Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 20 2017 - 04:40PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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):
March 18, 2017
CAROLINA
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its
Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-19029
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57-1039637
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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288 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina
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29401
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(843) 723-7700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or
Disposition of Assets.
Effective March 18, 2017,
Carolina Financial Corporation (“Carolina Financial”), the holding company for CresCom Bank, completed its previously
announced merger with Greer Bancshares Incorporated (“Greer”), the holding company for Greer State Bank, pursuant to
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2016, between Carolina Financial and Greer. At closing, Greer merged
with and into Carolina Financial, with Carolina Financial as the surviving corporation, and Greer State Bank, a South Carolina
state bank, also merged with and into CresCom Bank, a South Carolina state bank, with CresCom Bank surviving the merger and continuing
its corporate existence.
Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan
of Merger, Greer shareholders have the right to receive either $18.00 in cash or 0.782 shares of Carolina Financial common
stock, or a combination thereof, for each share of Greer common stock they owned immediately prior to the merger, subject to
the limitation that 10% of the outstanding shares of Greer common stock will be exchanged for cash and 90% of the
outstanding shares of Greer common stock will be exchanged for shares of Carolina Financial common stock. The mailing of
materials regarding the election and exchange of Greer stock certificates will commence by March 28, 2017.
The foregoing description
of the Agreement and Plan of Merger does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, which is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 2.1.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 8-K contains
certain forward-looking statements, including certain plans, expectations, goals, and projections, and including statements about
the benefits of the merger between Carolina Financial and Greer, which are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties.
Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by such statements for a variety of factors including, without limitation:
the businesses of Carolina Financial and Greer may not be integrated successfully or such integration may take longer to accomplish
than expected; the expected cost savings and any revenue synergies from the merger may not be fully realized within the expected
timeframes; disruption from the merger may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with clients, associates, or suppliers;
changes in economic conditions; movements in interest rates; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success and
timing of other business strategies; the nature, extent, and timing of governmental actions and reforms; and extended disruption
of vital infrastructure; and other factors described in Carolina Financial’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and documents subsequently
filed by Carolina Financial with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this
Form 8-K are based on information available at the time of the filing. Carolina Financial assumes no obligation to update
any forward-looking statement.
ITEM 9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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2.1
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Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Carolina Financial Corporation and Greer Bancshares Incorporated, dated November 7, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Carolina Financial’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Number 333-215312) filed on December 23, 2016).
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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.
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CAROLINA FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
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Registrant
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By:
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/s/ William A. Gehman, III
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Name:
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William A. Gehman, III
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Dated: March 20, 2017
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