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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-18-004668
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180613
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180615
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180615

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000700565
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				371103704
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36434
		FILM NUMBER:		18901198

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2172347454

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST-MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>FORM 8-K</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>June 13, 2018</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>0-13368</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>37-1103704</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>1421 CHARLESTON AVENUE</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>MATTOON, IL</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>61938</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect; 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect; 240.12b&ndash;2 of this chapter).</P>

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growth company &#9;</FONT>[_]</P>

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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. &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&#9;
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On June 13, 2018, First Mid-Illinois Bancshares,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) and First Mid-Illinois Bank &amp; Trust, N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered
into an underwriting agreement (the &ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;) with FIG Partners, LLC, as the representative of the
several underwriters named therein (the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to
the Underwriters and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement,
an aggregate of 823,799 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $4.00 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;),
at a public offering price of $38.00 per share, in an underwritten public offering (the &ldquo;Offering&rdquo;). The Company granted
the Underwriters an option for a period of 30 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement to purchase up to an additional
123,569 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price, less discounts and commissions. The Underwriters exercised their option
in full on June 13, 2018, resulting in 947,368 shares of Common Stock being offered in the Offering. The Offering is expecting
to close on June 15, 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The offer and sale of the Common Stock
in the Offering is being made pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-216855),
including a prospectus supplement dated June 13, 2018 to the prospectus contained in the registration statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information set forth above does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On June 13, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing
that it had priced the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exhibits</I>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Exhibit Index</U></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 87%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="exh_11.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="exh_11.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Underwriting Agreement, by and between First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and FIG Partners, LLC, dated June 13, 2018.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <A HREF="exh_51.htm">5.1</A></TD>
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        <A HREF="exh_51.htm">Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP.</A>
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    <TD><A HREF="exh_991.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="exh_991.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Press Release, dated June 13, 2018.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Dated: June 15, 2018</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By: <U>/s/ Joseph R. Dively&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">823,799 Shares</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Common Stock</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">June 13, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">FIG
PARTNERS, LLC</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">1475 Peachtree Street NE, Suite #800</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Atlanta, GA 30309</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As representative of
the Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">First Mid-Illinois
Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters
named in <U>Schedule A</U> hereto (the &ldquo;<B>Underwriters</B>&rdquo;) pursuant to the terms set forth herein (this &ldquo;<B>Agreement</B>&rdquo;)
an aggregate of 823,799 shares (the &ldquo;<B>Firm Shares</B>&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $4.00 per
share (the &ldquo;<B>Common Stock</B>&rdquo;). The Company also granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional
123,569 shares of Common Stock (the &ldquo;<B>Option Shares</B>&rdquo;). The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the &ldquo;<B>Shares</B>.&rdquo; FIG Partners, LLC (&ldquo;<B>FIG</B>&rdquo;) has agreed to act as
representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the &ldquo;<B>Representative</B>&rdquo;) in connection with the offering
and sale of the Shares. To the extent there are no additional underwriters listed on <U>Schedule A</U>, the term &ldquo;Representative&rdquo;
as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriter, and the term &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo; shall mean either the singular or the plural,
as the context requires.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has prepared
and filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B>Commission</B>&rdquo;) a registration statement,
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-216855) covering the public offering and sale of certain securities of the Company, including the Shares,
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Securities Act</B>&rdquo;) and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the &ldquo;<B>Securities Act Regulations</B>&rdquo;), which registration statement has become effective. Such registration
statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereto at such time, including
the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein
at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as
of such time pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule 430B</B>&rdquo;), is referred to herein as
the &ldquo;<B>Registration Statement</B>&rdquo;; provided, that the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo; without reference to a
time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereto as of the time of the first contract
of sale for the Shares, which time shall be considered the &ldquo;new effective date&rdquo; of the Registration Statement with
respect to the Shares within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2), including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B. From and after the
date and time of filing of any registration statement increasing the size of the offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule 462(b)</B>&rdquo; and such registration statement, a &ldquo;<B>Rule 462(b) Registration Statement</B>&rdquo;),
the term &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo; shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Each preliminary prospectus
supplement and the base prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Shares, including the documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act immediately prior to the
Applicable Time (as defined below), are collectively referred to herein as a &ldquo;<B>preliminary prospectus</B>.&rdquo; Promptly
after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus supplement relating to the
Shares in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule 424(b)</B>&rdquo;). The
final prospectus supplement and the base prospectus, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with
the offering and sale of the Shares, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant
to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), are collectively referred
to herein as the &ldquo;<B>Prospectus</B>.&rdquo; For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement,
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall
be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system
(or any successor system) (&ldquo;<B>EDGAR</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As used in this Agreement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Applicable
Time</B>&rdquo; means 9:02 a.m., New York City time, on June 13, 2018 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Pricing
Disclosure Package</B>&rdquo; means each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus and the most recent preliminary prospectus
furnished to the Underwriters for general distribution to investors prior to the Applicable Time, and the pricing information conveyed
orally to investors, and as set forth on <U>Schedule B</U> hereto, all considered together.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means any &ldquo;issuer free writing prospectus,&rdquo; as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities
Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule 433</B>&rdquo;), including, without limitation, any &ldquo;free writing prospectus&rdquo; (as defined
in Rule 405) relating to the Shares that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a &ldquo;road show
that is a written communication&rdquo; within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission,
or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or
of the offering thereof that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the
Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company&rsquo;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Issuer
General Use Free Writing Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution
to investors, as evidenced by its being specified in <U>Schedule B</U> hereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Issuer
Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free
Writing Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All references in this
Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is &ldquo;contained,&rdquo; &ldquo;included&rdquo;
or &ldquo;stated&rdquo; (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the Applicable
Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&ldquo;<B>Exchange Act</B>&rdquo;), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the &ldquo;<B>Exchange Act Regulations</B>&rdquo;)
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, at or after the Applicable Time.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 1.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Representations and Warranties</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Representations and Warranties by the Company</I>. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter at the date
hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each
Underwriter, as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Compliance of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Incorporated Documents</U>. The Company meets the requirements
for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is a shelf registration statement, and the offer and sale
of the Shares is registered by the Company on such shelf registration statement. Each of the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the Securities Act and the initial effective
date of the Registration Statement is not more than three years before the date of this Agreement. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
been issued under the Securities Act, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule 401(g)(2)</B>&rdquo;)
has been received by the Company, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending
or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for
additional information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each of the
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and as of each deemed effective
date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, at the time they
were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied, comply and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and the Securities Act Regulations and are identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Accurate
Disclosure</U>. Neither the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement nor any post-effective amendment thereto,
at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time, neither (A) the Pricing Disclosure Package nor (B) any
individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, included,
includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither
the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery,
included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement became effective or when such incorporated documents were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together
with the other information in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not, does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. There are no statutes,
regulations, documents or contracts of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, which are not described or filed as required. There are no business relationships or related person
transactions involving the Company or any Subsidiary (as defined herein) or any other person required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been described
as required.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The representations
and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information
in (i) the first sentence under &ldquo;Commission and Expenses,&rdquo; (ii) the first sentence under &ldquo;Stabilization,&rdquo;
(iii) the first sentence under &ldquo;Passive Market Making,&rdquo; each under the heading &ldquo;Underwriting,&rdquo; contained
in the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus contained in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Underwriter Information</B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</U>. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information
contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference
therein, that has not been superseded or modified.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Company Not Ineligible Issuer</U>. (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, (B) at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant
made a <I>bona fide</I> offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Shares and (C) at
the Applicable Time, the Company was not and is not an &ldquo;ineligible issuer,&rdquo; as defined in Rule 405.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(v)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Independent Accountants</U>. BKD, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements
of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) that are included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(vi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U>Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures</U>. The consolidated
financial statements of the Company, including the related schedules and notes, filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement and included in the Pricing Disclosing Package and the Prospectus (the &ldquo;<B>Financial
Statements</B>&rdquo;) present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations, changes in
stockholders&rsquo; equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. The
Financial Statements, unless otherwise noted therein, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in effect in the United States (&ldquo;<B>GAAP</B>&rdquo;) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved, except as may be expressly stated in the notes thereto. The selected financial data and the summary
financial information of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with
that of the audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. No other
financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding &ldquo;non-GAAP financial measures&rdquo; as such term is defined by
the rules and regulations of the Commission comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and the 1934
Act Regulations and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly in all material respects the
information included therein and has been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the Commission&rsquo;s rules
and guidelines applicable thereto and present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes
in financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries (the &ldquo;<B>Subsidiaries</B>&rdquo;) on the basis stated in the
Registration Statement at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(vii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U>No Material Adverse Change in Business</U>. Since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) (x)&nbsp;the
Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, have not sustained any material loss or material interference
with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, and there has not been any material change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries or (y) any material adverse change in or affecting the condition
(financial or other), business, properties, or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (any such change described in this
clause (y), a &ldquo;<B>Material Adverse Effect</B>&rdquo;), in each case in this clause&nbsp;(A) other than as set forth or
disclosed or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (B)&nbsp;there
have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are material with respect to the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as set forth or disclosed or contemplated in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (C)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, otherwise than as set forth
or disclosed or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</P>

