As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1995
Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California 95-3725079
(State or other (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification
incorporation or Number)
organization)
1420 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 233-1234
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive office)
Murray L. Galinson
President and Chief Executive Officer
1420 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 233-1234
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
Lawrence M. Sherman, Esq. Theodore G. Johnsen, Esq.
Sherman & Eggers Arnold & Porter
350 West Ash Street, Suite 1100 777 South Figueroa Street
San Diego, California 92101 Los Angeles, California 90017-2513
(619) 338-4900 (213) 243-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration
Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box. []
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection
with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. []
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of class Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
of securities Amount to offering price aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered be registered per security<F1> price<F1> registration fee
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock
(no par value) 769,582 $4.34 $3,339,986 $1,151.72
Subscription Rights
to purchase Common Stock 769,582 (2)<F2> (2)<F2> None
<FN>
<F1>
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
<F2>
(2) No separate consideration will be received for the Subscription Rights.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that
the Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date
as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
Pursuant to Item 501(b)
Item Number and Location or
Caption Heading
in Form S-3 in Prospectus
1. Forepart of Registration Facing Page and Cross-
Statement Reference Sheet of
and Outside Front Cover Registration Statement and
Page of Cover Page of
Prospectus. Prospectus.
2. Inside Front and Outside Inside Front and Outside
Back Cover Back Cover
Pages of Prospectus. Pages of Prospectus.
3. Summary Information, Risk Prospectus Summary; Special
Factors Considerations.
and Ratio of Earnings to
Fixed
Charges.
4. Use of Proceeds. Use of Proceeds.
5. Determination of Offering The Subscription Offering -
Price. Determination
of Subscription Price and
Fairness Opinion.
6. Dilution. Special Considerations -
Dilution.
7. Selling Security Holders. *
8. Plan of Distribution. Plan of Distribution.
9. Description of Securities Incorporation of Certain
to be Documents by
Registered. Reference; The Subscription
Offering;
Description of Capital
Stock.
10. Interests of Named *
Experts and
Counsel.
11. Material Changes. *
12. Incorporation of Certain Incorporation of Certain
Information Documents by
by Reference. Reference.
13. Disclosure of Commission *
Position on
Indemnification for
Securities Act
Liabilities.
_____________________________
* Omitted as not applicable.
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SDNB Financial Corp.
PROSPECTUS
769,582 Shares of Common Stock
(no par value)
SDNB Financial Corp. (the "Company") is hereby offering (the
"Subscription Offering") up to 769,582 shares of its common stock, no
par value ("Common Stock"), to holders of record of its Common Stock
(the "Shareholders") at the close of business on April 20, 1995
(the "Record Date"), pursuant to transferable subscription rights (the
"Basic Subscription Rights" and, together with the Oversubscription
Rights (as defined below), the "Subscription Rights"). The
subscription price is $4.34 per share (the "Subscription Price").
Holders of Subscription Rights, including transferees of Shareholders
(collectively, the "Rights Holders" and, together with the
Shareholders, the "Holders"), will be able to exercise their
Subscription Rights until 5:00 p.m., New York time, on _____________,
1995 (such date, as it may be extended by the Company, being the
"Expiration Date"), subject to extension at the option of the Company
to a date not later than __________________, 1995. See "THE
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING." After the Expiration Date, the Subscription
Rights will no longer be exercisable to purchase shares of Common
Stock.
For each two shares of Common Stock held of record as of the close of
business on the Record Date, a Shareholder will receive one Basic
Subscription Right. No fractional Basic Subscription Rights will be
issued by the Company. The number of Basic Subscription Rights
distributed by the Company to each Shareholder will be rounded up to
the nearest whole number. Each Rights Holder will have the right to
purchase one share of Common Stock for each Basic Subscription Right.
Rights Holders are entitled to subscribe for all, or any portion of,
the shares of Common Stock underlying their Basic Subscription Rights.
Each Rights Holder who is not a participant in the San Diego National
Bank Deferred Savings Plan and who subscribes for the full number of
shares of Common Stock underlying the Basic Subscription Rights held by
such Rights Holder on the date of exercise and evidenced by a
Subscription Warrant will have the right to subscribe for additional
shares of Common Stock that are not subscribed for by other Rights
Holders pursuant to their Basic Subscription Rights (the
"Oversubscription Rights"). See "THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING -
Oversubscription Rights" and "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Principal
Shareholder." No minimum amount of proceeds is required for the
Company to consummate the Subscription Offering.
The Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System (the
"NASDAQ/NMS") under the symbol "SDNB" and, on March 29, 1995, the
reported closing bid price of the Common Stock was $3.50. See "MARKET
PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON THE COMMON STOCK." The Basic Subscription
Rights will be tradable on the NASDAQ/NMS under the symbol "SDNBR"
until the end of trading on the NASDAQ/NMS on the Expiration Date.
However, there has been no prior market for the Basic Subscription
Rights and no assurance can be given that a market will develop.
See "THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Transferability of Basic
Subscription Rights."
HOLDERS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE MATTERS SET FORTH UNDER
"SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS."
_______________
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
_________________
THESE SECURITIES ARE NOT SAVINGS OR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND ARE NOT
INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION,
THE BANK INSURANCE FUND, OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
Subscription Underwriting Discounts Proceeds to
Price and Commissions(1) the Company(2)
Per share $4.34 None $4.34
Total $3,339,986 None $3,339,986
(1) See "THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Determination of Subscription
Price and Fairness Opinion" for information with respect to financial
advisory fees payable by the Company.
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at
$350,000.
_______________________
The Common Stock is being offered directly to Rights Holders by the
Company and is not the subject of any underwriting agreement. See
"PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION." It is expected that delivery of the shares of
Common Stock will be made as soon as practicable after the Expiration
Date.
_______________, 1995
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements, and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements, and other information
can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at its Regional Offices at
5670 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036, Seven World
Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048, and Citicorp
Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661.
Copies of such material can be obtained from the Commission's Public
Reference Section at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at
prescribed rates.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (together with all amendments and exhibits, the
"Registration Statement") relating to the shares of Common Stock that
may be issued to Rights Holders. This Prospectus does not contain all
of the information set forth in the Registration Statement and exhibits
thereto that the Company has filed with the Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to which
reference is hereby made.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Incorporated by reference in this Prospectus are the following
documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994; and
(b) the description of the Common Stock in the Company's
registration statement filed under the Exchange Act with respect to the
Common Stock, including any amendments and reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Common Stock shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof
from the date such documents are filed. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide, without charge, to each person to whom
this Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any
such person, a copy of any or all of the information incorporated
herein by reference other than exhibits to such information (unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such
information). Written or oral requests should be directed to SDNB
Financial Corp., 1420 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101,
Attention: Howard W. Brotman, telephone (619) 233-1234, ext. 717.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information, including
consolidated financial statements, appearing elsewhere, or incorporated
by reference, in this Prospectus.
The Company
SDNB Financial Corp. (the "Company") is a registered bank holding
company organized in 1982. The Company's principal subsidiary is San
Diego National Bank, San Diego, California (the "Bank"), a national
banking association organized in 1981, the deposits of which are
insured by the Bank Insurance Fund ("BIF") of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") up to applicable limits. Through
the Bank, the Company provides general commercial banking services.
The Bank's assets comprise virtually all of the consolidated assets of
the Company. At December 31, 1994, the Company had consolidated assets
of approximately $173 million, consolidated liabilities of
approximately $164 million (which includes total deposits through the
Bank of approximately $138 million), and shareholders' equity of
approximately $9 million. The Company's principal executive office is
located at 1420 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101, and its
telephone number is (619) 233-1234. See "THE COMPANY."
The Subscription Offering
Shares Offered Hereby Up to 769,582 shares of Common Stock.
Subscription Price $4.34 per share of Common Stock.
Special Considerations See "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS"
for a discussion of certain important
factors to be considered by Holders.
Basic Subscription Rights For each two shares of
Common Stock held of record as of the
close of business on April 20, 1995,
1995 (the "Record Date"), a Shareholder
will receive one Basic Subscription
Right. The number of Basic Subscription
Rights distributed by the Company to each
Shareholder will be rounded up to the
nearest whole number. Each Rights Holder
will have the right to purchase one share
of Common Stock for each Basic
Subscription Right. Rights Holders are
entitled to subscribe for all, or any
portion of, the shares of Common Stock
underlying their Basic Subscription
Rights. Basic Subscription Rights will
be evidenced by Subscription Warrants.
Oversubscription Rights Each Rights Holder who
subscribes for the full number of shares
of Common Stock underlying the Basic
Subscription Rights held by such Rights
Holder on the date of exercise and
evidenced by a Subscription Warrant will
have the right to subscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock that
are not subscribed for by other Rights
Holders pursuant to their Basic
Subscription Rights. Basic Subscription
Rights held by the San Diego National
Bank Deferred Savings Plan (the "Plan")
shall not be eligible for
Oversubscription Rights due to the
prohibited transaction rules of the
Internal Revenue Code and the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
There can be no assurance that any shares
of Common Stock will be available to
satisfy in whole or in part a Rights
Holder's request to subscribe for shares
in excess of the shares underlying such
Rights Holder's Basic Subscription
Rights. Oversubscription Rights are
exercisable by all Rights Holders, other
than the Plan, including transferees of
Shareholders. See "THE SUBSCRIPTION
OFFERING - Oversubscription Rights."
Proration of
Oversubscription Rights If there are shares
available for sale pursuant to the
exercise of Oversubscription Rights and
the number of such shares is not
sufficient to satisfy in full all
subscriptions submitted pursuant to such
requests, the
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available shares of Common
Stock will be allocated among the Rights
Holders who exercise Oversubscription
Rights pro rata based upon the number of
Basic Subscription Rights held by each
such Rights Holder on the Expiration
Date.
Principal Shareholder On January 31, 1995, two
limited partnerships, of which WHR
Management Corp. is the general partner
(the two limited partnerships and WHR
Management Corp. are referred to herein,
collectively, as "WHR"), agreed to
purchase 510,121 shares of the Company's
Common Stock (the "Private Placement").
The 510,121 shares issued to WHR
constitute 24.9% of the Company's
outstanding Common Stock after such
issuance (without taking into
consideration shares to be issued in this
Subscription Offering). WHR also agreed
to purchase an additional 255,193 shares
of Common Stock at $4.34 per share, for
an aggregate purchase price of
$1,107,538, if the Subscription Offering
is fully subscribed, or such lesser
amount so that after such purchase WHR
will hold an aggregate of 24.9% of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company,
taking into account the shares issued in
the Subscription Offering. WHR does not
have the right to participate in this
Subscription Offering.
Use of Proceeds The net proceeds from the
sale of the Common Stock will be used for
general corporate purposes, which may
include investments in or extensions of
credit to the Company's subsidiaries, the
reduction of existing debt, and financing
of possible future acquisitions of other
banking institutions or related
businesses.
Shares Currently
Outstanding 2,048,485 shares of Common
Stock, at [day before the effective
date], 1995.
Subscription Agent The Subscription Agent is
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
(the "Subscription Agent"). See "THE
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Subscription
Agent" for addresses and information
relating to the delivery of Subscription
Warrants and the payment of the aggregate
Subscription Price.
Information Agent The Information Agent is
Western Financial Corporation. The
Information Agent's toll-free telephone
number is (800) _____________.
Method of Exercising
Subscription Rights Basic Subscription Rights
and Oversubscription Rights may be
exercised by properly completing,
signing, and delivering the Subscription
Warrant accompanying this Prospectus,
together with payment in full of the
aggregate Subscription Price by either
bank certified check or cashier's check.
See "THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Method
of Exercising Subscription Rights."
Expiration Date Rights Holders will be able
to exercise their Subscription Rights
until 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
________________, 1995, unless such
period is extended by the Company, at its
option, to a date not later than
________________, 1995. After the
Expiration Date, Subscription Rights will
no longer be exercisable to purchase
shares of Common Stock and will have no
value. See "Foreign Restrictions and
Undeliverable Subscription Warrants"
below for a summary of the restrictions
on the method of exercising Subscription
Rights held by shareholders whose record
addresses are outside of the continental
United States or Canada, or are Army Post
Office ("A.P.O.") or Fleet Post Office
("F.P.O.") addresses.
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Amendments, Termination The Company reserves the
right to amend the terms and conditions
of the Subscription Offering or to
terminate the Subscription Offering at
any time prior to delivery of the shares
of Common Stock offered hereby. See "THE
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Amendments and
Waivers; Termination."
Transferability of
Subscription Rights The Basic Subscription
Rights are transferable, and the right to
subscribe for additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription
Rights is transferable with each Basic
Subscription Right. The Basic
Subscription Rights will be tradable on
the NASDAQ National Market System (the
"NASDAQ/NMS") until the end of trading on
the NASDAQ/NMS on the Expiration Date.
There is no assurance, however, that a
market for the Basic Subscription Rights
will develop.
The Subscription Agent
will attempt to sell Basic Subscription
Rights for the convenience of Rights
Holders, provided the Subscription
Warrant with the instructions for sale
properly executed is received by the
Subscription Agent before 11:00 a.m.,
New York time, on the Expiration Date.
