|
1.5 |
|
Restricted Stock and Stock Options |
|
|
5 |
|
1.6 |
|
Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement of the Surviving Company |
|
|
5 |
|
1.7 |
|
Managers and Officers |
|
|
5 |
|
1.8 |
|
The Bank Merger |
|
|
6 |
|
1.9 |
|
Effect on Purchaser Common Shares |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE II |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Exchange Agent |
|
|
6 |
|
2.2 |
|
Delivery of Merger Consideration |
|
|
6 |
|
2.3 |
|
Election and Exchange Procedures |
|
|
6 |
|
2.4 |
|
Company Restricted Share Election and Exchange Procedures |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE III |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
Corporate Organization |
|
|
10 |
|
3.2 |
|
Capitalization |
|
|
11 |
|
3.3 |
|
Authority; No Violation |
|
|
13 |
|
3.4 |
|
Consents and Approvals |
|
|
14 |
|
3.5 |
|
Reports |
|
|
14 |
|
3.6 |
|
Financial Statements |
|
|
15 |
|
3.7 |
|
Brokers Fees |
|
|
15 |
|
3.8 |
|
Absence of Changes |
|
|
15 |
|
3.9 |
|
Compliance with Applicable Law |
|
|
16 |
|
3.10 |
|
State Takeover Laws |
|
|
17 |
|
3.11 |
|
Company Benefit Plans |
|
|
17 |
|
3.12 |
|
Approvals |
|
|
21 |
|
3.13 |
|
Opinion |
|
|
21 |
|
3.14 |
|
Loan Put-Backs |
|
|
21 |
|
3.15 |
|
Legal Proceedings |
|
|
22 |
|
3.16 |
|
Material Contracts |
|
|
22 |
|
3.17 |
|
Environmental Matters |
|
|
24 |
|
-i-
Table of Contents
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page |
|
|
|
|
3.18 |
|
Taxes |
|
|
25 |
|
3.19 |
|
Reorganization |
|
|
26 |
|
3.20 |
|
Intellectual Property |
|
|
26 |
|
3.21 |
|
Properties |
|
|
27 |
|
3.22 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
28 |
|
3.23 |
|
Accounting and Internal Controls |
|
|
28 |
|
3.24 |
|
Derivatives |
|
|
29 |
|
3.25 |
|
Labor |
|
|
29 |
|
3.26 |
|
Loans; Loan Matters |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE IV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
Corporate Organization |
|
|
31 |
|
4.2 |
|
Capitalization |
|
|
31 |
|
4.3 |
|
Authority; No Violation |
|
|
32 |
|
4.4 |
|
Consents and Approvals |
|
|
32 |
|
4.5 |
|
Reports |
|
|
33 |
|
4.6 |
|
Financial Statements |
|
|
33 |
|
4.7 |
|
Brokers Fees |
|
|
34 |
|
4.8 |
|
Compliance with Applicable Law |
|
|
34 |
|
4.9 |
|
Legal Proceedings |
|
|
34 |
|
4.10 |
|
Absence of Changes |
|
|
35 |
|
4.11 |
|
Taxes |
|
|
35 |
|
4.12 |
|
Approvals |
|
|
36 |
|
4.13 |
|
Reorganization |
|
|
36 |
|
4.14 |
|
Intellectual Property |
|
|
36 |
|
4.15 |
|
Properties |
|
|
37 |
|
4.16 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
37 |
|
4.17 |
|
Accounting and Internal Controls |
|
|
38 |
|
4.18 |
|
Ownership of Company Common Shares |
|
|
39 |
|
4.19 |
|
Available Funds |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE V |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.1 |
|
Conduct of Businesses Prior to the Effective Time |
|
|
39 |
|
5.2 |
|
Company Forbearances |
|
|
39 |
|
5.3 |
|
Purchaser Forbearances |
|
|
42 |
|
-ii-
Table of Contents
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.1 |
|
Regulatory Matters |
|
|
43 |
|
6.2 |
|
Access to Information |
|
|
44 |
|
6.3 |
|
Shareholder Approval |
|
|
45 |
|
6.4 |
|
Nasdaq Listing; Reservation of Purchaser Common Shares |
|
|
46 |
|
6.5 |
|
Employee Matters |
|
|
46 |
|
6.6 |
|
Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance |
|
|
49 |
|
6.7 |
|
No Solicitation |
|
|
50 |
|
6.8 |
|
Takeover Laws |
|
|
54 |
|
6.9 |
|
Financial Statements and Other Current Information |
|
|
54 |
|
6.10 |
|
Notification of Certain Matters |
|
|
54 |
|
6.11 |
|
Shareholder Litigation |
|
|
54 |
|
6.12 |
|
Transition |
|
|
54 |
|
6.13 |
|
Voting Agreements |
|
|
55 |
|
6.14 |
|
Tax Representation Letters |
|
|
55 |
|
6.15 |
|
Continuity of Interest |
|
|
55 |
|
6.16 |
|
Additional Purchaser Director |
|
|
55 |
|
6.17 |
|
Section 16 Matters |
|
|
56 |
|
6.18 |
|
Redemption of Company Preferred Shares |
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
Conditions to Each Partys Obligation to Effect the Merger |
|
|
56 |
|
7.2 |
|
Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub |
|
|
57 |
|
7.3 |
|
Conditions to Obligations of Company |
|
|
58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
Termination |
|
|
59 |
|
8.2 |
|
Effect of Termination |
|
|
61 |
|
8.3 |
|
Fees and Expenses |
|
|
62 |
|
8.4 |
|
Amendment |
|
|
63 |
|
8.5 |
|
Extension; Waiver |
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE IX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.1 |
|
Closing |
|
|
63 |
|
-iii-
Table of Contents
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page |
|
|
|
|
9.2 |
|
Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
|
|
63 |
|
9.3 |
|
Notices |
|
|
64 |
|
9.4 |
|
Interpretation |
|
|
64 |
|
9.5 |
|
Counterparts |
|
|
65 |
|
9.6 |
|
Entire Agreement |
|
|
65 |
|
9.7 |
|
Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
|
|
65 |
|
9.8 |
|
Waiver of Jury Trial |
|
|
66 |
|
9.9 |
|
Publicity |
|
|
66 |
|
9.10 |
|
Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries |
|
|
66 |
|
9.11 |
|
Specific Performance |
|
|
66 |
|
9.12 |
|
Disclosure Schedule |
|
|
67 |
|
9.13 |
|
Delivery by Electronic Transmission |
|
|
67 |
|
-iv-
INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Section
|
|
|
Acquisition Agreement |
|
8.3(b)(i), 8.3(b)(i) |
Acquisition Proposal |
|
6.7(g)(ii) |
Acquisition Transaction |
|
6.7(g)(iii) |
Adjusted Purchaser Ratio |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Adjusted Stock Consideration |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Agreement |
|
Preamble |
Average Closing Price |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Bank Merger |
|
1.8 |
Bank Merger Agreement |
|
1.8 |
Banking Department |
|
3.4 |
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception |
|
3.3(a) |
BHC Act |
|
3.1(a) |
Book-Entry Share |
|
1.4(d) |
Cash Consideration |
|
1.4(c)(i) |
Cash Election |
|
1.4(c)(i) |
Cash Election Shares |
|
1.4(c)(i) |
Certificate |
|
1.4(d) |
Certificate of Merger |
|
1.2 |
Change in the Company Recommendation |
|
6.3 |
Closing |
|
9.1 |
Closing Date |
|
9.1 |
Code |
|
Recitals |
Collective Bargaining Agreement |
|
3.25 |
Company |
|
Preamble |
Company 401(k) Plan |
|
6.5(e) |
Company Articles |
|
3.1(b) |
Company Bank |
|
1.8 |
Company Benefit Plans |
|
3.11(a) |
Company Bylaws |
|
3.1(b) |
Company Capitalization Date |
|
3.2(a) |
Company Common Shares |
|
1.4(a) |
Company Disclosure Schedule |
|
9.12 |
Company Owned Properties |
|
3.21 |
Company Permitted Encumbrances |
|
3.21 |
Company Preferred Shares |
|
1.4(b)1.4(a) |
Company Real Property |
|
3.21 |
Company Recommendation |
|
6.3 |
Company Restricted Share |
|
1.5(a) |
Company Shareholder Approval |
|
6.3 |
Company Shareholders Meeting |
|
6.3 |
Company Stock Plan |
|
1.5(a) |
-v-
Index of Defined Terms
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
Section |
|
|
Confidentiality Agreement |
|
6.2(b) |
Controlled Group Liability |
|
3.11(o)(i) |
Covered Employee |
|
6.5(h) |
DPC Shares |
|
1.4(a) |
Effective Time |
|
1.2 |
Election |
|
2.3(a) |
Election Deadline |
|
2.3(d) |
Employees |
|
5.2(h) |
Environmental Laws |
|
3.17 |
Equity Rights |
|
3.2(a) |
ERISA |
|
3.11(a) |
ERISA Affiliate |
|
3.11(o)(ii) |
Exchange Act |
|
1.4(a) |
Exchange Agent |
|
2.1 |
Exchange Agent Agreement |
|
2.1 |
Exchange Fund |
|
2.2 |
Exchange Ratio |
|
1.4(c)(ii) |
FDIC |
|
3.1(c) |
Federal Reserve |
|
3.4 |
Financial Statements |
|
3.6(a) |
Form of Election |
|
2.3(a) |
Form S-4 |
|
3.4 |
Governmental Entity |
|
3.4 |
Holder |
|
2.3 |
Index Price |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Index Ratio |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Intellectual Property |
|
3.20(e)(i) |
IRS |
|
3.11(b) |
IT Assets |
|
3.20(e)(ii) |
Knowledge |
|
9.4 |
Law |
|
3.9(a) |
Letter of Transmittal |
|
2.3(b) |
Licensed Intellectual Property |
|
3.20(e)(iii) |
Liens |
|
3.2(d) |
LLC Act |
|
1.2 |
Loans |
|
3.26(a) |
Material Adverse Effect |
|
3.8 |
Material Contract |
|
3.16(a) |
Merger |
|
Recitals |
Merger Consideration |
|
1.4(c) |
Merger Sub |
|
Preamble |
Multiemployer Plan |
|
3.11(f) |
Multiple Employer Plan |
|
3.11(f) |
Nasdaq |
|
1.4(g) |
Non-Election Shares |
|
1.4(c)(iii) |
-vi-
Index of Defined Terms
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
Section |
|
|
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan |
|
3.11(d) |
Notice Period |
|
6.7(d)(ii) |
OCC |
|
3.4 |
Ohio Secretary of State |
|
1.2 |
Owned Intellectual Property |
|
3.20(e)(iv) |
Owned Properties |
|
4.15 |
PAETL |
|
1.1(a) |
Pennsylvania Department |
|
1.2 |
Permitted Encumbrances |
|
4.15 |
Person |
|
3.16(a) |
Plan Termination Date |
|
6.5(e) |
Premium Cap |
|
6.6(b) |
Previously Disclosed |
|
9.12 |
Proxy Statement |
|
3.4 |
Purchaser |
|
Preamble |
Purchaser Bank |
|
1.8 |
Purchaser Capitalization Date |
|
4.2 |
Purchaser Common Shares |
|
1.4(c)(ii) |
Purchaser Disclosure Schedule |
|
9.12 |
Purchaser Eligible Plans |
|
6.5(a) |
Purchaser Ratio |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Purchaser SEC Reports |
|
4.5(b) |
Purchaser Stock Plans |
|
4.2 |
Qualified Plans |
|
3.11(e) |
Real Property |
|
4.15 |
Regulatory Agencies |
|
3.5 |
Regulatory Agreement |
|
3.15(b) |
Regulatory Approvals |
|
3.4 |
Representative |
|
6.7(a) |
Requisite Regulatory Approvals |
|
7.1(e) |
SEC |
|
3.4 |
Securities Act |
|
3.2(b) |
Shortfall Number |
|
1.4(f)(ii)(2) |
SRO |
|
3.4 |
Starting Date |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Starting Price |
|
8.1(h)(ii) |
Statement of Merger |
|
1.2 |
Stock Consideration |
|
1.4(c)(ii) |
Stock Conversion Number |
|
1.4(f)(i) |
Stock Election |
|
1.4(c)(ii) |
Stock Election Number |
|
1.4(f)(ii)(1) |
Stock Election Shares |
|
1.4(c)(ii) |
Subsidiary |
|
3.1(c) |
Superior Proposal |
|
6.7(g)(i) |
Surviving Company |
|
Recitals |
-vii-
Index of Defined Terms
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
Section |
|
|
Takeover Laws |
|
3.9(a) |
Tax |
|
3.18 |
Tax Return |
|
3.18 |
Termination Fee |
|
8.3(b) |
Trade Secrets |
|
3.20(e)(i) |
Transmittal Deadline |
|
2.3(h) |
Trust Account Shares |
|
1.4(a) |
Voting Agreement |
|
6.13 |
Voting Debt |
|
3.2(a) |
Willful Breach |
|
8.2 |
-viii-
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of March 23, 2022 (this
Agreement), is made by and among Emclaire Financial Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (Company), Farmers National Banc Corp., an Ohio corporation (Purchaser), and FMNB Merger Subsidiary V,
LLC, an Ohio limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser (Merger Sub).
RECITALS
A. The Boards of Directors of Company and Purchaser have determined that it is in the best interests of their respective companies and their
shareholders to consummate the strategic business combination transaction provided for in this Agreement in which Company will, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, merge with and into Merger Sub (the
Merger), with Merger Sub as the surviving entity in the Merger (sometimes referred to herein in such capacity as the Surviving Company).
B. The parties intend for the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and for this Agreement to constitute a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g) for
purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code.
C. The parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in
connection with the Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 The
Merger.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Limited Liability Company Act
(the LLC Act) and the Pennsylvania Entity Transactions Law (PAETL), at the Effective Time, Company shall merge with and into Merger Sub. Merger Sub shall be the Surviving Company in the Merger and shall continue
its existence under the laws of the State of Ohio. As of the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Company shall cease.
(b)
Purchaser may at any time prior to the Effective Time change the method of effecting the combination of Company and Purchaser, including by providing for the merger of Company with and into Purchaser; provided, however, that no such
change shall (i) alter or change the amount or kind of the Merger Consideration provided for in this Agreement, (ii) adversely affect the tax consequences of the Merger to shareholders of Company or the tax treatment of either party
pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) materially impede or delay the receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals or other consents and approvals required for consummation of the Merger or otherwise materially delay or impede consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) require Company to mail a revised Proxy
Statement if such change is made prior to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, or require further approval of Companys shareholders if such change is made after obtaining the Company
Shareholder Approval, or (v) cause any of Companys representations and warranties contained in Article III to be deemed inaccurate or breached by reason of such change of method.
1.2 Effective Time. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause to be filed a
statement of merger (the Statement of Merger), as provided under the PAETL with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania Department), and a certificate of merger (the
Certificate of Merger), as provided under the LLC Act, with the Ohio Secretary of State (the Ohio Secretary of State). The Merger shall become effective as of the date and time specified in the Statement of
Merger and the Certificate of Merger or at such other date and time as shall be provided by applicable law (such date and time, the Effective Time).
1.3 Effects of the Merger. At and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in Section 1706.713 of the
LLC Act and Section 336 of the PAETL.
1.4 Conversion of Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of Purchaser, Merger Sub, Company or the holder of any of the following securities:
(a) All common shares,
$1.25 par value, of Company (Company Common Shares), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are owned directly by (i) Company (other than (x) Company Common Shares held in trust accounts,
managed accounts, mutual funds and the like, or otherwise held in a fiduciary or agency capacity, that are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act)) by third parties (any such shares, Trust Account Shares), and (y) Company Common Shares held, directly or indirectly, by Company in respect of a debt previously contracted (any
such shares DPC Shares)), or (ii) Purchaser or any of its affiliates, shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no Merger Consideration and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(b) All shares of Series C, Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and Series D Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock of Company (collectively, Company Preferred Shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be redeemed by Company and no Merger
Consideration and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Subject to Sections 1.4(a), (d), (e),
(f), and (g), each Company Common Share, but excluding Company Common Shares owned directly by Company (other than Trust Account Shares and DPC Shares) or Purchaser, shall be converted, at the election of the holder thereof in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Article II, into the right to receive the following, without interest (collectively, the Merger Consideration):
(i) For each Company Common Share with respect to which an Election to receive cash has been effectively made and not revoked
or lost pursuant to
-2-
Section 2.3 or 2.4 (a Cash Election), $40.00 in cash (the Cash Consideration) (such shares collectively, Cash Election Shares); or
(ii) For each Company Common Share with respect to which an Election to receive stock has been effectively made and not
revoked or lost pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.4(a Stock Election), 2.15 (the Exchange Ratio) common shares, without par value, of Purchaser (the Purchaser Common Shares) (the
Stock Consideration ) (such shares collectively, Stock Election Shares); or
(iii)
for each Company Common Share other than shares as to which a Cash Election or a Stock Election has been effectively made and not revoked or lost pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.4 (collectively, the
Non-Election Shares), the right to receive from Purchaser such Cash Consideration or Stock Consideration as is determined in accordance with Section 1.4(f).
(d) All of the Company Common Shares converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article I shall no longer
be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist as of the Effective Time, and each certificate previously representing any such Company Common Share (each, a Certificate) and each non-certificated Company Common Share represented by book-entry (a Book-Entry Share) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration and/or cash in lieu of fractional
shares into which the Company Common Shares represented by such Certificate have been converted pursuant to this Section 1.4 and Section 2.3(h), as well as any dividends to which holders of Company Common Shares become entitled in
accordance with Section 2.3(j).
(e) If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding Purchaser Common
Shares or Company Common Shares shall have been increased, decreased, changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split,
reverse stock split, or other similar change in capitalization, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made to the Exchange Ratio and the Cash Consideration, as applicable.
(f)
(i)
Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, the total number of Company Common Shares to be converted into Stock Consideration pursuant to Section 1.4(c) (the Stock Conversion Number) shall be equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Company Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including Common Shares received or to be received for vested, fully earned Company Restricted Shares and excluding
Company Common Shares owned directly by Company (other than Trust Account Shares and DPC Shares) or Purchaser), by (y) .70. All of the other Company Common Shares (excluding Company Common Shares owned directly by Company (other than Trust Account
Shares or DPC Shares) or Purchaser) shall be converted into Cash Consideration.
(ii) Within five business days after the
Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause the Exchange Agent to effect the allocation among holders of Company Common
-3-
Shares of rights to receive the Cash Consideration and the Stock Consideration as follows:
(1) If the aggregate number of Company Common Shares with respect to which Stock Elections shall have been made (the
Stock Election Number) exceeds the Stock Conversion Number, then all Cash Election Shares and all Non-Election Shares of each holder thereof shall be converted into the right to receive the
Cash Consideration, and Stock Election Shares of each holder thereof will be converted into the right to receive the Stock Consideration in respect of that number of Stock Election Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
number of Stock Election Shares held by such holder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Stock Conversion Number and the denominator of which is the Stock Election Number, with the remaining number of such holders Stock
Election Shares being converted into the right to receive the Cash Consideration; and
(2) If the Stock Election Number is
less than the Stock Conversion Number (the amount by which the Stock Conversion Number exceeds the Stock Election Number being referred to herein as the Shortfall Number), then all Stock Election Shares shall be converted into the
right to receive the Stock Consideration and the Non-Election Shares and Cash Election Shares shall be treated in the following manner:
(A) If the Shortfall Number is less than or equal to the number of Non-Election
Shares, then all Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the Cash Consideration and the Non-Election Shares of each holder thereof shall convert into the right to receive the Stock
Consideration in respect of that number of Non-Election Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Non-Election Shares held by such
holder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Shortfall Number and the denominator of which is the total number of Non-Election Shares, with the remaining number of such holders Non-Election Shares being converted into the right to receive the Cash Consideration; or
(B) If the Shortfall Number exceeds the number of Non-Election Shares, then all Non-Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the Stock Consideration and Cash Election Shares of each holder thereof shall convert into the right to receive the Stock Consideration in respect of
that number of Cash Election Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Cash Election Shares held by such holder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount by which (1) the Shortfall Number
exceeds (2) the total number of Non-Election Shares and the denominator of which is the total
-4-
number of Cash Election Shares, with the remaining number of such holders Cash Election Shares being converted into the right to receive the Cash Consideration.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional Purchaser Common Shares shall be issued upon the
surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Purchaser Common Shares shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote
or to any other rights of a shareholder of Purchaser. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Purchaser shall pay to each former shareholder of Company who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash
(rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the average, rounded to the nearest one tenth of a cent, of the closing sale prices of Purchaser Common Shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market (the Nasdaq) (as reported
by The Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, any other authoritative source reasonably selected by Purchaser) for the five consecutive full trading days ending on the day preceding the Closing Date by (ii) the
fraction of a share (after taking into account all Company Common Shares held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Purchaser Common Shares to which such holder would otherwise
be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.
1.5 Restricted Stock and Stock Options.
(a) Immediately preceding the Effective Time, all outstanding plan share awards pursuant to a plan share award agreement granted prior to the
date hereof (each, a Company Restricted Share) in accordance with Companys 2014 Stock Incentive Plan or Companys 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the Company Stock Plans and each, a
Company Stock Plan) shall be fully earned and vested and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.4(c) for each Company Common Share delivered with respect to such
vested Company Restricted Share, net of any shares redeemed as payment for withholding taxes as permitted under Section 5.2(b). All such Company Restricted Shares which become fully earned immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance
with the terms hereof shall be issued as Book-Entry Shares, net of any shares withheld as permitted by Section 5.2(b), and each such share to be considered an issued and outstanding Company Common Share as of the Effective Time.
