NOTICE OF CHANGE IN LOCATION
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 7, 2020
AT 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
To Our
Stockholders:
In order to mitigate potential risks to the health and safety of our stockholders, employees, community and other
stakeholders during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the location of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cadence Bancorporation
(the “Company”) has been changed. The Company will hold the Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time, in a virtual meeting format only, via live audio webcast, in order to provide a consistent and convenient
experience to stockholders, regardless of location. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting physically in person.
The Company
has determined that the virtual meeting format is appropriate this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic but, at this time, does not intend to adopt a virtual format for future annual meetings.
Attending the Virtual Meeting
As
described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting previously distributed, you are entitled to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2020, the record date,
or if you hold a legal proxy for the meeting provided by your bank, broker or other nominee. To register for the Annual Meeting, please follow the instructions below based on your form of ownership of our common stock:
Stockholder of Record: If your shares of our common stock are registered directly in your name with Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust (“Continental”), our stock transfer agent, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. As a stockholder of record, you may register to attend the Annual Meeting by visiting the
virtual meeting website located at www.cstproxy.com/cadencebank/2020, entering the 12-digit control number that you received on your proxy card or notice and clicking on the link to pre-register. You will need to log in to the virtual meeting website at www.cstproxy.com/cadencebank/2020 prior to the start of the Annual Meeting using your control number.
Pre-registration is recommended but not required for stockholders of record.
Beneficial Owner
of Stock Held in Street Name: If your shares of our common stock are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank, broker or other nominee, the bank, broker or other nominee is considered the record holder of those shares. You are considered
the beneficial owner of those shares, and your shares are held in “street name.” In order to attend the Annual Meeting as a beneficial owner of our stock held in street name, you must obtain a legal proxy by contacting your account
representative at the bank, broker or other nominee that holds your shares. You should then e-mail a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of your legal proxy to Continental at proxy@continentalstock.com
no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, May 4, 2020. After contacting Continental, you will receive an e-mail prior to the Annual Meeting with a link and instructions for attending the Annual
Meeting.
Stockholders participating in the virtual meeting will be in a listen-only mode. However, virtual attendees will be able to vote
and submit questions during the meeting using the virtual meeting website.
Stockholders will also have the option to listen to the
virtual meeting by telephone (but will not have the ability to vote or submit questions) by calling the following numbers and entering the passcode when prompted:
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Within the U.S. and Canada: (888) 965-8995 (toll-free); passcode
70756015#
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Outside of the U.S. and Canada: (415) 655-0243 (standard rates apply);
passcode 70756015#
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A replay of the Annual Meeting will be available on the virtual meeting website until
August 31, 2020.