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Edward F. Barry Chief Executive Officer Capital Bancorp, Inc. | | | Marc McConnell Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. |
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Edward F. Barry Chief Executive Officer Capital Bancorp, Inc. | | | Marc McConnell Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. |
• | A proposal to approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger of IFH with and into CBNK, with CBNK as the surviving corporation, as more fully described in the attached joint proxy statement/prospectus (the “CBNK merger proposal”). |
• | A proposal to adjourn the CBNK special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if, immediately prior to such adjournment, there are not sufficient votes to approve the CBNK merger proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to holders of CBNK common stock (the “CBNK adjournment proposal”). |
| | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
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| | Edward F. Barry Chief Executive Officer |
• | A proposal to approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger of IFH with and into CBNK, with CBNK as the surviving corporation, as more fully described in the attached joint proxy statement/prospectus (the “IFH merger proposal”); |
• | The election of two members of the IFH board of directors for terms of three years each; and |
• | A proposal to adjourn the IFH annual meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if, immediately prior to such adjournment, there are not sufficient votes to approve the IFH merger proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to holders of IFH common stock (the “IFH adjournment proposal”). |
| | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
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| | Marc McConnell Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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• | “IFH” refers to Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; |
• | “West Town Bank” refers to West Town Bank & Trust, an Illinois state-chartered bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of IFH; |
• | “IFH bylaws” refers to the bylaws of Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc.; |
• | “IFH articles of incorporation” refers to the articles of incorporation of Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc., as amended; |
• | “IFH common stock” refers to, collectively, the voting common stock and non-voting common stock of IFH, par value $1.00 per share; |
• | “CBNK” refers to Capital Bancorp, Inc. a Maryland corporation; |
• | “Capital Bank” refers to Capital Bank, N.A., a national banking association and a wholly owned subsidiary of CBNK; |
• | “CBNK articles of incorporation” refers to the amended and restated articles of incorporation of CBNK, as amended; |
• | “CBNK bylaws” refers to the amended and restated bylaws of CBNK, as amended; |
• | “CBNK common stock” refers to the common stock of CBNK, $0.01 par value per share; |
Q: | Why am I receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus? |
A: | You are receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus because CBNK and IFH entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “merger agreement”), pursuant to which IFH will merge with and into CBNK (the “merger”) with CBNK as the surviving entity. Following the merger, West Town Bank and Capital Bank will merge (the “bank merger,” and together with the merger, the “mergers”), with Capital Bank as the surviving bank. A copy of the merger agreement is attached as Annex A to this joint proxy statement/prospectus and is incorporated by reference herein. In this joint proxy statement/prospectus, we refer to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement as the “closing” and the date on which the closing occurs as the “closing date.” |
• | CBNK shareholders must approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger of IFH with and into CBNK, with CBNK as the surviving corporation (the “CBNK merger proposal”); and |
• | IFH shareholders must approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger of IFH with and into CBNK, with CBNK as the surviving corporation (the “IFH merger proposal”). |
Q: | What will happen in the merger? |
A: | In the merger, CBNK and IFH will merge, with CBNK as the surviving entity. In the bank merger, which will occur immediately following the merger, Capital Bank and West Town Bank will merge, with Capital Bank as the surviving bank. |
Q: | When and where will each of the shareholders’ meetings take place? |
A: | The CBNK special meeting will be held at CBNK’s headquarters, located at 2275 Research Blvd, Suite 110 - Conference Center, Rockville, MD 20850, on August 15, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. |
Q: | What matters will be considered at each of the shareholders’ meetings? |
A: | At the CBNK special meeting, CBNK shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals: |
• | CBNK Proposal 1: The CBNK merger proposal; and |
• | CBNK Proposal 2: The CBNK adjournment proposal. |
• | IFH Proposal 1: The IFH merger proposal; |
• | IFH Proposal 2: The election of two members of the IFH board of directors; and |
• | IFH Proposal 3: The IFH adjournment proposal. |
Q: | What will holders of IFH common stock receive in the merger? |
A: | In the merger, holders of IFH common stock will receive 1.115 shares of CBNK common stock and $5.36 cash, subject to applicable adjustment as further described in this joint proxy statement/prospectus, for each share of IFH common stock held immediately prior to the completion of the merger. CBNK will not issue any fractional shares of CBNK common stock in the merger. Holders of IFH common stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of CBNK common stock in the merger will instead receive an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying the average of the daily closing-sale price per share of CBNK common stock on NASDAQ, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, for the consecutive period of five (5) full trading days ending on the day preceding the closing date by the fraction of a share (rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of CBNK common stock that such shareholder would otherwise be entitled to receive. |
Q: | Is the Special Dividend to be distributed to IFH shareholders part of the merger consideration? |
A: | No. Prior to closing of the merger, IFH is expected to distribute its minority equity interest in Dogwood State Bank to IFH shareholders in the form of a special dividend (the “Special Dividend”) equal to approximately 0.469 shares of Dogwood State Bank common stock for each share of IFH common stock (based on the number of shares of IFH common stock outstanding as of June 20, 2024 and aggregating the number of shares of Dogwood State Bank voting and non-voting common stock held by IFH as of such date), a value of $7.69 per share or approximately $18 million based on the closing price of a share of Dogwood State Bank common stock on March 26, 2024, less any tax withholdings applicable to such a dividend. Alternatively, under the merger agreement, IFH may elect to liquidate the shares of Dogwood State Bank common stock and distribute the proceeds to its shareholders, less any applicable withholding taxes. |
Q: | What will holders of CBNK common stock receive in the merger? |
A: | In the merger, holders of CBNK common stock will not receive any merger consideration, and their shares of CBNK common stock will remain outstanding and will constitute shares of CBNK following the merger. Following the merger, shares of CBNK common stock will continue to be traded on NASDAQ. |
Q: | Will the value of the merger consideration change between the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus and the time the merger is completed? |
A: | Yes. Although the number of shares of CBNK common stock that IFH shareholders will receive is fixed, the value of the stock consideration will fluctuate between the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus and the completion of the merger based upon the market value for CBNK common stock. Any fluctuation in the market price of CBNK common stock will change the value of the shares of CBNK common stock that IFH shareholders will receive. |
Q: | How will the merger affect IFH equity awards? |
A: | The merger agreement provides that, at the effective time, each option granted by IFH to purchase shares of IFH common stock under an IFH stock plan, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time (a “IFH Stock Option”) shall without any further action on the part of any holder thereof, be assumed by CBNK and shall be converted into an option to purchase CBNK common stock (a “Purchaser Stock Option”). Each such Purchaser Stock Option as so issued upon such conversion shall continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and conditions as applied to the IFH Stock Option immediately prior to the effective time. As of the effective time, each such Purchaser Stock Option as so issued upon such conversion shall be an option to acquire that number of whole shares of CBNK common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of IFH common stock subject to such IFH Stock Option, multiplied by (ii) 1.379 (assuming there |
Q: | How does the CBNK board of directors recommend that I vote at the CBNK special meeting? |
A: | The CBNK board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the CBNK merger proposal and “FOR” the CBNK adjournment proposal. |
Q: | How does the IFH board of directors recommend that I vote at the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | The IFH board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the IFH merger proposal, “FOR” each of IFH nominees for director listed under IFH Proposal 2, and “FOR” the IFH adjournment proposal. In considering the recommendations of the IFH board of directors on the merger-related proposals, IFH shareholders should be aware that IFH directors and executive officers may have interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, the interests of IFH shareholders generally. For a more complete description of these interests, see the information provided in the section entitled “The Merger—Interests of IFH Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger” beginning on page 107. |
Q: | Who is entitled to vote at the CBNK special meeting? |
A: | The record date for the CBNK special meeting is June 20, 2024. All CBNK shareholders who held shares at the close of business on the record date for the CBNK special meeting are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the CBNK special meeting. Each holder of CBNK common stock is entitled to cast one (1) vote on each matter properly brought before the CBNK special meeting for each share of CBNK common stock that such holder owned of record as of the record date. As of June 20, 2024, there were 13,899,251 outstanding shares of CBNK common stock. |
Q: | Who is entitled to vote at the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | The record date for the IFH annual meeting is June 20, 2024. All IFH shareholders who held shares at the close of business on the record date for the IFH annual meeting are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the IFH annual meeting as further described herein. Each holder of IFH voting common stock is entitled to cast one (1) vote on each matter properly brought before the IFH annual meeting for each share of IFH voting common stock that such holder owned of record as of the record date. With respect to IFH Proposal 2 concerning the election of directors, each share of IFH voting common stock entitles its holder to one vote |
Q: | What constitutes a quorum for the CBNK special meeting? |
A: | The presence at the CBNK special meeting, in person or by proxy, of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of CBNK common stock entitled to vote at the CBNK special meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the CBNK special meeting. Abstentions will be included in determining the number of shares present at the meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. |
Q: | What constitutes a quorum for the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | The presence at the IFH annual meeting, in person or by proxy, of holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by a voting group at the IFH annual meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the IFH annual meeting with respect to that voting group. Abstentions will be included in determining the number of shares present at the meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. |
Q: | What vote is required for the approval of each proposal at the CBNK special meeting? |
A: | CBNK Proposal 1 (CBNK merger proposal). Approval of the CBNK merger proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of CBNK common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal. If a shareholder marks “ABSTAIN” on the shareholder’s proxy, fails to submit a proxy or vote in person at the CBNK special meeting, or fails to instruct such shareholder’s bank or broker how to vote with respect to the CBNK merger proposal, it will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the CBNK merger proposal. |
Q: | What vote is required for the approval of each proposal at the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | IFH Proposal 1 (IFH merger proposal). Approval of the IFH merger proposal requires (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of IFH voting common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, voting as a separate voting group, and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of IFH non-voting common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, voting as a separate voting group. As of the record date of the IFH annual meeting, all outstanding shares of IFH non-voting common stock were held by a single shareholder affiliated with the Chairman of IFH’s board of directors. |
Q: | What if I hold shares in both CBNK and IFH? |
A: | If you hold shares of both CBNK common stock and IFH common stock, you will receive separate packages of proxy materials. A vote cast as a CBNK Shareholder will not count as a vote cast as an IFH shareholder, and a vote cast as an IFH shareholder will not count as a vote cast as a CBNK Shareholder. Therefore, please submit separate proxies for your shares of CBNK common stock and your shares of IFH common stock. |
Q: | How can I attend, vote and ask questions at the CBNK special meeting or the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | Record Holders. If you hold shares directly in your name as the holder of record of CBNK or IFH common stock, you are a “record holder” and your shares may be voted in person by you at the CBNK special meeting or the IFH annual meeting, as applicable. In addition to voting in person at the respective meeting of shareholders, record holders may also vote by proxy, as further described below. |
Q: | How can I vote my shares without attending the CBNK special meeting or the IFH annual meeting? |
A: | Whether you hold your shares directly as the holder of record of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock or beneficially in “street name,” you may direct your vote by proxy without attending the CBNK special meeting or the IFH annual meeting, as applicable. |
Q: | What do I need to do now? |
A: | After carefully reading and considering the information contained in this document, please vote as soon as possible. If you hold shares of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock, please respond by completing, signing and dating the accompanying proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, or by submitting your proxy through the internet or, in the case of CBNK shareholders, by telephone, as soon as possible so that your shares may be represented at your meeting. Please note that if you are a beneficial owner with shares held in “street name,” you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee. |
Q: | If I am a beneficial owner with my shares held in “street name” by a bank, broker, trustee or other nominee, will my bank, broker, trustee or other nominee vote my shares for me? |
A: | No. Your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee cannot vote your shares without instructions from you. You should instruct your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee how to vote your shares in accordance with the instructions provided to you. Please check the voting instruction form used by your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee. |
Q: | What is a “broker non-vote”? |
A: | Banks, brokers and other nominees who hold shares in street name for a beneficial owner of those shares typically have the authority to vote in their discretion on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners. However, banks, brokers and other nominees are not allowed to exercise their voting discretion with respect to the approval of matters determined to be “non-routine” without specific instructions from the beneficial owner. |
• | CBNK merger proposal: your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee may not vote your shares on the CBNK merger proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as a vote cast and will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal, assuming a quorum is present; and |
• | CBNK adjournment proposal: your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee may not vote your shares on the CBNK adjournment proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of such proposal. |
• | IFH merger proposal: your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee may not vote your shares on the IFH merger proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” such proposal; |
• | IFH election of directors: your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee may not vote your shares on the proposal concerning the election of IFH directors, which broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors; |
• | IFH adjournment proposal: your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee may not vote your shares on the IFH adjournment proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of such proposal. |
Q: | What if I fail to vote or abstain? |
A: | For purposes of the CBNK special meeting, an abstention occurs when a CBNK Shareholder attends the CBNK special meeting and does not vote or returns a proxy with an “abstain” instruction. |
• | CBNK merger proposal: An abstention will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the CBNK merger proposal. If a CBNK shareholder is not present at the CBNK special meeting and does not respond by proxy, it will also have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the CBNK merger proposal. |
• | CBNK adjournment proposal: If a quorum is present, an abstention by a CBNK shareholder present in person or represented by proxy will have no effect on the CBNK adjournment proposal. In the absence of a quorum, if a shareholder appears at the CBNK special meeting and abstains or fails to vote or responds by proxy by marking “ABSTAIN,” it will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the CBNK adjournment proposal. If a CBNK Shareholder is not present at the CBNK special meeting and does not respond by proxy, it will have no effect on the outcome of such proposal, regardless of whether or not there is a quorum. |
• | IFH merger proposal: An abstention will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the IFH merger proposal. If an IFH shareholder is not present at the IFH annual meeting and does not respond by proxy, it will also have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the IFH merger proposal. |
• | IFH election of directors. If an IFH shareholder attends the annual meeting but does not vote on the proposal concerning the election of directors, it will have no effect on the outcome of director elections. If a record holder of IFH common stock returns a proxy card but does not indicate whether such holder desires to vote “FOR” or to “WITHHOLD” a vote from a director nominee, the proxy card gives authority to the proxy holder to vote “FOR” IFH’s nominees for director. |
• | IFH adjournment proposal: An abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the adjournment proposal. If an IFH shareholder is not present at the IFH annual meeting and does not respond by proxy, it will have no effect on the outcome of such proposal. |
Q: | Why is my vote important? |
A: | If you do not vote, it will be more difficult for CBNK or IFH to obtain the necessary quorum to hold its respective meeting of shareholders and to obtain the shareholder approval that each of its board of directors is recommending and seeking. The CBNK merger proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of CBNK common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal. The IFH merger proposal must be approved by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of IFH voting common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, voting as a separate voting group, and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of IFH non-voting common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, voting as a separate voting group. |
Q: | What will happen if I return my proxy card without indicating how to vote? |
A: | If you sign and return your proxy card without indicating how to vote on any particular proposal, the shares of CBNK common stock represented by your proxy will be voted as recommended by the CBNK board of directors with respect to such proposals, or the shares of IFH common stock represented by your proxy will be voted as recommended by the IFH board of directors with respect to such proposals, as the case may be. |
Q: | Can I change my vote after I have delivered my proxy or voting instruction card? |
A: | If you directly hold shares of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock in your name as a record holder, you can change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at your meeting. You can do this by: |
• | submitting a written statement that you would like to revoke your proxy to the corporate secretary of CBNK or IFH, as applicable; |
• | signing and returning a proxy card with a later date (provided it is received prior to the time the vote is taken at respective meeting of shareholders); |
• | in the case of CBNK shareholders, attending the CBNK special meeting and voting in person at the meeting; |
• | in the case of IFH shareholders, attending the IFH annual meeting and voting in person at the meeting; or |
• | voting by the Internet or, in the case of the CBNK special meeting, by telephone. |
Q: | Will CBNK be required to submit the CBNK merger proposal to its shareholders even if the CBNK board of directors has withdrawn, modified or qualified its recommendation? |
A: | Yes. Unless the merger agreement is terminated before the CBNK special meeting, CBNK is required to submit the CBNK merger proposal to its shareholders even if the CBNK board of directors has withdrawn, modified or qualified its recommendation in favor of the merger. |
Q: | Will IFH be required to submit the IFH merger proposal to its shareholders even if the IFH board of directors has withdrawn, modified or qualified its recommendation? |
A: | Yes. Unless the merger agreement is terminated before the IFH annual meeting, IFH is required to submit the IFH merger proposal to its shareholders even if the IFH board of directors has withdrawn, modified or qualified its recommendation in favor of the merger. |
Q: | Are holders of CBNK common stock entitled to dissenters’ rights? |
A: | No. Holders of CBNK common stock are not entitled to dissenters’ rights under the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”). For more information, see the section entitled “The Merger—Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights in the Merger” beginning on page 114. |
Q: | Are holders of IFH common stock entitled to appraisal rights? |
A: | Yes. Holders of IFH common stock are entitled to appraisal rights under the North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the “NCBCA”). For more information, see the section entitled “The Merger—Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights in the Merger” beginning on page 114. |
Q: | Are there any risks that I should consider in deciding whether to vote for the approval of the CBNK merger proposal, the IFH merger proposal, or the other proposals to be considered at the CBNK special meeting and the IFH annual meeting, respectively? |
A: | Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 27. You also should read and carefully consider the risk factors of CBNK in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. |
Q: | What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger to holders of IFH common stock? |
A: | The merger is intended to qualify for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Therefore, U.S. Holders (as defined in the section of this joint proxy statement/prospectus titled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger—Tax Consequences of the Merger Generally”) of the shares of IFH common stock will recognize gain, but not loss, for U.S. federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount of cash received (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional share of IFH common stock) and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the amount of such cash and the fair market value of the CBNK common stock received in the merger, over (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax |
Q: | When is the merger expected to be completed? |
A: | Neither CBNK nor IFH can predict the actual date on which the merger will be completed, or if the merger will be completed at all, because completion is subject to conditions and factors outside the control of both companies. IFH must obtain the approval of IFH shareholders for the IFH merger proposal, and CBNK must obtain the approval of CBNK shareholders for the CBNK merger proposal. CBNK and IFH must also obtain necessary regulatory approvals and satisfy certain other closing conditions. CBNK and IFH expect the merger to be completed promptly once CBNK and IFH have obtained their respective shareholders’ approvals noted above, have obtained necessary regulatory approvals, and have satisfied certain other closing conditions. |
Q: | What are the conditions to complete the merger? |
A: | The obligations of CBNK and IFH to complete the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions contained in the merger agreement, including, but not limited to, the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the expiration of all statutory waiting periods without the imposition of any materially burdensome regulatory condition, the receipt of certain tax opinions, approval by CBNK shareholders of the CBNK merger proposal and approval by IFH shareholders of the IFH merger proposal. For more information, see “The Merger Agreement—Conditions to Complete the Merger” beginning on page 132. |
Q: | What happens if the merger is not completed? |
A: | If the merger is not completed, holders of IFH common stock will not receive any consideration for their shares of IFH common stock in connection with the merger. Instead IFH will remain an independent private company, and IFH’s voting common stock will continue to be traded on OTCQX. In addition, if the merger agreement is terminated in certain circumstances, a termination fee of $3.0 million will be payable by IFH. See “The Merger Agreement—Termination Fee” beginning on page 135 for a more detailed discussion of the circumstances under which a termination fee will be required to be paid. |
Q: | What happens if I sell my shares after the applicable record date but before my company’s meeting of shareholders? |
A: | Each of the CBNK and IFH record date is earlier than the date of the CBNK special meeting and the IFH annual meeting, as applicable, and earlier than the date that the merger is expected to be completed. If you sell or otherwise transfer your shares of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock, as applicable, after the applicable record date but before the date of the applicable meeting of shareholders, you will retain your |
Q: | Should I send in my stock certificates now? |
A: | No. Please do not send in your stock certificates with your proxy. After the merger is completed, an exchange agent designated by CBNK and mutually acceptable to IFH (the “exchange agent”) will send you instructions for exchanging IFH stock certificates, if your shares are certificated, for the consideration to be received in the merger. See “The Merger Agreement—Exchange of Shares” beginning on page 122. |
Q: | What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials for the same shareholders’ meeting? |
A: | If you are a beneficial owner and hold shares of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock in “street name” and also are a record holder and hold shares directly in your name or otherwise or if you hold shares of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock in more than one (1) brokerage account, you may receive more than one (1) set of voting materials relating to the same meeting of shareholders. |
Q: | Who can help answer my questions? |
A: | CBNK shareholders: If you have any questions about the merger or how to submit your proxy card or vote by Internet, or if you need additional copies of this document or the enclosed proxy card, you should contact Edward Barry, Chief Executive Officer of CBNK at (301) 468-8848 or by email to ebarry@capitalbankmd.com. |
Q: | Where can I find more information about CBNK? |
A: | You can find more information about CBNK from the various sources described under “Where You Can Find More Information” beginning on page 159. |
Q: | What is householding and how does it affect me? |
A: | The SEC permits companies to send a single set of proxy materials to any household at which two (2) or more shareholders reside, unless contrary instructions have been received, but only if the applicable shareholders provide advance notice and follow certain procedures. In such cases, each shareholder continues to receive a separate notice of the meeting and proxy card. Certain brokerage firms may have instituted householding for beneficial owners of CBNK common stock and IFH common stock, as applicable, held through brokerage firms. If your family has multiple accounts holding CBNK common stock or IFH common stock, as applicable, you may have already received a householding notification from your broker. Please contact your broker directly if you have any questions or require additional copies of this joint proxy statement/prospectus. The broker will arrange for delivery of a separate copy of this joint proxy statement/prospectus promptly upon your written or oral request. You may decide at any time to revoke your decision to household, and thereby receive multiple copies. |
| | CBNK Common Stock | | | IFH Common Stock | | | Cash Consideration | | | Implied Value of One Share of IFH Common Stock | |
March 26, 2024 | | | $20.00 | | | $27.86 | | | $5.36 | | | $27.66 |
June 20, 2024 | | | $19.64 | | | $30.56 | | | $5.36 | | | $27.26 |
• | benefits, including cash payments, under existing employment and change in control agreements for certain executive officers of IFH; |
• | the entry into employment agreements by certain executive officers of IFH with Capital Bank to be effective immediately upon closing of the merger; |
• | lump sum cash payments under supplemental executive benefits plan agreements between West Town Bank and certain officers; |
• | the accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards held by executive officers and directors of IFH; |
• | the vesting of certain stock options held by certain IFH directors and executive officers in connection with a termination of service following the merger; |
• | the right to continued indemnification and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage; and |
• | that at the effective time of the merger, Marc McConnell will be appointed to the CBNK and Capital Bank boards of directors. |
• | the requisite CBNK vote and the requisite IFH vote having been obtained (see “The Merger Agreement—Meetings; Recommendation of CBNK’s and IFH’s Boards of Directors” beginning on page 131 for additional information regarding the “requisite CBNK vote” and the “requisite IFH vote”); |
• | the authorization for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, of the CBNK common stock to be issued in the merger; |
• | all requisite regulatory approvals having been obtained and remaining in full force and effect, and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof having expired or been terminated, without the imposition of any materially burdensome regulatory condition (see “The Merger—Regulatory Approvals” beginning on page 112 for additional information regarding the “requisite regulatory approvals” and the “materially burdensome regulatory condition”); |
• | the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus is a part, and the absence of any stop order (or proceedings for such purpose initiated or threatened and not withdrawn); |
• | no order, injunction or decree by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the merger, the bank merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement being in effect, and no statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree having been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any governmental entity which prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the merger; |
• | the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party contained in the merger agreement as of the date on which the merger agreement was entered into and as of the date on which the merger is completed, subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement (and the receipt by each party of an officers’ certificate from the other party to such effect); |
• | the calculation of the Adjusted Tangible Common Equity (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have become final and binding; |
• | the per share cash consideration shall not be less than $1.00, after accounting for any applicable adjustments; |
• | the performance by the other party in all material respects of all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the date on which the merger is completed (and the receipt by each party of an officers’ certificate from the other party to such effect); |
• | receipt by each party of an opinion of legal counsel to the effect that on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; |
• | since March 27, 2024, there shall not have occurred any fact, circumstance or event, individually or taken together with all other facts, circumstances or events that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on either party; |
• | the continued effectiveness of certain employment agreements between CBNK and employees of IFH (see “The Merger—Interests of IFH Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger” beginning on page 107 for additional information regarding such employment agreements); |
• | immediately prior to the closing, not more than ten (10%) of IFH common stock shall be held by persons who either have exercised, or are then entitled to exercise, appraisal rights under the NCBCA; and |
• | IFH shall have (i) received all necessary regulatory approvals to permit it to declare, pay and distribute the Special Dividend, and (ii) declared and distributed the Special Dividend, and the Special Dividend shall include all shares of common stock of Dogwood State Bank that Company has the right to acquire, whether by exercise of warrants or otherwise. |
• | by mutual written consent of CBNK and IFH; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH if any governmental entity that must grant a requisite regulatory approval has denied approval of the merger or the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and such denial has become final and nonappealable or any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction has issued a final and nonappealable order permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, unless the failure to obtain a requisite regulatory approval is due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate the merger agreement to perform or observe its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH if the merger has not been completed on or before June 27, 2025 (the “termination date”), unless the failure of the merger to be completed by such date is due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate the merger agreement to perform or observe its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH (provided that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, obligation, covenant or other agreement contained in the merger agreement) if there is a breach of any of the covenants or agreements or any of the representations or warranties (or any such representation or warranty ceases to be true) set forth in the merger agreement on the part of IFH, in the case of a termination by CBNK, or on the part of CBNK, in the case of a termination by IFH, which either individually or in the aggregate with all other breaches by such party (or failures of such representations and warranties to be true), would constitute, if occurring or continuing on the date the merger is completed, the failure of a closing condition of the terminating party and which is not cured within forty-five (45) days following written notice to the party committing such breach, or by its nature or timing cannot be cured during such period (or such fewer days as remain prior to the termination date); |