(b) As of the date hereof there are no outstanding and unexercised employee or director options to purchase Company Common Shares.
1.6 Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement of the Surviving Company. The articles of organization and operating agreement of
the Surviving Company shall be the articles of organization and operating agreement of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until duly amended in accordance with the terms thereof and applicable Law.
1.7 Managers and Officers. The managers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the managers of the Surviving
Company and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly appointed, or their earlier death, resignation or removal. The officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
-5-
Surviving Company and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.
1.8 The Bank Merger. As soon as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Company and Purchaser shall cause The Farmers
National Bank of Emlenton (Company Bank) and The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (Purchaser Bank), respectively, to enter into a bank merger agreement, the form of which is attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit A (the Bank Merger Agreement), and which provides for the merger of Company Bank with and into Purchaser Bank (the Bank Merger), in accordance with applicable Laws and the terms of the Bank Merger
Agreement and as soon as practicable after consummation of the Merger. Purchaser Bank will be the surviving entity in the Bank Merger and, following the Bank Merger, the separate corporate existence of Company Bank will cease. Prior to the Effective
Time, Company will cause Company Bank, and Purchaser will cause Purchaser Bank, to execute such certificates or articles of merger and such other documents and certificates as are necessary to effectuate the Bank Merger. The Bank Merger Agreement
provides that the directors of Purchaser Bank immediately prior to the Bank Merger shall remain the directors of Purchaser Bank upon consummation of the Bank Merger.
1.9 Effect on Purchaser Common Shares. Each Purchaser Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time will remain issued and outstanding and shall be unchanged by the Merger.
ARTICLE II
DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION
2.1 Exchange Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser shall appoint Computershare Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. pursuant to an agreement (the Exchange Agent Agreement) to act as exchange agent (the Exchange Agent) hereunder.
2.2 Delivery of Merger Consideration. At or prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser and Merger Sub shall (a) authorize the Exchange
Agent to deliver an aggregate number of Purchaser Common Shares equal to the aggregate Stock Consideration payable in Purchaser Common Shares to holders of Company Common Shares pursuant to Section 1.4(c)(ii), and (b) deposit, or cause to
be deposited with, the Exchange Agent an amount in cash equal to (i) the aggregate Cash Consideration payable to holders of Company Common Shares pursuant to Section 1.4(c)(i) and (ii) to the extent then determinable, any cash payable
to holders of Company Common Shares in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.4(g) (the amounts described in this clause (b), collectively, the Exchange Fund). The Exchange Fund will be held in trust for the holders
of Company Common Shares until distributed to such holders pursuant to this Agreement.
2.3 Election and Exchange Procedures.
Subject to Section 2.4, each holder of record of Company Common Shares (other than Company Common Shares owned directly by Company (other than Trust Account Shares and DPC Shares) or Purchaser), whose Company Common Shares were converted into
the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to
-6-
Section 1.4 at the Effective Time and any cash in lieu of fractional Purchaser Common Shares (each, a Holder) shall have the right, subject to the limitations set forth in
this Article II, to exchange those Company Common Shares for Merger Consideration in accordance with the following procedures:
(a) Each
Holder may specify in a request made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (an Election) (i) the number of whole Company Common Shares owned by such Holder with respect to which such Holder desires to make a
Stock Election, and (ii) the number of whole Company Common Shares owned by such Holder with respect to which such Holder desires to make a Cash Election. Purchaser shall prepare a form reasonably acceptable to Company (the Form of
Election) which shall be mailed to Companys shareholders entitled to vote at the Company Shareholders Meeting so as to permit Companys shareholders to exercise their right to make an Election prior to the Election
Deadline.
(b) Purchaser shall prepare a letter of transmittal in such form as is reasonably acceptable to Company and as shall be
prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the Letter of Transmittal), which shall accompany the Form of Election and specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Certificate(s) or evidence of Book-Entry
Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of Certificate(s) or evidence of Book-Entry Shares (or affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates) to the Exchange Agent, and which shall be mailed to Companys shareholders entitled to vote at the
Company Shareholders Meeting so as to permit Companys shareholders to exchange their Company Common Shares for the Merger Consideration.
(c) Purchaser shall make the Form of Election and Letter of Transmittal available to Company shareholders at the time that the Proxy Statement
is made available to Company shareholders and shall use all reasonable efforts to make available as promptly as possible a Form of Election and Letter of Transmittal to any shareholder of Company who requests such following the initial mailing of
the Forms of Election and Letters of Transmittal and prior to the Effective Time. In no event shall the Forms of Election and Letters of Transmittal be made available less than 20 days prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting.
(d) Any Election shall have been made properly only if the Exchange Agent shall have received, by 5:00 p.m. local time in the city in which
the principal office of such Exchange Agent is located, on the date of the Election Deadline, a Form of Election and Letter of Transmittal properly completed and signed and accompanied by Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu of such
Certificates) or evidence of Book-Entry Shares to which such Form of Election relates or by an appropriate customary guarantee of delivery of such Certificates or evidence of Book-Entry Shares, as set forth in such Form of Election and Letter of
Transmittal, from a member of any registered national securities exchange or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States; provided, that such Certificates or evidence of Book-Entry Shares are in fact delivered to the Exchange
Agent by the time required in such guarantee of delivery. Failure to deliver Company Common Shares covered by such a guarantee of delivery within the time set forth on such guarantee shall be deemed to invalidate any otherwise properly made
Election, unless otherwise determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion. As used herein, Election Deadline means the later of (i) 5:00 p.m. on the date that is the day prior to the date of Company Shareholders Meeting,
and (ii) a date as may be mutually agreed to by Company and Purchaser occurring no later than five business days prior to the Closing Date. Company and
-7-
Purchaser shall cooperate to issue a press release reasonably satisfactory to each of them announcing the date of the Election Deadline not more than 15 business days before and at least five
business days prior to the Election Deadline.
(e) Any Company shareholder may, at any time prior to the Election Deadline, change his or
her Election by written notice received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Election Deadline, accompanied by a properly completed and signed, revised Form of Election. If Purchaser shall determine in its reasonable discretion that any Election is
not properly made with respect to any Company Common Shares, such Election shall be deemed to be not in effect, and the Company Common Shares covered by such Election shall, for purposes hereof, be deemed to be
Non-Election Shares, unless a proper Election is thereafter timely made.
(f) Any Company
shareholder may, at any time prior to the Election Deadline, revoke his or her Election by written notice received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Election Deadline, or by withdrawal prior to the Election Deadline of his or her Certificates or
evidence of Book-Entry Shares, or of the guarantee of delivery of such Certificates, previously deposited with the Exchange Agent. All Elections shall be revoked automatically, and the Certificates returned to the applicable shareholders, if the
Exchange Agent is notified in writing by Purchaser or Company that this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Article VIII.
(g) Purchaser, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, consistent with the terms of
this Agreement, governing (i) the validity of the Letters of Transmittal and compliance by any Holder with the procedures set forth therein and herein, (ii) the issuance and delivery of certificates representing Stock Consideration for
Company Common Shares converted in the Merger, (iii) the method of payment of the Cash Consideration for Company Common Shares converted in the Merger, and (iv) the method of payment of cash in lieu of fractional Purchaser Common Shares
where the Holder of the applicable Certificate has no right to receive whole Purchaser Common Shares.
(h) A Holder who has returned to
the Exchange Agent prior to the Effective Time a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, accompanied by the Holders Certificate(s) or Book-Entry Shares, will be entitled to receive, as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Merger
Consideration, determined as provided in Section 1.4. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the applicable
Merger Consideration and any cash in lieu of fractional Purchaser Common Shares to be issued or paid in consideration therefor upon surrender of such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with, and any dividends or distributions to which
such holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(i) Within five (5) business days after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent
shall mail to each Holder who theretofore has not submitted such Holders Certificates or evidence of Book-Entry Shares (i) a Letter of Transmittal, and (ii) instructions for use in surrendering Certificate(s) or evidence of
Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Purchaser Common Shares to be issued or paid in consideration therefor, and any dividends or distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant
to Section 2.3(j). Holders who surrender to the Exchange Agent Certificate(s) or Book-
-8-
Entry Shares, accompanied by properly completed Letters of Transmittal, after the Effective Time will receive the Merger Consideration, determined as provided in Section 1.4, as promptly as
practicable after such receipt by the Exchange Agent.
(j) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Purchaser Common Shares
shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Shares with respect to the Purchaser Common Shares represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares occurs in
accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be
entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole number of Purchaser Common Shares represented by such
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares and paid prior to such surrender date, and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to the whole number of Purchaser Common Shares represented
by such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares with a record date after the Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Purchaser Common Shares issuable with respect to such Certificate or
Book-Entry Shares.
(k) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate or Book-Entry Shares representing Company Common Shares
that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration (including cash in lieu of fractional Purchaser Common Shares) shall be issued or paid in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered is registered if the Certificate or Book-Entry Shares formerly representing such Company Common Shares shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting
such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of
Purchaser that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or
termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, Purchaser) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Common Shares such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Purchaser, as
the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Purchaser, as the
case may be, and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Company Common Shares in respect of whom such deduction and withholding
was made by the Exchange Agent or Purchaser, as the case may be.
(l) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the share
transfer books of Company of the Company Common Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Shares that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares representing such Company Common Shares are presented for transfer to the
-9-
Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the applicable Merger Consideration and any cash in lieu of fractional Purchaser Common Shares to be issued or paid in consideration
therefor in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(m) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by
the Holders as of the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to Purchaser. In such event, any Holder who has not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to
Purchaser with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares, and any unpaid dividends and distributions on the Purchaser Common Shares deliverable in respect of each Company Common Share held by such Holder as
determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Purchaser, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Company Common
Shares for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(n) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as the Exchange Agent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to
such Certificate (provided, that such bond requirement may be waived by Purchaser if substituted with an unqualified indemnity from any Company shareholder owning five or fewer Company Common Shares), the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including requirements of this Article II.
2.4 Company Restricted Share Election and Exchange Procedures. Holders who receive Company Common Shares immediately preceding the
Effective Time with respect to Company Restricted Shares in accordance with Section 1.5 shall have the right to request a Stock Election or a Cash Election with respect to such Company Common Shares on such terms as may be mutually agreed to by
the Company, Purchaser and the Exchange Agent. Any such elections made pursuant hereto shall be submitted to the Exchange Agent prior to the Election Deadline. In the event a holder of Company Restricted Shares does not timely submit an election
request in accordance with this Section 2.4, the subject Company Common Shares shall be deemed Non-Election Shares.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
Except as Previously Disclosed, Company hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
3.1 Corporate Organization.
(a) Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its
-10-
business as it is now being conducted and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the
properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company. Company is duly
registered as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (BHC Act).
(b) True,
complete and correct copies of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Company (the Company Articles) and the Bylaws, as amended, of Company (the Company Bylaws), as in effect as of the date of
this Agreement, have been made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof.
(c) Company Bank is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company . Other than Company Bank, Company has no Subsidiaries. Company Bank is a national association and (i) is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has the
requisite corporate (or similar) power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and (iii) except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company, is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned
or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary. As used in this Agreement, the term Subsidiary, when used with respect to either party, shall mean a corporation, association or other business entity of which the
entity in question either (i) owns or controls 50% or more of the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which 50% or more of the outstanding equity securities is owned directly or
indirectly by its parent (provided, there shall not be included any such entity the equity securities of which are owned or controlled in a fiduciary capacity), (ii) in the case of partnerships, serves as a general partner, (iii) in
the case of a limited liability company, serves as a managing member, or (iv) otherwise has the ability to elect a majority of the directors, trustees or managing members thereof. The deposit accounts of Company Bank are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) through the Deposit Insurance Fund to the fullest extent permitted by Law, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due. The articles
of incorporation, bylaws and similar governing documents of Company Bank, copies of which have been made available to Purchaser, are true, complete and correct copies of such documents as in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement.
Neither Company nor Company Bank owns 5% or more of any class of capital stock or other equity interest in any Person other than equity interests held in a fiduciary capacity.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a)
The authorized capital stock of Company consists of 12,000,000 Company Common Shares and 3,000,000 Company Preferred Shares, of which, as of even date herewith (the Company Capitalization Date), (i) 2,735,212 Company Common Shares
were issued and outstanding, and (ii) 420,593 Company Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding. As of the Company Capitalization Date, no Company Common Shares or Company Preferred Shares were reserved for issuance except for Company Common
Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
-11-
Company Stock Plans. As of the Company Capitalization Date, there were unvested plan share awards outstanding for 52,200 Company Restricted Shares, such awards having been previously granted
under the Company Stock Plans. All of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares and Company Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. As of the date of this
Agreement, no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which shareholders of Company may vote (Voting Debt) are issued or outstanding. As of the date of this Agreement, other than
outstanding plan share awards granted under the Company Stock Plans, Company does not have and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any character calling for the purchase or
issuance of, or the payment of, any amount based on, any Company Common Shares, Company Preferred Shares or Voting Debt or any other equity securities of Company or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any Company
Common Shares, Company Preferred Shares or Voting Debt or other equity securities of Company, other than the Company Restricted Shares (Equity Rights).
(b) As of the Company Capitalization Date, there are no contractual obligations of Company or Company Bank (i) to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of Company or any equity security of Company or Company Bank or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of Company
or Company Bank or (ii) to register Company Common Shares or other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and
complete list of all unvested plan share awards awarded under the Company Stock Plans as of the Company Capitalization Date specifying, on a participant-by-participant
basis, (i) the name of each participant, (ii) the number of Company Common Shares subject to each plan share award awarded to each participant, (iii) the effective date of each plan share award, and (iv) the vesting schedule, if
any, for each such plan share award. There are no Company stock options outstanding as of the Company Capitalization Date. Other than the Voting Agreements, to the Companys Knowledge, there are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies
or other agreements in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any Company Common Shares, Company Preferred Shares, other equity securities of Company or Equity Rights.
(c) Other than unvested plan share awards awarded under the Company Stock Plans as of the Company Capitalization Date as set forth on
Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no other equity-based awards or instruments are outstanding. Since December 31, 2021 through the date hereof, Company has not (i) issued or repurchased any Company Common Shares or
Voting Debt or other equity securities of Company or Equity Rights, or (ii) issued or awarded any options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on or related to the value of
Company capital stock or any other equity-based awards. Since December 31, 2021 and through the date hereof, Company has not issued any Company stock options under any Company Stock Plan or otherwise with an exercise price that is less than the
fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant, as determined for financial accounting purposes under GAAP. With respect to each outstanding unvested plan share award under the Company Stock Plans, (i) the award was
made in accordance with the applicable Company Stock Plan and all applicable Laws, and (ii) each such award of was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial
-12-
statements (including the related notes) of Company. Since December 31, 2021, except as specifically permitted or required by this Agreement or as Previously Disclosed, neither Company nor
Company Bank has (A) accelerated the vesting of or lapsing of restrictions with respect to any stock-based compensation awards or long-term incentive compensation awards, (B) with respect to executive officers of Company or Company Bank,
entered into or amended any employment, severance, change of control or similar agreement (including any agreement providing for the reimbursement of excise Taxes under Section 4999 of the Code), or (C) adopted or amended any material
Company Benefit Plan.
(d) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership interests of Company Bank
are owned by Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any liens, pledges, charges, claims and security interests and similar encumbrances (Liens), and all of such shares or equity ownership interests are duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. Company Bank does not have and is not bound by, any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or agreements of any character calling for the
purchase or issuance of any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of Company Bank or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of Company Bank.
3.3 Authority; No Violation.
(a) Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to the receipt of the Regulatory
Approvals and the Company Shareholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly adopted and
approved by the Board of Directors of Company by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Company in office. The Board of Directors of Company has determined that the Merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, is in the best interests of Company and its shareholders and has directed that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby be submitted to Companys shareholders for approval at a duly held Company Shareholders
Meeting and has adopted a resolution to the foregoing effect. Except for the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by holders of
Company Common Shares at the Company Shareholders Meeting, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Company are necessary to approve this Agreement, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser and Merger Sub) constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Company, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms (except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity (the
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception)).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Company, nor the
consummation by Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by Company with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, will (i) violate any provision of
-13-
the Company Articles or the Company Bylaws or (ii) assuming that the consents, approvals and filings referred to in Section 3.4 are duly obtained and/or made, (A) violate any Law,
judgment, order, injunction or decree applicable to Company, Company Bank or any of their respective properties or assets or (B) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a
default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the respective properties or assets of Company or Company Bank under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, franchise, permit, agreement, by-law or other instrument or obligation to which Company or Company Bank is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is bound except, with respect to clause (ii), any such
violation, conflict, breach, default, termination, cancellation, acceleration or creation as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company.
3.4 Consents and Approvals. Except for (a) filings of applications and notices with, and receipt of consents, authorizations,
approvals, exemptions or non-objections from, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), state securities authorities, applicable securities, commodities and futures exchanges, and
other industry self-regulatory organizations (each, an SRO), (b) the filing of any other required applications, filings or notices with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal
Reserve), the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC), the FDIC, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (the Banking Department) and any other foreign, federal
or state banking agency, other regulatory, self-regulatory or enforcement authorities, or any courts, administrative agencies or commissions or other governmental authorities or instrumentalities (each of the bodies set forth in clauses (a) and
(b), a Governmental Entity) and approval of or non-objection to such applications, filings and notices (taken together with the items listed in clause (a), the Regulatory
Approvals), (c) the filing with the SEC of a proxy statement in definitive form relating to the Company Shareholders Meeting (including any amendments or supplements thereto, the Proxy Statement) and of a
registration statement on Form S-4 (or such other applicable form) (the Form S-4) in which the Proxy Statement will be
included as a prospectus, and declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4, (d) the filing of the Statement of Merger with the Pennsylvania Department and the Certificate of Merger with the Ohio
Secretary of State, and (e) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or Blue Sky laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the Purchaser Common Shares pursuant to this
Agreement and approval of listing of such Purchaser Common Shares on the Nasdaq, no consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any Governmental Entity are necessary in connection with the consummation by Company of the Merger or the
Bank Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any Governmental Entity are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by Company of this Agreement.
3.5 Reports. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on Company, Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, proxy statements and other materials, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since
December 31, 2017 with (a) the Federal Reserve, (b) the OCC, (c) the FDIC, (d) the Banking
-14-
Department, (e) any other state regulatory authority, (f) the SEC, (g) any foreign regulatory authority, and (h) any applicable industry SRO (collectively, Regulatory
Agencies) and with each other applicable Governmental Entity, and all other reports and statements required to be filed by them since December 31, 2017, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to any applicable
Laws, and all such reports, registration statements, proxy statements, other materials and amendments have complied in all material respects with all legal requirements relating thereto, and Company and Company Bank have paid all fees and
assessments due and payable in connection therewith.
3.6 Financial Statements.
(a) Company has furnished to Purchaser the audited consolidated financial statements of Company, consisting of consolidated balance sheets as
of December 31, 2020 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of net income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the two years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, including the
related notes and reports thereon of Crowe LLP and BKD, LLP, such audited consolidated financial statements are referred to as the Financial Statements). The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP during
the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for normal year-end adjustments) and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, net income and
cash flows of Company and Company Bank for the periods then ended. As of the date hereof, the books and records of Company and Company Bank have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and any other applicable legal and
accounting requirements and reflect only actual transactions. As of the date hereof, BKD LLP has not resigned (or informed Company that it intends to resign) or been dismissed as independent public accountants of Company as a result of or in
connection with any disagreements with Company on a matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.
(b) Neither Company nor Company Bank has incurred any liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent,
determined, determinable or otherwise and whether due or to become due), except for (i) those liabilities that are reflected or reserved against on the Financial Statements or disclosed in a footnote thereto, (ii) liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent in nature and amount with past practice since December 31, 2021, (iii) liabilities which are not material individually or in the aggregate, (iv) in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (v) as Previously Disclosed.
3.7 Brokers Fees. Neither Company,
Company Bank nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents has utilized any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokers fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or any other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than, as described further in Section 3.13, to Raymond James & Associates, Inc. pursuant to a letter agreement dated as of October 26, 2021, a true, complete and correct copy of
which has been delivered previously to Purchaser.
3.8 Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2021, (a) Company and Company
Bank have not undertaken any of the actions prohibited by Section 5.2 had such Section been in effect at all times since such date, (b) Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their
-15-
business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (c) no event or events have occurred that had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Company. As used in this Agreement, the term Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to any party, a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition, results of
operations or business of such party and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (provided, however, that, with respect to this clause (i), a Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include effects resulting from
(A) changes after the date hereof in applicable GAAP or regulatory accounting requirement, or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof, (B) changes after the date hereof in Laws of general applicability to companies in the
industries in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate, (C) changes, events, or developments, after the date hereof, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak or escalation of war (declared or undeclared)
or hostilities, any occurrence or threat of acts of terrorism or any armed hostilities associated therewith and any national or international calamity, disaster, or emergency or any escalation thereof) or in general economic or market conditions
affecting the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to such party or its Subsidiaries (including changes in prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates, and price levels or
trading volumes in the United States or foreign securities markets) or other changes, events or developments, after the date hereof, that affect banks or their holding companies generally, (D) failure, in and of itself, to meet earnings
projections, but not including any underlying causes thereof, (E) the public disclosure of this Agreement and compliance with this Agreement, (F) any legal action asserted or other actions initiated by any holder of Company Common Shares
or Company Preferred Shares or any holder of Purchaser Common Shares arising out of or related to this Agreement, (G) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened
losses of Employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or other having relationships with Company or Company Bank, or (H) actions or omissions taken with the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement except, with respect to
clauses (A), (B) and (C), to the extent that the effects of such change are disproportionately adverse to the financial condition, results of operations or business 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 (ii) the ability of such party to timely consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.9 Compliance with Applicable Law.