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company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (&ldquo;<B>BHCA</B>&rdquo;), and has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property
or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ix)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Good Standing of Subsidiaries</U>. Each significant subsidiary (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company (each such significant subsidiary of the Company being hereinafter referred to as a &ldquo;Significant Subsidiary&rdquo;)
has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a bank, corporation or limited liability company, as the case
may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has all requisite power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except in each case where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
activities of the Significant Subsidiaries are permitted of subsidiaries of a financial holding company under applicable law and
the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board (the &ldquo;<B>FRB</B>&rdquo;). Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or membership interests
of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable)
and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of any Significant Subsidiary
was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Significant Subsidiary. There are no
outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or equity
securities of any of the Significant Subsidiaries. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, no Significant Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying
any dividends to the Company, from making any other distributions on such Significant Subsidiary&rsquo;s capital stock or common
securities, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Significant Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring
any of such Significant Subsidiary&rsquo;s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company. The only subsidiaries
of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on <U>Schedule&nbsp;C</U> hereto. As of the date hereof, First Mid-Illinois Bank &amp;
Trust, N.A. (the &ldquo;<B>Bank</B>&rdquo;) and First Bank &amp; Trust, IL (&ldquo;<B>First Bank</B>&rdquo;, and together with
the Bank, the &ldquo;<B>Banks</B>&rdquo;) are the only Significant Subsidiary and depository institution subsidiaries of the Company.</P>

