Common use of The Proposed Transaction Clause in Contracts

The Proposed Transaction. Upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties intend to effect a strategic business combination pursuant to which the Company will merge with and into Parent (the “Merger”). Parent will be the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”). It is the intention of Parent that, immediately following the Merger, each of the following will occur in immediate succession: (a) Summit Delaware Financial Corporation, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (“Company HoldCo Sub”), will merge with and into The New Galveston Company, Inc., a Delaware company and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Parent HoldCo Sub”) with Parent HoldCo Sub being the surviving corporation (the “Delaware Merger”), and (b) Summit Bank, National Association, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company HoldCo Sub (“Company Bank Sub”) will merge (the “Bank Merger”) with and into The Frost National Bank, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent HoldCo Sub (“Parent Bank Sub”) with Parent Bank Sub being the surviving bank (the “Bank Merger”). The Delaware Merger and Bank Merger sometimes are collectively referred to herein as the “Other Mergers”.