• | by CBNK, if, prior to the time the requisite IFH vote is obtained, (i) IFH or the IFH board of directors (A) submits the merger agreement to its shareholders without a recommendation for approval, or otherwise withdraws, qualifies or materially and adversely modifies (or publicly discloses its intention to withdraw, qualify or materially and adversely modify) its recommendation to approve the merger agreement, or approves or recommends to its shareholders an acquisition proposal other than the merger, (B) fails to |
• | by IFH, if prior to such time as the requisite CBNK vote is obtained, CBNK or the board of directors of CBNK (i) submits the merger agreement to its shareholders without a recommendation for approval, or otherwise withdraws or materially and adversely modifies (or publicly discloses its intention to withdraw or materially and adversely modify) its recommendation in favor of the merger agreement, or (ii) shall have breached its obligations related to shareholder approval and the CBNK board of directors’ recommendation; or |
• | (i) by CBNK, or by IFH provided that IFH shall not be in material breach of any of its obligations related to shareholder approval and the IFH board of directors’ recommendation, if the requisite IFH vote shall not have been obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the requisite IFH vote at the IFH annual meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof or (ii) by IFH, or by CBNK provided that CBNK shall not be in material breach of any of its obligations related to shareholder approval and the CBNK board of directors’ recommendation, if the requisite CBNK vote shall not have been obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the requisite CBNK vote at the CBNK special meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
• | the average of the per share closing prices of a share of CBNK common stock during the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the trading day prior to the determination date (which we refer to as the “CBNK market value”) is less than 82.5% of the average of the per share closing prices of a share of CBNK common stock during the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on March 27, 2024 (which we refer to as the “starting date”), the last trading day immediately preceding the date of the first public announcement of entry into the merger agreement (which we refer to as the “initial CBNK market value”); and |
• | the number obtained by dividing the CBNK market value by the initial CBNK market value (which we refer to as the “purchaser ratio”) is less than the number obtained by dividing the average of the closing prices of the NASDAQ Bank Index (BANK) for the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the trading day prior to the determination date (which we refer to as the “final index price”) by the average of the closing prices of the NASDAQ Bank Index (BANK) for the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the starting date and subtracting 0.175 from such quotient (which we refer to as the “index ratio”). |
• | the CBNK merger proposal; and |
• | the CBNK adjournment proposal. |
• | Proposal 1: the IFH merger proposal; |
• | Proposal 2: the election of two directors to the IFH board of directors; and |
• | Proposal 3: the IFH adjournment proposal. |
| | CBNK Common Stock | | | IFH Common Stock | | | Cash Consideration | | | Implied Value of One Share of IFH Common Stock | |
March 26, 2024 | | | $20.00 | | | $27.86 | | | $5.36 | | | $27.66 |
June 20, 2024 | | | $19.64 | | | $30.56 | | | $5.36 | | | $27.26 |
• | the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of the parties to terminate the definitive merger agreement between CBNK and IFH; |
• | the outcome of any legal proceedings instituted against CBNK or IFH; |
• | the possibility that the proposed transaction will not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals are not received or other conditions to the closing are not satisfied on a timely basis or at all, or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated (and the risk that required regulatory approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the proposed transaction); |
• | the ability of CBNK and IFH to meet expectations regarding the timing, completion and accounting and tax treatments of the proposed transaction; |
• | the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of the common stock of CBNK; |
• | the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction will not be realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of the two (2) companies or as a result of the state of the economy and competitive factors in the areas where CBNK and IFH do business; |
• | certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the parties’ ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; |
• | the possibility that the transaction may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; |
• | the possibility that subsequent federal legislative and regulatory action and reforms affecting the financial institutions industry may substantially impact the economic benefits of the proposed transaction; |
• | diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities; |
• | the possibility that the parties may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies in the merger within the expected timeframes or at all and to successfully integrate IFH’s operations and those of CBNK; |
• | such integration may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; |
• | revenues following the proposed transaction may be lower than expected; |
• | IFH’s and CBNK’s success in executing their respective business plans and strategies and managing the risks involved with the foregoing; |
• | the dilution caused by CBNK’s issuance of additional shares of its capital stock in connection with the proposed transaction; |
• | effects of the announcement, pendency or completion of the proposed transaction on the ability of CBNK and IFH to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers, and on their operating results and businesses generally; |
• | risks related to the potential impact of general economic, political and market factors on the companies or the proposed transaction and other factors that may affect future results of CBNK and IFH; |
• | uncertainty as to the effects of inflation on CBNK, IFH and the proposed transaction; and |
• | the impact of changing interest rates on IFH and CBNK. |
• | limit the combined company’s ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; |
• | restrict the combined company from making strategic acquisitions or cause the combined company to make non-strategic divestitures; |
• | restrict the combined company from paying dividends to its shareholders; |
• | increase the combined company’s vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions; and |
• | require a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on the combined company’s indebtedness, thereby reducing the combined company’s ability to use cash flows to fund its operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities. |
• | their employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles, which might adversely affect CBNK’s and IFH’s ability to retain and hire key personnel and other employees; |
• | customers, suppliers, business partners and other parties with which CBNK and IFH maintain business relationships may experience uncertainty about their future and seek alternative relationships with third parties, seek to alter their business relationships with CBNK and IFH or fail to extend an existing relationship with CBNK and IFH; and |
• | CBNK and IFH have each expended and will continue to expend significant costs, fees and expenses for professional services and transaction costs in connection with the proposed merger. |
• | The acquisition of IFH by CBNK under the provision of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations, where the assets and liabilities of IFH will be recorded by CBNK at their respective fair values as of the date the merger is completed; |
• | The distribution of shares of CBNK common stock and the cash consideration to IFH’s shareholders in exchange for shares of IFH common stock (based upon a 1.115 exchange ratio); |
• | Certain reclassifications to conform historical financial statement presentation of IFH to CBNK; and |
• | Direct transaction costs in connection with the merger. |
(in thousands except share data) | | | CBNK Historical | | | IFH Historical | | | IFH Adjustments (see Note 2) | | | Pro Forma Adjustments | | | | | Pro Forma Combined | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Cash and due from banks | | | $12,361 | | | $3,890 | | | $— | | | $— | | | | | $16,251 | |
Interest bearing deposits at other financial institutions | | | 72,787 | | | 26,467 | | | — | | | (2,618) | | | (a) | | | 96,636 |
Federal funds sold | | | 56 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 56 | |
Total cash and cash equivalents | | | 85,204 | | | 30,357 | | | — | | | (2,618) | | | | | 112,943 | |
Investment securities available for sale | | | 202,254 | | | 22,028 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 224,282 | |
Restricted investments | | | 4,441 | | | — | | | 1,224 | | | — | | | | | 5,665 | |
Marketable equity securities | | | — | | | 21,557 | | | | | (21,557) | | | (b) | | | — | |
Loans held for sale | | | 10,303 | | | 43,415 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 53,718 | |
Portfolio loans receivable, net of deferred fees and costs | | | 1,964,525 | | | 361,942 | | | — | | | (7,491) | | | (c) | | | 2,318,976 |
Less allowance for credit losses | | | (29,350) | | | (7,310) | | | — | | | (2,379) | | | (d) | | | (39,039) |
Total portfolio loans held for investment, net | | | 1,935,175 | | | 354,632 | | | — | | | (9,870) | | | | | 2,279,937 | |
Premises and equipment, net | | | 4,500 | | | 3,707 | | | 1,145 | | | 2,437 | | | (e) | | | 11,789 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 12,258 | | | 3,895 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 16,153 | |
Deferred tax asset | | | 12,311 | | | — | | | 621 | | | 2,538 | | | (h) | | | 15,470 |
Bank owned life insurance | | | 38,062 | | | 4,720 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 42,782 | |
Goodwill | | | — | | | 13,161 | | | — | | | (6,319) | | | (f) | | | 6,842 |
Intangible assets | | | — | | | 4,852 | | | — | | | 3,421 | | | (g) | | | 8,273 |
Loan servicing assets | | | — | | | 3,922 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 3,922 | |
Accounts receivable | | | 11,637 | | | — | | | 1,510 | | | — | | | | | 13,147 | |
Other assets | | | 8,093 | | | 11,991 | | | (4,500) | | | — | | | | | 15,584 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | | $2,324,238 | | | $518,237 | | | $— | | | $(31,968) | | | | | $2,810,507 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Deposits | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing | | | $665,812 | | | $73,523 | | | $— | | | $— | | | | | $739,335 | |
Interest-bearing | | | 1,339,883 | | | 325,036 | | | — | | | 321 | | | (i) | | | 1,665,240 |
Total deposits | | | 2,005,695 | | | 398,559 | | | — | | | 321 | | | | | 2,404,575 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | | | 22,000 | | | 10,000 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 32,000 | |
Other borrowed funds | | | 12,062 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 12,062 | |
Accrued interest payable | | | 6,009 | | | 1,008 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 7,017 | |
Other liabilities | | | 19,007 | | | 6,782 | | | — | | | 1,069 | | | (j) | | | 48,155 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | 21,297 | | | (l) | | | ||
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | | 2,064,773 | | | 416,349 | | | — | | | 22,687 | | | | | 2,503,809 | |
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Common Stock, voting | | | 139 | | | 2,324 | | | — | | | (2,324) | | | (k) | | | 165 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | 26 | | | (m) | | | ||
Common Stock, non voting | | | — | | | 22 | | | — | | | (22) | | | (k) | | | — |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 54,229 | | | 26,259 | | | — | | | (26,259) | | | (k) | | | 108,678 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | 54,449 | | | (m) | | | ||
Retained earnings | | | 218,731 | | | 75,617 | | | — | | | (75,617) | | | (k) | | | 211,488 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | (7,243) | | | (n) | | | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (13,634) | | | (2,334) | | | — | | | 2,334 | | | (k) | | | (13,634) |
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | 259,465 | | | 101,888 | | | — | | | (54,656) | | | | | 306,697 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | $2,324,238 | | | $518,237 | | | $— | | | $(31,968) | | | | | $2,810,507 |
(in thousands, except per share data) | | | CBNK Historical | | | IFH Historical | | | IFH Adjustments (see Note 2) | | | Pro Forma Adjustments | | | | | Pro Forma Combined | |
INTEREST INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Loans, including fees | | | $45,991 | | | $8,977 | | | $(30) | | | $468 | | | (a) | | | $55,406 |
Investment securities available for sale | | | 1,251 | | | — | | | 187 | | | 174 | | | (b) | | | 1,612 |
Federal funds sold and other | | | 1,127 | | | — | | | 346 | | | (253) | | | (c) | | | 1,220 |
Investment securities & deposits | | | — | | | 533 | | | (533) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Total interest income | | | 48,369 | | | 9,510 | | | (30) | | | 389 | | | | | 58,238 | |
INTEREST EXPENSE | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Deposits | | | 12,833 | | | 3,586 | | | 53 | | | 40 | | | (d) | | | 16,512 |
Borrowed funds | | | 528 | | | 79 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 607 | |
Total interest expense | | | 13,361 | | | 3,665 | | | 53 | | | 40 | | | | | 17,119 | |
NET INTEREST INCOME | | | 35,008 | | | 5,845 | | | (83) | | | 349 | | | | | 41,119 | |
Provision for credit losses | | | 2,727 | | | 400 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 3,127 | |
Provision for (release of) credit losses on unfunded commitments | | | 142 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 142 | |
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | | 32,139 | | | 5,445 | | | (83) | | | 349 | | | | | 37,850 | |
NONINTEREST INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Service charges on deposits | | | 207 | | | — | | | 26 | | | — | | | | | 233 | |
Credit card fees | | | 3,881 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 3,881 | |
Mortgage banking revenue | | | 1,453 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 1,453 | |
Government loan servicing and processing revenue | | | — | | | 2,942 | | | 30 | | | — | | | | | 2,972 | |
Government lending revenue | | | — | | | 514 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 514 | |
Loan servicing rights | | | — | | | (44) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (44) | |
Bank-owned life insurance | | | — | | | 33 | | | (33) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Other income | | | 431 | | | 72 | | | 7 | | | — | | | | | 510 | |
Total noninterest income | | | 5,972 | | | 3,517 | | | 30 | | | — | | | | | 9,519 | |
NONINTEREST EXPENSE | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Salaries and employee benefits | | | 12,907 | | | — | | | 4,517 | | | 14 | | | (i) | | | 17,438 |
Occupancy and equipment | | | 1,613 | | | 280 | | | 465 | | | 10 | | | (j) | | | 2,368 |
Professional fees | | | 1,947 | | | 306 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 2,253 | |
Data processing | | | 6,761 | | | 246 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 7,007 | |
Advertising | | | 2,032 | | | 62 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 2,094 | |
Loan processing | | | 371 | | | 477 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 848 | |
Intangible amortization expense | | | — | | | 166 | | | — | | | 152 | | | (h) | | | 318 |
Foreclosed real estate expenses (income), net | | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 1 | |
Merger-related expenses | | | 712 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 712 | |
Operational losses | | | 931 | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | 931 | ||
Compensation | | | — | | | 4,517 | | | (4,517) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Software | | | — | | | 465 | | | (465) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Director fees | | | — | | | 224 | | | (224) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Insurance expense | | | — | | | 208 | | | (208) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Communications | | | — | | | 60 | | | (60) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Other operating | | | 2,212 | | | 250 | | | 439 | | | — | | | | | 2,901 | |
Total noninterest expenses | | | 29,487 | | | 7,261 | | | (53) | | | 176 | | | (g) | | | 36,871 |
Income before income taxes | | | 8,624 | | | 1,701 | | | — | | | 173 | | | | | 10,498 | |
Income tax expense | | | 2,062 | | | 430 | | | — | | | 42 | | | (f) | | | 2,534 |
Net income | | | $6,562 | | | $1,271 | | | $— | | | $131 | | | | | $7,964 |
(in thousands, except per share data) | | | CBNK Historical | | | IFH Historical | | | IFH Adjustments (see Note 2) | | | Pro Forma Adjustments | | | | | Pro Forma Combined | |
INTEREST INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Loans, including fees | | | $174,760 | | | $31,008 | | | $— | | | $1,873 | | | (a) | | | $207,641 |
Investment securities available for sale | | | 4,815 | | | — | | | 638 | | | 697 | | | (b) | | | 6,150 |
Federal funds sold and other | | | 3,631 | | | — | | | 1,457 | | | (1,038) | | | (c) | | | 4,050 |
Investment securities & deposits | | | — | | | 2,095 | | | (2,095) | | | | | | | |||
Total interest income | | | 183,206 | | | 33,103 | | | — | | | 1,532 | | | | | 217,841 | |
INTEREST EXPENSE | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Deposits | | | 39,625 | | | 10,127 | | | 186 | | | (161) | | | (d) | | | 49,777 |
Borrowed funds | | | 2,055 | | | 261 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 2,316 | |
Total interest expense | | | 41,680 | | | 10,388 | | | 186 | | | (161) | | | | | 52,093 | |
NET INTEREST INCOME | | | 141,526 | | | 22,715 | | | (186) | | | 1,693 | | | | | 165,748 | |
Provision for credit losses | | | 9,610 | | | 1,245 | | | | | 2,741 | | | (e) | | | 13,596 | |
Provision for (release of) credit losses on unfunded commitments | | | (101) | | | — | | | (64) | | | — | | | | | (165) | |
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | | 132,017 | | | 21,470 | | | (122) | | | (1,048) | | | | | 152,317 | |
NONINTEREST INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Service charges on deposits | | | 964 | | | — | | | 261 | | | — | | | | | 1,225 | |
Credit card fees | | | 17,273 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 17,273 | |
Mortgage banking revenue | | | 4,896 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 4,896 | |
Government loan servicing and processing revenue | | | — | | | 11,058 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 11,058 | |
Government lending revenue | | | — | | | 7,746 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 7,746 | |
Loan servicing rights | | | — | | | 251 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 251 | |
Bank-owned life insurance | | | — | | | 742 | | | (742) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities | | | — | | | 1,615 | | | (1,615) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Other income | | | 1,842 | | | 3,354 | | | 2,096 | | | — | | | | | 7,292 | |
Total noninterest income | | | 24,975 | | | 24,766 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 49,741 | |
NONINTEREST EXPENSE | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Salaries and employee benefits | | | 48,754 | | | — | | | 19,946 | | | 50 | | | (i) | | | 68,750 |
Occupancy and equipment | | | 5,673 | | | 1,331 | | | 1,876 | | | 41 | | | (j) | | | 8,921 |
Professional fees | | | 9,270 | | | 2,001 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 11,271 | |
Data processing | | | 25,686 | | | 997 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 26,683 | |
Advertising | | | 6,161 | | | 629 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 6,790 | |
Loan processing | | | 1,633 | | | 1,930 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 3,563 | |
Merger-related expenses | | | — | | | 177 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 177 | |
Intangible amortization expense | | | — | | | 664 | | | — | | | 610 | | | (h) | | | 1,274 |
Foreclosed real estate expenses (income), net | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 7 | |
Operational losses | | | 4,613 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 4,613 | |
Outside service providers | | | 1,932 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 1,932 | |
Compensation | | | — | | | 19,946 | | | (19,946) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Software | | | — | | | 1,876 | | | (1,876) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Director fees | | | — | | | 704 | | | (704) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Insurance expense | | | — | | | 701 | | | (701) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Communications | | | — | | | 261 | | | (261) | | | — | | | | | — | |
Litigation settlement | | | — | | | (1,132) | | | 1,132 | | | — | | | | | — | |
Other operating | | | 7,038 | | | 1,177 | | | 412 | | | — | | | | | 8,627 | |
Total noninterest expenses | | | 110,767 | | | 31,262 | | | (122) | | | 701 | | | (g) | | | 142,608 |
(in thousands, except per share data) | | | CBNK Historical | | | IFH Historical | | | IFH Adjustments (see Note 2) | | | Pro Forma Adjustments | | | | | Pro Forma Combined | |
Income before income taxes | | | 46,225 | | | 14,974 | | | — | | | (1,749) | | | | | 59,450 | |
Income tax expense | | | 10,354 | | | 3,797 | | | — | | | (420) | | | (f) | | | 13,731 |
Net income before noncontrolling interest | | | 35,871 | | | 11,177 | | | — | | | (1,330) | | | | | 45,718 | |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | — | | | (47) | | | — | | | | | | | (47) | ||
Net income | | | $35,871 | | | $11,130 | | | $— | | | $(1,330) | | | | | $45,671 | |
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Basic | | | 14,002,556 | | | 2,224,846 | | | — | | | 390,385 | | | (k) | | | 16,617,787 |
Diluted | | | 14,080,547 | | | 2,265,987 | | | — | | | 352,285 | | | (k) | | | 16,698,819 |
Earnings per share: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Basic earnings per share | | | $2.56 | | | $5.00 | | | — | | | — | | | | | $2.75 | |
Diluted earnings per share | | | $2.55 | | | $4.91 | | | — | | | — | | | | | $2.73 |
IFH Historical Consolidated Balance Sheet | | | CBNK Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet | | | Reclassifications at March 31, 2024 |
(in thousands) | | | | | ||
Other Assets | | | $(4,500) | |||
| | Restricted investments | | | 1,224 | |
| | Premises and equipment, net | | | 1,145 | |
| | Deferred tax asset | | | 621 | |
| | Accounts receivable | | | 1,510 |
IFH Historical Consolidated Income Statement | | | CBNK Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Income Statement | | | Reclassifications for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | | | Reclassifications for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
(in thousands) | | | | | | | |||
Interest income: | | | | | | | |||
Loans, including fees | | | $(30) | | | $— | |||
Investment securities & deposits | | | (533) | | | (2,095) | |||
| | Investment securities available for sale | | | 187 | | | 638 | |
| | Federal funds sold and other | | | 346 | | | 1,457 | |
Interest expense: | | | | | | | |||
| | Deposits | | | 53 | | | 186 | |
Provision for credit losses: | | | | | | | |||
| | Provision for (release of) credit losses on unfunded commitments | | | — | | | (64) | |
Noninterest income: | | | | | | | |||
Bank-owned life insurance | | | (33) | | | (742) | |||
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities | | | — | | | (1,615) | |||
| | Government loan servicing and processing revenue | | | 30 | | | — | |
| | Service charges on deposits | | | 26 | | | 261 | |
| | Other income | | | 7 | | | 2,096 | |
Noninterest expense: | | | | | | | |||
Compensation | | | (4,517) | | | (19,946) | |||
Software | | | (465) | | | (1,876) | |||
Director fees | | | (224) | | | (704) | |||
Insurance expense | | | (208) | | | (701) | |||
Communications | | | (60) | | | (261) | |||
Litigation settlement | | | — | | | 1,132 | |||
| | Salaries and employee benefits | | | 4,517 | | | 19,946 | |
| | Occupancy and equipment | | | 465 | | | 1,876 | |
| | Other operating | | | 439 | | | 412 |
(In thousands, except per share data) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | 10% Increase | | | 10% Decrease |
IFH common shares | | | 2,345,499 | | | 2,345,499 | | | 2,345,499 |
Exchange ratio | | | 1.115 | | | 1.115 | | | 1.115 |
Number of CBNK common shares issued | | | 2,615,231 | | | 2,615,231 | | | 2,615,231 |
Multiplied by CBNK common share price on March 31, 2024 | | | $20.83 | | | $22.91 | | | $18.75 |
Value of CBNK common stock issued | | | $54,475 | | | $59,923 | | | $49,028 |
Plus cash consideration paid at close | | | $12,572 | | | $12,572 | | | $12,572 |
Plus fair value of IFH options converted | | | $1,688 | | | $1,971 | | | $1,405 |
Pro forma purchase price consideration | | | $68,735 | | | $74,466 | | | $63,005 |
Preliminary goodwill/ (bargain purchase gain) | | | $6,842 | | | $12,572 | | | $1,111 |
$ in thousands | | | |
Assets | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $25,863 |
Investment securities available for sale | | | 22,028 |
Equity securities | | | — |
Loans held for sale | | | 43,415 |
Total portfolio loans held for investment, net | | | 347,503 |
Premises and equipment, net | | | 6,144 |
Bank owned life insurance | | | 4,720 |
Accrued interest receivable and other assets | | | 29,959 |
Total assets | | | 479,632 |
Liabilities | | | |
Deposits | | | 398,880 |
Borrowings | | | 10,000 |
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities | | | 8,859 |
Total liabilities | | | 417,739 |
Net assets acquired | | | $61,893 |
(a) | reflect deferred tax liability to be paid attributable to the Dogwood State Bank special dividend distribution prior to the merger closing; |
(b) | eliminate IFH marketable securities held in Dogwood State Bank, which will be distributed in a pre-closing special dividend to IFH shareholders; |
(c) | reflect preliminary estimated fair value adjustment for non-PCD loans of ($2.7 million) including interest rate mark of ($8.6 million) and reversal of deferred loan fees of $3.8 million; |
(d) | reflect a preliminary estimated credit mark on PCD loans of $6.9 million, net of IFH existing ACL of ($7.3 million), and ACL established on IFH non-PCD loans of $2.7 million; |
(e) | reflect adjustments to premises and equipment to the preliminary estimated fair value; |
(f) | eliminate historical IFH goodwill of $13.2 million and record preliminary estimated goodwill associated with the merger of $6.8 million; |
(g) | reflect adjustments to core deposit intangible assets to the preliminary estimated fair value of $3.4 million; |
(h) | reflect the deferred tax asset created of $1.8 million from preliminary estimated fair value adjustments, and a deferred tax asset created from establishing the ACL for IFH non-PCD loans of $0.7 million; |
(i) | reflect adjustment to time deposits to the preliminary estimated fair value; |
(j) | reflect adjustments for preliminary estimate to establish mortgage repurchase reserve of $0.3 million, SBA repurchase reserve of $2.5 million, and $0.8 million deferred tax liability created from core deposit intangibles (less existing DTA customer list intangibles), offset by reduction of deferred tax liability attributable to the Dogwood State Bank special dividend distribution of ($2.6 million); |
(k) | eliminate historical IFH stockholders’ equity; |
(l) | reflect cash consideration of $5.36 per share to be paid plus buyer deal expenses net of taxes, plus seller deal expenses net of taxes; |
(m) | reflect issuance of CBNK common stock of $54.5 million; and |
(n) | reflect net impact of preliminary proforma adjustments, net of tax. |
(a) | net adjustments to interest and fees on loans of $0.5 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to reflect preliminary estimated accretion of the net discount on acquired loans receivable. The loan fair value adjustment is amortized using the straight-line method over four years; |
(b) | net adjustments to investment securities available for sale of $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to reflect preliminary estimated accretion from fair value mark on available-for-sale securities. The securities fair value adjustment is accreted using the straight-line method over four years; |
(c) | net adjustments to federal funds sold and other of $(0.3) million and $(1.0) million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to reflect preliminary estimated fair value mark on interest expense and cost of cash funding; |
(d) | net adjustments to deposit interest expense of $0.0 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to reflect preliminary estimated accretion from fair value mark on time deposits. The time deposit fair value adjustment is amortized over two years; |
(e) | net adjustment to provision for credit losses of $0.0 million and $(2.7) million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, expected to be recorded to reflect day 1 impact from non-PCD loans; |
(f) | record preliminary estimated tax expense or benefit on additional income or loss for the periods (assumes 24% tax rate); |
(g) | CBNK expects to incur significant merger charges related to professional fees, employee related costs, and other integration related charges, however, these are not reflected in the pro forma income statements; |
(h) | net adjustments to intangible amortization expense of $(0.2) million and $(0.6) million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to adjust preliminary estimated amortization of acquired core deposit intangible assets. Core deposit intangible assets fair value are amortized on a sum-of-years’-digits over 10 years; |
(i) | net adjustments to salaries & benefits of $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, to reflect preliminary estimated amortization of non-compete agreement costs; |
(j) | net adjustments to occupancy and equipment of $0.0 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2023, to reflect preliminary estimated depreciation from fair value adjustment to premises and equipment. Premises and equipment fair value is depreciated on a straight-line basis over 30 years; and |
(k) | net change in weighted-average shares outstanding for the elimination of IFH common shares and issuance of 2.6 million CBNK common shares, diluted proforma shares considers dilutive impact from options converted from IFH (81,032 options). |
Comparative Per Share Data | | | CBNK Historical | | | IFH Historical | | | Pro Forma Combined | | | Equivalent Pro Forma Per Share of IFH(1) |
Book Value | | | | | | | | | ||||
As of March 31, 2024 | | | $18.68 | | | $43.45 | | | $18.89 | | | $21.06 |
As of December 31, 2023 | | | $18.31 | | | $43.72 | | | $18.53 | | | $20.66 |
Cash Dividends Paid | | | | | | | | | ||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 | | | $0.08 | | | $— | | | $0.07 | | | $0.08 |
For the year ended December 31, 2023 | | | $0.28 | | | $— | | | $0.24 | | | $0.27 |
Basic Earnings | | | | | | | | | ||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 | | | $0.47 | | | $0.56 | | | $0.48 | | | $0.54 |
For the year ended December 31, 2023 | | | $2.56 | | | $5.00 | | | $2.75 | | | $3.06 |
Diluted Earnings | | | | | | | | | ||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 | | | $0.47 | | | $0.55 | | | $0.48 | | | $0.53 |
For the year ended December 31, 2023 | | | $2.55 | | | $4.91 | | | $2.73 | | | $3.05 |
(1) | The equivalent pro forma per share amounts of IFH were calculated by multiplying the pro forma combined amounts by the fixed exchange ratio of 1.115 shares of CBNK common stock for each share of IFH common stock. |
• | the CBNK merger proposal; and |
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Name of Beneficial Owner | | | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1) | | | Percentage of Class(2) |
Greater than 5% Shareholders | | | | | ||
Marc H. McConnell(3) c/o Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. 8450 Falls of Neuse Rd., Suite 202 Raleigh, NC 27615 | | | 175,301 | | | 7.54% |
Jeffrey K. Moore c/o Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. 8450 Falls of Neuse Rd., Suite 202 Raleigh, NC 27615 | | | 165,451 | | | 7.11% |
Tiburon Opportunity Fund LP(4) Bortel Investment Management 13313 Point Richmond Beach Rd NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332 | | | 161,772 | | | 6.96% |
Alliance Bernstein L.P.(4) 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 | | | 227,708 | | | 9.80% |
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Directors and Executive Officers | | | | | ||
Michael Breckheimer | | | 20,200 | | | * |
Steven E. Crouse | | | 16,900 | | | * |
Melissa D. Marsal | | | 38,840 | | | 1.66% |
Marc H. McConnell(3) | | | 175,301 | | | 7.54% |
Jeffrey K. Moore | | | 165,451 | | | 7.11% |
Randall C. Ramsey | | | 32,664 | | | 1.40% |
A. Riddick Skinner | | | 46,409 | | | 1.99% |
Joseph T. Snyder(5) | | | 47,400 | | | 2.04% |
Jimmy E. Stallings(6) | | | 38,209 | | | 1.64% |
Sandra Warren(7) | | | 37,450 | | | 1.61% |
David Wicklund | | | 21,500 | | | * |
All directors and executive officers as a group (11 persons) | | | 640,324 | | | 26.84% |
* | Indicates beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock. |
(1) | Included in the beneficial ownership tabulations are the following shares underlying options to purchase shares of common stock of IFH that were outstanding and exercisable as of May 2, 2024 (or will become exercisable within 60 days of such date): Mr. Breckheimer — 5,450 shares; Mr. Crouse — 3,900 shares; Ms. Marsal — 13,250 shares; Mr. McConnell — 1,500 shares; Dr. Moore — 3,600 shares; Mr. Ramsey — 3,600 shares; Mr. Skinner — 10,050 shares; Mr. Snyder — 1,700 shares; Mr. Stallings — 11,100 shares; Ms. Warren — 6,600 shares; Mr. Wicklund — 2,101 shares; and for all directors and executive officers as a group — 62,851 shares. |
(2) | The calculation of the percentage of class beneficially owned by each person and the group is based on the sum of (i) a total of 2,322,659 shares of voting common stock outstanding as of June 20, 2024, and (ii) options to purchase shares of common stock which are exercisable as of or within 60 days of such date by such person or the group. |
(3) | Ownership listed for Mr. McConnell includes 119,001 shares owned by McConnell Legacy Investments, LLC and 1,000 shares owned by his children. |
(4) | Based on ownership information provided by such shareholder as of April 30, 2024. |
(5) | Ownership listed for Mr. Snyder includes 32,500 shares held by a trust for which he is trustee. |
(6) | Ownership listed for Mr. Stallings includes 12,903 shares held jointly with, and 6,662 shares owned individually by, his spouse. |
(7) | Ownership listed for Ms. Warren includes 7,071 shares owned individually by Ms. Warren’s spouse. |
| | For the three-months ended March 31, 2024 | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | | | Average Amount | | | Interest | | | Average Rate | | | Average Amount | | | Interest | | | Average Rate | | | Average Amount | | | Interest | | | Average Rate |
Loans, net of allowance | | | $406,982 | | | $8,977 | | | 8.85% | | | $369,318 | | | $31,008 | | | 8.40% | | | $314,400 | | | $23,479 | | | 7.47% |
Investment securities | | | 22,233 | | | 203 | | | 3.65% | | | 18,554 | | | 514 | | | 2.77% | | | 19,877 | | | 362 | | | 1.82% |
Other interest-earnings assets | | | 31,622 | | | 330 | | | 4.19% | | | 27,734 | | | 1,582 | | | 5.70% | | | 35,108 | | | 557 | | | 1.59% |
Total interest-earning assets | | | 460,837 | | | 9,510 | | | 8.28% | | | 415,606 | | | 33,104 | | | 7.97% | | | 369,385 | | | 24,398 | | | 6.61% |