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</FONT><U>Capitalization</U>. All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the
outstanding shares of capital stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. The description of the Company&rsquo;s stock option, stock bonus
and other equity compensation plans or compensation arrangements and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth
or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly presents,
in all material respects, the information required to be described therein with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there are no
outstanding rights (contractual or otherwise), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable
for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest
in the Company, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, under the Company&rsquo;s equity
compensation programs.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Company Equity Awards</U>. With respect to any stock options, restricted stock or other equity awards (the &ldquo;<B>Equity
Awards</B>&rdquo;) granted pursuant to any compensation plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries providing for the issuance of Equity
Awards (the &ldquo;<B>Company Plans</B>&rdquo;), (A) each grant of an Equity Award was duly authorized no later than the date on
which the grant of such Equity Award was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, and (B) each such grant
was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Plans and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Authorization of Agreement</U>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when
duly executed by the Underwriters, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally or by general equitable principles and except
as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable securities laws, banking laws and public
policy considerations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xiii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Securities Offerings</U>. All offers and sales of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, Series B 9% Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C 8% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, depositary shares and debt or other
securities prior to the date hereof were made in compliance with or were the subject of an available exemption from the Securities
Act and the Securities Act Regulations and all other applicable state and federal laws or regulations, or any actions under the
Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations or any state or federal laws or regulations in respect of any such offers or
sales are effectively barred by effective waivers or statutes of limitation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xiv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Authorization and Description of Shares</U>. The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and, when issued, delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will conform to the description of the capital stock contained in each of the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to the preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Issuance of Shares</U>. The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action of the Company and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage
of time or both, (A)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default or result in a Repayment Event (as defined below) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B)&nbsp;result in any
violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, certificate of formation, articles
of incorporation, articles of association, or charter (as applicable), bylaws or other governing documents of the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries, or (C)&nbsp;result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any federal, state,
local or foreign court, arbitrator, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body (each a &ldquo;<B>Governmental Entity</B>&rdquo;)
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for, in the case of clauses&nbsp;(A)
and (C) those conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Repayment Events that would not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court
or Governmental Entity is required for the issue and sale of the Shares, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder
or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Securities
Act of the Shares and except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market (&ldquo;<B>NASDAQ</B>&rdquo;)
or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (&ldquo;<B>FINRA</B>&rdquo;) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations
or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase of the shares by the
Underwriters. All of the information provided to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters by the Company, its counsel,
its officers and directors and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities of the Company
in connection with the offering of the Shares is true, complete, correct and compliant with FINRA&rsquo;s rules, and any letters,
filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rules or National Association of Securities Dealers
Conduct Rules are true, complete and correct. As used herein, a &ldquo;<B>Repayment Event</B>&rdquo; means any event or condition,
the occurrence or existence of which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting
on such holder&rsquo;s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness
by the Company or any Subsidiary prior to its scheduled maturity.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xvi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Violation</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is (A)&nbsp;in violation of its certificate of incorporation,
certificate of organization, certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, articles of association or charter (as applicable),
bylaws or other governing documents or (B)&nbsp;in breach, violation or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject except in each case for such breaches, violations
or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xvii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Registration Rights</U>. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company any person granting
such person registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for resale pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise registered for resale or sold by the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement other than
any rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been
waived.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xviii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Summaries of Legal Matters</U>. The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus under the caption &ldquo;Description of Common Stock&rdquo; and under the caption &ldquo;Supervision and Regulation&rdquo;
in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and regulations or documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xix)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act; NASDAQ Compliance</U>. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to the Company and the Company
is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of NASDAQ. The Company has taken no action
designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the listing of the Company&rsquo;s common stock on the NASDAQ Global
Market, nor has the Company received notification that NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such listing. There is no requirement
to receive the approval of the NASDAQ for the Shares to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xx)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Absence of Labor Dispute</U>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, no labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent which, in any case, is reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary&rsquo;s principal suppliers, manufacturers,
customers or contractors, which, in either case, would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for
matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) there is (1) no unfair labor practice
complaint pending or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries before
the National Labor Relations Board or any similar domestic or foreign body, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising
out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, threatened, (2) no strike, labor
dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of the Significant
Subsidiaries and (3) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any of the Significant
Subsidiaries, (B) to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees
of the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries and (C) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(collectively, &ldquo;ERISA&rdquo;) or any similar domestic or foreign law or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
concerning the employees of the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions or suits, investigations, inquiries or proceedings before or by
any court or Government Entity, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject (A)&nbsp;that is required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or Securities Act Regulations and is not disclosed therein
or (B)&nbsp;which, if not disclosed in the Registration Statement, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
would be reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. All pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is the subject which are
not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses, are
not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no contracts or
documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would be required by the Securities Act or Securities Act Regulations
to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described or filed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Bank Holding Company Act</U>. The Company has been duly registered as, and meets in all material respects the applicable
requirements for qualification as, a bank holding company and has elected to be treated as a financial holding company under the
applicable provisions of the BHCA. The activities of the Subsidiaries are permitted of subsidiaries of a financial holding company
under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve set forth in Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxiii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Compliance with Bank Regulatory Authorities</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in compliance
in all material respects with all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and
orders and administrative and court decrees applicable to them (including, without limitation, all regulations and orders of, or
agreements with, the FRB, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the &ldquo;<B>OCC</B>&rdquo;), the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the &ldquo;<B>FDIC</B>&rdquo;), and the Commission, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community
Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, all other applicable fair lending laws or other laws relating to discrimination
and the Bank Secrecy Act and Title&nbsp;III of the USA Patriot Act), and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
any written or oral communication from any Governmental Entity asserting that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in
compliance with any such statute, law, rule, regulation, decision, directive or order that would reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxiv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Regulatory Agency</U>. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
none of the Company, the Bank or any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any order or directive from the FRB, the OCC, the
FDIC, the Commission or any regulatory authority to make any material change in the method of conducting its respective businesses.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is subject or is party to, or has received any notice or advice that any of them may become subject or party
to, any investigation with respect to, any corrective, suspension or cease-and-desist order, agreement, consent agreement, memorandum
of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order with or by, or is a party to any commitment letter,
or is subject to any directive by, or has been a recipient of any supervisory letter from any Regulatory Agency (as defined below)
that, in each case, currently relates to or restricts in any respect the conduct of their business or that in any manner relates
to capital adequacy, credit policies or management, nor at the request or direction of any Regulatory Agency has the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries adopted any board resolution that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (each, a &ldquo;<B>Regulatory
Agreement</B>&rdquo;), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been advised by any Regulatory Agency that such Regulatory
Agency is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement or any such Regulatory Agreement is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries are each in compliance with any Regulatory Agreements, and there is no unresolved
violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, currently results in or is expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term &ldquo;<B>Regulatory Agency</B>&rdquo; means any Governmental
Entity having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited
to, any federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depositary institutions or holding companies of depositary
institutions, or engaged in the insurance of depositary institution deposits.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Accuracy of Exhibits</U>. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as
exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxvi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Possession of Licenses and Permits</U>. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (A)&nbsp;possesses all permits, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Governmental Licenses</B>&rdquo;) of any Governmental Entity
and&nbsp;has made all filings, applications and registrations with, any Governmental Entity, in each case, necessary to permit
the Company or such Subsidiary to conduct the business now operated by the Company or such Subsidiary, and (B)&nbsp;is in compliance
with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure to so possess, file, apply, register
or comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses currently
held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any such material Governmental Licenses, except where any such proceeding would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any its Subsidiaries have failed to file with applicable
regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where
the failure to so file in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect&#894; all such
filings were in compliance in all material respects with applicable laws when filed and no material deficiencies have been asserted
in writing by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions.</P>

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</FONT><U>Title to Property</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property
owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of
all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary. All
of the leases and subleases under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect and are held under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone
adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning
the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease
or sublease.</P>

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</FONT><U>Possession of Intellectual Property</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use or can
acquire on reasonable terms ownership or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, licenses, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and know-how (including trade secrets and other
unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures and excluding generally commercially
available &ldquo;off the shelf&rdquo; software programs licensed pursuant to shrink wrap or &ldquo;click and accept&rdquo; licenses)
and licenses (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Intellectual Property</B>&rdquo;) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses,
except in each case where the failure to own or possess such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with, any such rights of others or any
facts or circumstances that would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries therein, except in each case where such infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect..</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxix)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Environmental Laws</U>. Except as described in the Registration Statement and except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is in violation of any federal, state or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or code or any applicable judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or
threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum
products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Hazardous Materials</B>&rdquo;) or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Environmental
Laws</B>&rdquo;), (B)&nbsp;each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all material permits, authorizations and approvals required
to be held by it under any applicable Environmental Laws and each such of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
the requirements of each such permit, authorization and approval held by it, (C)&nbsp;there are no pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices
of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and (D)&nbsp;there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order
for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.</P>

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</FONT><U>ERISA</U>. Except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each &ldquo;employee benefit plan&rdquo;
(as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (collectively, &ldquo;<B>ERISA</B>&rdquo;)) established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or their &ldquo;ERISA
Affiliates&rdquo; (as defined below) is in compliance with ERISA; no &ldquo;reportable event&rdquo; (as defined under ERISA) has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any &ldquo;employee benefit plan&rdquo; established or maintained by
the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates for which notice to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is
required. &ldquo;<B>ERISA Affiliate</B>&rdquo; means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations
described in Section&nbsp;414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (the &ldquo;<B>Code</B>&rdquo;) of which the Company or such Subsidiary is a member. The fair market
value of the assets of each ERISA Affiliate defined benefit pension plan exceeds the present value of such plan&rsquo;s &ldquo;benefit
liabilities&rdquo; (as defined in Section&nbsp;4001(a)(16) of ERISA), and no ERISA Affiliate defined benefit pension plan has an
&ldquo;accumulated funding deficiency&rdquo; (as defined in Section&nbsp;302 of ERISA). None of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor
any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (A)&nbsp;Title IV of ERISA with respect
to termination of, or withdrawal from, any &ldquo;employee benefit plan&rdquo; or (B)&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;412, 4971 or 4975 of the
Code. Each &ldquo;employee benefit plan&rdquo; established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA
Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section&nbsp;401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion
letter from the Internal Revenue Service regarding its qualification under such section and, to the knowledge of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and its ERISA affiliates, nothing has occurred whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Internal Control Over Financial Reporting</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&rsquo;s
general or specific authorization, (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (C)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management&rsquo;s general or specific authorization, and (D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under
the Exchange Act), that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to them&#894; the Company&rsquo;s internal
control over financial reporting is effective&#894; and since the end of the Company&rsquo;s most recent audited fiscal year, there
has been (X)&nbsp;no material weakness in the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated)
and (Y)&nbsp;no change in the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected adversely,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect adversely, the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Disclosure Controls and Procedures</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act Regulations) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act that
are applicable to an issuer that has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which (A) are designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act
is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission&rsquo;s rules and forms and
that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company&rsquo;s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer by others within the Company and its Subsidiaries to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure,
(B) have been evaluated by management of the Company for effectiveness as of the end of the Company&rsquo;s most recent fiscal
quarter, and (C) were then effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on
the evaluation of the Company&rsquo;s and each Subsidiary&rsquo;s disclosure controls and procedures described above, the Company
is not aware of (1) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
Company&rsquo;s or its Subsidiaries&rsquo; ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses
in internal controls or (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the Company&rsquo;s or its Subsidiaries&rsquo; internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of the Company&rsquo;s
disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls.</P>

