UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2019
Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida | 001-38534 | 65-0032379 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | (Commission file number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
220 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, Florida
(Address of principal executive offices)
(305)460-8728
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 25, 2019, Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Class A Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Patriot Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Patriot Financial Partners, L.P. (“Patriot”), one of the Company’s largest shareholders, and a Class A Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Perry Creek Stock Purchase Agreement”) with another shareholder, Perry Creek Capital LP (“Perry Creek”). The Patriot Stock Purchase Agreement and the Perry Creek Stock Purchase Agreement are the “Stock Purchase Agreements.” On February 28, 2019, the Company issued and sold a total of 1,750,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Class A Shares”) for a total of approximately $24.66 million pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreements (the “February Private Placement”).
Earlier, on January 22, 2019, the Company issued and sold 153,846 Class A Shares to a third party for approximately $2.00 million (the “January Private Placement” and, together with the February Private Placement, the “Private Placements”).
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. acted as the placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) for the Private Placements.
The Stock Purchase Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and covenants. The Company agreed to indemnify Patriot and Perry Creek individually against certain breaches of the Company’s representations and warranties. Additionally, each of Patriot and Perry Creek provided representations, warranties and covenants to and with the Company, including their status as accredited investors under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Rule 501 thereunder, and regarding, among other things, their beneficial ownership of Company capital stock and group status under Rule 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
The foregoing descriptions of the Private Placements and the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreements do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Stock Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information regarding the Private Placements set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Private Placements were made to “accredited investors” (as defined in Commission Rule 501 under the Securities Act), and are exempt from registration under the Securities Act, Section 4(a)(2) and Commission Rule 506 thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
The Placement Agent received fees and expense reimbursement of approximately $1.87 million for the Private Placements. The Company’s former parent has agreed to pay approximately 95% of such fees and expenses.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On February 28, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had completed the February Private Placement. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 1, 2019 | Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation | |||||
By: | /s/ Julio Pena | |||||
Name: Julio Pena | ||||||
Title: Senior Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary |