Exhibit 10.6

 

Execution Version

 

VCOC LETTER AGREEMENT

 

Wingshooter Acquisition Corp.

 

1776 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 100

 

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

December 31, 2020

 

Patriot Financial Partners III, L.P. 

Radnor Corporate Center 

Building Four, Suite 201 

100 Matsonford Road 

Radnor, PA 19087

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

Reference is made to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020 (the “Agreement”), by and between Wingshooter Acquisition Corp., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), and Patriot Financial Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “VCOC Investor”). The Company and Georgia Banking Company, Inc. (“Georgia Banking Company”) entered into that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 11, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will merge with and into Georgia Banking Company, with Georgia Banking Company being the surviving entity (the “Acquisition”). References to the Company in this letter following the Acquisition shall be deemed to be references to Georgia Banking Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the VCOC Investor has agreed to purchase from the Company that certain number of shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) equal to the lesser of (a) $30,000,000 divided by the Purchase Price per Share or (b) 24.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of Georgia Banking Company, par value $0.01 per share, immediately following the Acquisition on a fully diluted as-converted basis. As an inducement for the VCOC Investor to enter into the Agreement, the Company granted the VCOC Investor the rights set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), by and between the Company and the VCOC Investor, and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and between the Company and the VCOC Investor. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings in the Agreement.

 

For good and valuable consideration acknowledged to have been received, the Company hereby agrees that for so long as the VCOC Investor, directly or through one or more Affiliates, continues to hold any shares of equity in the Company, the Company shall:

 

1.Provide the VCOC Investor or an individual designated by the VCOC Investor with the governance rights set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement;

 

 

 

 

2.Without limitation or prejudice of any of the rights provided to the VCOC Investor under the Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, or any other agreement or otherwise, provide the VCOC Investor or an individual designated by the VCOC Investor with:

 

a.the right to visit and inspect any of the offices and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and examine and inspect the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries, at such times as the VCOC Investor shall reasonably request upon three (3) business days’ notice but not more frequently than once per calendar year, provided, however, that such rights shall not extend to confidential bank supervisory communications, customer financial records or other “exempt records” as defined by 12 C.F.R. Part 309, or reports of examination of any national or state chartered insured bank, which information may only be disclosed by the Company or its subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of applicable law or regulation;

 

b.consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis (i) as of the end of each quarter of each fiscal year as soon as practicable after preparation thereof but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of such quarter, and (ii) with respect to each fiscal year end statement, as soon as practicable after preparation thereof but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of such fiscal year and together with an auditor’s report thereon of a firm of established national reputation; and

 

c.to the extent the Company or any of its subsidiaries is required by law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to prepare such reports, any annual reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, actually prepared by the Company or its subsidiaries as soon as available; provided that, in each case, if the Company makes the information described in clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 2 available through public filings on the EDGAR system or any successor or replacement system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the delivery of the information shall be deemed satisfied by such public filings.

 

3.Make appropriate officers and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by the VCOC Investor for consultation with, and advisement by, the VCOC Investor or its designated representative, but not more frequently than once per calendar year, with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

4.To the extent consistent with applicable law and so long as the VCOC Investor does not have a representative or observer on the Company’s board of directors, inform the VCOC Investor or its designated representative in advance with respect to any significant corporate actions, including, without limitation, extraordinary dividends, mergers, acquisitions or dispositions of assets, issuances of significant amounts of debt or equity and material amendments to the articles of incorporation, bylaws and other organization documents of the Company or its subsidiaries, and to provide the VCOC Investor or its designated representative with the right to consult with the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to such actions; provided that such consultation rights shall be limited to once per calendar quarter; provided further that the VCOC Investor is aware that it may receive material nonpublic information about the Company, and the VCOC Investor agrees that it is aware of and shall comply with the federal and state securities laws that restrict any Person who has material, non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of the company or from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities; and provide the VCOC Investor or its designated representative with such other rights of consultation which the VCOC Investor’s counsel may determine to be reasonably necessary under applicable legal authorities promulgated after the date hereof to qualify its investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” as such term is defined in the United States Department of Labor Regulation published at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 (the “Plan Asset Regulation”), and cooperate in good faith with the VCOC Investor to amend this letter agreement to reflect such other rights that are mutually satisfactory to the Company and the VCOC Investor and consistent with the Federal Reserve’s rule for Control and Divestiture Proceedings as codified in the Federal Reserve’s Regulation Y, provided that such consultation rights shall be limited to once per calendar quarter.

 

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The Company agrees to consider, and to cause its subsidiaries to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of the VCOC Investor or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable.

 

The VCOC Investor agrees, and will require each designated representative of the VCOC Investor to agree, to hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any third party (other than its legal counsel and accountants) any confidential information provided to or learned by such party in connection with the VCOC Investor’s rights under this letter agreement except as may otherwise be required by law or legal, judicial or regulatory process, provided that the VCOC Investor takes commercially reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure.

 

In the event the VCOC Investor transfers all or any portion of its investment in the Company to an affiliated entity (or to a direct or indirect wholly-owned conduit subsidiary of any such affiliated entity) that is intended to qualify as a venture capital operating company under the Plan Asset Regulation, such affiliated entity shall be afforded the same rights that the Company has afforded to the VCOC Investor hereunder and shall be treated, for such purposes, as a third party beneficiary hereunder.

 

The rights of the VCOC Investor under this letter agreement are unique to the VCOC Investor and shall not be assignable or transferrable other than to an affiliated entity that is intended to qualify as a venture capital operating company under the Plan Asset Regulation.

 

The VCOC Investor acknowledges that the Company has made no representation that it qualifies, or in the future will qualify, as a “venture capital operating company” or that an investment in the Company qualifies as a “venture capital investment” as those terms are defined in the Plan Asset Regulation and disclaims any responsibility therefor.

 

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The letter agreement will expire when the VCOC Investor, directly or through one or more Affiliates, no longer holds any shares of equity of the Company.

 

This letter agreement and the rights and the duties of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Georgia and may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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  Wingshooter Acquisition Corp.
   
  By: /s/ Bartow Morgan, Jr. 
  Name: Bartow Morgan, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Agreed and acknowledged as of the date first above written:

 

  Patriot Financial Partners III, L.P.
   
  By: /s/ James F. Deutsch 
  Name: James F. Deutsch
  Title: Managing Partner

 

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