Other assets | | | 64,365 | | | | | | | 66,277 | | | | | | | 66,068 | | | | | ||||||
Total assets | | | $525,202 | | | | | | | $481,883 | | | | | | | $435,453 | | | | | ||||||
Deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||||
Interest-bearing checking accounts | | | $6,430 | | | 34 | | | 2.12% | | | $7,408 | | | 146 | | | 1.97% | | | $10,638 | | | $76 | | | 0.71% |
Money markets | | | 27,563 | | | 189 | | | 2.75% | | | 30,369 | | | 753 | | | 2.48% | | | 47,561 | | | 280 | | | 0.59% |
Savings | | | 10,816 | | | 18 | | | 0.67% | | | 11,527 | | | 76 | | | 0.66% | | | 12,803 | | | 24 | | | 0.19% |
Time deposits | | | 289,356 | | | 3,345 | | | 4.64% | | | 239,468 | | | 9,152 | | | 3.82% | | | 160,245 | | | 1,932 | | | 1.21% |
Borrowings | | | 5,714 | | | 79 | | | 5.55% | | | 5,204 | | | 261 | | | 5.02% | | | 6,504 | | | 130 | | | 2.00% |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | 339,879 | | | 3,665 | | | 4.33% | | | 293,976 | | | 10,388 | | | 3.53% | | | 237,751 | | | 2,442 | | | 1.03% |
Noninterest-bearing deposits | | | 75,236 | | | | | | | 101,833 | | | | | | | 72,709 | | | | | ||||||
Other liabilities | | | 8,915 | | | | | | | (7,059) | | | | | | | 36,484 | | | | | ||||||
Shareholders equity | | | 101,172 | | | | | | | 93,133 | | | | | | | 88,509 | | | | | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity | | | $525,202 | | | | | | | $481,883 | | | | | | | $435,453 | | | | | ||||||
Net interest income/interest rate spread (taxable-equivalent basis) | | | | | $5,845 | | | 3.95% | | | | | $ 22,716 | | | 4.43% | | | | | $21,956 | | | 5.58% | |||
Net interest margin (taxable-equivalent basis) | | | | | | | 5.09% | | | | | | | 5.47% | | | | | | | 5.94% | ||||||
Ratio of interest-bearing assets to interest-bearing liabilities | | | 135.59% | | | | | | | 141.37% | | | | | | | 155.37% | | | | |
| | Year Ended December 31, 2023 vs. 2022 | |||||||
| | Increase (Decrease) Due to | |||||||
| | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
| | (In thousands) | |||||||
Interest income | | | | | | | |||
Loans, net of allowance | | | $4,101 | | | $3,428 | | | $7,529 |
Investment securities | | | (24) | | | 176 | | | 152 |
Other interest-earnings assets | | | (117) | | | 1,142 | | | 1,025 |
Total interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) | | | 3,960 | | | 4,746 | | | 8,706 |
Interest expense | | | | | | | |||
Deposits: | | | | | | | |||
Interest-bearing checking accounts | | | (23) | | | 93 | | | 70 |
Money markets | | | (101) | | | 574 | | | 473 |
Savings | | | (2) | | | 54 | | | 52 |
Time deposits | | | 955 | | | 6,265 | | | 7,220 |
Borrowings | | | (26) | | | 157 | | | 131 |
Total interest expense | | | 803 | | | 7,143 | | | 7,946 |
Net interest income increase | | | $3,157 | | | $(2,397) | | | $760 |
| | Three months ended March 31, | | | Year ended March 31, | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Allowance at beginning of period | | | $6,936 | | | $6,709 | | | $6,709 | | | $5,547 |
Adjustment for CECL implementation | | | — | | | (907) | | | (907) | | | — |
| | 6,936 | | | 5,802 | | | 5,802 | | | 5,547 | |
Provision for credit losses | | | 400 | | | 585 | | | 1,245 | | | 810 |
Loans charged off | | | | | | | | | ||||
Commercial real estate | | | 101 | | | 69 | | | 69 | | | 49 |
Commercial and industrial | | | — | | | 324 | | | 484 | | | 419 |
Total charge-offs | | | 101 | | | 393 | | | 553 | | | 468 |
Recoveries of loans previously charged off | | | | | | | | | ||||
Commercial real estate | | | 38 | | | 14 | | | 379 | | | 556 |
Commercial and industrial | | | 37 | | | 3 | | | 63 | | | 264 |
Total recoveries | | | 75 | | | 17 | | | 442 | | | 820 |
Net chargeoffs (recoveries) | | | 26 | | | 376 | | | 111 | | | (352) |
Balance end of period | | | $7,310 | | | $6,011 | | | $6,936 | | | $6,709 |
| | Three months ended March 31, | | | Year ended March 31, | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans | | | 41% | | | 134% | | | 43% | | | 147% |
Allowance for credit losses to end of period loans | | | 1.80% | | | 1.68% | | | 1.73% | | | 2.00% |
Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding | | | 0.03% | | | 0.44% | | | 0.03% | | | -0.11% |
| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Government loan servicing and processing revenue | | | $2,942 | | | $2,439 | | | $11,058 | | | $9,694 |
Changes in fair value in marketable equity securities | | | — | | | 1,998 | | | 1,615 | | | 5,994 |
Mortgage revenue | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,815 |
Government lending revenue | | | 514 | | | 904 | | | 7,746 | | | 8,199 |
Bank-owned life insurance | | | 33 | | | 555 | | | 742 | | | 111 |
Loan servicing rights | | | (44) | | | (110) | | | 251 | | | (278) |
Other noninterest income | | | 72 | | | 809 | | | 3,354 | | | 2,748 |
Total noninterest income | | | $3,517 | | | $6,595 | | | $24,766 | | | $28,283 |
| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Compensation | | | $4,517 | | | $5,581 | | | $19,946 | | | $26,380 |
Occupancy and equipment | | | 280 | | | 344 | | | 1,331 | | | 1,303 |
Loan related expenses | | | 477 | | | 293 | | | 1,930 | | | 1,949 |
Data processing expense | | | 246 | | | 265 | | | 997 | | | 1,055 |
Advertising expense | | | 62 | | | 248 | | | 629 | | | 998 |
Insurance expense | | | 208 | | | 151 | | | 701 | | | 570 |
Professional fees | | | 306 | | | 448 | | | 2,001 | | | 1,926 |
Software | | | 465 | | | 469 | | | 1,876 | | | 1,778 |
Communications | | | 60 | | | 78 | | | 261 | | | 349 |
Directors fees | | | 224 | | | 218 | | | 704 | | | 750 |
Intangible amortization expense | | | 166 | | | 166 | | | 664 | | | 679 |
Merger related expense | | | — | | | 116 | | | 177 | | | 753 |
Litigation settlement | | | — | | | (550) | | | (1,132) | | | 10,000 |
Other noninterest expense | | | 250 | | | 650 | | | 1,177 | | | 2,282 |
Total noninterest expense | | | $7,261 | | | $8,477 | | | $31,262 | | | $50,772 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $106 | | | $2 | | | $— | | | $108 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 24,531 | | | 79 | | | 3,032 | | | 21,578 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 346 | | | — | | | 4 | | | 342 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $24,983 | | | $81 | | | $3,036 | | | $22,028 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $107 | | | $2 | | | $— | | | $109 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 24,875 | | | — | | | 2,683 | | | 22,192 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 370 | | | — | | | 3 | | | 367 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $25,352 | | | $2 | | | $2,686 | | | $22,668 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $180 | | | $3 | | | $— | | | $183 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 20,007 | | | — | | | 2,908 | | | 17,099 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 437 | | | 2 | | | 7 | | | 430 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $20,624 | | | $5 | | | $2,915 | | | $17,712 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | March 31, 2023 |
Marketable equity securities gains | | | $— | | | $1,998 |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | | | December 31, 2022 |
Marketable equity security gains | | | $1,615 | | | $5,994 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $1,928 | | | $45 | | | $15,540 | | | $2,987 | | | $17,468 | | | $3,032 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | — | | | — | | | 342 | | | 4 | | | 342 | | | 4 |
Total | | | $1,928 | | | $45 | | | $15,882 | | | $2,991 | | | $17,810 | | | $3,036 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,241 | | | $2,649 | | | $22,192 | | | $2,683 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | $— | | | $— | | | $367 | | | $3 | | | $367 | | | $3 |
Total | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,608 | | | $2,652 | | | $22,559 | | | $2,686 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $5,883 | | | $630 | | | $11,216 | | | $2,278 | | | $17,099 | | | $2,908 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 430 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 430 | | | 7 |
Total | | | $6,313 | | | $637 | | | $11,216 | | | $2,278 | | | $17,529 | | | $2,915 |
| | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Commercial | | | $222,888 | | | 62% | | | $227,130 | | | 63% | | | $187,354 | | | 63% |
Real Estate: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate | | | 86,174 | | | 24% | | | 76,715 | | | 22% | | | 71,711 | | | 24% |
Residential real estate | | | 51,686 | | | 14% | | | 54,864 | | | 15% | | | 40,005 | | | 13% |
Consumer | | | 18 | | | 0% | | | 22 | | | 0% | | | 44 | | | 0% |
Total gross loans | | | 360,766 | | | 100% | | | 358,731 | | | 100% | | | 299,114 | | | 100% |
Net deferred loan costs | | | 1,176 | | | | | 998 | | | | | 1,650 | | | |||
Allowance for loan losses | | | (7,310) | | | | | (6,936) | | | | | (6,709) | | | |||
Loans held for investment, net | | | $354,632 | | | | | $352,793 | | | | | $294,055 | | |
| | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, | ||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | |||
Nonaccrual loans | | | $17,747 | | | $16,302 | | | $4,553 |
Foreclosed assets | | | — | | | 101 | | | 101 |
Loan 90 days past due still accruing | | | — | | | — | | | — |
| | | | | | ||||
Total nonperforming assets | | | $17,747 | | | $16,403 | | | $4,654 |
| | | | | | ||||
Total loans held for investment, gross | | | $360,766 | | | $358,731 | | | $299,114 |
Nonaccrual loans to total loans | | | 4.92% | | | 4.57% | | | 1.56% |
Nonaccrual loans to total assets | | | 4.06% | | | 3.62% | | | 1.20% |
(in thousands) | | | Three-month period March 31, 2024 | | | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | | | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Balance | | | Weighted Average Rate | | | Balance | | | Weighted Average Rate | | | Balance | | | Weighted Average Rate | ||
Interest-bearing checking | | | $6,255 | | | 0.43% | | | $6,560 | | | 0.28% | | | $8,954 | | | 0.26% |
Money markets | | | 26,825 | | | 2.67% | | | 29,265 | | | 2.50% | | | 36,660 | | | 2.05% |
Savings accounts | | | 10,878 | | | 0.66% | | | 10,815 | | | 0.64% | | | 12,013 | | | 0.60% |
Time deposits | | | 281,078 | | | 4.65% | | | 298,844 | | | 4.62% | | | 149,246 | | | 2.15% |
Total Interest-bearing liabilities | | | 325,036 | | | 4.28% | | | 345,484 | | | 4.23% | | | 206,873 | | | 1.96% |
Non-interest bearing | | | 73,523 | | | 0.00% | | | 90,195 | | | 0.00% | | | 106,255 | | | 0.00% |
Total deposits | | | $398,559 | | | 3.49% | | | $435,679 | | | 3.35% | | | $313,128 | | | 1.29% |
| | December 31, | ||||
March 31, 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
| | (in thousands) | ||||
$47,848 | | | $61,388 | | | $60,452 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | Weighted Rate |
Three months or less | | | $22,132 | | | 4.56% |
Over three through six months | | | 39,790 | | | 5.03% |
Over six months through twelve months | | | 65,222 | | | 4.95% |
Over twelve months through twenty-four months | | | 19,463 | | | 4.72% |
Over twenty-four months | | | 1,542 | | | 1.76% |
| | $148,149 | | | 4.85% |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | Weighted Rate |
Three months or less | | | $— | | | 0.00% |
Over three through six months | | | — | | | 0.00% |
Over six months through twelve months | | | 29,929 | | | 3.23% |
Over twelve months through twenty-four months | | | 25,179 | | | 3.09% |
Over twenty-four months | | | 77,821 | | | 5.33% |
| | $132,929 | | | 4.43% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $61,509 | | | 15.34% | | | $42,115 | | | 10.50% | | | $40,109 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 56,467 | | | 14.08% | | | 34,093 | | | 8.50% | | | 32,087 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 56,467 | | | 14.08% | | | 28,077 | | | 7.00% | | | 26,071 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 56,467 | | | 11.90% | | | 18,986 | | | 4.00% | | | 23,732 | | | 5.00% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $60,516 | | | 15.37% | | | $41,333 | | | 10.50% | | | $39,365 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 33,460 | | | 8.50% | | | 31,492 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 27,556 | | | 7.00% | | | 25,587 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 55,571 | | | 12.01% | | | 18,509 | | | 4.00% | | | 23,136 | | | 5.00% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $49,549 | | | 13.73% | | | $37,888 | | | 10.50% | | | $36,084 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 45,012 | | | 12.47% | | | 30,671 | | | 8.50% | | | 28,867 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 45,012 | | | 12.47% | | | 25,259 | | | 7.00% | | | 23,454 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 45,012 | | | 11.58% | | | 15,554 | | | 4.00% | | | 19,442 | | | 5.00% |
| | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, | ||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | |||
Commitments to make loans and unused lines of credit | | | $78,148 | | | $73,414 | | | $76,081 |
Hypothetical shift in interest rates (in bps) | | | Net Interest Income | |||||||||
| January 31, 2024 | | | January 31, 2023 | ||||||||
| Amount | | | % Change | | | Amount | | | % Change | ||
(dollars in thousands) | | | | | | | | | ||||
200 | | | $19,224 | | | 10.64% | | | $21,750 | | | 15.19% |
100 | | | 18,159 | | | 4.51% | | | 20,350 | | | 7.78% |
0 | | | 17,375 | | | 0.00% | | | 18,882 | | | 0.00% |
(100) | | | 16,981 | | | -2.26% | | | 17,160 | | | -9.12% |
(200) | | | 16,672 | | | -4.04% | | | 15,468 | | | -18.08% |
• | each of CBNK’s and IFH’s business, operations, financial condition, asset quality, earnings, markets and prospects; |
• | the strategic rationale for the merger, including facilitating the expansion of CBNK’s government guaranteed lending business, including SBA and USDA originations and servicing; |
• | the opening of potential new markets for CBNK in Chicago, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Indiana; |
• | the current and prospective environment in the financial services industry, including economic conditions and the interest rate and regulatory environments, the accelerating pace of technological change in the financial services industry, operating costs resulting from regulatory and compliance mandates, scale and marketing expenses, increasing competition from both banks and non-bank financial and financial technology firms and current financial market conditions |
• | the compatibility of CBNK’s and IFH’s cultures and philosophies; |
• | the complementary nature of the products, customers and markets of the two companies, which CBNK believes should provide the opportunity to mitigate risks and increase potential returns; |
• | the benefits and opportunities IFH will bring to CBNK, including enhanced scale and product offerings, which should improve the ability of the combined company to attract and retain talent and customers; |
• | the anticipated pro forma financial impact of the merger on CBNK, including potential tangible book value accretion, as well as positive impact on earnings, return on equity, asset quality, liquidity and regulatory capital levels; |
• | the expectation of cost synergies resulting from the merger, which will enable, among other things, increased investment in technology, infrastructure and revenue producing aspects of the combined bank. |
• | the expectation that the merger will offer potentially significant revenue synergies across business lines – in particular through the ability to grow IFH’s government guaranteed lending business with a larger balance sheet – and the fact that such revenue synergies were identified but not included in the financial analysis; |
• | the expectation that IFH will contribute meaningful fee income to pro forma revenue mix, de-risking exposure to interest rate risk and generating earnings on a capital efficient basis; |
• | the expectation that IFH’s revenue mix is largely commercial, diversifying the combined company’s revenue mix; |
• | its review and discussions with CBNK’s senior management concerning CBNK’s due diligence examination of, among other areas, the operations, financial condition and regulatory compliance programs and prospects of IFH; |
• | its understanding that CBNK’s shareholders would own approximately eighty four percent (84%) of the combined company’s common stock; |
• | the fact that the exchange ratio is fixed, with no adjustment in the stock consideration to be received by IFH shareholders as a result of possible increases or decreases in the trading price of IFH or CBNK stock following the announcement of the merger, which the CBNK board of directors believed was consistent with market practice for transactions of this type and with the strategic purpose of the transaction; |
• | the opinion, dated March 27, 2024, of Stephens to CBNK’s board of directors as to the fairness, from a financial point of view and as of the date of the opinion, to CBNK of the consideration to be given by CBNK in the proposed merger, as more fully described below under “The Merger—Opinion of CBNK’s Financial Advisor”; |
• | its review with CBNK’s outside legal counsel of the material terms of the merger agreement, including the representations, warranties, covenants, deal protection and termination provisions; |
• | its expectation that the required regulatory approvals could be obtained in a timely fashion; |
• | the fact that CBNK’s shareholders will have the opportunity to vote to approve the merger agreement; |
• | the fact that all but one of the directors of the combined company would be the current members of the CBNK board of directors; |
• | the fact that the current executive officers of CBNK would continue as executive officers of the combined company; and |
• | the execution of employment agreements with certain key employees of IFH in connection with the merger, which the CBNK board of directors believes is important to enhancing the likelihood that the strategic benefits that CBNK expects to achieve as a result of the merger will be realized. |
• | the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the transaction will not be realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or difficulties arising from, the integration of the two (2) companies or as a result of the state of the economy, general market conditions and competitive factors in the areas where CBNK and IFH operate businesses; |
• | the costs to be incurred in connection with the merger and the integration of IFH’s and CBNK’s respective businesses and the possibility that the transaction and the integration may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; |
• | the possibility of encountering difficulties in achieving anticipated cost savings and synergies in the amounts currently estimated or within the time frame currently contemplated; |
• | the possibility of encountering difficulties in successfully integrating the businesses, operations and workforces of CBNK and IFH; |
• | the risk of losing key CBNK or IFH employees during the pendency of the merger and following the closing; |
• | the possible diversion of management focus and resources from the operation of CBNK’s business while working to implement the transaction and integrate the two (2) companies; |
• | the risk that, because the exchange ratio under the merger agreement would not be adjusted for changes in the market price of CBNK common stock or IFH common stock, the value of the shares of CBNK common stock to be issued to IFH shareholders upon the completion of the merger could be significantly more than the value of such shares immediately prior to the announcement of the parties’ entry into the merger agreement; |
• | the risk that the regulatory and other approvals required in connection with the merger may not be received in a timely manner or at all or may impose conditions that may adversely affect the anticipated operations, synergies and financial results of CBNK following the completion of the merger; |
• | the potential for legal claims challenging the merger; and |
• | the other risks described under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” |
(i) | reviewed certain publicly available financial statements and reports regarding the Company and the Counterparty; |
(ii) | reviewed certain audited financial statements regarding the Company and the Counterparty; |
(iii) | reviewed certain internal financial statements, management reports and other financial and operating data concerning the Company and the Counterparty prepared by management of the Company and management of the Counterparty, respectively; |
(iv) | reviewed, on a pro forma basis, in reliance upon financial projections and other information and assumptions concerning the Company and the Counterparty provided by management of the Company and upon consensus research estimates concerning the Company, the effect of the proposed acquisition on the balance sheet, capitalization ratios, earnings and tangible book value both in the aggregate and, where applicable, on a per share basis of the Company; |
(v) | reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the common stock of the Company and the Counterparty; |
(vi) | compared the financial performance of the Company and the Counterparty with that of certain other publicly-traded companies (including, for avoidance of doubt, but not limited to, certain companies traded on OTCQX) and their securities that Stephens deemed relevant to Stephens’ analysis of the proposed acquisition; |
(vii) | reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of certain merger or acquisition transactions that Stephens deemed relevant to Stephens’ analysis of the proposed acquisition; |
(viii) | reviewed the then most recent draft of the merger agreement and related documents provided to Stephens by the Company; |
(ix) | discussed with management of the Company and management of the Counterparty the operations of and future business prospects for the Company and the Counterparty, respectively and the anticipated financial consequences of the proposed acquisition to the Company and the Counterparty, respectively; |
(x) | assisted in the Company’s deliberations regarding the material terms of the proposed acquisition and the Company’s negotiations with the Counterparty; and |
(xi) | performed such other analyses and provided such other services as Stephens deemed appropriate. |
(i) | the proposed acquisition and any related transactions will be consummated on the terms of the latest draft of the merger agreement provided to Stephens, without material waiver or modification; |
(ii) | the representations and warranties of each party in the merger agreement and in all related documents and instruments referred to in the merger agreement are true and correct; |
(iii) | each party to the merger agreement and all related documents will perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed by such party under such documents; |
(iv) | all conditions to the completion of the proposed acquisition will be satisfied within the time frames contemplated by the merger agreement without any waivers; |
(v) | that in the course of obtaining the necessary regulatory, lending or other consents or approvals (contractual or otherwise) for the proposed acquisition and any related transactions, no restrictions, including any divestiture requirements or amendments or modifications, will be imposed that would have a material adverse effect on the contemplated benefits of the proposed acquisition to the Company; |
(vi) | there has been no material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company or the Counterparty since the date of the most recent financial statements made available to Stephens, and that no legal, political, economic, regulatory or other development has occurred that will adversely impact the Company or the Counterparty; and |
(vii) | the proposed acquisition will be consummated in a manner that complies with applicable law and regulations. |
Transaction Value / Adjusted Tangible Book Value(1): | | | 1.08x |
Transaction Value / Last Twelve Months (“LTM”) Core Earnings(2): | | | 8.9x |
Core Deposit Premium(3): | | | 2.0% |
(1) | Tangible common equity adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank, and an estimated after-tax litigation settlement of ($0.3) million. |
(2) | LTM Core Earnings based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax non-recurring items, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
(3) | Core deposit premium calculated using tangible common equity adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank and an estimated after-tax litigation settlement of ($0.3) million; and deposits less time deposits greater than $100K. |
• | Peoples Financial Corporation |
• | OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. |
• | Jeffersonville Bancorp |
• | First Berlin Bancorp, Inc. |
• | U & I Financial Corp. |
• | Bank of San Francisco |
• | First Resource Bancorp, Inc. |
• | FinWise Bancorp |
• | First Bancshares, inc. |
• | Lumbee Guaranty Bank |
• | Redwood Capital Bancorp |
• | blueharbor bank |
• | Community Bancorp of Santa Maria |
• | Infinity Bancorp |
• | CMUV Bancorp |
| | Counterparty | | | 25th Percentile | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Total Assets ($M) | | | $548 | | | $474 | | | $586 | | | $631 |
TCE / TA | | | 15.5% | | | 8.7% | | | 9.6% | | | 11.6% |
Loans / Deposits | | | 91.8% | | | 95.3% | | | 90.0% | | | 72.4% |
Nonint Bearing Deposits/Deposits | | | 20.7% | | | 25.7% | | | 29.4% | | | 32.5% |
NPA / Assets(1) | | | 3.00% | | | 0.42% | | | 0.14% | | | 0.02% |
MRQ Cost of Deposits | | | 3.29% | | | 2.23% | | | 1.61% | | | 0.95% |
3 | Net income after taxes and before extraordinary items, less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, gain on the sale of held to maturity and available for sale securities, amortization of intangibles, goodwill and nonrecurring items. |
| | Counterparty | | | 25th Percentile | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
MRQ Fee Income/Operating Revenues | | | 44.7% | | | 5.8% | | | 9.7% | | | 14.6% |
MRQ Efficiency Ratio | | | 65.6% | | | 62.7% | | | 58.3% | | | 53.2% |
LTM Core ROAA(2) | | | 1.55% | | | 1.12% | | | 1.21% | | | 1.39% |
LTM Core ROATCE(2) | | | 10.0% | | | 11.8% | | | 13.8% | | | 15.6% |
Market Cap ($M) | | | $65 | | | $34 | | | $41 | | | $60 |
Price / Tangible Book Value | | | 0.78x | | | 0.79x | | | 0.89x | | | 0.98x |
Price / MRQ EPS | | | 5.7x | | | 6.3x | | | 8.2x | | | 9.9x |
Price / LTM EPS | | | 5.7x | | | 5.8x | | | 7.3x | | | 8.0x |
Dividend Yield | | | 0.0% | | | 0.0% | | | 1.5% | | | 2.8% |
(1) | NPA / Assets excludes restructured loans from nonperforming assets. |
(2) | LTM Core earnings per S&P Global Market Intelligence for peers – defined as net income after taxes and before extraordinary items, less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, gain on the sale of held to maturity and available for sale securities, amortization of intangibles, goodwill and nonrecurring items – and for the Counterparty, it’s based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax non-recurring items, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
• | Northeast Bank |
• | The First Bancorp, Inc. |
• | PCB Bancorp |
• | Macatawa Bank Corporation |
• | Unity Bancorp, Inc. |
• | BayCom Corp |
• | Citizens & Northern Corporation |
• | Orange County Bancorp, Inc. |
• | Southern States Bancshares, Inc. |
• | Central Valley Community Bancorp |
• | ACNB Corporation |
• | OP Bancorp |
4 | Net income after taxes and before extraordinary items, less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, gain on the sale of held to maturity and available for sale securities, amortization of intangibles, goodwill and nonrecurring items. |
• | MainStreet Bancshares, inc. |
• | Pakre Bancorp, Inc. |
• | Oak Valley Bancorp |
• | Middlefield Banc Corp. |
• | Bank7 Corp. |
• | Virginia National Bankshares Corp. |
• | Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. |
• | Plumas Bancorp |
| | Company | | | 25th Percentile | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Total Assets ($M) | | | $2,226 | | | $1,838 | | | $2,426 | | | $2,559 |
TCE / TA | | | 11.4% | | | 8.4% | | | 8.9% | | | 10.0% |
Loans / Deposits | | | 100.8% | | | 99.8% | | | 88.9% | | | 78.3% |
Nonint Bearing Deposits/Deposits | | | 32.6% | | | 21.8% | | | 26.7% | | | 30.5% |
NPA / Assets(1) | | | 0.72% | | | 0.51% | | | 0.23% | | | 0.07% |
MRQ Cost of Deposits | | | 2.50% | | | 2.94% | | | 1.85% | | | 1.33% |
MRQ Fee Income/Operating Revenues | | | 14.5% | | | 8.4% | | | 12.1% | | | 18.9% |
MRQ Efficiency Ratio | | | 65.9% | | | 61.4% | | | 57.5% | | | 47.9% |
LTM Core ROAA(2) | | | 1.64% | | | 1.12% | | | 1.33% | | | 1.64% |
LTM Core ROATCE(2) | | | 14.9% | | | 13.2% | | | 16.1% | | | 18.4% |
Market Cap ($M) | | | $278 | | | $195 | | | $226 | | | $262 |
Price / Tangible Book Value | | | 1.09x | | | 1.01x | | | 1.19x | | | 1.34x |
Price / MRQ EPS | | | 7.7x | | | 7.3x | | | 8.4x | | | 10.4x |
Price / LTM EPS | | | 7.8x | | | 7.1x | | | 7.9x | | | 8.9x |
Price / 2024 EPS | | | 8.3x | | | 7.4x | | | 8.5x | | | 10.2x |
Price / 2025 EPS | | | 7.5x | | | 6.9x | | | 7.5x | | | 8.8x |
Dividend Yield | | | 1.6% | | | 2.0% | | | 3.0% | | | 4.3% |
(1) | NPA / Assets excludes restructured loans from nonperforming assets. |
(2) | LTM Core earnings per S&P Global Market Intelligence for peers – defined as net income after taxes and before extraordinary items, less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, gain on the sale of held to maturity and available for sale securities, amortization of intangibles, goodwill and nonrecurring items. |
• | First National Corp./Touchstone Bankshares (3/25/2024) |
• | Southern States Bancshares, Inc./CBB Bancorp (2/28/2024) |
• | Dogwood State Bank/Community First Bancorporation (2/1/2024) |
• | Princeton Bancorp, Inc./Cornerstone Financial Corporation (1/18/2024) |
• | First Busey Corporation/Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Corporation (11/27/2023) |
• | Glacier Bancorp, Inc./Community Financial Group, Inc. (Spokane, WA) (8/8/2023) |
• | LCNB Corp./Cincinnati Bancorp, Inc. (5/18/2023) |
• | Bancorp 34, Inc./CBOA Financial, Inc. (4/27/2023) |
• | Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc./Brunswick Bancorp (12/20/2022) |
• | Summit Financial Group, Inc./PSB Holding Corp. (12/12/2022) |
• | First Community Bankshares, Inc./Surrey Bancorp (11/18/2022) |
• | Citizens Financial Services, Inc./HV Bancorp, Inc. (10/19/2022) |
5 | A merger of equals involves the merging of two institutions to create a new entity. A merger of equals always involves stock consideration. Usually, in a merger of equals, both parties own roughly half of the resulting institution. |
• | City Holding Company/Citizens Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (10/18/2022) |
• | TowneBank/Farmers Bankshares, Inc. (8/18/2022) |
• | Bank First Corporation/Hometown Bancorp, Ltd. (7/26/2022) |
• | SR Bancorp, Inc./Regal Bancorp, Inc. (7/25/2022) |
• | HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc./Quantum Capital Corp. (7/25/2022) |
• | Middlefield Banc Corp./Liberty Bancshares, Inc. (Ada, OH) (5/26/2022) |
• | Cambridge Bancorp/Northmark Bank (5/23/2022) |
• | The First Bancshares, Inc./Beach Bancorp, Inc. (4/26/2022) |
• | Bank First Corporation/Denmark Bancshares, Inc. (1/19/2022) |
• | Civista Bancshares, Inc./Comunibanc Corp. (1/10/2022) |
| | Counterparty | | | 25th Percentile | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Deal Value ($M) | | | $66.5 | | | $48.0 | | | $59.7 | | | $69.0 |
Target Total Assets ($M) | | | $548 | | | $382 | | | $496 | | | $639 |
Target TCE/TA | | | 15.5% | | | 7.2% | | | 9.6% | | | 11.4% |
Target NPA/Assets | | | 3.00% | | | 0.43% | | | 0.20% | | | 0.09% |
Target LTM ROAA(1) | | | 1.55%(2) | | | 0.56% | | | 0.89% | | | 1.06% |
Transaction Value / Tangible Book Value | | | 1.08x(3) | | | 1.18x | | | 1.48x | | | 1.63x |
Transaction Value / LTM Earnings | | | 8.9x(4) | | | 11.9x | | | 14.0x | | | 20.7x |
Core Deposit Premium | | | 2.0x(5) | | | 3.2x | | | 5.5x | | | 7.5x |
Market Premium | | | (0.7%)(6) | | | 10.0% | | | 42.6% | | | 58.4% |
(1) | S-Corp targets ROAA tax effected at 35%. |
(2) | Counterparty ROAA based on LTM core earnings calculated based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax non-recurring items, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
(3) | Tangible common equity at 12/31/2023 adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank, and an estimated after-tax litigation settlement of ($0.3) million. |
(4) | Counterparty LTM Earnings based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax adjustments, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
(5) | Core deposit premium calculated using tangible common equity adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank and an estimated litigation settlement of ($0.3) million; and deposits less time deposits > $100k. |
(6) | Market premium based on Counterparty spot stock price of $27.86 as of 3/26/2024; excludes the ($21.6) million value of the Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank. |
6 | A merger of equals involves the merging of two institutions to create a new entity. A merger of equals always involves stock consideration. Usually, in a merger of equals, both parties own roughly half of the resulting institution. |
• | Sound Credit Union/Washington Business Bank (3/11/2024) |
• | First Busey Corporation/Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Corporation (11/27/2023) |
• | HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc./Quantum Capital Corp. (7/25/2022) |
• | Alerus Financial Corporation/MPB BHC, INC. (12/8/2021) |
• | Friendship Bancshares, Inc./Bank of Saint Elizabeth (10/27/2021) |
• | Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc./First Community Bancorp, Inc. (10/1/2021) |
• | Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida/Sabal Palm Bancorp, Inc. (8/23/2021) |
• | Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida/Business Bank of Florida, Corp. (8/23/2021) |
• | United Community Banks, Inc./Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (7/14/2021) |
• | Regions Financial Corporation/EnerBank USA (6/8/2021) |
• | New York Community Bancorp, Inc./Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (4/26/2021) |
• | Enterprise Financial Services Corp/First Choice Bancorp (4/26/2021) |
| | Counterparty | | | 25th Percentile | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Deal Value ($M) | | | $66.5 | | | $39.4 | | | $61.2 | | | $432.6 |
Target Total Assets ($M) | | | $548 | | | $332 | | | $443 | | | $2,650 |
Target TCE/TA | | | 15.5% | | | 8.5% | | | 10.1% | | | 10.4% |
Target NPA/Assets | | | 3.00% | | | 0.21% | | | 0.01% | | | 0.00% |
Target LTM ROAA(1) | | | 1.55%(2) | | | 1.59% | | | 1.64% | | | 1.82% |
Transaction Value / Tangible Book Value | | | 1.08x(3) | | | 1.49x | | | 1.67x | | | 1.85x |
Transaction Value / LTM Earnings(1) | | | 8.9x(4) | | | 8.5x | | | 9.9x | | | 12.6x |
Core Deposit Premium | | | 2.0%(5) | | | 4.5% | | | 7.8% | | | 12.7% |
Market Premium | | | (0.7%)(6) | | | 11.0% | | | 20.2% | | | 27.7% |
(1) | S-Corp targets ROAA tax effected at 35%. |
(2) | Counterparty ROAA based on LTM core earnings calculated based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax non-recurring items, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
(3) | Tangible common equity at 12/31/2023 adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank, and an estimated after-tax litigation settlement of ($0.3) million. |
(4) | Counterparty Core LTM Earnings based on reported net income of $11.2 million less $4.7 million in pre-tax adjustments, tax effected at 22.5%, per management guidance. |
(5) | Core deposit premium calculated using tangible common equity adjusted for the ($21.6) million Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank and the estimated litigation settlement of ($0.3) million; and deposits less time deposits > $100k. |
(6) | Market premium based on Counterparty spot stock price of $27.86 as of 3/26/2024; excludes the ($21.6) million value of the Pre-Closing Distribution of the equity interest in Dogwood State Bank. |
• | each of IFH’s and CBNK’s business, operations, financial condition, stock performance, asset quality, earnings and prospects, and the interest rate environment; increased operating costs resulting from regulatory and compliance mandates; increasing competition from both banks and non-bank financial and financial technology firms; current financial market conditions; and the likely effects of the foregoing factors on IFH’s and the combined company’s potential growth, development, profitability and strategic options. In reviewing these factors, including the information obtained through due diligence, the IFH board of directors considered that IFH’s and CBNK’s respective business, operations and risk profile complement each other and that the companies’ separate earnings and prospects, and the synergies and scale potentially available in the proposed merger, create the opportunity for the combined company to leverage complementary and diversified revenue streams and to have superior future earnings and prospects compared to IFH’s earnings and prospects on a stand-alone basis; |
