Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On December 5, 2008 (the "Closing Date"), CVB Financial Corp. (the "Company")
issued and sold, and the United States Department of the Treasury (the "U.S.
Treasury") purchased, (1) 130,000 shares (the "Preferred Shares") of the
Company's Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, liquidation
preference of $1,000 per share, and (2) a ten-year warrant (the "Warrant") to
purchase up to 1,669,521 shares of the Company's voting common stock, without
par value ("Common Stock"), at an exercise price of $11.68 per share, for an
aggregate purchase price of $130,000,000 in cash pursuant to the U.S. Treasury's
TARP Capital Purchase Program.
Both the Preferred Shares and the Warrant were sold in a private placement
exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Cumulative dividends on the Preferred Shares will accrue on the liquidation
preference at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and at a rate of
9% per annum thereafter, if, as and when declared by the Company's Board of
Directors out of funds legally available therefor. The Preferred Shares have no
maturity date and rank senior to the Common Stock with respect to the payment of
dividends and distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution
and winding up of the Company. Subject to the approval of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, the Preferred Shares are redeemable at the option
of the Company at 100% of their liquidation preference (plus any accrued and
unpaid dividends), provided, however, that the Preferred Shares may be redeemed
prior to the first dividend payment date falling after the third anniversary of
the Closing Date (February 15, 2012) only if (i) the Company has raised
aggregate gross proceeds in one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (as defined
in the letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, between the Company and the
U.S. Treasury (including the Securities Purchase Agreement-Standard Terms
incorporated by reference therein) and set forth below (the "Purchase
Agreement") and set forth below) in excess of $32.5 million and (ii) the
aggregate redemption price does not exceed the aggregate net proceeds from such
Qualified Equity Offerings.
The U.S. Treasury may not transfer a portion or portions of the Warrant with
respect to, and/or exercise the Warrant for more than one-half of, the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, in the aggregate, until the
earlier of (i) the date on which the Company has received aggregate gross
proceeds of not less than $130 million from one or more Qualified Equity
Offerings and (ii) December 31, 2009. In the event the Company completes one or
more Qualified Equity Offerings on or prior to December 31, 2009 that result in
the Company receiving aggregate gross proceeds of at least $130 million, the
number of the shares of Common Stock underlying the portion of the Warrant then
held by the U.S. Treasury will be reduced by one-half of the shares of Common
Stock originally covered by the Warrant. For purposes of the foregoing,
"Qualified Equity Offering" is defined as the sale and issuance for cash by the
Company to persons other than the Company or any Company subsidiary after the
Closing Date of shares of perpetual preferred stock, Common Stock or any
combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in
Tier I capital of the Company at the time of issuance under the applicable
risk-based capital guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or
arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly
announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008). We have also agreed to register the
Preferred Shares, the Warrant and the shares of Common Stock underlying the
Warrant as soon as practicable after the date of the issuance of the Preferred
Shares and the Warrant.
The Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Preferred Shares and the Warrant
were sold contains limitations on the payment of dividends or distributions on
the Common Stock (including with respect to the payment of cash dividends in
excess of the Company's current quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share) and
on the Company's ability to repurchase, redeem or acquire its Common Stock or
other securities, and subjects the Company to certain of the executive
compensation limitations included in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of
2008 (the "EESA") until such time as the U.S. Treasury no longer owns any debt
or equity securities acquired through the TARP Capital Purchase Program. As a
condition to the closing of the transaction, each of Messrs. Christopher D.
Myers, Edward J. Biebrich, Jr., Jay W. Coleman, James F. Dowd, Todd E. Hollander
and Christopher Walters, the Company's Senior Executive Officers (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement) (the "Senior Executive Officers"), (i) executed a waiver
(the "Waiver") voluntarily waiving any claim against the U.S. Treasury or the
Company for any changes to such Senior Executive Officer's compensation or
benefits that are required to comply with the regulations issued by the U.S.
Treasury under the TARP Capital Purchase Program as published in the Federal
Register on October 20, 2008 and acknowledging that the regulation may require
modification of the compensation,
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bonus, incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements and policies and
agreements (including so-called "golden parachute" agreements) (collectively,
"Benefit Plans") as they relate to the period the U.S. Treasury holds any equity
or debt securities of the Company acquired through the TARP Capital Purchase
Program; and (ii) entered into a consent letter with the Company amending the
Benefit Plans with respect to such Senior Executive Officer as may be necessary,
during the period that the U.S. Treasury owns any debt or equity securities of
the Company acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or the Warrant, as
necessary to comply with Section 111(b) of the EESA. A consequence of issuing
the Preferred Shares includes certain limitations on executive compensation that
could limit the tax deductibility of compensation the Company pays to executive
officers.
Copies of the Purchase Agreement, the form of Warrant, the form of Preferred
Share certificate and the Certificate of Determination with respect to the
Preferred Shares are included as exhibits to this Report on Form 8-K and are
incorporated by reference into Items 3.02, 3.03, 5.02 and 5.03.
Item 3.03 Material Modification of the Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth under "Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities" is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(e) The information set forth under "Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities" is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On December 3, 2008, the Company filed with the California Secretary of State a
Certificate of Determination establishing the terms of the Preferred Shares.
This Certificate of Determination is filed as an exhibit to this Report on Form
8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are being filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:
3.1, 4.1 Certificate of Determination with respect to the Preferred Shares, filed
December 3, 2008.
4.2 Warrant to purchase up to 1,669,521 shares of Common Stock, issued on
December 5, 2008.
4.3 Form of Preferred Share Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series B.
10.1 Letter Agreement, dated December 5, 2008, including the Securities
Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms incorporated by reference therein,
between the Company and the U.S. Treasury.
10.2 Form of Waiver, executed by each of Messrs. Christopher D. Myers, Edward
J. Biebrich, Jr., Jay W. Coleman, James F. Dowd, Christopher Walters and
Todd E. Hollander as to certain compensation benefits.
10.3 Form of Consent, executed by each of Messrs. Christopher D. Myers,
Edward J. Biebrich, Jr., Jay W. Coleman, James F. Dowd, Christopher A.
Walters and Todd E. Hollander, to adoption of amendments to Benefit
Plans as required by Section 111(b) of EESA.
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