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May 13, 1997
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
Dear Shareholder:
At Civic BanCorp's annual shareholder meeting on May 8, 1997, a quorum was
present in person and by proxy. As you know from the Company's proxy statement
that was mailed to you, items submitted to a vote of the shareholders included
Proposal 2, approving an amendment to the Bylaws to classify the Board of
Directors, and Proposal 3, approving an amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation to eliminate action by the shareholders by written consent without
a meeting. The vote at the meeting on these two proposals was as follows:
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Percentage of all
Percentage of outstanding shares
Shares voted shares voted for voted for and
Proposal Shares voted for against and against against
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2. Classification of 1,752,422 379,039 82.2% 39.7%
Board of Directors 17.8% 8.6%
3. Elimination of 1,722,370 402,306 81.1% 39.0%
shareholder action 18.9% 9.2%
by written consent
without a meeting
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Although the percentage of shares present and voting in favor of Proposals
2 and 3 was substantial, the percentage of all outstanding shares in favor was
less than the required 50% plus one. Many shareholders who were represented by
proxy at the meeting did not have their votes on Proposals 2 and 3 counted. We
believe the reason is that many proxies held in street names did not effectively
communicate their votes to the registered holders so that they could vote on
these proposals at the meeting. For example, we did not receive proxies from
several directors and officers who have shares held in street name, even though
those persons attempted to vote and mail their proxies in accordance with
instructions given to them.
In order to give more shareholders an opportunity to be heard on these two
Proposals, the Company adjourned the annual meeting of shareholders to 4:00 p.m.
on June 9, 1997, at 2101 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, California. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CAST YOUR VOTE ON PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 BEFORE THAT TIME BY
SUBMITTING A PROXY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THE
TRANSFER AGENT OR FROM YOUR BROKER. Please refer to your proxy statement for
more information about these proposals. Management recommends a vote FOR
Proposal 2 and FOR Proposal 3. Thank you for your cooperation.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Herbert C. Foster
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Herbert C. Foster
2101 Webster Street Oakland, CA 94612-3043
Telephone. 510 836-6500 FAX. 510 836-1521 Internet. http://www.civicbank.com
