Form 8-K
8-K — Rhinebeck Bancorp, Inc.
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Filed: 2026-05-14
Period: 2026-05-14
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SIC: 6036 (SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 14, 2026
Rhinebeck Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
001-38779
83-2117268
(State or Other Jurisdiction)
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Jefferson Plaza, Poughkeepsie,
New York
12601
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code: (845) 454-8555
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
RBKB
The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 14, 2026, Rhinebeck
Bancorp, MHC (the “MHC”), the parent mutual holding company of Rhinebeck Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the
Company, and Rhinebeck Bank, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an Agency Agreement with Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods, Inc. (“KBW”), which will assist in the marketing of the Company’s common stock during its stock offering.
For its services as financial
advisor and marketing agent, KBW will receive (i) a management fee of $50,000, which has already been paid, and (ii) a success
fee equal to 1.0% and 1.5% of the aggregate proceeds of the Company’s subscription offering and any community offering, respectively,
which is payable upon the completion of the stock offering. The success fee will be reduced by the management fee. In the event shares
of common stock are sold through a group of broker-dealers in a syndicated community offering, the Company will pay KBW a fee not to exceed
6.0% of the aggregate proceeds of the syndicated community offering.
For its services as records
agent, KBW will receive a fee of $45,000, $20,000 of which has already been paid and the remainder of which will be paid upon the completion
of the conversion and stock offering. This fee may be increased by up to $15,000 in the event of any material change in applicable regulations
or the plan of conversion, or if there are delays requiring duplicate or replacement processing.
The shares of common stock
are being offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-294283), filed by the Company
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and a related prospectus dated May 14, 2026.
The foregoing description
of the terms of the Agency Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agency Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1
hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Exhibit
1.1 Agency Agreement dated May 14, 2026, by and among Rhinebeck Bancorp, MHC, Rhinebeck Bancorp, Inc.,
Rhinebeck Bank and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded in the cover page formatted in Inline XBRL)
SIGNATURES
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.
RHINEBECK BANCORP, INC.
DATE: May 14, 2026
/s/
Matthew J. Smith
Matthew J. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
RHINEBECK BANCORP, INC.
(a Maryland corporation)
Up to 8,912,500 Shares
of
COMMON STOCK
(Par Value $0.01 Per Share)
Subscription Price $10.00 Per Share
AGENCY AGREEMENT
May 14, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Rhinebeck Bancorp, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (“RBI”), Rhinebeck Bancorp, MHC, a New York-chartered mutual holding company (the “MHC”),
and Rhinebeck Bank, a New York-chartered savings bank (the “Bank”) (collectively, RBI, the MHC and the Bank are the “RBI
Parties”), hereby confirm, jointly and severally, their agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”
or the “Agent”), as follows:
Section 1. The
Offering. In accordance with that certain Plan of Conversion and Reorganization, adopted on February 10, 2026 (the “Plan”),
RBI is offering shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, representing the MHC’s ownership interest in RBI ( “Common
Stock” or the “Shares”), for sale at $10.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”) in connection with the conversion
of the MHC from the mutual holding company to the stock holding company form of organization (the “Conversion”). All capitalized
terms used in this Agency Agreement (this “Agreement”) and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan. The Conversion is being conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the applicable regulations of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) (such laws and regulations are referred to herein
as the “Conversion Regulations”).
In connection with the Conversion,
RBI will offer for sale shares of Common Stock in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (i) first,
depositors of the Bank with $100.00 or more on deposit as of the close of business on December 31, 2024 (“Eligible Account
Holders”); (ii) second, tax-qualified employee plans of the Bank, including the Bank’s 401(k) plan and employee
stock ownership plan (the “ESOP”); (iii) third, depositors of the Bank with $100.00 or more on deposit as of the close
of business on March 31, 2026 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (iv) fourth, each depositor of the
Bank with $100.00 or more on deposit at the close of business on April 30, 2026 (“Other Depositors”). Shares not purchased
in the Subscription Offering may be offered for sale to the general public in a community offering (the “Community Offering”),
with a preference given to: (i) first, natural persons (including trusts of natural persons) residing in the New York counties of
Albany, Dutchess, Orange and Ulster; (ii) second, RBI’s public stockholders as of the close of business on April 30, 2026;
and (iii) third, other members of the general public. Depending on market conditions, Shares available for sale but not subscribed
for in the Subscription Offering or the Community Offering may be offered for sale to certain members of the general public, on a best
efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement, in a syndicated community offering (the “Syndicated Community Offering”).
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Pursuant to the Plan, RBI
is offering for sale a minimum of 6,587,500 Shares and a maximum of 8,912,500 Shares in the Subscription Offering, and, if necessary,
in the Community Offering and/or the Syndicated Community Offering (collectively, the “Offering”). In addition to the Shares
being offered for sale pursuant to the Plan, the shares of common stock of RBI currently owned by RBI’s public stockholders (i.e.,
stockholders other than the MHC) will be exchanged for shares of common stock of RBI based on an exchange ratio that will result in existing
public stockholders of RBI owning approximately the same percentage of common stock of RBI as they own in the common stock of RBI immediately
before the completion of the Conversion. Based on the exchange ratio, RBI expects to issue between 4,971,197 Shares and 6,725,738 Shares
of Common Stock in the exchange (the “Exchange Shares”), depending on the number of Shares sold in the Offering.
Upon completion of the Conversion,
RBI will be a fully public stock holding company and the Bank will remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of RBI. RBI will sell the Shares in
the Offering at the Purchase Price. If the number of Shares offered for sale is increased or decreased in accordance with the Plan, the
term “Shares” shall mean such greater or lesser number, as applicable.
RBI has filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-294283) to register the Shares and the Exchange Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”),
and has filed such amendments thereto as have been required as of the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”). The prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except
that if any prospectus is filed by RBI pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the
time it initially becomes effective, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the Commission and shall include any supplements and amendments thereto
from and after their dates of effectiveness or use, respectively.
In connection with the Conversion,
the MHC has filed with the Federal Reserve an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to Stock Form on Form FR
MM-AC (together with any other required ancillary applications, supplemental submissions or additional information provided, waiver requests
and/or notices and amendments thereto, the “Conversion Application”) in accordance with the policies and regulations of the
Federal Reserve. In addition, RBI has filed with the Federal Reserve an Application to Become a Bank Holding Company and/or to Acquire
an Additional Bank or Bank Holding Company on Form FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”), and the MHC has filed
with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “NYSDFS”) an Application for Conversion on Form 86-AC filed
(together with any other required ancillary applications, supplemental submissions or additional information provided, waiver requests
and/or notices and amendments thereto, the “MHC Application”) (collectively with the Conversion Application and the Holding
Company Application, the “Applications”).
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Section 2. Retention
of Agent. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the RBI Parties hereby appoint the Agent as their exclusive financial
advisor and marketing agent to utilize its best efforts to solicit subscriptions for the Shares and to advise and assist the RBI Parties
with respect to RBI’s sale of the Shares in the Offering.
On the basis of the representations,
warranties, and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent accepts such appointment
and agrees to consult with and advise the RBI Parties as to the matters set forth in the letter agreement, dated January 28, 2026,
between RBI, the MHC, the Bank, and the Agent (the “Financial Advisory Engagement Letter”) and (ii) the matters set forth
in the letter agreement, dated January 28, 2026, regarding Services of Conversion Agent and Data Processing Records Management Agent,
between RBI, the MHC, the Bank and the Agent (the “Conversion Agent Engagement Letter”). It is acknowledged by the RBI Parties
that the Agent shall not be required to purchase any Shares or be obligated to take any action that is inconsistent with any applicable
law, regulation, decision or order.
Except as described in Section 14
of this Agreement, the obligations of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the completion, termination or abandonment
of the Plan by the RBI Parties or upon termination of the Offering, but in no event later than 45 days after the completion of the Community
Offering (the “End Date”). All fees or expenses due to the Agent hereunder but unpaid will be payable to the Agent in next
day funds at the earlier of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) or the End Date. In the event the Offering is extended beyond the
End Date, the RBI Parties and the Agent may agree to renew this Agreement under mutually acceptable terms and subject to the approval
of any governmental agency having jurisdiction over such matters.
If RBI is unable to sell a
minimum of 6,587,500 Shares by the End Date, this Agreement shall terminate and RBI shall refund to any persons who have subscribed for
any of the Shares the full amount that it may have received from them plus accrued interest or cancel their deposit withdrawal authorizations,
as set forth in the Prospectus, and none of the parties to this Agreement shall have any obligation to the other parties hereunder, except
as set forth in Sections 4(a), 10, 12, 13 and 14 hereof.
Section 3. Sale
and Delivery of Shares. If all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Conversion, including, without limitation, the
sale of all Shares required by the Plan to be sold, are satisfied, RBI agrees to issue, or have issued, the Shares sold in the Offering
and to release for delivery certificates or statements of ownership for such Shares on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) against
payment to RBI by any means authorized by the Plan; provided, however, that no funds shall be released to RBI until the conditions specified
in Section 11 hereof shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and its counsel. The release of Shares
against payment therefor shall be made on a date and at a place mutually acceptable to the RBI Parties and the Agent. Certificates for
Shares, or alternatively statements of book-entry ownership for Shares, shall be delivered directly to the purchasers in accordance with
their directions. The date upon which RBI shall release or deliver the Shares sold in the Offering, in accordance with the terms herein,
is called the “Closing Date.”
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Section 4. Compensation.
(a)The Agent shall receive the following compensation for its services hereunder:
(i) A
non-refundable cash fee of $50,000 (the “Management Fee”), payable as follows: (i) $25,000 payable immediately upon the
execution of the Financial Advisory Engagement Letter, which has been paid in full, and (ii) the remaining $25,000 payable immediately
upon the initial filing of the Registration Statement, which has been paid in full. Each payment in respect of the Management Fee shall
be deemed to have been earned in full when due.
