BANCORPSOUTH, INC. (NYSE:BXS) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amended and Restated Plan of Reorganization

On July26, 2017, BancorpSouth, Inc., a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), as part of a plan to effect a corporate entity reorganization, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Original Plan of Reorganization”) with its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank, a Mississippi state-chartered bank and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Bank”). The Original Plan of Reorganization was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July27, 2017.

On August15, 2017, the Company entered into that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of August15, 2017, by and between the Company and the Bank (the “Amended Plan of Reorganization”). The Amended Plan of Reorganization, like the Original Plan of Reorganization, provides that the Company will be merged with and into the Bank (the “Reorganization”) with the Bank continuing as the surviving entity (the “Surviving Entity”). The Amended Plan of Reorganization, however, provides that the Surviving Entity will assume and continue all of the Company’s existing equity incentive plans, performance incentive plans, equity awards, and employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, the Company’s tax-qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit programs, deferred compensation arrangements, separation and retirement agreements, and change in control agreements. The Original Plan of Reorganization previously provided that the Surviving Entity would establish and maintain new equity incentive plans, performance incentive plans, and grant new equity awards that are substantially similar to the Company’s existing plans and awards. Except for the foregoing, the Amended Plan of Reorganization does not otherwise amend the Original Plan of Reorganization.

The foregoing summary of the Reorganization and the terms and conditions of the Amended Plan of Reorganization do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Plan of Reorganization. The Amended Plan of Reorganization, which is filed as Exhibit2.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K (this “Report”), is incorporated herein by reference.

Section7 – Regulation FD

Item 1.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Reference is made to the information set forth in response to Item 1.01 of this Report, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Additional Information

This Report is being made in respect of the Reorganization described in this Report. In connection with the Reorganization, the Company will file with the SEC and mail to its shareholders a proxy statement/offering circular. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE REORGANIZATION, INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXYSTATEMENT/ OFFERING CIRCULAR AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE REORGANIZATION. The proxy statement/offering circular, as well as other filings containing information about the Company and the Bank, will be available without charge at the SEC’s internet website (www.sec.gov). Copies of the proxy statement/offering circular can also be obtained, when available, without charge, from the Company’s investor relations website at www.bancorpsouth.investorroom.com.

The Company and certain of its directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders in respect of the Reorganization. Certain information about the Company’s directors and executive officers is set forth in its Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on February27, 2017, and in its Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule14A for its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March22, 2017. Any other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the proxy statement/offering circular and other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this Report may not be based upon historical facts and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements may be identified by their reference to a future period or periods or by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “foresee,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “should,” “predict,” “project,” “goal,” “outlook,” “potential,” “will,” “will result,” “will likely result,” or “would” or future or conditional verb tenses and variations or negatives of such terms. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those relating to the terms of the Reorganization involving the Company and the Bank and the proposed impact of the Reorganization on the Surviving Entity, and the ability of the Company and the Bank to close the Reorganization in a timely manner or at all. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this Report, in that actual results could differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and the Bank. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company and the Bank to complete the Reorganization, the ability of the Company and the Bank to satisfy the conditions to the completion of the Reorganization, including the receipt of Company shareholder approval and the receipt of regulatory approvals required for the Reorganization on the terms expected in the Amended Plan of Reorganization, the ability of the Company and the Bank to meet expectations regarding the timing, completion and accounting and tax treatments of the Reorganization, the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits of the Reorganization will not be realized or will not be realized as expected, the failure of the Reorganization to close for any other reason, the effect of the announcement of the Reorganization on the Company’s operating results, the possibility that the Reorganization may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events, the inability to retrieve the Bank’s filings mandated by the Exchange Act from the SEC’s publicly available website after the closing of the Reorganization, the impact of all other factors generally understood to affect the assets, business, cash flows, financial condition, liquidity, prospects and/or results of operations of financial services companies and the other factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December31, 2016. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report and, except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this Report.

Section9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 1.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

BANCORPSOUTH INC Exhibit
EX-2.1 2 d443892dex21.htm EX-2.1 EX-2.1 Exhibit 2.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION BY AND BETWEEN BANCORPSOUTH,…
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About BANCORPSOUTH, INC. (NYSE:BXS)

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its principal bank subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank (the Bank), conducts commercial banking and financial services operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Illinois. The Company’s segments include Community Banking, Insurance Agencies, and General Corporate and Other. Its Community Banking segment provides a range of deposit products, commercial loans and consumer loans. Its Insurance Agencies segment serves as agents in the sale of commercial lines of insurance and full lines of property and casualty, life, health and employee benefits products and services. Its General Corporate and Other segment includes mortgage lending, trust services, credit card activities, investment services and other activities not allocated to the Community Banking or Insurance Agencies segments.