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</FONT><U>Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U>. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the
Company&rsquo;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906
related to certifications.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxiv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Pending Procedures and Examinations</U>. The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination
under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of
the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Payment of Taxes</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries have (i)&nbsp;filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income
and franchise tax returns that they are required to have filed or have properly requested extensions of the deadline for the filing
therefor and all such tax returns as filed are true, complete and correct in all material respects and (ii)&nbsp;have paid all
taxes required to be paid by any of them, other than such taxes as may be paid at a later date without any penalty or fine and
except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate actions and,
in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus and except for such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties, the nonpayment or late payment of which would not, individually
or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxvi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Insurance</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company reasonably believes are prudent and customary in the business
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe
that it will not be able to obtain insurance coverage from insurers similar to their current insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has been denied any material insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied in any instance
in which such insurance coverage was offered by the carrier from which the Company or such Subsidiary sought such coverage or to
which it applied for such coverage.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxvii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Investment Company Act</U>. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds as described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will be, an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo; or an entity &ldquo;controlled&rdquo;
by an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo; as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Investment
Company Act</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xxxviii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Absence of Manipulation</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any
affiliates of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Shares.</P>

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</FONT><U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and other persons, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries has (A)&nbsp;used any corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (B)&nbsp;made any direct or indirect unlawful payment
to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (C)&nbsp;violated
or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or (D)&nbsp;made any bribe, illegal rebate, payoff,
influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xl)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, money laundering statutes applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively,
the &ldquo;<B>Money Laundering Laws</B>&rdquo;), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws
is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xli)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>OFAC</U>. Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is (a)&nbsp;currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (&ldquo;<B>OFAC</B>&rdquo;) or (b)&nbsp;located, organized or resident in a country
or territory that is the subject of such sanctions (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any of its Subsidiaries, any joint venture partner of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person, or engage in dealings or transactions with
any person, or in any country, or territory, subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in violation of such sanctions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xlii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</FONT><U>Relationship</U>. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on
the other hand, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
by the Securities Act, Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act or Exchange Act Regulations which has not been so disclosed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xliii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Lending Relationship</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company (A) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter
and (B) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate
of any Underwriter.</P>

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</FONT><U>No Restrictions on Subsidiaries</U>. Other than as limited by federal and state banking laws and regulations applicable
to depository institutions and corporations and except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any
agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such Subsidiary&rsquo;s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary&rsquo;s properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of
the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xlv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Statistical and Market-Related Data</U>. The statistical and market-related data contained in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate in all material respects.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xlvi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U>Distribution of Offering Material By the Company</U>. The Company has not
distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Time and the completion of the Underwriters&rsquo;
distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the
Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative and included in Schedule B hereto or any electronic
road show or other written communications reviewed and consented to by the Representative and listed on Schedule B hereto
(each a, &ldquo;<B>Company Additional Written Communication</B>&rdquo;). Each such Company Additional Written Communication,
when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Time will not, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from the Company Additional Written Communication based upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representative consists of the Underwriter
Information.</P>

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</FONT><U>Forward-Looking Statements</U>. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities
Act and Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xlviii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Fees</U>. Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to
receive from the Company or any Subsidiary any brokerage or finder&rsquo;s fee or any other fee, commission or payment as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(xlix)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Reportable Transactions</U>. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any reportable transaction,
as defined in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.6011-(4)(b)(1).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(l)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Deposit Insurance</U>. The deposit accounts of the Banks are insured by the FDIC up to applicable legal limits, the Banks
have paid all premiums and assessments required by the FDIC and the regulations thereunder, and no proceeding for the termination
or revocation of such insurance is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.</P>

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</FONT><U>Derivative Instruments</U>. Any and all material swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements (other
than employee stock options) and other derivative financial instruments, contracts or arrangements, whether entered into for the
account of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or for the account of a customer of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, were
entered into in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with prudent business practice and applicable laws, rules, regulations
and policies of all applicable regulatory agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time of
execution of such instruments, contracts or arrangements. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have duly performed all of their
respective obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued, and there are no breaches, violations
or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder, except for such breaches, violations, defaults, allegations
or assertions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(lii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Title to Securities</U>. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all securities held
by it (except securities sold under repurchase agreements, pledged to secure deposits or derivative contracts or held in any fiduciary
or agency capacity) free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge or security interest or other
restriction of any kind, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent
business practices to secure obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and except for such defects in title or liens,
claims, charges, options, encumbrances, mortgages, pledges or security interests or other restrictions of any kind that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The value of such securities as reflected in the accounting
records of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been determined in accordance with GAAP.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(liii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Termination of Contracts</U>. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any Significant
Subsidiary has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements
referred to or described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or filed as an
exhibit to, the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by
the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement;
and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries that are required to be described
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits thereto by the Securities Act or by the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder that have not been so described and filed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(liv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Off-Balance Sheet Transactions</U>. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, there are no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations),
or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party,
that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(lv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Margin Rules</U>. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation
T, U or X of the Federal Reserve or any other regulation of the Federal Reserve.</P>

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</FONT>The Bank represents and warrants to each Underwriter at the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date
of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Bank has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a national bank in good standing under the laws of the United
States, with the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Bank is the only depository institution
subsidiary of the Company and the Bank is a member in good standing of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The Bank is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so
qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The activities of the
Bank and its subsidiaries are permitted under the laws and regulations of the OCC and the deposit accounts in the Bank are insured
up to the applicable limits by the FDIC and no proceeding for the termination or revocation of such insurance is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Bank, threatened against the Bank.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(ii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Bank is not in violation of its charter or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Bank is subject except for such defaults that would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and, when duly executed by the Underwriters, will constitute the valid
and binding agreement of the Bank, enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&rsquo;
rights generally or by general equitable principles and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be
limited under applicable securities, banking laws and public policy considerations. The Bank has the full power and authority to
enter into this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(iii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Bank and the compliance and performance by the Bank with the provisions
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Bank and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage or time or both,
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or result in a Repayment
Event under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the articles
of association or bylaws of the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction
over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for those conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults
or Repayment Events that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Officer&rsquo;s Certificates</I>. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivered
to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter
as to the matters covered thereby.</P>