(ii) A
success fee of 1% of the aggregate purchase price of Common Stock sold in the Subscription Offering and 1.5% of the aggregate purchase
price of Common Stock sold in the Community Offering, in each case excluding shares purchased by the RBI Parties’ officers or directors
(or members of their immediate family), including any IRAs for the benefit of such persons or any ESOP, tax-qualified or stock-based compensation
plans or similar plans (the “Success Fee”). The Management Fee shall be applied to the Success Fee upon completion of the
Offering.
(iii) If
any of the Shares remain available for sale after the completion of the Subscription Offering and any Community Offering, at the request
of RBI, KBW will seek to form a syndicate of registered broker-dealers (“Selected Dealers”) to assist in the sale of such
Shares on a best efforts basis in the Syndicated Community Offering, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a selected dealers
agreement to be entered into by and between the RBI Parties and KBW. KBW will endeavor to distribute the Shares among the Selected Dealers
in a fashion which best meets the distribution objectives of the RBI Parties and the Conversion. In the event of a Syndicated Community
Offering, KBW will be paid a transaction fee not to exceed 6.0% of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares sold in the Syndicated Community
Offering. From this fee, KBW will pass on to the Selected Dealers, if any, who assist in the Syndicated Community Offering an amount competitive
with gross underwriting discounts charged at such time for comparable amounts of stock sold at a comparable price per share in a similar
market environment. Fees with respect to purchases effected with the assistance of Selected Dealers other than KBW shall be transmitted
by KBW to such Selected Dealers.
(iv) In
connection with the Subscription Offering, if, as a result of any re-solicitation of subscribers undertaken by the RBI Parties, KBW reasonably
determines that it is required or requested to provide significant services, KBW will be entitled to additional compensation for such
services, which additional compensation will not exceed $50,000.
(v) A
non-refundable cash fee of $45,000 (the “Services Fee”) in connection with KBW’s provision of services as conversion
agent and data processing records management agent, pursuant to the Conversion Agent Engagement Letter. The Services Fee shall be payable
as follows: (A) $20,000 payable upon the signing of the Conversion Agent Engagement Letter, which has been paid and deemed to be
earned in full, and (B) $25,000 payable immediately upon the completion of the Offering. The Services Fee may be increased by up
to $15,000 if there are material changes in the Conversion Regulations or the Plan, or there are delays in the Offering requiring duplicate
or replacement processing.
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(b) To
the extent required under applicable rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”),
the payment of compensation by the RBI Parties to KBW pursuant to this Section 4 is subject to FINRA’s prior review and non-objection
thereof.
(c) The
RBI Parties will reimburse KBW for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, not to exceed $35,000 (subject to the provisions of this paragraph),
related to the Offering, including, but not limited to, costs of temporary staff, travel, meals and lodging, clerical assistance, photocopying,
telephone, facsimile, and couriers. KBW will also be reimbursed for fees and expenses of its counsel not to exceed $150,000 (subject to
the provisions of this paragraph). These expense caps assume no unusual circumstances or delays, and no re-solicitation in connection
with the Offering. The RBI Parties acknowledge and agree that, in the event unusual circumstances arise or a delay or re-solicitation
occurs (including, but not limited to, a delay in the Offerings which would require an update of the financial information in tabular
form to reflect a period later than that set forth in the original filing of the offering documents), such expense caps may be increased
by additional amounts, not to exceed an additional $20,000 in the case of additional out-of-pocket expenses of KBW and an additional $30,000
in the case of additional fees and expenses of KBW’s legal counsel. In no event shall out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and
expenses of counsel, exceed $235,000. Prior to the closing of the Offering, KBW will provide the RBI Parties with documentation of such
reimbursable expenses of KBW to be paid at the Closing (as hereinafter defined). The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to or
in any way impair or limit the indemnification or contribution provisions contained herein.
(d) The
RBI Parties will also reimburse KBW for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the services provided pursuant
to the Conversion Agent Engagement Letter, regardless of whether the Offering is consummated, provided that such out-of-pocket expenses
shall not exceed $15,000. Prior to the Closing Date, KBW will provide the RBI Parties with documentation of such reimbursable expenses
of KBW to be paid at the Closing (as hereinafter defined). The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to or in any way impair the
indemnification, contribution or liability limitation provisions set forth in this Agreement.
(e) Except
for the Management Fee and a portion of the Services Fee as set forth in Section 4(a)(v) above, both of which has been paid
in full before the date of this Agreement, full payment of Agent’s other fees and its expenses, as described above, shall be made
in next day funds on the earlier of the Closing Date or the date of a determination by the RBI Parties to terminate or abandon the Plan.
Section 5. Closing.
The closing for the sale of the Shares shall take place on the Closing Date electronically or at such location as mutually agreed upon
by the Agent and the RBI Parties (the “Closing”). At the Closing, the RBI Parties shall deliver to the Agent in next day funds
the commissions, fees and expenses due and owing to the Agent as set forth in Sections 4 and 10 hereof and the opinions and certificates
required hereby and other documents deemed reasonably necessary by the Agent shall be executed and delivered to effect the sale of the
Shares as contemplated hereby and pursuant to the terms set forth in the Prospectus and the Plan.
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Section 6. Representations
and Warranties of the RBI Parties.
The RBI Parties jointly and
severally represent and warrant to the Agent that:
(a) Each
of the RBI Parties has all such power, authority, authorizations, and approvals as may be required for it to enter into this Agreement,
and, as of the Closing Date, each of the RBI Parties will have all such power, authority, authorizations, and approvals as may be required
for it to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof and to issue and sell the Shares to be sold by RBI as provided herein and as
described in the Prospectus and the Plan. The consummation of the Conversion, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been, or will be as of the Closing Date, duly and validly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of the RBI Parties. This Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by each
of the RBI Parties, and is a valid, legal and binding obligation of each of the RBI Parties, in each case enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as the legality, validity, binding nature and enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, or the rights of creditors of insured financial institutions and their holding companies, (ii) general equity principles
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (iii) the extent, if any, that the
provisions of Sections 12 or 13 hereof may be unenforceable as against public policy.
(b) The
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission on May 14, 2026. No stop order has been issued with respect to the
Registration Statement. No proceedings related to the Registration Statement have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties,
threatened by the Commission. At the time the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein (including any amendment
or supplement thereto), became effective, the Registration Statement complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and
the 1933 Act Regulations, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus did not contain 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, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. At the time any Rule 424(b) or (c) Prospectus is filed with the Commission
and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and, when
taken together with the Prospectus, any Blue Sky Applications or Sales Information (as such terms are defined in Section 12 hereof)
authorized by any of the RBI Parties for use in connection with the Offering, will not contain 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, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this Section 6(b) shall
not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the RBI Parties by
the Agent expressly regarding the Agent or its counsel for use in the Prospectus under the captions “The Conversion and Offering
– Plan of Distribution; Marketing Agent and Underwriter Compensation” and “The Conversion and Offering – Records
Management Services” or in any Sales Information.
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(c) Any
statistical and market related data contained in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources which the RBI Parties reasonably believe were reliable and accurate at the
time they were filed with the SEC. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E
of the 1934 Act as defined below) contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus has
been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis by the RBI Parties or has been disclosed other than in good faith by the RBI Parties.
(d) No
RBI Party has directly or indirectly distributed or otherwise used, and will not, without the prior consent of the Agent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly distribute or otherwise use, any prospectus, any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations) or other offering material (including, without limitation,
content on any RBI Party’s website that may be deemed to be a prospectus, free writing prospectus or other offering material) in
connection with the Offering and the sale of the Shares.
(e) At
the time of filing the Registration Statement and at the date hereof, RBI was not, and is not, an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405.
At the time of the filing of the Registration Statement and at the time of the use of any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in
Rule 433(h), RBI met the conditions required by Rules 164 and 433 for the use of a free writing prospectus. If required to be
filed, RBI has filed any issuer free writing prospectus related to the offering of the Shares at the time it is required to be filed under
Rule 433 and, if not required to be filed, will retain such free writing prospectus in RBI’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) and
if any issuer free writing prospectus is used after the date hereof in connection with the offering of the Shares, RBI will file or retain
such free writing prospectus as required by Rule 433.
(f) The
Conversion Application, including the Plan, the Prospectus, the proxy statement for the solicitation of proxies from the Voting Depositors
(as defined in the Plan) for the special meeting to approve the Plan (the “Depositors’ Proxy Statement”) and the proxy
statement/prospectus constituting the proxy statement of RBI for the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of RBI for the special
meeting at which such stockholders will vote on a proposal to approve the Plan and the prospectus of RBI with respect to the issuance
of the Exchange Shares (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), was approved by the Federal Reserve on May 12, 2026, and no
approval or authorization of any other regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in connection with the distribution
of the Depositors’ Proxy Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus other than the NYSDFS and the Commission as it relates to
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. No order has been issued by the Federal Reserve and any other applicable regulators preventing or suspending
the use of the Prospectus, the Depositors’ Proxy Statement or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and no action by or before the Federal
Reserve or any other applicable regulator to revoke any approval, authorization or order of effectiveness related to the Offering is pending
or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, threatened. At the time of the approval of the Conversion Application, the Conversion Application,
including the Plan, the Prospectus, the Depositors’ Proxy Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including any amendments
or supplements thereto), and any other proxy solicitation or informational materials, complied as to form in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of the Conversion Regulations, except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by the Federal Reserve or by
any other applicable regulator and, at all times subsequent thereto until the Closing Date, the Conversion Application, including the
Plan, the Prospectus, the Depositors’ Proxy Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements
thereto), will comply as to form in all material respects with the Conversion Regulations, except to the extent waived or otherwise approved
by the Federal Reserve or any other applicable regulator. The Conversion Application, including the Plan, the Prospectus, the Depositors’
Proxy Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements thereto), does not include any 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, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this Section 6(f) shall
not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to RBI by the Agent or
its counsel expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus contained in the Conversion Application under the captions “The
Conversion and Offering – Plan of Distribution; Marketing Agent and Underwriter Compensation” and “The Conversion and
Offering – Records Management Services” or in any Sales Information.