(a) Company and each of its Subsidiaries hold, and since December 31, 2017 have at all times held, all licenses, franchises, permits and
authorizations which are necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses and ownership of their respective properties, rights and assets under and pursuant to applicable Law (and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in
connection therewith), except where the failure to hold such license, franchise, permit or authorization or to pay such fees or assessments has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Company, and, to the Companys Knowledge, no suspension or cancellation of any such necessary license, franchise, permit or authorization is threatened in writing. Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all
material respects with, and are not in default or violation in any material respect of, (i) any applicable Law, including, without limitation, all Laws related to data protection or privacy, the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Equal
Credit
-16-
Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and any other Law relating to discriminatory lending, financing or leasing practices, money laundering prevention, Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, and when and if applicable the
Sarbanes Oxley Act, and (ii) any posted or internal privacy policies relating to data protection or privacy, including the protection of personal information, and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received since December 31,
2017 written notice of any, and to Companys Knowledge there are no, material defaults or material violations of any applicable Law. For purposes of this Agreement, Law shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, or undertaking to or agreement with any Governmental Entity.
(b) Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has properly administered all accounts for which it acts as a fiduciary, including accounts for which it serves as a trustee, agent, custodian, personal representative, guardian, conservator or investment advisor, in accordance with the terms of the
governing documents and applicable Law, except where the failure to so administer such accounts has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company. None of Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any director, officer or employee of Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, has committed any breach of trust or fiduciary duty with respect to any such fiduciary account that has had and would reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company, and the accountings for each such fiduciary account are true and correct and accurately reflect the assets of such fiduciary account, except as has not had and would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company.
3.10 State Takeover Laws.
The Board of Directors of Company has approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as required to render inapplicable to this Agreement and such transactions any applicable provisions of any takeover Laws under applicable Law,
including any moratorium, control share, takeover, affiliated transaction, interested stockholder or similar provisions under applicable Law or the Company Articles (collectively, the
Takeover Laws). No fair price Law is applicable to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.11 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)), whether or not subject to ERISA, and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance,
supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all retention, bonus, employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements to which Company or Company Bank or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) is a party, currently maintains, contributes to or sponsors for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of Company or Company Bank or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates or for which Company or Company Bank could otherwise have any current or future material liability or material obligations (all such plans,
-17-
programs, arrangements, contracts or agreements, whether or not listed on Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, collectively, the Company Benefit Plans).
(b) Company has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of the following (as applicable) with respect to each
Company Benefit Plan: (i) the written document evidencing such Company Benefit Plan or, if such Company Benefit Plan is not in writing, a written description of the material terms thereof, and all amendments, modifications or material
supplements thereto, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500), if any, filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the last two plan years, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any,
(iv) the most recently prepared actuarial report or financial statement, if any, (v) the most recent summary plan description, if any (or other descriptions of such Company Benefit Plan provided to Employees) and all modifications thereto,
(vi) all material correspondence with the Department of Labor or the IRS, (vii) the most recent nondiscrimination tests performed under ERISA and the Code, (viii) all contracts with third-party administrators, compensation consultants
and other service providers that related thereto, and (ix) any related trust agreements, insurance contracts or documents of any other funding arrangements relating thereto. Except as specifically provided in the foregoing documents delivered
or made available to Purchaser, there are no amendments to any Company Benefit Plans that have been adopted or approved nor has Company or Company Bank undertaken to make any such amendments or to adopt or approve any new Company Benefit Plans. No
Company Benefit Plan is maintained outside the jurisdiction of the United States, or covers any employee residing or working outside of the United States.
(c) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) each Company Benefit Plan has been established,
operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code, and (ii) the Company 401(k) Plan (as defined in Section 6.5(e)) complies with all
applicable Laws. Except as set forth on Section 3.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, during the six years preceding the date of this Agreement, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action to take corrective action or
make a filing under any voluntary correction program of the IRS, Department of Labor or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, and, to Companys Knowledge, no plan defect exists that would qualify for correction
under any such program.
(d) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Benefit Plan
that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan as defined in and subject to Section 409A of the Code (a Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan) has been maintained and operated in compliance with
Section 409A of the Code and all applicable regulatory guidance thereunder (including, but not limited to, Treasury Regulations). No assets set aside for the payment of benefits under any Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan are held outside
of the United States, except to the extent that substantially all of the services to which such benefits are attributable have been performed in the jurisdiction in which such assets are held.
(e) Section 3.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code (the Qualified Plans). The IRS has issued a favorable determination letter with respect to each
-18-
Qualified Plan and the related trust that has not been revoked or threatened to be revoked, and, to Companys Knowledge, no circumstances or events have occurred that would reasonably be
expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any Qualified Plan or the related trust or increase the costs relating thereto. No trust funding any Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 501(c)(9).
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company and its Subsidiaries nor any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates has, at any time during the last six years, contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any plan that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code (a Title IV
Plan). Except as set forth on Section 3.11(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to each Title IV Plan, (i) no liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA has been incurred by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates that has not been satisfied in full prior to the date hereof, and no condition exists that presents a risk to the Company or Company Bank or any of their ERISA Affiliates of incurring or being
subject to any liability or obligation thereunder, (ii) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA), other than an event for which the reporting requirements have been waived by regulations, has occurred within the
six years prior to the date hereof or is expected to occur as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) no failure to meet the minimum funding standard under Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or
303 of ERISA has occurred, (iv) all contributions (including installments) required by Section 301 of ERISA and Sections 412 or 430 of the Code have been timely made, (v) no funding waiver has been applied for or been received or any
amortization period extended within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA, (vi) there are no funding-based limitations, within the meaning of Section 436 of the Code, currently in effect,
(vii) none of the assets of Company or Company Bank are the subject of any lien arising under ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code, and the Company has not been required to post any security under ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the
Code, and no fact or event exists that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such lien or requirement to post any such security, (viii) all premiums (and interest charges and penalties for late payment, if applicable) have been paid
when due to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, (ix) there has been no event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in any event described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA, and (x) no notice of intent to terminate any Title IV Plan has been filed and no amendment to treat a Title IV Plan as terminated has been adopted and no proceeding has been commenced by the PBGC to terminate any Title IV Plan. None of
Company and its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has, at any time during the last six years, contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any plan that is a multiemployer plan within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (a Multiemployer Plan) or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA (a Multiple
Employer Plan); and none of the Company any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability to a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal (as
those terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) from such Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan.
(g) Except
as set forth on Section 3.11(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries sponsors, has sponsored or has any
-19-
obligation with respect to any employee benefit plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current Employees
or beneficiaries or dependents thereof, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code. Company and Company Bank have reserved the right to amend, terminate or modify at any time all plans or arrangements providing for retiree health or
medical or life insurance coverage, and no representations or commitments, whether or not written, have been made that would limit Companys or Company Banks right to amend, terminate or modify any such benefits.
(h) All contributions required to be made to any Company Benefit Plan by applicable Law or by any plan document or other contractual
undertaking, and all premiums due or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any Company Benefit Plan, for any period through the date hereof, have been timely made or paid in full or, to the extent not required to be made or paid on or
before the date hereof, have been fully reflected on the books and records of Company.
(i) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(i) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, cause the vesting,
exercisability or delivery of, or increase in the amount or value of, any payment, right or other benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of Company or Company Bank, or result in any limitation on the right of Company or
Company Bank to amend, merge, terminate or receive a reversion of assets from any Company Benefit Plan or related trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no amount paid or payable (whether in cash, in property, or in the form of
benefits) by Company or Company Bank in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (either solely as a result thereof or as a result of such transactions in conjunction with any other event) will be an excess parachute payment
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. No Company Benefit Plan provides for the gross-up or reimbursement of Taxes under Section 4999 or 409A of the Code, or otherwise.
(j) There does not now exist, nor do any circumstances exist that could result in, any Controlled Group Liability (as hereinafter defined)
that would be a material liability of Company, Company Bank or any of their ERISA Affiliates following the Closing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has engaged in any transaction
described in Section 4069 or Section 4204 or 4212 of ERISA.
(k) None of Company or Company Bank nor any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates or any Person now or previously employed by Company, including any fiduciary, has engaged in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA), which could subject any
of the Company Benefit Plans or their related trusts, Company, Company Bank, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or any Person that Company or Company Bank has an obligation to indemnify with respect to such prohibited transaction, to any
material Tax or penalty imposed under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.
(l) There are no pending or, to
Companys Knowledge, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course of business), lawsuits or arbitrations which
-20-
have been asserted or instituted, and, to Companys Knowledge, no set of circumstances exists which may reasonably give rise to a claim or lawsuit, against the Company Benefit Plans, any
fiduciaries thereof with respect to their duties to the Company Benefit Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Company Benefit Plans which could reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of Company or Company Bank
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, any Multiemployer Plan, a Multiple Employer Plan, any participant in a Company Benefit Plan, or any other party.
(m) Each individual who renders services to Company or Company Bank who is classified by Company or Company Bank, as applicable, as having the
status of an independent contractor or other non-employee status for any purpose (including for purposes of taxation and tax reporting and under Company Benefit Plans) is properly so characterized.
(n) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no deduction of any amount payable pursuant to the terms
of any Company Benefit Plan has been disallowed or is subject to disallowance under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(o)
Definitions.
(i) Controlled Group Liability means any liability (i) under Title IV of
ERISA, (ii) under Section 302 of ERISA, (iii) under Sections 412, 430 and 4971 of the Code, (iv) as a result of a failure to comply with the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and
Section 4980B of the Code, or (v) under corresponding or similar provisions of foreign Laws.
(ii) ERISA
Affiliate means, with respect to any entity, trade or business, any other entity, trade or business that is, or was at the relevant time, a member of a group described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or
Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes or included the first entity, trade or business, or that is, or was at the relevant time, a member of the same controlled group as the first entity, trade or business pursuant to
Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
3.12 Approvals. As of the date of this Agreement, to Companys Knowledge, there is no
reason why all regulatory approvals from any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement should not be obtained on a timely basis.
3.13 Opinion. The Board of Directors of Company has received the opinion of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. to the effect
that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth therein, the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view to the holders of Company Common Shares.
3.14 Loan Put-Backs. Company has previously provided to Purchaser all claims for repurchases by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of home mortgage loans that were sold to third parties by Company or its Subsidiaries during the past five years that are outstanding or currently threatened in writing, and Company has no reason to believe that it
may be required to repurchase any material dollar volume of home mortgage loans sold to third parties by Company or its Subsidiaries. None of the agreements pursuant to which Company or any of its
-21-
Subsidiaries has sold Loans or pools of Loans or participations in Loans contains any obligation to repurchase such Loans or interests therein solely on account of a payment default by the
obligor on any such Loan.
3.15 Legal Proceedings.
(a) There is no suit, action, investigation, claim, proceeding or review pending, or to Companys Knowledge, threatened against or
affecting Company or Company Bank or any of the current or former directors or executive officers of Company or Company Bank (and Company is not aware of any basis for any such suit, action, investigation, claim, proceeding or review) (i) that
involves a Governmental Entity, or (ii) that, individually or in the aggregate, is (A) material to it and Company Bank, taken as a whole, or is reasonably likely to result in a material restriction on its or Company Banks businesses
or, after the Effective Time, the business of Purchaser, Surviving Company or any of their affiliates, or (B) reasonably likely to materially prevent or delay it from performing its obligations under, or consummating the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement. There is no injunction, order, award, judgment, settlement, decree or regulatory restriction imposed upon or entered into by Company, Company Bank or the assets of Company or Company Bank (or that, upon consummation
of the Merger, would apply to Purchaser or any of its affiliates) that is or could reasonably be expected to be material to Company or Company Bank.
(b) Since December 31, 2017, (i) there have been no subpoenas, written demands, or document requests received by Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any affiliate of Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any Governmental Entity, except such as are received in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as are not, individually or in the aggregate, material
to Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (ii) no Governmental Entity has requested that Company or any of its Subsidiaries enter into a settlement negotiation or tolling agreement with respect to any matter related to any such
subpoena, written demand, or document request. Neither 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 December 31, 2017, a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since December 31, 2017, has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of any Governmental
Entity that currently (x) restricts the conduct of its business, or (y) relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit or risk management policies, its management or its business, other than those of general
application that apply to similarly situated financial holding companies or their Subsidiaries (each item in this sentence, whether or not set forth on the Company Disclosure Schedule, a Regulatory Agreement), nor has Company or
any of its Subsidiaries been advised in writing since December 31, 2017 by any Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement.
3.16 Material Contracts.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Company nor Company Bank is a party to, bound by or
subject to any agreement,
-22-
contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (each, whether or not Previously Disclosed, a Material Contract): (i) that is a material
contract within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of the SECs Regulation S-K; (ii) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or retirement contract providing for aggregate payments to
any Person in any calendar year in excess of $50,000, (iii) any contract relating to the borrowing of money by Company or Company Bank or the guarantee by Company or Company Bank of any such obligation (other than contracts evidencing deposit
liabilities, purchases of federal funds and Federal Home Loan Bank advances of Company Bank and ordinary course trade payables not past due) in excess of $100,000, (iv) any contract that contains any
non-competition or non-solicitation arrangements or other arrangements or obligations that purport to limit or restrict in any respect the ability of Company or Company
Bank (including, following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Purchaser or any of its affiliates) to solicit customers or the manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any portion of the business of Company and
Company Bank (including, following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Purchaser or any of its affiliates) is or could be conducted, (v) any contract not terminable by Company, without penalty or other incremental expense in
excess of $50,000, with less than 90 days notice relating to the purchase or sale of any goods or services by Company or Company Bank (other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
involving payments under any individual contract not in excess of $50,000 or involving Loans, borrowings or guarantees originated or purchased by Company or Company Bank in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (vi) any
contract not terminable by Company without penalty or other incremental expense in excess of $50,000, with less than 90 days notice which obligates Company or Company Bank (or, following the consummation of the Merger, Purchaser or any of its
affiliates) to conduct business with any third party on an exclusive or preferential basis, (vii) any contract not terminable by Company without penalty or other incremental expense in excess of $50,000, with less than 90 days notice
which requires referrals of business or requires Company or Company Bank to make available investment opportunities to any Person on a priority or exclusive basis, (viii) any contract not terminable by Company without penalty or other
incremental expense in excess of $50,000, with less than 90 days notice which grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets, rights or properties of Company or Company Bank,
(ix) any contract which limits the payment of dividends by Company or Company Bank, (x) any contract pursuant to which Company or Company Bank has agreed with any third parties to become a member of, manage or control a joint venture,
partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity, (xi) any contract pursuant to which Company or Company Bank has agreed with any third party to a change of control transaction such as an acquisition, divestiture or merger and
which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, earn-out or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect, (xii) any contract
which relates to any material Intellectual Property of or used by Company or Company Bank, (xiii) any contract between Company or Company Bank, on the one hand, and (a) any officer or director of Company or Company Bank, (b) to the
Companys Knowledge, any affiliate or family member of any such officer or director or (c) any other affiliate of Company, on the other hand, except those of a type available to Employees of Company generally, or (xiv) any contract
that provides for payments to be made by Company or Company Bank upon a change in control thereof or a termination of such contract in excess of $50,000. For purposes of this Agreement, Person shall mean any individual, bank,
corporation, partnership, limited
-23-
liability company, association, joint venture or other organization, whether an incorporated or unincorporated organization, or Governmental Entity.
(b) Each Material Contract is a valid and legally binding agreement of Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to
Companys Knowledge, the counterparty or counterparties thereto, is enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception) and is in full force and effect. Company and Company Bank has duly performed all
material obligations required to be performed by it prior to the date hereof under each Material Contract, neither Company nor Company Bank, and, to Companys Knowledge, any counterparty or counterparties, is in material breach or violation of
any provision of any Material Contract, and no event or condition exists that constitutes, or after notice or lapse of time or both, will constitute, a breach, violation or default on the part of Company or Company Bank under any such Material
Contract or provide any party thereto with the right to terminate such Material Contract. Company has provided true and complete copies of each Material Contract to Purchaser prior to the date hereof.
3.17 Environmental Matters. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Company and Company Bank, and to the Companys Knowledge:
(a) Company and Company Bank have complied with
all applicable Laws relating to: (i) the protection or restoration of the environment, health, safety or natural resources; (ii) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of, or exposure to, any hazardous
substance; and (iii) noise, odor, wetlands, indoor air, pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or property involving any hazardous substance (Environmental Laws);
(b) there are no proceedings, claims, actions, or investigations of any kind, pending or threatened in writing, by any Person, court, agency,
or other Governmental Entity or any arbitral body, against Company or Company Bank relating to any Environmental Law and there is no reasonable basis for any such proceeding, claim, action or investigation;
(c) there are no agreements, orders, judgments, indemnities or decrees by or with Company or Company Bank, and any Person, court, regulatory
agency or other Governmental Entity, that could impose any liabilities or obligations under or in respect of any Environmental Law;
(d)
there are, and have been, no hazardous substances or other environmental conditions at any property under circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to or claims against Company or Company Bank relating to any
Environmental Law;
(e) there are no reasonably anticipated future events, conditions, circumstances, practices, plans, or legal
requirements that could give rise to obligations or liabilities to Company and Company Bank under any Environmental Law; and
(f) there
are no agreements, orders, judgments, indemnities or decrees by or with any borrower of Company Bank with respect to which Company Bank has a security interest in real property owned by such borrower, and any Person, court, regulatory agency or
-24-
other Governmental Entity, that could impose any liabilities or obligations under or in respect of any Environmental Law.
3.18 Taxes. Company and each of its Subsidiaries (a) have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account
any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns (as defined below) required to be filed by them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; and (b) have timely paid all material Taxes
(as defined below) that are required to have been paid or that Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to have withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party and to have paid, except with respect to matters contested
in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established and reflected on the financial statements of Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the material Tax
Returns pertaining to Company or any of its Subsidiaries are currently under any audit, suit, proceeding, examination or assessment by the IRS or the relevant state, local or foreign Tax authority and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received written notice from any Tax authority that an audit, suit, proceeding, examination or assessment in respect of such Tax Returns or matters pertaining to Taxes is pending or threatened. Company has not received written notice of any material
deficiencies asserted or assessments made against Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have not been paid or resolved in full. Company has not received any written notice of any claim against Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Tax
authority in a jurisdiction where Company or such Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. No Liens for Taxes exist with respect to any of the assets of Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into, or obtained, as applicable, any material closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice
memoranda or similar agreement or rulings with any Tax authority, nor have any been issued by any Tax authority, in each case that have any continuing effect. None of Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been a United States real property holding
corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. Each of Company and its Subsidiaries have disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all
positions taken therein that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code. Except as set forth on Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has ever been a member of an affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax group for purposes of filing any Tax Return, other than a group of which Company was the common parent,
(ii) has any liability for a material amount of Taxes of any Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise or (iii) is a party to or bound by any Tax sharing or allocation agreement or has any other current contractual obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect
to Taxes (other than such an agreement or arrangement exclusively between or among Company and its Subsidiaries). Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any listed transactions within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2). Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a distributing corporation or controlled corporation in any distribution occurring during
the last 30 months that was purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is the beneficiary of any extension of time
within which to file any
-25-
material Tax Return (other than extensions to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business). As used in this Agreement, (A) the term Tax (including, with
correlative meaning, the term Taxes) includes all United States federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severance, stamp, payroll, sales,
employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy and other Taxes, duties or like assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with
respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (B) the term Tax Return includes all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and
information returns) supplied or required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes.
3.19 Reorganization. Company has
not taken or agreed to take any action, and is not aware of any fact or circumstance, that would prevent or impede, or could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning
of Section 368(a) of the Code.
3.20 Intellectual Property. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Company and Company Bank:
(a) Each of Company and Company Bank, to
Companys Knowledge (i) owns (beneficially and of record, where applicable), free and clear of all Liens, other than non-exclusive licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, all right, title and interest in and to its respective Owned Intellectual Property, and (ii) has valid and sufficient rights and licenses to all of the Licensed Intellectual Property. To the Companys Knowledge, the
Owned Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid and enforceable. To the Companys Knowledge, the Owned Intellectual Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property constitute all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the operation of
the respective businesses of Company and Company Bank as presently conducted. To Companys Knowledge, each of Company and Company Bank has sufficient rights to use all Intellectual Property used in its respective business as presently
conducted.
(b) To Companys Knowledge, the operation by Company and Company Bank of their respective businesses as presently
conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third Person, and since December 31, 2017, no Person has asserted in writing that Company or Company Bank has materially infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise violated any third Persons Intellectual Property rights. To Companys Knowledge, no third Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of Companys or Company Banks rights in the
Owned Intellectual Property.
(c) Each of Company and Company Bank has taken reasonable measures to protect (i) their rights in their
respective Owned Intellectual Property and (ii) the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets that are owned, used or held by Company or Company Bank, and to Companys Knowledge, such Trade Secrets have not been used, disclosed to or discovered
by any Person except pursuant to appropriate non-disclosure agreements which have not been breached. To Companys Knowledge, no Person has gained unauthorized access to Companys or Company
Banks IT Assets.