• | CBNK’s earnings track record and the market performance of its common stock, as well as CBNK’s historical cash dividend payouts on its common stock; |
• | the form and amount of the merger consideration and the ability of IFH’s shareholders to benefit from CBNK’s potential growth and stock appreciation since it is more likely that the combined entity will have superior future earnings and prospects compared to IFH’s earnings and prospects on an independent basis due to greater operating efficiencies and a larger balance sheet, which would, in particular, provide greater opportunities with respect to IFH’s core competency in the government-guaranteed lending space, as the combined institution’s larger asset size would enable the retention of the full economic benefits of larger loan transactions; |
• | the perceived ability of CBNK to complete a merger transaction from a financial and regulatory perspective, and the prospects for such approvals being obtained in a timely fashion and without the imposition of any adverse conditions; |
• | the financial and other terms of the merger agreement, including the amount and nature of the consideration proposed to be paid, which IFH’s board reviewed with its outside financial and legal advisors; |
• | the fact that the exchange ratio would be fixed, which the IFH board of directors believed was consistent with market practice for transactions of this type and with the strategic purpose of the transaction; |
• | the additional value that IFH shareholders would realize incident to the merger in connection with the Special Dividend prior to closing of the merger; |
• | that a merger with CBNK will result in a combined entity with more diversified revenue sources, including CBNK’s credit card offerings through OpenSky™ and a more diversified commercial bank; |
• | the termination right of IFH negotiated under the merger agreement that provides IFH a qualified termination right if CBNK’s common stock underperforms both its historical price and the Nasdaq Bank Index by certain thresholds, as more fully described under “The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement” beginning on page 133. |
• | the fact that the outside date under the merger agreement allows for sufficient time to complete the merger; |
• | the potential expense-saving and revenue-enhancing opportunities in connection with the merger, the related potential impact on the combined company’s earnings and the fact that the nature of the stock merger consideration would allow former IFH shareholders to participate in the potential future upside as CBNK shareholders; |
• | the expectation that the merger will provide holders of IFH common stock with increased liquidity for their shares, given the expected trading volume of CBNK’s common stock as compared to IFH’s common stock; |
• | the anticipated effect of the acquisition on IFH’s retained employees, including new employment agreements to be entered into by CBNK with certain key, revenue-generating employees of IFH, and the terms of severance for employees who would not be retained; |
• | the financial analyses reviewed by Raymond James, IFH’s financial advisor, with the IFH board on March 26, 2024, regarding the merger, and its written opinion, delivered to IFH’s board of directors on March 27, 2024, that as of that date, the merger consideration to be received by IFH shareholders in the merger pursuant to the merger agreement was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of IFH’s common stock (see “The Merger—Opinion of IFH’s Financial Advisor” beginning on page 99 for more detailed discussion of the opinion, including the procedures followed, assumptions made, matters considered, qualifications and limitations on the review undertaken and other matters considered by Raymond James in preparing its opinion); |
• | the view of the IFH board of directors of the capability and likelihood for other potential counterparties to emerge and that, although the merger agreement contains a covenant prohibiting IFH from soliciting third-party acquisition proposals, it permits the IFH board of directors to consider and respond to unsolicited proposals, subject to certain requirements, as more fully described under “The Merger Agreement—Agreement Not to Solicit Other Offers” beginning on page 131; |
• | IFH’s board of directors’ knowledge of the current environment in the financial services industry, including national, regional and local economic conditions, continued industry consolidation, increased regulatory burdens, evolving trends in technology and increasing nationwide and global competition, the current financial market conditions, the current environment for community banks, and the likely effects of these factors on IFH’s and the combined company’s potential growth, development, profitability and strategic options, and the historical prices of IFH and CBNK common shares; |
• | its knowledge of IFH’s prospects as an independent entity, including challenges related to high interest rates and such rates impacts on funding costs and liquidity; increased competition in the government guaranteed lending space from larger competitors, which could impact pricing as well as employee retention risk; and potential short-term declines in profitability if larger portions of its government guaranteed loans were retained to increase its asset size and grow its balance sheet on a stand-alone basis; and |
• | its belief that the merger is more favorable to IFH’s shareholders than the alternatives to the merger, which belief was formed based on the careful review undertaken by IFH’s board of directors, with the assistance of its management and outside financial and legal advisors. |
• | the fact that, while IFH expects that the merger will be consummated, there can be no assurance that all conditions to the parties’ obligations to complete the merger agreement will be satisfied, including the risk that certain regulatory approvals, the receipt of which are conditions to the consummation of the merger, might not be obtained, and, as a result, the merger may not be consummated; |
• | the restrictions on the conduct of IFH’s business prior to the completion of the merger, which are customary for merger agreements involving financial institutions, but which, subject to specific exceptions, could delay or prevent IFH from undertaking business opportunities that may arise or any other action it would otherwise take with respect to the operations of IFH absent the pending completion of the merger; |
• | that IFH may delay or refrain from taking strategic actions that could improve funding costs during the pendency of the merger, which it might otherwise implement if it had not entered into the merger agreement with CBNK; |
• | that the cash portion of the merger consideration could be reduced if IFH’s adjusted tangible common equity (as defined in the merger agreement) is less than $60,593,582 as of the month-end immediately preceding closing of the merger; |
• | the significant risks and costs involved in connection with entering into or completing the merger, or failing to complete the merger in a timely manner, or at all, including as a result of any failure to obtain required regulatory approvals or shareholder approvals, such as the risks and costs relating to diversion of management and employee attention from other strategic opportunities and operational matters, potential employee attrition, and the potential effect on business and customer relationships; |
• | the fact that IFH would be prohibited from soliciting acquisition proposals after execution of the merger agreement, and the possibility that the $3,000,000 termination fee payable by IFH upon the termination of the merger agreement under certain circumstances could discourage other potential acquirers from making a competing bid to acquire IFH; |
• | the fact that some of IFH’s directors and executive officers have other interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, their interests as IFH shareholders; |
• | reputational risk to IFH if the merger is not consummated, whether due to failure to satisfy any closing condition to the merger or otherwise; |
• | the possibility of litigation in connection with the merger; and |
• | the other risks described under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” |
1. | reviewed the financial terms and conditions as stated in the draft of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 27, 2024 (which is referred to in this section as the “Draft Agreement”); |
2. | reviewed certain information related to the historical condition and prospects of IFH and CBNK, as made available to Raymond James by or on behalf of IFH, including, but not limited to, financial projections prepared by the management of IFH (the “Projections”); |
3. | reviewed (a) CBNK’s audited financial statements as of and for years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; and (b) IFH’s audited financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020; |
4. | reviewed IFH’s and CBNK’s recent public filings and certain other publicly available information regarding IFH and CBNK; |
5. | reviewed the financial and operating performance of IFH and CBNK and those of other selected public companies that we deem to be relevant; |
6. | considered certain publicly available financial terms of certain transactions Raymon James deemed to be relevant; |
7. | reviewed the current and historical market prices and trading volume for IFH common stock and for CBNK’s common stock, and the current market prices of the publicly traded securities of certain other companies that Raymond James deemed to be relevant; |
8. | conducted such other financial studies, analyses and inquiries and considered such other information and factors as Raymond James deemed appropriate; |
9. | received a certificate addressed to Raymond James from a member of senior management of IFH regarding, among other things, the accuracy of the information, data and other materials (financial or otherwise) provided to, or discussed with, Raymond James by or on behalf of IFH; and |
10. | discussed with members of the senior management of IFH certain information relating to the aforementioned and any other matters which Raymond James deemed relevant to its inquiry including, but not limited to, the past and current business operations of IFH and the financial condition and future prospects and operations of IFH. |
• | Potomac Bancshares, Inc. (PTBS) |
• | New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (NWPP) |
• | Oxford Bank Corporation (OXBC) |
• | Peoples Financial Corporation (PFBX) |
• | Oregon Pacific Bancorp (ORPB) |
• | Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc. (PBKC) |
• | Merchants & Marine Bancorp, Inc. (MNMB) |
• | Mountain Pacific Bancorp, Inc. (MPCB) |
• | Mission Valley Bancorp (MVLY) |
• | Southeastern Banking Corporation (SEBC) |
• | SVB & T Corporation (SVBT) |
• | Oconee Financial Corporation (OSBK) |
• | FinWise Bancorp (FINW) |
• | Redwood Capital Bancorp (RWCB) |
• | Equitable Financial Corp. (EQFN) |
• | Century Financial Corporation (CYFL) |
• | Oregon Bancorp, Inc. (ORBN) |
| | | | | | Multiple Range | ||||||||||||
| | IFH Statistic | | | Deal Metric | | | 25th Percentile | | | Mean | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Price/ TBV per Share | | | $25.83 | | | 107% | | | 86% | | | 88% | | | 89% | | | 92% |
Price/ TBVPS (ex. AOCI) | | | $26.74 | | | 103% | | | 74% | | | 79% | | | 78% | | | 80% |
Price/ LTM EPS | | | $3.26 | | | 8.5x | | | 6.1x | | | 7.7x | | | 7.5x | | | 8.3x |
| | | | | | Implied Values per Share | ||||||||||||
| | IFH Statistic | | | Deal Metric | | | 25th Percentile | | | Mean | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Price/ TBV per Share | | | $25.83 | | | 107% | | | $22.33 | | | $22.83 | | | $23.02 | | | $23.74 |
Price/ TBVPS (ex. AOCI) | | | $26.74 | | | 103% | | | $19.70 | | | $21.00 | | | $20.93 | | | $21.44 |
Price/ LTM EPS | | | $3.26 | | | 8.5x | | | $19.75 | | | $25.20 | | | $24.38 | | | $26.90 |
• | Dogwood State Bank / Community First Bancorporation (02/01/2024) |
• | First Financial Corporation / Simply Bank (11/13/2023) |
• | Old National Bancorp / CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. (10/26/2023) |
• | Glacier Bancorp, Inc. / Community Financial Group, Inc. (08/08/2023) |
• | Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation / American National Bankshares Inc. (07/25/2023) |
• | First Mid Bancshares, Inc. / Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. (03/21/2023) |
| | | | | | Multiple Range | ||||||||||||
| | IFH Statistic | | | Deal Metric | | | 25th Percentile | | | Mean | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Deal Value/ Tangible Common Equity | | | $60,592 | | | 107% | | | 116% | | | 139% | | | 135% | | | 158% |
Deal Value/ TCE (ex. AOCI) | | | $62,712 | | | 103% | | | 90% | | | 108% | | | 98% | | | 114% |
Deal Value/ LTM Net Income | | | $7,384 | | | 8.8x | | | 9.1x | | | 10.7x | | | 10.6x | | | 12.9x |
Premium to Core Deposits | | | $314,850 | | | 1.4% | | | 2.1% | | | 3.8% | | | 2.9% | | | 5.1% |
| | | | | | Implied Price Per Share | ||||||||||||
| | IFH Statistic | | | Deal Metric | | | 25th Percentile | | | Mean | | | Median | | | 75th Percentile | |
Deal Value/ Tangible Common Equity | | | $60,592 | | | 107% | | | $29.87 | | | $36.01 | | | $34.94 | | | $40.86 |
Deal Value/ TCE (ex. AOCI) | | | $62,712 | | | 103% | | | $24.17 | | | $28.76 | | | $26.33 | | | $30.49 |
Deal Value/ LTM Net Income | | | $7,384 | | | 8.8x | | | $28.69 | | | $33.73 | | | $33.29 | | | $40.63 |
Premium to Core Deposits | | | $314,850 | | | 1.4% | | | $28.60 | | | $30.91 | | | $29.73 | | | $32.70 |
| | Implied Per Share Value | ||||
| | Low | | | High | |
Implied per Share Value | | | $26.55 | | | $31.31 |
| | 9 Months Ended | | | 3 Months Ended | | | Full Year Projections Ended | |||||||||||||
| | To Close 9/30/2024 | | | To Year End 12/31/2024 | | | 12/31/2025 | | | 12/31/2026 | | | 12/31/2027 | | | 12/31/2028 | | | 12/31/2029 | |
Net Income ($000s) | | | $24,702 | | | $8,932 | | | $36,983 | | | $39,757 | | | $42,739 | | | $45,944 | | | $49,390 |
Earnings Per Share | | | $1.77 | | | $0.64 | | | $2.65 | | | $2.85 | | | $3.06 | | | $3.29 | | | $3.54 |
Common Dividends Per Share | | | $0.24 | | | $0.08 | | | $0.33 | | | $0.33 | | | $0.33 | | | $0.33 | | | $0.33 |
Tangible Assets ($000s) | | | $2,336,118 | | | $2,374,374 | | | $2,539,146 | | | $2,735,437 | | | $2,946,788 | | | $3,174,330 | | | $3,419,276 |
| | 9 Months Ended | | | 3 Months Ended | | | Full Year Projections Ended | |||||||||||||
| | To Close 9/30/2024 | | | To Year End 12/31/2024 | | | 12/31/2025 | | | 12/31/2026 | | | 12/31/2027 | | | 12/31/2028 | | | 12/31/2029 | |
Net Income ($000s) | | | $6,265 | | | $1,917 | | | $8,510 | | | $9,636 | | | $11,792 | | | $12,437 | | | $13,369 |
Earnings Per Share | | | $2.74 | | | $0.84 | | | $3.73 | | | $4.22 | | | $5.16 | | | $5.45 | | | $5.85 |
Common Dividends Per Share | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 |
Tangible Assets ($000s)(1) | | | $535,288 | | | $545,279 | | | $588,180 | | | $634,244 | | | $685,133 | | | $738,578 | | | $798,109 |
(1) | Tangible assets include impact of Pre-Closing Distribution. |
| | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||||||
| | December 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2025 | | | December 31, 2026 | | | December 31, 2027 | | | December 31, 2028 | |
Net Income ($000s) | | | $8,152 | | | $8,559 | | | $8,988 | | | $9,438 | | | $9,910 |
Earnings Per Share | | | $3.38 | | | $3.52 | | | $3.69 | | | $3.87 | | | $4.06 |
Common Dividend Per Share | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 | | | $0.00 |
Tangible Assets ($000s) | | | $558,988 | | | $581,132 | | | $604,528 | | | $629,265 | | | $655,444 |
Name of Individual | | | Number of Unvested Restricted Shares | | | Total $ Value of Unvested Restricted Shares(1) |
Non-Employee Directors | | | | | ||
Dr. Jeffrey Moore | | | 2,200 | | | $62,546 |
Randy Ramsey | | | 2,200 | | | $62,546 |
Joseph T. Snyder | | | 2,200 | | | $62,546 |
Jimmy Stallings | | | 2,200 | | | $62,546 |
Sandra Warren | | | 2,200 | | | $62,546 |
David G. Wicklund | | | 3,800 | | | $108,034 |
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Executive Officers | | | | | ||
Marc H. McConnell(2) | | | 8,400 | | | $238,812 |
Michael Breckheimer | | | 5,400 | | | $153,522 |
Steven E. Crouse | | | 6,200 | | | $176,266 |
Melissa Marsal | | | 10,200 | | | $289,986 |
A. Riddick Skinner | | | 5,600 | | | $159,208 |
Totals: | | | 50,600 | | | $1,438,558 |
(1) | To calculate the value of the unvested restricted shares of IFH common stock held by the applicable individuals, we have assumed a value of CBNK’s common stock of $20.69, which was the average closing market price of a share of the CBNK common stock over the first five business days following the first public announcement of the merger on March 28, 2024 (inclusive of the announcement date). The $20.69 has then been multiplied by the 1.115 exchange ratio, to arrive at $23.07 (reflecting the estimated per share value of the stock portion of the merger consideration). To such value, $5.36 has been added, which reflects the assumed per share cash portion of the merger consideration, to arrive at an aggregate value for each share of IFH common stock for which vesting is accelerated of $28.43. |
(2) | Mr. McConnell is the only employee of IFH that is also a director of IFH. Ms. Marsal is not a director of IFH, but serves on the board of directors of IFH’s subsidiary, West Town Bank. |
• | The shareholder must be entitled to vote on the merger. |
• | The shareholder must deliver to IFH, before the vote on approval or disapproval of the merger agreement is taken, written notice of the shareholder’s intent to demand payment if the plan of merger |
• | The shareholder must not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any shares in favor of the plan of merger. A failure to vote will satisfy this requirement, as will a vote against the plan of merger, but a vote in favor of the plan of merger, by proxy or in person, or the return of a signed proxy which does not specify a vote against approval of the plan of merger or contain a direction to abstain, will constitute a waiver of the shareholder’s appraisal rights. |
• | Identify the first date of any announcement of the principal terms of the merger to the shareholders. If such an announcement was made, the form must require the shareholder to certify whether beneficial ownership of the shares was acquired before that date. For more information regarding this requirement, see “—After-Acquired Shares” below. |
• | Require the shareholder to certify that the shareholder did not vote for or consent to the transaction. |
• | State where the appraisal form is to be returned, where certificates for certificated shares must be deposited, and the date by which such certificates must be deposited. |
• | State a date by which CBNK must receive the appraisal form from the shareholder, known as the “Demand Deadline.” The date may not be less than 40 nor more than 60 days after the date the appraisal notice and form are sent. |
• | State that if the appraisal form is not received by CBNK by the specified date, the shareholder will be deemed to have waived the right to demand appraisal. |
• | Provide an estimate of the fair value of the shares by CBNK (as successor to IFH). |
• | Disclose that, if requested in writing by the shareholder, CBNK will disclose within ten days after the Demand Deadline the number of shareholders who have returned their appraisal forms and the total number of shares owned by them. |
• | Establish a date within 20 days of the Demand Deadline by which shareholders can withdraw the request for appraisal. |
• | Include a copy of Article 13 of the NCBCA. |
• | IFH’s most recently available balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows as of the end of or for the fiscal year ending not more than sixteen months before the date of payment, and the latest available quarterly financial statements, if any; |
• | a statement of CBNK’s estimate of the fair value of the shares, which must equal or exceed CBNK’s estimate in the earlier-circulated appraisal notice; and |
• | a statement that the shareholder has the right to submit a final payment demand as described below and that the shareholder will lose the right to submit a final payment demand if he or she does not act within the specified time frame. |
• | provide affected shareholders with IFH’s most recently available balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows as of the end of or for the fiscal year ending not more than sixteen months before the date of payment, and the latest available quarterly financial statements, if any; |
• | provide CBNK’s estimate of the fair value of their shares, plus interest; |
• | inform such shareholders that they may accept CBNK’s estimate of the fair value of their shares, plus interest, in full satisfaction of their claim or submit a final payment demand; |
• | inform such shareholders that if they wish to accept CBNK’s estimate of the fair value of their shares, plus interest, they must notify CBNK within 30 days of receipt of the offer; and |
• | inform such shareholders that those shareholders that do not properly demand appraisal will be deemed to have accepted CBNK’s estimate of the fair value of their shares, plus interest. |
• | If the Adjustment Amount is a positive number, the per share cash consideration will be reduced by the quotient (rounded to the nearest cent) obtained by dividing (A) the Adjustment Amount by (B) the number of shares of IFH Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time and eligible to receive merger consideration (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Restricted Stock Awards); or |
• | If the Adjustment Amount is a negative number, the per share cash consideration will be increased by the quotient (rounded to the nearest cent) obtained by dividing (A) the absolute value of the Adjustment Amount by (B) the number of shares of IFH Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time and eligible to receive merger consideration (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Restricted Stock Awards). |
• | The “Shortfall Amount” means: the amount, if any, by which the Adjusted Tangible Common Equity is less than $60,593,582. If there is no shortfall, the Shortfall Amount is zero. |
• | The “Loan Recovery Amount” means (1) the sum of, for each credit listed in IFH’s disclosure schedule to the merger agreement and that is sold by IFH or its applicable subsidiary prior to closing, the amount, if any, by which the sales price for the applicable credit exceeds CBNK’s corresponding credit mark adjusted balance for such credit, multiplied by (2) 0.75225; provided, however, in no event will the Loan Recovery Amount exceed $0.88 per share of IFH common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time and eligible to receive merger consideration. |
• | “Adjusted Tangible Common Equity” means the total shareholders’ common equity of IFH as of the close of business on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which closing occurs (“Adjusted Tangible Common Equity Determination Date”), determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that (i) the calculation of Adjusted Tangible Common Equity shall include the impact or expected impact of the Special Dividend; (ii) the after-tax dollar amount, if any, that West Town Bank would have to provision, as of the Adjusted Tangible Common Equity Determination Date, in order for its allowance for credit losses to be not less than 1.93% of gross loans held for investment, shall be subtracted from IFH’s total shareholders’ common equity; and (iii) the following shall be excluded from the calculation of total shareholders’ common equity: (1) certain intangible assets, (2) any change in other accumulated and comprehensive income or loss following December 31, 2023, (3) any change in the carrying value of loan servicing rights following December 31, 2023, (4) any change in the carrying value of IFH’s equity interest in VeriLeaf, Inc. (a/k/a Risk Scout) following December 31, 2023, (5) the after-tax amount of certain transaction expenses, (6) any loss realized on the sale of certain credits to the extent resulting in a Loan Recovery Amount and (7) the value attributable to any common stock of Dogwood State Bank that, for any reason, continues to be held by, or is expected to continue to be held by, IFH at the effective time of the merger. |
• | corporate matters, including due organization and qualification and subsidiaries; |
• | capitalization; |
• | authority relative to execution and delivery of the merger agreement and the absence of conflicts with, or violations of, organizational documents or other obligations as a result of the mergers; |
• | required governmental and other regulatory and self-regulatory filings and consents and approvals in connection with the mergers; |
• | reports to regulatory authorities; |
• | financial statements, internal controls, books and records, and absence of undisclosed liabilities; |
• | broker’s fees payable in connection with the merger; |
• | the absence of certain changes or events; |
• | legal proceedings; |
• | tax matters; |
• | employee matters and employee benefit matters; |
• | compliance with applicable laws; |
• | certain material contracts; |
• | absence of agreements with regulatory authorities; |
• | risk management instruments; |
• | environmental matters; |
• | investment securities and commodities; |
• | real property; |
• | intellectual property; |
• | related party transactions; |
• | inapplicability of takeover statutes; |
• | absence of action or circumstance that would prevent the merger from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code; |
• | opinions from each party’s respective financial advisor(s); |
• | the accuracy of information supplied for inclusion in this joint proxy statement/prospectus and other similar documents; |
• | loan portfolio matters; |
• | insurance matters; |
• | information security; |
• | IFH’s cannabis business; and |
• | IFH’s mortgage banking business. |
• | changes, after the date of the merger agreement, in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or applicable regulatory accounting requirements; |
• | changes, after the date of the merger agreement, in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability to companies in the industries in which such party and its subsidiaries operate, or interpretations thereof by courts or governmental entities; |
• | changes, after the date of the merger agreement, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in economic or market conditions affecting the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to such party or its subsidiaries; |
• | changes, after the date of the merger agreement, resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods or other natural disasters or from any outbreak of any disease or other public health event; |
• | public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement or actions expressly required by the merger agreement or that are taken with the prior written consent of the other party in contemplation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; |
• | a decline in the trading price of a party’s common stock or the failure, in and of itself, to meet internal or other estimates, predictions, projections or forecasts of revenue, net income or any other measure of financial performance or budget, business or strategic plan for any period (provided that the underlying causes of such decline or failure may be taken into account in determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred); |
• | the expenses incurred by CBNK and IFH in negotiating, documenting, effecting and consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; or |
• | changes proximately caused by the impact of the execution or announcement of the merger agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby on relationships with customers or employees (including the loss of personnel subsequent to the date of the merger agreement). |
• | other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than indebtedness of IFH or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries to IFH or any of its subsidiaries), assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity; |
• | adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock; |
• | make, declare or pay any dividend, or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its capital stock (except (A) dividends paid by any of the subsidiaries of IFH to IFH or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (B) the Special Dividend or (C) the acceptance of shares of IFH common stock as payment for the exercise price of IFH stock options or for withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of IFH stock options or the vesting or settlement of IFH equity awards, in each case in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements); |
• | grant any IFH equity awards (or any similar award that would be an IFH equity award had it been issued under an IFH stock plan) or other equity-based awards or interests, or grant any individual, corporation or other entity any right to acquire any shares of its capital stock; |
• | issue, sell or otherwise permit to become outstanding any additional shares of capital stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into, or exercisable for, any shares of its capital stock or any options, warrants, or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of capital stock, except pursuant to the exercise of stock options or the settlement of equity compensation awards outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement in accordance with their terms; |
• | sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its material properties or assets or any business to any person, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness to any such person or any claims held by any such person, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of the merger agreement; |
• | except for transactions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, make any material investment either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets of any other individual, corporation or other entity other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFH; |
• | terminate, materially amend, or waive any material provision of, any material contract, or make any change in any instrument or agreement governing the terms of any of its securities, or material lease or contract, other than normal renewals of contracts and leases without material adverse changes of terms with respect to IFH, or enter into any contract that would constitute a material contract if it were in effect on the date of the merger agreement, except for transactions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
• | except as required under applicable law, the terms of any IFH benefit plan existing as of the date of the merger agreement, or as set forth in the IFH disclosure schedules, (i) enter into, establish, adopt, amend or terminate any IFH benefit plan, or any arrangement that would be an IFH benefit plan if in effect on the date of the merger agreement, other than with respect to broad-based welfare benefit plans (other than severance) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and as would not reasonably be expected to materially increase the cost of benefits under any such IFH benefit plan, as the case may be, (ii) increase the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former employee, director or individual consultant, other than increases for current employees with an annual base salary below $150,000 in connection with a promotion (permitted hereunder) or change in responsibilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and to a level consistent with similarly situated peer employees, (iii) accelerate the vesting of any equity-based awards or other |
• | settle any material claim, suit, action or proceeding, other than those relating to any foreclosure action by IFH or except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in an amount and for consideration not in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate and that would not impose any material restriction on the business of it or its subsidiaries or CBNK, as the surviving corporation; |
• | take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; |
• | amend its articles of incorporation, its bylaws or comparable governing documents of its subsidiaries; |
• | merge or consolidate itself or any of its subsidiaries with any other person, or restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate or dissolve it or any of its subsidiaries; |
• | materially restructure or materially change its investment securities or derivatives portfolio or its interest rate exposure, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported or purchase any security rated below investment grade, in each case, other than (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) as may be required by GAAP or any applicable laws, regulations, guidelines or policies imposed by a governmental entity; |
• | take any action that is intended or expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in the merger agreement being or becoming untrue in any material respect at any time prior to the effective time, or in any of the conditions to the merger not being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of the merger agreement, except, in every case, as may be required by applicable law; |
• | implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods, other than as may be required by GAAP or applicable law; |
• | enter into any new line of business or change in any material respect its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating, securitization and servicing policies (including any change in the maximum ratio or similar limits as a percentage of its capital exposure applicable with respect to its loan portfolio or any segment thereof), except as required by applicable law, regulation or policies imposed by any governmental entity; |
• | make any loans or extensions of credit except (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) with aggregate outstanding commitments to any borrower or group of related borrowers not in excess of $1,000,000, (iii) SBA guaranteed loans with unguaranteed portions not exceeding $625,000, (iv) U.S. Department of Agriculture guaranteed loans with unguaranteed portions not exceeding $1,000,000, (v) solar development and construction loans with aggregate outstanding commitments to any borrower or group of related borrowers not in excess of $1,000,000 or (vi) pursuant to existing commitments; provided, however, consent will be deemed to have been received after review of the loan by a joint committee of CBNK and IFH representatives in which IFH will have a majority of the votes; |
• | make any material changes in its policies and practices with respect to (i) underwriting, pricing, originating, acquiring, selling, servicing, or buying or selling rights to service, loans or (ii) its investment, risk and asset liability management or hedging practices and policies, in each case except as required by law or requested by a regulatory agency; |
• | make, or commit to make, any individual capital expenditures in excess of $100,000; |
• | make any tax election in the ordinary course of business that is inconsistent with IFH’s (or its subsidiaries’) prior practices, make any other tax election, change or revoke any material tax election, change an annual tax accounting period, adopt or change any tax accounting method, file any amended tax return, enter into any closing agreement with respect to taxes, or settle any tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute or surrender any right to claim a refund of taxes; |
• | make application for the opening, relocation or closing of any, or open, relocate or close any, branch office, loan production office or other significant office or operations facility of it or its subsidiaries; |
• | knowingly take any action that is intended to or would reasonably be likely to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the ability of CBNK, IFH or their respective subsidiaries to obtain any necessary approvals of any governmental entity required for the merger (including the requisite regulatory approvals) or to perform their covenants and agreements under the merger agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; |
• | increase or decrease the rate of interest paid on time deposits, or on certificates of deposit, except in a manner consistent with market conditions and pursuant to policies consistent with past practices; |
