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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 6, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-[ ]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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OHIO 6021 31-1179518
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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50 NORTH THIRD STREET
P.O. BOX 3500
NEWARK, OHIO 43058-3500
(740) 349-8451
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
DAVID C. BOWERS, SECRETARY
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
50 NORTH THIRD STREET
P.O. BOX 3500
NEWARK, OHIO 43058-3500
(740) 349-3708
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
CHARLES S. DEROUSIE, ESQ. AND JOSEPH M. RIGOT, ESQ.
ELIZABETH TURRELL FARRAR, ESQ. THOMPSON HINE & FLORY LLP
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP 2000 COURTHOUSE PLAZA, N.E.
52 EAST GAY STREET DAYTON, OHIO 45402
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215 (937) 443-6586
(614) 464-6400
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO
THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable following the effective date of the
Registration Statement and upon the effective date of the merger of SNB Corp.
with and into the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger
described in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus included as Part I of this
Registration Statement.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box: [ ]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering: [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering: [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
Title of each class of Amount to be offering aggregate registration
securities being registered registered (1) price per unit offering price (2) fee
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Common Shares,
without par value........... 835,500 N/A $35,505,589.80 $9,373.48
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(1) Represents the estimated maximum number of common shares of the Registrant
that the Registrant expects would be issuable to shareholders of SNB Corp.
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger between the
Registrant and SNB Corp.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(f)(2) of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Securities Act of 1933. Represents the total book value of 155,658
common shares of SNB Corp., as of February 25, 2000.
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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 THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 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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The information in this proxy statement/prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes this proxy
statement/prospectus, is effective. This proxy statement/prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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SNB CORP.
499 S. BROADWAY
GREENVILLE, OHIO 45331
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
A special meeting of shareholders of SNB Corp., an Ohio corporation,
will be held at the North Office of Second National Bank, 1302 Wagner Avenue,
Greenville, Ohio, on [DAY], [ ], 2000, at 10:00 a.m., local time, for the
following purposes:
1. To consider and vote on a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan
of Merger dated as of December 17, 1999, as amended by the
Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 3,
2000, by and between Park National Corporation, an Ohio
corporation, and SNB Corp. Subject to the terms and conditions of
the merger agreement, at the effective time of the merger, each
outstanding SNB common share will be converted into the right to
receive approximately 5.37 Park National common shares.
2. To transact other business as may properly come before the special
meeting or any adjournment.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SNB UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL TO ADOPT THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on [ ], 2000
will be entitled to vote at the SNB special meeting and any adjournment of the
special meeting.
Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting, please complete,
sign and date the enclosed proxy card and promptly return it in the accompanying
envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. You may
revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the SNB special meeting by
delivering a later dated executed proxy card or a written notice of revocation
to SNB or by voting in person at the special meeting. Your attendance at the
special meeting will not, in and of itself, constitute a revocation of your
proxy.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Greenville, Ohio,
[ ], 2000 Alan W. Greiner, Secretary
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
PROSPECTUS SNB CORP.
FOR PROXY STATEMENT
835,500 COMMON SHARES OF FOR
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
TO BE ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OF SNB CORP.
SNB CORP. INTO TO BE HELD ON [ ], 2000
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AT 10:00 A.M.
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The boards of directors of Park National Corporation and SNB Corp. have
each unanimously approved the merger agreement between SNB and Park National. If
the merger is completed, the shareholders of SNB will receive approximately 5.37
Park National common shares for each common share of SNB which they own. In lieu
of issuing fractional shares, Park National will make a cash payment based on a
formula in the merger agreement. Following the merger, SNB's subsidiary Second
National Bank will be a subsidiary of Park National, and SNB will no longer
exist as a separate entity.
On December 16, 1999, the last trading day prior to the joint public
announcement by Park National and SNB of the proposed merger, Park National
common shares, which are listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol
"PRK," closed at $114.875 per share. On [ ], 2000, the last trading day before
the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Park National common shares closed
at $[ ] per share.
This document is a proxy statement for use by SNB in soliciting proxies
for its special meeting of shareholders. It is also a prospectus for Park
National relating to the issuance of Park National common shares in connection
with the merger. It gives detailed information about the merger, and includes a
copy of the merger agreement. We urge you to read the entire document before
deciding how to vote. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RISK FACTORS RELATING TO
THE MERGER, WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BEGINNING ON PAGE [ ].