No assurance can be given that the
Subscription Agent will be able to sell
any Basic Subscription Rights.
Foreign Restrictions and
Undeliverable Subscription
Warrants Subscription Warrants will
not be mailed to Shareholders whose
record addresses are outside the
continental United States or Canada, or
are A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses. Such
Subscription Warrants will be held by the
Subscription Agent for such Shareholders'
accounts until instructions are received
to exercise or transfer the Subscription
Rights. If no instructions have been
received by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on
the Expiration Date, the Subscription
Agent will attempt to sell the
Subscription Rights of those Shareholders
together with the rights of Shareholders
whose addresses are not known by the
Company or the Subscription Agent or to
whom delivery of a Subscription Warrant
could not be made.
No Fractional Basic
Subscription Rights . . . No fractional Basic
Subscription Rights will be issued by the
Company. The number of Basic
Subscription Rights distributed by the
Company to each Shareholder will be
rounded up to the nearest whole number.
NASDAQ/NMS Symbols Common Stock - "SDNB."
Basic Subscription Rights - "SDNBR."
[to be confirmed]
CUSIP Number . . . . Basic Subscription Rights -
784082-11-7.
Federal Income Tax
Considerations For United States federal
income tax purposes, receipt of the
Subscription Rights by Shareholders
pursuant to the Subscription Offering
should be treated as a nontaxable
dividend distribution. See "CERTAIN
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS."
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SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Dividend Limitations
The capital stock of San Diego National Bank (the "Bank") is one of
the Company's two principal assets. See "THE COMPANY." As a national
bank subject to the regulation of the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (the "Comptroller"), the Bank is subject to legal limitations
on the source and amount of dividends it is permitted to pay to the
Company. The approval of the Comptroller is required for any dividend
by a national bank if the total of all dividends declared by the bank
in any calendar year would exceed the total of its net profits, as
defined by the Comptroller, for that year, combined with its retained
net profits for the preceding two years. The Bank had a net loss (as
defined by the Comptroller) of approximately $1.49 million for 1993 and
1994, combined. Until the effects of that loss are overcome, the Bank
will be precluded from paying dividends to the Company without the
Comptroller's approval. The payment of dividends by the Bank may also
be affected by other factors, such as requirements for the maintenance
of adequate capital. In addition, the Comptroller and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") are authorized to determine
under certain circumstances relating to the financial condition of a
national bank whether the payment of dividends would be an unsafe or
unsound banking practice and to prohibit payment thereof. Finally,
under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act
("FDICIA"), an insured depository institution is prohibited from making
any capital distribution to its owner, including any dividend, if,
after making such distribution, the depository institution fails to
meet the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure,
including the risk-based capital adequacy and leverage standards
discussed under "Capital" below.
The Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco ("Reserve
Bank") entered into an agreement on November 20, 1992, pursuant to
which the Company submitted a proposed capital infusion plan to improve
the financial condition of the Company, the Bank, and the San Diego
National Bank Building Joint Venture (the "Joint Venture"). See "THE
COMPANY" for information regarding the Joint Venture. Under the terms
of the agreement, the Company must obtain the approval of the Reserve
Bank prior to, among other actions, the declaration of any cash
dividends.
Capital
The Federal Reserve Board (the "Reserve Board") and the Comptroller
have adopted risk-based capital adequacy guidelines for bank holding
companies and banks under their supervision. Under the guidelines, the
so-called "Tier 1 capital" and "total capital" as a percentage of risk-
weighted assets and certain off-balance sheet instruments must be at
least 4% and 8%, respectively.
The Reserve Board and the Comptroller have also imposed a leverage
standard to supplement their risk-based ratios. This leverage standard
focuses on a banking institution's ratio of Tier 1 capital to average
total assets adjusted for goodwill and certain other items. Under
these guidelines, banking institutions that meet certain criteria,
including excellent asset quality, high liquidity, low interest rate
exposure, and good earnings, and have received the highest regulatory
rating must maintain a ratio of Tier 1 capital to total assets of at
least 3%. Institutions not meeting these criteria, as well as
institutions with supervisory, financial, or operational weaknesses,
along with those experiencing or anticipating significant growth, are
expected to maintain a Tier 1 capital to total assets ratio equal to at
least 4% to 5%.
As reflected in the following table, the risk-based capital ratios
and leverage ratios of the Company and the Bank, as of December 31,
1994, exceeded the fully phased-in risk-based capital adequacy
guidelines and the leverage standard.
Capital Components and Ratios at December 31, 1994
(Dollars in Thousands)
Company Bank
Capital Components:
Tier 1 capital . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,329 $ 11,667
Total capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,868 13,081
Risk-weighted assets
and off-balance sheet
instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,142 113,106
Risk-based Capital Ratio:
Tier 1 capital . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.59% 10.35%
Total capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.85% 11.61%
Leverage Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.33% 7.09%
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FDICIA requires each federal banking agency, including the Reserve
Board, to revise its risk-based capital standards to ensure that those
standards take adequate account of interest rate risk, concentration of
credit risk, and the risk of non-traditional activities, and reflect
the actual performance and expected risk of loss on multifamily
mortgages. The Reserve Board, the FDIC, and the OCC have issued
proposed rules whereby exposures to interest rate risk would be
measured as the effect that a specified change in market interest rates
would have on the net economic value of a bank. This economic
perspective considers the effect that changing market interest rates
may have on the value of a bank's assets, liabilities, and off-balance
sheet positions. Institutions with interest rate risk exposure in
excess of a threshold level would be required under the proposed rules
to hold additional capital proportional to that risk. The Reserve
Board, the FDIC, the Comptroller, and the Office of Thrift Supervision
have issued a final rule amending the risk-based capital guidelines to
take account of concentration of credit risk and the risk of
non-traditional activities. The final rule amends each agency's
risk-based capital standards by explicitly identifying concentration of
credit risk and the risk arising from non-traditional activities, as
well as an institution's ability to manage those risks, as important
factors to be taken into account by the agency in assessing an
institution's overall capital adequacy. The final rule became
effective on January 17, 1995. The final rule has not materially
impacted on the Company's capital requirements, but there can be no
assurance that the adoption of other proposals implementing FDICIA will
not have an adverse impact on the Company's capital requirements.
Bank regulators and legislators continue to indicate their desire to
raise capital requirements applicable to banking organizations beyond
their current levels. However, management is unable to predict whether
and when higher capital requirements would be imposed and, if imposed,
at what levels and on what schedule.
Dilution
Due to the Private Placement, Shareholders have suffered a dilution
in their voting rights and in their percentage interest in any future
net earnings of the Company. In addition, Shareholders who do not
exercise their Basic Subscription Rights in full will suffer an
additional dilution in their voting rights and in their percentage
interest in any future net earnings of the Company. All Shareholders
have suffered a reduction in the per share book value of the shares of
Common Stock currently held by them as a result of the sale of the
510,121 shares to WHR at less than book value in the Private Placement
and will suffer an additional reduction as a result of the sale of
shares to subscribing Rights Holders at less than book value in the
Subscription Offering and the sale of additional shares to WHR at less
than book value as discussed below under "Principal Shareholder" and
"THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Private Placement."
The following tables show the detail of such dilution (assuming,
respectively, all Subscription Rights are exercised and half of the
Subscription Rights are exercised):
Number of
Shares Shareholders' Per Share
Fully Subscribed Outstanding Equity Book Value
December 31, 1994 amounts 1,538,364 $8,968,389 $5.83
Initial issuance to WHR
at $4.34 per share 510,121 2,213,925
Less estimated costs (150,000)
Total after initial
issuance 2,048,485 $11,032,314 $5.39
Number of
Shares Shareholders' Per Share
Outstanding Equity Book Value
Rights offering @ $4.34
per share 769,582 3,339,986
Additional issuance to
WHR @ $4.34 per share 255,193 1,107,538
Less estimated costs (350,000)
Totals 3,073,260 $15,129,838 $4.92
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Number of
Shares Shareholders' Per Share
Half subscribed Outstanding Equity Book Value
December 31, 1994 amounts 1,538,364 $8,968,389 $5.83
Initial issuance to WHR
at $4.34 per share 510,121 2,213,925
Less estimated costs (150,000)
Total after initial
issuance 2,048,485 $11,032,314 $5.39
Number of
Shares Shareholders' Per Share
Outstanding Equity Book Value
Rights offering @ $4.34
per share 384,791 1,669,993
Additional issuance to
WHR @ $4.34 per share 127,596 553,767
Less estimated costs (350,000)
Totals 2,560,872 $12,906,074 $5.04
No Minimum Size of Offering
No minimum amount of proceeds is required for the Company to
consummate the Subscription Offering.
No assurance can be given regarding the amount of proceeds that
the Company will receive from the Subscription Offering. See "THE
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING." The Company does not know if Holders will
exercise their Subscription Rights. The Company does not have a
commitment from any person to purchase any shares of Common Stock that
remain unsold after the termination of the Subscription Offering.
Right to Terminate and Amend the Subscription Offering
The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
at any time prior to delivery of the shares of Common Stock offered in
the Subscription Offering, to terminate the Subscription Offering by
giving oral or written notice thereof to the Subscription Agent and
making a public announcement thereof. If the Subscription Offering is
so terminated, all funds received from Rights Holders will be promptly
refunded, without interest. The Company also reserves the right to
amend the terms and conditions of the Subscription Offering. See
"SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING - Amendments and Waivers; Termination."
Market Considerations
It is possible that although a Rights Holder may subscribe for
shares at a time when the Subscription Price is less than the
prevailing market price, the market price of the Common Stock may
decline during the subscription period after such Rights Holder
exercises its Subscription Rights. The election of a Rights Holder to
exercise Subscription Rights in the Subscription Offering is
irrevocable. In addition, there can be no assurance that, following
the Subscription Offering, a subscribing Rights Holder will be able to
sell shares purchased in the Subscription Offering at a price equal to
or greater than the Subscription Price. Moreover, until stock
certificates are delivered, subscribing Rights Holders may not be able
to sell the shares of Common Stock which they have purchased in the
Subscription Offering.
No interest will be paid to Rights Holders on funds delivered to
the Subscription Agent pursuant to the exercise of Subscription Rights.
The Company has been informed by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") that the Basic Subscription
Rights will not trade on a "when issued" basis (i.e., traded securities
having no settlement date at the time the trade is executed with
delivery at a future date to be determined by the Uniform Practice
Committee of the NASD after the date
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of the issuance or distribution of the traded securities) but will trade
"regular way" (i.e., traded securities to be delivered on the fifth
business day following the date of the transaction) until the Expiration
Date. [to be confirmed]
Federal Income Tax Consequences
For United States federal income tax purposes, receipt of the
Subscription Rights by Shareholders pursuant to the Subscription
Offering should be treated as a nontaxable dividend distribution. See
"CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS."
Principal Shareholder
At [day before the effective date], there were 2,048,485 shares of
Common Stock of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote. As of
such date, WHR beneficially owned 510,121 shares of Common Stock,
representing 24.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. WHR does
not have the right to participate in the Subscription Offering.
WHR is obligated to purchase an additional 255,193 shares of the
Company's Common Stock at $4.34 per share, for an aggregate purchase
price of $1,107,538, if the Subscription Offering is fully subscribed,
or such lesser amount so that after such purchase WHR will hold an
aggregate of 24.9% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company,
taking into account the shares issued in the Subscription Offering.
Special Considerations Affecting the San Diego National Bank Deferred
Savings Plan
The Company intends to file an exemption request with the
Department of Labor (the "DOL") with respect to the exercise of
Subscription Rights by the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings
Plan (the "Plan"), which request, if approved, will be retroactively
effective to the Expiration Date. The Company has been advised that
the Plan intends to obtain an opinion of an independent financial
advisor to the effect that the Subscription Price is not in excess of
the fair market value of the Common Stock. In the event that the
exemption request is not approved by the DOL or the opinion is not
obtained by the Plan, any Subscription Rights exercised by the Plan, or
Common Stock issued to the Plan pursuant to such exercise, will be
invalidated by the Company and the aggregate Subscription Price paid by
the Plan to exercise such Subscription Rights will be returned to the
Plan.
THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING
The Company is offering (the "Subscription Offering") up to
769,582 shares of its common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), to
holders of record of its Common Stock (the "Shareholders") at the close
of business on April 20, 1995 (the "Record Date"), pursuant to
transferable subscription rights (the "Basic Subscription Rights" and,
together with the Oversubscription Rights, the "Subscription Rights").
The subscription price is $4.34 per share (the "Subscription Price").
Holders of Subscription Rights, including transferees of Shareholders
(collectively, the "Rights Holders" and, together with the
Shareholders, the "Holders"), will be able to exercise their
Subscription Rights until 5:00 p.m., New York time, on _____________,
1995 (such date, as it may be extended by the Company, being the
"Expiration Date"), subject to extension at the option of the Company
to a date not later than _____________, 1995. Subscription Rights not
exercised by 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date will be
void. After the Expiration Date, Subscription Rights will no longer be
exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock and will have no value.
The term "Shareholder" includes financial institutions that are
participants in a securities depository, such as The Depository Trust
Company, and that held shares of Common Stock on the Record Date in
such securities depository.
