UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): May 22, 2018

 

 

Cadence Bancorporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38058   47-1329858

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 3800

Houston, Texas

  77056
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(713) 871-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On May 25, 2018, Cadence Bancorp, LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) completed a secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 18,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Cadence Bancorporation (the “Company”), at a price to the public of $28.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, as described in a prospectus supplement, dated May 22, 2018, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 24, 2018.

In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 22, 2018 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the underwriters named thereto. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 shares of Class A Common Stock from the Selling Stockholder (the “Option”), which was exercised in full. Upon completion of the Offering and the exercise of the Option, the Selling Stockholder held approximately 40.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, as compared to approximately 65.6% immediately prior to the completion of the Offering.

The shares of Class A Common Stock sold by the Selling Stockholder in the Offering were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Commission File No. 333-225075), which was filed with the Commission on May 21, 2018 (the “Registration Statement”). The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of such shares of Class A Common Stock.

The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibits 1.1 and 5.1 contained in Item 9.01 hereof are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2018, by and among Goldman Sachs  & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, Cadence Bancorp, LLC and Cadence Bancorporation.
5.1    Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz


SIGNATURE

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.

 

    Cadence Bancorporation
Date: May 25, 2018     By:  

/s/ Jerry W. Powell

    Name:   Jerry W. Powell
    Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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