We cannot complete the merger unless the shareholders of SNB vote to
adopt the merger agreement. YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU FAIL TO VOTE,
THE EFFECT WILL BE A VOTE "AGAINST" ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
SNB shareholders who wish to exercise dissenters' rights must, among
other things, not vote on the enclosed proxy card in favor of the proposal to
adopt the merger agreement and must make a written demand on SNB on or before [
], 2000. For more information, see "Rights of Dissenting Shareholders" on page [
].
The Park National common shares which are being offered under this
proxy statement/prospectus, which will be issued upon consummation of the
merger, are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of a bank or
savings association and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other state or federal agency.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES TO BE
ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
This proxy statement/prospectus is dated [ ], 2000 and is first
being mailed to SNB shareholders on or about [ ], 2000.
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REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This proxy statement/prospectus incorporates important business and
financial information about Park National from documents that Park National has
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but has not included or
delivered with this proxy statement/prospectus. If you call or write us, we will
send you these documents, including exhibits specifically incorporated by
reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, without charge. You can contact
us at:
Park National Corporation
50 North Third Street
P.O. Box 3500
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500
Attention: David C. Bowers, Secretary
(740) 349-3708
PLEASE REQUEST DOCUMENTS FROM PARK NATIONAL NO LATER THAN [ ], 2000. If
you request any documents, Park National will mail the documents to you by first
class mail, or another equally prompt means, by the next business day after we
receive your request.
See "Where You Can Find More Information" on page [ ] for more
information about the documents referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus.
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Questions and Answers About the Merger............................................................................1
Summary...........................................................................................................3
Parties to the Merger.........................................................................................3
SNB Special Meeting...........................................................................................4
The Merger....................................................................................................5
Reasons for the Merger....................................................................................5
Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc......................................................................5
Exchange of Common Shares.................................................................................6
Fractional Shares.........................................................................................6
Exchange of Certificates..................................................................................6
Accounting Treatment......................................................................................7
Federal Income Tax Consequences...........................................................................7
Interests of Persons in the Merger........................................................................7
Resale of Park National Common Shares.....................................................................7
Regulatory Approvals......................................................................................8
Other Transactions Involving Park National................................................................8
The Merger Agreement..........................................................................................8
Representations and Warranties; Covenants.................................................................8
Conditions; Effective Time................................................................................8
Amendment and Termination.................................................................................9
Recommendation of the Board of Directors..................................................................9
Rights of Dissenting Shareholders.............................................................................9
Selected Financial Data.......................................................................................9
Comparison of Rights of Holders of Park National Common Shares and of SNB Common Shares......................10
Risk Factors.....................................................................................................11
Since the market price of Park National common shares fluctuates, SNB shareholders cannot be sure of
the market value of the Park National common shares they will receive in the merger......................11
We cannot assure you that Park National and SNB will successfully integrate their businesses.................11
The termination fee may discourage other companies from trying to acquire SNB even if the other
acquisition could offer higher immediate value to SNB shareholders.......................................11
Directors and executive officers of SNB may have interests that are different from or in addition to
your interests as a shareholder..........................................................................11
The financial services industry is extremely competitive.....................................................12
Economic changes could negatively affect Park National's profitability.......................................12
Governmental regulation and legislation could limit Park National's future growth............................12
Park National's acquisition strategy could pose risks in the future..........................................13
The SNB Special Meeting..........................................................................................13
Matters to be Considered at the SNB Special Meeting..........................................................13
Voting at the SNB Special Meeting; SNB Record Date...........................................................13
Principal Shareholders of Park National..........................................................................14
Principal Shareholders of SNB....................................................................................17
The Merger.......................................................................................................18
Background...................................................................................................18
Reasons for the Merger.......................................................................................19
Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc.........................................................................21
Comparable Companies Analyses............................................................................23
Comparable Transaction Analyses..........................................................................25
Contribution Analyses....................................................................................27
Accretion/Dilution Analysis..............................................................................27
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis............................................................................27
Other Analyses...........................................................................................28
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Effect on Outstanding Park National Common Shares and Exchange of SNB Common Shares..........................28
Effect on Outstanding Park National Common Shares........................................................28
Exchange of SNB Common Shares............................................................................28
No Fractional Park National Common Shares to Be Issued...................................................29
Closing of SNB Share Transfer Books; Exchange of Certificates Evidencing SNB Common Shares...............30
Rights of Holders of SNB Share Certificates Prior to Surrender...........................................30
Lost Share Certificates..................................................................................30
Treatment of Outstanding SNB Options.....................................................................30
Accounting Treatment of the Merger...........................................................................30
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger................................................................31
Interests of Persons in the Merger...........................................................................32
Resale of Park National Common Shares Received in the Merger.................................................32