Private Placement
On January 31, 1995, two limited partnerships, of which WHR
Management Corp. is the general partner (the two limited partnerships
and WHR Management Corp. are referred to herein, collectively, as
"WHR"), entered into an agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") with
the Company whereby WHR agreed to purchase, in compliance with
regulatory requirements, shares of the Company's Common Stock in an
amount equal to 24.9% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock after
such issuance (without taking into consideration shares to be issued in
this Subscription Offering). WHR does not have a right to participate
in the Subscription Offering.
On March 28, 1995, the Company issued to WHR 510,121 shares of
Common Stock for an aggregate price of $2,213,925 ($4.34 per share).
At that date, the reported closing bid price for the Company's Common
Stock on the NASDAQ National
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Market System (the "NASDAQ/NMS") was $3.25 per share. The book
value of the Company's Common Stock on December 31, 1994 was $5.83.
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, WHR is obligated to
purchase an additional 255,193 shares of the Company's Common Stock at
$4.34 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,107,538, if the
Subscription Offering is fully subscribed, or such lesser amount so
that after such purchase WHR holds an aggregate of 24.9% of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company, taking into account the shares
issued in the Subscription Offering.
Purpose of Offering
Common Stock qualifies as Tier I capital of the Company for
regulatory purposes, and the issuance of additional Common Stock
pursuant to the Subscription Offering will enhance the Company's
capital structure. See "USE OF PROCEEDS" for a discussion of the
Company's intended use of the proceeds from the Subscription Offering.
Basic Subscription Rights
For each two shares of Common Stock held of record as of the close
of business on the Record Date, a Shareholder will receive one Basic
Subscription Right. No fractional Basic Subscription Rights will be
issued by the Company. The number of Basic Subscription Rights
distributed by the Company to each Shareholder will be rounded up to
the nearest whole number. Each Rights Holder will have the right to
purchase one share of Common Stock for each Basic Subscription Right.
Rights Holders are entitled to subscribe for all, or any portion of,
the shares of Common Stock underlying their Basic Subscription Rights.
Subscription Rights are evidenced by subscription warrants
("Subscription Warrants") which are being distributed to the Company's
Shareholders contemporaneously with the delivery of this Prospectus.
Oversubscription Rights
Each Rights Holder who subscribes for the full number of shares of
Common Stock underlying the Basic Subscription Rights held by such
Rights Holder on the date of exercise and evidenced by a Subscription
Warrant will have the right to subscribe for additional shares of
Common Stock (the "Oversubscription Rights"). Basic Subscription
Rights held by the Plan shall not be eligible for Oversubscription
Rights due to the prohibited transaction rules of the Internal Revenue
Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Rights Holders will be entitled to purchase additional shares of
Common Stock to the extent available as a result of other Holders
electing not to subscribe, or subscribing for fewer shares than those
to which they are otherwise entitled, pursuant to their respective
Basic Subscription Rights. Subject to the aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock offered in this Subscription Offering, there is no
limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock for which an
eligible Rights Holder may elect to oversubscribe. However, if there
are shares available for sale pursuant to the exercise of
Oversubscription Rights, and if the number of such shares is not
sufficient to satisfy in full all oversubscriptions submitted pursuant
to such requests, the available shares of Common Stock will be
allocated among the Rights Holders who exercise such Oversubscription
Rights pro rata based upon the number of Basic Subscription Rights held
by each such Rights Holder on the Expiration Date. If the amount so
allocated exceeds the amount subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of
a Rights Holder's Oversubscription Rights, the excess will be
reallocated among those Rights Holders whose subscriptions are not
fully satisfied on the same principle, until all available shares have
been allocated or all exercises of Oversubscription Rights have been
satisfied. There can be no assurance, however, that any shares of
Common Stock will be available to satisfy in whole or in part any
Rights Holder's request to subscribe for additional shares in excess of
the shares underlying such Rights Holder's Basic Subscription Rights.
To exercise the Oversubscription Rights properly, the appropriate
section on the Subscription Warrant must be completed, and payment in
full of the aggregate Subscription Price for the additional shares of
Common Stock must accompany the Subscription Warrant. Payments for
oversubscriptions will be deposited upon receipt by the Subscription
Agent, and refunds will be made promptly after the Expiration Date,
without interest, to the extent oversubscriptions are not honored due
to proration or otherwise. Oversubscription Rights are exercisable by
all Rights Holders, other than the Plan, including transferees of
Shareholders.
No Fractional Basic Subscription Rights
No fractional Basic Subscription Rights will be issued by the
Company. The number of Basic Subscription Rights distributed by the
Company to each Shareholder will be rounded up to the nearest whole
number.
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Method of Exercising Subscription Rights
Basic Subscription Rights and Oversubscription Rights may be
exercised by properly completing, signing, and delivering the
Subscription Warrant accompanying this Prospectus, together with
payment in full of the aggregate Subscription Price for shares of
Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to Basic Subscription Rights and
Oversubscription Rights. Subscription Warrants and payments must be
received by the Subscription Agent before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
the Expiration Date, at the address provided below under "Subscription
Agent." Payment of the aggregate Subscription Price must be made in
United States dollars and must be made by bank certified check or
cashier's check, payable to the order of the Subscription Agent. ONCE
A HOLDER HAS EXERCISED A SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT, THE EXERCISE IS
IRREVOCABLE UNLESS, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE COMPANY, THERE IS A MATERIAL
AMENDMENT TO THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING AND THE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT IS
EXERCISED BEFORE SUCH AMENDMENT. See "Amendments and Waivers;
Termination" below. See "Foreign Restrictions and Undeliverable
Subscription Warrants" below for a discussion of restrictions on the
method of exercising Subscription Rights held by Shareholders whose
record addresses are outside of the continental United States or
Canada, or are A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses.
The method of delivery of Subscription Warrants and payments of
any Subscription Price to the Subscription Agent is at the risk of the
Rights Holder. The Company suggests that Express Mail or similar
overnight carrier be used to ensure timely delivery. If delivery is
made by regular mail service, the use of registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. COMPLETED
SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS AND PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AND NOT TO THE COMPANY. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. SEE
"SUBSCRIPTION AGENT" AND "INFORMATION AGENT" BELOW.
A Rights Holder who subscribes for fewer than all of the shares
represented by such Holder's Subscription Warrants may, under certain
circumstances, (i) direct the Subscription Agent to attempt to sell its
remaining Basic Subscription Rights, or (ii) receive from the
Subscription Agent a new Subscription Warrant representing the unused
Basic Subscription Rights. See "Partial Exercise or Sale of Rights"
below. A Rights Holder's election to exercise its Oversubscription
Rights must be made at the time such Rights Holder exercises fully the
Basic Subscription Rights.
Late Delivery of Subscription Warrants
If, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, the
Subscription Agent has received full payment as specified above for the
total number of shares of Common Stock subscribed for, together with a
letter or telegram from a bank or trust company or a member of a
national securities exchange in the United States stating the name of
the subscriber, the number of Subscription Rights represented by the
Subscription Warrant, and the number of shares of Common Stock
subscribed for, and guaranteeing that the Subscription Warrant will be
delivered to the Subscription Agent within five business days after
Subscription Agent's receipt of payment, such subscription will be
accepted by the Subscription Agent, subject to the withholding of the
stock certificates representing the shares of Common Stock subscribed
for pending receipt of the duly executed Subscription Warrant within
such five day period.
Delivery of Stock Certificates; Refunds
Certificates representing shares of Common Stock subscribed for
and issued, together with any refund, without interest, of the
aggregate Subscription Price for shares of Common Stock subscribed for
pursuant to Oversubscription Rights but not issued, will be mailed
promptly after the Expiration Date. Certificates for shares of Common
Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of Subscription Rights will be
registered in the name of the Rights Holder exercising such
Subscription Rights. The Subscription Agent will place all proceeds of
the Subscription Offering into an escrow account until such funds are
transferred to the Company or refunded to Rights Holders at the
completion or termination of the Subscription Offering. No interest
will be paid to Rights Holders on funds delivered to the Subscription
Agent pursuant to the exercise of the Subscription Rights. The shares
of Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Offering
will be issued and sold as of the Expiration Date.
Transferability of Subscription Rights
Rights Holders may attempt to sell their Basic Subscription Rights
through transactions on the NASDAQ/NMS, by the delivery of sale
instructions to the Subscription Agent, or otherwise. Basic
Subscription Rights traded on the NASDAQ/NMS may be bought or sold
through usual investment channels, including banks or brokers. There
has been no prior
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trading in the Basic Subscription Rights, and no assurance can be given
that a trading market will develop for the Basic Subscription Rights.
Basic Subscription Rights may be transferred in whole by endorsing
the Subscription Warrant for transfer. Rights Holders who elect to
sell their Basic Subscription Rights in part may effect such sales in
the manner described in "Partial Exercise or Sale of Rights" below.
The right to subscribe for additional shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable with each Basic
Subscription Right. All commissions, fees, and other expenses
(including brokerage commissions and any transfer taxes) incurred in
connection with the purchase or sale of Basic Subscription Rights are
for the account of the transferor or the transferee of the Basic
Subscription Rights, and none of such commissions, fees, or expenses
will be paid by the Company or the Subscription Agent.
The Subscription Agent will attempt to sell Basic Subscription
Rights in the open market for the convenience of Rights Holders as soon
as practical after receipt by the Subscription Agent of an applicable
Subscription Warrant with the instructions for sale properly executed;
provided that such Subscription Warrant is received by the Subscription
Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date. A Rights
Holder for which the Subscription Agent sells Basic Subscription Rights
on any given day will receive for each of its Basic Subscription Rights
the net weighted average sales price of all Basic Subscription Rights
sold on that day by the Subscription Agent. The net weighted average
sales price will be calculated by dividing the total proceeds from all
sales realized by the Subscription Agent on the day of sale by the
total number of Basic Subscription Rights sold by the Subscription
Agent on that day and then subtracting a pro rata portion of any
applicable brokerage commissions, taxes, and other expenses. No
assurance can be given that the Subscription Agent will be able to sell
any Basic Subscription Rights.
Foreign Restrictions and Undeliverable Subscription Warrants
Because of the short exercise period for the Subscription Rights,
Subscription Warrants will not be mailed to Shareholders whose record
addresses are outside the continental United States or Canada, or are
A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses. Subscription Warrants will be held by the
Subscription Agent for such Shareholders' respective accounts until
instructions are received to exercise or transfer the Subscription
Rights. If no instructions have been received by 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on the Expiration Date, the Basic Subscription Rights of those
Shareholders, together with the Basic Subscription Rights of those
Shareholders whose addresses are not known by the Company or the
Subscription Agent or to whom delivery of a Subscription Warrant could
not be made, will be sold, subject to the Subscription Agent's ability
to find a purchaser. See "Transferability of Basic Subscription
Rights" above for a description of how the Subscription Agent will
attempt to sell Basic Subscription Rights. The net proceeds, if any,
resulting from all sales of Basic Subscription Rights of Shareholders
whose addresses are not known by the Subscription Agent or to whom
delivery could not be made will be held in a non-interest bearing
account at the Bank. Any amounts remaining unclaimed on the second
anniversary of the Expiration Date will be turned over to the Company
and, after such date but before any such amounts become subject to the
unclaimed property law of any state, any person claiming such proceeds
will, as an unsecured general creditor of the Company, be able to look
only to the Company for payment thereof.
Partial Exercise or Sale of Rights
Rights Holders who elect to exercise their Basic Subscription
Rights in part or to sell their Basic Subscription Rights in part may
do so by delivering to the Subscription Agent at the address set forth
under "Subscription Agent" below, a Subscription Warrant that has been
properly endorsed for subscription or sale, or for part subscription
and part sale, with instructions to issue to the submitting Rights
Holder a Subscription Warrant representing Basic Subscription Rights
not sold or exercised. The right to subscribe for additional shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable
with each Basic Subscription Right.
A new Subscription Warrant will be issued to a submitting Rights
Holder upon the partial exercise or sale of Basic Subscription Rights
only if the Subscription Agent receives a properly endorsed
Subscription Warrant not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date. After such time and date, no new Subscription
Warrants will be issued. Accordingly, after such time and date a
Rights Holder exercising less than all of such Holder's Basic
Subscription Rights will lose the power to sell or exercise any
remaining Basic Subscription Rights. A new Subscription Warrant will
be sent by first class mail to the submitting Rights Holder if the
Subscription Agent receives the properly completed Subscription Warrant
by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the fourth business day before the
Expiration Date. Unless the submitting Rights Holder makes other
arrangements with the Subscription Agent, a new Subscription Warrant
issued after 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the fourth business day
before the Expiration Date will be held for pick-up by the submitting
Rights Holder at the Subscription Agent's
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New York hand delivery address provided under "Subscription Agent" below.
All deliveries of newly issued Subscription Warrants will be at the risk
of the submitting Rights Holder.
Amendments and Waivers; Termination
The Company reserves the right to extend the Expiration Date to a
date not later than the last date provided in the first paragraph on
the cover page of this Prospectus and to otherwise amend the terms and
conditions of the Subscription Offering, whether the amended terms are
less or more favorable to the Holders. If any such amendment to the
terms and conditions of the Subscription Offering constitutes, in the
judgment of the Company, a material adverse change to Holders, the
Company will deliver to Shareholders a new prospectus incorporating
such amendment and the Company will set a new expiration date which
will be a minimum of ten business days from the date of the amended
prospectus. Properly completed subscriptions received or in transit
prior to such amendment, unless revoked before the new expiration date,
will be honored.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including
time of receipt and record ownership), and acceptance of any exercise
of Subscription Rights shall be determined by the Company, in its sole
discretion, and its determination shall be final and binding. The
Company reserves the right to reject any exercise if such exercise is
not in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Offering or not in
proper form or if the acceptance thereof or the issuance of shares of
Common Stock pursuant thereto could be deemed unlawful. The Company
also reserves the right to waive any deficiency or irregularity with
respect to the exercise of any Subscription Warrant.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any
time prior to delivery of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby, to
terminate the Subscription Offering by giving oral or written notice
thereof to the Subscription Agent and making a public announcement
thereof. If the Subscription Offering is so terminated, all funds
received from Holders will be promptly refunded, without interest.
Determination of Subscription Price and Fairness Opinion
The Subscription Price was determined by the Company in
consultation with its financial advisor, Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated
("Hoefer & Arnett"), and was based upon the price paid by WHR in the
Private Placement. In determining the price to be paid by WHR in the
Private Placement, and, thus, the Subscription Price, the Company
considered, among other things, such factors as the prevailing market
price and book value of the Company's Common Stock, the business
prospects of the Company, and the general condition of the securities
markets at the time of the Private Placement.
The Company has received from Hoefer & Arnett an opinion dated
December 14, 1994, to the effect that based on, among other things, the
trading history of the Common Stock, the publicly available financial
information regarding the Company (no more recent than the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1994), discussions with management regarding the terms of the
Subscription Offering, and a review of the terms and conditions of
rights offerings of other publicly traded companies, the consideration
to be received pursuant to the Subscription Offering and the Private
Placement and the terms and conditions that exist as of the date of the
opinion, taken as a whole, are fair from a financial point of view to
the shareholders of the Company. The full text of Hoefer & Arnett's
opinion, which has not been updated to the date of this Prospectus, is
set forth as an Appendix to this Prospectus and should be read in its
entirety with respect to the assumptions made and other matters
considered and limitations on the review undertaken. The Company has
paid Hoefer & Arnett $35,000.00 as financial advisory fees for its
services. In addition, Hoefer & Arnett will be indemnified against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the securities laws.
Market Conditions
It is possible that a Rights Holder may subscribe for shares of
Common Stock at a time when the Subscription Price is less than the
prevailing market price. The market price of the Common Stock,
however, may decline during the subscription period after such Rights
Holder exercises its Subscription Rights. The election of a Rights
Holder to exercise Subscription Rights in the Subscription Offering is
irrevocable unless, in the judgment of the Company, there is a material
amendment to the Subscription Offering and the Subscription Rights were
exercised before such amendment. See "Amendments and Waivers;
Termination" above. In addition, there can be no assurance that
following the Subscription Offering a subscribing Rights Holder will be
able to sell shares purchased in the Subscription Offering at a price
equal to or greater than the Subscription Price. Moreover, until
certificates are delivered, subscribing Rights Holders may not be able
to sell the shares of Common Stock which they have purchased in the
Subscription Offering. Certificates representing shares of Common
Stock issued in the Subscription Offering will be mailed to subscribing
Rights Holders at the addresses appearing on their Subscription Warrant
promptly following the Expiration Date.
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Regulatory Limitation
The Company will not be required to issue Subscription Rights or
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Subscription Offering to any
Holder to whom such issuance is prohibited by law or regulation or to
anyone who would be required to obtain prior clearance or approval from
any state or federal bank regulatory authority to own or control such
shares if, on the Expiration Date, such clearance or approval has not
been obtained. If the Company elects not to issue shares in such a
case, such shares will become available to satisfy the exercise of
Oversubscription Rights.
The Federal Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended (the
"Act"), generally prohibits a person or group of persons "acting in
concert" from acquiring "control" of a bank holding company unless the
Reserve Board has been given 60 days' prior written notice of such
proposed acquisition and within that time period the Reserve Board has
not issued a notice disapproving the proposed acquisition or extending
for up to another 30 days the period during which such a disapproval
may be issued. An acquisition may be made prior to the expiration of
the disapproval period if the Reserve Board issues written notice of
its intent not to disapprove the action. Under a rebuttable
presumption established by the Reserve Board, the acquisition of more
than 10% of a class of voting stock of a bank holding company with a
class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act
(such as the Common Stock of the Company) would, under the
circumstances set forth in the presumption, constitute the acquisition
of control. WHR has filed a written notice under the Act with respect
to its acquisition of shares in the Company, and the Company has been
informed by the Reserve Board that it does not object to the
acquisition by WHR of 24.9% of the Company's Common Stock based on the
information contained in the notice.
In addition, any "company" would be required to obtain the
approval of the Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956, as amended (the "BHCA") before acquiring 25% (5% in the case of
an acquiror that is a bank holding company) or more of the outstanding
Common Stock of, or such lesser number of shares as constitute control
over, the Company.
No Board or Financial Advisor Recommendation
An investment in the Common Stock must be made pursuant to each
investor's evaluation of its, his, or her best interests. ACCORDINGLY,
NEITHER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY NOR ITS FINANCIAL ADVISOR
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO THE RIGHTS HOLDERS REGARDING WHETHER THEY
SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS.
No Commitment to Purchase Unsold Shares
The Company does not have a commitment from any person to purchase
any shares of Common Stock which remain unsold after the completion of
the Subscription Offering. WHR does not have the right to participate
in the Subscription Offering. See "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Principal
Shareholder."
Subscription Agent
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company will act as the Company's
agent to accept exercises of Subscription Rights (the "Subscription
Agent"). All communications to the Subscription Agent, including the
delivery of Subscription Warrants and payment of the aggregate
Subscription Price, should be addressed as follows:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
6201 15th Avenue, Floor 3L
Brooklyn, New York 11219
Attn: Cynthia Trotman
Information Agent
Western Financial Corporation will serve as Information Agent for
the Subscription Offering. Any questions or requests for assistance
concerning the method of subscribing for shares of Common Stock or for
additional copies of this Prospectus or Subscription Warrants can be
directed to the Information Agent as follows:
Western Financial Corporation
600 "B" Street, Suite 1904
San Diego, California 92101
Attn: Howard B. Levenson
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THE COMPANY
The Company is a bank holding company incorporated under the laws
of the State of California and is registered under the BHCA. The
Company's principal assets are the capital stock of the Bank and its
joint venture interest in the office building which houses the Company
and the Bank (the "Bank Building"). As of December 31, 1994, the
Company had consolidated assets of approximately $173 million,
consolidated liabilities of approximately $164 million (which includes
total deposits through the Bank of approximately $138 million), and
shareholders' equity of approximately $9.0 million.
The Company, through the Bank, engages in a general commercial
banking business in the metropolitan San Diego area. The Bank was
granted its Charter by the Comptroller on November 12, 1981, and
commenced operations as a national bank on the same date. The Bank had
assets of approximately $162 million as of December 31, 1994. The Bank
focuses primarily upon wholesale commercial banking operations,
emphasizing the needs of small and medium size business firms and
corporations and the personal banking needs of business executives and
professional persons located in the Bank's immediate service area.
The Company is a joint venture partner in the San Diego National
Bank Building Joint Venture (the "Joint Venture"), a partnership formed
for the purpose of constructing and developing the Bank Building. The
Joint Venture is 62% owned by the Company and the Company is the
general partner. In addition, the Company owns SDNB Mortgage Bankers,
a California corporation, which is currently inactive.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock in the
Subscription Offering will be used for general corporate purposes,
which may include investments in or extensions of credit to the
Company's subsidiaries, reduction of existing debt, or financing
possible future acquisitions of other banking institutions or related
businesses. At the present time, the Company does not have any
specific plans, agreements, or understandings, written or oral,
pertaining to the proposed acquisition of any banking institution or
related business.
The Company utilized $250,000 of the proceeds from the Private
Placement to make a loan to the Joint Venture, which in turn used the
funds to make a partial payment on a note (the "PV Note") owed to
Pacific View Construction Co., Inc. ("Pacific View"), which is secured
by a second trust deed (the "Second Trust Deed") on the Bank Building.
Pacific View is a corporation controlled by Charles I. Feurzeig,
Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. The PV Note and Second
Trust Deed have been assigned to River Forest Bank as collateral for
other loans made by that bank to Pacific View and other entities
controlled by Mr. Feurzeig. Murray L. Galinson, the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer, and his wife own less than 2% of
the outstanding shares of the holding company of River Forest Bank.
The family of Mr. Galinson's wife owns a controlling interest in such
holding company. The Joint Venture owes Pacific View $1.65 million on
the PV Note. The PV Note originally was scheduled to mature on
January 4, 1995, at an interest rate of "prime" (8.5% at January 31,
1995) plus one and one-half percent. The PV Note recently was modified
to fix the interest rate at ten percent (10%) per annum and extend the
due date to April 1, 1997. The Second Trust Deed is subordinate to the
existing first trust deed ("First Trust Deed") acquired by WHR and has
been modified to provide for interest at ten percent (10%) per annum
and otherwise be on the same terms and conditions as the First Trust
Deed including maturity and payment terms.
The Company has been advised that Pacific View may obtain a
reassignment of the PV Note and the Second Trust Deed from River Forest
Bank. At such time as Pacific View obtains a reassignment of the PV
Note and Second Trust Deed, the Company will purchase notes from the
Bank in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.1 million, at par,
which notes will be assigned to the Joint Venture, which in turn will
assign the note to Pacific View to reduce the outstanding principal
amount of the PV Note to approximately $550,000. The Company
anticipates utilizing the proceeds from the Subscription Offering to
effect the purchase of such notes.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following tables set forth the consolidated capitalization of
the Company as of December 31, 1994, and as adjusted to give effect to
the issuance of the Common Stock in the Private Placement and the
Common Stock offered hereby (assuming, respectively, all Subscription
Rights are exercised and half of the Subscription Rights are
exercised). The tables should be read in conjunction with the detailed
information and consolidated financial statements and related notes
incorporated by reference herein. See "INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE."
As of December 31, 1994
As
Fully Subscribed Actual Adjusted(1)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Liabilities:
Deposit accounts $ 138,276 $ 138,276
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase 12,285 12,285
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities 953 953
Notes payable 12,702 12,702
Total liabilities 164,216 164,216
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock, no par value;
authorized 15,000,000 shares,
issued and outstanding 1,538,364 shares
(as adjusted: 3,073,260) $ 14,585 $ 20,746
Accumulated deficit (5,256) (5,256)
Net unrealized holding losses in (360) (360)
available-for-sale securities
Total shareholders' equity 8,969 15,130
Total capitalization $ 173,185 $ 179,346
(1) Adjusted to reflect the issuance of 769,582 shares of Common Stock
offered by the Company assuming: (a) exercise of all Subscription
Rights; (b) an issue price of $4.34 per share in the Subscription
Offering; (c) 510,121 shares of Common Stock purchased by WHR at
$4.34 per share; (d) the purchase of an additional 255,193 shares
of Common Stock by WHR at $4.34 per share subsequent to the
Subscription Offering; and (e) aggregate estimated selling costs
of $500,000.
As of December 31, 1994
As
Half subscribed Actual Adjusted(1)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Liabilities:
Deposit accounts $ 138,276 $ 138,276
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase 12,285 12,285
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities 953 953
Notes payable 12,702 12,702
Total liabilities 164,216 164,216
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock, no par value;
authorized 15,000,000 shares,
issued and outstanding 1,538,364 shares
(as adjusted: 3,073,260) $ 14,585 $ 18,522
Accumulated deficit (5,256) (5,256)
Net unrealized holding losses in (360) (360)
available-for-sale securities
Total shareholders' equity 8,969 12,906
Total capitalization $ 173,185 $ 177,122
(1) Adjusted to reflect the issuance of 384,791 of Common Stock
offered by the Company assuming: (a) exercise of all Subscription
Rights; (b) an issue price of $4.34 per share in the Subscription
Offering; (c) 510,121 shares of Common Stock purchased by WHR at
$4.34 per share; (d) the purchase of an additional 127,596 shares
of Common Stock by WHR at $4.34 per share subsequent to the
Subscription Offering; and (e) aggregate estimated selling costs
of $500,000.
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MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON THE COMMON STOCK
The Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market on the
NASDAQ/NMS under the symbol "SDNB." The following table sets forth the
high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the
NASDAQ/NMS and the cash dividends declared per share of the Common
Stock for the periods indicated.
Price Range
Dividends
High Low Per Share
1992
First Quarter $6.50 $4.75 ---
Second Quarter $4.75 $4.75 ---
Third Quarter $4.75 $2.75 ---
Fourth Quarter $4.50 $3.25 ---
1993
First Quarter $4.00 $3.50 ---
Second Quarter $4.38 $3.50 ---
Third Quarter $4.00 $2.50 ---
Fourth Quarter $3.38 $2.50 ---
1994
First Quarter $3.25 $2.50 ---
Second Quarter $3.25 $2.50 ---
Third Quarter $4.75 $2.50 ---
Fourth Quarter $4.75 $3.00 ---
On July 12, 1994, the last trading day before the Company's public
announcement that it was considering making a Subscription Offering,
the reported closing bid price of the Company's Common Stock as quoted
on the NASDAQ/NMS was $2.50. On [day before the effective date], the
last trading day before the commencement of the Subscription Offering,
the last sale price of the Common Stock as quoted on the NASDAQ/NMS
was $__________.