-26-
(d) Each of Companys and Company Banks respective IT Assets operate and perform
in all material respects as reasonably required by Company and Company Bank in connection with their respective businesses and have not materially malfunctioned or failed within the past two years. To Companys Knowledge, Company and Company
Bank has implemented reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology and procedures consistent with industry practices. To Companys Knowledge, Company and Company Bank is compliant with their own privacy policies and commitments
to their respective customers, consumers and employees, concerning data protection and the privacy and security of personal data and the nonpublic personal information of their respective customers, consumers and employees.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement,
(i) Intellectual Property means any and all: (A) trademarks, service marks, brand names, collective
marks, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, trade names, business names, corporate names, slogans, designs and other indicia of origin, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof, all
applications, registrations and renewals for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby; (B) patents and patentable inventions (whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all invention
disclosures and applications therefor, together with all divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, renewals, extensions, reexaminations and reissues in
connection therewith; (C) confidential proprietary business information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, business and other methods, technologies, techniques, protocols,
formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, unpatentable discoveries and inventions (Trade Secrets); (D) copyrights in published and unpublished works of authorship (including databases and other compilations of information),
and all registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (E) other intellectual property rights.
(ii) IT Assets means, with respect to any Person, the computers, computer software, firmware, middleware,
servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation owned by such Person or such Persons Subsidiaries.
(iii) Licensed Intellectual Property means the Intellectual Property owned by third Persons that is used in
or necessary for the operation of the respective businesses of Company or Purchaser, as the case may be, and each of its respective Subsidiaries as presently conducted.
(iv) Owned Intellectual Property means Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by Company or
Purchaser, as the case may be, or any of its respective Subsidiaries.
3.21 Properties. Company or Company Bank (a) has good
and, as to real property, marketable title to all the material properties and assets reflected in either the latest audited balance sheet or latest interim balance sheet included in the Financial Statements as being owned
-27-
by Company or Company Bank or acquired after the date thereof (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice) (the Company Owned Properties), free and clear of all Liens of any nature whatsoever, except (i) statutory Liens securing payments not yet due or which are contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
have been taken, (ii) Liens for real property Taxes not yet due and payable, (iii) easements, rights of way, and other similar encumbrances that do not materially affect the use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected
thereby or otherwise materially impair business operations at such properties and (iv) such imperfections or irregularities of title or Liens as do not materially affect the use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or
otherwise materially impair business operations at such properties (collectively, Company Permitted Encumbrances), and (b) is the lessee of all leasehold estates reflected in either the Financial Statements or acquired after
the date thereof (except for leases that have expired by their terms since the date thereof) (collectively with the Company Owned Properties that constitute real property, the Company Real Property), free and clear of all Liens of
any nature whatsoever, except for Company Permitted Encumbrances, and is in possession of the properties purported to be leased thereunder, and each such lease is valid without default thereunder by the lessee or, to Companys Knowledge, the
lessor. There are no pending or, to Companys Knowledge, threatened (in writing) condemnation proceedings against the Company Real Property.
3.22 Insurance. Company and Company Bank are insured with insurers believed by Company to be reputable against such risks and in such
amounts as the management of Company reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with industry practice. Company and Company Bank are in compliance in all material respects with their insurance policies and are not in default under any of
the terms thereof. Each such policy is outstanding and in full force and effect and, except for policies insuring against potential liabilities of officers, directors and Employees of Company and Company Bank, Company or Company Bank thereof is the
sole beneficiary of such policies, and all premiums and other payments due under any such policy have been paid, and all claims thereunder have been filed in due and timely fashion.
3.23 Accounting and Internal Controls.
(a) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company and Company Bank are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means
(including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company or Company Bank or accountants (including all means of access thereto and therefrom),
except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal
accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company and Company Bank have devised 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. Company has designed and implemented disclosure controls and procedures (within the meaning of Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) reasonably intended to ensure that material information relating to Company and Company Bank is made known to its management by others within those entities.
-28-
(b) Companys management completed an assessment of the effectiveness of its internal
control over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, and such assessments concluded that such controls were effective. Based on
Companys most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, there were not: (A) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting or (B) any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other Employees who have a significant role in its internal controls over financial reporting.
(c) Since December 31, 2017, (A) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Companys Knowledge, any director, officer,
auditor, accountant or Representative of Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or written claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices,
procedures, methodologies or methods (including with respect to loan loss reserves, write-downs, charge-offs and accruals) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint,
allegation, assertion or written claim that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (B) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by it or
any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by it or any of its officers or directors to its Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any of its
directors or officers.
3.24 Derivatives. All interest rate swaps, caps, floors, option agreements, futures and forward contracts
and other similar derivative transactions and risk management arrangements, whether entered into for the account of Company or for the account of a customer of Company Bank, were entered into in the ordinary course of business and in all material
respects in accordance with applicable rules, regulations and policies of the applicable regulatory authority and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time and are legal, valid and binding obligations of Company or
Company Bank enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, and are in full force and effect. Company and Company Bank have duly performed in all material respects all of their material obligations
thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued, and, to Companys Knowledge, there are no material breaches, violations or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder.
3.25 Labor. (a) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or since December 31, 2017, has been a party to any collective
bargaining agreement, labor union contract, or trade union agreement (each a Collective Bargaining Agreement); (b) no employee is represented by a labor organization for purposes of collective bargaining with respect to Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; (c) to the Companys Knowledge, as of the date hereof, there are no activities or proceedings of any labor or trade union to organize any employees of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (d) no Collective
Bargaining Agreement is being negotiated by Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (e) as of the date hereof, there is no strike, lockout, slowdown, or work stoppage against Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the Companys
Knowledge , threatened, that may interfere in any material respect with the respective business activities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (f) to the Companys Knowledge, there is no pending charge
-29-
or complaint against Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable Governmental Entity; and (g) Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with
all Laws regarding employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours and other Laws in respect of any reduction in force, including notice, information and consultation requirements.
3.26 Loans; Loan Matters.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 3.26(a)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of most recent calendar quarter end, neither Company
nor Company Bank is a party to any written or oral (i) loan agreement, note or borrowing arrangement (including leases, credit enhancements, commitments, guarantees and interest-bearing assets) (collectively, Loans),
(x) the unpaid principal balance of which exceeds $50,000, and under the terms of which the obligor was 90 days or more delinquent in payment of principal or interest or (y) to the Companys Knowledge, the unpaid principal balance of
which exceeds $50,000 and which the obligor is in material default of any other provision under such Loan (for purposes of this clause (y), the failure of a borrower to deliver financial and other data on a timely basis to Company as required by the
relevant loan agreement shall not be deemed a material default), or (ii) Loan with any director, executive officer or 5% or greater shareholder of Company or Company Bank, or to the Companys Knowledge, any Person controlling, controlled
by or under common control with any of the foregoing. Section 3.26(a)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) all of the Loans in original principal amount in excess of $50,000 of Company or Company Bank that, as of the most
recent calendar quarter end, were classified (whether regulatory or internal) as Other Loans Specially Mentioned, Special Mention, Substandard, Doubtful, Loss, Classified,
Criticized, Credit Risk Assets, Concerned Loans, Watch List or words of similar import, together with the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on each such Loan as of such date and the
identity of the borrower thereunder, (ii) by category of Loan (i.e., commercial, consumer, etc.), all of the other Loans of Company and Company Bank that as of most recent quarter end, were classified as such, together with the aggregate
principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Loans by category, (iii) each Loan for which Company or Company Bank has afforded any payment accommodation, forbearance, or otherwise modified or amended in accordance with the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or otherwise as a result of the effects of COVID-19, and (iv) each asset of Company that as of the most recent calendar quarter end, was classified as
Other Real Estate Owned and the book value thereof as of such date.
(b) Each Loan currently outstanding (i) is evidenced
by notes, agreements or other evidences of indebtedness that are, in all material respects, true, genuine and what they purport to be, (ii) to the extent secured, has been secured by valid Liens which have been perfected and (iii) to
Companys Knowledge, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor named therein, enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception). The notes or other credit or security documents with respect
to each such outstanding Loan were in compliance with all applicable Laws at the time of origination or purchase by Company or Company Bank and are complete and correct in all material respects. Each outstanding Loan (including Loans held for resale
to investors) was solicited and originated, and is and has been administered and, where applicable, serviced, and the relevant Loan files are being maintained in all material respects in accordance with the relevant notes or
-30-
other credit or security documents, Companys written underwriting standards (and, in the case of Loans held for resale to investors, the underwriting standards, if any, of the applicable
investors) and with the requirements under all applicable Laws.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB
Except as Previously Disclosed, Purchaser and Merger Sub hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to Company as follows:
4.1 Corporate Organization.
(a) Purchaser is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio. Merger Sub is a limited
liability company duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such
licensing or qualification necessary. Purchaser is duly registered as a bank holding company under the BHC Act.
(b) Purchaser Bank, a
national association, and Farmers Trust Company, a state trust company, are each a Subsidiary of Purchaser and each (i) is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
(ii) has the requisite corporate (or similar) power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and (iii) except as has not had and would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser, is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the
properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary. The deposit accounts of Purchaser Bank are insured by the FDIC through the Deposit Insurance Fund to the fullest extent permitted by Law, and all premiums
and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due.
4.2 Capitalization. The authorized capital
stock of Purchaser consists of 50,000,000 Purchaser Common Shares of which, as of March 1, 2022 (the Purchaser Capitalization Date), 34,004,914 were issued and outstanding. As of the Purchaser Capitalization Date, no
Purchaser Common Shares were authorized for issuance upon exercise of options issued pursuant to employee and director stock plans of Purchaser or a Subsidiary of Purchaser in effect as of the date of this Agreement (the Purchaser Stock
Plans). All of the issued and outstanding Purchaser Common Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. As of the date of this Agreement, no Voting Debt of Purchaser
is issued or outstanding. As of the Purchaser Capitalization Date, except pursuant to this Agreement and the Purchaser Stock Plans, Purchaser does not have and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments or agreements of any
-31-
character calling for the purchase or issuance of any Purchaser Common Shares, Voting Debt of Purchaser or any other equity securities of Purchaser or any securities representing the right to
purchase or otherwise receive any Purchaser Common Shares or Voting Debt of Purchaser or other equity securities of Purchaser. The Purchaser Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Merger have been reserved for issuance, and when issued, will be
duly authorized and validly issued and, at the Effective Time, all such shares will be fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.
4.3 Authority; No Violation.
(a) Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. Merger Sub has the full limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly, validly, and unanimously adopted and approved by the Board of Directors of Purchaser and the managers and members of Merger Sub to the extent required by applicable Law. No other corporate proceedings
on the part of Purchaser or Merger Sub are necessary to approve this Agreement, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser and Merger Sub and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by Company) constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Purchaser and Merger Sub, enforceable against Purchaser and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser or Merger Sub, nor the consummation by Purchaser or Merger Sub of
the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by Purchaser or Merger Sub with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, will (i) violate any provision of the articles of incorporation or code of regulations of Purchaser or the
articles of organization or operating agreement of Merger Sub, or (ii) assuming that the consents, approvals and filings referred to in Section 4.4 are duly obtained and/or made, (A) violate any other Law, judgment, order, injunction
or decree applicable to Purchaser, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets or (B) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event
that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of
the respective properties or assets of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is bound except, with respect to clause (ii), any such violation, conflict, breach, default, termination, cancellation,
acceleration or creation as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser.
4.4 Consents and Approvals. Except for (a) the Regulatory Approvals, (b) the filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement and
the filing and declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4, (c) the filing of the Statement of Merger with the Department of State of the Commonwealth
-32-
of Pennsylvania and the Certificate of Merger with the Ohio Secretary of State, and (d) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the Purchaser Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement and approval of listing of such Purchaser Common Shares on the Nasdaq, no consents or approvals of or filings or registrations
with any Governmental Entity are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement or with the consummation by Purchaser of the Merger or by Purchaser Bank of the Bank Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any Governmental Entity are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement.
4.5 Reports.
(a) Except
as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser, Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, registration statements, proxy statements
and other materials, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2017 with any Regulatory Agencies and each other applicable Governmental Entity, and all other
reports and statements required to be filed by them since December 31, 2017, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to any applicable Laws, and all such reports, registration statements, proxy statements, other
materials and amendments have complied in all material respects with all legal requirements relating thereto, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith.
(b) An accurate and complete copy of each final registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule and definitive proxy statement filed with
or furnished to the SEC by Purchaser pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (the Purchaser SEC Reports) since December 31, 2017 is publicly available. All Purchaser SEC Reports, at the time of filing, complied,
and all Purchaser SEC Reports required to be filed prior to the Effective Time will comply, in all material respects with applicable Law and included and will include all exhibits required to be filed under applicable Law. None of such documents,
when filed or as amended, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. None of Purchasers Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
4.6 Financial Statements.
(a) The financial statements of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries included (or incorporated by reference) in the Purchaser SEC Reports (including
the related notes, where applicable) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for normal year-end adjustments) and present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, earnings and cash flows of Purchaser and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods then ended. As of the date hereof, the books and records of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries
have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements and reflect only actual transactions. As of the date hereof, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP has not resigned (or
-33-
informed Purchaser that indicated it intends to resign) or been dismissed as independent public accountants of Purchaser as a result of or in connection with any disagreements with Purchaser on a
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure.
(b) Neither Purchaser nor
any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, determined, determinable or otherwise and whether due or to become due), except for (i) those liabilities
that are reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of Purchaser included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter (including any notes thereto),
(ii) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent in nature and amount with past practice since the most recent fiscal quarter end or (iii) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.7 Brokers Fees. Neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers or
directors have employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokers fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or related transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than to Janney
Montgomery Scott LLC.
4.8 Compliance with Applicable Law. Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries hold, and have at all times since
December 31, 2017 held, all licenses, franchises, permits and authorizations which are necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses and ownership of their respective properties, rights and assets under and pursuant to
applicable Law (and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith), except where the failure to hold such license, franchise, permit or authorization or to pay such fees or assessments has not had and would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser and, to Purchasers Knowledge, no suspension or cancellation of any such necessary license, franchise, permit or authorization has, prior
to the date hereof, been threatened in writing. Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with, and are not in default or violation in any material respect of, any applicable Law relating to Purchaser or any of
its Subsidiaries.
4.9 Legal Proceedings.
(a) Except for litigation in the ordinary course of business, and as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser, none of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any, and there are no pending or, to Purchasers Knowledge, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitral or other suits,
actions, investigations, claims, proceedings or reviews of any nature against Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, and Purchaser is not aware of any basis for any such suits, actions, investigations, claims, proceeding or reviews.
(b) There is no injunction, order, award, judgment, settlement, decree, Regulatory Agreement or other regulatory restriction (other than those
of general application that apply to similarly situated banks or their Subsidiaries) imposed upon Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries that is or could reasonably be expected to be material to Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries.
-34-
(c) There is no suit, action, investigation, claim, proceeding or review pending, or to
Purchasers Knowledge, threatened against or affecting it or any of its Subsidiaries (and it is not aware of any basis for any such suit, action, investigation, claim, proceeding or review) that, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably
likely to materially prevent or delay it from performing its obligations under, or consummating the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.
4.10 Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2021, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be expected
to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser.
4.11 Taxes. Purchaser and each of its
Subsidiaries (a) have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns (as defined in Section 3.18) required to be filed by them and all such filed
Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; and (b) have timely paid all material Taxes (as defined in Section 3.18) that are required to have been paid or that Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to have
withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party and to have paid, except with respect to matters contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established and reflected on the financial statements of
Purchaser or its Subsidiaries. None of the material Tax Returns pertaining to Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries are currently under any audit, suit, proceeding, examination or assessment by the IRS or the relevant state, local or foreign Tax
authority and neither Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from any Tax authority that an audit, suit, proceeding, examination or assessment in respect of such Tax Returns or matters pertaining to Taxes is pending or
threatened. No material assessment in respect of such Tax Returns or matters pertaining to Tax Returns or matters pertaining to Taxes is pending or threatened. Purchaser has not received written notice of any material deficiencies asserted or
assessments made against Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries that have not been paid in full. Purchaser has not received written notice of any claim against Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries by any Tax authority in a jurisdiction where Purchaser
or such Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that Purchaser or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. No Liens for Taxes exist with respect to any of the assets of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. Neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into, or obtained, as applicable, any material closing agreement, private letter ruling, technical advice memoranda or similar agreement or rulings
with any Tax authority, nor have any been issued by any Tax authority, in each case that have any continuing effect. Each of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries have disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code. Neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has ever been a member of an affiliated, combined,
consolidated or unitary Tax group for purposes of filing any Tax Return, other than a group of which Purchaser was the common parent, (B) has any liability for a material amount of Taxes of any Person (other than Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise or (C) is a party to or
bound by any Tax sharing or allocation agreement or has any other current contractual obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect to Taxes (other than such agreement or arrangement exclusively between or among Purchaser and its
Subsidiaries). Neither Purchaser nor any of its
-35-
Subsidiaries has participated in any listed transactions within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2). Neither
Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a distributing corporation or controlled corporation in any distribution occurring during the last 30 months that was purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of
the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). Neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which or file any material Tax Return (other than extensions to file Tax Returns
obtained in the ordinary course of business).
4.12 Approvals. As of the date of this Agreement, Purchaser knows of no reason why
all regulatory approvals from any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement should not be obtained on a reasonably timely basis.
4.13 Reorganization.
(a) Purchaser has not taken or agreed to take any action, and is not aware of any fact or circumstance, that would prevent or impede, or could
reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(b) Merger Sub is an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from Purchaser for federal Tax purposes and, as such, is a
disregarded entity as defined in Treasury Regulations 1.368-2(b)(1)(i)(A).
4.14
Intellectual Property. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser and its Subsidiaries:
(a) Each of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, to Purchasers Knowledge (i) owns (beneficially, and of record where applicable), free
and clear of all Liens, other than non-exclusive licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, all right, title and interest in and to its respective Owned
Intellectual Property, and (ii) has valid and sufficient rights and licenses to all of the Licensed Intellectual Property. To Purchasers Knowledge, the Owned Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid and enforceable. To Purchasers
Knowledge, the Owned Intellectual Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property constitute all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the operation of the respective businesses of Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries as presently
conducted. To Purchasers Knowledge, each of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries has sufficient rights to use all Intellectual Property used in its respective business as presently conducted.
(b) To Purchasers Knowledge, the operation of Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries respective businesses as presently conducted
does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third Person, and since December 31, 2017, no Person has asserted in writing that Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries has materially infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise violated any third Persons Intellectual Property rights. To Purchasers Knowledge, no third Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of Purchasers or any of its Subsidiarys
rights in the Owned Intellectual Property.
-36-
(c) Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable measures to protect
(i) their rights in their respective Owned Intellectual Property and (ii) the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets that are owned, used or held by Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, and to Purchasers Knowledge, such Trade Secrets
have not been used, disclosed to or discovered by any Person except pursuant to appropriate non-disclosure agreements which have not been breached. To Purchasers Knowledge, no Person has gained
unauthorized access to Purchasers or its Subsidiaries IT Assets.
(d) Purchasers and each of its Subsidiaries
respective IT Assets operate and perform in all material respects as reasonably required by Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries in connection with their respective businesses and have not materially malfunctioned or failed within the past two
years. To Purchasers Knowledge, Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries has implemented reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology and procedures consistent with industry practices. To Purchasers Knowledge, Purchaser and
each of its Subsidiaries is compliant with their own privacy policies and commitments to their respective customers, consumers and employees, concerning data protection and the privacy and security of personal data and the nonpublic personal
information of their respective customers, consumers and employees.
4.15 Properties. Either Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries
(a) has good and, as to real property, marketable title to all the material properties and assets reflected in either the latest audited balance sheet or latest interim balance sheet included in the Financial Statements as being owned by either
Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries or acquired after the date thereof (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) (the Owned
Properties), free and clear of all Liens of any nature whatsoever, except (i) statutory Liens securing payments not yet due or which are being contested in good faith for which adequate reserves have been taken, (ii) Liens for
real property Taxes not yet due and payable, (iii) easements, rights of way, and other similar encumbrances that do not materially affect the use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise materially impair
business operations at such properties and (iv) such imperfections or irregularities of title or Liens as do not materially affect the use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise materially impair business
operations at such properties (collectively, Permitted Encumbrances), and (b) is the lessee of all leasehold estates reflected in either the Financial Statements or acquired after the date thereof (except for leases that have
expired by their terms since the date thereof) (collectively with the Owned Properties that constitute real property, the Real Property), free and clear of all Liens of any nature whatsoever, except for Permitted Encumbrances, and
is in possession of the properties purported to be leased thereunder, and each such lease is valid without default thereunder by the lessee or, to Purchasers Knowledge, the lessor. There are no pending or, to Purchasers Knowledge,
threatened (in writing) condemnation proceedings against the Real Property.
4.16 Insurance. Purchaser and its Subsidiaries are
insured with insurers believed by Purchaser to be reputable against such risks and in such amounts as the management of Purchaser reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with industry practice. Purchaser and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with their insurance policies and are not in default under any of the terms thereof. Each such policy is outstanding
-37-
and in full force and effect and, except for policies insuring against potential liabilities of officers, directors and employees of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, Purchaser or the relevant
Subsidiary thereof is the sole beneficiary of such policies, and all premiums and other payments due under any such policy have been paid, and all claims thereunder have been filed in due and timely fashion.
4.17 Accounting and Internal Controls.
(a) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under
means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Purchaser or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access thereto and
therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of
internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Purchaser and its Subsidiaries have devised 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. Purchaser has designed and implemented disclosure controls and procedures (within the meaning of Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to Purchaser and its Subsidiaries is made known to its management by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure and to allow it to make certifications that would be required by the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, if applicable.
(b) Purchasers management completed an assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting in compliance
with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, and such assessments concluded that such controls were effective. Purchaser has previously disclosed, based on its most recent
evaluation prior to the date hereof, to its auditors and the audit committee of its Board of Directors, and has described in Section 4.17(b) of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule: (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in its internal controls over financial reporting.