Regulatory Approvals.........................................................................................32
Other Transactions Involving Park National...................................................................33
Existing Relationship between Park National and SNB..........................................................33
The Merger Agreement.............................................................................................33
The Merger...................................................................................................33
Conversion of Shares.........................................................................................34
Representations and Warranties...............................................................................34
Conduct of Business Pending the Merger.......................................................................35
Conditions to the Consummation of the Merger.................................................................38
Effective Time of the Merger.................................................................................40
Amendment and Termination....................................................................................41
Costs and Expenses; Indemnification..........................................................................42
Recommendation and Vote......................................................................................42
Rights of Dissenting Shareholders................................................................................43
Business of Park National........................................................................................44
General......................................................................................................44
Additional Information.......................................................................................45
Management of Park National......................................................................................46
Board of Directors...........................................................................................46
Executive Officers...........................................................................................49
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation..................................................49
Executive Compensation.......................................................................................50
Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation...........................................................50
Grants of Options........................................................................................51
Option Exercises and Holdings............................................................................52
Pension Plan; Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.....................................................52
Compensation of Directors....................................................................................53
Transactions Involving Management............................................................................54
Business of SNB..................................................................................................55
Comparison of Rights of Holders of Park National Common Shares and Holders of SNB Common Shares..................55
Board of Directors...........................................................................................55
Composition of Board of Directors........................................................................55
Nominations..............................................................................................56
Removal..................................................................................................56
Vacancies................................................................................................57
Voting Rights................................................................................................57
Cumulative Voting........................................................................................57
Special Voting Requirements..............................................................................57
Amendments of Articles...................................................................................58
Amendments to the Regulations............................................................................58
Calling a Special Meeting................................................................................58
Preemptive Rights............................................................................................59
Dividends....................................................................................................59
Anti-Takeover Statutes.......................................................................................59
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Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act.......................................................................59
Ohio Merger Moratorium Statute...........................................................................60
Director and Officer Liability and Indemnification...........................................................61
Regulation of Financial Institutions.............................................................................62
Regulation of Bank Holding Companies.........................................................................62
Transactions with Affiliates.................................................................................64
Regulation of Nationally-Chartered Banks.....................................................................64
Regulation of Ohio State-Chartered Banks and Consumer Finance Companies......................................64
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation........................................................................64
Insurance Premiums.......................................................................................65
Depositor Preference.....................................................................................65
Liability of Commonly Controlled Banks...................................................................65
Regulatory Capital...........................................................................................65
Fiscal and Monetary Policies.................................................................................66
Competition..................................................................................................66
Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action..........................................................................66
Limits on Dividends and Other Payments.......................................................................67
Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.................................................................68
Liquidity........................................................................................................69
Park National................................................................................................69
Legal Matters....................................................................................................69
Experts..........................................................................................................69
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information.......................................................70
Where You Can Find More Information..............................................................................71
SEC Filings..................................................................................................71
Registration Statement.......................................................................................71
Documents Incorporated by Reference..........................................................................71
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Appendix A Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger............................................ A-1
Appendix B Park National Corporation Annual Report to Shareholders
for fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.............................................. B-1
Appendix C Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc................................................. C-1
Appendix D Ohio Revised Code Section 1701.85.................................................... D-1
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER
Q. WHAT WILL SNB SHAREHOLDERS RECEIVE FOR THEIR SNB COMMON SHARES IN THE
MERGER?
A. When the merger is completed, SNB shareholders will receive
approximately 5.37 Park National common shares for each of their common
shares of SNB. Because the market price of the Park National common
shares may change from day to day, SNB shareholders cannot be sure of
the market value of the Park National common shares they will receive
in the merger at the time they vote their common shares. The closing
price of a Park National common share on December 16, 1999, the last
trading day before the announcement of the merger, was $114.875. The
closing price of a Park National common share on [ ], 2000, the last
trading day before the date of this proxy statement/prospectus was
$[ ].
