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MARION CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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MARION CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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MARION CAPITAL
HOLDINGS, INC.
100 West Third Street
Marion, Indiana 46952
(765) 664-0556
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
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To Be Held On October 8, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
Marion Capital Holdings, Inc. (the "Holding Company") will be held at the
Holiday Inn, 501 East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana, on Thursday, October 8,
1998, at 10:00 A.M., Eastern Standard Time.
The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
1. Election of Directors. Election of two directors of the Holding
Company to serve three-year terms expiring in 2001.
2. Ratification of Auditors. Ratification of the appointment of Olive LLP
as auditors for Marion Capital Holdings, Inc. for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1999.
3. Other Business. Such other matters as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 1998, are
entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
We urge you to read the enclosed Proxy Statement carefully so that you may
be informed about the business to come before the meeting, or any adjournment
thereof. At your earliest convenience, please sign and return the accompanying
proxy in the postage-paid envelope furnished for that purpose.
A copy of our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, is
enclosed. The Annual Report is not a part of the proxy soliciting material
enclosed with this letter.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ John M. Dalton
John M. Dalton, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Marion, Indiana
September 3, 1998
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. THEREFORE, WHETHER OR NOT
YOU PLAN TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND
COMPLETE THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH
REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
MARION CAPITAL
HOLDINGS, INC.
100 West Third Street
Marion, Indiana 46952
(765) 664-0556
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PROXY STATEMENT
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FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
October 8, 1998
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to the holders of common stock,
without par value (the "Common Stock"), of Marion Capital Holdings, Inc. (the
"Holding Company"), an Indiana corporation, in connection with the solicitation
of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Holding Company to be voted at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 10:00 A.M., Eastern Standard Time,
on October 8, 1998, at the Holiday Inn, 501 East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana,
and at any adjournment of such meeting. The principal asset of the Holding
Company consists of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock,
$.01 par value per share, of First Federal Savings Bank of Marion ("First
Federal"). This Proxy Statement is expected to be mailed to the shareholders on
or about September 3, 1998.
The proxy solicited hereby, if properly signed and returned to the
Holding Company and not revoked prior to its use, will be voted in accordance
with the instructions contained therein. If no contrary instructions are given,
each proxy received will be voted for each of the matters described below and,
upon the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the
meeting, in accordance with the best judgment of the persons appointed as
proxies.
Any shareholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time
before it is exercised by (i) filing with the Secretary of the Holding Company
written notice thereof (Larry G. Phillips, 100 West Third Street, Marion,
Indiana 46952), (ii) submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or
(iii) by appearing at the Annual Meeting and giving the Secretary notice of his
or her intention to vote in person. Proxies solicited hereby may be exercised
only at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof and will not be used for
any other meeting.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 1998
("Voting Record Date"), will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On the
Voting Record Date, there were 1,638,157 shares of the Common Stock issued and
outstanding, and the Holding Company had no other class of equity securities
outstanding. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote at the Annual
Meeting on all matters properly presented at the Annual Meeting. A majority of
the votes entitled to be cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting is
necessary for a quorum. In determining whether a quorum is present, shareholders
who abstain, cast broker non-votes, or withhold authority to vote on one or more
director nominees will be deemed present at the Annual Meeting.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
beneficial ownership of the Common Stock as of August 21, 1998, by each person
who is known by the Holding Company to own beneficially 5% or more of the Common
Stock, unless otherwise indicated, the named beneficial owner has sole voting
and dispositive power with respect to the shares reported.
Number of Shares of
Name and Address of Common Stock Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficially Owned Class (1)
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Charles J. Moore
The Banc Funds 93,500 (2) 5.7%
Banc Fund III L.P.
Banc Fund III Trust
Banc Fund IV L.P.
Banc Fund IV Trust
208 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
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(1) Based upon 1,638,157 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which does not
include options for 73,848 shares of Common Stock granted to certain
directors, officers and employees of the Holding Company and its
subsidiaries which are currently exercisable.