(c) Since December 31, 2017, (i) none of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries or, to Purchasers Knowledge, any director, officer,
auditor, accountant or representative of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or written claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices,
procedures, methodologies or methods (including with respect to loan loss reserves, write-downs, charge-offs and accruals) of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint,
allegation, assertion or written claim that Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by it
or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of
-38-
securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by it or any of its officers or directors to its Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any of its directors or officers.
4.18 Ownership of Company Common Shares. As of the date hereof, neither Purchaser nor any of its affiliates (a) is a party to
any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of, any Company Common Shares, (b) is now, or at any time within the last three years has been, an interested shareholder, as
such term is defined in Section 1704.01 of the Ohio General Corporation Law, or (c) is a Controlling Person as such term is defined in Article TENTH of the Company Articles.
4.19 Available Funds. Purchaser and Purchaser Bank have and, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub will have, cash
sufficient to pay or cause to be deposited into the Exchange Fund the aggregate amount of cash as required pursuant to Section 2.2.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
5.1 Conduct of Businesses Prior to the Effective Time. During the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, (a) each of Company and Purchaser shall, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice in all material respects and
(ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its business organization and advantageous business relationships, and (b) each of Company and Purchaser shall, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries
to, take no action that is intended to or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect or materially delay the ability of either Company or Purchaser to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.2 Company Forbearances. Except as otherwise specifically permitted or required by this Agreement, during
the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, Company shall not, and shall not permit Company Bank to, without the prior written consent of Purchaser (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) (i) Issue, sell or otherwise permit to become outstanding, or
dispose of or encumber or pledge, or authorize or propose the creation of, any additional common shares or other equity interest, Voting Debt or Equity Rights, or (ii) grant, award or issue any Company stock options, restricted units, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, awards based on the value of Companys capital stock, or other equity-based award with respect to shares of the Company Common Shares under any of the Company Benefit Plans or the Company Stock Plans, or
otherwise, except in the case of clause (i) hereof only, for issuances of Company Common Shares with respect to the regular vesting of plan share awards under the Company Stock Plans which are outstanding as of the Company Capitalization Date;
(b) (i) 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 capital stock (other than
-39-
regular quarterly dividends not exceeding $0.31 per Company Common Share, regular semi-annual dividends on the Company Preferred Shares and dividends from Company Bank to Company), or
(ii) directly or indirectly adjust, split, combine, redeem, reclassify, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock, except that Company may redeem, purchase, withhold or otherwise acquire Company Common Shares as payment for
withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of Company Restricted Shares;
(c) Amend the terms of, waive any rights under, terminate,
knowingly violate the terms of, or enter into, (i) any contract or other binding obligation other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) any contract or other binding obligation that cannot be canceled
without penalty, or (iii) any contract or other binding obligation of the sort specified in Section 3.16(a)(iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xiii) or (xiv);
(d) Sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber, license, let lapse, cancel, abandon or otherwise dispose of or discontinue any of its assets,
deposits, business or properties, except any sales, transfers, mortgages, encumbrances, licenses, lapses, cancellations, abandonments, or other dispositions or discontinuances in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in a
transaction that, together with other such transactions, is not material to it and Company Bank, taken as a whole;
(e) 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 course of business consistent with past practice) all or any
portion of the assets, business, deposits or properties of any other entity;
(f) Amend the Company Articles or the Company Bylaws, or
similar governing documents of Company Bank;
(g) Implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods, other
than as may be required by GAAP or applicable regulatory accounting requirements or any Regulatory Agency responsible for regulating Company;
(h) Except as required under applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan existing as of the date hereof, (i) increase in any
manner the compensation, severance or benefits of any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers of Company or Company Bank (collectively, Employees),
other than increases in base salary to Employees in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, which shall not exceed 3.0% in the aggregate or 5.0% for any individual to Employees (in each case, on an annualized basis), (ii) except as set
forth on Section 5.2(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, other than the payment of incentive compensation to Employees in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, Companys annual incentive plan, and financial statement
accruals, pay or award, or commit to pay or award, any bonuses or incentive compensation, (iii) become a party to, establish, amend, alter prior interpretations of, commence participation in, terminate or commit itself to the adoption of any
stock option plan or other stock-based compensation plan, compensation, severance, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, welfare benefit, or other employee benefit plan or agreement or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any Employee (or
newly hired Employee), (iv) accelerate the vesting or lapsing
-40-
of restrictions with respect to any stock-based incentive compensation, other than as expressly contemplated by the provisions of Section 1.5(a) and subsections (a) and (c) of
Section 6.5, (v) cause the funding of any rabbi trust or similar arrangement or take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (vi) change any actuarial
assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Company Benefit Plan or change the manner in which contributions to such Company Benefit Plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be
required by GAAP or applicable Law, or (vii) hire or terminate without cause the employment of any Employee who has (in the case of Employees to be terminated) or would have (in the case of Employees to be hired) target total compensation (base
salary, target cash incentive and target equity) of $100,000 or more;
(i) (i) Take, or omit to take, any action that would, or could
reasonably be expected to, prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) except as may be required by applicable Law imposed by any Governmental
Entity, (A) take any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (B) take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that is
reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied;
(j) Incur or
guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(k) Enter into
any new line of business or materially change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by Law or requested by a Regulatory Agency;
(l) Other than in consultation with Purchaser, make any material change to (i) its investment securities portfolio, derivatives portfolio
or its interest rate exposure, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or (ii) the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported, except as required by Law or requested by a Regulatory Agency;
(m) Settle any action, suit, claim or proceeding against it, except for an action, suit, claim or proceeding that is settled in an amount and
for consideration not in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, claims, and that would not (i) impose any restriction on the business of it or its Subsidiaries or (ii) create
precedent for claims that is reasonably likely to be material to it or its Subsidiaries;
(n) Make application for the opening, relocation
or closing of any, or open, relocate or close any, branch office, loan production office or other significant office or operations facility;
(o) Make or incur any capital expenditure in excess of $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, except for binding commitments
existing on the date hereof previously provided to Purchaser;
-41-
(p) Issue any written communication of a general nature to its Employees or customers
without the prior approval of Purchaser (which will not be unreasonably delayed or withheld), except for communications in the ordinary course of business that do not relate to the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby;
(q) Make or change any material Tax elections, change or consent to any change in it or its Subsidiaries method of accounting for Tax
purposes (except as required by applicable Tax Law), enter into any structured transaction outside of its regular course of business, settle or compromise any material Tax liability, claim or assessment, enter into any closing agreement, waive or
extend any statute of limitations with respect to a material amount of Taxes, surrender any right to claim a refund for a material amount of Taxes, or file any material amended Tax Return;
(r) Except (i) for Loans or legally binding commitments for Loans that have previously been approved by Company prior to the date of this
Agreement, make or acquire any Loan or issue a commitment (or renew or extend an existing commitment) for any Loan, or amend or modify in any material respect any existing Loan, that would result in total credit exposure to the applicable borrower
(and its affiliates) in excess of $1,500,000, (ii) with respect to amendments or modifications that have previously been approved by Company prior to the date of this Agreement, amend or modify in any material respect any existing Loan rated
special mention or below by Company with total credit exposure in excess of $1,500,000, or (iii) with respect to any such actions that have previously been approved by Company prior to the date of this Agreement, modify or amend any
Loan in a manner that would result in any additional extension of credit, principal forgiveness, or effect any uncompensated release of collateral at a value below the fair market value thereof as determined by Company, in each case in excess of
$1,000,000; or
(s) Agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors in support of, any of
the actions prohibited by this Section 5.2.
5.3 Purchaser Forbearances. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or
with the prior written consent of Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof, Purchaser shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Take, or omit to take, any action that would, or could
reasonably be expected to, prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or, except as may be required by applicable Law imposed by any Governmental Entity,
(i) take any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) take, or knowingly fail to take, any action that is
reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied;
(b) Agree to take, make
any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.3; or
-42-
(c) Make or change any material Tax elections, change or consent to any change in it or its
Subsidiaries method of accounting for Tax purposes (except as required by applicable Tax Law), enter into any structured transaction outside of its regular course of business, settle or compromise any material Tax liability, claim or
assessment, enter into any closing agreement, waive or extend any statute of limitations with respect to a material amount of Taxes, surrender any right to claim a refund for a material amount of Taxes, or file any material amended Tax Return.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
6.1 Regulatory Matters.
(a) Purchaser shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC, and Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the
preparation of, the Form S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file the Form S-4
within 60 days of the date herewith and have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, and Company shall thereafter mail or deliver the Proxy
Statement to Company shareholders. Purchaser shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state securities Law or Blue Sky permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and Company shall furnish all information concerning Company and the holders of Company Common Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(b) The parties shall cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to promptly prepare and file all
necessary documentation, to effect all applications, notices, petitions and filings, to obtain as promptly as practicable all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Entities that are necessary or
advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger and the Bank Merger), and to comply with the terms and conditions of all such permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all such third parties or
Governmental Entities. Purchaser Bank will prepare and, within 60 days of the date herewith, use commercially reasonable efforts to file an Interagency Bank Merger Act Application with the OCC. Each of Company and Purchaser shall have the right to
review in advance, subject to applicable Laws, all of the information relating to Company or Purchaser, as the case may be, and its respective Subsidiaries, that appear in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or
any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each of Company and Purchaser shall, to the extent practicable consult with each other on all the information relating to it or its respective
Subsidiaries that appear in any such filing or written materials. In exercising the foregoing, each of the parties shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. The parties shall consult with each other with respect to the obtaining of all
permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Entities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each party will keep the other apprised of the status of matters
relating to completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party shall consult with
-43-
the other in advance of any meeting or conference with any Governmental Entity and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, give the other party and/or its counsel the opportunity to
attend and participate in such meetings and conferences. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement require Purchaser or Company to take or commit to take any
actions in connection with obtaining such consents, approvals and authorizations, or agree to or suffer any condition or restriction on Purchaser, Company or the Surviving Corporation in connection therewith, that would or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (measured on a scale relative to Company) on Purchaser or Company.
(c) Each of Purchaser and
Company shall, upon request, furnish to the other all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Proxy Statement,
the Form S-4 or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Purchaser, Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger,
the Bank Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of Purchaser and Company agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 and each amendment or supplement thereto, if any, becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) the Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto will, at
the date of mailing to shareholders and at the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statement was made, not misleading. Each of Purchaser and Company further agrees that if it becomes aware that any information furnished by it would cause any of the statements in the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement to be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or to omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not false or
misleading, to promptly inform the other party thereof and to take appropriate steps to correct the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement.
(d) Each of Purchaser and Company shall promptly advise the other upon receiving any communication from any Governmental Entity the consent or
approval of which is required for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that causes such party to believe that there is a reasonable likelihood that any Requisite Regulatory Approval will not be obtained or that the receipt
of any such approval may be materially delayed.
6.2 Access to Information.
(a) Upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, Company shall, and shall cause Company Bank to, afford to the officers, employees,
accountants, counsel, advisors, agents and other representatives of Purchaser, reasonable access, during normal business hours during the period prior to the Effective Time, to all its properties, books, contracts, commitments and records, and,
during such period, Company shall, and shall cause Company Bank to, make available to Purchaser (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed or received by it during such period pursuant to the
-44-
requirements of federal securities Laws or federal or state banking or insurance Laws (other than reports or documents that Company is not permitted to disclose under applicable Law); and
(ii) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Purchaser may reasonably request, including periodic updates of the information provided in Section 3.26. Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to minimize any interference with Company Banks regular business operations during any such access to the properties, books, contracts, commitments and records of Company and Company Bank. Upon the reasonable request of Company, Purchaser
shall furnish such reasonable information about it and its business as is relevant to Company and its shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Company nor Purchaser, nor any of their Subsidiaries shall
be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of such party or its Subsidiaries or contravene any Law, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement
entered into prior to the date of this Agreement. The parties shall make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply.
(b) All nonpublic information and materials provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the confidentiality
obligations reflected by the letter of intent entered into between Purchaser and Company dated as of December 21, 2021, and the confidentiality agreement entered into between Purchaser and Company dated November 12, 2021 (collectively, the
Confidentiality Agreement).
(c) No investigation by a party hereto or its representatives shall affect or be deemed to
modify or waive any representations, warranties or covenants of the other party set forth in this Agreement.
6.3 Shareholder
Approval. The Board of Directors of Company has resolved to recommend to Companys shareholders that they approve this Agreement and will submit to its shareholders this Agreement and any other matters required to be approved by its
shareholders in order to carry out the intentions of this Agreement. In furtherance of that obligation, Company will take, in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Articles and the Company Bylaws, all action necessary to convene a meeting
of its shareholders (Company Shareholders Meeting), to be held as promptly as practicable after Purchaser has obtained the SECs declaration of effectiveness of the Form
S-4, to consider and vote upon approval of this Agreement. Company agrees that its obligations pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall not be affected by the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or
communication to Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Change in the Company Recommendation. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.7, Company shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its shareholders the approval and adoption of
this Agreement (the Company Recommendation), and shall use its best efforts to obtain from its shareholders the requisite affirmative vote to approve this Agreement (the Company Shareholder Approval), including,
if necessary, adjourning the Company Shareholders Meeting if there are insufficient votes to approve this Agreement to allow additional time to attain the Company Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding any Change in the Company Recommendation,
this Agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of Company at the Company Shareholders Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve Company of such
obligation so long as Purchaser has obtained the SECs
-45-
declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors of Company shall have effected a Change in
the Company Recommendation permitted hereunder, then the Board of Directors of Company shall submit this Agreement to Companys shareholders without the recommendation of this Agreement (although the resolutions adopting this Agreement as of
the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event the Board of Directors of Company may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to Companys shareholders in the Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or
supplement thereto to the extent required by applicable Law; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Company may not take any action under this sentence unless it has complied with the provisions of Section 6.7. In addition to
the foregoing, except as provided in Section 6.7, neither Company nor its Board of Directors of Company shall recommend to its shareholders or submit to the vote of its shareholders any Acquisition Proposal other than the Merger. Except as set
forth in Section 6.7, neither the Board of Directors of Company nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, qualify or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Purchaser, the Company Recommendation or
take any action, or make any public statement, filing or release inconsistent with the Company Recommendation (any of the foregoing being a Change in the Company Recommendation).
6.4 Nasdaq Listing; Reservation of Purchaser Common Shares.
(a) Purchaser shall cause the Purchaser Common Shares to be issued in the Merger to have been authorized for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to
official notice of issuance prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Purchaser agrees at all times from the date of this Agreement to reserve a
sufficient number of Purchaser Common Shares to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, including payment of the Merger Consideration.
6.5 Employee Matters; Advisory Board.
(a) At or prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser shall take all reasonable action so that Employees of Company and its Subsidiaries shall be
entitled to participate in each benefit plan of Purchaser or its Subsidiaries of general applicability with the exception of any plan frozen to new participants (collectively, the Purchaser Eligible Plans) to the same extent as
similarly-situated employees of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, it being understood that inclusion of the Employees of Company and its Subsidiaries in the Purchaser Eligible Plans may occur at different times with respect to different plans;
provided that coverage shall be continued under corresponding Company Benefit Plans until such Employees are permitted to participate in the Purchaser Eligible Plans; provided further, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall
require Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries to make any grants to any former employee of Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any discretionary equity compensation plan of Purchaser or to provide the same level of (or any) employer
contributions or other benefit subsidies as Company or its Subsidiaries. Purchaser shall cause each Purchaser Eligible Plan in which Employees of Company and its Subsidiaries are eligible to participate, to recognize, for purposes of determining
eligibility to participate in, and vesting of, benefits under the Purchaser Eligible Plans, the service of such Employees with Company and its Subsidiaries to the same extent as such service was credited for such purpose by Company or its
Subsidiaries, and, solely
-46-
for purposes of Purchasers vacation, paid time off and severance programs, for purposes of determining the benefit amount; provided, however, that such service shall not be
recognized to the extent that such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits. Except for the commitment to continue those Company Benefit Plans that correspond to Purchaser Eligible Plans until Employees of Company and its Subsidiaries
are included in such Purchaser Eligible Plans, and subject to subsections (c) and (h) of this Section 6.5, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the ability of Purchaser to amend or terminate any of the Company Benefit Plans in accordance
with and to the extent permitted by their terms at any time permitted by such terms.
(b) The Company shall pay on the last business day
preceding the Closing Date all change in control payments provided under each of the employment and change in control agreements listed in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule as if the employment of each of the officers covered
by such agreements had terminated as of the Effective Time, unless such agreement is superseded by a subsequent agreement between Company and such officer in which case any payments to such officers will be made in accordance with such superseding
agreement. Each such payment shall be conditioned on the recipient providing the Company with a complete release to the Companys and Purchasers reasonable satisfaction in exchange for receiving the change in control payment.
Section 6.5(b) to the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the payments to be made under the employment or change in control agreements, or SERPs.
(c) At and following the Effective Time, and except as otherwise provided in Section 6.5(e), Purchaser shall honor, and the Surviving
Company shall continue to be obligated to perform, in accordance with their terms, all benefit obligations to, and contractual rights of, current and former Employees and directors of Company and Company Bank existing as of the Effective Date under
any Company Benefit Plan other than the written employment and change in control agreements listed in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.
(d) At such time as Employees of Company and its Subsidiaries become eligible to participate in a medical, dental or health plan of Purchaser
or its Subsidiaries, Purchaser shall, to the extent reasonably practicable and available from its insurers, cause each such plan to (i) waive any preexisting condition limitations to the extent such conditions are covered under the applicable
medical, health or dental plans of Purchaser, (ii) waive any waiting period limitation or evidence of insurability requirement that would otherwise be applicable to such employee or dependent on or after the Effective Time to the extent such
employee or dependent had satisfied any similar limitation or requirement under an analogous Company Benefit Plan prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) provide each such employee or dependent with credit for any
co-payments or co-insurance and deductibles paid during the same plan year under an analogous Company Benefit Plan (to the same extent that such credit was given under
the analogous Company Benefit Plan during the applicable plan year).
(e) Company or Company Bank, as the case may be, shall adopt such
resolutions of its Board of Directors and take such other action as Purchaser may reasonably request to cause the Farmers National Bank of Emlenton 401(k) Plan (the Company 401(k) Plan) to be (i) amended immediately prior to
the Effective Time, if and to the extent necessary, to update the Company 401(k) Plan to comply with all changes in the Law and any plan qualification requirements applicable to the Company 401(k) Plan at such time, and (ii) terminated
immediately prior to the Effective Time (the Plan Termination Date) and the
-47-
accounts of all participants and beneficiaries in the Company 401(k) Plan as of the Plan Termination Date to become fully vested as of the Plan Termination Date. As soon as practicable after the
Effective Time, but in no event later than one year after the Plan Termination Date, the account balances in the Company 401(k) Plan shall be distributed to participants and beneficiaries or transferred to an eligible
tax-qualified retirement plan or individual retirement account as a participant or beneficiary may direct. After the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall take all other actions necessary to complete the
termination of the Company 401(k) Plan, including filing a final Form 5500. Purchaser agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, to permit Company 401(k) Plan participants who become employees of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries to roll over
their account balances in the Company 401(k) Plan and loans from the Company 401(k) Plan to Purchasers 401(k) Plan. Notwithstanding anything in Section 6.5(c) to the contrary, Employees of Company or its Subsidiaries who continue in
employment with the Surviving Company following the Effective Time shall be eligible as of the Effective Time to participate in the Purchasers 401(k) Plan.
(f) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Company shall, at the written request of Purchaser, freeze or terminate each Company Benefit Plan
as is requested by Purchaser. Prior to the Effective Time, Company shall take appropriate action, acceptable to Purchaser, with regard to any plan defect described on Section 3.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(g) Without limiting the generality of Section 9.10, the provisions of this Section 6.5 are solely for the benefit of the parties to
this Agreement, and no current or former Employee or any other individual associated therewith shall be regarded for any purpose as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, except for certain Company employees under Section 6.5(h). In no
event shall the terms of this Agreement be deemed to (i) establish, amend, or modify any Company Benefit Plan or any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, or any other benefit plan, program, agreement or
arrangement maintained or sponsored by Purchaser, Company or any of their respective affiliates; (ii) alter or limit the ability of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries to amend, modify or terminate any Company Benefit Plan, employment
agreement or any other benefit or employment plan, program, agreement or arrangement after the Closing Date, subject to subsections (c) and (h) of this Section 6.5; or (iii) to confer upon any current or former Employee, any right to
employment or continued employment or continued service with Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries or constitute or create an employment or other agreement with any Employee.
(h) Any employee of Company or its Subsidiaries who is not subject to a written employment, separation, or change in control agreement and
whose employment is terminated at or within six months following the Effective Time, whether because such employees position is eliminated or such employee is not offered or retained in comparable employment (a Covered
Employee), will be entitled to receive a severance payment in an amount equal to two weeks of such employees current base pay for each full year of such employees service with Company, subject to a minimum benefit of four
weeks pay and a maximum benefit of 26 weeks pay. Comparable employment shall include (i) job duties substantially comparable to the Covered Employees current duties with the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) compensation
at a salary or base compensation rate at least equal to the Covered Employees current salary or base compensation rate from the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
-48-
(iii) a primary job location that does not require the Covered Employee to commute after the Effective Time more than 30 miles greater than the Covered Employees present commute. With
respect to Covered Employees who are part-time employees, base pay means such Covered Employees routinely scheduled number of hours per week at the time of the execution of the Agreement multiplied by such Covered Employees
hourly rate of pay. This severance payment, if applicable, will be paid by Purchaser in lieu of participation by a Covered Employee in Purchasers severance plan as in effect from time to time after the Effective Time. For the purposes of
determining the level of severance benefits hereunder, each Covered Employee shall be credited for service with Company only as provided in this Section 6.5(h).