Q. WHAT HAPPENS TO MY FUTURE DIVIDENDS?
A. SNB paid a quarterly dividend of $3.48 per share on March 15, 2000 to
shareholders of record on March 10, 2000. SNB plans to continue paying
quarterly dividends at that rate on its common shares until the closing
of the merger. SNB and Park National agreed in the merger agreement to
cooperate to assure that during any applicable period, there will not
be a payment of both a Park National and a SNB dividend to former SNB
shareholders as a result of the merger.
Q. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF SNB DO NOT ADOPT THE MERGER
AGREEMENT?
A. If the shareholders of SNB do not adopt the merger agreement,
management and the board of directors will continue to operate SNB as
before, and may consider other strategic alternatives. However, if SNB
receives an alternative proposal prior to termination of the merger
agreement and then enters into an agreement to sell SNB with another
party prior to the expiration of one year from the date of termination
of the merger agreement, then SNB may be required to pay Park National
a termination fee of $2,000,000.
Q. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW?
A. After you have carefully read this document, please indicate on your
proxy card how you want to vote. Sign and date the proxy card and mail
it in the enclosed prepaid return envelope marked "Proxy" as soon as
possible, so that your SNB common shares may be represented and voted
at the SNB special meeting.
In order for us to complete the merger, the holders of at least a
majority of the issued and outstanding SNB common shares must vote to
adopt the merger agreement. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SNB UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS VOTING "FOR" THE ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
Q. WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO NOT SEND IN MY PROXY CARD, IF I DO NOT INSTRUCT MY
BROKER TO VOTE MY COMMON SHARES, OR IF I ABSTAIN FROM VOTING?
A. If you do not send in your proxy card, if you do not instruct your
broker to vote your common shares, or if you abstain from voting, it
will have the same effect as a vote against adoption of the merger
agreement.
Q. IF MY BROKER HOLDS MY COMMON SHARES IN "STREET NAME," WILL MY BROKER
VOTE MY COMMON SHARES FOR ME?
A. Your broker cannot vote your common shares without specific
instructions from you. Unless you follow the directions your broker
provides to you regarding how to instruct your broker to vote your
common shares, your common shares will not be voted.
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Q. CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE AFTER I HAVE MAILED MY SIGNED PROXY CARD?
A. Yes. You can change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at
the SNB special meeting. Just send in a later dated, signed proxy card
or a written notice of revocation to the SNB Secretary, Alan W.
Greiner, before the special meeting or attend the special meeting and
vote in person. Your attendance at the special meeting alone will not
revoke your proxy. If you have instructed your broker to vote your
common shares, you must follow the directions received from your broker
to change those instructions.
Q. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE MERGER?
A. We are working toward completing the merger as quickly as possible. We
anticipate completing the merger shortly after the special meeting is
held, assuming that SNB shareholders adopt the merger agreement.
Q. WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PARK NATIONAL?
A. Park National files reports and other information with the SEC. You may
read and copy this information at the SEC's public reference
facilities. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about
these facilities. This information is also available on the Internet
site the SEC maintains at www.sec.gov and at the offices of the
American Stock Exchange. You can also request copies of these documents
from Park National.
Q. WHO CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE?
A. If you have questions, you may contact us at:
Park National Corporation SNB Corp.
50 North Third Street 499 S. Broadway
P.O. Box 3500 Greenville, Ohio 45331
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500 Attention: Alan W. Greiner,
Attention: David C. Bowers, Secretary Secretary
(740) 349-3708 (937) 548-2122
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SUMMARY
This summary highlights selected information from this proxy
statement/prospectus. It does not contain all of the information that you may
consider important. We urge you to read carefully the entire document and the
other documents referred to in this document to fully understand the proposed
merger. For a guide as to where you can obtain more information on Park National
generally, see "Where You Can Find More Information" on page [ ].
This document contains a number of forward-looking statements which
reflect the current views of Park National and/or of SNB concerning future
events that will have an effect on their future financial performance. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including
those described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, that could cause
actual results to differ materially from historical results or those currently
anticipated. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.
We propose a merger between Park National and SNB. If the holders of at
least a majority of the issued and outstanding SNB common shares adopt the
merger agreement, and if all other conditions to the consummation of the merger
are satisfied, SNB will merge into Park. As a result, SNB's operating
subsidiary, Second National Bank, a national banking association, will become a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Park National. Park National will continue its
corporate existence under Ohio law as the surviving corporation of the merger.
At the effective time of the merger, each of the outstanding SNB common shares
will be converted into approximately 5.37 Park National common shares. All SNB
common shares that are owned by SNB as treasury shares will be cancelled and
retired and no Park National common shares or other consideration will be
delivered in exchange for those common shares.