• | extend or shorten the maturity dates on any loans or extensions of credit or extend or shorten the term on any time deposits except, in each case, as consistent with past practice but, in no event, for a period greater than twelve (12) months; provided, that CBNK shall be required to respond to any requests for a consent to such modification within two (2) business days after the request is received by CBNK; |
• | fail to provide notice to CBNK, in writing, prior to taking any actions outside the ordinary course of business, between the Adjusted Tangible Common Equity Determination Date and the effective time, that would result in a reduction of Adjusted Tangible Common Equity or result in a reduction of the ratio of West Town Bank’s allowance for credit losses to gross loans held for investment; or |
• | agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors or similar governing body in support of, any of the foregoing. |
• | amend its articles of incorporation, its regulations or comparable governing documents of its subsidiaries in a manner that would adversely affect the economic benefits of the merger to the holders of the IFH common stock; |
• | adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock; |
• | adopt or publicly propose a plan of complete or partial liquidation or resolutions providing for or authorizing such a liquidation or a dissolution of CBNK; |
• | make any written communications to the employees of IFH or any of its subsidiaries without prior consultation with the IFH and consideration of any IFH comments in good faith; |
• | take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; or |
• | agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors or similar governing body in support of, any of the foregoing. |
• | the requisite CBNK vote and the requisite IFH vote having been obtained; |
• | the authorization for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, of the CBNK common stock to be issued in the merger; |
• | all requisite regulatory approvals having been obtained and remaining in full force and effect, and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof having expired, without the imposition of any materially burdensome regulatory condition; |
• | the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus is a part, and the absence of any stop order (or proceedings for such purpose initiated or threatened and not withdrawn); |
• | no order, injunction or decree by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the merger or any of the other |
• | the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party contained in the merger agreement as of the date on which the merger agreement was entered into and as of the date on which the merger is completed, subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement (and the receipt by each party of an officers’ certificate from the other party to such effect); |
• | the calculation of the Adjusted Tangible Common Equity shall have become final and binding; |
• | the per share cash consideration shall not be less than $1.00, after accounting for any applicable adjustments; |
• | the performance by the other party in all material respects of all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the date on which the merger is completed (and the receipt by each party of an officers’ certificate from the other party to such effect); |
• | receipt by each party of an opinion of legal counsel to the effect that on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; |
• | since March 27, 2024, there shall not have occurred any fact, circumstance or event, individually or taken together with all other facts, circumstances or events that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on either party; |
• | in the case of CBNK’s obligations to complete the merger, the continued effectiveness of certain employment agreements between CBNK and employees of IFH (see “The Merger—Interests of IFH Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger” beginning on page 107 for additional information regarding such employment agreements); |
• | in the case of CBNK’s obligations to complete the merger, immediately prior to the closing, not more than ten (10%) of IFH common stock shall be held by persons who either have exercised, or are then entitled to exercise, appraisal rights under the NCBCA; |
• | in the case of CBNK’s obligations to complete the merger, IFH shall have declared and distributed the Special Dividend and such Special Dividend shall include all shares of common stock of Dogwood State Bank that IFH has the right to acquire, whether by exercise of warrants or otherwise; and |
• | in the case of IFH’s obligations to complete the merger, IFH shall have received all necessary approvals from the regulatory agencies to permit it to declare, pay and distribute the Special Dividend. |
• | by mutual written consent of CBNK and IFH; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH if any governmental entity that must grant a requisite regulatory approval has denied approval of the merger or the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and such denial has become final and nonappealable or any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction has issued a final and nonappealable order permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, unless the failure to obtain a requisite regulatory approval is due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate the merger agreement to perform or observe its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH if the merger has not been completed on or before June 27, 2025 (the “termination date”), unless the failure of the merger to be completed by such date is due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate the merger agreement to perform or observe its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement; |
• | by either CBNK or IFH (provided that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, obligation, covenant or other agreement contained in the merger agreement) if there is a breach of any of the covenants or agreements or any of the representations or warranties (or any such representation or warranty ceases to be true) set forth in the merger agreement on the part of IFH, in the case of a termination by CBNK, or on the part of CBNK, in the case of a termination by IFH, which either individually or in the aggregate would constitute, if occurring or continuing on the date the merger is completed, the failure of a closing condition of the terminating party and which is not cured within forty-five (45) days following written notice to the party committing such breach, or by its nature or timing cannot be cured during such period (or such fewer days as remain prior to the termination date); |
• | by CBNK, if, prior to the time the requisite IFH vote is obtained, (i) IFH or the IFH board of directors (A) submits the merger agreement to its shareholders without a recommendation for approval, or otherwise withdraws, qualifies or materially and adversely modifies (or publicly discloses its intention to withdraw, qualify or materially and adversely modify) its recommendation to approve the merger agreement, or approves or recommends to its shareholders an acquisition proposal other than the merger, (B) fails to publicly recommend against a publicly announced acquisition proposal within five (5) business days of being requested to do so by CBNK or fails to publicly reconfirm the recommendation in favor of the merger within five (5) business days of being requested to do so by CBNK or (C) shall have breached its obligations relating to non-solicitation of acquisition proposals or its obligations related to shareholder approval and the IFH board recommendation; or (ii) a tender offer or exchange offer for 25% or more of the outstanding shares of IFH common stock is commenced (other than by CBNK), and the board of directors of IFH recommends that the shareholders of IFH tender their shares in such tender or exchange offer or otherwise fails to recommend that such shareholders reject such tender offer or exchange offer within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to the IFH annual meeting) after the commencement of such tender or exchange offer; |
• | by IFH, if prior to such time as the requisite CBNK vote is obtained, CBNK or the board of directors of CBNK (i) submits the merger agreement to its shareholders without a recommendation for approval, or otherwise withdraws or materially and adversely modifies (or publicly discloses its intention to withdraw or materially and adversely modify) its recommendation in favor of the merger agreement, or (ii) shall have breached its obligations related to shareholder approval and the CBNK board of directors’ recommendation; or |
• | (i) by CBNK, or by IFH provided that IFH shall not be in material breach of any of its obligations related to shareholder approval and the IFH board of directors’ recommendation, if the requisite IFH vote shall not have been obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the requisite IFH vote at the IFH annual meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof or (ii) by IFH, or by CBNK provided that CBNK shall not be in material breach of any of its obligations related to shareholder approval and the CBNK board of directors’ recommendation, if the requisite CBNK vote shall not have been obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the requisite CBNK vote at the CBNK special meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
• | the average of the per share closing prices of a share of CBNK common stock during the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the trading day prior to the determination date (which we refer to as the “CBNK market value”) is less than 82.5% of the average of the per share closing prices |
• | the number obtained by dividing the CBNK market value by the initial CBNK market value (which we refer to as the “purchaser ratio”) is less than the number obtained by dividing the average of the closing prices of the NASDAQ Bank Index (BANK) for the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the trading day prior to the determination date (which we refer to as the “final index price”) by the average of the closing prices of the NASDAQ Bank Index (BANK) for the twenty (20) consecutive full trading days ending on the starting date and subtracting 0.175 from such quotient (which we refer to as the “index ratio”). |
• | in the event that the merger agreement is terminated by CBNK pursuant to the fifth bullet set forth under “—Termination of the Merger Agreement” above. |
• | in the event, after the date of the merger agreement and prior to the termination of the merger agreement, a bona fide acquisition proposal has been communicated to or otherwise made known to the IFH board of directors or IFH’s senior management or has been made directly to the IFH shareholders generally, or any person has publicly announced (and not withdrawn) an acquisition proposal with respect to IFH, and (i) (a) thereafter the merger agreement is terminated by either CBNK or IFH because the merger has not been completed prior to the termination date, and IFH has not obtained the requisite IFH vote or (b) thereafter the merger agreement is terminated by CBNK based on a breach of the merger agreement by IFH that would constitute the failure of an applicable closing condition or because of a failure to obtain the requisite IFH vote at the IFH annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and (ii) prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, IFH enters into a definitive agreement or consummates a transaction with respect to an |
• | in favor of the adoption of the merger agreement, and in favor of each of the other actions contemplated by the merger agreement; |
• | against approval of any proposal made in opposition to, or in competition with, the merger or any other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; and |
• | against any of the following actions (other than those actions that relate to the merger and any other transactions between the CBNK and IFH as contemplated by the merger agreement): (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of assets, or reorganization of IFH or any subsidiary of IFH, (ii) any sale, lease or transfer of any significant part of the assets of IFH or any subsidiary of IFH, (iii) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of IFH or any subsidiary of IFH, (iv) any material change in the capitalization of IFH or any subsidiary of IFH, or the corporate structure of IFH or any subsidiary of IFH, or (v) any other action that is intended, or could reasonably be expected to, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the merger or any other transactions between CBNK and IFH as contemplated by the merger agreement. |
• | a financial institution; |
• | a tax-exempt organization; |
• | a pass-through entity (or an investor in a pass-through entity); |
• | an insurance company; |
• | a mutual fund; |
• | a dealer or broker in stocks and securities, or currencies; |
• | a trader in securities that elects mark-to-market treatment; |
• | a holder of IFH common stock that received IFH common stock through the exercise of an employee stock option, through a tax qualified retirement plan, or otherwise as compensation; |
• | a person that is not a U.S. holder; |
• | a person that has a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar; |
• | a real estate investment trust; |
• | a regulated investment company; |
• | a holder of IFH common stock that holds IFH common stock as part of a hedge, straddle, constructive sale, wash sale, conversion or other integrated transaction; or |
• | a United States expatriate. |
• | A U.S. Holder will recognize gain, but not loss, in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount of cash received, excluding any cash received in lieu of a fractional share of CBNK common stock (the tax treatment of which is discussed below), and (b) the gain realized. The gain realized is the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the amount of cash received by the U.S. Holders in the merger (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional share of CBNK common stock ) and the fair market value of the CBNK common stock received, over (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares of IFH common stock. |
• | Any gain recognized generally will be capital gain, and will be long-term capital gain if, as of the closing date of the merger, the shares of IFH common stock were held for more than one year, unless the receipt of cash has the effect of a distribution of a dividend under the provisions of the Code (as discussed in the next paragraph below), in which case such gain will be treated as dividend income to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s ratable share of the corporation’s current and accumulated earnings and profits as calculated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
• | In general, the determination of whether any gain recognized will be treated as capital gain or a dividend distribution will depend on whether, and to what extent, the merger reduces the U.S. Holder’s deemed percentage stock ownership in CBNK, taking into account certain constructive ownership rules. The IRS has indicated in rulings that any reduction in the interest of a stockholder that owns a small number of shares in a publicly and widely held corporation and that exercises no control over corporate |
• | A U.S. Holder generally will have an aggregate tax basis in the shares of CBNK common stock received by the U.S. Holder in the merger (including any fractional share of CBNK common stock deemed received and redeemed for cash, as discussed below) equal to the U.S. Holder’s aggregate adjusted tax basis in the shares of IFH common stock surrendered in the merger, reduced by the amount of cash received (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional share of CBNK common stock), and increased by the amount of any gain recognized or amount treated as a dividend by the U.S. Holder (excluding any gain recognized with respect to cash received in lieu of a fractional share of CBNK common stock). |
• | The holding period of the shares of CBNK common stock received in the merger (including any fractional share of CBNK common stock deemed received and redeemed for cash, discussed below) will include the holding period of the shares of IFH common stock surrendered. |
• | furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number, certifies that the holder is not subject to backup withholding on IRS Form W-9 (or an applicable substitute or successor form) included in the election form/letter of transmittal the holder will receive, and otherwise complies with all the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules; or |
• | provides proof of an applicable exemption from backup withholding. |
• | empower the Board, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred stock, the terms of which, including voting power, are set by the Board; |
• | empower the Board, without shareholder approval, to amend the articles to increase or decrease the authorized shares of common stock and any class of capital stock that CBNK has the authority to issue; |
• | divide the board into three classes serving staggered three-year terms; |
• | provide that directors may be removed from office for cause upon a majority shareholder vote and may only be removed from office without cause only upon a 66.67% shareholder vote; |
• | eliminate cumulative voting in elections of directors; |
• | permit the board to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt new bylaws; |
• | require the request of holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote at a meeting to call a special shareholders’ meeting; |
• | prohibit shareholder action by less than unanimous written consent, thereby requiring virtually all actions to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders; |
• | require shareholders that wish to bring business before the annual meeting of shareholders or nominate candidates for election as directors at the annual meeting of shareholders to provide timely notice of their intent in writing; and |
• | enable our Board to increase, between annual meetings, the number of persons serving as directors and to fill vacancies created as a result of the increase by a majority vote of the directors present at a meeting of directors. |
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Authorized Capital Stock: | | | CBNK is authorized to issue 49,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value. As of the record date for the CBNK special meeting, there were 13,899,251 shares of CBNK common stock and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding and 628,237 shares of CBNK common stock reserved for issuance under various stock-based equity plans. All outstanding shares of CBNK capital stock are fully paid and non-assessable. | | | IFH is authorized to issue 8,000,000 shares of voting common stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares of non-voting common stock, $1.00 par value and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $100.00 par value. As of the record date for the IFH annual meeting, there were 2,322,659 shares of IFH voting common stock issued and outstanding; 21,740 shares of IFH non-voting common stock issued and outstanding; no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of IFH capital stock are fully paid and non-assessable. |
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Voting: | | | Common Stock. Pursuant to CBNK’s articles of incorporation, holders of CBNK common stock are generally entitled to one vote for each share of common stock. Preferred Stock. CBNK’s board of directors is authorized to determine the voting rights of preferred stock. | | | Voting Common Stock. Pursuant to IFH’s articles of incorporation, holders of IFH voting common stock are generally entitled to one vote for each share of voting common stock. Non-Voting Common Stock. Pursuant to IFH’s articles of incorporation, holders of IFH non-voting common stock have no voting power and are generally not entitled to vote on any matter, except (a) as otherwise required by law and (b) that a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of IFH non-voting common stock is required (i) to amend, alter or repeal any provision of IFH’s articles of incorporation that significantly and adversely affects the rights, preferences or terms of the IFH non-voting common stock in a manner that is different from the effect of such amendment, alteration or |
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| | | | repeal on the IFH voting common stock and (ii) to liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the corporation. Preferred Stock. IFH’s board of directors is authorized to determine the voting rights of preferred stock. | ||
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Size of Board of Directors | | | The CBNK’s articles provide that Board of Directors shall consist of not less than of three (3) nor more than twenty-five (25) members. Currently the CBNK Board consists of eleven (11) directors. | | | The IFH bylaws currently provide for a Board of Directors composed of five (5) to twelve (12) members. Currently the IFH Board of Directors consists of seven (7) directors. |
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Classes of Directors | | | CBNK has three classes of directors consisting of four (4) Board members whose term expires in 2027, three (3) Board members whose term expires in 2026 and four (4) Board members whose term expires in 2025. | | | IFH has three classes of directors consisting of two Board members whose terms expire in 2024 at the IFH annual meeting (and who have been nominated for re-election), two Board members whose terms expire in 2025 and three Board members whose terms expire in 2026. |
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Nomination of Directors | | | The CBNK bylaws provide that nominations for directors may be made by: (1) the board; or (2) by any shareholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of CBNK entitled to vote for the election of directors that has continuously held at least $2,000 in market value, or 1%, of CBNK’s capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting for at least one year. Nominations made by shareholders must be made in writing, delivered or mailed to the Secretary of CBNK not less than 90 days prior to the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting of shareholders.. The nominations must include the following: (1) the full name, age and date of birth of each nominee proposed in the notice, (2) the business and residence addresses and telephone numbers of each such nominee, (3) the educational background and business experience of each such nominee, including a list of positions held for at least the preceding five years, and (4) a signed representation by each such nominee that the nominee will timely provide any other information reasonably requested by the CBNK for the purpose of preparing its disclosures in regard to the solicitation of proxies for the election of directors. | | | The IFH bylaws provide that nominations for director may be made by: (1) the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors; or (2) by any IFH shareholder. The IFH Nominating Committee shall deliver written nominations to the Secretary at least 45 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Shareholders must deliver director nominations, in writing, to the Secretary at least 75 days but no more than 90 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Such nominations must include the following: (1) name, age, business address and residence address of the proposed nominee(s); (2) the principal occupation or employment of the proposed nominee(s); (3) the number of shares of IFH beneficially owned by the proposed nominee(s); (4) the balance, as of the most recent quarter-end, of all deposit accounts and loan accounts the proposed nominee(s) maintains with West Town Bank; (5) a fully completed and executed financial and biographical report for the proposed nominee(s); and (6) such other information as may reasonably be requested by the IFH Nominating Committee. |
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Election of Directors | | | Directors are elected (i) by a majority of the votes cast any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present and for which the number of director nominees is less than or equal to the number of directors to be elected (an “Uncontested Election”) and (ii) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present and for which the number of director nominees exceeds the number of open board seats (i.e., a contested election, and for which purpose unvoted shares and abstentions shall not be counted). For purposes of the foregoing sentence and clause (i), a majority of the votes cast at a meeting shall mean that the number of shares voted “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of shares voted “against” or “withheld” with respect to that director’s election. | | | Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. |
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Removal of Directors | | | CBNK’s articles provide that any director may be removed from office without cause by an affirmative vote of not less than 66.67% of the total votes eligible to be cast by stockholders at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called expressly for such purpose and may be removed from office with cause by an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by stockholders. Cause for removal shall exist only if the director whose removal is proposed has been either declared of unsound mind by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, convicted of a felony or of an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than one year by a court of competent jurisdiction, or deemed liable by a court of competent jurisdiction for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of such director’s duties to the Corporation. | | | Pursuant to IFH’s articles of incorporation, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, at any time, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding shares of IFH capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as one class for this purpose, cast at a meeting of the shareholder called for that purpose. If a series of IFH preferred stock is entitled to vote as a separate class to elect one or more directors of IFH, then directors so elected may only be removed by the holders of such preferred stock. |
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Filing Vacancies on the Board of Directors | | | CBNK’s articles provide that any vacancy in the number of directors shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, whether or not a quorum is present, or by a sole remaining director, and any director so chosen shall serve until the term of the class to which he was appointed shall expire and until his successor is elected | | | The IFH bylaws provide that vacancies occurring due to an increase in the number of directorships may be filled by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office. Under North Carolina Law, shareholders would also be entitled to fill such vacancy if the IFH directors did not do so. |
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| | and qualified. The Board of Directors shall determine the class or classes for any increase or decrease in the number of directors, provided that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. | | | ||
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Quorum | | | Under the CBNK’s bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of CBNK entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy constitutes a quorum. | | | Under the IFH bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of IFH entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy constitutes a quorum. |
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Notice of Shareholder Meetings | | | CBNK’s bylaws provide that written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given either personally or by mail by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting and to each other stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the CBNK as of the record date with postage thereon prepaid. When any stockholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of any meeting adjourned for thirty (30) or fewer days or of the business to be transacted at such adjourned meeting, other than an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken. | | | The IFH bylaws require that written notice, stating the place, day, and hour of an annual meeting or special meeting and the purpose(s) for which such meeting is called, must be provided to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting. Such notice may be delivered personally or by mail. If mailed, such notice should be mailed to the address of the shareholder as it appears on the stock transfer books or records of IFH as of the record date, with postage prepaid. When a shareholders’ meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of an original meeting. For any shareholders’ meeting adjourned for less than thirty (30) days, an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken serves as sufficient notice. |
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Call of Special Meetings of Shareholders | | | CBNK’s bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the majority of the Board of Directors, or a special meeting may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of not less than a majority of all votes entitled to be cast at the meeting. Such written request shall state the purpose or purposes | | | The IFH articles of incorporation provide that special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or by a duly designated committee of the Board of Directors, provided that the powers and authorities of such committee include the power and authority to call such special meetings. |
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| | of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at the meeting and shall be delivered at the principal office of CBNK addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary. The Secretary shall inform the stockholders who make the request of the reasonably estimated costs of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting and, upon payment of these costs to CBNK, the Secretary shall then notify each stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting. | | | Under North Carolina Law, a special meeting of the shareholders may be called by the written demand of such a special meeting by the holders of at least 10% of all of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting. | |
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Advance Notice of Shareholder Proposals | | | Any stockholder desiring to present a proposal to be included in a definitive proxy statement and voted on by the stockholders an annual meeting of stockholders must submit a written proposal, including all supporting information, to CBNK at its principal executive offices not more than 90 days nor less than 30 days prior to the date t of such annual meeting, unless the date of the annual meeting of stockholders is changed by more than 30 days from the one-year anniversary of the annual meeting, in which case the proposal must be received by the later of sixty (60) calendar days prior to the date of the annual meeting of stockholders or the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by CBNK.. A stockholder must provide its proposal to CBNK in writing, and such proposal must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As provided in CBNK’s bylaws, if a stockholder intends to present a proposal for new business to be considered at an annual meeting of stockholders but does not seek inclusion of the proposal in the CBNK’s proxy statement for that meeting, then such proposal, including all supporting information, must be delivered to and received by the CBNK’s Secretary at CBNK’s principal executive offices not more than 90 days nor less than 30 days before the date of any such annual meeting; provided, however, that if less than 45 days’ notice of the date of the | | | Neither the IFH bylaws nor the IFH articles of incorporation contain provisions providing for advance notice of shareholder proposals besides those rights described in the “Nomination of Directors” section above. |
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| | meeting is given to stockholders, such notice by a stockholder must be received by the CBNK’s Secretary not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed to stockholders or two days before the date of the meeting, whichever is earlier. | | | ||
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Anti-Takeover Provisions | | | Certain provisions of CBNK’s articles of incorporation and bylaws and the Maryland General Corporation Law may have the effect of deterring or discouraging, among other things, a non-negotiated tender or exchange offer for CBNK common stock, a proxy contest for control of CBNK, the assumption of control of CBNK by a holder of a large block of our common stock and the removal of our directors or management. | | | IFH’s articles of incorporation and the NCBCA contain certain anti-takeover provisions that may discourage or may make more difficult or expensive a tender offer, change in control or takeover attempt that is opposed by IFH’s board of directors. These provisions could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control, even though a majority of IFH’s shareholders may consider such proposal desirable. For example, IFH has a staggered, or classified, board, which means it would take more than one annual shareholders’ meeting for a majority of the IFH board of directors to be replaced. |
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Insurance | | | The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their services in those capacities, unless it is established that (1) the act or omission of the director was material to the matter giving rise to such proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (2) the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify a present and former officer to the same extent as a director. In addition to the foregoing, a court of appropriate jurisdiction: (1) shall order indemnification of reasonable expenses incurred by a director who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in | | | North Carolina law provides that each North Carolina corporation has the power to indemnify any director against liability incurred as a result of any threatened, pending or completed litigation or criminal proceedings provided the director (i) conducted himself in good faith, (ii) reasonably believed that, in the context of his official capacity with the corporation, his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation; and, in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. A corporation may not indemnify a director (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation or (ii) in connection with any other proceedings charging improper personal benefit to him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. |