No dividends were paid to the Company by the Bank during 1994, nor
for the two preceding fiscal years, and no assurances can be given with
respect to the amount and timing of future dividends. For a discussion
of the Company's inability to pay dividends due to certain regulatory
restrictions, see "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Dividend Limitations." Due
to the Bank's financial condition and regulatory restrictions,
management does not anticipate the payment of dividends to holders of
Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following discussion sets forth the principal United States
federal income tax consequences associated with the receipt, ownership,
and exercise of Subscription Rights.
For United States federal income tax purposes, receipt of the
Subscription Rights pursuant to the Subscription Offering should be
treated as a nontaxable dividend distribution. A Shareholder will have
a zero basis in the Subscription Rights received in the Subscription
Offering, unless: (i) either the Shareholder elects under Section 307
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to allocate a portion
of his basis in his existing shares of Common Stock to the Subscription
Rights (based on their relative fair market values on the date of
distribution) or the fair market value of the Subscription Rights at
the time of the distribution equals or exceeds 15% of the fair market
value of the Common Stock at that time, in which case the allocation of
basis (based upon relative fair market values) is required; and (ii)
the Shareholder sells or exercises such Subscription Rights.
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Upon exercise of a Subscription Right, a Shareholder will not
recognize gain or loss. The basis of each share of Common Stock
acquired upon exercise of a Subscription Right will equal the sum of
the Subscription Price and the basis, if any, in the Subscription
Rights exercised. The holding period for such Common Stock will begin
on the date the Subscription Rights are exercised.
No loss will be recognized by a Shareholder who receives
Subscription Rights in the Subscription Offering and allows those
Subscription Rights to lapse.
Gain or loss will be recognized by a Shareholder who sells or
exchanges a Basic Subscription Right received in the Subscription
Offering. Such gain or loss will be measured by the difference between
the selling price and the basis, if any, of the Basic Subscription
Right. It will be a capital gain or loss if the Basic Subscription
Right is a capital asset in the hands of the Shareholder. The holding
period of the Basic Subscription Rights in such circumstances will
include the period for which the Common Stock with respect to which the
Basic Subscription Rights were distributed has been held.
THE ACTUAL TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SHAREHOLDERS MAY VARY DEPENDING UPON
THEIR OWN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. ACCORDINGLY, SHAREHOLDERS ARE
ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS WITH RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXERCISE OF
THE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 15,000,000
shares of Common Stock, no par value. As of [day before the effective
date], there were issued and outstanding 2,048,485 shares of Common
Stock. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is
subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of California and the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation.
Common Stock
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to: (i) receive ratably such
dividends, if any, as the Board of Directors may in its discretion
declare out of legally available funds; (ii) cast one vote for each
share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of
shareholders; and (iii) receive ratably, in the event of liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of the Company, all assets remaining
available for distribution to shareholders after payment of creditors.
See "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Dividend Limitations."
All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are fully
paid and nonassessable and the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
will be fully paid and nonassessable upon their due issuance, delivery,
and the receipt of payment therefor. The Articles of Incorporation do
not provide for any conversion rights, sinking fund provisions,
redemption provisions, or restrictions on alienability with respect to
the Common Stock.
The Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Common Stock of the Company
is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 40 Wall Street, New York,
New York 10005.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Common Stock offered hereby is being offered by the Company
directly to Shareholders on the Record Date. The Company has not
employed any brokers, dealers, or underwriters in connection with the
Subscription Offering, and no underwriting commissions, fees, or
discounts will be paid in connection with the Subscription Offering.
Certain regular employees in the Exchange Department of the
Subscription Agent may solicit responses from Holders to the
Subscription Offering, but such employees will not receive any
commission or compensation for such services other than their normal
employment compensation. No directors or employees of the Company or
the Subscription Agent will solicit sales of the Common Stock or the
Subscription Rights.
Shareholders or Rights Holders who desire to purchase shares of
Common Stock in the Subscription Offering are urged to complete, date,
and sign the Subscription Warrant accompanying this Prospectus and
return it to the Subscription Agent on or before the Expiration Date of
the Subscription Offering, together with payment in full of the
aggregate Subscription Price.
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Any questions concerning the procedure for subscribing for the purchase
of shares of Common Stock should be directed to the Subscription Agent
or the Information Agent.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and
the consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1994, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been
incorporated herein in reliance on the report, which includes an
explanatory paragraph related to the outcome of litigation, of Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of
that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
OPINIONS
Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles, California, special counsel to the
Company, has rendered an opinion to the effect that the Common Stock
offered hereby will upon sale be legally issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable, and the Basic Subscription Rights offered hereby will
upon distribution be legal, valid, and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
subject to certain exceptions.
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Subscription Warrants should be sent or delivered by each Rights
Holder or its broker, dealer, commercial bank, or trust company to the
Subscription Agent at the address set forth below:
The Subscription Agent for the Subscription Offering is:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
6201 15th Avenue, Floor 3L
Brooklyn, New York 11219
Attn: Cynthia Trotman
Facsimile No.: For Information:
(718) 234-5001 (718) 921-8200
(Call Collect)
Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the
Information Agent at its address and telephone numbers set forth below.
Requests for additional copies of this Prospectus and the related
Letters of Transmittal and Instructions Booklet may be directed to the
Information Agent. Rights Holders may also contact their brokers,
dealers, commercial banks, or trust companies for assistance concerning
the Subscription Offering.
The Information Agent for the Subscription Offering is:
WESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
600 "B" Street, Suite 1904 Banks and Brokers call
San Diego, California 92101 ______________________
Attn: Howard B. Levenson
Toll Free 1-800-________
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APPENDIX
[HOEFER & ARNETT LETTERHEAD]
December 14, 1994
Board of Directors
SDNB Financial Corp.
1420 Kittner Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
Dear Members of the Board:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness to the shareholders
of SDNB Financial Corp. ("SDNB" or the "Company") from a financial
point of view, of the terms and conditions of the proposed private
placement and rights offering (collectively, the "Offering") of common
stock by the Company as stated in the Proxy Statement (the "Proxy
Statement"), attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
this reference.
Qualifications of the Appraiser
Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated ("H&A") conducts business in investment
banking and securities brokerage specific to independent financial
institutions. The analysis of securities and of mergers, acquisitions,
tender offers and other corporate transactions for the purpose of (i)
providing transactional advice and assistance, (ii) investment
research, (iii) capital financing activities, and (iv) rendering
opinions concerning fairness, is a normal part of this business. H&A
currently conducts dealer markets in the shares of more than 100
independent California financial institutions, but not SDNB. In
addition, the principals of H&A have substantially broader experience
in investment and commercial banking, some of which may be deemed
applicable to this evaluation and opinion.
Procedure.
In connection with our opinion, we have, among other things: (i)
reviewed the Proxy Statement (Exhibit A) including the terms and
conditions of the Offering; (ii) reviewed certain publicly available
financial and other data with respect to SDNB, including the financial
statements for recent years and interim periods to date and certain
other relevant financial and operating data relating to the Company
made available to us from published sources and from the internal
records of the Company including the 10-Q for the most recent quarter
ended September 30, 1994 and asset quality migration analysis dated
September 30, 1994; (iii) compared the Company from a financial point
of view with certain other companies in the financial services industry
which we deemed relevant; (iv) considered the financial terms and
conditions, to the extent publicly available, of selected common stock
offerings of financial institutions, which we deemed to be comparable,
in whole or in part, to the Offering and the Company; (v) reviewed and
discussed with representatives of the management of the Company certain
information of a business and financial nature regarding the Company,
furnished to us by them, including the related assumptions of the
Company: (vi) discussed the Proxy Statement with the Company's counsel
and (vii) erformed such other analyses and examinations as we have
deemed appropriate. Hoefer & Arnett also conducted its own assessment
of general economic, market and financial conditions.
In connection with our review, we have not independently verified any
of the foregoing information, have relied on all such information and
assumed that all such information is complete and accurate in all
material respects. We have also assumed that there has been no
material change in the Company's assets, financial condition, results
of operations, business or prospects since the date of the last
Financial statements made available to us. We have relied on advice of
counsel to the Company as to all legal matters with respect to the
Company and the offering document. In addition, we have not made an
independent evaluation, appraisal or physical inspection of the assets
or individual properties of the Company. Further, our opinion is based
on economic, monetary and market conditions existing as of the date
hereof.
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Based upon the foregoing, and reliance thereon, it is our opinion that,
as of the date hereof, the consideration to be received pursuant to the
Offering and the terms and conditions that exist as of the date hereof,
taken as a whole, are fair from a financial point of view to the
shareholders of SDNB Financial Corp. Our opinion should not be
construed in any way as a valuation of the Company nor as a
recommendation to participate in the Offering. Further any material
changes in the terms and conditions of the proposed Offering prior to
closing would render this opinion invalid.
We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Proxy Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption
"PROPOSAL REGARDING STOCK ISSUANCES AND OTHER CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS".
Very truly yours,
/S/ HOEFER & ARNETT, INCORPORATED
HOEFER & ARNETT, INCORPORATED
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No person has been authorized to
give any information or to make
any representation not contained
in this Prospectus and, if given
or made, such information or
representation must not be
relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company. This
Prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy
any of the securities offered
hereby in any jurisdiction to SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer in
such jurisdiction. Neither the 769,582 Shares
delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall,
under any circumstances, create
an implication that the
information herein is correct as
of any time subsequent to the
date hereof or that there has Common Stock
been no change in the affairs of (no par value)
the Company since such date.
__________________
PROSPECTUS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Available Information 2
Incorporation of Certain Documents
by Reference 2
Prospectus Summary 3
Special Considerations 6
The Subscription Offering 9
The Company 15
Use of Proceeds 15
Capitalization 16
Market Price and Dividends on
the Common Stock 17
Certain Federal Income
Tax Considerations 17
Description of Capital Stock 18
Plan of Distribution 18
Experts 19
Opinions 19
Appendix -- Opinion of Hoefer &
Arnett, Incorporated.
__________________, 1995
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
Securities and Exchange Commission registration
fee $1,151.72
Fees and expenses of Subscription Agent,
Transfer Agent, and Registrar 10,000.00
Printing and engraving expenses 5,000.00*
Legal fees and expenses $175,000.00*
Accounting fees and expenses 10,000.00*
Blue Sky fees and expenses $8,000.00*
Fees and expenses of Company's Financial
Advisor $35,000.00
Fees and expenses of the Information
Agent $ 6,000.00
NASDAQ/NMS Listing Fees $17,500.00*
Miscellaneous expenses $82,348.28*
Total $350,000.00*
________________
* Estimated
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company has adopted provisions in its Restated Articles of
Incorporation which provide for indemnification of its officers and
directors in excess of the indemnification expressly permitted by
Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, as amended (the
"Code"), subject to applicable limits in the Code with respect to
breach of duty to the Company and its shareholders. As authorized by
the Code, the Restated Articles of Incorporation limit the liability of
directors to the Company for monetary damages. The effect of this
provision is to eliminate the rights of the Company and its
shareholders (through shareholders' derivative suits on behalf of the
Company) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of
the fiduciary duty of care as a director (including breaches resulting
from negligent behavior) except in certain limited situations. This
provision does not limit or eliminate the rights of the Company or any
shareholder to seek non-monetary relief such as an injunction or
rescission in the event of a breach of a director's duty of care.
These provisions will not alter the liability of directors under
federal securities laws. In addition, the Company has entered into
Indemnification Agreements with each director and executive officer
which provide that the Company shall indemnify such directors and
executive officers to the fullest extent authorized by the Code. The
Company and its directors and officers are also insured up to
$3 million for liability arising from claims against the Company's
directors and officers in their capacities as such.
Item 16. Exhibits
3(a) Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1988, SEC File No. 0-11117).
3(b) Bylaws (incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988, SEC
File No. 0-11117).
4 Common Stock Specimen Certificate (incorporated by reference
from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, filed
April 27, 1982, SEC File No. 2-77187).
5 Opinion of Arnold & Porter, dated March __, 1995.*
23(a) Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., dated March 28, 1995.
23(b) Consent of Arnold & Porter (included as part of Exhibit 5).*
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23(c) Consent of Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated, dated March 8, 1995.
99(a) Form of Subscription Agent Agreement between the Company and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
99(b) Form of Subscription Warrant.
99(c) Form of Letter to Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
Companies, and Other Nominees.
99(d) Form of Transmittal Letter to Holders of Common Stock whose
addresses are within the continental United States or Canada and
who do not have A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses.
99(e) Instructions Booklet.
99(f) Form of Letter of Transmittal to Holders of Common Stock whose
addresses are outside the continental United States and Canada or
who have A.P.O. and F.P.O addresses.
99(g) Opinion of Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated (included as a part of
the Prospectus filed herewith).
* To be filed by amendment.
Item 17. Undertakings
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the
Company in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
San Diego, California, on March 31, 1995.