(i) Purchaser shall offer employment, effective immediately after the Effective Time, to William C. Marsh as Senior Vice President of
Purchaser and Market President, Pennsylvania, of Purchaser Bank generally in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Purchaser Disclosure Schedule Section 6.5(i).
(j) Promptly following the Effective Time, Purchaser will establish the Farmers-Emlenton Advisory Board and offer membership thereon to all non-employee directors serving on the Board of Directors of Company immediately prior to the Effective Time other than the director appointed to Purchasers Board of Directors in accordance with
Section 6.16 hereof. Members of the Farmers-Emlenton Advisory Board shall serve for an initial term of one year from the Effective Time of the Merger, will meet no less frequently than three times annually, and will be paid compensation of
$1,500 for each meeting attended.
6.6 Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company and Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the full extent provided
under the Company Articles, the Company Bylaws, and any indemnification agreement between Company and any officer or director existing on March 21, 2022 (including advancement of expenses as incurred) to the extent permitted under applicable
Law, including specifically 12 C.F.R. Part 359, each present and former director and officer of Company and Company Bank as of the Effective Time (in each case, when acting in such capacity) (each, an Indemnified Party) against
any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted before or after the Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the
Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification.
(b) Subject to the following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to provide directors and officers liability insurance that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time with respect to claims against such
directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at
-49-
least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no
event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 175% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by Company for any such insurance (the Premium Cap); provided further, that if
any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. At the option of
Purchaser, in consultation with Company, prior to the Effective Time and in lieu of the foregoing, Purchaser or Company may purchase a tail policy for directors and officers liability insurance on the terms described in the prior
sentence (including the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Any Indemnified Party wishing to
claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation described thereunder, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not affect the obligations of
Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the extent that Purchaser is actually prejudiced as a consequence.
(d) The provisions
of this Section 6.6 shall survive the Effective Time and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If Purchaser or any of its successors or assigns shall
consolidate with or merge into any other entity and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or shall transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then and in each case, proper provision
shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Purchaser shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.6.
6.7 No
Solicitation.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 6.7(b), none of Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and each of them
shall cause its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants and other retained representatives (each a Representative) not to, directly or indirectly
(i) solicit, initiate, encourage, knowingly facilitate (including by way of providing information) or induce any inquiry, proposal or offer with respect to, or the making or completion of, any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or
offer that is reasonably likely to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person or group (as such term is defined in
Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) any confidential or nonpublic information with respect to or in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) take any other action to knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal
that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose to approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or any agreement related thereto, (v) enter into
any agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal (other than any confidentiality agreement required by Section 6.7(b)), (vi) enter into any agreement or agreement in principle requiring,
directly or indirectly, Company to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or breach its obligations hereunder, or (vii) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing.
-50-
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.7(a), if Company or any of
its Representatives receives an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal by any Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) that did not result from or arise in connection with a
breach of this Section 6.7 at any time prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting that the Board of Directors of Company has determined, in its good faith judgment (after consultation with Companys financial advisors and outside
legal counsel) to constitute or to be reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal, Company and its Representatives may take any action described in Section 6.7(a)(ii) above to the extent that the Board of Directors of Company has
determined, in its good faith judgment (after consultation with Companys outside legal counsel), that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that, prior
to taking any such action, Company has obtained from such Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) an executed confidentiality agreement containing terms substantially similar to, and no less
favorable to Company than, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(c) As promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 48
hours) following receipt of any Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information or inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, Company shall advise Purchaser in writing of the receipt of any
Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry and the terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry, shall promptly provide to Purchaser a copy of the Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry (including the identity of the Person
or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) making the Acquisition Proposal) and shall keep Purchaser promptly apprised of any related developments, discussions and negotiations (including providing
Purchaser with a copy of all material documentation and correspondence relating thereto) on a current basis. Company agrees that it shall concurrently provide to Purchaser any information concerning Company that may be provided (pursuant to
Section 6.7(b)) to any other Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) in connection with any Acquisition Proposal which has not previously been provided to Purchaser.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Board of Directors of
Company may withdraw its recommendation of the Merger Agreement, thereby resulting in a Change in the Company Recommendation, if and only if (x) from and after the date hereof, Company has complied with Sections 6.3 and 6.7, and (y) the
Board of Directors of Company has determined in good faith, after consultation with Companys outside legal counsel, that the taking of such action is reasonably necessary in order for the Board of Directors of Company to comply with its
fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that the Board of Directors of Company may not effect a Change in the Company Recommendation unless:
(i) Company shall have received an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal and the Board of Directors of Company
shall have concluded in good faith (after consultation with Companys financial advisors and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal, after taking into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement
agreed to or proposed by Purchaser;
-51-
(ii) Company shall have provided prior written notice to Purchaser at least
three business days in advance (the Notice Period) of taking such action, which notice shall advise Purchaser that the Board of Directors of Company has received a Superior Proposal, specify the material terms and conditions of
such Superior Proposal (including the identity of the Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) making the Superior Proposal);
(iii) during the Notice Period, Company shall, and shall cause its financial advisors and outside counsel to, negotiate with
Purchaser in good faith (to the extent Purchaser desires to so negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Superior Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal; and
(iv) the Board of Directors of Company shall have concluded in good faith (after consultation with Companys financial
advisors and outside legal counsel) that, after considering the results of such negotiations and giving effect to any proposals, amendments or modifications offered or agreed to by Purchaser, if any, that such Acquisition Proposal continues to
constitute a Superior Proposal.
If during the Notice Period any revisions are made to the Superior Proposal and such revisions are material, Company
shall deliver a new written notice to Purchaser and shall again comply with the requirements of this Section 6.7(d) with respect to such new written notice, except that the new Notice Period shall be two business days. In the event the Board of
Directors of Company does not make the determination referred to in clause (iv) of this paragraph and thereafter seeks to effect a Change in the Company Recommendation, the procedures referred to above shall apply anew and shall also apply to
any subsequent Change in the Company Recommendation.
(e) Company and its Subsidiaries shall, and shall cause their respective
Representatives to, (i) immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) request the prompt
return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished in connection therewith; and (iii) not terminate, waive, amend, release or modify any provision of any confidentiality or standstill agreement relating to any
Acquisition Proposal to which it or Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives is a party, and enforce the provisions of any such agreement.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent Company or its Board of Directors from making any disclosure to Company shareholders if
the Board of Directors of Company (after consultation with Companys outside legal counsel) concludes that its failure to do so would cause it to violate its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that this Section 6.7(f)
will in no way eliminate or modify the effect that any action taken pursuant hereto would otherwise have under this Agreement.
-52-
(g) As used in this Agreement:
(i) Superior Proposal means any bona fide written Acquisition Proposal with respect to which the
Board of Directors of Company determines in its good faith judgment to be more favorable to Company than the Merger, and to be reasonably capable of being consummated on the terms proposed, after (A) receiving the advice of Companys
outside legal counsel and financial advisor, and (B) taking into account all material relevant factors (including the likelihood of consummation of such transaction on the terms set forth therein, any proposed changes to this Agreement that may
be proposed by Purchaser in response to such Acquisition Proposal (whether or not during the Notice Period), and all material legal (with the advice of Companys outside legal counsel), financial (including the financing terms of any such
proposal), regulatory and other aspects of such proposal (including any expense reimbursement provisions and conditions to closing)); provided, that for purposes of the definition of Superior Proposal, the references to
25% and 75% in the definitions of Acquisition Proposal and Acquisition Transaction shall be deemed to be references to 50%;
(ii) Acquisition Proposal means any proposal, offer, inquiry, or indication of interest (whether binding or non-binding, and whether communicated to Company or publicly announced to Companys shareholders) by any Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) (in
each case other than Purchaser or any of its affiliates) relating to an Acquisition Transaction (as defined in Section 6.7(g)(iii)) involving Company or any of its present or future consolidated Subsidiaries, or any combination of such
Subsidiaries; and
(iii) Acquisition Transaction means any transaction or series of related transactions
(other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) involving: (A) any acquisition (whether direct or indirect, including by way of merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction) or purchase
from Company by any Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act), other than Purchaser or any of its affiliates, of 25% or more in interest of the total outstanding voting securities of Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power), or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act), other than
Purchaser or any of its affiliates, beneficially owning 25% or more in interest of the total outstanding voting securities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power), or any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination or similar transaction involving Company pursuant to which the shareholders of Company immediately preceding such transaction would hold less than 75% of the equity interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (or,
if applicable, the ultimate parent thereof) (measured by voting power); (B) any sale or lease or exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of a business, deposits or assets that constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets,
business, revenues, net income, assets or deposits of Company; or (C) any liquidation or dissolution of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
-53-
(h) Nothing contained in Section 6.7 shall prohibit Company or the Board of Directors
of Company from complying with Companys obligations under Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that any such disclosure
relating to an Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed a Change in the Company Recommendation unless the Board of Directors of Company reaffirms the Company Recommendation in such disclosure.
6.8 Takeover Laws. No party will take any action that would cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be subject to
requirements imposed by any Takeover Laws, and each of party to this Agreement will take all necessary 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 applicable Takeover Laws, as now or hereafter in effect.
6.9 Financial Statements and Other Current
Information. As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, but in no event more than 15 days after the end of each calendar month ending after the date hereof, Company will furnish to Purchaser (a) consolidated financial
statements (including balance sheets, statements of operations and stockholders equity) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (to the extent available) as of and for such month then ended, (b) internal management reports showing actual
financial performance against plan and previous period, and (c) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, any reports provided to the Board of Directors of Company or any committee thereof relating to the financial performance and risk
management of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
6.10 Notification of Certain Matters. Company and Purchaser will give prompt
notice to the other of any fact, event or circumstance known to it that (a) individually or taken together with all other facts, events and circumstances known to it, has had or is reasonably likely to result in any Material Adverse Effect with
respect to it or (b) would cause or constitute a material 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 VII.
6.11 Shareholder Litigation. Company shall give Purchaser prompt notice of any shareholder
litigation against Company and/or its directors or affiliates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall give Purchaser the opportunity to participate at its own expense in the defense and/or settlement of any such
litigation. In addition, no settlement of any such shareholder litigation shall be agreed to without Purchasers prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
6.12 Transition. Commencing following the date hereof, and in all cases subject to applicable Law, Company shall, and shall cause
Company Bank to, cooperate with Purchaser and its Subsidiaries to facilitate the integration of the parties and their respective businesses effective as of the Closing Date or such later date as may be determined by Purchaser. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof through the Closing Date and consistent with the performance of their day-to-day operations and the continuous
operation of Company and Company Bank in the ordinary course of business, Company shall cause the Employees, officers and Representatives of Company and Company Bank to use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide support, including support
from its outside contractors and vendors, as well as data and records access, take actions and assist Purchaser in
-54-
performing all tasks, including conversion planning, assisting in any required divestiture, equipment installation and training, the provision of customer communications and notices (including
joint communications and notices relating to anticipated account changes, divestiture and/or systems conversion), and other matters reasonably required to result in a successful transition and integration at the Closing or such later date as may be
determined by Purchaser. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Company nor Company Bank shall be required to (i) terminate any third-party service provider arrangements prior to the Closing or (ii) take any action that
may unreasonably and materially interfere with the business of Company or Company Bank or impede or delay the consummation of the Closing; and provided further, that in the event that Company or Company Bank takes, at the request of Purchaser, any
action relative to third parties to facilitate the data processing conversion that results in the imposition of any fees or charges, Purchaser shall indemnify Company for any such fees and charges, and the costs of reversing the conversion process
in the event of a termination of this Agreement by Company under Section 8.1(d) or 8.1(f). In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, neither Purchaser nor Merger Sub shall be permitted under any circumstances be
permitted to exercise control over Company or Company Bank prior to the Effective Time.
6.13 Voting Agreements. Company shall
deliver on the date of this Agreement an executed Voting Agreement, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B, (the Voting Agreement), from all members of Companys Board of Directors and its named executive
officers (as such term is defined in 17 CFR § 229.402).
6.14 Tax Representation Letters. Officers of Purchaser and Company
shall execute and deliver to Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, tax counsel to Purchaser, and Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan LLP, tax counsel to Company, Tax Representation Letters substantially in the form agreed to by the
parties and such law firms at such time or times as may be reasonably requested by such law firms, including at the time the Proxy Statement and Form S-4 have been filed with the SEC and at the Effective Time,
in connection with such tax counsels delivery of opinions pursuant to Section 7.2(d) and Section 7.3(c).
6.15
Continuity of Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if either of the tax opinions referred to in Section 7.2(c) or 7.3(c) cannot be rendered (as reasonably determined by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
or Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan LLP, respectively) as a result of the Merger potentially failing to satisfy the continuity of interest requirements under applicable federal income tax principles relating to reorganizations
under Section 368(a) of the Code, then Purchaser shall increase the Stock Consideration (applying the closing price of shares of the Purchaser Common Shares on the last trading day prior to the Closing Date), and decrease the Cash
Consideration, to the minimum extent necessary to enable the relevant tax opinion to be rendered.
6.16 Additional Purchaser
Director. Purchaser shall take such action necessary to, effective immediately following the Effective Time, (a) increase by one the number of directors on the Board of Directors of Purchaser, and (b) appoint one person who serves as a
non-employee director of Company immediately prior to the Effective Time as a Class II director of Purchaser with a term expiring at Purchasers 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
-55-
6.17 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, each of Purchaser and Company,
shall take all commercially reasonable steps as may be required (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) to cause any dispositions of Company Common Shares (including derivative securities with respect to Company Common Shares) or acquisitions of
Purchaser Common Shares (including derivative securities with respect to Purchaser Common Shares) directly resulting from the Merger by each individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with
respect to the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time or shall become subject to such reporting requirements related to Purchaser following the Effective Time, to be exempt under
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
6.18
Redemption of Company Preferred Shares. Company shall take all necessary and appropriate steps to redeem the Company Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time, including but not limited to, engaging American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company LLC (AST) or such other party as may be mutually agreed upon by Company and Purchaser, to act as the agent for the redemption of the Company Preferred Shares. At least 30 days and no more than 60 days
prior to the Effective Time, Company or AST shall provide notice of redemption of the Company Preferred Shares, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, and Company shall have provided AST with the funds for the redemption of the Company
Preferred Shares prior to the redemption date.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
7.1
Conditions to Each Partys Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of the parties to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Shareholder Approval. This Agreement, on substantially the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, shall have
received the Company Shareholder Approval.
(b) Stock Exchange Listing. The Purchaser Common Shares to be issued to the holders of
Company Common Shares upon consummation of the Merger shall have been authorized for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance.
(c) Form S-4. The Form S-4 shall have become effective
under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC.
(d) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No order, injunction or decree issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction or
other Law preventing or making illegal the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect.
(e) Regulatory Approvals. (i) All regulatory approvals from the Federal Reserve, the OCC and, if applicable, the FDIC and the
Banking Department and (ii) any other regulatory approvals required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
-56-
including the Merger and (unless otherwise determined by Purchaser) the Bank Merger, shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in
respect thereof shall have expired (all such approvals and the expiration of all such waiting periods referred to in clauses (i) or (ii), the Requisite Regulatory Approvals).
7.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub. The obligation of Purchaser and Merger Sub to effect the Merger is also
subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Purchaser, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following conditions:
(a)
Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Company set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time as though made on and as of the Effective Time
(except that representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that no representation or warranty of
Company (other than the representations and warranties set forth in (i) Section 3.2(a), which shall be true and correct except to a de minimis extent, relative to Section 3.2(a) taken as a whole, (ii) Sections 3.2(c),
3.3(a), 3.3(b)(i) and 3.7, which shall be true and correct in all material respects, and (iii) Sections 3.8(c) and Section 3.10, which shall be true and correct in all respects) shall be deemed untrue or incorrect for purposes hereunder or
under Section 8.1 as a consequence of the existence of any fact, event or circumstance inconsistent with such representation or warranty, unless such fact, event or circumstance, individually or taken together with all other facts, events or
circumstances inconsistent with any representation or warranty of Company, has had or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Company; provided further, that for purposes of determining whether a
representation or warranty is true and correct for purposes of this Section 7.2(a) or Section 8.1 (other than in the immediately preceding parenthetical), any qualification or exception for, or reference to, materiality (including the
terms material, materially, in all material respects, Material Adverse Effect or similar terms or phrases) in any such representation or warranty shall be disregarded, and Purchaser shall have received
a certificate signed on behalf of Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to the foregoing effect.
(b)
Performance of Obligations of Company. Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time; and Purchaser shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to such effect.
(c) Tax Opinion.
Purchaser shall have received an opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the Merger will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In
rendering such opinion, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP will be entitled to receive and rely upon the Tax Representation Letters.
(d)
Executive Officer Retention. William C. Marsh shall have agreed to serve as Senior Vice President of Purchaser and Market President, Pennsylvania, of Purchaser Bank immediately following the Effective Time.
-57-
(e) Regulatory Conditions. There shall not be any action taken or determination made,
or any Law enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Bank Merger, by any Governmental Entity, in connection with the grant of a Requisite Regulatory Approval or
otherwise, which imposes any restriction, requirement or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, would, after the Effective Time, restrict or burden Purchaser or the Surviving Company or any of their respective affiliates in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or with respect to the business or operations of Purchaser or the Surviving Company that would have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser, the Surviving Company or any of their respective
affiliates, in each case measured on a scale relative to Company.
(f) FIRPTA Affidavit. Company shall have delivered to Purchaser
an affidavit, under penalties of perjury, stating that Company is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h).
7.3 Conditions to Obligations of Company. The obligation of Company to
effect the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Company at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Purchaser and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time as though made on and as of the Effective Time (except that representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or
another date shall be true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that no representation or warranty of Purchaser (other than the representations and warranties set forth in (i) Section 4.3(a) and 4.3(b)(i), which
shall be true and correct in all material respects, and (ii) Section 4.10 and 4.18, which shall be true and correct in all respects) shall be deemed untrue or incorrect for purposes hereunder or under Section 8.1 as a consequence of the
existence of any fact, event or circumstance inconsistent with such representation or warranty, unless such fact, event or circumstance, individually or taken together with all other facts, events or circumstances inconsistent with any
representation or warranty of Purchaser, has had or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser; provided further, that for purposes of determining whether a representation or warranty is true and
correct for purposes of this Section 7.3(a) or Section 8.1 (other than in the immediately preceding parenthetical), any qualification or exception for, or reference to, materiality (including the terms material,
materially, in all material respects, Material Adverse Effect or similar terms or phrases) in any such representation or warranty shall be disregarded; and Company shall have received a certificate signed on
behalf of Purchaser by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser to the foregoing effect.
(b) Performance of
Obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub. Purchaser and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by either of them under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective
Time, and Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Purchaser and Merger Sub by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser to such effect.
-58-
(c) Tax Opinion. Company shall have received an opinion of Silver, Freedman,
Taff & Tiernan LLP, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the Merger will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, Silver, Freedman, Taff &
Tiernan LLP will be entitled to receive and rely upon the Tax Representation Letters.
(d) Payment of Merger Consideration.
Purchaser shall have caused Merger Sub to deliver the Exchange Fund to the Exchange Agent on or before the Closing Date and the Exchange Agent shall provide Company with a certificate evidencing such delivery.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Company
Shareholder Approval:
(a) by mutual consent of Company and Purchaser in a written instrument authorized by the Boards of Directors of
Company and Purchaser;
(b) by either Company or Purchaser, if any Governmental Entity that must grant a Requisite Regulatory Approval has
denied approval of the Merger and such denial has become final and nonappealable or any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued a final and nonappealable order, injunction or decree permanently enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) by either Company or Purchaser, if
the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before January 31, 2023, unless the failure of the Merger to occur by such date 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 in this Agreement;
(d) by either Company or Purchaser (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 representations or warranties, or any failure to perform in all material respects any of
the covenants or agreements, set forth in this Agreement on the part of Company, in the case of a termination by Purchaser, or on the part of Purchaser, in the case of a termination by Company, which breach, either individually or in the aggregate
with other breaches by such party, would result in, if occurring or continuing on the Closing Date, the failure of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a)-(d) or 7.3(a)-(c), as the case may be, and which is not cured within 30 days following
written notice to the party committing such breach or by its nature or timing cannot be cured within such time period;
(e) by Purchaser,
if (i) at any time prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of Company has (A) failed to recommend to the shareholders of Company that they give the Company Shareholder Approval; (B) effected a Change in the Company
Recommendation, including by publicly approving, endorsing or recommending, or publicly proposing to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal (other than this
-59-
Agreement), whether or not permitted by the terms hereof, or resolved to do the same, or (C) failed to substantially comply with its obligations under Section 6.3 or 6.7 hereof; or
(ii) a tender offer or exchange offer for 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Company Common Shares is commenced (other than by Purchaser or a Subsidiary thereof), and the Board of Directors of Company recommends that the shareholders of
Company tender their shares in such tender or exchange offer or otherwise fails to recommend that such shareholders reject such tender offer or exchange offer within the ten business day period specified in Rule
14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act;
(f) by Company, if at any time prior to the Effective Time,
Purchaser has materially breached its obligations under Section 6.1 or 6.4 hereof;
(g) by Purchaser or Company, if the approval of
the Company Shareholder Approval, as required by Section 7.1(a), shall not have been obtained at a duly held Company Shareholders Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof); or
(h) by Company at any time during the three-day period following the Determination Date (as defined
below), if both of the following conditions (i) and (ii) exist:
(i) the Average Closing Price (as defined below)
shall be less than the product of .8 and the Starting Price; and
(ii) (x) the number obtained by dividing the Average
Closing Price by the Starting Price (such number being referred to herein as the Purchaser Ratio) shall be less than (y) the number obtained by dividing the Index Price on the Determination Date by the Index Price on the
Starting Date (as defined below) and subtracting 0.2 from such quotient (such number being referred to herein as the Index Ratio); subject to the following: if Company elects to exercise its termination right pursuant to
Section 8.1(h), it shall give prompt written notice to Purchaser; provided that such notice of election to terminate may be withdrawn at any time within the aforementioned three-day period. For a period
of five business days after receipt of such notice, Purchaser shall have the option of increasing the Exchange Ratio in a manner such, and to the extent required, so that the condition set forth in either clause (i) or (ii) above shall be
deemed not to exist.