(2) In a Schedule 13D, signed by Charles T. Moore, on behalf of Banc Fund
III L.P, Banc Fund III Trust, Banc Fund IV L.P. and Banc Fund IV Trust
(collectively, the "Funds"), it is stated that the Funds beneficially
own these shares and provide financing to, and acquire equity interests
in, financial institutions and their holding companies. The Schedule
13D also indicates that Charles J. Moore, as manager of the Funds, has
voting power and dispositive power with respect to the shares
beneficially owned by the Funds.
PROPOSAL I -- ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted pursuant to the By-Laws
of the Holding Company, established that the Board of Directors shall consist of
seven members. The By-Laws provide that the Board of Directors is to be divided
into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible. The members of each
class are to be elected for a term of three years and until their successors are
elected and qualified. One class of directors is to be elected annually. The
nominees for director this year are John M. Dalton and Jack O. Murrell, each of
whom is a current director of the Holding Company. If elected by the
shareholders at the Annual Meeting, the terms of Messrs. Dalton and Murrell will
expire in 2001.
Unless otherwise directed, each proxy executed and returned by a
shareholder will be voted for the election of the nominees listed below. If any
person named as a nominee should be unable or unwilling to stand for election at
the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will nominate and vote for a
replacement nominee recommended by the Board of Directors. At this time, the
Board of Directors knows of no reason why the nominees listed below may not be
able to serve as directors if elected.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding directors
continuing in office and the nominees for the position of director of the
Holding Company, including the number and percent of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such persons as of the Voting Record Date. Unless
otherwise indicated, each person in the table below has sole investment and/or
voting power with respect to the shares shown as benefically owned by him. No
nominee for director is related to any other nominee for director or executive
officer of the Holding Company by blood, marriage, or adoption, and there are no
arrangements or understandings between any nominee and any other person pursuant
to which such nominee was selected. The table also sets forth the number of
shares of Holding Company Common Stock benefically owned by Larry G. Phillips,
one of the Holding Company's executive officers, and by all directors and
executive officers of the Holding Company as a group.
Director
of the Common Stock
Director of Holding Beneficially Owned
Expiration of First Federal Company as of August 21, Percentage
Name Term as Director Since Since 1998(1) of Class
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Director Nominees
John M. Dalton 2001 1974 1992 37,981(2) 2.31%
Jack O. Murrell 2001 1974 1992 18,161(3) 1.11%
Directors Continuing in Office
Steven L. Banks 1999 1996 1996 10,376(4) 0.63%
W. Gordon Coryea 1999 1965 1992 18,144(5) 1.11%
Jon R. Marler 2000 1997 1997 10,583(6) 0.64%
Jerry D. McVicker 2000 1996 1996 54,566(7) 3.31%
George L. Thomas 1999 1962 1992 28,291(8) 1.72%
Executive Officer
Larry G. Phillips,
Senior Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer -- -- -- 18,820(9) 1.15%
All directors and executive
officers as a group (9 persons) 218,337(10) 12.92%
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(1) Based upon information furnished by the respective director nominees.
Under applicable regulations, shares are deemed to be beneficially
owned by a person if he or she directly or indirectly has or shares the
power to vote or dispose of the shares, whether or not he or she has
any economic power with respect to the shares. Includes shares
benefically owned by members of the immediate families of the director
nominees residing in their homes.
(2) Of these shares, 17,944 are owned jointly by Mr. Dalton and his wife,
9,537 are held in a revocable trust as to which Mr. Dalton is
co-trustee and his wife is a beneficiary, and 7,000 shares are subject
to a stock option granted under the Marion Capital Holdings, Inc. Stock
Option Plan (the "Option Plan").
(3) Of these shares, 13,944 are held jointly by Mr. Murrell and his wife,
and 1,667 are subject to a stock option granted under the Option Plan.