SDNB Financial Corp.
By /s/Murray L.Galinson
Murray L. Galinson
President and Chief
Executive Officer
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors
and/or officers of the Company hereby constitute and appoint Murray L.
Galinson and Howard W. Brotman and each of them (with full power of
each of them to act alone), their true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent for them and on their behalf and in their name, place, and stead,
in any and all capacities, including on behalf of the Company, to sign,
execute, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any
other governmental or regulatory authority) any amendments to this
Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto, relating to the registration of Basic Subscription Rights (as
defined in the Registration Statement) and shares of the Company's
common stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in
connection with the Subscription Offering (as defined in the
Registration Statement), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and each
of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate
the same as fully to all intents and purposes as they themselves might
or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures Title Date
Chairman of the Board and
_____________________ Director March __, 1995
CHARLES I. FEURZEIG
President, Chief Executive
/s/Murray L. Galinson Officer, and Director March 31, 1995
MURRAY L. GALINSON
_____________________ Director March __, 1995
MARGARET COSTANZA
/s/Karla J. Hertzog Director March 31, 1995
KARLA J. HERTZOG
/s/Robert B. Horsman Director March 31, 1995
ROBERT B. HORSMAN
/s/Mark P. Mandell Director March 31, 1995
MARK P. MANDELL
/s/Patricia L. Roscoe Director March 31, 1995
PATRICIA L. ROSCOE
/s/Julius H. Zolezzi Director March 31, 1995
JULIUS H. ZOLEZZI
Senior Vice President,
Secretary, and Chief
/s/Howard W. Brotman Financial Officer March 31, 1995
HOWARD W. BROTMAN
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
3(a) Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1988, SEC File No. 0-11117).
3(b) Bylaws (incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988, SEC File No.
0-11117).
4 Common Stock Specimen Certificate (incorporated by reference from
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, filed
April 27, 1982, SEC File No. 0-11117).
5 Opinion of Arnold & Porter, dated March __, 1995.*
23(a) Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., dated March 28, 1995.
23(b) Consent of Arnold & Porter (included as part of Exhibit 5).*
23(c) Consent of Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated, dated March 8, 1995.
99(a) Form of Subscription Agent Agreement between the Company and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
99(b) Form of Subscription Warrant.
99(c) Form of Letter to Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
Companies, and Other Nominees.
99(d) Form of Transmittal Letter to Holders of Common Stock whose
addresses are within the continental United States or Canada and
who do not have A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses.
99(e) Instructions Booklet.
99(f) Form of Letter of Transmittal to Holders of Common Stock whose
addresses are outside the continental United States and Canada or
who have A.P.O. and F.P.O addresses.
99(g) Opinion of Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated (included as a part of
the Prospectus filed herewith).
* To be filed by amendment.
Exhibit 23(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in
the registration statement of SDNB Financial Corp. (the
"Company") on Form S-3 of our report, which includes an
explanatory paragraph related to the outcome of
litigation, dated February 17, 1995, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements of the Company as
of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1994,
which report is included in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994. We
also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts."
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
San Diego, California
March 28, 1995
Exhibit 23(c)
CONSENT OF FINANCIAL ADVISOR
We consent to the inclusion in the SDNB Financial Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our Fairness Opinion,
and reference to our names and the statements with respect
to our firm included in the Registration Statement.
Hoefer & Arnett, Incorporated
By: /s/ Greg H. Madding
Greg H. Madding
Partner
San Francisco, California
March 8, 1995
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP
1420 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
March ___, 1995
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attn: George Karfunkel
President
Re: Agreement for Subscription Agent Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter is to reflect the
agreement of SDNB Financial Corp. (the "Company") and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("American")
regarding American's acting as the Subscription Agent (as
defined below) in connection with the Company's offering
(the "Subscription Offering") of up to 769,582 shares of its
common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), pursuant to
transferable subscription rights at a subscription price of
$4.34 per share. The terms of the Subscription Offering are
more fully described in the Prospectus relating to such
offering. A copy of the Preliminary Prospectus is attached
hereto as Exhibit A (such document, in the form declared
effective by the Securities Exchange Commission and as it
may be subsequently amended, shall be referred to herein as
the "Prospectus"). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized
terms used herein and defined in the Prospectus shall have
the same meanings herein as set forth for them in the
Prospectus.
1. Appointment of Subscription Agent. The Company hereby
appoints American as the subscription agent (the "Subscription
Agent") for the Subscription Offering. As Subscription Agent,
American hereby agrees to perform the following services for the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus:
(a) Issue new and replacement Subscription Warrants to
Rights Holders;
(b) Mail offering materials to Rights Holders;
(c) Hold offering materials for Rights Holders whose
addresses are outside of the continental United States or are A.P.O. or
F.P.O. addresses;
(d) Attempt to sell Subscription Rights upon the
request of Rights Holders;
(e) Effect transfers, divisions, and combinations of
Subscription Warrants upon the request of Rights Holders;
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(f) Collect checks from subscribing Rights Holders and
hold the proceeds in trust in an interest bearing account for the
account of the Company;
(g) Communicate with Rights Holders;
(h) Communicate with Depository Trust Company and all
brokers regarding their respective record date positions;
(i) Report to the Company daily on the total number of
shares of Common Stock subscribed for, the amount of funds received, and
the total number of Subscription Rights exercised;
(j) Consult with the Company for specific instructions
as to acceptance or rejection of subscriptions received after the
Expiration Date and subscriptions otherwise failing to comply with the
requirements of the Prospectus and the terms of the Subscription Warrants;
(k) Allocate Common Stock not required to satisfy the
Basic Subscription Rights to those Rights Holders who properly elect to
oversubscribe;
(l) After the Expiration Date, consult with the
Company regarding the disposition of unused or cancelled Subscription
Warrants;
(m) Remit subscription proceeds to the Company;
(n) Issue certificates for Common Stock to subscribing
Rights Holders; and
(o) Update the Company's share register.
2. No Solicitations. American hereby agrees that it shall
not at any time advise any person as to whether such person should
subscribe for shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Subscription
Offering or take any other action that may be deemed a solicitation.
3. Payment. In exchange for American's Subscription Agent
services, the Company hereby agrees to pay American $10,000.00,
which payment shall be due and payable upon completion of the
Subscription Offering.
4. Conditions to Subscription Agent's Performance.
American undertakes the duties and obligations imposed hereby upon the
following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company shall
be bound:
(a) American may consult with legal counsel (who may
be, but is not required to be, legal counsel for the Company), and the
opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection to American as to any actions taken or omitted by
American in good faith and in accordance with such opinion;
(b) Whenever, in the performance of its duties
hereunder, American shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact
or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or
suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed)
may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a
certificate signed by the President, the Chief Financial Officer
or any Vice President of the Company and delivered to American;
and such certificate shall be full authorization to American for
any action taken or suffered in good faith by American under the
provisions hereof in reliance upon such certificate;
(c) American shall be liable hereunder only for its
own negligence or willful misconduct;
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(d) American shall not be liable for or by reason of
any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in the Prospectus or
in the Subscription Warrants or be required to verify the same,
except for information contained therein that relates to American; all
statements and recitals contained in the Prospectus or in the
Subscription Warrants that do not relate to American are and shall be
deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(e) American shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of the Subscription Warrants or the execution
and delivery thereof (except the due execution thereof by American), nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or
condition contained in the Prospectus or in any Subscription Warrant;
nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation
or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Subscription Offering or any
Subscription Warrant or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will,
when issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid,
and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will indemnify the
Subscription Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability, or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Subscription Agent for anything done or omitted by the
Subscription Agent in connection with the acceptance and
administration of this Agreement, including the costs and
expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the
premises, provided that the Subscription Agent shall have
provided the Company with notice of any such claim promptly after
such claim became known to the Subscription Agent, and provided
further that the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense of any such claim upon receipt of written notice thereof
from the Subscription Agent. If the Company assumes the defense
of any such claim, the Subscription Agent shall be entitled to
participate in (but not control) the defense of any such claim at
its own expense. The Company shall not indemnify the
Subscription Agent with respect to any claim or action settled
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(g) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute,
acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed,
acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts,
instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by
American for the carrying out or performing by American of the
provisions hereunder.
(h) Nothing herein shall preclude American from acting
in any other capacity for the Company.
Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing
terms by executing this letter on the line provided below
and returning it to the undersigned.
Very truly yours,
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
By:
Murray L. Galinson
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Accepted and agreed to
this ____ day of March, 1995:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER
& TRUST COMPANY
By:
George Karfunkel
President
CONTROL NUMBER
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING ARE SET FORTH IN
THE COMPANY'S PROSPECTUS DATED ____________, 1995 (THE "PROSPECTUS") AND
ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS ARE
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
THIS SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT REPRESENTS RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE ("COMMON STOCK"), OF
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP. (THE "COMPANY").
VOID IF NOT EXERCISED BEFORE 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, ON
________________, 1995
THIS SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT (INCLUDING THE
OVERSUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS EVIDENCED HEREBY) IS TRANSFERABLE
AND MAY BE COMBINED OR DIVIDED
(BUT ONLY INTO WARRANTS EVIDENCING A WHOLE NUMBER
OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS) AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS.
SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT FOR
BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE-U.S. $4.34 PER SHARE
CUSIP 784082-11-7
REGISTERED OWNER:
The registered owner, whose name is inscribed hereon, or assignor, is
entitled to the number of Basic Subscription Rights shown hereon to
subscribe for full shares of Common Stock of SDNB Financial Corp. (the
"Company") on the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and
the Letter of Transmittal and the Instructions Booklet relating thereto.
The Rights represented by this Subscription Warrant may be exercised by
duly completing Box 1; may be sold through the Subscription Agent by
duly completing Box 2; and may be transferred, assigned, or sold through
a bank or broker by duly completing Box 3. THE RIGHTS EVIDENCED BY THIS
SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, OR
SOLD UNLESS THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF IS SIGNED, WITH A SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED, IF APPLICABLE, AND THE APPROPRIATE BOX IS COMPLETED.
IF SUBSCRIBING FOR COMMON STOCK, THIS SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT MUST (EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED IN THE PROSPECTUS) BE RECEIVED BY AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY (THE "SUBSCRIPTION AGENT") AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE
PROSPECTUS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK TIME, ON ________________, 1995 (SUCH DATE, AS IT MAY BE
EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY, THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). AFTER THE EXPIRATION
DATE, SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS WILL NO LONGER BE EXERCISABLE TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.
IF REQUESTING THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT TO ATTEMPT TO SELL BASIC
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS, THIS SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS PRIOR TO
11:00 A.M., NEW YORK TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
THIS SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT WILL NOT BE VALID OR OBLIGATORY FOR ANY
PURPOSE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN COUNTERSIGNED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
WITNESS, the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
Secretary President and Chief Executive Officer
Countersigned:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
(New York, N.Y.)
Subscription Agent
By:
Authorized Agent
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SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
EXPIRATION: 5:00 p.m.,
New York Time, ________________, 1995
[IMPORTANT--PLEASE FILL IN]
SUBSTITUTE FORM
FORM W-9
PAYER'S REQUEST FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER OR OTHER TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN)
Part 1-Please provide your Taxpayer Identification Number ("TIN") or
Social Security Number here and certify by signing and dating to the
right.
X__________________________________________
Signature
__________________________________________
Date
Part 2-Check the box if you are NOT subject to backup withholding under
the provisions of Section 3406(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code
because: (1) you have not been notified that you are subject to backup
withholding as a result of failure to report all interest or dividends;
or (2) the Internal Revenue Service has notified you that you are no
longer subject to backup withholding. [ ]
CERTIFICATION: Under the penalties of perjury, I certify that the
information provided on this form is true, correct, and complete.
_____________________________________________
Signature
Part 3 - Check the box if you are awaiting a TIN [ ]
BOX 1--SUBSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE
The undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for the number of shares
of Common Stock, as identified below, on the terms specified in the
Prospectus relating thereto, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
a. Basic Subscription Rights __________________________
b. Oversubscription Rights __________________________
Total Shares of Common Stock __________________________
Subscribed for (a + b)
Cost (total shares of Common Stock
times subscription price ($4.34),
rounded up to the nearest whole cent) $__________________________
The undersigned hereby requests that the Subscription Agent attempt to
sell any Basic Subscription Rights owned by the undersigned and not
exercised above. [ ] (check here).
Note: Unless the subscriber elects to sell or requests that the
Subscription Agent attempt to sell any unused Basic Subscription Rights,
a new Subscription Warrant will be issued to such Subscriber in respect
of such unused Basic Subscription Rights. The right to oversubscribe
for additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription
Rights is transferable with each Basic Subscription Right, but Basic
Subscription Rights held by the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings
Plan shall not be eligible for Oversubscription Rights due to the
prohibited transaction rules of the Internal Revenue Code and the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No new Subscription
Warrants will be issued after 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date.
_____________________ (____)_____________ (____)________________
Subscriber(s) Signature(s) Telephone (Day) Telephone (Night)
BOX 2--SALE OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS THROUGH THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
I hereby request that the Subscription Agent attempt to sell all of the
Basic Subscription Rights represented by this Subscription Warrant. The
right to oversubscribe for additional shares of Common Stock is
transferable with each Basic Subscription Right.
