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, Company’s 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
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