Bancorp, Inc S-3/A, filed Jul 2, 2020
Bancorp, Inc. (TBBK)
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 2, 2020
REGISTRATION NO. 333-239529
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 23-3016517 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
409 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 385-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Damian M. Kozlowski
Chief Executive Officer
The Bancorp, Inc.
409 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 385-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mark E. Rosenstein, Esq.
Ledgewood, a professional corporation
Two Commerce Square, Suite 3400
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 731-9450
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: ☒
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
| 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-239529) of The Bancorp, Inc. is being filed solely for the purpose of filing an updated version of Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. No changes or additions are being made hereby to the Prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration Statement (not included herein) or to Part II of the Registration Statement, except for Item 16.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
| ITEM 14. | OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION |
The expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered are set forth in the following table (all amounts, except the registration fee, are estimated):
| Registration fee—Securities and Exchange Commission | $ | 32,450 | ||
| Accountant’s fees and expenses | (1 | ) | ||
| Legal fees and expenses | (1 | ) | ||
| Printing and engraving expenses | (1 | ) | ||
| Rating agency fees | (1 | ) | ||
| Trustee fees and expenses | (1 | ) | ||
| Blue sky fees and expenses | (1 | ) | ||
| Miscellaneous | (1 | ) | ||
| TOTAL | $ | (1 | ) |
| (1) | Estimated expenses are not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that we anticipate we will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement on Form S-3. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement. |
| ITEM 15. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
The registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal.
This power to indemnify applies to actions or suits brought by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor as well, but only to the extent of expenses (including attorneys’ fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under Section 145.
The registrant’s Bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers of the registrant to the full extent permitted by applicable law. In accordance with the DGCL the registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of the directors of the registrant for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each director’s liability to the registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages except (i) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty.
The registrant maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance against any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect or breach of duty by any director or officer of itself or any direct or indirect subsidiary, excluding certain matters including fraudulent, dishonest or criminal acts or self-dealing.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete texts of Section 145 of the DGCL, the registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the registrant’s Bylaws, as amended, referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
| ITEM 16. | EXHIBITS |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
Description of Documents |
| 1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement* |
| 3.1.1 | Certificate of Incorporation filed July 20, 1999, amended July 27, 1999, amended June 7, 2001, and amended October 8, 2002(1) |
| 3.1.2 | Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed July 30, 2009(2) |
| 3.1.3 | Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 1, 2016(2) |
| 4.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (3) |
| 4.1 | Form of Indenture for Senior Debt Securities† |
| 4.2 | Form of Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities† |
| 4.3 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate(1) |
| 4.4 | Form of Senior Note* |
| 4.5 | Form of Subordinated Note* |
| 4.6 | Form of Unit Agreement and Unit* |
| 4.7 | Form of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate* |
| 4.8 | Form of Certificate of Designation of preferred stock and Preferred Stock Certificate * |
| 4.9 | Form of Deposit Agreement for Depositary Shares* |
| 4.10 | Form of Purchase Contract* |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Ledgewood, a professional corporation. |
| 23.1 | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.† |
| 23.2 | Consent of Ledgewood, a professional corporation (included in Exhibits 5.1). |
| 24.1 | Power of attorney (set forth on signature page)† |
| 25.1 | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee (Indenture for Senior Debt Securities).** |
| 25.2 | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee (Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities).** |
| (1) | Filed previously as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-4, registration number 333-117385, and by this reference incorporated herein. |
| (2) | Filed previously as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2016, and by this reference incorporated herein (File No. 000-51018). |
| (3) | Filed previously as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K filed March 16, 2017, and by this reference incorporated herein (File No. 000-51018). |
† Previously filed.
* To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of securities.
** To be incorporated by reference to a filing made in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
| ITEM 17. | UNDERTAKINGS |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that Paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by such registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by a registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to the purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
For the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of an undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of an undersigned registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about an undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of an undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by an undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of such registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by any registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, such registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on July 2, 2020.
| THE BANCORP, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Paul Frenkiel | |
| Paul Frenkiel | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Title |
Date | ||
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Damian M. Kozlowski |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | July 2, 2020 | ||
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/s/ Paul Frenkiel |
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Paul Frenkiel |
Executive Vice President of Strategy, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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John C. Chrystal |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Walter T. Beach |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Daniel G. Cohen |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Michael J. Bradley |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Matthew Cohn |
Director | July 2, 2020 |
| * | ||||
William H. Lamb |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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James J. McEntee, III |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Mei-Mei Tuan |
Director | July 2, 2020 |
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* |
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Hersh Kozlov |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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John M. Eggemeyer |
Director | July 2, 2020 |
| * | ||||
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Stephanie B. Mudick |
Director | July 2, 2020 | ||
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* |
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Daniela A. Mielke |
Director | July 2, 2020 |
| *By: | /s/ Paul Frenkiel | |
| Paul Frenkiel | ||
| Attorney-in-fact | ||
Exhibit 5.1
LEDGEWOOD, P.C.
Two Commerce Square, Suite 3400
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
July 2, 2020
The Bancorp, Inc.