PARTIES TO THE MERGER
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION (SEE PAGE [ ])
50 North Third Street
P.O. Box 3500
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500
(740) 349-8451
Park National is an Ohio corporation registered as a bank holding
company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and subject to regulation by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Through its banking subsidiaries, The Park National Bank, Newark, Ohio,
a national banking association; The Richland Trust Company, Mansfield, Ohio, an
Ohio state-chartered bank; Century National Bank, Zanesville, Ohio, a national
banking association; and The First-Knox National Bank of Mount Vernon, a
national banking association, Park National is engaged in a general commercial
banking and trust business in small to medium population Ohio communities. In
early 1999, Park National organized Guardian Financial Services Company, an Ohio
consumer finance company based in Hilliard, Ohio. Park National's subsidiaries
operate 59 full-service offices and a network of 65 automatic teller machines in
15 central and southern Ohio counties.
Park National Bank is further divided into two banking divisions with
the Park National Division headquartered in Newark, Ohio and the Fairfield
National Division headquartered in Lancaster, Ohio. First-Knox National Bank is
similarly divided into two banking divisions with the First-Knox National
Division headquartered in Mount Vernon, Ohio and the Farmers and Savings
Division headquartered in Loudonville, Ohio.
As of December 31, 1999, Park National had total consolidated assets of
approximately $2.6 billion.
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SNB CORP.
499 S. Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331
(937) 548-2139
SNB, headquartered in Greenville, Ohio, is an Ohio corporation
organized in 1984 as a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding
Company Act and subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board. SNB has only
one subsidiary, Second National Bank.
Second National Bank, organized as a national bank in 1883, has
operated as a traditional community bank since its founding. The bank operates
full service offices in West Central Ohio in the communities of Greenville (four
offices), Arcanum (two offices), Fort Recovery (one office) and Versailles (one
office). All facilities are owned.
At December 31, 1999, Second National Bank had total assets of
approximately $319 million, total deposits of approximately $234 million and
shareholders' equity of approximately $34 million. Second National Bank had 119
employees at December 31, 1999.
Second National Bank has focused on real estate lending. At December
31, 1999, approximately 70% of its loans were secured by real estate. Its loan
portfolio by customer is diversified, approximately 55% consumer, 20% commercial
and 25% agricultural. Lendable funds are obtained primarily from deposits and
loan principal payments. Second National Bank offers a full line of checking and
NOW accounts, passbook savings, certificates of deposit and individual
retirement accounts. In addition to originating loans, Second National Bank
invests in U.S. treasury and government agency securities, corporate notes and
municipal securities.
SNB SPECIAL MEETING (See page [ ])
SNB will hold a special meeting of shareholders on [DAY], [ ], 2000, at
10:00 a.m., local time, at the North Office of Second National Bank, 1302 Wagner
Avenue, Greenville, Ohio. Only the holders of record of the issued and
outstanding SNB common shares at the close of business on [ ], 2000 will be
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting and any adjournment
of the special meeting. As of the record date, there were 155,642 SNB common
shares issued and outstanding, each of which will be entitled to one vote on
each matter properly submitted for vote to the shareholders at the SNB special
meeting.
At the SNB special meeting, SNB will ask you to consider and vote upon:
- a proposal to adopt the merger agreement, and
- the transaction of any other business that properly comes before
the special meeting or any adjournment.
The affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
issued and outstanding SNB common shares, voting in person or by proxy, is
required to adopt the merger agreement. If you abstain from voting or fail to
return your properly executed proxy card, the effect will be a vote "against"
adoption of the merger agreement. As of February 25, 2000, the directors and
executive officers of SNB (7 persons) and their respective affiliates in the
aggregate beneficially owned 44,448, or 28.6% of the outstanding SNB common
shares.
If you return your properly executed proxy card prior to the special
meeting and do not revoke it prior to its use, the SNB common shares represented
by that proxy card will be voted at the special meeting, or any adjournment of
the special meeting. The SNB common shares will be voted as specified on the
proxy card or, in the absence of specific instructions to the contrary, will be
voted "FOR" adoption of the merger agreement.
If you return a proxy card which has been voted "AGAINST" adoption of
the merger agreement, your proxy will not be used to vote to adjourn the special
meeting so that SNB may solicit further support for adoption of the merger
agreement.
