Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 24, 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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On May 24, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Cadence Bancorporation (the “Company”) appointed Marc J. Shapiro as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Shapiro was formerly a senior advisory director of the Company.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Shapiro will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors. The Company previously disclosed the terms of non-employee director compensation in its Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 30, 2018, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with this appointment, Mr. Shapiro will enter into a form indemnification agreement with the Company, similar to those that were entered into by the Company’s other directors, which is filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Company (Registration No. 333-216809), filed with the Commission on March 17, 2017.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Shapiro and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to serve as a director of the Company. Neither Mr. Shapiro nor any of his related persons (as defined in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) is a party to any transaction in which the Company is a participant that is required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

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.