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</FONT></B><U>Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Firm Shares</I>. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and
not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in <U>Schedule A</U>, the number of Firm Shares
set forth in <U>Schedule A</U> opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Firm Shares which such Underwriter
may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 11 hereof, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among
the Underwriters as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Option Shares</I>. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase
up to an additional 123,569 shares of Common Stock at the price per share set forth in <U>Schedule A</U>. The option hereby granted
may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within such period from
time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the several
Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Shares. Any such time
and date of delivery (each, a &ldquo;<B>Date of Delivery</B>&rdquo;) shall be determined by the Representative, but shall not be
later than 10 full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time (as defined below).
If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Shares, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly,
will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Shares then being purchased which the number of Firm Shares set forth
in <U>Schedule A</U> opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares, subject, in each case, to
such adjustments as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Payment</I>. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of the Firm Shares shall be made at the offices of Alston
&amp; Bird LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative
and the Company, at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on June 15, 2018 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of SECTION
11), or such other time not later than 10 business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company
(such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called &ldquo;<B>Closing Time</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, in the
event that any or all of the Option Shares are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
such Option Shares shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative
and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Payment shall be made
to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery of
the Shares, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (&ldquo;<B>DTC</B>&rdquo;), to the Representative for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept
delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and the Option Shares, if any, which it has
agreed to purchase. The Representative, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated
to) make payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares or the Option Shares, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose
funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not
relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 3.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Covenants of the Company</U>. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Compliance with Commission Requests</I>. Until the last Date of Delivery, the Company, subject to SECTION 3(b) hereof
will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations and Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any new
registration statement relating to the Shares shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus shall have been used or filed, as the case may be, including any document incorporated by reference therein,
in each case only as permitted by SECTION 3 hereof, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request
by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto or any notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to
Rule 401(g)(2) or of the issuance of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d)
or 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding
under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares. The Company will effect all filings required
under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will
take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b)
was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. Until the last
Date of Delivery, the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop, prevention or suspension order
and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Payment of Filing Fees</I>. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company will file a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement,
and at the time of filing either to pay to the Commission the filing fee for any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or to give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111 of the Securities Act Regulations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Continued Compliance with Securities Laws</I>. The Company will comply with the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations,
the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated
in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus
relating to the Shares is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations, would be) required
by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares ending no later than nine months from the date hereof
(the &ldquo;<B>Delivery Period</B>&rdquo;) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary,
in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration
Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
in order that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of
the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement
the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, including, without limitation, any document incorporated
therein by reference, in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange
Act or the Exchange Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative written notice of such event or condition,
(B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed
filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any
such amendment or supplement, provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative
or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Filing or Use of Amendments or Supplements</I>. During the Delivery Period, the Company (A) will furnish to the Representative
for review, a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed time of filing of any proposed amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), a copy of each such amendment or supplement, and (B) will not amend
or supplement the Registration Statement without the Representative&rsquo;s prior written consent. Prior to amending or supplementing
any preliminary prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review,
a reasonable amount of time prior to the time of filing or use of the proposed amendment or supplement, a copy of each such proposed
amendment or supplement. The Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representative&rsquo;s
prior written consent, which cannot be unreasonably withheld.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Delivery of Registration Statements</I>. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representative and counsel
for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also
deliver to the Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment
thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The signed copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant
to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(f)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Delivery of Prospectuses</I>. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted
by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the Delivery Period, such number of
copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(g)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Blue Sky Qualifications</I>. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify
the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and non-U.S. jurisdictions as the Representative
may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect during the Delivery Period; provided, that the Company shall not be
obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities
in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction
in which it is not otherwise so subject.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(h)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Earnings Statements</I>. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order
to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide
to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Use of Proceeds</I>. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner specified
in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under
&ldquo;Use of Proceeds.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(j)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Listing</I>. The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares on NASDAQ and will
file with NASDAQ all documents and notices required by NASDAQ.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(k)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Restriction on Sale of Securities</I>. During a period of 90 days from the date of this Agreement (the &ldquo;<B>Lock-Up
Period</B>&rdquo;), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant for the sale of, hypothecate, establish an open &ldquo;put equivalent position&rdquo; within the meaning of Rule
16a-1(h) of the Exchange Act Regulations, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act with respect
to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or
in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Shares or such other securities, whether any such
swap, hedge or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of any shares of Common Stock or
other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding
on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options, restricted stock units
or other securities granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus, provided
that such options, restricted stock units or other securities shall not be vested and exercisable within the Lock-Up Period or
(D) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with that certain proposed acquisition of SCB Bancorp Inc. and
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Soy Capital Bank and Trust Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(l)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Reporting Requirements</I>. The Company, during the Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with
the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by, and each such document will meet the requirements
of, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(m)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Lock-Up Agreements</I>. During the Lock-up Period, the Company will enforce all agreements between the Company and any
of its security holders that restrict or prohibit, expressly or in operation, the offer, sale or transfer of shares of Common Stock
or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of Common Stock. In addition, the Company will direct
the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by such &ldquo;lock-up&rdquo;
agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated by such agreements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(n)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</I>. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative,
it will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise
constitute a &ldquo;free writing prospectus,&rdquo; or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided, that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to any Issuer General
Use Free Writing Prospectuses listed on <U>Schedule B</U> hereto and any &ldquo;road show that is a written communication&rdquo;
within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated
or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect
thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance
of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus during the Delivery Period there occurred or occurs an event or condition as a result of which
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent
time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative in writing and will promptly amend or supplement, at
its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to correct such untrue statement or omission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(o)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Renewal Deadline</I>. If, immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration
Statement (the &ldquo;<B>Renewal Deadline</B>&rdquo;), any Shares remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will, prior to
the Renewal Deadline, (i) promptly notify the Representative in writing and (ii) promptly file, if it is eligible to do so, a new
shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters. If, at the Renewal
Deadline, the Company is not eligible to file a shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline,
(i) promptly notify the Representative in writing, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment
on the proper form relating to such Shares, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) use its best efforts
to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective within 60 days after the Renewal Deadline
and (iv) promptly notify the Representative in writing of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary
or appropriate to permit the offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired Registration Statement.
References herein to the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo; shall include such new shelf registration statement or post-effective
amendment, as the case may be.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(p)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>DTC</I>. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its best efforts to permit the Shares to be eligible
for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(q)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Investment Company Act</I>. The Company shall not invest or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its
sale of the Shares in such a manner as could require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(r)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Regulation M</I>. The Company will not take, and will ensure that no affiliate of the Company will take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in or which constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute stabilization
or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any reference security with respect to the Shares, whether to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Shares or otherwise, and the Company will, and shall cause each of its affiliates to, comply with all applicable
provisions of Regulation M.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(s)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Transfer Agent</I>. The Company shall maintain a registrar and transfer agent for the Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(t)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</I>. The Company and its Subsidiaries will comply with all effective applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(u)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Taxes</I>. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp, issue or similar
tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Shares and on the execution and delivery of this
Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of
any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold
such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the
net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding
or deduction had been made.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">(v)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Trademarks</I>. Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic
version of the Company&rsquo;s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter
for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the &ldquo;<B>License</B>&rdquo;); provided that the License
shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 4.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Payment of Expenses</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Expenses</I>. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements
and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of
copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties
payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company&rsquo;s
counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions
of SECTION 3(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
therewith and in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement
thereto, and the fees and expenses of making the Shares eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of
DTC, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company
relating to investor presentations on any &ldquo;road show&rdquo; undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Shares, including,
without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants
engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the
Company and any such consultants, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA, if required, of the terms of the sale of the Shares, (ix) the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Shares on NASDAQ, (x) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any
damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts
for sale of the Shares made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the second sentence of SECTION
1(a)(ii) and SECTION 1(a)(ix), and (xi) the reasonable legal fees and expenses (including fees and disbursements of the counsel
for the Underwriters), and out of pocket marketing and syndication and any expenses related to any investor presentation and/or
roadshow that are incurred by the Underwriters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the maximum amount of
fees and expenses of the Underwriters, including fees and disbursements of the counsel for the Underwriters, that are to be reimbursed
by the Company in accordance with this Agreement shall not exceed $125,000 in the aggregate without the Company&rsquo;s prior written
consent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Termination of Agreement</I>. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions
of SECTION 6, SECTION 10(a) or SECTION 11 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses,
including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 5.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Use of Free Writing Prospectuses by Underwriters</U>. Each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior consent of the Company and the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that
would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &ldquo;free writing prospectus,&rdquo;
as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 6.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Conditions of Underwriters&rsquo; Obligations</U>. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject
to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants
and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Effectiveness of Registration Statement, etc</I>. The Registration Statement was filed by the Company with the Commission
and has been declared effective not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof. Each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed as required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8))
and Rule 433, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Securities Act Regulations. If the
Company has elected to rely on Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the date of this Agreement. At the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have been issued under the Securities Act or proceedings therefor initiated
or threatened by the Commission, no notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) has been received by the Company, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes
have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request
(if any) from the Commission for additional information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Opinion of Counsel for Company</I>. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received (i) the favorable opinion
and (ii) a letter of negative assurance, each dated the Closing Time, of Schiff Hardin LLP, counsel for the Company in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative and substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit A-1</U> and <U>Exhibit A-2</U> hereto,
respectively, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters</I>. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion,
dated the Closing Time, of Alston &amp; Bird LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. In giving such opinion, such counsel
may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal securities
laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel may also state that, insofar
as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other
representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Officers&rsquo; Certificate</I>. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Chief
Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated
as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing
Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) the conditions specified in SECTION 6(a) hereof have been satisfied.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Comfort Letter</I>. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from BKD,
LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies
of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&rsquo;
&ldquo;comfort letters&rdquo; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and financial information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(f)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Bring-down Comfort Letter</I>. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from BKD, LLP a letter, dated
as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to SECTION 6(e) hereof,
except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(g)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer</I>. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a certificate
executed by the Chief Financial Officer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(h)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Approval of Listing</I>. The Common Stock (including the Shares) is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange
Act and is listed on NASDAQ, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from NASDAQ, nor has the Company received
any notification that the Commission or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>No Objection</I>. FINRA shall have not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting
terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(j)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>No Important Changes</I>. Since the execution of this Agreement, (i) in the judgment of the Representative, since the
respective date hereof or the respective dates of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) there shall not have been any decrease
in or withdrawal of the rating of any debt securities or preferred securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any
&ldquo;nationally recognized statistical rating organization&rdquo; (as defined for purposes of Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange
Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any
such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(k)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Delivery of Prospectus</I>. The Company shall have complied with the provisions hereof with respect to the furnishing
of prospectuses, in electronic or printed format, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(l)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>No Termination Event</I>. On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the events, circumstances
or occurrences set forth in SECTION 10(a).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(m)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale</I>. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or
order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would,
as of the Closing Time, prevent the issuance or sale of the Firm Shares by the Company; and no injunction or order of any federal,
state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Time, prevent the issuance or sale of the Firm Shares
by the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(n)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Good Standing</I>. The Representative shall have received on the date of the Closing Time satisfactory evidence of the
good standing of the Company and the Banks in their respective jurisdictions of organization, in each case in writing or any standard
form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(o)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Conditions to Purchase of Option Shares</I>. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in SECTION
2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Shares, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct
as of each Date of Delivery, the conditions set forth in SECTION 6(h), (i) and (j) hereof shall be satisfied at each Date of Delivery
and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Officers&rsquo; Certificate</U>. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Executive Officer or the President
of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered
at the Closing Time pursuant to SECTION 6(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Opinion of Counsel for Company</U>. The favorable opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP, counsel for the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Shares to be purchased on such Date of
Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by SECTION 6(b) hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters</U>. The favorable opinion of Alston &amp; Bird LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Shares to be purchased
on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by SECTION 6(c) hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Bring-down Comfort Letter</U>. A letter from BKD, LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, each
dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representative pursuant
to SECTION 6(e) hereof, except that the &ldquo;specified date&rdquo; in each letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall
be a date not more than two business days prior to such Date of Delivery.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(v)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer</U>. A certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
dated as of such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the certificate required by SECTION 6(g).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(vi)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Termination Event</U>. There shall not have occurred prior to the Date of Delivery any of the events, circumstances
or occurrences set forth in SECTION 10(a).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(vii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale</U>. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or
order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would,
as of the Date of Delivery, prevent the issuance or sale of the Option Shares by the Company; and no injunction or order of any
federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Date of Delivery, prevent the issuance or sale of
the Option Shares by the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(viii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Good Standing</U>. The Representative shall have received on the Date of Delivery satisfactory evidence of the good standing
of the Company and the Banks in their respective jurisdictions of organization, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(p)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Additional Documents</I>. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any), counsel for the Underwriters shall
have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance
and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties,
or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel
for the Underwriters.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(q)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Termination of Agreement</I>. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required
to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Shares on a Date of Delivery which
is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Shares, may be terminated
by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may
be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in SECTION 4 and except
that SECTION 1, SECTION 6, SECTION 7, SECTION 8, SECTION 9, SECTION 14, SECTION 15, SECTION 16 and SECTION 17 shall survive any
such termination and remain in full force and effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 7.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Indemnification</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Indemnification of Underwriters</I>. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates
(as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) of the Securities Act Regulations (each, an &ldquo;<B>Affiliate</B>&rdquo;)), selling agents,
officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission in any
preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission;
provided that (subject to SECTION 7(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by
the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement
or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii)
above;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">provided, that this indemnity agreement
shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter
Information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers</I>. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in SECTION 7(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue
statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon
and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Actions against Parties; Notification</I>. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable
to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure
to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise
than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to SECTION 7(a) hereof, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to SECTION 7(b) hereof,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in
the defense of any such action; provided, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the prior written consent
of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees
and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties
in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle
or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution
could be sought under this SECTION 7 or SECTION 8 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties
thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse</I>. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying
party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable
for any settlement of the nature contemplated by SECTION 7(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party
shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 8.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Contribution</U>. If the indemnification provided for in SECTION 7 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred
by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The relative benefits
received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting
discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The relative fault
of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties&rsquo; relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this SECTION 8 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this SECTION 8. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this SECTION 8 shall be deemed to include
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the
provisions of this SECTION 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
received by such Underwriter in connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters&rsquo; respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this SECTION 8 are several in proportion to the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in
<U>Schedule A</U> hereto and not joint.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">For purposes of this
SECTION 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act and each Underwriter&rsquo;s Affiliates, officers, directors and selling agents shall have the same rights
to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 9.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive</U>. All representations, warranties and agreements contained
in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates,
officers, directors and or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter or the Company&rsquo;s officers or directors
or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 10.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Termination of Agreement</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Termination</I>. The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by written notice to the Company, at any time at or
prior to the Closing Time, (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement
or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in
the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or
crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic
conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, in each case the effect of which is such as to make
it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale
of the Shares, (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or
NASDAQ, (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum
or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by
order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental agency or body, (v) if a material disruption has occurred in commercial
banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems
in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either federal, New York or State of Illinois authorities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><I>Liabilities</I>. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability
of any party to any other party except as provided in SECTION 4 hereof, and provided further that SECTION 1, SECTION 6, SECTION
7, SECTION 8, SECTION 9, SECTION 14, SECTION 15, SECTION 16 and SECTION 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force
and effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 11.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Default by One or More of the Underwriters</U>. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time
or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the &ldquo;<B>Defaulted
Shares</B>&rdquo;), the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of
the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Shares in
such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed
such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>if the number of Defaulted Shares does not exceed 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, each of the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions
that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters,
or</P>

