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Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On November 5, 2019,
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced public offering of $175,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 4.25% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 15, 2029 (the “Notes”). The Notes
will initially be treated as Tier 2 capital or the equivalent for bank regulatory purposes. The offering of the Notes was consummated
pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-222910) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on February 7, 2018, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated October 29, 2019 (the
“Prospectus Supplement”), filed with the SEC on October 30, 2019.
The Notes were issued
pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2019 (the “Base Subordinated Indenture”), between the
Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Subordinated Indenture,
the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.
From, and including
the date of issuance to, but excluding November 15, 2024, the Notes will bear interest at an initial fixed rate of 4.25% per annum,
payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2020. Thereafter, from November 15, 2024 through
the maturity date, November 15, 2029, or earlier redemption date, the Notes will bear interest at a floating rate equal to the
then-current three-month LIBOR, plus 262 basis points (2.62%) for each quarterly interest period (subject to certain provisions
set forth under “Description of the Notes—Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates” included in the Prospectus
Supplement), payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year.
The Notes are subordinated
unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness.
The Notes are subordinated in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future “Senior Indebtedness”
(as defined in the Indenture), and effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness.
The Notes are not obligations of, and are not, and will not be, guaranteed by, any of the Company’s subsidiaries, including
Sandy Spring Bank.
The Notes are not subject
to repayment at the option of the holders, but may be redeemed by the Company beginning with the interest payment date of November
15, 2024, but not prior thereto, except upon the occurrence of certain events specified under the Indenture and described under
“Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption and Redemption Upon Special Events” in the Prospectus Supplement.
The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
The foregoing descriptions
of the Indenture and the Notes are each qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture and the Notes,
respectively, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2 and Exhibit 4.3, respectively, and are incorporated
herein by reference. A copy of the opinion of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the validity
of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.