Signature__________________________________________
Signature of Registered Owner(s)
BOX 3--SALE OF ALL OR PART OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS THROUGH HOLDER'S
BANK OR BROKER OR OTHERWISE--For value received all or
___________________* of the Basic Subscription Rights represented by
this Subscription Warrant are assigned to:
_______________________________________________________________
Name (Please Print)
_______________________________________________________________
Street
_______________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
_______________________________________________________________
Assignor's Taxpayer Identification Number
Signature(s) ______________________________________________________
Signature(s) of Registered Owner(s)
Signature(s) guaranteed by: ___________________________________
Name: ___________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
Name of Firm: ___________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
Area Code and Telephone Number: ___________________________________
Dated: ___________________________________
*Insert number of Basic Subscription Rights being sold. The right to
oversubscribe for additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Oversubscription Rights is transferable with each Basic Subscription
Right.
PAYMENT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE OF $4.34 IS REQUIRED TO SUBSCRIBE FOR
EACH SHARE OF COMMON STOCK. IN ADDITION, ONE (1) BASIC SUBSCRIPTION
RIGHT IS REQUIRED TO SUBSCRIBE FOR EACH SHARE OF COMMON STOCK UNDERLYING
EACH BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT.
Exhibit 99(c)
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING OF UP TO 769,582
OF ITS COMMON STOCK
To Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
SDNB Financial Corp. (the "Company") is offering (the "Subscription
Offering"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the enclosed Prospectus, dated ___________, 1995 (the
"Prospectus"), and the enclosed Subscription Warrant, up to
769,582 shares of its Common Stock, no par value per share,
to holders of record of the Common Stock (the
"Shareholders") on April 20, 1995 (the "Record Date"), at
a price of $4.34 per share, pursuant to transferable
subscription rights (the "Basic Subscription Rights" and,
together with the Oversubscription Rights (as defined in the
Prospectus referred to below), the "Subscription Rights").
We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold shares of
Common Stock registered in your name or in the name of your nominee or
who hold shares of Common Stock registered in their own names to obtain
instructions as to whether your clients would like you to exercise or
attempt to sell the Basic Subscription Rights or exercise their
Oversubscription Rights on their behalf.
The Corporation will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker or
dealer or other person for soliciting exercises or sales of Subscription
Rights pursuant to the Subscription Offering. You will be reimbursed
for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in
forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients.
Enclosed are copies of the following documents:
1. The Prospectus;
2. The Subscription Warrant for your use and for
the information of your clients;
3. A form of Transmittal Letter to Shareholders
which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts
you hold shares of Common Stock registered in your name
or the name of your nominee;
4. An Instructions Booklet containing instructions
on how to correctly complete the Subscription Warrant; and
5. A return envelope addressed to American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company (the "Subscription Agent").
Your prompt action is requested. The Subscription Offering will expire
at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on ____________, 1995 (such date,
as it may be extended by the Company as provided in the Prospectus,
the "Expiration Date"), unless the Subscription Offering is extended
by the Company to a date not later than ___________, 1995.
To participate in the Subscription Offering, properly completed and
executed Subscription Warrants and payments for all Subscription
Rights exercised must be delivered to the Subscription Agent
as indicated in the Subscription Warrant and the Prospectus
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date.
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Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from Western
Financial Corporation (the "Information Agent") or the
Subscription Agent. The Information Agent's toll-free
telephone number is ______________.
Very truly yours,
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE
YOU OR ANY PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE CORPORATION OR OF THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO
MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT
TO THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERING, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS
EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS.
Exhibit 99(d)
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
1420 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 233-1234, ext. 717
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
[Date]
IMPORTANT NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS
CONCERNING YOUR RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE FOR COMMON STOCK
ATTENTION:
1. The enclosed Subscription Warrant expires at 5:00
p.m., New York time, ____________, 1995 (such date, as it
may be extended by the Company as provided in the
accompanying Prospectus, the "Expiration Date").
2. To obtain value, the Subscription Warrant must be
used to subscribe for Common Stock or sold.
3. Instructions for filling out the Subscription
Warrant are contained in the Instructions Booklet enclosed
with this letter.
To Holders of Common Stock:
The enclosed Subscription Warrant entitles you to subscribe
for Common Stock of SDNB Financial Corp. as described in the
Prospectus. As a shareholder of record at the close of business
on April 20, 1995, you are entitled to one Basic Subscription
Rights for each two shares of Common Stock so owned. One Basic
Subscription Right and the payment of the Subscription Price of
$4.34 per share are required to subscribe for each share of
Common Stock. In addition, if you are not a participant in the
San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings Plan and you exercise
all of the Basic Subscription Rights held on the date of such
exercise and evidenced by a Subscription Warrant, you will have
the right to subscribe for additional shares of Common Stock (the
"Oversubscription Rights" and, together with the "Basic
Subscription Rights," the "Subscription Rights") at the
Subscription Price of $4.34 per share. Basic Subscription Rights
must be exercised and/or sold and Oversubscription Rights must be
exercised before the Expiration Date in order to realize their
value. The right to oversubscribe for additional shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is
transferable with each Basic Subscription Right.
The number of Basic Subscription Rights to which you are
entitled are shown on your Subscription Warrant and your
Subscription Warrant is evidence of the number of Basic
Subscription Rights that you own.
The choices you may make in order to realize the value of
your Subscription Rights are:
(1) SUBSCRIBE FOR COMMON STOCK, AND/OR
(2) ATTEMPT TO SELL YOUR BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS.
Information on the United States federal income tax treatment
of the Subscription Rights and the Common Stock is provided in
the Prospectus.
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If you desire to exercise all or any part of your
Subscription Rights, notification must be given to American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company (the "Subscription Agent") and payment
must be made by bank certified or cashier's check in United
States dollars and drawn upon a United States bank payable to
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. The Subscription Agent
must receive the notification and your payment by 5:00 p.m.,
New York time, on the Expiration Date (except, when the
subscription is made through a broker or bank as described in the
enclosed Prospectus, the Subscription Warrant must be received by
the Subscription Agent by 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
____________, 1995). After the Expiration Date, Subscription
Rights will no longer be exercisable to purchase shares of Common
Stock.
If you wish to sell your Basic Subscription Rights through
the Subscription Agent, your executed Subscription Warrant,
filled out to indicate your choice of options, must be received
by the Subscription Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date. No assurance can be given that the Subscription
Agent will be able to sell any Basic Subscription Rights. Basic
Subscription Rights may also be sold through a bank or broker in
the manner set forth in the Instructions Booklet.
Murray L. Galinson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 99(e)
INSTRUCTIONS BOOKLET*
For each two shares of Common Stock held of record as of the
close of business on April 20, 1995, you are entitled to
receive one Basic Subscription Right. The total number of your
Basic Subscription Rights is printed on the enclosed Subscription
Warrant. No fractional Basic Subscription Rights have been
issued; your Basic Subscription Rights have been rounded up to
the nearest whole number. One Basic Subscription Right and
payment of the Subscription Price of $4.34 are required to
subscribe for each share of Common Stock underlying each Basic
Subscription Right. Each holder of Basic Subscription Rights,
including transferees of Shareholders (collectively, the "Rights
Holders"), is entitled to subscribe for all, or any portion of,
the shares of Common Stock underlying their Basic Subscription
Rights. Each Rights Holder who subscribes for the full number of
shares of Common Stock underlying the Basic Subscription Rights
held by such Rights Holder on the date of exercise and evidenced
by a Subscription Warrant will have the right to subscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock not subscribed for by other
Rights Holders pursuant to their Basic Subscription Rights (the
"Oversubscription Rights"). However, Basic Subscription Rights
held by the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings Plan (the
"Plan") shall not be eligible for Oversubscription Rights due to
the prohibited transaction rules of the Internal Revenue Code and
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA").
As a Rights Holder, if you subscribe for fewer than all of
the shares represented by your Subscription Warrants by 11:00
a.m., New York time, on ___________, 1995 (such date, as it may
be extended by the Company as provided in the Prospectus, the
"Expiration Date"), you may request that the Subscription Agent,
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the "Subscription
Agent"), attempt to sell your remaining Basic Subscription Rights
and remit the net proceeds, if any, to you or you will be issued
from the Subscription Agent a new Subscription Warrant
representing the unused Basic Subscription Rights. Such new
Subscription Warrant will be sent to you by first class mail if
the Subscription Agent receives the properly completed
Subscription Warrant by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the fourth
business day before the Expiration Date. Unless you make other
arrangements with the Subscription Agent, a new Subscription
Warrant issued after 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the fourth
business day before the Expiration Date will be held for pick-up
by you at the Subscription Agent's New York hand delivery address
provided in the Prospectus. All deliveries of newly issued
Subscription Warrants will be at your risk. No new Subscription
Warrants will be issued after such time and date. Accordingly,
after such time and date a Rights Holder partially exercising
Basic Subscription Rights will lose the power to sell or exercise
its remaining Basic Subscription Rights. In order to exercise
Subscription Rights, the Subscription Agent must receive a duly
endorsed Subscription Warrant representing the Basic Subscription
Rights to be exercised and the appropriate aggregate Subscription
Price on or before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration
Date. In order to sell Basic Subscription Rights, the
Subscription Agent must receive a duly endorsed Subscription
Warrant representing Basic Subscription Rights to be sold by
11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date. After the
Expiration Date, Subscription Rights will no longer be
exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock and will have no
value.
Persons wishing to purchase additional Basic Subscription
Rights must do so through a bank or broker.
Completed Subscription Warrants and payment for the
subscribed Common Stock should be sent to the Subscription Agent
in the envelope provided herewith. Payment must be made in
United States dollars by a bank certified check or a cashier's
check, payable to the order of the Subscription Agent. The risk
of failed or misdirected delivery of Subscription Warrants and
payments to the Subscription Agent will be borne by the holders
of Subscription Rights and not by SDNB Financial Corp. or the
Subscription Agent.
Illustrations of how to use your Subscription Warrant
follow:
TO SUBSCRIBE
1. Fill in Box 1 on back of the Subscription Warrant where
appropriate as shown below in Illustration A.
_______________________________
* Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in
the Prospectus.
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2. Sign Box 1 on the line marked "Subscriber(s)
Signature(s)" and enter your telephone numbers, including area
codes.
3. If you wish to ask the Subscription Agent to attempt to
sell any Basic Subscription Rights, check the box appearing in
Box 1.
4. Send the Subscription Warrant and the appropriate
payment to the Subscription Agent in the enclosed envelope for
receipt by the Expiration Date.
Determining the Number of Shares of Common Stock Subscribed For
The number of whole shares of Common Stock for which you may
subscribe is equal to the number of Basic Subscription Rights set
forth on your Subscription Warrant which have been rounded up to
the nearest whole number. If you elect to exercise only a
portion of your Basic Subscription Rights, you may sell or
request that the Subscription Agent attempt to sell your
remaining Basic Subscription Right(s) and remit the net proceeds,
if any, to you. The Subscription Agent must receive your
Subscription Warrant by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date if you wish it to attempt to sell Basic
Subscription Rights. No assurance can be given that the
Subscription Agent will be able to sell any Basic Subscription
Rights. Alternatively, if the Subscription Agent receives your
Subscription Warrant by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, you may have issued to you by the Subscription
Agent a new Subscription Warrant representing such remaining
Basic Subscription Rights. However, a new Subscription Warrant
will be mailed by first class mail to a submitting Rights Holder
only if the Subscription Agent receives a properly endorsed
Subscription Warrant not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, on
the fourth business day before the Expiration Date.
* * *
Following are examples of how Subscription Warrants should
be used for subscriptions and sales of Basic Subscription Rights.
Subscription for Common Stock Using All the Holder's Basic
Subscription Rights
For example, a Rights Holder with 12 Basic Subscription
Rights, who does not wish to exercise his or her Oversubscription
Rights, can subscribe for a maximum of 12 shares of Common Stock.
Box 1 on the Subscription Warrant should be filled in by entering
the number 12 in the space provided in Part a. as well as on the
line marked "Total Shares of Common Stock Subscribed for." In
addition, enter $52.08 on the line marked "Cost (total shares of
Common Stock times subscription price)" ($4.34 x 12 = $52.08).
The completed box for this example would be as shown in
Illustration A.
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ILLUSTRATION A
BOX 1--SUBSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE
The undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for the number of
full shares of Common Stock, as indicated below, on the terms
specified in the Prospectus relating thereto, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged.
a. Basic Subscription Rights 12
b. Oversubscription Rights --
Total Shares of Common Stock
Subscribed for (a + b) 12
Cost (total shares of Common Stock
times subscription price ($4.34),
rounded up to the nearest whole cent) $52.08
The undersigned hereby requests that the Subscription Agent
attempt to sell any Basic Subscription Rights owned by the
undersigned and not exercised above. [ ] (check here).
Note: Unless the subscriber elects to sell or requests that
the Subscription Agent attempt to sell any unused Basic
Subscription Rights, a new Subscription Warrant will be issued
to such Subscriber in respect of such unused Basic Subscription
Rights. The right to subscribe for additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable
with each Subscription Right, but Basic Subscription Rights
held by the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings Plan shall
not be eligible for Oversubscription Rights due to the
prohibited transaction rules of the Internal Revenue Code and
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No new
Subscription Warrants will be issued after 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on the Expiration Date.
