Green Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNBC) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01. Other Events.
On November 27, 2018, Veritex Holdings, Inc. (“Veritex”), the parent holding company of Veritex Community Bank (“Veritex Bank”), and Veritex Bank received the necessary regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to acquire Green Bancorp, Inc. (“Green”), the parent holdings company of Green Bank, N.A. (“Green Bank”), and Green Bank, respectively, in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated July 23, 2018, by and among Veritex, MustMS, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Veritex (“merger sub”), and Green (the “merger agreement”) to which (i) merger sub will merge with and into Green, with Green continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veritex, (ii) immediately thereafter, Green (as the surviving corporation) will merge with and into Veritex, with Veritex as the surviving corporation, and (iii) immediately thereafter, Green Bank will merge with and into Veritex Bank, with Veritex Bank continuing as the surviving bank (collectively, the “Merger Transactions”).
The parties expect to close the Merger Transactions on or about January 1, 2019, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions described in the merger agreement.
Important Additional Information will be Filed with the SEC
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval with respect to the proposed transaction between Veritex and Green. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy shall be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
In connection with the proposed transaction, on October 10, 2018, Veritex filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a definitive Registration Statement onFormS-4(File No.333-227161) containing ajoint proxystatement of Veritex and Green and aprospectusof Veritex (the “Joint Proxy/Prospectus”), and each of Veritex and Green may file with the SEC other documents regarding the proposed transaction, including amendments to the Joint Proxy/Prospectus. Veritex and Green began mailing the definitive Joint Proxy/Prospectus to their respective shareholders on October 15, 2018. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE JOINT PROXY/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY VERITEX AND/OR GREEN, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN (OR WILL CONTAIN) IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors may obtain free copies of the Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy/Prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Veritex and/or Green (when available) through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Free copies of the Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy/Prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Veritex and/or Green (when available) can also be obtained by directing a request to Veritex Holdings,Inc., 8214 Westchester Drive, Suite400, Dallas, Texas 75225, or by directing a request to Green Bancorp,Inc., 4000 Greenbriar Street, Houston, Texas 77098.
Participants in the Solicitation
Veritex, Green and their respective directors and certain of their respective executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Green or Veritex in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding (i) Veritex’s directors and executive officers is available in (x) itsproxy statementfor its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April3, 2018, and (y) the Joint Proxy/Prospectus in the Form S-4, which was filed with the SEC by Veritex on October 10, 2018, and (ii) Green’s directors and executive officers is available in (x) itsproxy statementfor its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April13, 2018, and (ii) the Joint Proxy/Prospectus in the Form S-4, which was filed with the SEC by Veritex on October 10, 2018. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph.
Forward-looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “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. Forward-looking statements are based on various facts and derived utilizing important assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, outcomes or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, outcomes or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to the impact Green or Veritex expect the proposed transaction to have on the combined entity’s operations, financial condition, and financial results, and Green’s or Veritex’s expectations about the ability to successfully integrate the combined businesses and the amount of cost savings and overall operational efficiencies expected to be realized as a result of the proposed transaction. The forward-looking statements may also include statements about Green’s, Veritex’s or the combined company’s future financial performance, business and growth strategy, projected plans and objectives, as well as other projections based on macroeconomic and industry trends, which are inherently unreliable due to the multiple factors that impact economic trends, and any such variations may be material. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts, although not all forward-looking statements include the foregoing. Further, certain factors that could affect future results and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals or other conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all, the failure to close for any other reason, changes in Veritex’s share price before closing, that the businesses of Veritex and Green will not be integrated successfully, that the cost savings and any synergies from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, disruption from the proposed transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers or other parties with whom Veritex and/or Green have business relationships, diversion of management time on transaction-related issues, risks relating to the potential dilutive effect of shares of Veritex common stock to be issued in the proposed transaction, the reaction to the transaction of the companies’ customers, employees and counterparties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Veritex and Green. We refer you to the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of Veritex’s Annual Report onForm10-Kfor the year ended December31, 2017, the Annual Report onForm10-Kfiled by Green for the year ended December31, 2017, the Joint Proxy/Prospectus in the Form S-4 filed by Veritex on October 10, 2018 and any updates to those risk factors set forth in Veritex’s and Green’s Quarterly Reports onForm10-Q, Current Reports onForm8-Kand other filings, which have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if Green’s or Veritex’s underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what Veritex or Green anticipates. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Neither Veritex nor Green undertakes any obligation, and specifically declines any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein.
About Green Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNBC)
Green Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company. The Company’s subsidiary, Green Bank, N.A., a nationally chartered commercial bank, provides commercial and private banking services primarily to Texas based customers through approximately 22 full service branches in the Houston and Dallas metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and other markets. It operates in providing banking services to a range of customers segment. It offers a full suite of online banking solutions, including access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment and electronic delivery of customer statements, as well as extended drive through hours, automated teller machines (ATMs), Bank at Work and banking by telephone, mail and personal appointment. It also offers debit cards, night depository, direct deposit, cashier’s checks and letters of credit, as well as treasury management services, wire transfer services and automated clearing house (ACH) services.