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</FONT>if the number of Defaulted Shares exceeds 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with
respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company
to sell, the Option Shares to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No action taken pursuant
to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In the event of any
such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the
Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell
the relevant Option Shares, as the case may be, either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required
changes in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
As used herein, the term &ldquo;Underwriter&rdquo; includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this SECTION 11.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 12.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to
the Representative care of FIG Partners, LLC, 1475 Peachtree Street NE, Suite #800, Atlanta, GA 30309, attention of Lozan Aleksandrov,
Deputy of Capital Markets, e-mail: laleksandrov@figpartners.com; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at First Mid-Illinois
Bancshares, Inc., 1421 Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois 61938, attention of Joseph R. Dively, email: jdively@firstmid.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 13.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship</U>. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of
the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Shares and any related
discounts and commissions, is an arm&rsquo;s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several
Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Shares and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter
is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its
shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility
in favor of the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such
Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on other matters) or any other obligation
to the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d)
the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, financial, regulatory or tax advice
in connection with the offering of the Shares and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory
and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 14.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Parties</U>. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company
and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons,
Affiliates, selling agents, officers and directors referred to in SECTION 7 and SECTION 8 and their heirs and legal representatives,
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement
and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company
and their respective successors, and said controlling persons, Affiliates, selling agents, officers and directors and their heirs
and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter
shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.</P>