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THE MERGER (See page [ ])
Reasons for the Merger (See page [ ])
The board of directors of SNB believes that the merger with Park
National is fair and in the best interests of SNB and its shareholders. In
negotiating the terms of the merger, management of SNB considered a number of
factors with a view to maximizing shareholder value in the intermediate and long
term, including:
- the value of the consideration to be received by SNB
shareholders in the merger which represents an attractive
price based on a number of factors, including relative
earnings per share, premium to book value and prices paid in
comparable transactions;
- substantially enhanced liquidity available to SNB shareholders
through ownership of Park National common shares;
- the future prospects of Second National Bank, if it continues
to operate as an independent, stand alone entity, and the
potential effect that the proposed elimination of the
"pooling-of-interests" method of accounting may have on prices
paid for financial institutions in the future;
- the opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc. that the exchange
ratio provided for in the merger agreement was fair to SNB
shareholders from a financial point of view;
- the exceptional historical financial performance of Park
National and its future earnings prospects, the potential
growth of Park National's banking operations and the
competence, experience, reputation and integrity of Park
National's management; and
- the willingness of Park National to allow Second National Bank
to continue to operate under that name as a community bank and
the excellent track record of Park National in operating
successfully a family of community banks.
In negotiating the terms of the merger, management of Park National
considered a number of factors with a view to maximizing shareholder value in
the intermediate and long term, including:
- earnings potential of the combined business;
- realization of economies of scale;
- commitment of Second National Bank management to remain with
Second National Bank following the merger; and
- expansion into two new counties in western Ohio.
The boards of directors of Park National and SNB each believe that the
operating results of Second National Bank will improve as a result of the merger
thereby providing a benefit to shareholders. The boards expect the improvement
to result from Second National Bank's ability to offer new loan and deposit
products and trust services following the merger and from the sharing of
management information and the gain of operating efficiencies in the merger.
Park National anticipates that it will reduce Second National Bank's operating
expense by eliminating duplicate back office functions and administrative
expenses, and by converting its data processing operations to Park National.
Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc. (See page [ ])
SNB's financial advisor, McDonald Investments, Inc., has delivered its
written opinion to the board of directors of SNB to the effect that, as of
December 16, 1999, the financial terms of Park National's offer to acquire SNB
were fair to SNB and its shareholders. A copy of the updated opinion of McDonald
Investments, Inc., dated as
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of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, is attached as Appendix C. You
should read the opinion in its entirety for a description of the procedures
followed, assumptions and qualifications made and matters considered by McDonald
Investments, Inc. as well as for a description of the limitations of the
opinion.
Exchange of Common Shares (See page [ ])
At the effective time of the merger, SNB will merge into Park National,
after which Park National will be the continuing and surviving corporation. As a
result of the merger, each of the issued and outstanding SNB common shares will
be converted into a number of Park National common shares equal to an exchange
ratio set forth in the merger agreement. The exchange ratio will be determined
by dividing 835,500 by the number of SNB common shares outstanding immediately
prior to the effective time of the merger, including SNB common shares covered
by options.
On February 25, 2000, there were 155,642 SNB common shares issued and
outstanding and 16 SNB common shares subject to an outstanding SNB option, the
exercise price of which was $168 per share. Based on this, the exchange ratio
will equal approximately 5.37, calculated by dividing 835,500 by 155,658.
The Park National common shares are listed on the American Stock
Exchange, under the symbol "PRK." The following table sets forth the high and
low sales prices on the American Stock Exchange of the Park National common
shares on December 16, 1999, the last trading day prior to the joint public
announcement by Park National and SNB of the proposed merger, as well as the
equivalent per share basis of the SNB common shares calculated by multiplying
the high and low sales prices of the Park National common shares on December 16,
1999 by 5.37 (the exchange ratio, rounded to the nearest hundredth). There is no
established public or other trading market for the SNB common shares.
High Low
Sales prices on December 16, 1999
for Park National common shares........... $ 114.875 $ 112.75
Equivalent per share basis................ $ 616.88 $ 605.47
WE CANNOT GUARANTEE WHAT THE MARKET PRICE OF THE PARK NATIONAL COMMON
SHARES WILL BE WHEN THE PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES ARE ACTUALLY ISSUED. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO OBTAIN CURRENT MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR THE PARK NATIONAL COMMON
SHARES.