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(g) The
Holding Company Application complies as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Federal Reserve except to the extent
waived or otherwise approved by the Federal Reserve and was approved by the Federal Reserve on May 12, 2026. The MHC Application
complies as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the NYSDFS except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by
the NYSDFS and was approved by the NYSDFS on May 8, 2026.
(h) No
order has been issued by the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS, the Commission or any state securities administrator preventing or suspending
the use of the Prospectus or any supplemental sales literature authorized by the RBI Parties for use in connection with the Offering,
and no action by or before any such government entity to revoke any approval, authorization or order of effectiveness related to the Conversion
is pending or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, threatened.
(i) Pursuant
to the Conversion Regulations, the Plan has been approved by the Boards of Trustees and Directors of each of the RBI Parties, and is subject
to approval by the depositors of the Bank and the stockholders of RBI; at the Closing Date, the offer and sale of the Shares will have
been conducted in all material respects in accordance with the Plan, the Conversion Regulations, and all other applicable laws, regulations,
decisions and orders, including all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions precedent to the Conversion imposed upon the RBI Parties
by the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS, the Commission or any other regulatory authority, other than those which the regulatory authority
permits to be completed after the Conversion, and in the manner described in the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the RBI Parties, no person
has sought to obtain review of the final action of the Federal Reserve in approving the Conversion Application or the Holding Company
Application pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”), respectively, and the applicable regulations
of the Federal Reserve. To the knowledge of the RBI Parties, no person has sought to obtain review of the final action of the NYSDFS in
approving the MHC Application pursuant to its applicable regulations.
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(j) RP
Financial, L.C. (“RP Financial”), which prepared an independent valuation of the pro forma market value of RBI as of February 2,
2026 (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or supplemented) (the “Appraisal”), has advised the RBI Parties in writing
that it is independent with respect to each of the RBI Parties within the meaning of the Conversion Regulations, and the RBI Parties believe
RP Financial to be expert in preparing appraisals of savings institutions and the RBI Parties believe that the Appraisal was prepared
in accordance with the requirements of the Conversion Regulations.
(k) Wolf &
Company, P.C. (“Wolf”), which certified RBI’s audited consolidated financial statements filed as part of the Registration
Statement and the Applications, has advised RBI that it is an independent certified public accountant within the meaning of the Code of
Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (“PCAOB”), and Wolf is, with respect to RBI and each subsidiary thereof, an independent registered public accountant
as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(l) RBI’s
consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes related thereto that are included in the Prospectus fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations, equity and cash flows of RBI and its subsidiaries at the respective dates indicated
and for the respective periods covered thereby and comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Regulation S-X of the Commission and generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
(including those requiring the recording of certain assets at their current market value). Such financial statements, schedules and notes
related thereto have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted in the
notes to the financial statements), present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein and are consistent
with the most recent financial statements and other reports filed with the Federal Reserve, and any other applicable regulatory authority,
except that accounting principles employed in such regulatory filings conform to the requirements of such authorities and not necessarily
to GAAP. The other financial, statistical and pro forma information and related notes included in the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of RBI included in the Prospectus,
and as to the pro forma adjustments, the adjustments made therein have been consistently applied on the basis described therein.
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(m) Since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as may otherwise be stated
therein: (i) there has not been any material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations, capital, assets, properties,
business affairs or prospects of the RBI Parties, taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material
Adverse Effect”); (ii) there has not been any material increase in the long-term debt of the RBI Parties or in the principal
amount of the Bank’s assets that are classified by the Bank as substandard, doubtful or loss or in loans past due 90 days or more
or real estate acquired by foreclosure, by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or deemed in-substance foreclosure or any material decrease in
equity capital or total assets of the Bank, nor have the RBI Parties issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation for
borrowing other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii) there have not been any material transactions entered into by the
RBI Parties that have not been disclosed in the Prospectus; (iv) there has not been any material adverse change in the aggregate
dollar amount of the Bank’s deposit liabilities or RBI’s consolidated stockholders’ equity; (v) there has been
no material adverse change in the RBI Parties’ relationship with their insurance carriers, including, without limitation, cancellation
or other termination of the RBI Parties fidelity bond or any other type of insurance coverage; (vi) there has been no material change
in executive management of any of the RBI Parties; (vii) none of the RBI Parties has sustained any material loss or interference
with its respective business or properties from fire, flood, windstorm, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered
by insurance; (viii) none of the RBI Parties is in default in the payment of principal or interest on any outstanding debt obligations;
(ix) the capitalization, liabilities, assets, properties and business of the RBI Parties conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus; (x) none of the RBI Parties has any material contingent or other liabilities, except
as set forth in the Prospectus; and (xi) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the RBI
Parties.
(n) RBI
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a stock corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with
the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. RBI is duly qualified to transact business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the State of New York and 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, unless the failure to
so qualify in one or more of such jurisdictions would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the RBI Parties has all licenses, permits
and other governmental authorizations required for the conduct of its respective business, except those that individually or in the aggregate
would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and as of the date hereof and as of Closing Date, all such licenses,
permits and governmental authorizations are and will be, respectively, in full force and effect, and the RBI Parties are and will be in
compliance therewith in all material respects, and the RBI Parties are as of the date hereof, and on the Closing Date will be, in compliance
with all laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation of their respective business except where failure to be in compliance
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in RBI’s
consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus, RBI does not own any equity securities or any equity interest in any other
business enterprise except the Bank.
(o) RBI
and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accounts
or assets are compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
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(p) The
books, records and accounts and systems of internal accounting control of RBI and its subsidiaries comply in all material respects with
the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). RBI and
its subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under
the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that the information they are required to disclose in the reports filed or submitted by RBI
under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to RBI’s management (including the chief executive officer and chief financial
officer) in a timely manner and recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms under the 1934 Act. To the knowledge of the RBI Parties, Wolf and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors have been advised
of: (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which could adversely affect RBI’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data;
and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in RBI’s
and its subsidiaries’ internal accounting controls.
(q) Each
of the RBI Parties carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as are prudent and customary in the business
in which they are engaged, and all policies of insurance insuring the RBI Parties are in full force and effect. Each RBI Party is in compliance
with the terms of such insurance policies and instruments in all material respects and there are no claims by any of them under any such
policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. No RBI
Party has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, nor has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business.
(r) The
Bank is duly organized and is validly existing as a New York state-chartered savings bank, and is duly authorized to conduct its business
and own its property as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Bank has obtained all licenses, permits and other
governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business, except those that individually or in the aggregate would
not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all such licenses, permits and governmental authorizations are in full force
and effect, and the Bank is in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its business, except
where failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as described in the Prospectus, the Bank does not own equity securities or any equity interest in any other active business enterprise
except the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (the “FHLB-NY”), or as would not be material to the operations of the Bank.
All of the authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Bank is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and
owned by RBI free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or restriction of any kind and RBI has no direct subsidiaries
other than the Bank and RSB Capital Trust I. At the Closing Date, the Conversion will have been effected in all material respects in accordance
with all applicable statutes, regulations, decisions and orders (except those as may have been modified or waived by a governmental agency);
and, except with respect to the filing of certain post-sale, post-Conversion reports, and documents in compliance with the 1933 Act Regulations,
the Conversion Regulations, or letters or orders of approval, all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Conversion
imposed by the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS or any other governmental agency, if any, will have been complied with by the RBI Parties in
all material respects or appropriate waivers will have been obtained and all material notice and waiting periods will have been satisfied,
waived or elapsed.
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(s) Except
as described in the Prospectus, there are no encumbrances, material legal restrictions or requirements required to be described therein,
on the ability of any RBI Party (i) to pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or to pay any indebtedness
owed to another party, (ii) to make any loans or advances to, or investments in, another party or (iii) to transfer any of its
property or assets to another party.
(t) The
Bank has properly administered all accounts for which it acts as a fiduciary, including but not limited to accounts for which it serves
as a trustee, agent, custodian, personal representative, guardian, conservator or investment advisor, in accordance with the terms of
the governing documents and applicable state and federal law and regulation, except where the failure to do so would not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Bank, nor any of its directors, officers or employees has committed any material
breach of trust with respect to any such fiduciary account, and the accountings for each such fiduciary account are true and correct in
all material respects and accurately reflect the assets of such fiduciary account in all material respects.
(u) The
authorized capital stock of the Bank consists of 100 shares of common stock, of $0.01 par value per share (the “Bank Common Stock”),
of which 100 shares of Bank Common Stock are issued and outstanding.
(v) The
Bank is a member of the FHLB-NY. The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”)
up to the maximum limits, and no proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or, to the knowledge of the
RBI Parties, threatened.
(w) The
authorized capital stock of RBI consists of 25,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of which 11,100,562 shares of Common Stock are
issued and outstanding (of which 6,345,975 shares are owned by the MHC), and no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and
outstanding. Upon consummation of the Conversion, the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of RBI will be within the
range set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization”; the Shares have been duly and validly authorized
for issuance and, when issued and delivered by RBI pursuant to the Plan against payment of the consideration calculated as set forth
in the Plan and the Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and owned free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or legal or equitable claim. Except as set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice under RBI’s
equity compensation plans, there are no 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
RBI. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive rights, except for the subscription rights with respect to the Shares
granted pursuant to the Plan. The terms and provisions of the Shares conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus. Upon issuance of the Shares, good title thereto will be transferred from RBI to the purchasers thereof
against payment therefor as set forth in the Plan and the Prospectus, subject to such claims as may be asserted against the
purchasers thereof by third party claimants.