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</FONT></B><U>Trial by Jury</U>. Each of the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of
its shareholders and affiliates) and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 16.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>GOVERNING LAW</U>. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 17.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Consent to Jurisdiction</U>. Each of the parties hereto agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the
United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New
York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Specified Courts</B>&rdquo;),
and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment
of any Specified Court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.
Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party&rsquo;s address set forth above shall be effective service
of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any Specified Court. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally
waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any Specified
Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 18.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>TIME</U>. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF
DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 19.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. The exchange of copies of this
Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original signature pages to this Agreement for all purposes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 20.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Effect of Headings</U>. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECTION 21.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></B><U>Entire Agreement; Amendments</U>. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement of the parties to this Agreement
and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect
to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and
no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party that the condition is meant to benefit.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If the foregoing is
in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with
its terms.</P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES,
INC.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>&nbsp;</U></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><U>/s/ Joseph R. Dively&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>President and CEO</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANK &amp;
TRUST, N.A.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><U>/s/ Joseph R. Dively&#9;</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%">President and CEO</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">as of the date first above written:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">FIG PARTNERS, LLC</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><U>/s/ Matthew Veneri&#9;</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name: Matthew Veneri</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Title: Managing Principal</TD></TR>
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other Underwriters named in <U>Schedule A</U> hereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The public offering
price per share for the Shares shall be $38.00.</P>

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per share for the Shares to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $36.10, being an amount equal to the public offering price
set forth above less $1.90 per share.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Number of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Firm Shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FIG Partners, LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">494,279</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sandler O&rsquo;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">164,760</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">D.A. Davidson &amp; Co.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">164,760</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Total</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">823,799</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE B</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated June 12, 2018, filed with the Commission on June 12, 2018.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jurisdiction of Incorporation</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 32%"><B>Parent Entity</B></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bank &amp; Trust, N.A.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">National banking association</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Bank &amp; Trust, IL</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois chartered bank</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Project Hawks Merger Sub LLC</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Mid-Illinois Data Services, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Checkley Agency doing business as First Mid Insurance Group</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid Wealth Management Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ECS Service Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Project Hawks Merger Sub LLC</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Charter Service Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Project Hawks Merger Sub LLC</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Statutory Trust I</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware business trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Statutory Trust II</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware business trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Clover Leaf Statutory Trust I</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Maryland business trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FBTC Statutory Trust I</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware business trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Project Hawks Merger Sub LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Project Almond Merger Sub LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Illinois LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT A-1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">1.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation
under the laws of the State of Illinois.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Bank is a national association chartered and validly existing under the National Bank Act and is subject to the supervision
and rules and regulations of the OCC. The Bank has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The deposit
accounts of the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the applicable legal maximum.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">3.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The authorized capital stock of the Company, as of March 31, 2018, was as set forth under the caption &ldquo;Capitalization&rdquo;
in the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">4.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">5.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">6.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Shares have been duly authorized, and when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, will
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and conform as to legal matters in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The stockholders of the Company
have no statutory preemptive rights, or preemptive rights under the Company&rsquo;s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, with
respect to the Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">7.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company is registered as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">8.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Based solely upon our review of the&nbsp;information regarding the Company provided through the&nbsp;EDGAR System on the
Commission&rsquo;s website, the Registration Statement became effective under the 1933 Act. Based solely upon a review of the Stop
Orders page of the Commission&rsquo;s website <FONT STYLE="color: #333333">(</FONT>http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml<FONT STYLE="color: #333333">)</FONT>,
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act, and to our knowledge,
no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission. The required filings of the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act have been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">9.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Registration Statement, as of its effective date and the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time
they were filed with the Commission and as of the date hereof, complied and comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that we express no opinion as to
the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included therein. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act (other than the
financial statements, schedules and other financial data included therein, as to which we express no opinion), at the time they
were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>1934 Act</U>&rdquo;), and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">10.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The execution and delivery by each of the Company and the Bank of the Underwriting Agreement do not, and the performance
by each of the Company and the Bank of its respective obligations thereunder, including the Company&rsquo;s issuance and sale of
the Shares, will not, (i) violate the certificate of incorporation of the Company, the charter of the Bank, or by-laws of the Company
or the Bank, as applicable, (ii) violate Applicable Law, (iii) violate any judgment, injunction, order or decree identified on
the Certificate as material to the Company and the Bank taken as a whole, or (iv) pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage,
instrument or agreement to which the Company is subject or bound and which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
(each a &ldquo;<U>Filed Agreement</U>&rdquo;) (a) result in a breach of or default under a Filed Agreement, or (b) require the
Company to file a registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned
by any person or to require the Company to include such securities with the securities registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement or with any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933
Act.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">11.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Neither the execution and delivery by the Company or the Bank of the Underwriting Agreement nor the performance by the Company
or the Bank of its respective obligations thereunder requires any consent or approval of any nature from or filing with any governmental
authority under Applicable Law, except the registration under the 1933 Act of the Shares and <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">filings
under the 1934 Act or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which we express no
opinion.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">12.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus under the captions &ldquo;Supervision and Regulation&rdquo; and &ldquo;Description of Common Stock&rdquo;, to the
extent such information constitutes matters of law or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and is accurate in all material
respects.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">13.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo; as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Form of Letter of Negative Assurance
of Schiff Hardin LLP</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Subject to the foregoing, we confirm to
you that, on the basis of the information we gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, no facts have come
to our attention that cause us to believe&nbsp;that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the
Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date, and insofar as it relates to the offering of the Securities, contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, except we express no view on the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included
therein;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the
Pricing Disclosure Package, as of 9:01 A.M. (New York City time) on June 13, 2018 (which you have informed us is a time prior to
the time of the first sale of the Securities by any Underwriter), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except we express no view on the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included therein;&nbsp;or</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(iii) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the
Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except we express no view on the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-top: Black 2pt solid">Schiff Hardin LLP<BR>
233 South Wacker Drive<BR>
Suite 7100<BR>
Chicago, IL 60606</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>T 312.258.5500</TD></TR>
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    <TD>F 312.258.5600</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>schiffhardin.com</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>June 15, 2018</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Jason Zgliniec</B></P>