409 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE 19809
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to The Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to possible offerings by the Company, from time to time, of up to an aggregate of $250,000,000 of the following securities of the Company: (1) shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Common Stock”), (2) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), (3) debt securities (“Debt Securities”), in one or more series, certain of which may be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock; (4) depositary shares representing a fraction of a share of a particular class or series of Preferred Stock (the “Depositary Shares”), (5) contracts to purchase or sell Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares (the “Purchase Contracts”), (6) warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or Depositary Shares (“Warrants”), (7) units consisting of any combination of the Securities (as defined below) (“Units”), and (8) rights entitling the holders thereof to purchase shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (“Rights” and, together with the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Depositary Shares, Purchase Contracts, Warrants and Units, the “Securities”). The Securities may be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
The Registration Statement provides that the Securities may be offered separately or together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”). This opinion letter is being furnished to the Company in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter other than as to the legality of the Securities.
As the basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have examined such statutes, including the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), regulations, corporate records and documents, including the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended through the date hereof, certificates of corporate and public officials, agreements of the Company, forms of agreements and other instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of this opinion. In making our examination, we have assumed and not verified (i) the genuineness of all signatures on documents examined by us, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and (iv) the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies.
Based on the foregoing and subject to the further assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
| 1. | The shares of Common Stock, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
| 2. | The shares of Preferred Stock, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
| 3. | The Debt Securities, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
| 4. | The Depositary Shares, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
| 5. | The Purchase Contracts, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
| 6. | The Warrants, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
| 7. | The Units, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
| 8. | The Rights, upon receipt by the Company of such lawful consideration therefor as the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may determine, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
In rendering the foregoing opinions, we have assumed that: (i) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, will have become effective (and will remain effective at the time of issuance of any Securities thereunder); (ii) a Prospectus Supplement describing each class and/or series of Securities offered pursuant to the Registration Statement, to the extent required by applicable law and relevant rules and regulations of the Commission, will be timely filed with the Commission; (iii) the definitive terms of each class and/or series of Securities will have been established in accordance with the authorizing resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof), the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law; (iv) the Company will issue and deliver the Securities in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and any Securities that consist of shares of capital stock will have been authorized and reserved for issuance, in each case within the limits of the then remaining authorized but unissued and unreserved amounts of such capital stock; (v) the resolutions authorizing the Company to issue, offer and sell the Securities will have been adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) and will be in full force and effect at all times at which the Securities are offered or sold by the Company; and (vi) all Securities will be issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Preferred Stock (including any Depositary Shares), we have further assumed that the Company will issue and deliver the shares of Preferred Stock being issued and delivered after either (i) the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a certificate of designation to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or (ii) the adoption by the Company’s Board of Directors of a resolution or resolutions, in each case, in a form approved by us, establishing the designations, preferences and rights of the class or series of Preferred Stock being issued and delivered.
You have advised us that (i) senior Debt Securities will be issued under a senior indenture (the “Senior Indenture”) between the Company and a trustee to be named therein (the “Trustee”); (ii) subordinated Debt Securities will be issued under a subordinated indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture” and together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indentures”) between the Company and the Trustee. With respect to any Securities consisting of any series of Debt Securities, we have further assumed that (A) one or more Indentures will have been authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the applicable Trustee in a form approved by us, and such Indenture will have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (B) all terms of such Debt Securities not provided for in the applicable Indenture will have been established in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and reflected in appropriate documentation approved by us and, if applicable, executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee; and (C) such Debt Securities will be executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Depositary Shares, we have further assumed that: (i) the deposit agreement, approved by us, relating to the Depositary Shares (the “Deposit Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and an entity selected by the Company to act as the depositary (the “Depositary”) will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Depositary, (ii) the relevant shares of Preferred Stock will have been deposited with the Depositary and (iii) the Depositary Shares will be duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Purchase Contracts, we have further assumed that: (i) such Purchase Contracts will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto and (ii) the Purchase Contracts will be issued, sold and delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the applicable definitive agreement.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Warrants, we have further assumed that: (i) the warrant agreement, approved by us, relating to the Warrants (the “Warrant Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and an entity selected by the Company to act as the warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”) will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent and (ii) the Warrants will be duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Units, we have further assumed that each component of such Unit will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (to the extent applicable) and will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company or any third party (to the extent applicable) as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the applicable Unit agreement, if any.
With respect to any Securities consisting of Rights, we have further assumed that: (i) the documents, if any, evidencing and used in connection with the issuance and sale of the Rights will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto (the “Rights Documents”), (ii) the certificates, if any, evidencing the Rights will be executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Rights Document and (iii) the Rights will be issued, sold and delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Rights Document.
The opinions expressed herein are limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer and fraudulent conveyance, voidable preference, moratorium or other similar laws and related regulations and judicial doctrines from time to time in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles and public policy considerations, whether such principles and considerations are considered in a proceeding at law or at equity.
The opinions expressed herein are limited in all respects to federal laws, the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, and the Constitution of the State of Delaware, as interpreted by the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion after the date hereof should the law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision, or otherwise. No opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or to the application of any such laws.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Ledgewood | |
| LEDGEWOOD | |
| a professional corporation |