Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On December 17, 2021, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 2, 2021, between First Foundation Inc. (the “Company”) and TGR Financial, Inc., a Florida corporation (“TGR Financial”), TGR Financial was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the Certificate of Merger filed by the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State, the Merger became effective at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 17, 2021 (the “Effective Time”). Immediately after the Merger, First Florida Integrity Bank, a Florida state-chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of TGR Financial, merged with and into First Foundation Bank, a California state-chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“First Foundation Bank”), with First Foundation Bank continuing as the surviving bank (the “Bank Merger”).
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of TGR Financial common stock (“TGR Common Stock”) and each share of TGR Financial preferred stock (“TGR Preferred Stock”) was converted into the right to receive 0.6068 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of common stock of the Company (“Company Common Stock”). In addition, at the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase shares of TGR Common Stock (each, a “TGR Option”), whether vested or unvested, was cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash (subject to withholding as provided in the Merger Agreement) equal to the product of (i) the total number of shares of TGR Common Stock underlying the TGR Option multiplied by (ii) the amount, if any, that $26.97 (the “Company Average Closing Price”), multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, exceeds the exercise price per share of such TGR Option. Any TGR Option which has an exercise price per share of TGR Common Stock that is greater than or equal to the product of the Company Average Closing Price multiplied by the Exchange Ratio was cancelled at the Effective Time for no consideration or payment.
As a result of the Merger, the Company will deliver approximately 11,352,614 shares of Company Common Stock to the former holders of TGR Common Stock and TGR Preferred Stock. Former holders of TGR Common Stock and TGR Preferred Stock as a group have the right to receive shares of Company Common Stock in the Merger constituting approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock immediately after the Merger. As a result, holders of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Merger, as a group, own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock immediately after the Merger.
The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 17, 2021, in connection with the Merger and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an increase in the authorized number of directors from nine to ten and the appointment of Gary L. Tice, who previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TGR Financial, to serve as a director of the Company, effective as of the Effective Time. Mr. Tice was also appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of First Foundation Bank. Mr. Tice’s initial term will expire on the date of the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
In connection with Mr. Tice’s appointment to the Board of Directors, Mr. Tice will receive the standard compensation received by non-employee directors, which compensation was last described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2021, and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company will also enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Tice.