For purposes hereof, the condition set forth in clause (i) above shall be deemed not to exist if the Exchange
Ratio is increased so that the Adjusted Stock Consideration (calculated by using the Average Closing Price, as provided in the definition of Adjusted Stock Consideration) after such increase is not less than 80% of the Adjusted
Stock Consideration calculated by using the Starting Price in lieu of the Average Closing Price.
For purposes hereof, the condition set
forth in clause (ii) above shall be deemed not to exist if the Exchange Ratio is increased so that the Adjusted Purchaser Ratio is not less than the Index Ratio.
If Purchaser makes this election, within such period, it shall give prompt written notice to Company of such election and the revised Exchange
Ratio, whereupon no termination shall have occurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(h) and this Agreement shall remain in
-60-
effect in accordance with its terms (except as the Exchange Ratio, and derivatively the Stock Consideration, shall have been so modified), and any references in this Agreement to Exchange
Ratio and Stock Consideration shall thereafter be deemed to refer to the Exchange Ratio and Stock Consideration after giving effect to any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8.1(h).
For purposes of this Section 8.1(h), the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Adjusted Purchaser Ratio means the number obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the Average Closing Price
plus (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate increase in transaction value resulting from an increase in the Exchange Ratio by the total number of shares of Purchaser Common Shares outstanding multiplied by the initial Exchange
Ratio, on the Determination Date, by (y) the Starting Price. For purposes of calculating the increase in transaction value, the price per share of Purchaser Common Shares shall be deemed to be the Average Closing Price.
Adjusted Stock Consideration means the product of the Stock Consideration times the Average Closing Price.
Average Closing Price means the average of the last reported closing prices per share of Purchaser Common Shares as reported
on the Nasdaq (as reported by The Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, any other mutually agreed upon authoritative source) for the twenty consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Determination Date.
Determination Date shall mean the tenth calendar day immediately prior to the Effective Time, or if such calendar day is not
a trading day on the Nasdaq, the trading day immediately preceding such calendar day.
Index Price on a given date means
the closing price of the Nasdaq Bank Index.
Starting Date means the trading day on the Nasdaq immediately preceding the
day on which the parties publicly announce the signing of this Agreement.
Starting Price means $17.02.
If the Purchaser declares or effects a stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up,
combination, exchange of shares or similar transaction between the Starting Date and the Determination Date, the prices for the common stock of the Purchaser shall be appropriately adjusted for the purposes of applying this Section 8.1(h).
The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section 8.1 shall give written notice of
such termination to the other party in accordance with Section 9.3, specifying the provision or provisions hereof pursuant to which such termination is effected.
8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement by either Company or Purchaser as provided in
Section 8.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void
-61-
and have no effect, and none of Company, Purchaser, any of their respective affiliates or any of the officers or directors of any of them shall have any liability of any nature whatsoever under
this Agreement, or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that (i) Sections 6.2(b), 6.12 (the penultimate sentence only), 8.2, 8.3, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 shall survive any
termination of this Agreement, and (ii) neither Company nor Purchaser shall be relieved or released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its Willful Breach of any provision of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement,
Willful Breach means a material breach that is a consequence of an act undertaken by the breaching party with the actual knowledge that the taking of the act would, or would reasonably be expected to, cause a breach of this
Agreement.
8.3 Fees and Expenses.
(a) All fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger, this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be
paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:
(i) (A) Either Company or Purchaser terminates this Agreement pursuant to 8.1(c) (without the Company Shareholder Approval
having been obtained), Purchaser terminates pursuant to Section 8.1(d) (as a result of a Willful Breach by Company)(B) prior to termination, there has been publicly announced an Acquisition Proposal or any Person or group (as
such term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) shall have communicated to Company or its shareholders an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional), or an intention (whether or not conditional) to make an Acquisition
Proposal, and (C) within twelve months of such termination Company shall either (1) consummate an Acquisition Transaction or (2) enter into any definitive agreement relating to any Acquisition Transaction (but not including any
confidentiality agreement required by Section 6.7(b) (an Acquisition Agreement)) with respect to an Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal, whether or not such Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal is
subsequently consummated (but changing, in the case of (1) and (2), the references to the 25% and 75% amounts in the definition of Acquisition Transaction and Acquisition Proposal to 50%); or
(ii) (A) Either Company or Purchaser terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) and (B) within six months
of such termination Company shall either (1) consummate an Acquisition Transaction or (2) enter into any Acquisition Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal, whether or not such Acquisition
Transaction or Acquisition Proposal is subsequently consummated (but changing, in the case of (1) and (2), the references to the 25% and 75% amounts in the definition of Acquisition Transaction and Acquisition Proposal
to 50%)
(iii) Purchaser terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(e);
-62-
then Company shall pay to Purchaser an amount equal to Three Million, Seven Hundred and
Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($3,750,000.00) (the Termination Fee). If the Termination Fee shall be payable pursuant to subsection (b)(i) of this Section 8.3, the Termination Fee shall be paid in same-day funds at or prior to the earlier of the date of consummation of such Acquisition Transaction or the date of execution of an Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition
Proposal. If the Termination Fee shall be payable pursuant to subsection (b)(ii) of this Section 8.3, the Termination Fee shall be paid in same-day funds immediately upon delivery of the written notice of
termination required by Section 8.1.
(c) The parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in paragraph (b) of this
Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that without these agreements, they would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if Company fails to pay promptly any fee payable by it pursuant to
this Section 8.3, then Company shall pay to Purchaser, Purchasers costs and expenses (including attorneys fees, costs and expenses) in connection with collecting such fee, together with interest on the amount of the fee at the prime
rate of Citibank, N.A. from the date such payment was due under this Agreement until the date of payment.
8.4 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended by the parties, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, at any time before or after the Company Shareholder Approval; provided, however, that after the Company Shareholder
Approval, there may not be, without further approval of the Company shareholders who have already provided their approval, any amendment of this Agreement that requires further approval under applicable Law. This Agreement may not be amended except
by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.
8.5 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective
Time, the parties, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party, (b) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party 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.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1
Closing. On the terms and subject to conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the Closing) shall take place remotely via the electronic exchange of closing deliveries on a date to be specified by
the parties (the Closing Date).
9.2 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. None of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement or in any
-63-
instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time, except for Section 6.6 and for those other covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that by
their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time.
9.3 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers
and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include electronic mail) and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested),
mailed by registered or certified U.S. mail (return receipt requested) postage prepaid or electronic mail (upon confirmation of receipt) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(a) If to Company, to:
Emclaire Financial Corp
612
Main Street
Emlenton, Pennsylvania 16373
Attention: William C. Marsh, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Email: wmarsh@farmersnb.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan LLP
3299 K Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20007
Attention: Kenneth B. Tabach
Email: ktabach@sfttlaw.com
(b)
if to Purchaser, to:
Farmers National Banc Corp.
20 S. Broad St.
Canfield, OH
44406
Attention: Kevin J. Helmick, President and Chief Executive Officer
Email: KHelmick@Farmersbankgroup.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
50 South Main Street, Suite 1200
Akron, Ohio 44308
Attention:
J. Bret Treier
Email: jbtreier@vorys.com
9.4 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to
an Article or Section of or Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in
-64-
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words include, includes or
including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. As used in this Agreement, the term Knowledge with respect to Company means the actual knowledge after
reasonable inquiry of any of Companys officers listed on Section 9.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and with respect to Purchaser, means the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of any of Purchasers officers listed on
Section 9.4 of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an affiliate of a Person, the term affiliate means those other Persons that, directly or indirectly, control, are controlled by, or are
under common control with, such Person. All schedules and exhibits hereto shall be deemed part of this Agreement and included in any reference to this Agreement. 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 so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party hereto. Upon such a determination, the parties 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.
9.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means), all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that each party need not sign the same counterpart.
9.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and the instruments referred to in this Agreement), together with the
Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
9.7 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio
applicable to contracts made and performed entirely within such state, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding brought by either party to enforce any provision of, or
based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought exclusively in any federal or state court located in Mahoning County, Ohio (which the parties expressly agree shall
exclusively be the federal court for the Northern District of Ohio, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have jurisdiction over such dispute, any court sitting in Mahoning County, Ohio). Each of the parties hereto submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court in any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and hereby
irrevocably waives the benefit of jurisdiction derived from present or future domicile or otherwise in such suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such
-65-
suit, action or proceeding in such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
9.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that any controversy that may arise under this Agreement is likely
to involve complicated and difficult issues, and therefore each 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 by this Agreement. 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.
9.9 Publicity.
Neither Company nor Purchaser shall, and neither Company nor Purchaser shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to, or otherwise make any public statement,
or, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, any disclosure of nonpublic information to a third party, concerning, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) of Purchaser, in the case of a proposed announcement, statement or disclosure by Company, or Company, in the case of a proposed announcement, statement or disclosure by Purchaser; provided, however, that either
party may, without the prior consent of the other party (but after prior consultation with the other party to the extent practicable under the circumstances) issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement to the
extent required by Law or rules established by Nasdaq.
9.10 Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any
of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned by either of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed). Any purported assignment in contravention hereof shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each of the parties and their respective
successors and assigns. Except for the provisions of Section 6.6, which is intended to benefit each Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives, or for those certain Company employees under Section 6.5(h), this Agreement
(including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this Agreement.
9.11 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are
entitled at law or equity.
-66-
9.12 Disclosure Schedule. Before entry into this Agreement, Company delivered to
Purchaser a schedule (a Company Disclosure Schedule) and Purchaser has delivered to Company a schedule (a Purchaser Disclosure Schedule) that sets 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 III or Article IV, as the case may be, or to one or
more covenants contained herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) no such item is required to be set forth as an exception to a representation or warranty if its absence would
not result in the related representation or warranty being deemed untrue or incorrect and (b) the mere inclusion of an item as an exception to a representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission that such item represents a material
exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item has had or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, Previously Disclosed means information set forth by
Company or Purchaser, as the case may be, in the applicable paragraph of its Company Disclosure Schedule or Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, respectively, or any other paragraph of its Company Disclosure Schedule or Purchaser Disclosure Schedule (so
long as it is reasonably clear on the face of such disclosure that the disclosure in such other paragraph of its Company Disclosure Schedule or Purchaser Disclosure Schedule is also applicable to the section of this Agreement in question).
9.13 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 signed 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 thereof delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such agreement 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 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.
[Remainder of page intentionally left blank. Signature pages follow.]
-67-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
|
|
|
|
|
FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.
|
|
|
By: |
|
/s/ Kevin J. Helmick |
|
|
Name: Kevin J. Helmick |
|
|
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
FMNB MERGER SUBSIDIARY V, LLC |
|
|
By: |
|
/s/ Kevin J. Helmick |
|
|
Name: Kevin J. Helmick |
|
|
Title: President |
|
EMCLAIRE FINANCIAL CORP.
|
|
|
By: |
|
/s/ William C. Marsh |
|
|
Name: William C. Marsh |
|
|
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
-68-
EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT OF MERGER
This
agreement of merger (this Bank Merger Agreement), dated as of [], 2022, is by and between The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton (Emlenton Bank) and The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (Farmers
Bank). All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 23, 2022 (the Parent Merger Agreement),
between Farmers National Banc Corp. (FMNB), FMNB Merger Subsidiary V, LLC (Merger Sub) and Emclaire Financial Corp. (Emclaire).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Emlenton
Bank is a national banking association and a wholly owned subsidiary of Emclaire, with, as of [], 2022, a capital of $[], divided into []shares of common stock, each of $[] stated value, surplus of $[], and undivided
profits, including capital reserves, of $[]; and
WHEREAS, Farmers Bank is a national banking association and a wholly owned
subsidiary of FMNB, with, as of [], 2022, a capital of $[], divided into [] shares of common stock, each of $5.00 par value, surplus of $[], and undivided profits, including capital reserves, of $[]; and
WHEREAS, FMNB, Merger Sub and Emclaire have entered into the Parent Merger Agreement, pursuant to which Emclaire will merge with and into
Merger Sub (the Parent Merger); and
WHEREAS, Emlenton Bank and Farmers Bank desire to merge on the terms and
conditions herein provided immediately following the effective time of the Parent Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. The Bank Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Parent Merger Agreement and this Bank Merger Agreement, at the Effective
Time (as defined in Section 2), Emlenton Bank shall merge with and into Farmers Bank (the Bank Merger) under the laws of the United States, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Ohio. Farmers Bank shall be the
surviving bank of the Bank Merger (the Surviving Bank).
2. Effective Time. The Bank Merger shall become
effective at [] on [], subject to (a) the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the waiver of the closing conditions set forth in Article VII of the Parent Merger Agreement, and (b) receipt of all
necessary approvals or non-objections from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and all other necessary approvals from any applicable bank regulatory agency (the Effective
Time).
A-1
3. Charter; Bylaws. The Articles of Association (the Charter) and Bylaws
of Farmers Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Charter and Bylaws of the Surviving Bank, until altered, amended or repealed in accordance with their terms and applicable law.
4. Name; Offices. The name of the Surviving Bank shall be The Farmers National Bank of Canfield. The main office of the
Surviving Bank shall be the main office of Farmers Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time.
5. Directors and Executive
Officers. Upon consummation of the Bank Merger, (i) the directors of Farmers Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue as directors of the Surviving Bank and (ii) the executive officers of Farmers Bank immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall continue as the executive officers of the Surviving Bank. Each of the directors and officers of the Surviving Bank immediately after the Effective Time shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and
qualified in accordance with the Charter and bylaws of the Surviving Bank or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
6.
Effects of the Merger. Upon consummation of the Bank Merger, and subject to the effects set forth at 12 U.S.C. § 215c, the applicable provisions of the regulations of the OCC and other applicable law, (i) all assets of Farmers Bank
and Emlenton Bank as they exist at the Effective Time, shall pass to and vest in the Surviving Bank without any conveyance or other transfer; (ii) the Surviving Bank shall be considered the same business and corporate entity as each constituent
bank with all the rights, powers and duties of each constituent bank and (iii) the Surviving Bank shall be responsible for all the liabilities of every kind and description, of each of Farmers Bank and Emlenton Bank existing as of the Effective
Time, all in accordance with the provisions of The National Bank Act.
7. Effect on Shares of Stock.
(a) Each share of Farmers Bank common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be unchanged and shall remain
issued and outstanding and shall consist of $[] in capital, divided into [] shares of common stock, each of $5.00, and at the Effective Time Farmers Bank shall have a surplus of $[] and undivided profits, including capital
reserves, of $[], which when combined with the capital and surplus will be equal to the combined capital structures of Farmers Bank and Emlenton Bank as stated in the recitals of this Agreement, adjusted however, for normal earning and expense
(and if applicable purchase accounting adjustments) from [], 2022 until the Effective Time.
(b) At the Effective Time, each share
of Emlenton Bank capital stock issued and outstanding prior to the Bank Merger shall, by virtue of the Bank Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be canceled. Any shares of Emlenton Bank capital stock held in the treasury
of Emlenton Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be retired and canceled.
8. Procurement of Approvals. This Bank
Merger Agreement shall be subject to the approval of FMNB, as the sole shareholder of Farmers Bank, and Emclaire, as the sole shareholder of Emlenton Bank at meetings to be called and held or by consent in lieu thereof in
A-2
accordance with the applicable provisions of law and their respective organizational documents. Farmers Bank and Emlenton Bank shall proceed expeditiously and cooperate fully in the procurement
of any other consents and approvals and in the taking of any other actions, and the satisfaction of all other requirements prescribed by law or otherwise necessary for consummation of the Bank Merger on the terms provided herein, including without
limitation the preparation and submission of such applications or other filings for the Bank Merger with the OCC and the Ohio Department of Financial Institutions as may be required by applicable laws and regulations.
9. Conditions Precedent. The obligations of the parties under this Bank Merger Agreement shall be subject to: (i) the approval of
this Bank Merger Agreement by FMNB, as the sole shareholder of Farmers Bank, and Emclaire as the sole shareholder of Emlenton Bank, at meetings of shareholders duly called and held or by consent or consents in lieu thereof; (ii) receipt of
approval of the Bank Merger from all governmental and banking authorities whose approval is required; (iii) receipt of any necessary regulatory approval to operate the main office and the branch offices of Emlenton Bank as offices of the
Surviving Bank; and (iv) the consummation of the Parent Merger pursuant to the Parent Merger Agreement at or before the Effective Time.
10. Additional Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Bank shall determine that any further assignments or
assurances in law or any other acts are necessary or desirable to (a) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Bank its rights, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of Emlenton Bank
acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Bank as a result of, or in connection with, the Bank Merger, or (b) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Bank Merger Agreement, Emlenton Bank and its proper officers and directors shall be deemed
to have granted to the Surviving Bank an irrevocable power of attorney to (i) execute and deliver all such proper deeds, assignments and assurances in law and to do all acts necessary or proper to vest, perfect or confirm title to and
possession of such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Bank and (ii) otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Bank Merger Agreement. The proper officers and directors of the Surviving Bank are fully authorized in the name of
Emlenton Bank or otherwise to take any and all such action.
11. Amendment. Subject to applicable law, this Bank Merger Agreement
may be amended, modified or supplemented only by written agreement of Farmers Bank and Emlenton Bank at any time prior to the Effective Time.
12. Waiver. Any of the terms or conditions of this Bank Merger Agreement may be waived at any time by whichever of the parties hereto
is, or the shareholder of which is, entitled to the benefit thereof by action taken by the Board of Directors of such waiving party.
13.
Assignment. This Bank Merger Agreement may not be assigned by either Farmers Bank or Emlenton Bank without the prior written consent of the other.
14. Termination. This Bank Merger Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Parent Merger Agreement in accordance with its
terms.
A-3
15. Governing Law. Except to the extent governed by federal law, this Bank Merger
Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including, but not limited to, validity, interpretation, effect and performance, by the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof.
16. Counterparts. This Bank Merger Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one agreement.
[Remainder of page intentionally left blank. Signature pages
follow.]
A-4
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Farmers Bank and Emlenton Bank has caused this Bank Merger
Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers.
|
|
|
|
|
THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF CANFIELD |
|
|
By: |
|
|
|
|
Name: Kevin J. Helmick |
|
|
Title: President |
|
THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF EMLENTON |
|
|
By: |
|
|
|
|
Name: William C. Marsh |
|
|
Title: Chairman, President and Chief |
|
|
Executive Officer |
Signature Page to Bank
Merger Agreement
EXHIBIT B
Form of Voting Agreement
VOTING AGREEMENT
March 23, 2022
Farmers National Banc Corp.
20 S. Broad St.
Canfield, OH 44406
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Concurrently with the
execution of this letter agreement (Voting Agreement), Farmers National Banc Corp., an Ohio corporation (Farmers), FMNB Merger Subsidiary V, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary
of Farmers (Merger Sub), and Emclaire Financial Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (Emclaire), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, of even date herewith (the Merger Agreement), whereby
Emclaire will merge with and into Merger Sub (the Merger) and the shareholders of Emclaire will receive the Merger Consideration as set forth in the Merger Agreement, subject to the closing of the Merger. All defined terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
A condition to Farmers obligations under
the Merger Agreement is that I execute and deliver this Voting Agreement to Farmers. Intending to be legally bound hereby, I irrevocably agree and represent as follows:
(a) As of the date of this Voting Agreement, and at all times during the term of this Voting Agreement (i) I will
have beneficial ownership, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (Beneficial Ownership), of, and good and valid title to, the number of common shares, $1.25 par value, of Emclaire
(the Emclaire Common Shares), that is set forth on Appendix A hereto, (ii) I hold restricted stock awards with respect to the number of Emclaire Common Shares set forth on Appendix A hereto, and (iii) I
will have Beneficial Ownership of, and good and valid title to, the number of preferred shares, $1.00 par value, of Emclaire (the Emclaire Preferred Shares), that is set forth on Appendix A hereto. All of the securities
listed on Appendix A are either (x) owned free and clear of any proxy or voting restriction, claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests and any other limitation or restriction whatsoever (including any restriction on the right to
dispose of such securities), or (y) with respect to the Emclaire Common Shares subject to restricted stock awards, are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable restricted stock award agreement. None of the securities listed on
Appendix A are subject to any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting rights of such securities.
(b) As of the date of this Voting Agreement, except for the securities set forth on Appendix A, I do not
beneficially own any (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of Emclaire, (ii) securities of Emclaire convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of Emclaire, or (iii) options or other
rights to acquire from Emclaire any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of Emclaire. The Emclaire Common Shares listed on Appendix A, together with all
Emclaire Common Shares that I subsequently acquire during the term of this Voting Agreement, including through the exercise of any stock options, warrants or similar instruments, are referred to herein as the Shares.