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(x) None
of the RBI Parties is, or at the Closing Date will be, (i) in violation of their respective articles of incorporation, charters,
bylaws, or other governing documents, as applicable, or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant, or condition contained in any contract, lease, loan agreement, indenture or other instrument to which it is a party or by which
it or any of its property may be bound, which would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not: (i) violate or conflict with the articles
of incorporation, charter, bylaws or other governing documents of any of the RBI Parties; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a breach
of or default under, any material contract, lease or other instrument to which any of the RBI Parties is a party or by which any of the
properties of the RBI Parties may be bound, or any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches
or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) violate any authorization, approval,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the RBI Parties, except for such violations which would not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property of the RBI Parties, except for such liens, charges or encumbrances that would not individually or in the aggregate be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) All
documents made available to or delivered or to be made available to or delivered by the RBI Parties or their representatives in connection
with the issuance and sale of the Shares, including records of account holders and depositors of the Bank, or in connection with the Agent’s
exercise of due diligence, except for those documents which were prepared by parties other than the RBI Parties or their representatives,
to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, were on the dates on which they were delivered, or will be on the dates on which they are to be delivered,
true, complete and correct in all material respects.
(z) No
default exists, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default on the part of any of
the RBI Parties, in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note,
bank loan or credit agreement or any other instrument or agreement to which any of the RBI Parties is a party or by which any of their
property is bound or affected in any respect which, in any such case, would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and such agreements are in full force and effect; and no other party to any such agreement has instituted or, to the knowledge of any
of the RBI Parties, threatened any action or proceeding wherein any of the RBI Parties is alleged to be in default thereunder under circumstances
where such action or proceeding, if determined adversely to any of the RBI Parties, would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(aa) The
RBI Parties have good and marketable title to all real property and good title to all other assets which are material to the businesses
of the RBI Parties, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, restrictions or other claims, except as are described in the Prospectus,
the pledging of assets to secure advances from the FHLB-NY or the Federal Reserve discount window, or where the absence of good and marketable
title, or good title, as the case may be, or the existence of such liens, charges, encumbrances, restrictions or other claims would not
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases which are material to the businesses of
the RBI Parties, taken as a whole, including those described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, are in full force and effect.
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(bb) The
RBI Parties are not in violation of any directive from the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS or any other agency, to make any material change
in the method of conducting their respective businesses so as to comply in all material respects with all applicable statutes and regulations
(including, without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives and orders of the Federal Reserve or the NYSDFS); the RBI Parties have
conducted and are conducting their respective businesses so as to comply in all respects with all applicable statutes and regulations
(including, without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives and orders of the Commission, the Federal Reserve and the NYSDFS),
except where the failure to so comply would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no charge, investigation,
action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body pending or, to the knowledge of
any of the RBI Parties, threatened, which might materially and adversely affect the Conversion, the performance of this Agreement by the
RBI Parties, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Plan as described in the Registration Statement, or which might
be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) The
RBI Parties have received an opinion of their special counsel, Luse Gorman, PC (“Luse Gorman”), with respect to the federal
income tax consequences of the Conversion and an opinion from Wolf with respect to the New York state tax consequences of the Conversion;
all material aspects of the opinions of Luse Gorman and Wolf are accurately summarized in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and
the facts upon which such opinions are based are truthful, accurate and complete, and none of the RBI Parties will intentionally take
any action inconsistent therewith.
(dd) The
RBI Parties have filed all required federal and state tax returns, paid all taxes that have become due and payable, except where permitted
to be extended or where the failure to pay such taxes would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and made adequate
reserves for similar future tax liabilities to the extent required by GAAP, and no deficiency has been asserted with respect thereto by
any taxing authority. To the knowledge of the RBI Parties, there are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal
law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the RBI Parties or with the issuance, offering or sale of the Shares.
(ee) No
approval, authorization, consent or other order of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required by the RBI Parties
for the execution and delivery by the RBI Parties of this Agreement, or the issuance of the Shares, except for the approvals of the Federal
Reserve, the NYSDFS, and the Commission, such approvals as may be required under the rules of FINRA and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(“NASDAQ”), and any necessary qualification, notification, or registration or exemption under the securities or blue sky laws
of the various states in which the Shares are to be offered.
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(ff) None
of the RBI Parties has: (i) issued any securities within the last 18 months except for (a) notes to evidence Bank loans or other
liabilities in the ordinary course of business or as described in the Prospectus, and (b) shares of Common Stock issued with respect
to any exercises of stock options or grants of restricted stock by RBI; (ii) had any dealings with respect to sales of securities
within the 12 months prior to the date hereof with any member of FINRA, or any person related to or associated with such member, other
than discussions and meetings relating to the Offering and purchases and sales of U.S. government and agency and other securities in the
ordinary course of business; or (iii) engaged any intermediary between the Agent and the RBI Parties in connection with the Offering,
and no person is being compensated in any manner for such services. Appropriate arrangements have been made for placing the funds received
from subscriptions for Shares in a special interest-bearing account with the Bank until all Shares are sold and paid for, with provision
for refund to the purchasers in the event that the Conversion is not completed for whatever reason or for delivery to RBI if all Shares
are sold.
(gg) To
the knowledge of the RBI Parties, the RBI Parties have not made any payment of funds of the RBI Parties as a loan to any person for the
purchase of Shares, except for RBI’s loan to the ESOP, the proceeds of which may be used to purchase Shares, or has made any other
payment or loan of funds prohibited by law, and no funds have been set aside to be used for any payment prohibited by law.
(hh) The
Bank is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency
and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the regulations and rules thereunder. The Bank has established compliance
programs and is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Interrupt and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “USA PATRIOT Act”) and all applicable regulations promulgated
thereunder, and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there is no charge, investigation, action, suit or proceedings before any governmental
authority pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened regarding the Bank’s compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act or any regulations
promulgated hereunder.
(ii) All
Sales Information (as defined in Section 12(a)) used by RBI in connection with the Offering that is required by the Federal Reserve
or the Commission to be filed has been filed with the Federal Reserve or the Commission, as applicable.
(jj) None
of the RBI Parties nor any properties owned or operated by any of them, is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law (as defined
below), except for such violations or liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits or proceedings, or demands, claims, notices or investigations (including, without limitation,
notices, demand letters or requests for information from any environmental agency) instituted or pending or, to the knowledge of any of
the RBI Parties, threatened relating to the liability of any property owned or operated by any of the RBI Parties under any Environmental
Law, except for such actions, suits or proceedings, or demands, claims, notices or investigations that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this subsection, the term “Environmental Law”
means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license, permit, authorization, approval,
consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or agreement with any regulatory authority relating to (i) the protection, preservation
or restoration of the environment (including, without limitation, air, water, vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply,
surface soil, subsurface soil, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), and/or (ii) the use, storage, recycling, treatment,
generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of any substance presently listed, defined,
designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, whether by type or by quantity, including any material containing any such
substance as a component.
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(kk) The
RBI Parties own, or have valid, binding, enforceable and sufficient licenses or other rights to use the patents, copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, technology, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary rights)
and other intellectual property necessary or used in any material respect to conduct their business in the manner in which it is being
conducted and in the manner in which it is contemplated as set forth in the Prospectus (collectively, the “RBI Parties’ Intellectual
Property”). The RBI Parties’ Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and enforceable, and none of the patents owned or
licensed by the RBI Parties is unenforceable or invalid. To the RBI Parties’ knowledge, no RBI Party has infringed or otherwise
violated any intellectual property rights of any third person nor is obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license, or provide other consideration
to any third party in connection with any of the RBI Parties’ Intellectual Property. No person has asserted in writing, or to the
RBI Parties’ knowledge, threatened to assert any claim against, or notified, the RBI Parties that (i) the RBI Parties have
infringed or otherwise violated any intellectual property rights of any third person, (ii) the RBI Parties are in breach or default
of any contract under which any of the RBI Parties’ Intellectual Property is provided, (iii) such person will terminate a contract
described in clause (ii) or adversely alter the scope of the rights provided thereunder or (iv) otherwise concerns the ownership,
enforceability, validity, scope, registerability, interference, use or the right to use, any of the RBI Parties’ Intellectual Property.
To the knowledge of each RBI Party, no third party is infringing or otherwise violating any of the RBI Parties’ Intellectual Property.
(ll) The
RBI Parties have not relied upon the Agent or its counsel for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the Conversion.
(mm) The
records used by the RBI Parties to determine the identity of Eligible Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account Holders, and Other
Depositors are accurate and complete in all material respects.
(nn) None
of the RBI Parties is required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(oo) Any
certificates signed by an officer of any of the RBI Parties and delivered to the Agent or its counsel that refer to this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the RBI Parties to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby with the same effect as
if such representation and warranty were set forth herein.
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(pp) No
RBI Party maintains any “pension plan,” as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
except as may be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In addition, (i) the employee benefit plans, including
any pension plans and employee welfare benefit plans, of the RBI Parties (the “Employee Plans”) have been operated in compliance
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), all regulations, rulings
and announcements promulgated or issued thereunder and all other applicable laws and governmental regulations, (ii) no reportable
event under Section 4043(c) of ERISA has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan of the RBI Parties for which the reporting
requirements have not been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, (iii) no prohibited transaction under Section 406
of ERISA, for which an exemption does not apply, has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan of the RBI Parties and (iv) all Employee
Plans of the RBI Parties that are group health plans have been operated in compliance with the group health plan continuation coverage
requirements of Section 4980B of the Code, except, in each case as to subsections (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), to the extent such
noncompliance, reportable event or prohibited transaction would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are
no pending or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, threatened, claims by or on behalf of any Employee Plan of the RBI Parties, by any
employee or beneficiary covered under any such Employee Plan or by any governmental authority, or otherwise involving such Employee Plans
or any of their respective fiduciaries (other than for routine claims for benefits).
(qq) No
RBI Party, or, to the their knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of any RBI Party, is currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and RBI will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
(rr) To
the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including any documents incorporated
by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the 1933 Act) comply in all material
respects with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act.