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| | the defense of any proceeding identified above, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding; and (2) may under certain circumstances order indemnification of a director or an officer who the court determines is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all of the relevant circumstances, whether or not the director or officer has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph or has been declared liable on the basis that a personal benefit improperly received in a proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director or the officer, provided, however, that if the proceeding was an action by or in the right of the corporation or involved a determination that the director or officer received an improper personal benefit, no indemnification may be made if the director or officer is adjudged liable to the corporation, except to the extent of expenses approved by a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The Maryland General Corporation Law also permits a corporation to pay or reimburse, in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred by a present or former director or officer made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity, provided that the corporation shall have received: (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and (2) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met. CBNK’s articles provide that CBNK shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, including actions by or in the right of CBNK, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent | | | A corporation must indemnify a director who was wholly successful on the merits in the defense of any proceedings against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding. A corporation may advance expenses incurred by a director in defending a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by the director to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses. A North Carolina corporation may purchase indemnity insurance for the benefit of its officers, directors, employees, and agents regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify against the liability covered by the policy. North Carolina law permits a North Carolina corporation to provide rights to indemnification beyond the scope of the permissible indemnification described above to the extent that such additional indemnification is authorized in the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, or by contract or resolution adopted by the corporation’s board of directors. Thus, if so authorized, rights to indemnification may be provided pursuant to agreements or bylaw provisions which make mandatory the permissive indemnification provided by North Carolina law. IFH’s articles of incorporation provide for the indemnification of current and former directors, officers, employees, or person who serve or served at IFH’s request as a director, officer, employee, partner or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred (including attorneys’ fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement in connection with derivative suits) in the defense or settlement of an action or suit, whether derivative or otherwise, provided that the person subject to such action or suit is successful on the merits or otherwise or meets the aforementioned standard provided by North |
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| | of CBNK, or is or was serving at the request of CBNK as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgements, fines, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the fullest extent permissible under Maryland law. CBNK may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of CBNK, or is or was serving at the request of CBNK as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not CBNK would have power to indemnify him against such liability. | | | Carolina law and described in the first paragraph of this subsection. | |
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Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights | | | MGCL § 3 202(c)(1) provides for a “market-out” exception applicable to a corporation’s stockholders with a class or series of stock that is listed on a national exchange. Under this exception, attendant to a merger, share exchange or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation, a stockholder of a Maryland corporation may not demand fair value if the stock is listed on a national securities exchange. | | | Under North Carolina law, shareholders are generally entitled to object and receive the fair value of their stock in the event of certain corporate actions, as set forth in Section 55-13-02 of the NCBCA. Appraisal rights will be available to the shareholders of IFH in connection with the proposed merger of IFH into CBNK. See the information provided in the section entitled “The Merger—Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights in the Merger” beginning on page 114 for more information about such appraisal rights. A full copy of Article 13 of the NCBCA that governs appraisal rights under North Carolina law is included as Annex D to this joint proxy statement/prospectus. |
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Dividends | | | The CBNK bylaws provide that subject to applicable law, the Board of Directors may, at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends on CBNK’s outstanding capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in the Corporation’s own stock. | | | The IFH bylaws provide that the Board of Directors may declare dividends on IFH’s outstanding capital stock, and such dividends may be paid in cash, property or in IFH’s own capital stock. Under North Carolina law, a corporation may not pay dividends if, after giving |
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Amendments to Charter/Articles and Bylaws | | | Maryland law requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter to amend the articles; however, CBNK’s articles provide that the articles may be amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of CBNK entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class. CBNK’s articles provided that the Board of Directors or stockholders may adopt, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws. Such action by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. Such action by the stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class. | | | Under North Carolina law, the IFH articles of incorporation generally may be amended if the proposed amendment is adopted by the IFH board of directors and such amendment is approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment by any voting group with respect to which the amendment would create appraisal rights. Certain amendments to the articles of incorporation, such as a change in the corporate name, do not require shareholder approval. Additionally, as discussed above, certain amendments affecting the IFH non-voting common stock must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding shares of IFH’s non-voting common stock. The IFH bylaws provide that such bylaws may be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of IFH entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, cast at a meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose (and provided that notice of such proposed repeal, alteration, amendment or rescission is included in the notice of such meeting). IFH’s bylaws also provide that the Board of Directors may repeal, alter, amend or rescind the bylaws by a vote of two-thirds of the Board of Directors at a legal meeting. North Carolina law provides that a corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by its board of directors. |
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Provisions Affecting Business Combinations | | | Section 3-602 of the MGCL imposes conditions and restrictions on certain “business combinations” (including, among other transactions, a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or, in certain circumstances, an asset transfer or issuance of equity | | | Under North Carolina law, a merger or share exchange must be approved by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the merger of share exchange by a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the merger or share exchange by that voting |
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| | securities) between a Maryland corporation and any person who beneficially owns at least 10% of the corporation’s stock, or an interested shareholder. Unless approved in advance by the Board, or otherwise exempted by the statute, such a business combination is prohibited for a period of five years after the most recent date on which the interested shareholder became an interested shareholder. After such five-year period, a business combination with an interested shareholder must be: (a) recommended by the corporation’s board of directors, and (b) approved by the affirmative vote of at least (i) 80% of the corporation’s outstanding shares entitled to vote and (ii) two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote which are not held by the interested shareholder with whom the business combination is to be effected, unless, among other things, the corporation’s common shareholders receive a “fair price” (as defined by the statute) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested shareholder for his or her shares. As indicated above, the articles provide that no business combination will be valid unless first approved by the affirmative vote of not less than 66.67% of the shares of the capital stock of CBNK entitled to vote on the business combination; provided, however, that if the business combination has been approved prior to the vote of shareholders by a majority of our Board, the affirmative vote of the holders of record of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of CBNK entitled to vote on the business combination will be required to approve a business combination. Under the MGCL’s control share acquisition law voting rights of shares of stock of a Maryland corporation acquired by an acquiring person at ownership levels of 10%, 33 1/3% and 50% of the outstanding shares are denied unless conferred by a special shareholder vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares held by persons other than the acquiring person and officers and directors of the corporation or, among other exceptions, such acquisition of shares is made pursuant to a merger agreement with the corporation or the corporation’s charter or bylaws | | | group. The IFH articles of incorporation and the IFH bylaws do not provide for a different number. Notwithstanding that the IFH non-voting common stock is generally non-voting under the IFH articles of incorporation, North Carolina law provides the IFH non-voting common stock with voting rights on the merger and to vote as a separate voting group. The IFH articles of incorporation also provide that, in the event of a merger, consolidation or share exchange in which shares of IFH voting common stock are exchanged or changed into other stock or securities, cash, and/or any other property, each share of IFH non-voting common stock will at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per whole share equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, that each share of IFH voting common stock would be entitled to receive as a result of such transaction. |
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| | permit the acquisition of such shares prior to the acquiring person’s acquisition thereof. Unless a corporation’s charter or bylaws provide otherwise, the statute permits such corporation to redeem the acquired shares at “fair value” if the voting rights are not approved or if the acquiring person does not deliver a “control share acquisition statement” to the corporation on or before the tenth day after the control share acquisition. The acquiring person may call a shareholder’s meeting to consider authorizing voting rights for control shares subject to meeting disclosure obligations and payment of costs set out in the statute. If voting rights are approved for more than 50% of the outstanding stock, objecting shareholders may have their shares appraised and repurchased by the corporation for cash. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated bylaws (the “bylaws”), which were approved by CBNK’s shareholders, CBNK has opted out from the operation of the control share acquisition law. Accordingly, the control share acquisition statute will not be applicable to CBNK and will not apply to shares of stock acquired by a shareholder subsequent to the adoption of adoption of the bylaw provision that opts-out of control share acquisition law. | | | ||
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Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders | | | Under the MGCL, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent which sets forth the action is (1) provided in writing or by electronic transmission by each shareholder entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a shareholders meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action were present and voted if the corporation gives notice of the action to each holder of the class or series of stock not later than ten (10) days after the effective time of the action and (2) filed in paper or electronic form with the records of shareholders meetings. | | | The IFH bylaws provide that no action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of IFH shareholders may be taken without a meeting, and the power of shareholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. |
• | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2024; |
• | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2024; |
• | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 22, 2024, January 30, 2024, March 28, 2024, April 1, 2024, April 22, 2024 and May 17, 2024. |
• | Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 2, 2024; |
• | Description of CBNK’s securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to CBNK’s Form 10-K filed March 16, 2020. |
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Cash and due from banks | | | $3,890 | | | $3,540 |
Interest-bearing deposits with other institutions | | | 26,467 | | | 60,166 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | | | 30,357 | | | 63,706 |
Securities available for sale, at fair value | | | 22,028 | | | 22,668 |
Marketable equity securities | | | 21,557 | | | 19,597 |
Loans held for sale | | | 43,415 | | | 40,424 |
Loans held for investment | | | 361,942 | | | 359,729 |
Allowance for credit losses | | | (7,310) | | | (6,936) |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 354,632 | | | 352,793 |
Premises and equipment, net | | | 3,707 | | | 3,756 |
Foreclosed assets | | | — | | | 101 |
Loan servicing assets | | | 3,922 | | | 3,966 |
Bank owned life insurance | | | 4,720 | | | 4,688 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 3,895 | | | 3,842 |
Goodwill | | | 13,161 | | | 13,161 |
Intangible assets | | | 4,852 | | | 5,018 |
Other assets | | | 11,991 | | | 13,843 |
Total assets | | | $518,237 | | | $547,563 |
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | | | | ||
Liabilities | | | | | ||
Deposits: | | | | | ||
Noninterest-bearing | | | $73,523 | | | $90,195 |
Interest-bearing | | | 325,036 | | | 345,484 |
Total deposits | | | 398,559 | | | 435,679 |
Borrowings | | | 10,000 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 1,008 | | | 1,346 |
Other liabilities | | | 6,782 | | | 10,206 |
Total liabilities | | | 416,349 | | | 447,231 |
Shareholders’ equity | | | | | ||
Common stock, voting, $1 par value, 8,000,000 shares authorized, 2,323,759 and 2,273,009 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | | | 2,324 | | | 2,273 |
Common stock, non-voting, $1 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 21,740 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | | | 22 | | | 22 |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 26,259 | | | 25,811 |
Retained earnings | | | 75,617 | | | 74,346 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (2,334) | | | (2,120) |
Total shareholders' equity | | | 101,888 | | | 100,332 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | | $518,237 | | | $547,563 |
(in thousands except share and per share data) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 |
Interest income | | | | | ||
Interest and fees on loans | | | $8,977 | | | $6,997 |
Investment securities & deposits | | | 533 | | | 439 |
Total interest income | | | 9,510 | | | 7,436 |
Interest expense | | | | | ||
Interest on deposits | | | 3,586 | | | 1,696 |
Interest on borrowed funds | | | 79 | | | 85 |
Total interest expense | | | 3,665 | | | 1,781 |
Net interest income | | | 5,845 | | | 5,655 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 400 | | | 585 |
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | | 5,445 | | | 5,070 |
Noninterest income | | | | | ||
Government loan servicing and processing revenue | | | 2,942 | | | 2,439 |
Changes in fair value in marketable equity securities | | | — | | | 1,998 |
Government lending revenue | | | 514 | | | 904 |
Bank-owned life insurance | | | 33 | | | 555 |
Loan servicing rights | | | (44) | | | (110) |
Other noninterest income | | | 72 | | | 809 |
Total noninterest income | | | 3,517 | | | 6,595 |
Noninterest expense | | | | | ||
Compensation | | | 4,517 | | | 5,581 |
Loan related expenses | | | 477 | | | 293 |
Professional fees | | | 306 | | | 448 |
Occupancy and equipment | | | 280 | | | 344 |
Software | | | 465 | | | 469 |
Data processing expense | | | 246 | | | 265 |
Directors fees | | | 224 | | | 218 |
Insurance expense | | | 208 | | | 151 |
Intangible amortization expense | | | 166 | | | 166 |
Advertising expense | | | 62 | | | 248 |
Communications | | | 60 | | | 78 |
Merger related expenses | | | — | | | 116 |
Other noninterest expense | | | 250 | | | 100 |
Total noninterest expense | | | 7,261 | | | 8,477 |
Income before income taxes | | | 1,701 | | | 3,188 |
Income tax expense | | | 430 | | | 778 |
Net income | | | 1,271 | | | 2,410 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | — | | | (58) |
Net income available to Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,271 | | | 2,352 |
| | | | |||
Basic earnings per common share | | | $0.56 | | | $1.06 |
Diluted earnings per common share | | | $0.55 | | | $1.04 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding | | | 2,271,071 | | | 2,211,039 |
Diluted average common shares outstanding | | | 2,303,584 | | | 2,264,572 |
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 |
Net income | | | $1,271 | | | $2,352 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): | | | | | ||
Unrealized (loss) gain during the period on available for sale securities, net of tax (benefit) expense of $57 and $(27) respectively | | | (214) | | | 103 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): | | | (214) | | | 103 |
Comprehensive income | | | 1,057 | | | 2,455 |
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | — | | | 58 |
Comprehensive income attributable to Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | $1,057 | | | $2,397 |
| | Common Stock $1.00 par | | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | | Retained Earnings | | | Noncontrolling Interest | | | Total Shareholders' Equity | ||||
(in thousands) | | | Voting | | | Non-voting | | ||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | | | $2,239 | | | $22 | | | $24,916 | | | $(2,301) | | | $62,611 | | | $(730) | | | $86,757 |
Adoption of new accounting standard | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 605 | | | — | | | 605 |
Net income | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 2,352 | | | — | | | 2,352 |
Other comprehensive income | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 103 | | | — | | | — | | | 103 |
Stock based compensation | | | — | | | — | | | 19 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 19 |
Restricted stock issuance | | | 5 | | | — | | | 204 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 209 |
Noncontrolling interest income | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 58 | | | 58 |
Noncontrolling interest distribution | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (27) | | | (27) |
Share cancellations | | | (13) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (13) |
Balance at March 31, 2023 | | | $2,231 | | | $22 | | | $25,139 | | | $(2,198) | | | $65,568 | | | $(699) | | | $90,063 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | | | $2,273 | | | $22 | | | $25,811 | | | $(2,120) | | | $74,346 | | | $— | | | $100,332 |
Net income (loss) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,271 | | | — | | | 1,271 |
Other comprehensive loss | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (214) | | | — | | | — | | | (214) |
Stock based compensation | | | — | | | — | | | 192 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 192 |
Exercise of stock options | | | 17 | | | — | | | 51 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 68 |
Restricted stock issuance | | | 34 | | | — | | | 205 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 239 |
Balance at March 31, 2024 | | | $2,324 | | | $22 | | | $26,259 | | | $(2,334) | | | $75,617 | | | $— | | | $101,888 |
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 |
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | ||
Net income | | | $1,271 | | | $2,410 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: | | | | | ||
Depreciation expense | | | 49 | | | 57 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 400 | | | 585 |
Amortization of premium on securities, net of accretion | | | 44 | | | 9 |
Amortization of intangible assets | | | 166 | | | 165 |
Accretion of discounts on loans | | | (538) | | | (498) |
Originations of loans held for sale | | | (11,372) | | | (20,818) |
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | | | 8,945 | | | 17,040 |
Net gains on sale of loans held for sale | | | (564) | | | (1,008) |
Net loss on sale of foreclosed assets | | | 26 | | | — |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | 397 | | | 223 |
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance | | | (32) | | | (555) |
Revaluation of loan servicing rights | | | 44 | | | 111 |
Changes in fair value on marketable equity securities | | | — | | | (1,998) |
Changes in assets and liabilities: | | | | | ||
Decrease in other assets | | | 1,856 | | | 29 |
Increase in other liabilities | | | (3,762) | | | (7,172) |
Net cash used in operating activities | | | $(3,070) | | | $(11,420) |
| | | | |||
Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | ||
Purchases of marketable equity securities | | | $(1,960) | | | $— |
Proceeds from maturities and principal paydowns of available-for-sale securities | | | 325 | | | 329 |
Increase in loans, net | | | (1,701) | | | (18,793) |
Proceeds from bank owned life insurance policies | | | — | | | 859 |
Purchases of FHLB stock | | | 75 | | | 126 |
Net cash used in investing activities | | | $(3,261) | | | $(17,479) |
| | | | |||
Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | ||
(Decrease) increase in deposits, net | | | $(37,120) | | | $43,161 |
Increase (decrease) in borrowings, net | | | 10,000 | | | (20,000) |
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest partners | | | — | | | (27) |
Stock option exercises and restricted stock vested | | | 102 | | | 5 |
Repurchase of common stock | | | — | | | (13) |
Net cash(used in) provided by financing activities | | | $(27,018) | | | $23,126 |
| | | | |||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents | | | $(33,349) | | | $(5,773) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning | | | 63,706 | | | 33,983 |
Cash and cash equivalents, ending | | | $30,357 | | | $28,210 |
| | | | |||
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information | | | | | ||
Cash paid during the period for interest | | | $4,003 | | | $1,354 |
Cash paid during the period for taxes | | | $8 | | | $350 |
| | | | |||
Supplemental Disclosures of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities | | | | | ||
Transfer of loans held for investment to foreclosed assets | | | $— | | | $214 |
Adoption of ASC326 – Loans | | | $— | | | $(906) |
Adoption of ASC326 – Unfunded commitments | | | $— | | | $100 |
Change in unrealized loss on securities AFS | | | $(271) | | | $130 |
| | For the three months ended March 31, | ||||
(in thousands except share and per share data) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 |
Net income attributable to IFH, Inc. | | | $1,271 | | | $2,352 |
Weighted average common shares – basic | | | 2,271,071 | | | 2,211,039 |
Add: Effect of dilutive stock options | | | 23,261 | | | 45,847 |
Add: Effect of dilutive restricted stock awards | | | 9,252 | | | 7,686 |
Weighted average common shares – dilutive | | | 2,303,584 | | | 2,264,572 |
| | | | |||
Basic earnings per common share | | | $0.56 | | | $1.06 |
Diluted earnings per common share | | | $0.55 | | | $1.04 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $106 | | | $2 | | | $— | | | $108 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 24,531 | | | 79 | | | 3,032 | | | 21,578 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 346 | | | — | | | 4 | | | 342 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $24,983 | | | $81 | | | $3,036 | | | $22,028 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $107 | | | $2 | | | $— | | | $109 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 24,875 | | | — | | | 2,683 | | | 22,192 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 370 | | | — | | | 3 | | | 367 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $25,352 | | | $2 | | | $2,686 | | | $22,668 |
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 |
Marketable equity securities gains | | | $— | | | $1,998 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $1,928 | | | $45 | | | $15,540 | | | $2,987 | | | $17,468 | | | $3,032 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | $— | | | $— | | | $342 | | | $4 | | | $342 | | | $4 |
Total | | | $1,928 | | | $45 | | | $15,882 | | | $2,991 | | | $17,810 | | | $3,036 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,241 | | | $2,649 | | | $22,192 | | | $2,683 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | $— | | | $— | | | $367 | | | $3 | | | $367 | | | $3 |
Total | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,608 | | | $2,652 | | | $22,559 | | | $2,686 |
(in thousands) | | | Within 1 Year | | | After One Within Five Years | | | After Five Within Ten Years | | | After Ten Years | | | Total |
SBA pooled securities | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $108 | | | $108 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | — | | | — | | | 34 | | | 21,544 | | | 21,578 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 342 | | | 342 |
| | $— | | | $— | | | $34 | | | $21,994 | | | $22,028 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Commercial | | | $222,888 | | | $227,130 |
Real Estate: | | | | | ||
Commercial real estate | | | 86,174 | | | 76,715 |
Residential real estate | | | 51,686 | | | 54,864 |
Consumer | | | 18 | | | 22 |
Subtotal | | | 360,766 | | | 358,731 |
Net deferred loan costs | | | 1,176 | | | 998 |
Allowance for credit losses | | | (7,310) | | | (6,936) |
Loans held for investment, net | | | $354,632 | | | $352,793 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Unallocated | | | Total |
Allowance for credit losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Beginning balance | | | $5,138 | | | $1,044 | | | $669 | | | $1 | | | $84 | | | $6,936 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 165 | | | 293 | | | 26 | | | — | | | (84) | | | 400 |
Charge-offs | | | (101) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (101) |
Recoveries | | | 37 | | | 38 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 75 |
Ending Balance | | | $5,239 | | | $1,375 | | | $695 | | | $1 | | | $— | | | $7,310 |
| | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Unallocated | | | Total |
Allowance for credit losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Beginning balance | | | $4,420 | | | $1,931 | | | $341 | | | $1 | | | $16 | | | $6,709 |
Adjustment for CECL implementation | | | 82 | | | (909) | | | (64) | | | — | | | (16) | | | (907) |
Adjusted beginning balance | | | 4,502 | | | 1,022 | | | 277 | | | 1 | | | — | | | 5,802 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 418 | | | 175 | | | (8) | | | — | | | — | | | 585 |
Charge-offs | | | (324) | | | (69) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (393) |
Recoveries | | | 3 | | | 14 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 17 |
Ending Balance | | | $4,599 | | | $1,142 | | | $269 | | | $1 | | | $— | | | $6,011 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Unallocated | | | Total |
Allowance for credit losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Beginning balance | | | $4,420 | | | $1,931 | | | $341 | | | $1 | | | $16 | | | $6,709 |
Adjustment for CECL implementation | | | 82 | | | (909) | | | (64) | | | — | | | (16) | | | (907) |
Adjusted beginning balance | | | 4,502 | | | 1,022 | | | 277 | | | 1 | | | — | | | 5,802 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 1,057 | | | (288) | | | 392 | | | — | | | 84 | | | 1,245 |
Charge-offs | | | (484) | | | (69) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (553) |
Recoveries | | | 63 | | | 379 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 442 |
Ending Balance | | | $5,138 | | | $1,044 | | | $669 | | | $1 | | | $84 | | | $6,936 |
• | Commercial real estate loans can be secured by either owner occupied commercial real estate or non-owner occupied investment commercial real estate. Typically, owner occupied commercial real estate loans are secured by office buildings, warehouses, manufacturing facilities and other commercial and industrial properties occupied by operating companies. Non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans are generally secured by office buildings and complexes, retail facilities, multifamily complexes, land under development, industrial properties, as well as other commercial or industrial real estate. |
• | Residential real estate loans are typically secured by first mortgages, and in some cases could be secured by a second mortgage. |
• | Home equity lines of credit are generally secured by second mortgages on residential real estate property. |
• | Consumer loans are generally secured by automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and other personal property. Some consumer loans are unsecured and have no underlying collateral. |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Commercial | | | $2,772 | | | $401 |
Real Estate: | | | | | ||
Commercial real estate | | | 12,127 | | | 12,065 |
Residential real estate | | | 3,956 | | | 3,258 |
Total loans | | | $18,855 | | | $15,724 |
| | March 31, 2024 | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | Nonaccrual Loans with No Allowance | | | Nonaccrual Loans with an Allowance | | | Total Nonaccrual Loans |
Commercial | | | $1,170 | | | $253 | | | $1,423 |
Real Estate: | | | | | | | |||
Commercial real estate | | | 2,982 | | | 9,032 | | | 12,014 |
Residential real estate | | | 4,310 | | | — | | | 4,310 |
Total | | | $8,462 | | | $9,285 | | | $17,747 |
| | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | Nonaccrual Loans with No Allowance | | | Nonaccrual Loans with an Allowance | | | Total Nonaccrual Loans |
Commercial | | | $682 | | | $253 | | | $935 |
Real Estate: | | | | | | | |||
Commercial real estate | | | 3,127 | | | 9,032 | | | 12,159 |
Residential real estate | | | 3,208 | | | — | | | 3,208 |
Total | | | $7,017 | | | $9,285 | | | $16,302 |
(in thousands) | | | Amount | | | Number |
March 31, 2024 | | | | | ||
Loans past due over 90 days and still on accrual | | | $— | | | — |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | | | ||
Less than 30 days | | | — | | | — |
30-59 days | | | — | | | — |
60-89 days | | | — | | | — |
90+ days | | | 6,559 | | | 20 |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | $6,559 | | | 20 |
(in thousands) | | | Amount | | | Number |
December 31, 2023 | | | | | ||
Loans past due over 90 days and still on accrual | | | $— | | | — |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | | | ||
Less than 30 days | | | — | | | — |
30-59 days | | | — | | | — |
60-89 days | | | — | | | — |
90+ days | | | 12,770 | | | 16 |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | $12,770 | | | 16 |
(in thousands) March 31, 2024 | | | 30 - 59 Days Past Due | | | 60 - 89 Days Past Due | | | Greater than 90 Days Past Due | | | Total Past Due | | | Current | | | Total Loans |
Commercial | | | $235 | | | $172 | | | $750 | | | $1,157 | | | $221,731 | | | $222,888 |
Commercial real estate | | | 1,384 | | | — | | | 2,937 | | | 4,321 | | | 81,853 | | | $86,174 |
Residential real estate | | | 827 | | | 742 | | | 2,872 | | | 4,441 | | | 47,245 | | | $51,686 |
Consumer | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 18 | | | $18 |
Total | | | $2,446 | | | $914 | | | $6,559 | | | $9,919 | | | $350,847 | | | $360,766 |
(in thousands) December 31, 2023 | | | 30 – 59 Days Past Due | | | 60 – 89 Days Past Due | | | Greater than 90 Days Past Due | | | Total Past Due | | | Current | | | Total Loans |
Commercial | | | $226 | | | $80 | | | $257 | | | $563 | | | $226,567 | | | $227,130 |
Commercial real estate | | | — | | | 465 | | | 10,829 | | | 11,294 | | | 65,421 | | | $76,715 |
Residential real estate | | | 1,075 | | | 663 | | | 1,772 | | | 3,510 | | | 51,354 | | | $54,864 |
Consumer | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 22 | | | $22 |
Total | | | $1,301 | | | $1,208 | | | $12,858 | | | $15,367 | | | $343,364 | | | $358,731 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | $6,328 | | | $70,912 | | | $51,338 | | | $18,250 | | | $8,435 | | | $48,380 | | | $15,134 | | | $218,777 |
Special mention | | | — | | | 1,105 | | | 896 | | | 19 | | | 179 | | | 489 | | | — | | | 2,688 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 146 | | | 750 | | | 527 | | | — | | | 1,423 |
| | 6,328 | | | 72,017 | | | 52,234 | | | 18,415 | | | 9,364 | | | 49,396 | | | 15,134 | | | 222,888 | |
Commercial real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 5,519 | | | 18,082 | | | 13,443 | | | 16,024 | | | 6,619 | | | 14,711 | | | 247 | | | 74,645 |
Special mention | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 144 | | | — | | | 144 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 7,767 | | | 3,618 | | | — | | | 11,385 |
| | 5,519 | | | 18,082 | | | 13,443 | | | 16,024 | | | 14,386 | | | 18,473 | | | 247 | | | 86,174 | |
Residential real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 729 | | | 3,111 | | | 3,192 | | | 1,519 | | | 1,189 | | | 36,477 | | | 956 | | | 47,173 |
Special mention | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 203 | | | — | | | 203 |
Substandard | | | 358 | | | 392 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 3,560 | | | — | | | 4,310 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
| | 1,087 | | | 3,503 | | | 3,192 | | | 1,519 | | | 1,189 | | | 40,240 | | | 956 | | | 51,686 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 13 | | | 5 | | | — | | | 18 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 13 | | | 5 | | | — | | | 18 | |
Total | | | $12,934 | | | $93,602 | | | $68,869 | | | $35,958 | | | $24,952 | | | $108,114 | | | $16,337 | | | $360,766 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | $88,802 | | | $50,986 | | | $17,637 | | | $9,322 | | | $19,828 | | | $32,024 | | | $7,284 | | | $225,883 |
Special mention | | | 21 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 16 | | | 271 | | | — | | | 308 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | 146 | | | 253 | | | — | | | 540 | | | — | | | 939 |
| | 88,823 | | | 50,986 | | | 17,783 | | | 9,575 | | | 19,844 | | | 32,835 | | | 7,284 | | | 227,130 | |
Commercial real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 11,030 | | | 10,794 | | | 17,404 | | | 7,696 | | | 4,517 | | | 12,157 | | | 252 | | | 63,850 |
Special mention | | | — | | | — | | | 519 | | | — | | | — | | | 248 | | | — | | | 767 |
Substandard | | | — | | | 359 | | | — | | | 7,767 | | | — | | | 3,972 | | | — | | | 12,098 |
| | 11,030 | | | 11,153 | | | 17,923 | | | 15,463 | | | 4,517 | | | 16,377 | | | 252 | | | 76,715 | |
Residential real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 23,894 | | | 2,191 | | | 10,219 | | | 5,431 | | | 2,843 | | | 6,589 | | | 976 | | | 52,143 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | 2,159 | | | 258 | | | — | | | 304 | | | — | | | 2,721 |
| | 23,894 | | | 2,191 | | | 12,378 | | | 5,689 | | | 2,843 | | | 6,893 | | | 976 | | | 54,864 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 15 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 22 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | 15 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 22 | |
Total | | | $123,747 | | | $64,330 | | | $48,084 | | | $30,742 | | | $27,211 | | | $56,105 | | | $8,512 | | | $358,731 |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2024 | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | $— | | | $— | | | $83 | | | $— | | | $18 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $101 |
Total | | | $— | | | $— | | | $83 | | | $— | | | $18 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $101 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | $— | | | $35 | | | $39 | | | $— | | | $371 | | | $39 | | | $— | | | $484 |
Commercial real estate | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 69 | | | — | | | $69 |
Total | | | $— | | | $35 | | | $39 | | | $— | | | $371 | | | $108 | | | $— | | | $553 |
Note 6. | Premises and Equipment |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Land | | | $810 | | | $810 |
Buildings | | | 3,927 | | | 3,927 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | | | 889 | | | 888 |
Equipment not yet placed in service | | | 11 | | | 11 |
Software | | | 360 | | | 363 |
Total | | | 5,997 | | | 5,999 |
Accumulated depreciation | | | (2,290) | | | (2,243) |
Premises and equipment, net | | | $3,707 | | | $3,756 |
Note 7. | Leases |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | March 31, 2023 |
Operating lease expense | | | $124 | | | $145 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Operating Leases | | | | | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | | | $1,145 | | | $1,257 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Operating lease liabilities | | | $1,227 | | | $1,342 |
