EXHIBIT C
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
HTLF BANK
with and into
UMB BANK, National Association
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made this [●]th day of April, 2024, between HTLF Bank (“HTLF Bank”), a Colorado chartered bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, with its main office located at 1800 Larimer Street, Suite 100, Denver, Colorado 80202; and UMB Bank, National Association (“UMB Bank” or the “Resulting Bank”), a national banking association, with its main office located at 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106. Collectively, HTLF Bank and UMB Bank are referred to as the “Banks”.
WHEREAS, the board of directors of HTLF Bank has unanimously approved this Agreement and authorized its execution pursuant to the authority given by and in accordance with the provisions of the Bank Merger Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1828(c) (the “Bank Merger Act”) and the laws of the State of Colorado;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of UMB Bank has unanimously approved this Agreement and authorized its execution pursuant to the authority given by and in accordance with the provisions of the Bank Merger Act and the National Bank Act (such laws, together with the laws of the State of Colorado and their respective implementing regulations, as applicable, the “Bank Merger Laws”);
WHEREAS, Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (“Heartland”), which owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of HTLF Bank, UMB Financial Corporation (“UMB”), which owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of UMB Bank, and Blue Sky Merger Sub Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of UMB (“Merger Sub”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Holding Company Agreement”), dated as of April 28, 2024, which, among other things, provides for the merger of Merger Sub with and into Heartland (the “Merger”), immediately followed by the merger of Heartland with and into UMB (the “Second Step Merger” and, together with the Merger, the “HC Mergers”), all subject to the terms and conditions of such Holding Company Agreement;
WHEREAS, Heartland, as the sole shareholder of HTLF Bank, and UMB, as the sole shareholder of UMB Bank, have approved this Agreement;
WHEREAS, each of the Banks is entering into this Agreement to provide for the merger of HTLF Bank with and into UMB Bank, with UMB Bank being the surviving bank of such merger transaction (the “Bank Merger”), subject to, and on the day immediately following, the closing of the Second Step Merger; and
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Bank Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined below) and pursuant to the Bank Merger Laws, HTLF Bank shall be merged with and into UMB Bank in the Bank Merger. UMB Bank shall continue its existence as the Resulting Bank under the charter of the Resulting Bank, and the separate corporate existence of HTLF Bank shall cease. The closing of the Bank Merger shall become effective at the date and time specified in the articles of merger filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) as the date and time at which the Bank Merger shall be effective, or such later date as specified by the OCC; provided that in no event shall the Effective Time be earlier than the day immediately following the Second Step Merger (such time