On May 18, 2021, Altabancorp™ (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company and Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (“GBCI”) had entered into an Plan and Agreement of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of May 18, 2021, pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Company will merge with and into GBCI (the “Merger”), with GBCI surviving the Merger. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 8.01.
In connection with the announcement of the Merger Agreement, the Company and GBCI intend to provide supplemental information regarding the proposed transaction in presentations to analysts and investors. A copy of the investor presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report may contain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements about the benefits of the proposed transaction, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of the Company and GBCI, the expected timing of completion of the transaction, and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as expect, anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, plan, target, goal, or similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as will, may, might, should, would, could, or similar variations. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, below are certain factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements: (i) changes in general economic, political, or industry conditions; (ii) the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy and financial market conditions and the business, results of operations, and financial condition of the Company and GBCI; (iii) uncertainty in U.S. fiscal and monetary policy, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board; (iv) volatility and disruptions in global capital and credit markets; (v) movements in interest rates; (vi) reform of LIBOR; (vii) impacts of existing and increasing governmental regulation and related costs and liabilities; (viii) the potential existence of significant deficiencies or material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting; (ix) increased competition in the markets of the Company and GBCI; (x) the success, impact, and timing of business strategies of the Company and GBCI; (xi) the nature, extent, timing, and results of governmental actions, examinations, reviews, reforms, regulations, and interpretations; (xii) the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the transaction); (xiii) the failure to obtain shareholder approvals or to satisfy any of the other conditions to the transaction on a timely basis or at all or other delays in completing the transaction; (xiv) 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 merger agreement; (xv) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company or GBCI; (xvi) the possibility that the proposed transaction may be less accretive than expected, or may be dilutive, and the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized when expected