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term: | | | | | ||
Operating leases | | | 2.6 Years | | | 2.8 Years |
| | | | |||
Weighted Average Discount Rate: | | | | | ||
Operating leases | | | 1.22% | | | 1.22% |
2024 | | | $361 |
2025 | | | 494 |
2026 | | | 332 |
2027 | | | 40 |
Total | | | $1,227 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Goodwill, beginning of year | | | $13,161 | | | $13,161 |
Acquired goodwill | | | — | | | — |
Impairment | | | — | | | — |
Goodwill, end of period | | | $13,161 | | | $13,161 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| | Gross Carrying Amount | | | Accumulated Amortization | | | Gross Carrying Amount | | | Accumulated Amortization | |
Amortized intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | ||||
Customer list intangible | | | $6,640 | | | $(3,929) | | | $6,640 | | | $(3,763) |
| | | | | | | | |||||
Indefinite life intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | ||||
Trade name intangible | | | $2,141 | | | $— | | | $2,141 | | | $— |
(in thousands) | | | |
2024 | | | $498 |
2025 | | | 664 |
2026 | | | 664 |
Thereafter | | | 885 |
Total | | | $2,711 |
(in thousands) | | | |
2024 | | | $110,441 |
2025 | | | 81,068 |
2026 | | | 31,049 |
2027 | | | 29,970 |
2028 | | | 28,538 |
2029 | | | 12 |
| | $281,078 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Maturing in April 2024, at a fixed rate of 5.48% | | | $10,000 | | | $— |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 |
Beginning balance | | | $36 | | | $— |
Adjustment for implementation of CECL | | | — | | | 100 |
Provision for credit losses on changes in unfunded commitments | | | — | | | (64) |
Total ending ACL balance | | | $36 | | | $36 |
| | March 31, 2024 | | | December 31, 2023 | |
Commitments to make loans and unused lines of credit | | | $78,148 | | | $73,414 |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $61,509 | | | 15.34% | | | $42,115 | | | 10.50% | | | $40,109 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 56,467 | | | 14.08% | | | 34,093 | | | 8.50% | | | 32,087 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 56,467 | | | 14.08% | | | 28,077 | | | 7.00% | | | 26,071 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 56,467 | | | 11.90% | | | 18,986 | | | 4.00% | | | 23,732 | | | 5.00% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $60,516 | | | 15.37% | | | $41,333 | | | 10.50% | | | $39,365 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 33,460 | | | 8.50% | | | 31,492 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 27,556 | | | 7.00% | | | 25,587 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 55,571 | | | 12.01% | | | 18,509 | | | 4.00% | | | 23,136 | | | 5.00% |
(amounts in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Debt securities | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $108 | | | $— | | | $108 | | | $— |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 21,578 | | | — | | | 21,578 | | | — |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 342 | | | — | | | 342 | | | — |
Total debt securities available for sale | | | $22,028 | | | $— | | | $22,028 | | | $— |
(amounts in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Marketable equity securities | | | 21,557 | | | 21,557 | | | — | | | — |
Total investment securities | | | $43,585 | | | $21,557 | | | $22,028 | | | $— |
Loan servicing assets | | | $3,922 | | | $— | | | $3,922 | | | $— |
(amounts in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Debt securities | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $109 | | | $— | | | $109 | | | $— |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 22,192 | | | — | | | 22,192 | | | — |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 367 | | | — | | | 367 | | | — |
Total debt securities available for sale | | | $22,668 | | | $— | | | $22,668 | | | $— |
| | | | | | | | |||||
Marketable equity securities | | | 19,597 | | | 19,597 | | | — | | | — |
Total investment securities | | | $42,265 | | | $19,597 | | | $22,668 | | | $— |
Loan servicing assets | | | $3,966 | | | $— | | | $3,966 | | | $— |
(amounts in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Debt securities | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $183 | | | $— | | | $183 | | | $— |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 17,099 | | | — | | | 17,099 | | | — |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 430 | | | — | | | 430 | | | — |
Total debt securities available for sale | | | $17,712 | | | $— | | | $17,712 | | | $— |
| | | | | | | | |||||
Marketable equity securities | | | 17,982 | | | 17,982 | | | — | | | — |
Total investment securities | | | $35,694 | | | $17,982 | | | $17,712 | | | $— |
Loan servicing assets | | | $3,715 | | | $— | | | $3,715 | | | $— |
| | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated loans | | | $17,477 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $17,477 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated loans | | | $10,699 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $10,699 |
Foreclosed assets | | | 101 | | | — | | | — | | | 101 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 |
Impaired loans | | | $1,205 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $1,205 |
Foreclosed assets | | | 101 | | | — | | | — | | | 101 |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated | | | $17,477 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated | | | $10,699 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Foreclosed assets | | | $101 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Impaired loans | | | $1,205 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
Foreclosed assets | | | $101 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $30,357 | | | $30,357 | | | $30,357 | | | $— | | | $— |
Loans held for sale | | | 43,415 | | | 43,415 | | | — | | | 43,415 | | | — |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 354,632 | | | 346,003 | | | — | | | 328,526 | | | 17,477 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 3,895 | | | 3,895 | | | 3,895 | | | — | | | — |
(in thousands) | | | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Deposits | | | 398,559 | | | 403,211 | | | — | | | 403,211 | | | — |
Borrowings | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | | — | | | 10,000 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 1,008 | | | 1,008 | | | 1,008 | | | — | | | — |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $63,706 | | | $63,706 | | | $63,706 | | | $— | | | $— |
Loans held for sale | | | 40,424 | | | 40,424 | | | — | | | 40,424 | | | — |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 352,793 | | | 344,188 | | | — | | | 333,489 | | | 10,699 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 3,842 | | | 3,842 | | | 3,842 | | | — | | | — |
Financial Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Deposits | | | 435,679 | | | 439,331 | | | — | | | 439,331 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 1,346 | | | 1,346 | | | 1,346 | | | — | | | — |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $33,983 | | | $33,983 | | | $33,983 | | | $— | | | $— |
Interest-bearing time deposits | | | 999 | | | 999 | | | 999 | | | — | | | — |
Loans held for sale | | | 34,302 | | | 34,302 | | | — | | | 34,302 | | | — |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 294,055 | | | 287,334 | | | — | | | 286,129 | | | 1,205 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 2,997 | | | 2,997 | | | 2,997 | | | — | | | — |
Financial Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Deposits | | | 313,128 | | | 312,302 | | | — | | | 312,302 | | | — |
Borrowings | | | 30,000 | | | 30,000 | | | — | | | 30,000 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 379 | | | 379 | | | 379 | | | — | | | — |
• | Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. |
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• | Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed. |
• | Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements. |
• | Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. |
(in thousands, except share data) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Assets | | | | | ||
Cash and due from banks | | | $3,540 | | | $7,553 |
Interest-bearing deposits with other institutions | | | 60,166 | | | 26,430 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | | | 63,706 | | | 33,983 |
Interest-bearing time deposits | | | — | | | 999 |
Securities available for sale, at fair value | | | 22,668 | | | 17,712 |
Marketable equity securities | | | 19,597 | | | 17,982 |
Loans held for sale | | | 40,424 | | | 34,302 |
Loans held for investment | | | 359,729 | | | 300,764 |
Allowance for credit losses (“ACL”) | | | (6,936) | | | (6,709) |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 352,793 | | | 294,055 |
Premises and equipment, net | | | 3,756 | | | 4,098 |
Foreclosed assets | | | 101 | | | 101 |
Loan servicing assets | | | 3,966 | | | 3,715 |
Bank owned life insurance | | | 4,688 | | | 5,357 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 3,842 | | | 2,997 |
Goodwill | | | 13,161 | | | 13,161 |
Intangible assets | | | 5,018 | | | 5,682 |
Other assets | | | 13,843 | | | 13,719 |
Total assets | | | $547,563 | | | $447,863 |
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | | | | ||
Liabilities | | | | | ||
Deposits: | | | | | ||
Noninterest-bearing | | | $90,195 | | | $106,255 |
Interest-bearing | | | 345,484 | | | 206,873 |
Total deposits | | | 435,679 | | | 313,128 |
Borrowings | | | — | | | 30,000 |
Accrued interest payable | | | 1,346 | | | 379 |
Other liabilities | | | 10,206 | | | 17,599 |
Total liabilities | | | 447,231 | | | 361,106 |
Shareholders’ equity | | | | | ||
Common stock, voting, $1 par value, 9,000,000 shares authorized, 2,273,009 and 2,238,809 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively | | | 2,273 | | | 2,239 |
Common stock, non-voting, $1 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 21,740 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022 | | | 22 | | | 22 |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 25,811 | | | 24,916 |
Retained earnings | | | 74,346 | | | 62,611 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (2,120) | | | (2,301) |
Total Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. shareholders’ equity | | | 100,332 | | | 87,487 |
Noncontrolling interest | | | — | | | (730) |
Total shareholders' equity | | | 100,332 | | | 86,757 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | | $547,563 | | | $447,863 |
(in thousands except share and per share data) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Interest income | | | | | ||
Interest and fees on loans | | | $31,008 | | | $23,479 |
Investment securities & deposits | | | 2,095 | | | 920 |
Total interest income | | | 33,103 | | | 24,399 |
Interest expense | | | | | ||
Interest on deposits | | | 10,127 | | | 2,313 |
Interest on borrowed funds | | | 261 | | | 129 |
Total interest expense | | | 10,388 | | | 2,442 |
Net interest income | | | 22,715 | | | 21,957 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 1,245 | | | 810 |
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | | 21,470 | | | 21,147 |
Noninterest income | | | | | ||
Government loan servicing and packaging revenue | | | 11,058 | | | 9,694 |
Mortgage revenue | | | — | | | 1,815 |
Government lending revenue | | | 7,746 | | | 8,199 |
Loan servicing rights | | | 251 | | | (278) |
Bank-owned life insurance income | | | 742 | | | 111 |
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities | | | 1,615 | | | 5,994 |
Other noninterest income | | | 3,354 | | | 2,748 |
Total noninterest income | | | 24,766 | | | 28,283 |
Noninterest expense | | | | | ||
Compensation | | | 19,946 | | | 26,380 |
Occupancy and equipment | | | 1,331 | | | 1,303 |
Loan related expenses | | | 1,930 | | | 1,949 |
Data processing expense | | | 997 | | | 1,055 |
Advertising expense | | | 629 | | | 998 |
Insurance expense | | | 701 | | | 570 |
Professional fees | | | 2,001 | | | 1,926 |
Software | | | 1,876 | | | 1,778 |
Communications | | | 261 | | | 349 |
Directors fees | | | 704 | | | 750 |
Intangible amortization expense | | | 664 | | | 679 |
Merger related expenses | | | 177 | | | 753 |
Litigation settlement | | | (1,132) | | | 10,000 |
Other noninterest expense | | | 1,177 | | | 2,282 |
Total noninterest expense | | | 31,262 | | | 50,772 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | | | 14,974 | | | (1,342) |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | | 3,797 | | | (1,205) |
Net income (loss) | | | 11,177 | | | (137) |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | (47) | | | (62) |
Net income (loss) available to Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 11,130 | | | (199) |
| | | | |||
Basic earnings (loss) per common share | | | $5.00 | | | $(0.09) |
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share | | | $4.91 | | | $(0.09) |
Weighted average common shares outstanding | | | 2,224,846 | | | 2,178,460 |
Diluted average common shares outstanding | | | 2,265,987 | | | 2,178,460 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Net income (loss) | | | $11,177 | | | $(137) |
Other comprehensive income (loss): | | | | | ||
Unrealized gain (loss) during the period on available for sale securities, net of tax expense (benefit) of $48 and ($585), respectively | | | 181 | | | (2,202) |
Other comprehensive income (loss): | | | 181 | | | (2,202) |
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Integrated | | | 11,358 | | | (2,339) |
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | 47 | | | 62 |
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | $11,311 | | | $(2,401) |
(in thousands) | | | Common Stock $1.00 par | | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | | Retained Earnings | | | Noncontrolling Interest | | | Total Shareholders' Equity | |||
| Voting | | | Non-voting | | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2021 | | | $2,173 | | | $22 | | | $23,666 | | | $(99) | | | $62,810 | | | $(792) | | | $87,780 |
Net income (loss) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (199) | | | 62 | | | (137) |
Other comprehensive loss | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (2,202) | | | — | | | — | | | (2,202) |
Stock based compensation | | | — | | | — | | | 45 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 45 |
Exercise of stock options | | | 26 | | | — | | | 372 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 398 |
Restricted stock issuance | | | 43 | | | — | | | 880 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 923 |
Share repurchases and cancellations | | | (3) | | | — | | | (47) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (50) |
Balance at December 31, 2022 | | | $2,239 | | | $22 | | | $24,916 | | | $(2,301) | | | $62,611 | | | $(730) | | | $86,757 |
Adoption of new accounting standard | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $605 | | | $— | | | $605 |
Net income | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 11,130 | | | 47 | | | 11,177 |
Other comprehensive income | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 181 | | | — | | | — | | | 181 |
Derecognition of non-controlling interest | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 683 | | | 683 |
Stock based compensation | | | — | | | — | | | 68 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 68 |
Exercise of stock options | | | 18 | | | — | | | 146 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 164 |
Restricted stock issuance | | | 32 | | | — | | | 681 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 713 |
Share cancellations | | | (16) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (16) |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | | | $2,273 | | | $22 | | | $25,811 | | | $(2,120) | | | $74,346 | | | $— | | | $100,332 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | ||
Net income (loss) | | | $11,177 | | | $(137) |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: | | | | | ||
Depreciation expense | | | 300 | | | 307 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 1,245 | | | 810 |
Amortization of premium on securities, net of accretion | | | 34 | | | 52 |
Amortization of intangible assets | | | 664 | | | 664 |
Accretion of discounts on loans | | | (2,326) | | | (1,658) |
Originations of loans held for sale | | | (108,565) | | | (210,611) |
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | | | 110,169 | | | 215,669 |
Net gains on sale of loans held for sale | | | (7,726) | | | (11,480) |
Net loss on sale of foreclosed assets | | | 106 | | | 91 |
Net loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment | | | — | | | 69 |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | 749 | | | 925 |
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance | | | (743) | | | (111) |
Net change in loan servicing rights | | | (251) | | | 278 |
Changes in fair value on marketable equity securities | | | (1,615) | | | (5,994) |
Changes in assets and liabilities: | | | | | ||
Increase (decrease) in other assets | | | (1,343) | | | 3,048 |
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities | | | (6,526) | | | 8,541 |
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | | | $(4,651) | | | $463 |
Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | ||
Purchases of securities available-for-sale | | | $(5,955) | | | $(1,971) |
Proceeds from maturities and principal paydowns of securities available-for-sale | | | 1,193 | | | 2,091 |
Proceeds from maturities of interest-bearing time deposits | | | 999 | | | 747 |
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment | | | 52 | | | — |
Increase in loans, net | | | (56,966) | | | (39,230) |
Proceeds from bank owned life insurance policies | | | 1,412 | | | |
Increase in FHLB stock, net | | | 126 | | | 80 |
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets | | | 109 | | | 527 |
Purchases of premises and equipment | | | (10) | | | (300) |
Net cash used in investing activities | | | $(59,040) | | | $(38,056) |
Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | ||
Increase (decrease) in deposits, net | | | $122,551 | | | $(35,028) |
Increase (decrease) in borrowings, net | | | (30,000) | | | 22,500 |
Derecognition of nonontrolling interest | | | 683 | | | — |
Stock option exercises and restricted stock vested | | | 196 | | | 441 |
Repurchase of common stock | | | (16) | | | (50) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | | $93,414 | | | $(12,137) |
Net change in cash and cash equivalents | | | $29,723 | | | $(49,730) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning | | | 33,983 | | | 83,713 |
Cash and cash equivalents, ending | | | $63,706 | | | $33,983 |
| | | | |||
Cash paid during the period for interest | | | $9,421 | | | $2,389 |
Cash paid (received) during the period for taxes | | | 326 | | | (2,452) |
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Transactions | | | — | | | |
Transfer of loans held for investment to foreclosed assets | | | $215 | | | $101 |
Right-of-use asset in exchange for lease obligations | | | $— | | | $555 |
Adoption of ASC326 – Loans | | | $(906) | | | $— |
Adoption of ASC326 – Unfunded commitments | | | $100 | | | $— |
Change in unrealized loss on securities AFS | | | $229 | | | $(2,787) |
• | Commercial loans are dependent on the strength of the industries of the related borrowers and the success of their businesses. Commercial loans are advanced for equipment purchases or to provide working capital to meet other financing needs of the business. These loans may be secured by accounts receivable, inventory, equipment or other business assets. Financial information is obtained from the borrower to evaluate the debt service coverage and ability to repay the loans. |
• | Commercial real estate loans are dependent on the industries tied to these loans as well as the local commercial real estate market, including available commercial real estate inventories, market demand and time to sell. The loans are secured by the real estate, and appraisals are obtained to support the loan amount. An evaluation of the entity’s cash flows is performed to evaluate the borrower’s ability to repay the loan. |
• | Residential real estate and home equity loans are affected by the local residential real estate market, the local economy, and movement in interest rates. The Company evaluates the borrower’s repayment ability through a review of credit scores and debt to income ratios. Appraisals are obtained to support the loan amount. |
• | Consumer loans are dependent on the local economy. Consumer loans are generally secured by consumer assets, but may be unsecured. The Company evaluates the borrower’s repayment ability through a review of credit scores and an evaluation of debt to income ratios. |
(in thousands except share and per share data) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Net income (loss) attributable to IFH, Inc. | | | $11,130 | | | $(199) |
Weighted average common shares – basic | | | 2,224,846 | | | 2,178,460 |
Add: Effect of dilutive stock options | | | 34,288 | | | — |
Add: Effect of dilutive restricted stock awards | | | 6,853 | | | — |
Weighted average common shares – dilutive | | | 2,265,987 | | | 2,178,460 |
Basic earnings (loss) per common share | | | $5.00 | | | $(0.09) |
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share | | | $4.91 | | | $(0.09) |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $107 | | | $2 | | | $— | | | $109 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 24,875 | | | — | | | 2,683 | | | 22,192 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 370 | | | — | | | 3 | | | 367 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $25,352 | | | $2 | | | $2,686 | | | $22,668 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Amortized Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | | Fair Value |
Investment securities available for sale: | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $180 | | | $3 | | | $— | | | $183 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 20,007 | | | — | | | 2,908 | | | 17,099 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 437 | | | — | | | 7 | | | 430 |
Total investment securities available for sale | | | $20,624 | | | $3 | | | $2,915 | | | $17,712 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Marketable equity security gains | | | $1,615 | | | $5,994 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,241 | | | $2,649 | | | $22,192 | | | $2,683 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | $— | | | $— | | | $367 | | | $3 | | | $367 | | | $3 |
Total | | | $1,951 | | | $34 | | | $20,608 | | | $2,652 | | | $22,559 | | | $2,686 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Less than twelve months | | | Twelve months or more | | | Total | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses | | | Fair value | | | Unrealized losses |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | $5,883 | | | $630 | | | $11,216 | | | $2,278 | | | $17,099 | | | $2,908 |
Government sponsored collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 430 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 430 | | | 7 |
Total | | | $6,313 | | | $637 | | | $11,216 | | | $2,278 | | | $17,529 | | | $2,915 |
(in thousands) | | | Within 1 Year | | | After One Within Five Years | | | After Five Within Ten Years | | | After Ten Years | | | Total |
SBA pooled securities | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $109 | | | $109 |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | — | | | 38 | | | — | | | 22,154 | | | 22,192 |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 367 | | | 367 |
| | $— | | | $38 | | | $— | | | $22,630 | | | $22,668 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Commercial | | | $227,130 | | | $187,354 |
Real Estate: | | | | | ||
Commercial real estate | | | 76,715 | | | 71,711 |
Residential real estate | | | 54,864 | | | 40,005 |
Consumer | | | 22 | | | 44 |
Subtotal | | | 358,731 | | | 299,114 |
Net deferred loan costs | | | 998 | | | 1,650 |
Allowance for credit losses | | | (6,936) | | | (6,709) |
Loans held for investment, net | | | $352,793 | | | $294,055 |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Unallocated | | | Total |
Allowance for credit losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Beginning balance | | | $4,420 | | | $1,931 | | | $341 | | | $1 | | | $16 | | | $6,709 |
Adjustment for CECL implementation | | | 82 | | | (909) | | | (64) | | | — | | | (16) | | | (907) |
Adjusted beginning balance | | | 4,502 | | | 1,022 | | | 277 | | | 1 | | | — | | | 5,802 |
Provision for credit losses | | | 1,057 | | | (288) | | | 392 | | | — | | | 84 | | | 1,245 |
Charge-offs | | | (484) | | | (69) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (553) |
Recoveries | | | 63 | | | 379 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 442 |
Ending Balance | | | $5,138 | | | $1,044 | | | $669 | | | $1 | | | $84 | | | $6,936 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Unallocated | | | Total |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Beginning balance | | | $3,023 | | | $2,219 | | | $274 | | | $3 | | | $28 | | | $5,547 |
Provision for loan losses | | | 1,552 | | | (795) | | | 67 | | | (2) | | | (12) | | | 810 |
Charge-offs | | | (419) | | | (49) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (468) |
Recoveries | | | 264 | | | 556 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 820 |
Ending Balance | | | $4,420 | | | $1,931 | | | $341 | | | $1 | | | $16 | | | $6,709 |
Ending Balances: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Individually evaluated for impairment | | | $190 | | | $89 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $279 |
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | $4,230 | | | $1,842 | | | $341 | | | $1 | | | $16 | | | $6,430 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||
Loans Held for Investment: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Ending balance, total | | | $187,354 | | | $71,711 | | | $40,005 | | | $44 | | | $— | | | $299,114 |
Individually evaluated for impairment | | | $1,288 | | | $5,283 | | | $577 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $7,148 |
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | $186,066 | | | $66,428 | | | $39,428 | | | $44 | | | $— | | | $291,966 |
• | Commercial real estate loans can be secured by either owner occupied commercial real estate or non-owner occupied investment commercial real estate. Typically, owner occupied commercial real estate loans are secured by office buildings, warehouses, manufacturing facilities and other commercial and industrial properties occupied by operating companies. Non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans are generally secured by office buildings and complexes, retail facilities, multifamily complexes, land under development, industrial properties, as well as other commercial or industrial real estate. |
• | Residential real estate loans are typically secured by first mortgages, and in some cases could be secured by a second mortgage. |
• | Home equity lines of credit are generally secured by second mortgages on residential real estate property. |
• | Consumer loans are generally secured by automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and other personal property. Some consumer loans are unsecured and have no underlying collateral. |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 |
Commercial | | | $401 |
Real Estate: | | | |
Commercial real estate | | | 12,065 |
Residential real estate | | | 3,258 |
Total loans | | | $15,724 |
(in thousands) | | | Recorded Investment | | | Unpaid Contractual Principal Balance | | | Allocated Allowance |
December 31, 2022 | | | | | | | |||
Loans without a specific valuation allowance: | | | | | | | |||
Commercial | | | $430 | | | $443 | | | $— |
Commercial real estate | | | 4,657 | | | 4,796 | | | — |
Residential real estate | | | 577 | | | 569 | | | — |
Loans with a specific valuation allowance: | | | 5,664 | | | 5,808 | | | — |
Commercial | | | 858 | | | 859 | | | 190 |
Commercial real estate | | | 626 | | | 733 | | | 89 |
| | 1,484 | | | 1,592 | | | 279 | |
Total | | | $7,148 | | | $7,400 | | | $279 |
| | CECL | | | Incurred Loss | |||||||
(in thousands) | | | Nonaccrual Loans with No Allowance | | | December 31, Nonaccrual Loans with an Allowance | | | Total Nonaccrual Loans | | | December 31, 2022 Nonaccrual Loans |
Commercial | | | $682 | | | $253 | | | $935 | | | $750 |
Real Estate: | | | | | | | | | ||||
Commercial real estate | | | 3,127 | | | 9,032 | | | 12,159 | | | 3,273 |
Residential real estate | | | 3,208 | | | — | | | 3,208 | | | 530 |
Consumer | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Total | | | $7,017 | | | $9,285 | | | $16,302 | | | $4,553 |
(in thousands) | | | Amount | | | Number |
December 31, 2023 | | | | | ||
Loans past due over 90 days and still on accrual | | | $— | | | — |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | | | ||
Less than 30 days | | | — | | | — |
30-59 days | | | — | | | — |
60-89 days | | | — | | | — |
90+ days | | | 12,770 | | | 16 |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | $12,770 | | | 16 |
(in thousands) | | | Amount | | | Number |
December 31, 2022 | | | | | ||
Loans past due over 90 days and still on accrual | | | $— | | | — |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | | | ||
Less than 30 days | | | — | | | — |
30-59 days | | | — | | | — |
60-89 days | | | — | | | — |
90+ days | | | 2,440 | | | 6 |
Non-accrual loans past due | | | $2,440 | | | 6 |
(in thousands) December 31, 2023 | | | 30 - 59 Days Past Due | | | 60 - 89 Days Past Due | | | Greater than 90 Days Past Due | | | Total Past Due | | | Current | | | Total Loans |
Commercial | | | $226 | | | $80 | | | $257 | | | $563 | | | $226,567 | | | $227,130 |
Commercial real estate | | | — | | | 465 | | | 10,829 | | | 11,294 | | | 65,421 | | | $76,715 |
Residential real estate | | | 1,075 | | | 663 | | | 1,772 | | | 3,510 | | | 51,354 | | | $54,864 |
Consumer | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 22 | | | $22 |
Total | | | $1,301 | | | $1,208 | | | $12,858 | | | $15,367 | | | $343,364 | | | $358,731 |
(in thousands) December 31, 2022 | | | 30 - 59 Days Past Due | | | 60 - 89 Days Past Due | | | Greater than 90 Days Past Due | | | Total Past Due | | | Current | | | Total Loans |
Commercial | | | $— | | | $— | | | $750 | | | $750 | | | $186,604 | | | $187,354 |
Commercial real estate | | | 21 | | | 475 | | | 1,831 | | | 2,327 | | | 69,384 | | | 71,711 |
Residential real estate | | | 652 | | | 165 | | | — | | | 817 | | | 39,188 | | | 40,005 |
Consumer | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 44 | | | 44 |
Total | | | $673 | | | $640 | | | $2,581 | | | $3,894 | | | $295,220 | | | $299,114 |
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | $88,802 | | | $50,986 | | | $17,637 | | | $9,322 | | | $19,828 | | | $32,024 | | | $7,284 | | | $225,883 |
Special mention | | | 21 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 16 | | | 271 | | | — | | | 308 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | 146 | | | 253 | | | — | | | 540 | | | — | | | 939 |
| | 88,823 | | | 50,986 | | | 17,783 | | | 9,575 | | | 19,844 | | | 32,835 | | | 7,284 | | | 227,130 | |
Commercial real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 11,030 | | | 10,794 | | | 17,404 | | | 7,696 | | | 4,517 | | | 12,157 | | | 252 | | | 63,850 |
Special mention | | | — | | | — | | | 519 | | | — | | | — | | | 248 | | | — | | | 767 |
Substandard | | | — | | | 359 | | | — | | | 7,767 | | | — | | | 3,972 | | | — | | | 12,098 |
| | 11,030 | | | 11,153 | | | 17,923 | | | 15,463 | | | 4,517 | | | 16,377 | | | 252 | | | 76,715 | |
Residential real estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | 23,894 | | | 2,191 | | | 10,219 | | | 5,431 | | | 2,843 | | | 6,589 | | | 976 | | | 52,143 |
Substandard | | | — | | | — | | | 2,159 | | | 258 | | | — | | | 304 | | | — | | | 2,721 |
| | 23,894 | | | 2,191 | | | 12,378 | | | 5,689 | | | 2,843 | | | 6,893 | | | 976 | | | 54,864 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
Pass | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 15 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 22 |
| | — | | | — | | | — | | | 15 | | | 7 | | | — | | | — | | | 22 | |
Total | | | $123,747 | | | $64,330 | | | $48,084 | | | $30,742 | | | $27,211 | | | $56,105 | | | $8,512 | | | $358,731 |
| | Term Loans by Year of Origination | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | Prior | | | Revolving | | | Total |
Commercial | | | $— | | | $35 | | | $39 | | | $— | | | $371 | | | $38 | | | $— | | | $483 |
Commercial real estate | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 70 | | | — | | | $70 |
Total | | | $— | | | $35 | | | $39 | | | $— | | | $371 | | | $108 | | | $— | | | $553 |
| | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Total |
Pass | | | $186,056 | | | $68,106 | | | $39,119 | | | $44 | | | $293,325 |
Special mention | | | 296 | | | 1,025 | | | 356 | | | — | | | 1,677 |
| | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Commercial | | | Commercial Real Estate | | | Residential Real Estate | | | Consumer | | | Total |
Substandard | | | 1,002 | | | 2,580 | | | 530 | | | — | | | 4,112 |
Doubtful | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Total | | | $187,354 | | | $71,711 | | | $40,005 | | | $44 | | | $299,114 |
Land | | | $810 | | | $810 |
Buildings | | | 3,927 | | | 3,927 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | | | 888 | | | 744 |
Equipment not yet placed in service | | | 11 | | | 173 |
Software | | | 363 | | | 466 |
Total | | | 5,999 | | | 6,120 |
Accumulated depreciation | | | (2,243) | | | (2,022) |
Premises and equipment, net | | | $3,756 | | | $4,098 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Operating lease expense | | | $510 | | | $521 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Operating Leases | | | | | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | | | $1,257 | | | $1,702 |
Operating lease liabilities | | | $1,342 | | | $1,791 |
| | | | |||
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term: | | | | | ||
Operating leases | | | 2.8 Years | | | 3.8 Years |
Weighted Average Discount Rate: | | | | | ||
Operating leases | | | 1.22% | | | 1.20% |
2024 | | | $481 |
2025 | | | 494 |
2026 | | | 332 |
2027 | | | 35 |
Total | | | $1,342 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Goodwill, beginning of year | | | $13,161 | | | $13,161 |
Acquired goodwill | | | — | | | — |
Impairment | | | — | | | — |
Goodwill, end of year | | | $13,161 | | | $13,161 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 | ||||||
| Gross Carrying Amount | | | Accumulated Amortization | | | Gross Carrying Amount | | | Accumulated Amortization | ||
Amortized intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | ||||
Customer list intangible | | | $6,640 | | | $(3,763) | | | $6,640 | | | $(3,099) |
Noncompete intangible | | | — | | | — | | | 241 | | | (241) |
Total amortized intangible assets | | | $6,640 | | | $(3,763) | | | $6,881 | | | $(3,340) |
Indefinite life intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | ||||
Trade name intangible | | | $2,141 | | | $— | | | $2,141 | | | $— |
(in thousands) | | | |
2024 | | | $678 |
2025 | | | 678 |
2026 | | | 678 |
2027 | | | 678 |
2028 | | | 165 |
Total | | | $2,877 |
(in thousands) | | | |
2024 | | | $189,789 |
2025 | | | 31,922 |
2026 | | | 30,967 |
2027 | | | 17,578 |
2028 | | | 28,587 |
Total | | | $298,843 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Maturing in January 2023, at a fixed rate of 4.26% | | | — | | | 5,000 |
Maturing in January 2023, at a fixed rate of 4.34% | | | — | | | 10,000 |
Maturing in January 2023, at a fixed rate of 4.35% | | | — | | | 15,000 |
Total | | | $— | | | $30,000 |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Current tax expense (benefit) | | | $2,391 | | | $(1,115) |
Deferred tax expense (benefit) | | | 1,406 | | | (90) |
Total | | | $3,797 | | | $(1,205) |
(in thousands) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Income tax expense (benefit) computed at the federal statutory rate | | | $3,145 | | | $(282) |
State income tax, net of federal expense (benefit) | | | 408 | | | (309) |
Non-taxable bank owned life insurance | | | (23) | | | (23) |
Merger expenses | | | — | | | 158 |
Stock compensation | | | 10 | | | 7 |
Meals and entertainment | | | 25 | | | — |
Other | | | 232 | | | (756) |
Total | | | $3,797 | | | $(1,205) |
(in thousands) | | | 2022 | | | 2022 |
Deferred tax assets | | | | | ||
Allowance for credit losses | | | $1,324 | | | $1,251 |
Unrealized loss on securities available-for-sale | | | 564 | | | 612 |
Intangible amortization | | | 348 | | | 297 |
Lease right-of-use | | | 311 | | | 197 |
Nonaccrual interest | | | 267 | | | 172 |
Deferred compensation | | | 173 | | | 187 |
Stock options | | | 32 | | | 36 |
Tax credits | | | — | | | 1,038 |
Other | | | 275 | | | 142 |
Subtotal | | | 3,294 | | | 3,932 |