Fractional Shares (See page [ ])
Park National will not issue fractional common shares in the merger. In
lieu of fractional shares, Park National will pay to each holder of SNB common
shares who otherwise would be entitled to receive a fraction of a Park National
share, an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the average Park National
closing sale price for the 20 trading days prior to the expiration of the
waiting period following Federal Reserve Board approval of the merger,
multiplied by that fraction.
Exchange of Certificates (See page [ ])
As soon as practicable after the consummation of the merger, First-Knox
National Bank, exchange agent for the merger, will advise each SNB shareholder
of the merger by letter accompanied by instructions for surrendering the
certificate or certificates evidencing the shareholder's SNB common shares to
the exchange agent. Certificates for SNB common shares should not be sent to
First-Knox National Bank until after receipt of the letter of transmittal and
should not be returned to SNB with the enclosed proxy.
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Accounting Treatment (See page [ ])
The consummation of the merger is conditioned upon the availability of
the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for the merger. Accounting
conventions provide that the exercise of dissenters' rights by shareholders
owning, in the aggregate, more than 10% of the common shares of SNB may prevent
the utilization of the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for the merger.
Because pooling-of-interests accounting is a condition to the merger, the
unavailability of this method could result in the termination of the merger
agreement.
Federal Income Tax Consequences (See page [ ])
The consummation of the merger is conditioned upon receipt of an
opinion of counsel to the effect that the merger will constitute a tax-free
reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. SNB
shareholders will not recognize a gain or loss upon the issuance of Park
National common shares to them. A gain or loss will be recognized, however, in
respect of cash received upon the exercise of dissenters' rights by SNB
shareholders and by SNB shareholders generally with respect to any cash received
in lieu of fractional shares. Neither the opinion of counsel nor the discussion
of federal income tax consequences in this proxy statement/prospectus is binding
upon either the Internal Revenue Service or the courts. You should consult your
own tax advisor for a full understanding of the tax consequences of the merger.
Interests of Persons in the Merger (See page [ ])
Park National has agreed to indemnify each of the officers, directors
and employees of SNB and its subsidiary, Second National Bank, to the full
extent SNB and Second National Bank would have been required to indemnify that
person under Ohio law and the governing documents of SNB and Second National
Bank. The merger agreement also provides for the continuation of director and
officer liability insurance for the directors and officers of SNB and Second
National Bank for a period of six years.
Second National Bank has entered into agreements with three senior
executives, Alan W. Greiner, Ronald W. McClurg and Marvin J. Stammen, which
provide for a severance payment if the executive's employment with Second
National Bank is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or
retirement of the executive, for "cause" or by the executive without "good
reason" within three years following a change of control of SNB. The severance
payment would be equal to the greater of:
- the sum of the executive's annual base salary at the rate in
effect as of the date his employment terminated (or, if higher, at
the rate in effect at the time of the change in control) plus an
amount equal to the average annual bonus awarded to the executive
for the two years immediately preceding the year in which the
termination occurs; or
- the executive's average annual compensation (salary and bonus) for
the five calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the
change of control occurred.
Benefits under life insurance, medical, health and accident plans would also
continue generally for a period of two years following termination of
employment. These three agreements will remain in force until December 31, 2002.
Resale of Park National Common Shares (See page [ ])
The Park National common shares to be issued upon consummation of the
merger have been registered with the SEC under the Securities Act and will be
freely transferable, except for Park National common shares received by persons
who may be deemed to be affiliates of SNB. The term "affiliate" generally
includes executive officers and directors of SNB. Affiliates may not sell their
Park National common shares, except pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act covering the Park National common shares or
in compliance with Rule 145 or another applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, SNB has obtained
customary agreements with all directors, officers and affiliates of SNB under
which those persons have agreed not to dispose of their Park National common
shares in a manner that would adversely affect the ability of Park National to
treat the merger as a pooling-of-interests for financial accounting purposes.
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Regulatory Approvals (See page [ ])
Consummation of the merger is subject to prior receipt by Park National
and SNB of all necessary regulatory approvals. The principal regulatory approval
required to be obtained is from the Federal Reserve Board. A bank holding
company merger application was filed with the Federal Reserve Board on February
2, 2000. On [ ], 2000, that application was approved. Under the terms of that
approval, Park National and SNB must complete the merger between [ ], 2000 and [
], 2000, unless the time period is extended by the Federal Reserve Board.
