Eastern Virginia Bankshares (EVBS) Form 4 EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES / James Stanley Thomas ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Thomas James Stanley

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES, INC.

10900 NUCKOLS ROAD, SUITE 325

(Street)

GLEN ALLEN VA 23060

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES INC [ EVBS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Executive VP / CCO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/23/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/23/2017		D		7,500(1)	D	$0	20,051.911(2)	D
Common Stock	06/23/2017		F		2,357(3)	D	$11.01	17,694.911	D
Common Stock	06/23/2017		D		17,694.911	D	(4)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Forfeiture of performance-based restricted shares to Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. ("EVBS") for no consideration immediately prior to the Merger (as defined below).

2. Includes 33.4470 shares acquired on 5/19/17 through dividend reinvestment purchase on the open market.

3. Reflects shares withheld upon vesting of restricted stock immediately prior to the Merger (as defined below) to satisfy tax withholding obligations.

4. Effective June 23, 2017, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2016 between Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. ("SONA") and Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. ("EVBS"), as amended, EVBS merged with and into SONA, with SONA as the surviving company (the "Merger"). In the Merger, each share of EVBS common stock converted into 0.6313 shares of SONA common stock.

	/s/James Stanley Thomas, by Cheryl Wood, attorney-in-fact	06/26/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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