(ss) As
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except as may be described in the Prospectus, no RBI Party is subject to, or has received
any notice that any of them may become subject or party to any cease-and-desist order, written agreement, consent agreement, memorandum
of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order with or by, or has adopted any board resolutions at the request
of, any regulatory authority that currently relates to or restricts in any material respect the conduct of their business or that in any
manner relates to their capital adequacy, credit policies or management (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has any RBI
Party been advised by any regulatory authority that such regulatory authority is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory
Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection (ss), the term “Regulatory
Agreement” does not include any confidential supervisory information or communication (including confidential supervisory information
as defined in 12 C.F.R. § 261.2(c) and as identified in 12 C.F.R. § 309.5(g)(8)) of a regulatory authority the disclosure
of which would be prohibited by such regulatory authority.
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(tt) No
RBI Party nor any affiliate or person acting on its behalf has taken, nor 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 RBI resulting
in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(uu) No
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any RBI Party, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers
or suppliers of such RBI Party, on the other, that is required by the 1933 Act to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
and that is not so described.
(vv) Except
as described in the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent
obligations), or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or future effect
on RBI’s consolidated financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures,
capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses.
(ww) RBI
is in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”)
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to RBI and as to which compliance is currently required by
RBI. RBI is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of NASDAQ.
(xx) All
of the loans represented as assets of the RBI Parties in the Registration Statement or Prospectus meet or are exempt from all requirements
of federal, state and local law pertaining to lending, including, without limitation, truth in lending (including the requirements of
Regulation Z and 12 C.F.R. Part 226), real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and
all disclosure laws applicable to such loans, except for violations which, if asserted, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(yy) To
the RBI Parties’ knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between the Agent and any of the RBI Parties’ officers
or directors.
Section 7. Representations
and Warranties of the Agent. The Agent represents and warrants to the RBI Parties that:
(a) The
Agent is a corporation validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and licensed to conduct business in the
State of New York and all states in which the Shares will be offered for sale with full power and authority to provide the services to
be furnished to the RBI Parties hereunder.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the Agent, and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Agent and
is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, or by general equity principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law, and except to the extent, if any, that the provisions of Sections 12 and 13 hereof may, with respect to the Agent, be unenforceable
as against public policy).
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(c) Each
of the Agent and its employees, agents and representatives who shall perform any of the services hereunder shall be duly authorized and
empowered, and shall have all licenses, approvals and permits necessary to perform such services; and the Agent is a registered selling
agent in each of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are to be offered by RBI in reliance upon the Agent as a registered selling agent
as set forth in the blue sky memorandum prepared with respect to the Offering.
(d) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Agent, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the
terms and provisions hereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of, or constitute
a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Agent or any material agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Agent is a party or by which it or its property
is bound.
(e) No
approval of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in connection with the Agent’s execution and delivery
of this Agreement, except as may have been received.
(f) No
action, suit, charge or proceeding before the Commission, FINRA, any state securities commission or any court is pending or, to the knowledge
of Agent, threatened, against Agent which, if determined adversely to Agent, would have a material adverse effect upon the ability of
Agent to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 8. Covenants
of the RBI Parties.
The RBI Parties hereby jointly
and severally covenant with the Agent as follows:
(a) RBI
will not, at any time after the date the Registration Statement is initially filed, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement without providing the Agent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such amendment or supplement.
RBI will furnish promptly to the Agent and its counsel copies of all correspondence from the Commission with respect to the Registration
Statement and RBI’s responses thereto.
(b) RBI
represents and agrees that it has not made and, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonable
withheld, conditioned or delayed), will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, required to be filed with the SEC. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by RBI
and the Agent is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” RBI represents that it has treated or agrees
that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433,
and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including
timely filing with the SEC where required, legending and record keeping. RBI represents that it has satisfied the conditions in Rule 433
to avoid a requirement to file with the SEC any electronic road show.
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(c) If
at any time following issuance of a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of
which such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or 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 prevailing at that subsequent time,
not misleading, RBI will promptly notify the Agent that any use of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended
or supplemented, and RBI will promptly amend or supplement such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict,
untrue statement or omission.
(d) The
RBI Parties will not, at any time after the date the Applications are approved, file any amendment or supplement to the Applications without
providing the Agent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the non-confidential portions of such amendment
or supplement. The RBI Parties will furnish promptly to the Agent and its counsel copies of all correspondence from the Federal Reserve,
the NYSDFS and any other regulator with respect to the Applications, and the RBI Parties’ non-confidential responses thereto.
(e) The
RBI Parties will use their best efforts to cause the Federal Reserve to approve the Conversion Application and the Holding Company Application
and the NYSDFS to approve the MHC Application, will use their best efforts to cause any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
to be declared effective by the Commission, any post-approval amendment to the Conversion Application or the Holding Company Application
to be approved by the Federal Reserve and any post-approval amendment to the MHC Application to be approved by the NYSDFS, and will promptly
upon receipt of any information concerning the events listed below notify the Agent (i) when the Registration Statement has become
effective; (ii) when the Conversion Application has been approved by the Federal Reserve; (iii) when the Holding Company Application
has been approved by the Federal Reserve; (iv) when the MHC Application has been approved by the NYSDFS; (v) of the receipt
of any comments from the Federal Reserve or any other governmental entity with respect to the Conversion or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; (vi) of any request by the Commission, the Federal Reserve, or any other governmental entity for any amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Conversion Application and the Holding Company Application or for additional information;
(vii) of the issuance by the Commission or the Federal Reserve, or any other governmental agency of any order or other action suspending
the Offering or the use of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any other filing of the RBI Parties under the Conversion Regulations
or other applicable law, or the threat of any such action; or (viii) of the issuance by the Commission or the Federal Reserve, or
any federal or state authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation or threat
of initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose. The RBI Parties will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance
by the Commission, the Federal Reserve, or any other federal or state authority of any order referred to in (vi) and (vii) above
and, if any such order shall at any time be issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.
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(f) RBI
will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the 1933 Act), an earnings statement of RBI and its subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(g) The
RBI Parties will deliver to the Agent and to its counsel two conformed copies of the Registration Statement, as originally filed and each
amendment thereto. Further, the RBI Parties will deliver such additional copies of the Registration Statement to counsel to the Agent
as may be required for any FINRA filings. The filing of the Registration Statement on the Commission’s EDGAR system shall constitute
delivery for this purpose.
(h) The
RBI Parties will furnish to the Agent, from time to time during the period when the Prospectus (or any later prospectus related to the
Offering) is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, such number of copies of such Prospectus (as amended
or supplemented) as the Agent may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. RBI authorizes
the Agent to use the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) in any lawful manner contemplated by the Plan
in connection with the sale of the Shares in the Offering.
(i) The
RBI Parties will comply in all material respects with any and all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Conversion
and the transactions contemplated thereby, imposed by the Commission, by applicable state law and regulations, and by the 1933 Act, the
1934 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”),
to be complied with prior to the Closing Date; and when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, the RBI Parties will comply in all
material respects, at their own expense, with all requirements imposed upon them by the Federal Reserve, the Conversion Regulations (except
as modified or waived in writing by the Federal Reserve), the Commission, by applicable state law and regulations and by the 1933 Act
and the 1933 Act Regulations, in each case as from time to time in force, so far as is necessary to permit the continuance of sales or
offering of shares of Common Stock during such period in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.
(j) RBI
will file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act not later than the SEC’s close of business on the
second business day following the date such Prospectus is first used.
(k) During
any period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, each of the RBI Parties will inform the Agent of any event or circumstance
of which it is or becomes aware as a result of which the Registration Statement and/or Prospectus, as then supplemented or amended, would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. If it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the RBI Parties, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus in order to correct such untrue statement of a material fact or to make the statements therein not misleading in light
of the circumstances existing at the time of their use, the RBI Parties will, at their expense, prepare and file with the Commission and
the Federal Reserve, and furnish to the Agent, a reasonable number of copies of an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements
to, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (after a reasonable time for review by counsel for the Agent) which will amend or supplement
the Registration Statement and/or the Prospectus so that as amended or supplemented it will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the
time, not misleading. For the purpose of this subsection, each of the RBI Parties will furnish such information with respect to itself
as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
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(l) Pursuant
to the terms of the Plan, RBI will endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with the Agent, to register or to qualify the Shares for offering
and sale or to exempt such Shares from registration and to exempt RBI and its officers, directors and employees from registration as broker-dealers,
under the applicable securities laws of the jurisdictions in which the Offering will be conducted; provided, however, that RBI shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business in any jurisdiction
in which it is not so qualified, or to register its directors or officers as brokers, dealers, salespersons or agents in any jurisdiction.
In each jurisdiction where any of the Shares shall have been registered or qualified as above provided, RBI will make and file such statements
and reports as are required by the applicable regulatory authority in connection with such registration or qualification.
(m) The
RBI Parties will not sell or issue, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, for a period of 90 days after the date hereof, any shares
of their capital stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of their capital stock, without the Agent’s prior
written consent, other than the Shares, the Exchange Shares or in connection with any plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus,
including existing stock benefit plans.
(n) The
RBI Parties will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Use
of Proceeds.”
(o) The
RBI Parties will distribute the Prospectus or other offering materials in connection with the offering and sale of the Common Stock only
in accordance with the Conversion Regulations, the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and the laws of any state in which the Shares
are qualified for sale.
(p) RBI
shall maintain the effectiveness of the registration of its Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act for not less than
three years from the Closing Date or such shorter period as may be required by applicable law.
(q) During
the period during which Shares are registered under the 1934 Act, RBI will furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the
end of each fiscal year an annual report of RBI (including a consolidated balance sheet and statements of consolidated income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of RBI and its subsidiaries as at the end of and for such year, certified by independent public accountants in accordance
with Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act). For three years from the date hereof, RBI will furnish to the Agent unless available
on the Commission’s EDGAR system: (i) as soon as practicable after such information is publicly available, a copy of each report
of RBI furnished to or filed with the Commission under the 1934 Act or any national securities exchange or system on which any class of
securities of RBI is listed or quoted (including, but not limited to, reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and all proxy statements and
annual reports to stockholders), (ii) a copy of each other non-confidential report of RBI mailed to its stockholders or filed with
the Commission, the Federal Reserve or any other supervisory or regulatory authority or any national securities exchange or system on
which any class of securities of RBI is listed or quoted, each press release, and material news items and additional documents and information
with respect to RBI and the Bank as the Agent may reasonably request; and (iii) from time to time, such other non-confidential information
concerning the RBI Parties as the Agent may reasonably request.