Deferred tax liabilities | | | | | ||
Unrealized gains on equity securities | | | 2,618 | | | 1,980 |
Windsor fair value adjustment | | | 1,183 | | | 1,183 |
Loan servicing assets | | | 983 | | | 920 |
Deferred loan costs | | | 629 | | | 659 |
Lease liability | | | 333 | | | 192 |
Prepaid expenses | | | 155 | | | 106 |
Premises and equipment | | | 54 | | | 48 |
Other | | | 409 | | | 260 |
Subtotal | | | 6,364 | | | 5,348 |
Net deferred tax liabilities | | | $3,070 | | | $1,416 |
(in thousands) | | | 2022 |
Beginning balance | | | $— |
Adjustment for implementation of CECL | | | 100 |
Provision for credit losses on changes in unfunded commitments | | | (64) |
Total ending ACL balance as of December 31, 2023 | | | $36 |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | |
Commitments to make loans and unused lines of credit | | | $73,414 | | | $76,081 |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $60,516 | | | 15.37% | | | $41,333 | | | 10.50% | | | $39,365 | | | 10.00% |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 33,460 | | | 8.50% | | | 31,492 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 55,571 | | | 14.12% | | | 27,556 | | | 7.00% | | | 25,587 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 55,571 | | | 12.01% | | | 18,509 | | | 4.00% | | | 23,136 | | | 5.00% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Total risk based capital | | | $49,549 | | | 13.73% | | | $37,888 | | | 10.50% | | | $36,084 | | | 10.00% |
West Town Bank & Trust | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Dollars in thousands | | | Actual | | | Basel III Fully Phased-In | | | To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions | |||||||||
| | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | | | Amount | | | Ratio | |
Tier 1 risk based capital | | | 45,012 | | | 12.47% | | | 30,671 | | | 8.50% | | | 28,867 | | | 8.00% |
Common equity tier 1 capital | | | 45,012 | | | 12.47% | | | 25,259 | | | 7.00% | | | 23,454 | | | 6.50% |
Tier 1 leverage capital | | | 45,012 | | | 11.58% | | | 15,554 | | | 4.00% | | | 19,442 | | | 5.00% |
Plan Name | | | Plan Type | | | Expiration Date | | | Approved Shares | | | Share remaining as of December 31, | |||
| 2023 | | | 2022 | |||||||||||
2013 ESO Plan | | | Omnibus | | | 01/01/23 | | | 120,000 | | | — | | | 90 |
2018 Omnibus Plan | | | Omnibus | | | 04/26/28 | | | 50,000 | | | — | | | 1,000 |
2019 Omnibus Plan | | | Omnibus | | | 03/28/29 | | | 177,176 | | | 160,904 | | | 6,830 |
| | | | | | | | 160,904 | | | 7,830 |
| | Shares | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) | | | Averaged Intrinsic Value | |
Outstanding at beginning of year | | | 166,201 | | | $19.84 | | | 4.59 | | | |
Granted | | | 20,500 | | | 26.00 | | | | | ||
Exercised | | | 20,100 | | | 10.54 | | | | | ||
Forfeited or expired | | | 26,600 | | | 22.57 | | | | | ||
Outstanding at end of year | | | 140,001 | | | 21.56 | | | 4.31 | | | |
Outstanding, vested and expected to vest | | | 140,001 | | | $21.56 | | | 4.31 | | | $1,040 |
Fully vested and exercisable at end of year | | | 106,200 | | | $19.65 | | | 2.96 | | | $947 |
(in thousands except fair value of options) | | | 2023 | | | 2022 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised | | | $321 | | | $452 |
Cash received from option exercises | | | 212 | | | 398 |
Tax benefit realized from option exercises | | | 2 | | | 31 |
Weighted average fair value of options granted | | | 8.34 | | | 6.04 |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | |||||||
| | Shares | | | Weighted Average Price | | | Shares | | | Weighted Average Price | |
Nonvested, beginning of year | | | 66,110 | | | $27.18 | | | 55,380 | | | $23.60 |
Granted | | | 31,526 | | | 26.33 | | | 43,050 | | | 31.00 |
Vested | | | 31,001 | | | 26.57 | | | 30,620 | | | 26.13 |
Unvested shares forfeited | | | 15,600 | | | 27.26 | | | 1,700 | | | 25.78 |
Nonvested, end of year | | | 51,035 | | | $27.00 | | | 66,110 | | | $27.18 |
(amounts in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Debt securities | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $109 | | | $— | | | $109 | | | $— |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 22,192 | | | — | | | 22,192 | | | — |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 367 | | | — | | | 367 | | | — |
Total debt securities available for sale | | | $22,668 | | | $— | | | $22,668 | | | $— |
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Marketable equity securities | | | 19,597 | | | 19,597 | | | — | | | — |
Total investment securities | | | $42,265 | | | $19,597 | | | $22,668 | | | $— |
Loan servicing assets | | | $3,966 | | | $— | | | $3,966 | | | $— |
(amounts in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Debt securities | | | | | | | | | ||||
SBA pooled securities | | | $183 | | | $— | | | $183 | | | $— |
Government sponsored enterprises mortgage backed securities | | | 17,099 | | | — | | | 17,099 | | | — |
Government sponsored enterprises collateralized mortgage obligations | | | 430 | | | — | | | 430 | | | — |
Total debt securities available for sale | | | $17,712 | | | $— | | | $17,712 | | | $— |
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Marketable equity securities | | | 17,982 | | | 17,982 | | | — | | | — |
Total investment securities | | | $35,694 | | | $17,982 | | | $17,712 | | | $— |
Loan servicing assets | | | $3,715 | | | $— | | | $3,715 | | | $— |
| | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated loans | | | $10,699 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $10,699 |
Foreclosed assets | | | 101 | | | — | | | — | | | 101 |
| | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | | | Carrying Amount | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 |
Impaired loans | | | $1,205 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $1,205 |
Foreclosed assets | | | 101 | | | — | | | — | | | 101 |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Collateral dependent or individually evaluated | | | $10,699 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
Foreclosed assets | | | $101 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Impaired loans | | | $1,205 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
(in thousands) | | | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| | Fair Value | | | Technique | | | Unobservable Input(s) | | | Range in Appraised Weighted Average | |
Foreclosed assets | | | $101 | | | Market Comparables | | | A discount percentage is applied based on age of independent appraisals, selling costs, current market conditions, and experience within the local market | | | 10% - 15% |
| | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $63,706 | | | $63,706 | | | $63,706 | | | $— | | | $— |
Loans held for sale | | | 40,424 | | | 40,424 | | | — | | | 40,424 | | | — |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 352,793 | | | 344,188 | | | — | | | 333,489 | | | 10,699 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 3,842 | | | 3,842 | | | 3,842 | | | — | | | — |
Financial Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Deposits | | | 435,679 | | | 439,331 | | | — | | | 439,331 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 1,346 | | | 1,346 | | | 1,346 | | | — | | | — |
| | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| | Carrying Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Financial Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $33,983 | | | $33,983 | | | $33,983 | | | $— | | | $— |
Interest-bearing time deposits | | | 999 | | | 999 | | | 999 | | | — | | | — |
Loans held for sale | | | 34,302 | | | 34,302 | | | — | | | 34,302 | | | — |
Loans held for investment, net | | | 294,055 | | | 287,334 | | | — | | | 286,129 | | | 1,205 |
Accrued interest receivable | | | 2,997 | | | 2,997 | | | 2,997 | | | — | | | — |
Financial Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Deposits | | | 313,128 | | | 312,302 | | | — | | | 312,302 | | | — |
Borrowings | | | 30,000 | | | 30,000 | | | — | | | 30,000 | | | — |
Accrued interest payable | | | 379 | | | 379 | | | 379 | | | — | | | — |
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Exhibit A - | | | Forms of Voting Agreement |
Exhibit B - | | | Bank Merger Agreement |
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| | (a) | | | if to Company, to: | |||||||
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| | | | | | Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| | | | | | 8450 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 202 | ||||||
| | | | | | Raleigh, NC 27615 | ||||||
| | | | | | Attention: | | | Marc McConnell | |||
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| | | | With a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||||||
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| | | | | | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP | ||||||
| | | | | | 4101 Lake Boone Trail | ||||||
| | | | | | Suite 300 | ||||||
| | | | | | Raleigh, NC 27607 | ||||||
| | | | | | Attention: | | | Stuart M. Rigot; Todd H. Eveson | |||
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| | (b) | | | if to Purchaser, to: | |||||||
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| | | | | | Capital Bancorp, Inc. | ||||||
| | | | | | 2275 Research Boulevard, Suite 600 | ||||||
| | | | | | Rockville, MD 20850 | ||||||
| | | | | | Attention: | | | Edward F. Barry | |||
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| | | | With a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||||||
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| | | | | | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP | ||||||
| | | | | | 201 E. Fourth St., Suite 1900 | ||||||
| | | | | | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | ||||||
| | | | | | Attention: | | | James J. Barresi |
| | CAPITAL BANCORP, INC. | |||||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Edward F. Barry | ||||
| | | | Name: | | | Edward F. Barry | ||
| | | | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| | INTEGRATED FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | |||||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Marc McConnell | ||||
| | | | Name: | | | Marc McConnell | ||
| | | | Title: | | | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| | If to Purchaser: | ||||
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| | Capital Bancorp, Inc. | ||||
| | 2275 Research Boulevard, Suite 600 | ||||
| | Rockville, MD 20850 | ||||
| | Attn: | | | Edward Barry | |
| | Tel: | | | 301-468-8848 | |
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| | with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||
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| | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP | ||||
| | 201 E. Fourth Street, Suite 1900 | ||||
| | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | ||||
| | Attn: | | | James J. Barresi | |
| | Tel: | | | 513-361-1260 | |
| | Fax: | | | 513-361-1201 | |
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| | If to the Shareholder: | ||||
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| | To the respective addresses and fax numbers shown on the signature pages for each Shareholder. |
| | CAPITAL BANCORP, INC. | |||||||
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| | By: | | | |||||
| | | | Name: | | | Edward F. Barry | ||
| | | | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer |
| | SHAREHOLDER: | ||||
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| | Shares beneficially owned: | ||||
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| | shares of Voting Common Stock, including shares of restricted stock | ||||
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| | shares of Non-Voting Common Stock | ||||
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| | shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants |
(i) | reviewed certain publicly available financial statements and reports regarding the Company and the Counterparty; |
(ii) | reviewed certain audited financial statements regarding the Company and the Counterparty; |
(iii) | reviewed certain internal financial statements, management reports and other financial and operating data concerning the Company and the Counterparty prepared by management of the Company and management of the Counterparty, respectively; |
(iv) | reviewed, on a pro forma basis, in reliance upon financial projections and other information and assumptions concerning the Company and the Counterparty provided by management of the Company and upon consensus research estimates concerning the Company, the effect of the Transaction on the balance sheet, capitalization ratios, earnings and tangible book value both in the aggregate and, where applicable, on a per share basis of the Company; |
(v) | reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the common stock of the Company and the Counterparty; |
(vi) | compared the financial performance of the Company and the Counterparty with that of certain other publicly-traded companies (including, for avoidance of doubt, but not limited to, certain companies traded on OTCQX) and their securities that we deemed relevant to our analysis of the Transaction; |
(vii) | reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of certain merger or acquisition transactions that we deemed relevant to our analysis of the Transaction; |
(viii) | reviewed the most recent draft of the Agreement and related documents provided to us by the Company; |
(ix) | discussed with management of the Company and management of the Counterparty the operations of and future business prospects for the Company and the Counterparty, respectively and the anticipated financial consequences of the Transaction to the Company and the Counterparty, respectively; |
(x) | assisted in your deliberations regarding the material terms of the Transaction and your negotiations with the Counterparty; and |
(xi) | performed such other analyses and provided such other services as we have deemed appropriate. |
(i) | the Transaction and any related transactions will be consummated on the terms of the latest draft of the Agreement provided to us, without material waiver or modification; |
(ii) | the representations and warranties of each party in the Agreement and in all related documents and instruments referred to in the Agreement are true and correct; |
(iii) | each party to the Agreement and all related documents will perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed by such party under such documents; |
(iv) | all conditions to the completion of the Transaction will be satisfied within the time frames contemplated by the Agreement without any waivers; |
(v) | that in the course of obtaining the necessary regulatory, lending or other consents or approvals (contractual or otherwise) for the Transaction and any related transactions, no restrictions, including any divestiture requirements or amendments or modifications, will be imposed that would have a material adverse effect on the contemplated benefits of the Transaction to the Company; |
(vi) | there has been no material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company or the Counterparty since the date of the most recent financial statements made available to us, and that no legal, political, economic, regulatory or other development has occurred that will adversely impact the Company or the Counterparty; and |
(vii) | the Transaction will be consummated in a manner that complies with applicable law and regulations. |
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Stephens Inc. |
STEPHENS INC. |
1. | reviewed the financial terms and conditions as stated in the draft of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 27, 2024 (the “Agreement”); |
2. | reviewed certain information related to the historical condition and prospects of the Company and Capital Bancorp, as made available to Raymond James by or on behalf of the Company, including, but not limited to, financial projections prepared by the management of the Company (the “Projections”); |
3. | (a) Capital Bancorp’s audited financial statements as of and for years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; and (b) the Company’s audited financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020; |
4. | reviewed the Company’s and Capital Bancorp’s recent public filings and certain other publicly available information regarding the Company and Capital Bancorp; |
5. | reviewed the financial and operating performance of the Company and Capital Bancorp and those of other selected public companies that we deem to be relevant; |
6. | considered certain publicly available financial terms of certain transactions we deem to be relevant; |
7. | reviewed the current and historical market prices and trading volume for Integrated Common Shares and for Capital Bancorp’s common stock, and the current market prices of the publicly traded securities of certain other companies that we deemed to be relevant; |
8. | conducted such other financial studies, analyses and inquiries and considered such other information and factors as we deemed appropriate; |
9. | received a certificate addressed to Raymond James from a member of senior management of the Company regarding, among other things, the accuracy of the information, data and other materials (financial or otherwise) provided to, or discussed with, Raymond James by or on behalf of the Company; and |
10. | discussed with members of the senior management of the Company certain information relating to the aforementioned and any other matters which we have deemed relevant to our inquiry including, but not limited to, the past and current business operations of the Company and the financial condition and future prospects and operations of the Company. |
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. |
(1) | Affiliate. – A person that directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person or is a senior executive thereof. For purposes of G.S. 55-13-01(7), a person is deemed to be an affiliate of its senior executives. |
(2) | Beneficial shareholder. – A person who is the beneficial owner of shares held in a voting trust or by a nominee on the beneficial owner’s behalf. |
(3) | Corporation. – The issuer of the shares held by a shareholder demanding appraisal and, for matters covered in G.S. 55-13-22 through G.S. 55-13-31, the term includes the surviving entity in a merger. |
(4) | Expenses. – Reasonable expenses of every kind that are incurred in connection with a matter, including counsel fees. |
(5) | Fair value. – The value of the corporation’s shares (i) immediately before the effectuation of the corporate action as to which the shareholder asserts appraisal rights, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be inequitable, (ii) using customary and current valuation concepts and techniques generally employed for similar business in the context of the transaction requiring appraisal, and (iii) without discounting for lack of marketability or minority status except, if appropriate, for amendments to the articles pursuant to G.S. 55-13-02(a)(5). |
(6) | Interest. – Interest from the effective date of the corporate action until the date of payment, at the rate of interest on judgments in this State on the effective date of the corporate action. |
(7) | Interested transaction. – A corporate action described in G.S. 55-13-02(a), other than a merger pursuant to G.S. 55-11-04 or G.S. 55-11-12, involving an interested person and in which any of the shares or assets of the corporation are being acquired or converted. As used in this definition, the following definitions apply: |
a. | Interested person. – A person, or an affiliate of a person, who at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding approval by the board of directors of the corporate action met any of the following conditions: |
1. | Was the beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the voting power of the corporation, other than as owner of excluded shares. |
2. | Had the power, contractually or otherwise, other than as owner of excluded shares, to cause the appointment or election of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the directors to the board of directors of the corporation. |
3. | Was a senior executive or director of the corporation or a senior executive of any affiliate thereof, and that senior executive or director will receive, as a result of the corporate action, a financial benefit not generally available to other shareholders as such, other than any of the following: |
I. | Employment, consulting, retirement, or similar benefits established separately and not as part of or in contemplation of the corporate action. |
II. | Employment, consulting, retirement, or similar benefits established in contemplation of, or as part of, the corporate action that are not more favorable than those existing before the corporate action or, if more favorable, that have been approved on behalf of the corporation in the same manner as is provided in G.S. 55-8-31(a)(1) and (c). |
III. | In the case of a director of the corporation who will, in the corporate action, become a director of the acquiring entity, or one of its affiliates, rights and benefits as a director that are provided on the same basis as those afforded by the acquiring entity generally to other directors of the acquiring entity or such affiliate of the acquiring entity. |
b. | Beneficial owner. – Any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, or understanding, other than a revocable proxy, has or shares the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, shares. If a member of a national securities exchange is precluded by the rules of the exchange from voting without instruction on contested matters or matters that may affect substantially the rights or privileges of the holders of the securities to be voted, then that member of a national securities exchange shall not be deemed a “beneficial owner” of any securities held directly or indirectly by the member on behalf of another person solely because the member is the record holder of the securities. When two or more persons agree to act together for the purpose of voting their shares of the corporation, each member of the group formed thereby is deemed to have acquired beneficial ownership, as of the date of the agreement, of all voting shares of the corporation beneficially owned by any member of the group. |
c. | Excluded shares. – Shares acquired pursuant to an offer for all shares having voting power if the offer was made within one year prior to the corporate action for consideration of the same kind and of a value equal to or less than that paid in connection with the corporate action. |
(8) | Preferred shares. – A class or series of shares the holders of which have preference over any other class or series with respect to distributions. |
(9) | Record shareholder. – The person in whose name shares are registered in the records of the corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with the corporation. |
(10) | Senior executive. – The chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, or anyone in charge of a principal business unit or function. |
(11) | Shareholder. – Both a record shareholder and a beneficial shareholder. (1925, c. 77, s. 1; 1943, c. 270; G.S., s. 55-167; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1969, c. 751, s. 39; 1973, c. 469, ss. 36, 37; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 2011-347, s. 1; 2018-45, s. 24.) |
(1) | Consummation of a merger to which the corporation is a party if either (i) shareholder approval is required for the merger by G.S. 55-11-03 or would be required but for the provisions of G.S. 55-11-03(j), except that appraisal rights shall not be available to any shareholder of the corporation with respect to shares of any class or series that remain outstanding after consummation of the merger or (ii) the corporation is a subsidiary and the merger is governed by G.S. 55-11-04 or G.S. 55-11-12. |
(2) | Consummation of a share exchange to which the corporation is a party as the corporation whose shares will be acquired, except that appraisal rights shall not be available to any shareholder of the corporation with respect to any class or series of shares of the corporation that is not exchanged. |
(3) | Consummation of a disposition of assets pursuant to G.S. 55-12-02. |
(4) | An amendment of the articles of incorporation (i) with respect to a class or series of shares that reduces the number of shares of a class or series owned by the shareholder to a fraction of a share if the corporation has an obligation or right to repurchase the fractional share so created or (ii) changes the corporation into a nonprofit corporation or cooperative organization. |
(5) | Any other amendment to the articles of incorporation, merger, share exchange, or disposition of assets to the extent provided by the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a resolution of the board of directors. |
(6) | Consummation of a conversion to a foreign corporation pursuant to Part 2 of Article 11A of this Chapter if the shareholder does not receive shares in the foreign corporation resulting from the conversion that (i) have terms as favorable to the shareholder in all material respects and (ii) represent at least the same percentage interest of the total voting rights of the outstanding shares of the corporation as the shares held by the shareholder before the conversion. |
(7) | Consummation of a conversion of the corporation to nonprofit status pursuant to Part 2 of Article 11A of this Chapter. |
(8) | Consummation of a conversion of the corporation to an unincorporated entity pursuant to Part 2 of Article 11A of this Chapter. |
(1) | Appraisal rights shall not be available for the holders of shares of any class or series of shares that are any of the following: |
a. | A covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
b. | Traded in an organized market and has at least 2,000 shareholders and a market value of at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000)(exclusive of the value of shares held by the corporation’s subsidiaries, senior executives, directors, and beneficial shareholders owning more than ten percent (10%) of such shares). |
c. | Issued by an open-end management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and may be redeemed at the option of the holder at net asset value. |
(2) | The applicability of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be determined as of (i) the record date fixed to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the meeting of shareholders to act upon the corporate action requiring appraisal rights or, in the case of an offer made pursuant to G.S. 55-11-03(j), the date of the offer, or (ii) the day before the effective date of the corporate action if there is no meeting of shareholders and no offer made pursuant to G.S. 55-11-03(j). |
(3) | Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be applicable and appraisal rights shall be available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the holders of any class or series of shares who are required by the terms of the corporate action requiring appraisal rights to accept for such shares anything other than cash or shares of any class or any series of shares of any corporation, or any other proprietary interest of any other entity, that satisfies the standards set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection at the time the corporate action becomes effective. |
(4) | Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be applicable and appraisal rights shall be available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the holders of any class or series of shares where the corporate action is an interested transaction. |
(1) | Submits to the corporation the record shareholder’s written consent to the assertion of rights no later than the date referred to in G.S. 55-13-22(b)(2)b. |
(2) | Submits written consent under subdivision (1) of this subsection with respect to all shares of the class or series that are beneficially owned by the beneficial shareholder. (1925, c. 77, s. 1; 1943, c. 270; G.S., s. 55-167; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1969, c. 751, s. 39; 1973, c. 469, ss. 36, 37; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 2011-347, s. 1.) |
(1) | Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available shall be given to each record shareholder from whom a consent is solicited at the time consent of each shareholder is first solicited and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, shall be accompanied by a copy of this Article. |
(2) | Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available shall be delivered together with the notice to the applicable shareholders required by subsections (d) and (e) of G.S. 55-7-04, may include the materials described in G.S. 55-13-22, and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, shall be accompanied by a copy of this Article. |
(1) | Annual financial statements as described in G.S. 55-16-20(a) of the corporation that issued the shares to be appraised. The date of the financial statements shall not be more than 16 months before the date of the notice. If annual financial statements that meet the requirements of this subdivision are not reasonably available, then the corporation shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information and in any case shall provide a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of the notice, an income statement for that year, and a cash flow statement for that year. |
(2) | The latest interim financial statements of the corporation, if any. |
(1) | Deliver to the corporation, before the vote is taken, written notice of the shareholder’s intent to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated. |
(2) | Not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any shares of any class or series in favor of the proposed action. |
(1) | The shareholder must deliver to the corporation, before the proposed action becomes effective, written notice of the shareholder's intent to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated, except that the written notice is not required if the notice required by G.S. 55-13-20(c) is given less than 25 days prior to the date the proposed action is effectuated. |
(2) | The shareholder must not execute a consent in favor of the proposed action with respect to that class or series of shares. |
(1) | The shareholder must deliver to the corporation, before the shares are purchased pursuant to the offer made consistent with subdivision (2) of subsection (j) of G.S. 55-11-03, written notice of the shareholder's intent to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated. |
(2) | The shareholder must not tender, or cause or permit to be tendered, any shares of the class or series in response to the offer. |
(1) | A form that specifies the first date of any announcement to shareholders, made prior to the date the corporate action became effective, of the principal terms of the proposed corporate action. If such an announcement was made, the form shall require a shareholder asserting appraisal rights to certify whether beneficial ownership of those shares for which appraisal rights are asserted was acquired before that date. The form shall require a shareholder asserting appraisal rights to certify that the shareholder did not vote for or consent to the transaction. |
(2) | Disclosure of the following: |
a. | Where the form must be sent and where certificates for certificated shares must be deposited, as well as the date by which those certificates must be deposited. The certificate deposit date must not be earlier than the date for receiving the required form under sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision. |
b. | A date by which the corporation must receive the payment demand, which date may not be fewer than 40 nor more than 60 days after the date the appraisal notice required under subsection (a) of this section and form are sent. The form shall also state that the shareholder shall have waived the right to demand appraisal with respect to the shares unless the form is received by the corporation by the specified date. |
c. | The corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares. |
d. | That, if requested in writing, the corporation will provide, to the shareholder so requesting, within 10 days after the date specified in sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision, the number of shareholders who return the forms by the specified date and the total number of shares owned by them. |
e. | The date by which the notice to withdraw under G.S. 55-13-23 must be received, which date must be within 20 days after the date specified in sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision. |
(3) | Be accompanied by a copy of this Article. (1925, c. 77, s. 1; 1943, c. 270; G.S., s. 55-167; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1969, c. 751, s. 39; 1973, c. 469, ss. 36, 37; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1997-485, s. 4; 2001-387, s. 27; 2002-58, s. 3; 2011-347, s. 1; 2018-45, s. 28.) |
(1) | The following financial information: |
a. | Annual financial statements as described in G.S. 55-16-20(a) of the corporation that issued the shares to be appraised. The date of the financial statements shall not be more than 16 months before the date of payment. If annual financial statements that meet the requirements of this sub-subdivision are not reasonably available, the corporation shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information and in any case shall provide a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, and a cash flow statement for that year. |
b. | The latest interim financial statements, if any. |
(2) | A statement of the corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares. The estimate shall equal or exceed the corporation’s estimate given pursuant to G.S. 55-13-22(b)(2)c. |
(3) | A statement that the shareholders described in subsection (a) of this section have the right to demand further payment under G.S. 55-13-28 and that if a shareholder does not do so within the time period specified in G.S. 55-13-28, then the shareholder shall be deemed to have accepted payment in full satisfaction of the corporation’s obligations under this Article. (1925, c. 77, s. 1; 1943, c. 270; G.S., s. 55-167; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1969, c. 751, s. 39; 1973, c. 469, ss. 36, 37; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; c. 770, s. 69; 1997-202, s. 2; 2011-347, s. 1; 2021-106, s. 6(h).) |
(1) | The information required by G.S. 55-13-25(b)(1). |
(2) | The corporation’s estimate of fair value pursuant to G.S. 55-13-25(b)(2). |
(3) | That they may accept the corporation’s estimate of fair value, plus interest, in full satisfaction of their demands or demand appraisal under G.S. 55-13-28. |
(4) | That those shareholders who wish to accept such offer must so notify the corporation of their acceptance of the corporation’s offer within 30 days after receiving the offer. |
(5) | That those shareholders who do not satisfy the requirements for demanding appraisal under G.S. 55-13-28 shall be deemed to have accepted the corporation’s offer. |
(1) | Against the corporation and in favor of any or all shareholders demanding appraisal if the court finds the corporation did not substantially comply with the requirements of G.S. 55-13-20, 55-13-22, 55-13-25, or 55-13-27. |
(2) | Against either the corporation or a shareholder demanding appraisal, in favor of any other party, if the court finds that the party against whom expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by this Article. |
(1) | Was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable provisions of any of the following: |
a. | Article 9, 9A, 10, 11, 11A, or 12 of this Chapter. |
b. | The articles of incorporation or bylaws. |
c. | The resolution of the board of directors authorizing the corporate action. |
(2) | Was procured as a result of fraud, a material misrepresentation, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. |
(3) | Constitutes an interested transaction, unless it has been authorized, approved, or ratified by either (i) the board of directors or a committee of the board or (ii) the shareholders, in the same manner as is provided in G.S. 55-8-31(a)(1) and (c) or in G.S. 55-8-31(a)(2) and (d), as if the interested transaction were a director’s conflict of interest transaction. |
(4) | Was approved by less than unanimous consent of the voting shareholders pursuant to G.S. 55-7-04, provided that both of the following are true: |
a. | The challenge to the corporate action is brought by a shareholder who did not consent and as to whom notice of the approval of the corporate action was not effective at least 10 days before the corporate action was effected. |
b. | The proceeding challenging the corporate action is commenced within 10 days after notice of the approval of the corporate action is effective as to the shareholder bringing the proceeding. (2011-347, s. 1.) |