(c) At the Company Shareholders Meeting (as defined in the
Merger Agreement) and at any other meeting of Emclaire shareholders, however called, I will be present (in person or by proxy) so that all of the Shares over which I have sole voting power shall be counted for the purpose of determining the presence
of a quorum and vote or cause to be voted (including on any action or approval by written consent of shareholders of Emclaire) not less than all of such Shares. In addition, I will use my best efforts to cause any Shares over which I share voting
power, to be voted in favor of (i) approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (ii) any proposal to adjourn or postpone such meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to
approve the Merger Agreement. Determinations as to sole or shared voting power shall be made in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act.
(d) During the term of this Voting Agreement, I will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, transfer, pledge,
encumber or otherwise dispose of (collectively, Transfer) any Shares over which I have sole dispositive power (or any interest therein), and I will use my best efforts to not permit the Transfer of any Shares over which I have
shared dispositive power (or any interest therein), except to the extent permitted by paragraph (g) hereof.
(e) I agree that Emclaire shall not be bound by any attempted sale of any Emclaire Common Shares over which I have sole
voting and dispositive power, and Emclaires transfer agent shall be given appropriate stop transfer orders and shall not be required to register any such attempted sale, unless the sale has been effected in compliance with the terms of this
Voting Agreement.
(f) I represent that I have the legal capacity to enter into this Voting Agreement, that I have
duly and validly executed and delivered this Voting Agreement and that this Voting Agreement is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against me in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting
creditors rights and general equitable principles; and further, that no consent of my spouse is necessary under any community property or other laws in order for me to enter into and perform my obligations under this Voting
Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, I may Transfer any or all of the Shares over which
I have beneficial ownership to myself, my spouse, ancestors or descendants; provided, however, that in any such case, prior to and as a condition to the effectiveness of such Transfer, each person to which any of such Shares or any
interest in any of such Shares is or may be Transferred (other than myself) shall have executed and delivered to Farmers an agreement to be bound by the terms of this Voting Agreement.
I am signing this Voting Agreement solely in my capacity as a shareholder of Emclaire, if I am such, and not in any other capacity, such as a
director or officer of Emclaire or as a fiduciary of any trusts in which I am not a beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (a) I make no agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in my capacity as a
beneficial owner of the Shares and (b) nothing herein shall be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by me or any of my representatives, as applicable, in serving on Emclaires Board of Directors or as an officer of Emclaire,
in acting in my capacity as a director, officer or fiduciary of Emclaire, or as a fiduciary of any trust for which I serve as trustee.
2
This Voting Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect concurrently
with, and automatically upon, the earlier to occur of (a) the favorable vote of the Emclaire shareholders with respect to the approval of the Merger Agreement, (b) the Effective Time, (c) Farmers and I enter into a written agreement
to terminate this Voting Agreement, or (d) any termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, except that any such termination shall be without prejudice to Farmers rights if termination should arise out of my willful
breach of any covenant or representation contained herein.
All notices and other communications in connection with this Voting Agreement
shall be in writing (which shall include electronic mail) and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), mailed by registered or certified U.S. mail
(return receipt requested) postage prepaid or electronic mail (upon confirmation of receipt) to the parties at the addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice).
This Voting Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties. This Voting Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Voting Agreement.
I agree and acknowledge that Farmers may be irreparably harmed by, and that there may be no adequate remedy at law for, any violation of this
Voting Agreement by me. Without limiting other remedies, Farmers shall have the right to seek to enforce this Voting Agreement by specific performance or injunctive relief. This Voting Agreement and all claims arising hereunder or relating hereto,
shall be governed and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. I hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any
Ohio state court or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Voting Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental
Entity to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Voting Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Voting Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means), all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that each party need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement and
any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this
3
Agreement, and any amendments or waivers hereto or thereto, to the extent signed 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 thereof delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such
agreement 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 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.
[Remainder of page intentionally blank; signature pages follow]
4
Acknowledged and Agreed:
FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.
|
|
|
By: |
|
|
|
|
Kevin J. Helmick, |
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
Address: |
|
Farmers National Banc Corp. 20 S.
Broad St. |
|
|
Canfield, OH 44406 |
|
|
Attention: Kevin J. Helmick, President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
Email: KHelmick@Farmersbankgroup.com |
Signature page to Voting Agreement
Appendix A
Number of Shares held (excluding Shares of restricted stock):
This amount includes:
|
|
|
|
|
Shares over which I have sole voting power |
|
|
Shares over which I have shared voting power |
|
|
Shares over which I have sole dispositive power |
|
|
Shares over which I have shared dispositive power |
|
|
Preferred Shares |
Number of shares of restricted stock under restricted stock award agreements:
Appendix to Voting Agreement
Exhibit 99.1
Farmers National Banc Corp. and
Emclaire Financial Corp. Announce Merger
CANFIELD, Ohio and EMLENTON, Pennsylvania (BUSINESS WIRE) March 24, 2022 Farmers National Banc Corp.
(Farmers) (NASDAQ: FMNB), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (Farmers Bank), and Emclaire Financial Corp. (Emclaire) (NASDAQ: EMCF), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of
Emlenton (Emlenton Bank), jointly announced today that they have entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the Agreement).
Pursuant to the Agreement, each shareholder of Emclaire may elect to receive either $40.00 per share in cash or 2.15 shares of Farmers
common stock, subject to an overall limitation of 70% of the shares being exchanged for Farmers shares and 30% for cash. Based on Farmers closing share price of $17.02 on March 23, 2022, the transaction is valued at approximately
$105 million, or $37.62 per share. The merger is expected to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for those shareholders electing to receive Farmers shares. The transaction is subject to receipt of
Emclaire shareholder approval and customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2022.
William C. Marsh,
the current President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Emclaire and Emlenton Bank, will join Farmers as Senior Vice President and as Market President, Pennsylvania, after the merger. Furthermore, Farmers intends to name one
director from Emclaires board to join its Board of Directors immediately after the merger and appoint the remaining non-employee directors of Emclaire to a newly formed advisory board for the
Pennsylvania Region.
Kevin J. Helmick, President and CEO of Farmers, stated, As we continue to demonstrate Farmers successful track
record for executing on M&A, I am pleased to announce our largest acquisition to date. This latest transaction will mark a significant extension into the Pennsylvania markets, which has been a long-time strategy for Farmers. The contiguous
expansion will also serve as Farmers entrance into the attractive Pittsburgh market and allow us to deliver our robust wealth management and mortgage services to the Emlenton footprint. This latest acquisition will continue to integrate
Farmers culture into new communities and drive value for our stakeholders.
Mr. Marsh stated, We are excited to be
joining with The Farmers National Bank of Canfield and believe that the combination will benefit our shareholders, customers and the communities we serve. We are thrilled to be joining such a premier regional banking franchise. We are excited about
the new products and services that will be available to our customers and the communities we serve. I believe that this partnership will provide great value for the entire Emclaire family.
Upon consummation of the transaction, Emlenton Bank will be merged with and
into Farmers Bank, with Farmers Bank as the surviving bank, and Emlenton Banks branches will become branches of Farmers Bank. Upon closing, Farmers estimates it will have approximately $5.2 billion in assets and 66 locations
throughout Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
As of December 31, 2021, Emclaire had $1.1 billion in total assets,
$72.4 million in tangible common equity, $790.9 million in gross loans and $918.5 million in total deposits.
Serving
Farmers in the transaction are Janney Montgomery Scott LLC as financial advisor and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP as legal counsel. Serving Emclaire in the transaction are Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as financial advisor and
Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan LLP as legal counsel.
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
Farmers will host a conference call on March 24, 2022, at 11:00 AM ET, to discuss the acquisition of Emclaire. Participants can join the
call by dialing 877-407-4018, Conference ID: 13728180. The conference call will also be broadcast simultaneously via webcast on a listen-only basis. A link to
todays press release, presentation, and webcast will be available at ir.farmersbankgroup.com.
Replay of the conference call can be
accessed through March 31, 2022 by dialing 844-512-2921 and Replay Pin Number: 13728180.
ABOUT FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.
Founded in 1887, Farmers National Banc Corp. is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Canfield, Ohio, with
$4.1 billion in banking assets. Farmers National Banc Corp.s wholly-owned subsidiaries are comprised of The Farmers National Bank of Canfield, a full-service national bank engaged in commercial and retail banking with 47 locations in
Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, Medina, Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties in Ohio and Beaver County in Pennsylvania; Farmers Trust Company, which operates five trust offices and offers services in the same geographic
markets and Farmers National Insurance, LLC. Total wealth management assets under care at December 31, 2021 were $3.1 billion.
ABOUT
EMCLAIRE FINANCIAL CORP.
Emclaire Financial Corp. is the parent company of the Farmers National Bank of Emlenton, a nationally
chartered, FDIC-insured community commercial bank headquartered in Emlenton, Pennsylvania, operating 19 full service offices in Venango, Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Jefferson and Mercer Counties, Pennsylvania.
Emclaires common stock is quoted on and traded through NASDAQ under the symbol EMCF. For more information visit Emclaires web site at www.emclairefinancial.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not historical facts, but rather statements based on Farmers and Emclaires current expectations
regarding its business strategies
and its intended results and future performance. Forward-looking statements are preceded by terms such as expects, believes, anticipates, intends
and similar expressions, as well as any statements related to future expectations of performance or conditional verbs, such as will, would, should, could or may.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and actual future results could differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of Farmers and
Emclaires control. Numerous uncertainties, risks, and changes could cause or contribute to Farmers or Emclaires actual results, performance, and achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause or contribute to these differences include, without limitation, the possibility that the closing of the proposed transaction is delayed or does not occur at all because required regulatory
approvals, shareholder approval or other conditions to the transaction are not obtained or satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized when expected or at all;
Farmers and Emclaires failure to integrate Emclaire and Emlenton Bank with Farmers and Farmers Bank in accordance with expectations; deviations from performance expectations related to Emclaire and Emlenton Bank; diversion of
managements attention on the proposed transaction; general economic conditions in markets where Farmers and Emclaire conduct business, which could materially impact credit quality trends; effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic on the local, national, and international economy, Farmers or Emclaires organization and employees, and Farmers and Emclaires customers and suppliers and their
business operations and financial condition; disruptions in the mortgage and lending markets and significant or unexpected fluctuations in interest rates related to COVID-19 and governmental responses,
including financial stimulus packages; general business conditions in the banking industry; the regulatory environment; general fluctuations in interest rates; demand for loans in the market areas where Farmers and Emclaire conduct business; rapidly
changing technology and evolving banking industry standards; competitive factors, including increased competition with regional and national financial institutions; and new service and product offerings by competitors and price pressures; and other
factors disclosed periodically in Farmers and Emclaires filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Because of the risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on them,
whether included in this release or made elsewhere from time to time by Farmers, Emclaire or on Farmers or Emclaires behalf, respectively. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and neither Farmers nor Emclaire
assumes any duty and does not undertake to update forward-looking statements.
Farmers and Emclaire provide further detail regarding these
risks and uncertainties in their respective latest Annual Reports on Form 10-K, including in the risk factors section of Farmers latest Annual Report on Form
10-K, as well as in subsequent SEC filings, available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
OTHER
INFORMATION
In connection with the proposed merger, Farmers will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement of Emclaire and a prospectus of Farmers, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction.
SHAREHOLDERS OF EMCLAIRE AND OTHER INVESTORS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PROXY STATEMENT
AND PROSPECTUS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FARMERS, EMCLAIRE, THE PROPOSED MERGER, THE PERSONS SOLICITING PROXIES WITH
RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED MERGER, AND THEIR INTERESTS IN THE PROPOSED MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS.
The respective directors and executive
officers of Farmers and Emclaire and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Emclaire shareholders with respect to the proposed merger. Information regarding the directors of Farmers is available in its
proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022 in connection with its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and information regarding the executive officers of Farmers is available in its Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022. Information regarding the directors and executive officers of Emclaire is available in its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2022 and other documents
filed by Emclaire with the SEC. Other information regarding the participants in the solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and prospectus to
be included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement (when available) and other documents filed
with the SEC by Farmers through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Farmers will be available free of charge on Farmers website at https://www.farmersbankgroup.com or may be
obtained from Farmers by written request to Farmers National Banc Corp., 20 South Broad Street, Canfield, Ohio 44406, Attention: Investor Relations. Copies of the documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Emclaire may be obtained without charge
from Emclaire by written request to Emclaire Financial Corp., 612 Main Street, Emlenton, Pennsylvania 16373, Attention: Jennifer A. Poulsen, Secretary.
Acquisition of Investor Presentation
March 24, 2022 Exhibit 99.2
Forward Looking Statements This
presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the financial condition, results of operations, asset quality trends and profitability of Farmers
National Banc Corp. (“Farmers”). Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead express only management’s current expectations and forecasts of future events or long-term-goals, many of which, by their nature, are
inherently uncertain and outside of Farmers’ control. Forward-looking statements are preceded by terms such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends” and other similar expressions, as
well as any statements related to future expectations of performance or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may.” Farmers’ actual results and financial
condition may differ, possibly materially, from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Farmers’ actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements include impacts
from COVID-19 pandemic on local, national and global economic conditions; higher default rates on loans made to our customers related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our customers’ operations and financial condition; unexpected
changes in interest rates or disruptions in the mortgage markets related to COVID-19 or other responses to the health crisis; and the other factors contained in Farmers’ periodic reports and registration statements, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on Farmers’ website
(www.farmersbankgroup.com) and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov) . Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and should not be relied upon as representing management’s views as of
any subsequent date. Farmers undertakes no obligation to updated forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation contains certain financial
information determined by methods other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP financial measures include “Core Deposits” and “Tangible Common
Equity ratio.” Farmers believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide both management and investors a more completed understanding of Farmers’ deposit profile and capital. These non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental and
are not substitute for any analysis based on GAAP financial measures. Because not all companies use the same calculation of “Core Deposits” and “Tangible Common Equity ratio,” this presentation may not be comparable to other
similarly titled measures as calculated by other companies. Disclosure Statement
Attractive Core Deposit Franchise
Financially Attractive Increases assets ~26% to over $5.2 billion at close Double-digit EPS accretion anticipated (~10% fully phased in) Tangible book value earn-back of approximately 3 years (crossover method) Internal rate of return of >20%
Strategic Partnership to drive competitive scale Compelling New Market Expansion Fee Income Opportunity Unique opportunity to acquire scale in attractive Western PA markets including metro Pittsburgh Ability to maximize the Farmers brand of both
institutions and conversion of same core system Opportunity to better compete for loan growth in new, demographically rich markets with a larger legal lending limit, increased product offering and robust wealth management business Emclaire is one of
few acquisition opportunities remaining to enter Western PA with a meaningful market share Incredibly sticky deposit clientele with a 100+ year history of serving its communities Core deposits(1) make up 95% of total deposits as of 12/31/2021 Low
cost of deposits (0.41% MRQ) Ability to introduce a broader fee income product set to EMCF’s captive customer base Access to demographically attractive Pittsburgh MSA to expand reach of fee-based business lines Introduction of FMNB’s
robust wealth management business to new markets and new customers that have not previously been able to combine banking and wealth management services (1) Total deposits less time deposits > $100k Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro
Proven acquisition history and strategy
Seven acquisitions in the past seven years* Target franchises with similar culture, compelling reputation, and strong customer base Focus on businesses that support cross sell opportunities and diversity footprint into compelling banking markets
Manageable initial tangible book value dilution Reasonable price with a currency mix of cash and stock Long-Term Strategy of Value-Enhancing Acquisitions Farmers National Insurance (2008) Farmers Trust Company (2009) Private Client Services (2012)
National Bancshares, Inc. (2015) Tri-State 1st Banc, Inc. (2015) Monitor Bancorp, Inc. (2017) Bowers Insurance (2016) Maple Leaf Financial, Inc. (2020) Cortland Bancorp (2021) National Associates, Inc. (2013) Emclaire Financial Corp (2022) (*):
Including Emclaire Financial Corporation acquisition Note: Dates as of transaction close except for Emclaire Note: Dollars in millions Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro
Successful Track Record of Adding Value
Through M&A; Proven Ability to Execute Prudently Upon Acquisitive Growth Building Franchise Value Note: Financial and transaction value shown as of close of transaction; with exception for Emclaire Financial Corp. Note: Shows all whole bank
acquisitions since January 1, 2015 Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro Transaction: National Bancshares Corporation Tri-State 1st Banc, Inc. Monitor Bancorp, Inc. Maple Leaf Financial Cortland Bancorp Emclaire Financial Corp Total of Recent Bank
Acquisitions Geography: Orville, OH East Liverpool, OH Big Prairie, OH Newbury, OH Cortland, OH Emlenton, PA -- Date Closed: June 2015 October 2015 August 2017 January 2020 November 2021 Est. 2H 2022 -- Branches: 14 5 1 2 13 19 54 Purchase Price:
Cash & Stock: $75.3 million Cash & Stock: $14.3 million Cash & Stock: $7.6 million Cash & Stock: $43.0 million Cash & Stock: $129.3 million Cash & Stock: $104.8 million -- Target Assets: $546 million $138 million $39 million
$275 million $793 million $1,060 million $2,851 million Target Loans: $409 million $65 million $21 million $181 million $492 million $791 million $1,959 million Target Deposits: $417 million $123 million $33 million $186 million $678 million $918
million $2,355 million
Pro forma franchise $5.2B Assets $3.2B
Loans $4.5B Deposits 66 Branches $648.3M Market Cap(2) Pro Forma Highlights(1) (1) Estimated at close (2) Market capitalization based upon FMNB closing price of $17.02 as of March 23, 2022 Source: Company provided documents
Complementary franchises with strong
performance Ability to further enhance Emclaire’s financial performance through cost savings, efficiency gains, cross-selling opportunities and other enhancements. LTM Return on Average Assets LTM Return on Tangible Common Equity LTM
Efficiency Ratio LTM Net Interest Margin Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro
EmclairE financial corp financial
highlights Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro
Pro forma loan and deposit composition
Note: Data as of most recent quarter ended December 31, 2021 Note: Dollars in millions; does not include purchase accounting adjustments Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro Pro Forma Loan Portfolio Composition Pro Forma Deposit Portfolio Composition
$2,331.1 $790.9 $3,122.0 PRO FORMA $3,547.2 $918.5 $4,465.7 PRO FORMA
Transaction terms Consideration
Multiples Board / Management Timing / Approvals 2.1500 shares of FMNB common stock or $40.00 per share in cash for each share of EMCF, subject to 70% of EMCF shares being exchanged for stock and 30% being exchanged for cash Aggregate Deal Value of
$104.8M or $37.62 per share(1) Deal Value / Tangible Book Value: 144.7% Price / Normalized Tangible Book Value(2): 136.7% Deal Value / LTM Net Income: 10.5x Core Deposit Premium(3): 3.9% 1 director from EMCF’s Board to join FMNB’s Board
at closing Bill Marsh to join FMNB as Senior Vice President and Market President of Pennsylvania Creation of Pennsylvania Region advisory board Expected closing in 2nd half of 2022 EMCF shareholder approval required Customary regulatory approvals
(1) Based on FMNB’s closing price of $17.02 on March 23, 2022 (2) TBV normalized to 8.50% TCE/TA (3) Core deposits estimated at close exclude time deposits > $100k
Modeling assumptions Credit Mark
Fair Value Marks Other Marks Cost Savings & Restructuring Charges Total gross credit mark of $15.4 million (1.9% of EMCF’s gross loan portfolio excluding loans held for sale and PPP loans) $7.1 million allocated to purchase credit
deteriorated (PCD) loans $8.3 million allocated to non-PCD loans ~$9.7 million write-up of loan portfolio ~$3.6 million write-up of deposit portfolio ~$71 thousand write-up of other borrowings $10.6 million core deposit intangible amortized over 10
years using the straight line method $1.0 million write down of fixed assets ~34.0% cost savings with 75% phased-in in the first 12 months post-close, and 100% thereafter ~$13.2 million pre-tax merger charges
Pro Forma Capital Ratios Estimated
Pro Forma Balance Sheet(1) Financial Impact Summary Per Share Impact $5.2 billion in total assets (26.0% increase) $3.2 billion in total loans (36.1% increase) $4.5 billion in total deposits (27.2% increase) 9.5% projected accretion to FMNB’s
2023 EPS (75% cost savings phased-in in first 12 months post-close) and ~10% projected EPS accretion on a fully phased in basis(2) TBV per share dilution of ~5% earned back in ~3 years using the cross over method(3) Leverage Ratio: ~8.5% Tier 1
Ratio: ~12.5% Total Risk Based Capital Ratio: ~15.5% (1) Estimated at close (2) Excluding one time merger charges (3) Assumes all one-time merger charges of approximately $13.2 million booked at close
Comprehensive due diligence
Completed a coordinated comprehensive due diligence review with executives from FMNB & EMCF, along with advisors & consultants Detailed credit review completed by internal team and augmented with a 3rd party independent review Loan Review
Process 55% of total commercial loans 95% review of commercial loans rated special mention and substandard ($37.4 million, no doubtful rated exist) 94% of classified loans ($28.5 million) 78% of “worst-pass” rated loans The
residential/consumer loan review was accomplished on a “top down” portfolio basis Comprehensive Loan Review Analysis $212 Million Commercial Loans Review $28 Million Commercial Unfunded Commitments Review Diligence Focus Areas Legal
Operations Financial and Accounting Asset Quality Treasury Information Technology Financial Reporting and Analysis Commercial Lending Human Resources Systems Compliance Consumer Lending
Emclaire Financial (NASDAQ:EMCF)
Historical Stock Chart
From Oct 2024 to Nov 2024
Emclaire Financial (NASDAQ:EMCF)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2023 to Nov 2024