(4) Of these shares, 500 are held in a trust as to which Mr. Banks is
trustee and beneficiary, and 9,876 are subject to a stock option
granted under the Option Plan. This number excludes options for 207
shares held by Mr. Banks which become exercisable more than 60 days
after the Voting Record Date.
(5) Of these shares, 2,000 are held jointly by Mr. Coryea and his wife, and
3,144 are subject to a stock option granted under the Option Plan.
(6) Of these shares, 1,500 are held jointly by Mr. Marler and his spouse,
and 9,083 are subject to a stock option granted under the Option Plan.
(7) Includes 6,490 shares owned jointly by Mr. McVicker and his wife,
15,000 shares held in a trust as to which Mr. McVicker is trustee and
beneficiary, and 10,083 shares subject to a stock option granted under
the Option Plan.
(8) Of these shares, 19,640 are held in a trust as to which Mr. Thomas is a
trustee and his wife is a beneficiary, 3,030 are held in a trust as to
which Mr. Thomas' wife is a trustee and his children are beneficiaries,
and 4,083 are subject to a stock option granted under the Option Plan.
(9) Of these shares, 16,320 are held jointly by Mr. Phillips and his wife,
and 2,000 are subject to a stock option granted under the Option Plan.
(10) The total of such shares includes 51,864 shares subject to stock
options granted under the Option Plan. The total excludes options for
207 shares granted under the Option Plan which are exercisable more
than 60 days after the Voting Record Date.
Presented below is certain information concerning the directors and director
nominees of the Holding Company:
Steven L. Banks (age 48) has been Executive Vice President of the
Holding Company and First Federal since September 1, 1996. Theretofore he served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Federal Savings Bank,
Marion, Indiana since prior to 1991.
W. Gordon Coryea (age 73) is an attorney at law based in Marion,
Indiana, and has served as attorney for First Federal since 1965.
John M. Dalton (age 64) has served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Holding Company and First Federal since February, 1996, became
Vice Chairman of the Holding Company and First Federal in August, 1996, and
became Chairman of the Holding Company and First Federal in July, 1997.
Theretofore he served as Executive Vice President of First Federal since 1983
and of the Holding Company since 1992. He also serves as President of First
Marion.
Jon R. Marler (age 48) has served as Senior Vice President of Ralph M.
Williams and Associates (a real estate developer located in Marion, Indiana)
since June 1982.
Jerry D. McVicker (age 53) has served as Director of Operations for
Marion Community Schools (education) since April, 1996. Theretofore he served as
Assistant Principal of Marion High School since prior to 1991.
Jack O. Murrell (age 75) served as President of Murrell and Keal, Inc.,
since 1958 (a retailer located in Marion, Indiana) until his retirement in 1993.
George L. Thomas (age 81) served as Chairman of the Foster-Forbes Glass
Co., a division of the National Can Corporation, located in Marion, Indiana
until his retirement in 1984.
THE DIRECTORS SHALL BE ELECTED UPON RECEIPT OF A PLURALITY OF
AFFIRMATIVE VOTES CAST AT THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.
Plurality means that individuals who receive the largest number of votes cast
are elected up to the maximum number of directors to be chosen at the meeting.
Abstentions, broker non-votes, and instructions on the accompanying proxy to
withhold authority to vote for one or more of the nominees will result in the
respective nominees receiving fewer votes. However, the number of votes
otherwise received by the nominee will not be reduced by such action.
The Board of Directors and its Committees
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, the Board of Directors of
the Holding Company met 13 times. No director attended fewer than 75% of the
aggregate total number of meetings during the last fiscal year of the Board of
Directors of the Holding Company held while he served as director and of
meetings of committees which he served during that fiscal year, except George L.
Thomas who attended 69.2% of those meetings. Among other committees, the Board
of Directors of the Holding Company has an Audit Committee and a Stock
Compensation Committee. All committee members are appointed by the Board of
Directors.
