4.3Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Buyer consists of 50,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock, of which 9,432,862 shares are issued and outstanding, and 500,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.25 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. The outstanding shares of Buyer’s capital stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof, and subject to no preemptive rights or similar rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights). The shares of Buyer Common Stock to be issued in the Merger have been duly and validly reserved for issuance, and when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights.
4.4Corporate Power. Buyer has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own all of its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.5Corporate Authority. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been authorized by all necessary action by Buyer and no action is required of the stockholders of Buyer with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby. Buyer has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding agreement of Buyer, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general principles of equity).
4.6Non-Contravention.
(a) Subject to the receipt of the Regulatory Approvals and compliance with any conditions contained therein, and the required filings under federal and state securities laws and applicable stock exchange rules, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Merger) by Buyer does not and will not (i) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, result in a right of termination, or the acceleration of any right or obligation under, any law, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree, order, permit, license, credit agreement, indenture, loan, note, bond, mortgage, reciprocal easement agreement, lease, instrument, concession, franchise or other agreement of Buyer or of any of their Subsidiaries or to which Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, properties or assets is subject or bound, (ii) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under the organizational documents of Buyer, or (iii) require the consent or approval of any third party or Governmental Authority under any such law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, permit, license, credit agreement, indenture, loan, note, bond, mortgage, reciprocal easement agreement, lease, instrument, concession, franchise or other agreement.
(b) As of the date hereof, Buyer has no Knowledge of any reasons relating to Buyer or Buyer Bank (including, without limitation, compliance with the CRA or the USA PATRIOT Act, the federal Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, and its implementing regulations and the regulations promulgated thereunder, any order issued with respect to anti-money laundering by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other applicable anti-money laundering statute, rule or regulation) why (i) all of the Regulatory Approvals shall not be procured from the applicable Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) why any Burdensome Condition would be imposed.
4.7Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws. Buyer has made available to the Company a complete and correct copy of its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended to date, of Buyer. Buyer is not in violation of any of the terms of its organizational documents. The minute books of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries contain complete and accurate records of all meetings held by, and complete and accurate records of all other corporate actions of, their respective stockholders and boards of directors (including committees of their respective boards of directors).
4.8Compliance with Laws. Buyer and each of its Subsidiaries:
(a) except as set forth onSchedule 4.8(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, has been since January 1, 2015 and is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders or decrees applicable thereto or to the employees conducting their businesses, including, without limitation, all Finance Laws. In addition, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened charge by any Governmental Authority that any of Buyer and its Subsidiaries has violated, nor any pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened investigation by any Governmental Authority with respect to possible violations of, any applicable Finance Laws;
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