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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 9, 2021

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-15373 43-1706259
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
150 N. Meramec Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
63105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(314) 725-5500

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

¨ 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, par value $0.01 per share   EFSC   Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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 ¨

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On November 9, 2021, Enterprise Financial Services Corp, a Delaware corporation, or Enterprise, filed a Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights, referred to as the Certificate of Elimination, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Elimination eliminates Enterprise’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, from Enterprise’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Prior to filing the Certificate of Elimination, no shares of Enterprise’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A were outstanding. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Enterprise is filing in this Current Report on Form 8-K certain financial statements and pro forma financial information related to the merger of First Choice Bancorp, or First Choice, with and into Enterprise, or the merger, that was previously included in, or otherwise incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-256265) filed by Enterprise with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on May 18, 2021, as amended on June 2, 2021 and declared effective on June 4, 2021, in connection with the merger. Additional information regarding the consideration exchanged, First Choice assets acquired and liabilities assumed as a result of the merger, as well as certain other pro forma information related to the merger, are included in Note 2 to Enterprise's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2021.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the accompanying notes thereto and the related Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as well as the accompanying notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements giving effect to the merger is filed as Exhibit 99.3 attached hereto:

 

    unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of financial condition as of March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020;

 

    unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2020 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020; and

 

   

unaudited pro forma condensed combined condensed consolidated statements of income for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020. 

 

 

 

(d)      Exhibits    
   
Exhibit Number   Description
     
3.1   Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, of Enterprise Financial Services Corp.*
     
23.1   Consent of Eide Bailly LLP.*
   
99.1   Audited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 (incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by First Choice with the SEC on March 15, 2021, as amended on April 27, 2021) (File No.: 001-38476).
   
99.2   Unaudited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by First Choice with the SEC on May 10, 2021) (File No.: 001-38476).
   
99.3   Unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of financial condition as of March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020; unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2020 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020; and unaudited pro forma condensed combined condensed consolidated statements of income for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020.*  
     
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Filed herewith.

 

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
   
Date: November 9, 2021    
   

/s/ Troy R. Dumlao 

    Troy R. Dumlao
    Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION,

PREFERENCES, AND RIGHTS OF THE

Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A

of

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

  

The undersigned, on behalf of Enterprise Financial Services Corp, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”), the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), in accordance with Section 141 of the General Corporation Law and the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), adopted resolutions by unanimous written consent eliminating the designation and the relative powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. These composite resolutions eliminating the designation and relative powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A are as follows:

 

WHEREAS, the Board, at a meeting of its members held on December 17, 2008, adopted a resolution providing for the designation, preferences and relative, participating and optional or other rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of thirty-five thousand (35,000) shares of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $.01 per share (the “Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock”) (such certificate of designation, the “Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate”);

 

WHEREAS, no shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock currently remain outstanding and no such shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be issued in the future; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board deems it to be advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to withdrawal the Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate and return all of the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation (“Preferred Stock”) previously designated as Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock to authorized Preferred Stock available for issuance in accordance with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws pursuant to a Certificate of Elimination of the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, to be filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board hereby withdraws the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock and returns all previously designated shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock to their status as authorized Preferred Stock available for issuance as determined by the Board, and that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them individually hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Elimination of the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Certificate of Elimination”), as such Authorized Officer shall deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this resolution; and

 

 

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that when such Certificate of Elimination becomes effective upon acceptance of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the Corporation’s current Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate with respect to the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A of Enterprise Financial Services Corp has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9th day of November, 2021.

 

  ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
    
  By: /s/ Keene S. Turner
  Name: Keene S. Turner
  Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the incorporation by reference in the automatic shelf registration statement (No. 333-237612) and related prospectus of Enterprise Financial Services Corp of our report, dated March 15, 2021, relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Choice Bancorp and Subsidiary for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus Supplement.

 

/s/ Eide Bailly LLP

 

Laguna Hills, California

November 9, 2021

 

 

 

  

Exhibit 99.3

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(As previously included in, or otherwise incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-256265) filed by Enterprise Financial Services Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2021, as amended on June 2, 2021 and declared effective on June 4, 2021.)

 

The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are based on the separate historical financial statements of Enterprise Financial Services Corp, or Enterprise, and First Choice Bancorp, or First Choice, and give effect to the merger of Enterprise and First Choice, with Enterprise as the surviving institution (which is referred to as the merger), including pro forma assumptions and adjustments related to the merger, as described in the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2021 is presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the quarter ended March 31, 2021 are presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020.

 

A final determination of the fair value of First Choice’s assets and liabilities will be based First Choice’s actual assets and liabilities as of the closing date of the merger and, therefore, cannot be made prior to the consummation of the merger. In addition, the value of the stock consideration will be based on the closing price of Enterprise common stock on the date the merger becomes effective. The closing price of Enterprise common stock on May 3, 2021 was used for purposes of presenting the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements have been prepared to give effect to the following:

   

· the acquisition of First Choice by Enterprise under the provision of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification, ASC 805, Business Combinations where the assets and liabilities of First Choice will be recorded by Enterprise at their respective fair values as of the date the merger is completed;

 

· the distribution of shares of Enterprise common stock to First Choice shareholders in exchange for shares of First Choice common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.6603;

 

· certain reclassifications to conform historical financial presentation of First Choice to Enterprise; and

 

· transaction costs in connection with the merger.

