Dividends, Distributions, Repurchases. (1) Make, declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividend on or in respect of, or declare or make any distribution on any shares of its stock, other than (A) dividends from its wholly owned Subsidiaries to it or another of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, provided that any such dividend shall not be in excess of the accumulated earnings and profits of the Subsidiary making the distribution, (B) regular quarterly dividends on its common stock, provided that any such dividend shall be in an amount equal to the amount paid by it during the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date hereof, or (C) required dividends on the preferred stock of its Subsidiaries; or (2) directly or indirectly adjust, split, combine, redeem, reclassify, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its stock; provided further that, if the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or prior to April 30, 2011, NAL may, in the reasonable discretion of the NAL Board in accordance with applicable law, increase its quarterly dividend for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 such that its stockholders receive the quarterly dividend they would have received had the Merger been effected on March 31, 2011 and all stockholders had elected the Mixed Election.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Newalliance Bancshares Inc), Merger Agreement (First Niagara Financial Group Inc)