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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(312) 258.5795</P>



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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">jzgliniec@schiffhardin.com</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">1421 Charleston Avenue</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mattoon, Illinois 61938</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Re: <U>First Mid-Illinois Bancshares,
Inc.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B><U></U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as counsel
to First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), in connection with a registration statement
on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-216855) (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on March 21, 2017 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities
Act&rdquo;). The Registration Statement, which became effective on March 29, 2017, relates to the issuance and sale from time to
time, pursuant to Rule 415 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, of, among other securities, shares
of common stock, par value $4.00 per share, of the Company (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;). We have also acted as counsel to the
Company in connection with the issuance, offer and sale by the Company of an aggregate of 947,368 shares of Common Stock (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;),
in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated June 13, 2018 between the Company and FIG Partners,
LLC, as representative of the Underwriters listed in Schedule A thereto (the &ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This opinion letter
is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In connection with
our opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, and such other documents, corporate records
and instruments, and have examined such laws and regulations, as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion. In
making our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the legal capacity of all natural persons.
As to matters of fact material to our opinions in this letter, we have relied on certificates and statements from officers and
other employees of the Company, public officials and other appropriate persons.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Based on the foregoing
and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued
and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the agreed upon consideration
therefor, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">June 15, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing opinion
is limited to the General Corporation Law of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinions expressed
in this opinion letter are as of the date of this opinion letter only and as to laws covered hereby only as they are in effect
on that date, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that may come
to our attention after that date or any changes in law that may occur or become effective after that date. The opinions herein
are limited to the matters expressly set forth in this opinion letter, and no opinion or representation is given or may be inferred
beyond the opinions expressly set forth in this opinion letter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to
the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 15, 2018 and to the reference
to us under the caption &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo; in the prospectus supplement dated June 13, 2018 with respect to the Shares
and under the caption &ldquo;Legal Opinions&rdquo; in the prospectus dated March 29, 2017 contained in the Registration Statement.
In giving this consent, 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 promulgated thereunder.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">SCHIFF HARDIN LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%"><U>/s/ Jason Zgliniec&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;</U>&#9;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Jason Zgliniec</TD></TR>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094" /></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>First Mid-Illinois Bancshares Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;" /><p>
 <p>MATTOON, Ill., June  13, 2018  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. (&#8220;First Mid&#8221;) (NASDAQ:FMBH) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 947,368 shares of First Mid&#8217;s common stock at a price to the public of $38.00 per share for anticipated aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $36,000,000.&#160; The net proceeds to First Mid, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $34,000,000.&#160; The shares priced today include the underwriters&#8217; exercise of its option to purchase from First Mid up to an additional 15% of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock. First Mid intends to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, additions to working capital and to support organic growth or possible additional future acquisitions of other financial institutions, including in connection with its previously announced proposed acquisition of SCB Bancorp, Inc., if it is completed. &#160;First Mid expects the offering to close, subject to customary closing conditions, on or about June 15, 2018.<br /></p>  <p>FIG Partners, LLC is acting as sole book-running manager of the offering and Sandler O&#8217;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P and D.A. Davidson &amp; Co. are acting as co-managers.</p>  <p>The offering of common stock is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-216855) filed by First Mid with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) and only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.&#160; Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, along with the other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. &#160;&#160;</p>  <p>This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.&#160; The offering will only be made pursuant to the prospectus and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering, which, when available, can be obtained without charge by visiting the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting FIG Partners, LLC, 1475 Peachtree Street NE, Suite #800, Atlanta, GA 30309, attention of Lozan Aleksandrov, Deputy of Capital Markets, e-mail: laleksandrov@figpartners.com.</p>  <p><strong>About First Mid:</strong> First Mid is a $3.3 billion community-focused organization that provides financial services through a network of 59 banking centers in 42 Illinois, Missouri and Indiana communities.&#160; First Mid also has approximately $1.5 billion in assets under management through its trust and wealth management division and offers insurance services under First Mid Insurance Group. &#160;The stock is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol &#8220;FMBH&#8221;.<br /><br /> <strong><u>Forward Looking Statements</u></strong><br />This news release contains forward-looking statements about First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. for which First Mid claims protection of the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. &#160;Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of First Mid, are identified by use of the words &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; or similar expressions. &#160;Actual results could differ materially from the results indicated by these statements because the realization of those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties, including those described in Item 1A &#8211; &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; and other sections of First Mid&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K and First Mid&#8217;s other filings with the SEC. &#160;Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. &#160;All written or oral forward-looking statements that we make, or that are attributable to us, are expressly qualified by this cautionary.&#160; Except as required under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of the SEC, we do not undertake any obligations to update or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</p>  <p><strong>First Mid Investor Contact:&#160; <br /></strong>Aaron Holt<br />VP, Shareholder Relations<br />217-258-0463 <br />aholt@firstmid.com</p> </p><p /></body></html>
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