The Audit Committee, comprised of Messrs. Coryea, McVicker and Murrell,
recommends the appointment of the Holding Company's independent accountants, and
meets with them to outline the scope and review the results of such audit. The
Audit Committee meets as needed and held one meeting during the year ended June
30, 1998.
The Stock Compensation Committee administers the Holding Company's
Stock Option Plan and the RRP. The members of that Committee are Messrs.
Murrell, and Thomas. It did not meet during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998.
The Board of Directors nominated the slate of directors set forth in
the Proxy Statement. Although the Board of Directors of the Holding Company will
consider nominees recommended by shareholders, it has not actively solicited
recommendations for nominees from shareholders nor has it established procedures
for this purpose. Article III, Section 12 of the Holding Company's By-Laws
provides that shareholders entitled to vote for the election of directors may
name nominees for election to the Board of Directors but there are certain
requirements that must be satisfied in order to do so. Among other things,
written notice of a proposed nomination must be received by the Secretary of the
Holding Company not less than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that less than 70 days' notice or public disclosure
of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders (which notice or
public disclosure includes the date of the Annual Meeting specified in the
Holding Company's By-Laws if the Annual Meeting is held on such date), notice
must be received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following
the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such
public disclosure was made.
Management Remuneration and Related Transactions
Remuneration of Named Executive Officers
No cash compensation is paid directly by the Holding Company to any of
its executive officers. Each of such officers is compensated by First Federal.
The following table sets forth information as to annual, long-term and
other compensation for services in all capacities to the Holding Company and its
subsidiaries for the last three fiscal years of (i) the individual who served as
the chief executive officer of the Holding Company during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1998 and (ii) each executive officer of the Holding Company serving as
such during the 1998 fiscal year, who earned over $100,000 in salary and bonuses
during that year (the "Named Executive Officers").
Summary Compensation Table
Long Term Compensation
Annual Compensation Awards
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Other Annual Restricted All Other
Fiscal Compensation Stock Compensation
Name and Principal Position Year Salary ($)Bonus ($)(1) ($) (2) Awards ($) Options (#) ($)
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John M. Dalton 1998 $206,550 $35,000 -- -- -- --
Chairman, President, 1997 $187,450 $32,100 -- -- -- --
Chief Executive Officer 1996 $171,350 $30,000 -- -- -- --
and Director
Steven L. Banks 1998 $136,500 $23,000 -- -- -- --
Executive Vice President 1997 $104,950 $ 7,000 -- -- 10,083 (4) --
and Director (3)
Larry G. Phillips 1998 $110,500 $18,000 -- -- -- --
Senior Vice President, 1997 $101,700 $16,600 -- -- -- --
Secretary and Treasurer 1996 $ 95,350 $15,500 -- -- -- --
(1) The bonus amounts were paid under First Federal's bonus plan.
(2) The Named Executive Officers of the Holding Company receive certain
perquisites, but the incremental cost of providing such perquisites
does not exeed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the officer's salary and
bonus.
(3) Mr. Banks became affiliated with the Bank as Executive Vice President
on September 1, 1996.
(4) These options became exercisable as to 4,938 shares on March 1, 1997,
became exercisable as to 4,938 shares on January 1, 1998 and become
exercisable as to 207 shares on January 1, 1999.
Stock Options
The following table includes information relating to option exercises
by the Named Executive Officers during fiscal 1998 and the number of shares
covered by exercisable and unexercisable stock options held by the Named
Executive Officers as of June 30, 1998. Also reported are the values for
"in-the-money" options (options whose exercise price is lower than the market
value of the shares at fiscal year end) which represent the spread between the
exercise price of any such existing stock options and the fiscal year-end market
price of the stock. There were no stock options granted to the Named Executive
Officers during fiscal 1998.