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(r) The
RBI Parties will maintain appropriate arrangements for depositing with the Bank all funds received from persons mailing subscriptions
for or orders to purchase Shares in the Offering, on an interest bearing basis at the rate described in the Prospectus until the Closing
Date and satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the release of RBI’s obligation to refund payments received from persons subscribing
for or ordering Shares in the Offering, in accordance with the Plan as described in the Prospectus, or until refunds of such funds have
been made to the persons entitled thereto or withdrawal authorizations canceled in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus.
The RBI Parties will maintain such records of all funds received to permit the funds of each subscriber to be separately insured by the
FDIC (to the maximum extent allowable) and to enable the RBI Parties to make the appropriate refunds of such funds in the event that such
refunds are required to be made in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus.
(s) RBI
has been duly registered as a bank holding company under the applicable provisions of the BHCA. The activities of RBI’s subsidiaries
are permitted activities of subsidiaries of a bank 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.
(t) To
the knowledge of the RBI Parties, after due inquiry of its officers and directors, there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm
among the RBI Parties’ officers or directors, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or as otherwise
disclosed in writing to the Agent.
(u) The
RBI Parties will take such actions and furnish such information as are reasonably requested by the Agent in order for the Agent to ensure
compliance with Rule 5110 of FINRA. All of the information, as may have been updated or amended, provided to the Agent or to counsel
for the Agent by the RBI Parties, regarding its officers and directors in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information
provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 and FINRA Rule 5121 is true, complete and correct.
(v) Until
the Closing Date, the RBI Parties will conduct their businesses in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and
state laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders, including all decisions, directives and orders of the Commission, the
Federal Reserve, and the NYSDFS.
(w) The
RBI Parties shall comply with any and all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Conversion and the transactions
contemplated thereby imposed by the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS, the Conversion Regulations, the Commission, the 1933 Act and the 1933
Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations to be complied with subsequent to the Closing Date. RBI will comply with all
provisions of all undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.
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(x) The
RBI Parties will not amend the Plan without notifying the Agent prior thereto.
(y) The
RBI Parties will take all actions necessary to ensure that, immediately upon completion of the sale by RBI of the Shares and the completion
of certain transactions necessary to implement the Plan, all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Conversion
(except those that are conditions subsequent) imposed on the RBI Parties by the Federal Reserve, the SEC, the NYSDFS or any other governmental
authority, if any, shall have been complied with by the RBI Parties in all material respects or appropriate waivers shall have been obtained
and all notice and waiting periods shall have been satisfied, waived or elapsed.
(z) RBI
shall provide the Agent with any information necessary to allow the Agent to manage the allocation process in order to permit RBI to carry
out the allocation of the Shares in the event of an oversubscription, and such information shall be accurate in all material respects.
(aa) Prior
to the Closing Date, the RBI Parties will inform the Agent of any event or circumstances of which it is aware as a result of which the
Registration Statement and/or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(bb) RBI
will not deliver the Shares until the RBI Parties have satisfied or caused to be satisfied each condition set forth in Section 11
hereof, unless such condition is waived in writing by the Agent.
(cc) Prior
to the Closing Date, the Plan shall have been approved by the depositors of the Bank and the stockholders of RBI, in accordance with the
Plan and the Conversion Regulations and the applicable provisions, if any, of the certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation
and bylaws or other governing documents of the MHC and RBI, as applicable.
(dd) Subsequent
to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission and prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise may
be indicated or contemplated therein or set forth in an amendment or supplement thereto, none of the RBI Parties will: (i) issue
any securities or incur any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except borrowings from the same or similar
sources disclosed in the Prospectus in the ordinary course of its business, or (ii) enter into any transaction which is material
in light of the business and properties of the RBI Parties, taken as a whole.
(ee) The
facts and representations provided to Luse Gorman by the RBI Parties and upon which Luse Gorman will base its opinion under Section 11(c)(1) of
this Agreement are and will be truthful, accurate and complete.
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(ff) The
RBI Parties will not distribute any offering material in connection with the Offering except for the Prospectus and the Sales Information
(as defined in Section 12 hereof) that has been filed with the Registration Statement and the Conversion Application. The Sales Information
will not conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the Prospectus.
(gg) RBI
will report the use of proceeds of the Offering in accordance with Rule 463 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(hh) Until
the completion of all actions required in connection with the Conversion and this Agreement, the RBI Parties will comply, and use its
best efforts to cause its directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply, in all material respects, with all effective
applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(ii) The
RBI Parties shall notify the Agent when subscription funds shall have been received for the minimum number of Shares set forth in the
Prospectus.
Section 9. Covenants
of the Agent. The Agent hereby covenants with the RBI Parties as follows:
(a) During
the Offering, the Agent shall comply, in all material respects, with all requirements imposed upon it by the Federal Reserve and by the
1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations with respect to the Offering.
(b) The
Agent shall distribute the Prospectus in connection with the sales of the Common Stock in accordance with the Conversion Regulations,
the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
Section 10. Payment
of Expenses. Whether or not the Conversion is completed or the sale and issuance of the Shares by RBI is consummated, the RBI
Parties will pay for all their expenses incident to the performance of this Agreement customarily borne by issuers, including without
limitation: (a) the preparation and filing of the Applications; (b) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement,
(c) the printing, delivery and mailing of the Prospectus, and all documents related to the Offering and proxy solicitation; (d) all
filing fees and expenses in connection with the qualification or registration of the Shares for offer and sale by RBI under the securities
or blue sky laws, including without limitation filing fees, reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith,
and in connection with the preparation of a blue sky law survey; (e) the filing fees of FINRA related to the Agent’s fairness
filing under FINRA Rule 5110; (f) fees and expenses related to the preparation of the Appraisal; (g) fees and expenses
related to auditing and accounting services; (h) expenses relating to advertising, temporary personnel, investor meetings and the
stock information center; (i) transfer agent fees and costs of preparation and distribution of stock certificates; and (j) any
fees or expenses associated with listing additional shares on NASDAQ. If the Agent incurs any expenses on behalf of the RBI Parties, the
RBI Parties will pay or reimburse the Agent for such expenses regardless of whether the Conversion is successfully completed, and such
reimbursements will not be included in the expense limitations set forth above.
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Section 11. Conditions
to the Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Agent hereunder are subject, to the extent not waived in writing by the
Agent, to the condition that all representations and warranties of the RBI Parties herein contained are, at and as of the commencement
of the Offering and (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) at and as of the Closing Date,
true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representations or warranties are qualified as to materiality, in
which case they shall be true and correct in all respects), the condition that the RBI Parties shall have performed, in all material respects,
all of their obligations hereunder to be performed on or before such dates and to the following further conditions:
(a) At
the Closing Date, the RBI Parties shall have conducted the Conversion in all material respects in accordance with the Plan, the Conversion
Regulations and all other applicable laws, regulations, decisions and orders, including all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions
precedent to the Conversion imposed upon them by the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS and the Commission or any other government authority.
(b) The
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission, the Conversion Application and Holding Company Application
shall have been approved by the Federal Reserve and the MHC Application shall have been approved by the NYSDFS and, at the Closing Date,
no stop order or other action suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or
proceedings therefor initiated or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, threatened by the Commission or any state authority and no order
or other action suspending the authorization for use of the Prospectus or the consummation of the Conversion shall have been issued, or
proceedings therefor initiated or, to the knowledge of the RBI Parties, threatened by the Federal Reserve, the Commission, or any other
governmental authority. The Shares shall have been registered for offering and sale or exempted therefrom under the securities or blue
sky laws of the jurisdictions as the Agent shall have reasonably requested and as agreed to by RBI.
(c) At
the Closing Date, the Agent shall have received:
(1) The
opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Luse Gorman, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and counsel for the Agent, to the
effect as attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
(2) The
letter, dated as of the Closing Date, of Luse Gorman, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and counsel for the Agent, to the
effect as set forth in the last paragraph of Exhibit A.
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(d) Concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, the Agent shall receive a letter from Wolf, dated the date hereof and addressed to the Agent with,
such letter (i) confirming that Wolf is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, and stating in effect that in the opinion of Wolf, RBI’s consolidated financial statements included in the
Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the related rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; (ii) stating in effect that, on the basis of certain agreed upon procedures (but not an
audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) consisting of a review (in accordance with Audit Standard No. 4105)
of the latest available unaudited consolidated interim financial statements prepared by RBI, a reading of the minutes of the meetings
of the Boards of Trustees and Directors of the RBI Parties and committees thereof and consultations with officers of the RBI Parties responsible
for financial and accounting matters, nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that: (A) such unaudited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Prospectus; or (B) except as stated in such
letter, during the period from the date of the latest unaudited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus to a specified
date not more than three business days prior to the date of the Prospectus, there was any material increase in borrowings (defined as
securities sold under agreements to repurchase and any other form of debt other than deposits), non-performing loans or special mention
loans, or material decrease in deposits, total assets or stockholders’ equity, or there was any change in common stock outstanding
at the date of such letter as compared with amounts shown in the latest unaudited statement of condition or there was any material decrease
in net income of RBI for the period commencing immediately after the period covered by the latest unaudited income statement included
in the Prospectus and ended not more than three business days prior to the date of the Prospectus as compared to the corresponding period
in the preceding year; and (iii) stating that, in addition to the audit examination referred to in its opinion included in the Prospectus
and the performance of the procedures referred to in clause (ii) of this subsection (d), they have compared with the general accounting
records of RBI and its subsidiaries, which are subject to the internal controls of the accounting system of RBI and its subsidiaries and
other data prepared by RBI and its subsidiaries from their accounting records, to the extent specified in such letter, such amounts and/or
percentages set forth in the Prospectus as the Agent may reasonably request, and they have found such amounts and percentages to be in
agreement therewith (subject to rounding).