​ 

The actual amounts recorded as of the completion of the merger may differ materially from the information presented in these Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements as a result of:

 

· changes in the trading price for Enterprise common stock;

 

· net cash used or generated in Enterprise’s or First Choice’s operations between the signing of the merger agreement and completion of the merger;

 

· changes in the fair values of Enterprise’s or First Choice’s assets and liabilities;

 

· other changes in Enterprise’s or First Choice’s net assets that occur prior to the completion of the merger, which could cause material changes in the information presented below; and

 

· the actual financial results of the combined company.

​ 

 

 

 

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are presented for illustrative purposes only. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are not necessarily, and should not be assumed to be, an indication of the results that would have been achieved had the merger been completed as of the dates indicated or that may be achieved in the future. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements also do not consider any potential impacts of current market conditions on revenues, potential revenue enhancements, anticipated cost savings and expense efficiencies, or asset dispositions, among other factors.

 

The preparation of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements and related adjustments required management to make certain assumptions and estimates. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements should be read together with:

 

· the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements;

 

· Enterprise’s separate audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in Enterprise’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and Enterprise’s separate unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, included in Enterprise’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021;

 

· First Choice’s separate audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in First Choice’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference herein;

 

· First Choice’s separate unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, included in First Choice’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference herein; and

 

· other information pertaining to Enterprise and First Choice contained in or incorporated by reference into this document.

 

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated

Statement of Financial Condition

 

    March 31, 2021     Pro Forma Adjustments        
    Enterprise     First Choice                    
(In thousands, except share and per share data)   (as reported)     (as reported)     Purchase Accounting Adjustments     Notes     Pro Forma Combined  
Assets                                      
Cash and cash equivalents     883,815       309,446       (26,062 )   [A]       1,167,199  
Investment securities     1,412,719       38,724                   1,451,443  
Net loans and leases     7,165,785       2,021,997       (13,827 )   [B]       9,173,955  
Goodwill     260,567       73,425       97,745     [C]       431,737  
Intangible assets, net     21,670       4,768       (119 )   [D]       26,319  
Other assets     446,143       52,384       8,307     [E]       506,834  
Total assets   $ 10,190,699     $ 2,500,744     $ 66,044           $ 12,757,487  
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity                                      
Deposits     8,515,444       1,895,550       326     [F]       10,411,320  
Borrowings     483,167       304,998       458     [G]       788,623  
Other liabilities     99,591       12,784                   112,375  
Total liabilities     9,098,202       2,213,332       784             11,312,318  
Total shareholders' equity     1,092,497       287,412       65,260             1,445,169  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 10,190,699     $ 2,500,744     $ 66,044           $ 12,757,487  

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated
Statement of Income

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    Pro Forma Adjustments        
    Enterprise     First Choice                    
(In thousands, except share and per share data)   (as reported)     (as reported)     Purchase Accounting Adjustments     Notes     Pro Forma Combined  
  Interest income:                                      
Interest and fees on loans     270,238       89,210       (1,332 )   [H]       358,116  
Interest on debt securities     33,026       777       -             33,803  
Interest on interest-earning deposits     620       825       -             1,445  
Dividends on equity securities     895       803       -             1,698  
     Total interest income     304,779       91,615       (1,332 )           395,062  
  Interest expense:                                      
Deposits     21,049       5,147       (132 )   [I]       26,064  
Borrowings     13,729       1,732       (153 )   [J]       15,308  
     Total interest expense     34,778       6,879       (285 )           41,372  
     Net interest income     270,001       84,736       (1,047 )           353,690  
Provision for credit losses     65,398       5,900       22,674     [K]       93,972  
Net interest income after provision for credit losses     204,603       78,836       (23,721 )           259,718  
  Noninterest income:                                      
Service charges on deposit accounts     11,717       1,965       -             13,682  
Wealth Management revenue     9,732       -       -             9,732  
Card services revenue     9,481       -       -             9,481  
Tax credit income     6,611       -       -             6,611  
Gain on sale of loans     -       4,653       -             4,653  
Miscellaneous income     16,962       1,989       -             18,951  
     Total noninterest income     54,503       8,607       -             63,110  
  Noninterest expense:                                      
Employee compensation and benefits     92,288       28,626       -             120,914  
Occupancy     13,457       4,476       -             17,933  
Data processing     9,050       3,653       -             12,703  
Professional fees     3,940       1,875       -             5,815  
Merger related expenses     4,174       -       -             4,174  
Other     44,250       7,838       23,374     [L]       75,462  
     Total noninterest expense     167,159       46,468       23,374             237,001  
  Income before income tax expense     91,947       40,975       (47,095 )           85,827  
Income tax expense     17,563       12,024       (10,571 )   [M]       19,016  
  Net income   $ 74,384     $ 28,951     $ (36,524 )         $ 66,811  
Earnings per common share                                      
Basic   $ 2.76     $ 2.48                   $ 1.92  
Diluted   $ 2.76     $ 2.47                   $ 1.92  
                                       