Aggregate Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and
Outstanding Stock Option Grants and Value Realized as of 6/30/98
Number of Value of Unexercised
Securities Underlying In-the-Money
Unexercised Options Options at
Shares Acquired Value at Fiscal Year End (#) Fiscal Year End ($) (1)
Name on Exercise (#) Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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John M. Dalton 7,000 $112,875 7,000 -- $130,375.00 --
Steven L. Banks -- $ -- 9,876 207 $ 82,711.50 $1,733.63
Larry G. Phillips 2,000 $ 33,500 2,000 -- $ 37,250.00 --
(1) Amounts reflecting gains on outstanding options are based on the
average between the high and low prices for the shares on June 30,
1998, which was $28.625 per share.
Compensation of Directors
All directors of First Federal receive a retainer fee of $625 per
month, plus a fee of $625 per Board meeting attended. All directors receive $150
for each special meeting of the Board attended. Members of Board Committees,
other than officers, are paid a separate fee of $100 per meeting, unless the
meetings are unusually long in which case $150 per meeting is paid. As Chairman
of the Board of First Federal, Mr. Dalton receives a retainer fee of $937.50 per
month, plus a fee of $937.50 per Board meeting attended.
Directors of the Holding Company are paid a fee of $50 per meeting if
the meeting is held on the same day as a First Federal meeting and $100 per
meeting if the Holding Company meets on a different day.
Supplemental Retirement Plan for Directors. Effective May 1, 1992,
First Federal entered into deferred compensation agreements which remain in
effect for the directors listed below. These agreements provide that upon
retirement from the Board after attaining age 70, each director shall be
entitled to receive annual benefits in the following amounts for the following
number of years following such termination of service as a director:
Period Remaining Payable
Director Annual Payment at June 30, 1998
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John M. Dalton $9,960 10 years
Jack O. Murrell $10,500 6 years, 8 months
W. Gordon Coryea $8,748 6 years, 7 months
George L. Thomas $10,392 6 years, 9 months
At the request of a director and subject to First Federal's consent,
payments may be made in a lump sum rather than annual installments. A director
may also elect to receive his benefits upon attaining age 70 even if he remains
on the Board of Directors. If service is terminated, the director may request
acceleration of payments based upon the accruals to date.
If the director dies prior to attaining age 70, his beneficiary will
receive annual payments equal to the Board fees paid by First Federal in the
twelve months immediately prior to his death for a period of 15 years. If he
dies after his benefits commence, his beneficiary will be entitled to receive
the remaining payments over the balance of the applicable payment period.
A director has the option of increasing his benefits payable under the
plan by deferring a larger amount of his directors fees to help fund the payment
of such increased benefits, although no director has elected to do so.
First Federal for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, accrued an
expense for this plan of $42,030 which consisted of interest on this deferred
liability which accrues at an annual rate of 10.5%.
Death Benefit Agreements with Directors. First Federal, as of April 30,
1988, entered into an agreement with Mr. Coryea which provides that upon his
death his beneficiary will be entitled to receive for a 15-year period, an
annual payment of $26,000. The payment of these death benefits is conditioned
upon the continuous service of Mr. Coryea for a period of five years following
the adoption of the plan and until attaining age 70.
First Federal has purchased paid-up life insurance on the lives of the
directors covered under the supplemental retirement plan for directors and death
benefit agreement described above, to fund the benefits available under these
plans.
Transactions With Certain Related Persons
First Federal may make available to its directors, officers, and
employees real estate mortgage loans secured by their principal residence and
other loans. These loans are made in the ordinary course of business with the
same collateral, interest rates and underwriting criteria as those of comparable
transactions prevailing at the time and do not involve more than the normal risk
of collectibility or present other unfavorable features. All employees of the
Bank, including officers, receive a 1/4% discount with respect to interest rates
charged on loans for their primary residence.
W. Gordon Coryea, a director of both the Holding Company and First
Federal, serves as counsel to First Federal in connection with loan
delinquencies and provides routine legal work such as deed preparation,
foreclosures and preparation of other legal documents. Mr. Coryea received fees
of $30,900 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, for such services. First
Federal expects to continue using Mr. Coryea's services for such matters in the
current fiscal year.