(e) At
the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a letter from Wolf, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Agent, confirming the
statements made by its letter delivered pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section 11, the “specified date” referred
to in clause (ii)(B) thereof to be a date specified in such letter, which shall not be more than three business days prior to the
Closing Date.
(f) At
the Closing Date, counsel to the Agent shall have been furnished with such documents as counsel for the Agent may reasonably require for
the purpose of enabling them to advise the Agent with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and related
proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions
herein contained.
(g) At
the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of each of the RBI
Parties, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) they
have examined the Registration Statement and at the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Prospectus did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
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(ii) there
has not been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any Material
Adverse Effect otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
(iii) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though
made at and as of the Closing Date;
(iv) the
RBI Parties have complied in all material respects with all material agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed
or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, including the conditions on their part contained in this Section 11;
(v) no
stop order has been issued or, to their knowledge, is threatened, by the Commission or any other governmental body;
(vi) no
order suspending the Offering, the Conversion or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and to their knowledge,
no proceedings for any such purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Federal Reserve, the Commission, the NYSDFS or any other
governmental authority;
(vii) to
their knowledge, no person has sought to obtain regulatory or judicial review of the action of the Federal Reserve in approving the Conversion
Application and the Holding Company Application or to enjoin the Conversion; and
(viii) to
their knowledge, no person has sought to obtain regulatory or judicial review of the action of the NYSDFS in approving the MHC Application.
(h) At
the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a letter from RP Financial, dated as of the Closing Date:
(i) confirming
that said firm is independent of the RBI Parties and is experienced and expert in the area of corporate appraisals;
(ii) stating
in effect that the Appraisal complies in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Conversion Regulations; and
(iii) further
stating that its opinion of the aggregate pro forma market value of the RBI expressed in the Appraisal as most recently updated, remains
in effect.
(i) None
of the RBI Parties shall have sustained, since the date of the latest financial statements included in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, earthquake or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, that is in the Agent’s reasonable judgment sufficiently material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable
to proceed with the Offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
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(j) Prior
to and at the Closing Date, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent there shall have been no material adverse change in the consolidated
financial condition or in the consolidated earnings or business of RBI from and as of the latest dates as of which such condition is set
forth in the Prospectus, except as referred to therein.
(k) At
or prior to the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive (i) a copy of the letter from the Federal Reserve approving the Conversion
Application, (ii) a copy of the order from the Commission declaring the Registration Statement effective, (iii) a copy of the
letter from the Federal Reserve approving the Holding Company Application, (iv) a copy of the letter from the NYSDFS approving the
MHC Application, (v) a certificate from the FHLB-NY evidencing the Bank’s membership therein, and (vi) any other documents
that Agent shall reasonably request.
(l) Subsequent
to the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a
suspension or limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), NASDAQ or in the
over-the-counter market, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been
required by either of such exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority other than temporary trading halts;
(ii) a
general moratorium on the operations of federally insured financial institutions or a general moratorium on the withdrawal of deposits
from commercial banks or other federally insured financial institutions declared by either governmental authorities; or
(iii) a
material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or elsewhere or any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof
or other calamity or crisis, including, without limitation, terrorist activities after the date hereof, the effect of which, in the reasonable
judgment of the Agent, is so material and adverse as to make it impracticable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts, including
subscriptions or purchase orders, for the sale of the Shares.
(m) Prior
to and at the Closing Date, none of the RBI Parties will have received from the Federal Reserve, the NYSDFS, or the FDIC any direction
(oral or written) to make any material change in the method of conducting their business with which it has not complied in all material
respects (which direction, if any, shall have been disclosed to the Agent only if such it is not considered confidential supervisory information
as defined in 12 C.F.R. §309.5(g)(8)).
(n) All
such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Agent and to counsel for the Agent. Any certificate signed by an officer of an RBI Party and delivered to
the Agent or to counsel for the Agent shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such RBI Party, to the Agent as to the statements
made therein.
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(o) A
blue sky memorandum from Luse Gorman relating to the Offering, including Agent’s participation therein, shall have been furnished
prior to the mailing of the Prospectus, to RBI with a copy thereof addressed to Agent or upon which Luse Gorman shall state the Agent
may rely. The blue sky memorandum will relate to the necessity of obtaining or confirming exemptions, qualifications or the registration
of the Shares under applicable state securities law.
(p) Prior
to the Closing Date, RBI shall have filed a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with NASDAQ.
Section 12. Indemnification.
(a) The
RBI Parties jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, and their respective partners, officers, directors,
agents, attorneys, servants, employees, successors and assigns (each, a “Related Person”), against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense whatsoever (including but not limited to settlement expenses, subject to the limitation set forth in the last
sentence of subsection (c) below), joint or several, that the Agent or any of its Related Persons may suffer or to which the Agent
or any of its Related Persons may become subject under all applicable federal and state laws or otherwise, and reasonably related to or
arising out of the Conversion or the Offering or the engagement of the Agent pursuant to, or the performance by the Agent of, the services
contemplated by this Agency Agreement, and to promptly reimburse the Agent or any of its Related Persons upon written demand for any reasonable
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel according to normal hourly rates) incurred by the Agent or any of its
Related Persons in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any actions, proceedings or claims (whether commenced or threatened)
to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions: (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application and the MHC Application, or other
instrument or document executed by any of the RBI Parties or based upon written information supplied by any of the RBI Parties filed in
any state or jurisdiction to register or qualify any or all of the Shares under the securities laws thereof (collectively, the “Blue
Sky Applications”), or any application or other document, advertisement, or communication (“Sales Information”) prepared,
made or executed by or on behalf of any of the RBI Parties with its consent or based upon information furnished by or on behalf of any
of the RBI Parties, in order to qualify or register the Shares under the securities laws thereof, (ii) arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing documents or information, a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (iii) arise
from any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising from or based upon the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application, the MHC
Application, the Blue Sky Applications or Sales Information or other documentation distributed in connection with the Offering; or (iv) result
from any claims made with respect to the accuracy, reliability and completeness of the records identifying the Eligible Account Holders
and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders or Other Depositors or for any denial or reduction of a subscription or order to purchase Common
Stock, whether as a result of a properly calculated allocation pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, based upon such records; provided, however,
that no indemnification is required under this subsection (a) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or
actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue material statements or alleged untrue material statements in, or material omission or
alleged material omission from, the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application, the MHC Application, the Blue Sky Applications or
Sales Information or other documentation distributed in connection with the Conversion made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished to the RBI Parties by the Agent or its representatives (including counsel) with respect to the Agent expressly for use in such
documents. As of the date of this Agreement, the only such information about the Agent provided for such use is contained in the Prospectus
under the captions “The Conversion and Offering – Plan of Distribution; Marketing Agent and Underwriter Compensation”
and “The Conversion and Offering – Records Management Services.” Provided further, that the RBI Parties will not be
responsible for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction finds they result from material
oral misstatements by the Agent to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of Shares which are not based upon information in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, from actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent in bad faith, or from the Agent’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct, and the Agent agrees to repay promptly to the RBI Parties any amounts advanced to it by the RBI Parties in connection
with matters as to which it is found by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
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(b) The
Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the RBI Parties and their Related Persons against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
or expense whatsoever (including but not limited to settlement expenses, subject to the limitation set forth in the last sentence of subsection
(c) below), joint or several, which the RBI Parties or any of their Related Persons, may suffer or to which the RBI Parties or any
of their Related Persons, may become subject under all applicable federal and state laws or otherwise, and to promptly reimburse the RBI
Parties and their Related Persons upon written demand for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any actions, proceedings or claims
(whether commenced or threatened) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application, the MHC Application or the Blue Sky Applications or
Sales Information or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing documents a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the Agent’s obligations under this Section 12(b) shall exist only if and only to the extent that
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement was made in, or such material fact or alleged material fact was omitted from, the Conversion
Application, the Holding Company Application, the MHC Application, the Blue Sky Applications, Sales Information, the Registration Statement
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished to the RBI Parties by the Agent or its representatives (including counsel) expressly for use in such documents.
As of the date of this Agreement, the only such information about the Agent provided for such use is contained in the Prospectus under
the captions “The Conversion and Offering – Plan of Distribution; Marketing Agent and Underwriter Compensation” and
“The Conversion and Offering – Records Management Services.”
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(c) Each
indemnified party shall give prompt written notice to each indemnifying party of any action, proceeding, claim (whether commenced or threatened),
or suit instituted against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have on account of this Section 12, Section 13 or otherwise, unless the failure
to give such notice promptly results in material prejudice to the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party may participate at its own
expense in the defense of such action. In addition, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying
party, jointly with any other indemnifying parties receiving such notice, may assume the defense of such action with counsel chosen by
it reasonably acceptable to the indemnified parties that are defendants in such action, unless such indemnified parties reasonably object
to such assumption on the ground that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available
to such indemnifying party. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of such action, the indemnifying parties shall not be liable
for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties incurred thereafter in connection with such action, proceeding or claim,
other than reasonable costs of investigation. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (unless an indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available
to it or them which are different from or in addition to those of other indemnified parties) for all indemnified parties in connection
with any one action, proceeding or claim or separate but similar or related actions, proceedings or claims in the same jurisdiction arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, proceeding
or suit, which settlement is effected without its prior written consent. Neither the RBI Parties nor the Agent shall, without the written
consent of the other, settle or compromise any claim against them or it based upon circumstances giving rise to an indemnification claim
against the other party hereunder unless such settlement or compromise provides that the indemnified party shall be unconditionally and
irrevocably released from all liability in respect to such claim.