__________________________ (____)__________ (____)___________
Subscriber(s) Signature(s) Telephone (Day) Telephone (Night)
Subscription for Common Stock Using Less Than All the Holder's
Basic Subscription Rights
A Rights Holder may subscribe for less than the full number
of shares of Common Stock to which its Basic Subscription Rights
entitle it. For example, a Rights Holder with 40 Basic
Subscription Rights could choose to use only 12 of such Basic
Subscription Rights to subscribe for 12 shares. The Subscription
Warrant should be filled in as in Illustration A and a check for
$52.08, the payment for 12 shares of Common Stock, enclosed.
Upon receiving the Subscription Warrant, the Subscription Agent
would issue a new Subscription Warrant to a subscriber in respect
of the unused Basic Subscription Rights which, in this case, is
28. Note, however, that no new Subscription Warrants will be
issued after 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date
and a new Subscription Warrant will be mailed by first class mail
to a submitting Rights Holder only if the Subscription Agent
receives a properly endorsed Subscription Warrant not later than
11:00 a.m., New York time, on the fourth business day before the
Expiration Date. If the Rights Holder so elects (by checking the
box contained in Box 1), the Subscription Agent will attempt to
sell the unused Basic Subscription Rights and remit the net
proceeds, if any, to the Rights Holder. (In this situation, the
Subscription Agent must receive the executed Subscription Warrant
by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date). The
Rights Holder may also elect to sell unused Basic Subscription
Rights directly. The exercise of Basic Subscription Rights is
irrevocable.
Exercising the Oversubscription Rights
A Rights Holder who exercises all of the Basic Subscription
Rights held by such Rights Holder on the date of such exercise
and evidenced by a Subscription Warrant may subscribe for
additional shares, if any, that are not purchased through the
exercise of Basic Subscription Rights by other Rights Holders.
However, Basic Subscription Rights held by the Plan shall not be
eligible for Oversubscription Rights due to the prohibited
transaction rules of
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the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. For example, a Rights Holder
who is not a Plan Participant and who holds 12 Basic Subscription
Rights is entitled to purchase 12 shares of Common Stock upon exercise
of such Basic Subscription Rights and may choose to exercise its
Oversubscription Rights to attempt to purchase the desired number
of additional shares of Common Stock (e.g., 10), if any are
available on the Expiration Date. The Subscription Warrant would
be filled in as in Illustration B and a check for $95.48, the
total payment for the 12 shares of Common Stock such Rights
Holder may purchase pursuant to its Basic Subscription Rights and
for the 10 shares of Common Stock such Rights Holder is electing
to purchase pursuant to its Oversubscription Rights, enclosed.
Subject to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock offered
in this Subscription Offering, there is no limitation on the
number of shares to which an eligible Rights Holder may elect to
oversubscribe. If there are insufficient unsubscribed shares of
Common Stock to fill all oversubscriptions, the available shares
of Common Stock will be allocated among the Rights Holders who
have properly elected to oversubscribe pro rata based upon the
number of Basic Subscription Rights held by each such Rights
Holder on the Expiration Date, except that the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock so allocated to any Rights Holder will be
the number of shares for which such Rights Holder has properly
elected to oversubscribe. If any shares of Common Stock
thereafter remain unsubscribed, they will be allocated on the
same basis until all unsubscribed shares are allocated among
Rights Holders exercising unfulfilled Oversubscription Rights.
Payments for oversubscriptions will be deposited upon receipt by
the Subscription Agent, and refunds will be promptly made as soon
as practicable after the Expiration Date, without interest, to
the extent oversubscriptions are not honored due to proration or
otherwise. The exercise of the Oversubscription Rights is
irrevocable. Oversubscription Rights are exercisable by all
Rights Holders, other than the Plan, including transferees of
Shareholders.
ILLUSTRATION B
Box 1--SUBSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE
The undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for the number of
shares of Common Stock, as indicated below, on the terms
specified in the Prospectus relating thereto, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged.
a. Basic Subscription Rights 12
b. Oversubscription Rights 10
Total Shares of Common Stock
Subscribed for (a + b) 22
Cost (total shares of Common Stock
times subscription price ($4.34),
rounded up to the nearest whole cent) $95.48
The undersigned hereby requests that the Subscription Agent
attempt to sell any Basic Subscription Rights owned by the
undersigned and not exercised above. [ ] (check here).
Note: Unless the subscriber elects to sell or requests that
the Subscription Agent attempt to sell any unused Basic
Subscription Rights, a new Subscription Warrant will be issued
to such Subscriber in respect of such unused Basic Subscription
Rights. The right to subscribe for additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable
with each Subscription Right, but Basic Subscription Rights
held by the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings Plan shall
not be eligible for Oversubscription Rights due to the
prohibited transaction rules of the Internal Revenue Code and
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No new
Subscription Warrants will be issued after 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on the Expiration Date.
__________________________ (____)_________ (____)___________
Subscriber(s) Signature(s) Telephone (Day) Telephone (Night)
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SELLING ALL BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
Use Box 2 only.
For your convenience, the Company has arranged for the
Subscription Agent to attempt to sell all of your Basic
Subscription Rights if you wish to do so, subject to the ability
of the Subscription Agent to find a purchaser. To attempt to
sell all of your Basic Subscription Rights through the
Subscription Agent just sign Box 2 (as indicated in Illustration
C) and return your Subscription Warrant to the Subscription Agent
in the enclosed envelope, to be received prior to 11:00 a.m.,
New York time, on the Expiration Date. You will receive a check
for the net proceeds, if any, from the Subscription Agent as soon
as practicable. The right to oversubscribe for additional shares
of Common Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is
transferable with each Basic Subscription Right.
ILLUSTRATION C
BOX 2--SALE OF ALL BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
I hereby request that the Subscription Agent attempt to sell
all the Basic Subscription Rights represented by this
Subscription Warrant. The right to oversubscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Oversubscription Rights is transferable with each Basic
Subscription Right.
Signature:_________________________________________________
Signature of Registered Owner(s)
SELLING ALL OR PART OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH A BANK OR BROKER
Use Box 3 only.
If you wish to sell all or part of your Basic Subscription
Rights through a bank or broker, just sign Box 3 (as indicated in
Illustration D) and indicate the number of Basic Subscription
Rights you wish to sell. In such case, you must deliver the
Subscription Warrant to a bank or broker who will remit to you
the net proceeds, if any. The right to oversubscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Oversubscription Rights is transferable with each Basic
Subscription Right.
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ILLUSTRATION D
BOX 3--SALE OF ALL OR A PART OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH HOLDER'S BANK OR BROKER OR OTHERWISE--For value
received all or ___________________* of the Basic Subscription
Rights represented by this Subscription Warrant are assigned
to:
_______________________________________________________________
Name (Please Print)
_______________________________________________________________
Street
_______________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
_______________________________________________________________
Assignee's Taxpayer Identification Number
Signature(s)___________________John Doe_____________________________
Signature(s) of Registered Owner(s)
Signature(s) guaranteed by: ____________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
Name of Firm:____________________________________
Address:____________________________________
Area Code and Telephone Number:____________________________________
Dated:____________________________________
*Insert number of Basic Subscription Rights being sold. The
right to oversubscribe for additional shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable with
each Basic Subscription Right.
SELLING ALL OR PART OF YOUR BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS OTHER THAN
THROUGH A BANKER OR BROKER
Use Box 3 only.
If you wish to sell all your Basic Subscription Rights other
than through a bank or broker, sign Box 3, fill in the
transferee's name, address and Social Security Number or Taxpayer
Identification Number (as indicated in Illustration E) and
deliver the Subscription Warrant, return envelope, and the Letter
of Transmittal and this Instructions Booklet to the person to
whom you transferred the Subscription Warrant. Your signature
must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company, or by a brokerage
firm having membership on a national securities exchange in the
United States. The Subscription Warrant may then be exercised by
the new holder without having a new Subscription Warrant issued.
The new holder should complete Box 1 if it wishes to subscribe,
or Box 2 if it wishes to sell the Basic Subscription Rights.
If you wish to sell only a part of your Basic Subscription
Rights other than through a bank or broker, complete Box 3,
indicating the number of Basic Subscription Rights to be sold,
and return it to the Subscription Agent. If the Subscription
Warrant is received by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, a new Subscription Warrant for any unused Basic
Subscription Rights will be issued. However, a new Subscription
Warrant will be mailed by first class mail to a submitting Rights
Holder only if the Subscription Agent receives a properly
endorsed Subscription Warrant not later than 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on the Expiration Date. The right to oversubscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Oversubscription Rights is transferable with each Basic
Subscription Right.
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ILLUSTRATION E
BOX 3--SALE OF ALL OR A PART OF BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH HOLDER'S BANK OR BROKER OR OTHERWISE--For value
received all or ___________________* of the Basic Subscription
Rights represented by this Subscription Warrant are assigned
to:
________________________Mary Smith_____________________________
Name (Please Print)
______________________1 Maple Avenue___________________________
Street
_____________________Anytown, NJ 00123________________________
City, State, Zip Code
_________________________000-00-000____________________________
Assignee's Taxpayer Identification Number
Signature(s)___________________John Doe_____________________________
Signature(s) of Registered Owner(s)
Signature(s) guaranteed by: [Bank Trust Company or Brokerage Firm]
Name:____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
Name of Firm:____________________________________
Address:____________________________________
Area Code and Telephone Number:____________________________________
Dated:____________________________________
*Insert number of Basic Subscription Rights being sold. The
right to oversubscribe for additional shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is transferable with
each Basic Subscription Right.
LEGAL PAPERS
When Box 1, Box 2, or Box 3 is executed by an administrator,
executor, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, or by an officer
of a corporation, the Subscription Agent must be satisfied that
the person signing has authority to act in such capacity.
DELIVERY OF COMMON STOCK
Certificates for subscribed shares of Common Stock will be
delivered to the address on the Subscription Warrant as soon as
practicable after the Expiration Date.
Exhibit 99(f)
SDNB FINANCIAL CORP.
1420 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 233-1234, ext. 717
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
[Date]
IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING YOUR RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE FOR COMMON STOCK
To the Holders of Common Stock
whose addresses are outside
the Continental United States
and Canada or who have A.P.O.
or F.P.O. addresses:
A Subscription Warrant evidencing your right to subscribe
for Common Stock of SDNB Financial Corp. is being held for your
account by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
"Subscription Agent"). As a shareholder of record at the close
of business on April 20, 1995, you are entitled to one Basic
Subscription Rights for each two shares of Common Stock so owned.
One Basic Subscription Right and the payment of the Subscription
Price of $4.34 per share are required to subscribe for each share
of Common Stock. In addition, if you are not a participant in
the San Diego National Bank Deferred Savings Plan and you
exercise all of the Basic Subscription Rights held on the date of
such exercise and evidenced by a Subscription Warrant, you will
have the right to subscribe for additional shares of Common Stock
(the "Oversubscription Rights" and, together with the "Basic
Subscription Rights," the "Subscription Rights") at the
Subscription Price of $4.34 per share. Basic Subscription Rights
must be exercised and/or sold and Oversubscription Rights must be
exercised before the Expiration Date in order to realize their
value. The right to oversubscribe for additional shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Oversubscription Rights is
transferable with each Basic Subscription Right.
The number of Basic Subscription Rights to which you are
entitled are shown on your Subscription Warrant and your
Subscription Warrant is evidence of the number of Basic
Subscription Rights that you own.
A Prospectus setting forth the terms and conditions of the
offering is enclosed.
The choices you may make in order to realize the value of
your Subscription Rights are:
(1) SUBSCRIBE FOR COMMON STOCK, AND/OR
(2) ATTEMPT TO SELL YOUR BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS.
Information on the United States federal income tax
treatment of the Subscription Rights and the Common Stock is
provided in the Prospectus.
If you desire to exercise all or any part of your
Subscription Rights, notification must be given to the
Subscription Agent and payment must be made by bank certified or
cashier's check in United States dollars and drawn upon a United
States bank payable to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
The Subscription Agent must receive the notification and your
payment by 5:00 p.m., New York time, on _______________, 1995
(such date, as it may be extended by the Company, the "Expiration
Date").
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If you wish other action to be taken, such as requesting the
Subscription Agent to attempt to sell all or a part of your Basic
Subscription Rights or delivery to a bank or broker, please
contact the Subscription Agent immediately by telephone at
(718) 921-8200, or by telecopier at (718) 234-5001. No assurance
can be given that the Subscription Agent will be able to sell any
Basic Subscription Rights.
Unless you exercise your Subscription Rights before 11:00
a.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, the Basic
Subscription Rights held for you will be sold, if feasible, and
the net proceeds, if any, remitted to you as described in the
accompanying Prospectus.
Murray L. Galinson
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Subscription Agent is holding for your account a
Subscription Warrant evidencing your Subscription Rights. Your
Basic Subscription Rights total:
______BASIC SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
THIS IS NOT A WARRANT
This notice is merely for your information and must
be considered with the accompanying Prospectus.