PROPOSAL II -- RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS
The Board of Directors proposes for the ratification of the
shareholders at the Annual Meeting the appointment of Olive LLP, certified
public accountants, as independent auditors for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1999. Olive LLP has served as auditors for First Federal since 1979. A
representative of Olive LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting with the
opportunity to make a statement if he so desires. He will also be available to
respond to any appropriate questions shareholders may have.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), requires that the Holding Company's officers and directors and
persons who own more than 10% of the Holding Company's Common Stock file reports
of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors and
greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish the
Holding Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.
Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it,
and/or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5
were required for those persons, the Holding Company believes that during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, all filing requirements applicable to its
officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners with respect to
Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act were satisfied in a timely manner, except that Tim
D. Canode, a Vice President of the Bank, filed a Form 5 reporting his exercise
of a stock option for 1,000 shares about six months late.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Any proposal which a shareholder wishes to have presented at the next
Annual Meeting of the Holding Company and included in the proxy statement and
form of proxy must be received at the main office of the Holding Company no
later than 120 days in advance of September 3, 1999. Any such proposal should be
sent to the attention of the Secretary of the Holding Company at 100 West Third
Street, Marion, Indiana 46952. A shareholder proposal being submitted outside
the processes of Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the 1934 Act will be considered
untimely if it is received by the Holding Company later than 45 days in advance
of September 3, 1999.
OTHER MATTERS
Management is not aware of any business to come before the Annual
Meeting other than those matters described in the Proxy Statement. However, if
any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is intended
that the proxies solicited hereby will be voted with respect to those other
matters in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting the proxies.
The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Holding
Company. The Holding Company will reimburse brokerage firms and other
custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in
sending proxy material to the beneficial owners of the Common Stock. In addition
to solicitation by mail, directors, officers, and employees of the Holding
Company may solicit proxies personally or by telephone without additional
compensation.
Each shareholder is urged to complete, date and sign the proxy and
return it promptly in the enclosed envelope.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ John M. Dalton
John M. Dalton, President
and Chief Executive Officer
September 3, 1998
REVOCABLE PROXY MARION CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
October 8, 1998
The undersigned hereby appoints Steven L. Banks and Larry G. Phillips, with
full power of substitution, to act as attorneys and proxies for the undersigned
to vote all shares of common stock of Marion Capital Holdings, Inc. which the
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held
at the Holiday Inn, 501 East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana, on Thursday,
October 8, 1998, at 10:00 a.m., and at any and all adjournments thereof, as
follows:
1. The election as directors of all nominees listed below, except as marked to
the contrary.
[ ] FOR [ ] VOTE WITHHELD
INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, strike a
line through the nominee's name on the list below:
John M. Dalton Jack O. Murrell
(each for a three year term)
2. Ratification of the appointment of Olive LLP as auditors for the year
ending June 30, 1999.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on any other business
that may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the listed propositions.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
This Proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the voting thereof.
The undersigned acknowledges receipt from Marion Capital Holdings, Inc., prior
to the execution of this Proxy, of a Notice of the Meeting, a Proxy Statement
and an Annual Report to Shareholders.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Should the undersigned be present and elect to vote at the Annual Meeting
or at any adjournment thereof and after notification to the Secretary of the
Corporation at the Meeting of the shareholder's decision to terminate this
Proxy, then the power of such attorneys and proxies shall be deemed terminated
and of no further force and effect.
Dated:___________________________________________, 1998
NUMBER OF SHARES
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Print Name of Shareholder Print Name of Shareholder
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Signature of Shareholder Signature of Shareholder
Please sign exactly as your name appears above on this
card. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your
full title. If shares are held jointly, each holder
should sign.
PLEASE PROMPTLY COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL THIS
PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE.