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): November 20, 2019

 

 

Merchants Bancorp

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Indiana

 

001-38258

 

20-5747400

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

410 Monon Boulevard

Carmel, Indiana 46032

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(317) 569-7420

(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:

 

o                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, without par value

 

MBIN

 

NASDAQ

Series A Preferred Stock, without par value

 

MBINP

 

NASDAQ

Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series B Preferred Stock, without par value

 

MBINO

 

NASDAQ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company                                                              x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    o

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On November 20, 2019, Merchants Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.07 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, $0.4375 per share on the Company’s 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), and $15.00 per share (equivalent to $0.375 per depositary share) on the Company’s 6% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”). For each of the common stock, Series A Preferred Stock, and Series B Preferred Stock, the dividends are payable on January 2, 2020 to shareholders of record on December 13, 2019. The press release has been attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated November 20, 2019 issued by Merchants Bancorp

 

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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.

 

 

 

MERCHANTS BANCORP

 

 

 

 

Date: November 20, 2019

By:

/s/ John F. Macke

 

 

Name: John F. Macke

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

Merchants Bancorp Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Dividends

For Release November 20, 2019

 

CARMEL, Indiana — Merchants Bancorp (“Merchants”) (Nasdaq: MBIN), parent company and registered bank holding company of Merchants Bank of Indiana (“Merchants Bank”), today announced that its Board of Directors declared the following quarterly cash dividends for the fourth quarter of 2019, in each case to shareholders of record on December 13, 2019, payable on January 2, 2020:

 

·                  A dividend of $0.07 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of its common stock (NASDAQ:MBIN);

 

·                  A dividend of $0.4375 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of its 7% Series A preferred stock (NASDAQ:MBINP);

 

·                  A dividend of $15.00 per share (equivalent to $0.375 per depositary share) on the Company’s outstanding shares of its 6% Series B preferred stock (NASDAQ:MBINO).

 

ABOUT MERCHANTS BANCORP

 

Merchants Bancorp is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana operating multiple lines of business, including multi-family housing and healthcare facility financing and servicing, mortgage warehouse financing, retail and correspondent residential mortgage banking, agricultural lending and traditional community banking.  Merchants Bancorp, with $6.3 billion in assets and $5.5 billion in deposits as of September 30, 2019, conducts its business through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Merchants Capital Corp., Farmers-Merchants Bank of Illinois, and Merchants Mortgage, a division of Merchants Bank of Indiana. For more information and financial data, please visit Merchants’ Investor Relations page at investors.merchantsbankofindiana.com.

 

Media Contact: Rebecca Marsh

 

Merchants Bancorp

Phone: (317) 805-4356

Email: rmarsh@merchantsbankofindiana.com

 

Investor Contact: Tami Durle

 

Merchants Bancorp

Phone: (317) 324-4556

Email: tdurle@merchantsbankofindiana.com