UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-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): November 14, 2022
FIRST SEACOAST BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Federal | 001-38985 | 84-2404519 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 633 Central Avenue, Dover, New Hampshire | 03820 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (603) 742-4680
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | FSEA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☒
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 14, 2022, First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), First Seacoast Bancorp, MHC (the “MHC”), First Seacoast Bancorp (a Federal corporation) (“Bancorp”), and First Seacoast Bank entered into an Agency Agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”). KBW will assist in the marketing of the Company’s common stock during the Company’s stock offering in connection with the MHC’s pending conversion from a mutual holding company to a stock holding company.
For its services in the subscription offering and any community offering, KBW will receive a management fee of $30,000, a success fee of 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price of the shares of Company common stock sold in the subscription offering and a success fee of 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the shares of Company common stock sold in any community offering, subject to the payment of a minimum success fee of $300,000. In addition, KBW will receive a fee of $35,000 for conversion agent and data processing records management agent services. KBW will receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses and legal expenses related to its marketing services and its conversion agent and data processing records management agent services. If the Company conducts a syndicated community offering, the Company will pay a transaction fee to KBW not to exceed 6.0% of the aggregate purchase price of all shares of common stock sold in the syndicated community offering.
The shares of Company common stock are being offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-267398), filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and declared effective on November 14, 2022.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Agency Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agency Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 1.1 | Agency Agreement dated November 14, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document) | |
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.
| Dated: November 18, 2022 | FIRST SEACOAST BANCORP | |||||
| By: | /s/ James R. Brannen | |||||
| James R. Brannen | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