Weighted average basic shares     26,953,826       11,569,128       (3,761,419 )   [N]       34,761,535  
Weighted average diluted shares     26,988,710       11,617,780       (3,810,071 )   [N]       34,796,419  
Shares outstanding     31,210,213       11,705,684       (3,897,975 )   [N]       39,017,922  

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated
Statement of Income

 

    Three months ended
March 31, 2021
    Pro Forma Adjustments        
(In thousands, except share and per share data)   Enterprise
(as reported)
    First Choice
(as reported)
    Purchase Accounting Adjustments     Notes     Pro Forma Combined  
Interest income:                              
Interest and fees on loans     76,973       24,267       (279 )   [H]       100,961  
Interest on debt securities     7,619       152       -             7,771  
Interest on interest-earning deposits     189       160       -             349  
Dividends on equity securities     179       213       -             392  
     Total interest income     84,960       24,792       (279 )           109,473  
  Interest expense:                                      
Deposits     2,663       588       (33 )   [I]       3,218  
Borrowings     3,174       373       (38 )   [J]       3,509  
     Total interest expense     5,837       961       (71 )           6,727  
     Net interest income     79,123       23,831       (208 )           102,746  
Provision for credit losses     46       -       -             46  
Net interest income after provision for credit losses     79,077       23,831       (208 )           102,700  
  Noninterest income:                                      
Service charges on deposit accounts     3,084       441       -             3,525  
Wealth Management revenue     2,483       -       -             2,483  
Card services revenue     2,496       -       -             2,496  
Tax credit income     (1,041 )     -       -             (1,041 )
Gain on sale of loans     -       706       -             706  
Miscellaneous income     4,268       1,107       -             5,375  
     Total noninterest income     11,290       2,254       -             13,544  
  Noninterest expense:                                      
Employee compensation and benefits     29,562       7,578       -             37,140  
Occupancy     3,751       1,083       -             4,834  
Data processing     2,890       1,022       -             3,912  
Professional fees     988       437       -             1,425  
Merger related expenses     3,142       -       -             3,142  
Other     12,551       1,977       2     [L]       14,530  
     Total noninterest expense     52,884       12,097       2             64,983  
  Income before income tax expense     37,483       13,988       (210 )           51,261  
Income tax expense     7,557       4,230       (53 )   [M]       11,734  
  Net income   $ 29,926     $ 9,758     $ (157 )         $ 39,527  
Earnings per common share                                      
Basic   $ 0.96     $ 0.83                   $ 1.01  
Diluted   $ 0.96     $ 0.82                   $ 1.01  
                                       
Weighted average basic shares     31,247,379       11,614,333       (3,806,624 )   [N]       39,055,088  
Weighted average diluted shares     31,306,033       11,673,475       (3,865,766 )   [N]       39,113,742  
Shares outstanding     31,259,183       11,824,487       (4,016,778 )   [N]       39,066,892  

 

[A] Adjustments to record combined merger costs and the cash settlement of First Choice stock options.
[B] Adjustments to record loans at fair value.  Adjustments include:

 

  Loan credit mark   $ (33,028 )        
  Loan interest rate mark     19,204          
  Reversal of First Choice's existing loan fair value mark     3,400          
  Reversal of First Choice's allowance for loan losses     19,271          
  Establishment of allowance on non-PCD loans     (22,674 )        
  Total loan adjustment   $ (13,827 )        

 

[C] Adjustments to eliminate First Choice goodwill of $73.4 million and reflect $171.2 million of goodwill for the amount of consideration paid in excess of fair value of asset received and liabilities assumed.
[D] Adjustments to eliminate First Choice core deposit intangible of $4.8 million and reflect a new core deposit intangible of $4.6 million to be amortized over 10 years using of sum of the years digit methodology
[E] Adjustment to reflect the tax effects of the fair value adjustments and deductible merger-related costs using a 25% tax rate.
[F] Adjustment to record time deposits at fair value.
[G] Adjustment to record borrowed funds at fair value.
[H] Estimated loan interest yield adjustment and elimination of First Choice existing purchase accounting accretion.
[I] Estimated time deposit fair value amortization.
[J] Estimated borrowings fair value amortization.
[K] Adjustment to record initial lifetime allowance for credit losses on First Choice’s non-purchase credit deteriorated loan portfolio.
[L] Core deposit intangible amortization and merger related costs, including:

 

      Full Year
2020
    First Quarter
2021
 
  Core deposit intangible amortization   $ 845     $ 190  
  Reversal of First Choice core deposit intangible amortization     (771 )     (188 )
  Merger related costs     23,300       -  
  Total "other" noninterest expense   $ 23,374     $ 2  

 

[M] Tax effect on the pro forma adjustments at an assumed 25% effective combined federal and state tax rate.
[N] Adjustment to reflect the estimated issuance of 7,807,709 shares of Enterprise stock based on First Choice’s shares outstanding on March 31, 2021 of 11,824,487 and the fixed exchange ratio of .6603.