(d) The
agreements contained in this Section 12 and the representations and warranties of the RBI Parties set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or its officers,
directors, controlling persons, agents, attorneys, servants or employees or by or on behalf of any of the RBI Parties or any officers,
directors, controlling persons, agents, attorneys, servants or employees of any of the RBI Parties; (ii) delivery of and payment
hereunder for the Shares; or (iii) any termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, this Section 12 is
subject to and limited by all applicable securities and banking laws and regulations including Section 23A and 23B of the Federal
Reserve Act and Part 359 of the Regulations of the FDIC.
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Section 13. Contribution.
(a) In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 12 is
due in accordance with its terms but is found in a final judgment by a court to be unavailable from the RBI Parties or the Agent, the
RBI Parties and the Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities of the nature contemplated by such
indemnification (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection therewith and any amount paid in settlement
of any action, suit, or proceeding of any claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the RBI Parties or the Agent
from persons other than the other party thereto, who may also be liable for contribution) in such proportion so that (i) the Agent
is responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that the fees paid to the Agent pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement
(not including expenses) (“Agent’s Fees”), less any portion of Agent’s Fees paid by Agent to Selected Dealers,
bears to the total proceeds received by the RBI Parties from the sale of the Shares in the Offering, net of all expenses of the Offering,
except Agent’s Fees and (ii) the RBI Parties shall be responsible for the balance. If, however, the allocation provided above
is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section 12 above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable to such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only such relative benefits received by the RBI Parties on the one hand and the Agent on the other from the Offering, but also the
relative fault of the RBI Parties on the one hand and the Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions, proceedings or claims in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the RBI Parties on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be
in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the Offering, except Agent’s fees, net of all expenses of the Offering, received
by the RBI Parties bear, with respect to the Agent, to the total fees (not including expenses) received by the Agent less the portion
of such fees paid by the Agent to Selected Dealers. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the RBI Parties on the one hand or the Agent on the other and the parties’ relative intent, good faith, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The RBI Parties and the Agent agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 13 were determined by pro-rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 13. The amount paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or action, proceedings or claims in respect thereof)
referred to above in this Section 13 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action, proceeding or claim. It is expressly agreed that the Agent shall
not be liable for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense or be required to contribute any amount which in the aggregate exceeds
the amount paid (excluding reimbursable expenses) to the Agent under this Agreement, less the portion of such fees paid by the Agent to
Selected Dealers. It is understood and agreed that the above-stated limitation on the Agent’s liability is essential to the Agent
and that the Agent would not have entered into this Agreement if such limitation had not been agreed to by the parties to this Agreement.
No person found guilty of any fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled
to contribution with respect to any loss or liability arising from such misrepresentation from any person who was not found guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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(b) The
duties, obligations and liabilities of the RBI Parties and the Agent under this Section 13 and under Section 12 shall be in
addition to any duties, obligations and liabilities which the RBI Parties and the Agent may otherwise have. For purposes of this Section 13,
each of the Agent’s and the RBI Parties’ officers, directors, trustees and controlling persons within the meaning of the 1933
Act and the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the RBI Parties and the Agent. Any party entitled to contribution,
promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit, claim or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim
for contribution may be made against another party under this Section 13, will notify such party from whom contribution may be sought,
but the omission to so notify such party shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it
may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 13. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the
RBI Parties shall provide any contribution under this Agreement to the extent prohibited by applicable securities and banking laws and
regulations, including Section 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Part 359 of the Regulations of the FDIC.
(c) The
agreements contained in this Section 13 and the representations and warranties of the RBI Parties set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or its officers,
directors, controlling persons, agents, attorneys, servants or employees or by or on behalf of any of the RBI Parties or any officers,
directors, trustees, controlling persons, agents, attorneys, servants or employees of any of the RBI Parties; (ii) delivery of and
payment hereunder for the Shares; or (iii) any termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, this Section 13
is subject to and limited by all applicable securities and banking laws and regulations including Section 23A and 23B of the Federal
Reserve Act and Part 359 of the Regulations of the FDIC.
Section 14. Survival.
(a) All
representations, warranties and indemnities and other statements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers
of the RBI Parties or the Agent submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any termination
or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or its controlling persons, or by or on behalf
of the RBI Parties and shall survive the issuance of the Shares, and any legal representative, successor or assign of the Agent, any of
the RBI Parties, and any indemnified person shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective agreements, indemnities, warranties and
representations.
(b) The
provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Financial Advisory Engagement Letter, “Additional Services,” shall survive the issuance of
the Shares (but not any termination or cancellation of this Agreement) for a period of three years from the Closing Date, and any legal
representative, successor or assign of the Agent and any of the RBI Parties shall be entitled during such period to the benefit of the
agreements contained therein.
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Section 15. Termination.
(a) Agent
may terminate this Agreement by giving the notice indicated below in this Section 15 at any time after this Agreement becomes effective
as follows:
(i) In
the event (a) the Plan is abandoned or terminated by the MHC or RBI; (b) RBI fails to consummate the sale of the minimum number
of Shares by the date on which such sale must be completed, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan or as required by the Conversion
Regulations and applicable law; or (c) immediately prior to commencement of the Offering, the Agent terminates this relationship
because such material adverse changes in the financial condition of the RBI Parties or the prospective market for RBI’s Common Stock
as in the Agent’s good faith opinion would make it inadvisable to proceed with the Offering, sale or delivery of the Shares, this
Agreement shall terminate and RBI shall refund to each person who has subscribed for or ordered any of the Shares the full amount which
it may have received from such person, together with interest in accordance with Section 2 hereof, and any such termination shall
be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 2, 4, 10, 12, 13 and 14 hereof.
(ii) If
any of the conditions specified in Section 11 hereof shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement or waived
in writing by the Agent, this Agreement and all of the Agent’s obligations hereunder may be canceled by the Agent by notifying RBI
of such cancellation in writing at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and any such cancellation shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 4(a) and 10 (relating to the reimbursement of expenses) and Sections
12, 13 and 14 hereof.
(iii) If
Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 15(a), RBI shall be notified by the Agent as provided in Section 16
hereof.
(iv) If
this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15(a), the Agent shall retain the advisory and management
fee paid to it pursuant to Section 4(a) and the RBI Parties shall reimburse the Agent for any of its other actual, accountable,
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses pursuant to Section 10, including, without limitation, communication, legal and travel expenses.
(b) Either
Agent or the RBI Parties may terminate this Agreement in the event any of the RBI Parties (in the event of a termination initiated by
Agent) or Agent (in the event of a termination initiated by the RBI Parties) is in material breach of the representations and warranties
or covenants in this Agreement and such breach has not been cured within 15 days after the party initiating termination provides written
notice of such breach to the breaching party. If this Agreement is terminated by Agent under circumstances that would permit termination
under Section 15(a) of this Agreement, then the provisions of Section 15(a) shall apply, regardless of whether this
Agreement could also be terminated by Agent under this Section 15(b).
(c) This
Agreement may be terminated by the mutual written consent of the parties hereto.
Section 16. Notices.
All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be mailed in writing and if sent to the Agent shall
be mailed, delivered or emailed and confirmed to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 305 Madison Ave., Floor 2, Morristown, New
Jersey 07960, Attention: Robin P. Suskind (with a copy to Vedder Price P.C., 222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL
60601, Attention: Daniel C. McKay II, Esq. and to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New
York, New York 10019, Attention: Chief Counsel – Investment Banking), and, if sent to the RBI Parties, shall be mailed, delivered
or emailed and confirmed to RBI, the MHC and the Bank to Rhinebeck Bank, 2 Jefferson Plaza, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, Attention: Matthew
J. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer (with a copy to Luse Gorman, PC, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 780, Washington
D.C. 20015, Attention: Scott A. Brown, Esq. and Elizabeth Cook, Esq.).
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Section 17. Parties.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Agent and the RBI Parties, 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 parties
hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 12 and 13 and their
heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions
herein contained. It is understood and agreed that this Agreement is the exclusive agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject
matter hereof, supersedes any prior Agreement among the parties (except for specific references to the Financial Advisory Engagement Letter
in Section 14(b) hereof) and may not be varied except by a writing signed by all parties.
Section 18. Partial
Invalidity. If any term, provision or covenant herein or the application thereof to any circumstances or situation shall be invalid
or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remainder hereof and the application of said term, provision or covenant to any other circumstance
or situation shall not be affected thereby, and each term, provision or covenant herein shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent
permitted by law.
Section 19. Construction.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent federal law shall apply.
Section 20. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts and by facsimile or electronic delivery, including by e-mail delivery of a .pdf
or scan of a manual signature, each of which so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
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Signatures follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance
with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all
counterparts will become a binding agreement between you and us in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Rhinebeck Bancorp, MHC
(a New York mutual holding company)
By:
Its Authorized Representative:
/s/ Matthew J. Smith
Name:
Matthew J. Smith
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
RHINEBECK BANCORP, INC.
(a Maryland corporation)
By:
Its Authorized Representative:
/s/ Matthew J. Smith
Name:
Matthew J. Smith
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
RHINEBECK BANK
(a New York-chartered savings bank)
By:
Its Authorized Representative:
/s/ Matthew J. Smith
Name:
Matthew J. Smith
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Accepted as of the date first above written
KEEFE, BRUYETTE& WOODS,INC.
By:
Its Authorized Representative:
/s/ Robin P. Suskind
Name:
Robin P. Suskind
Title:
Managing Director
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Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b-2
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- Definition
The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b-2
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Balance Type:
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Local phone number for entity.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 13e
-Subsection 4c
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- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 14d
-Subsection 2b
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- Definition
Title of a 12(b) registered security.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection d1-1
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 14a
-Subsection 12
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.
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No definition available.
+ Details
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Namespace Prefix:
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Data Type:
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Balance Type:
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Securities Act
-Number 230
-Section 425
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