Other Transactions Involving Park National (See page [ ])
On December 14, 1999, Park National entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with U.B. Bancshares, Inc., an Ohio corporation registered as a bank
holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act, under which U.B. Bancshares
will merge with and into Park National. Under the terms of the U.B. Bancshares
merger agreement, as amended on February 14, 2000, the shareholders of U.B.
Bancshares on the effective date of that merger will receive an aggregate of
325,500 Park National common shares in exchange for their U.B. Bancshares common
shares. Completion of the merger is subject to various conditions, including
approval of bank regulators and other governmental agencies, approval of U.B.
Bancshares shareholders and other specified conditions to closing.
THE MERGER AGREEMENT (SEE PAGE [ ])
Representations and Warranties; Covenants (See page [ [])
In the merger agreement, Park National and SNB each have made
representations and warranties to the other. In addition, Park National and SNB
each have made covenants, including covenants related to the conduct of business
between the date of the merger agreement and the effective time of the merger.
Conditions; Effective Time
The consummation of the merger is subject to satisfaction or waiver of
a number of conditions. These include:
- adoption of the merger agreement by SNB shareholders;
- absence of any legal prohibitions against the merger;
- material compliance by Park National and SNB with their obligations
under the merger agreement;
- receipt of all required regulatory approvals and expiration of all
applicable waiting periods;
- less than 10% of SNB common shares are dissenting shares or would be
subject to purchase as fractional share interests if issued in the
merger;
- the truth and correctness of the representations and warranties of Park
National and SNB in all material respects; and
- listing of the Park National common shares to be issued in the merger
on the American Stock Exchange.
As soon as possible after the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions,
Park National will file a certificate of merger with the Ohio Secretary of
State. We currently anticipate that we will complete the merger during the
second quarter of 2000.
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Amendment and Termination (See page [ ])
We may agree in writing to amend or terminate the merger agreement at
any time without completing the merger, even after the SNB shareholders have
approved it. SNB also may decide not to proceed with the merger if the average
closing sale price of a Park National common share, for the 20 trading day
period ending on the trading day before the expiration of the waiting period
following Federal Reserve Board approval of the merger, is less than $85.71 and
if the ratio of the price decline for Park National common shares exceeds the
ratio of decline for a specific group of bank holding companies. In addition,
either SNB or Park National may decide to terminate the merger agreement:
- upon specified breaches by the other party;
- if the parties have not completed the merger by November 30, 2000;
- if a regulatory authority fails to approve the merger; or
- upon the occurrence or the failure to occur of other conditions
described in the merger agreement and described in greater detail later
in this proxy statement/prospectus.
Under specific circumstances, if the parties fail to consummate the
merger, SNB could be required to pay a special fee to Park National. In the
merger agreement, SNB has agreed not to solicit or encourage the submission of
any other acquisition proposal by a third party. However, the board of directors
of SNB is not prohibited from taking any action which is necessary in the
exercise of its fiduciary duties. If the parties do not complete the merger
because of another possible acquisition involving SNB, the merger agreement may
require SNB to pay a $2,000,000 special fee to Park National. This fee could
discourage other companies from trying to acquire SNB before the merger.
Recommendation of the Board of Directors (See page [ ])
The SNB board of directors believes that consummation of the proposed
merger is in the best interest of SNB and its shareholders. Accordingly, the SNB
board of directors recommends that you vote "FOR" adoption of the merger
agreement.
RIGHTS OF DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS (See page [ ])
Any shareholder of SNB who does not vote in favor of adoption of the
merger agreement and who delivers a written demand for payment of the fair cash
value of the shareholder's common shares in the manner provided by Section
1701.85 of the Ohio Revised Code will be entitled, if and when the merger is
consummated and upon strict compliance with the procedures described in Section
1701.85, to receive the fair cash value of the shareholder's SNB common shares.
The amount the SNB shareholder receives if the shareholder exercises dissenters'
rights may be equal to, more than or less than the value of the Park National
common shares that the shareholder otherwise would receive in the merger. A copy
of Section 1701.85 is attached as Appendix D to this document. If you wish to
submit a written demand for payment of the fair cash value of your SNB common
shares, you must deliver such notice by [ ], 2000 to SNB Corp., 499 S. Broadway,
Greenville, Ohio 45331, Attention: Alan W. Greiner, Secretary.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table presents selected consolidated financial data for
Park National on an historical basis. Except for average balance information,
the selected financial data for each of the years in the five-year period ended
December 31, 1999 is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements
of Park National, including notes to those financial statements, and other
financial information included in the Park National annual report to
shareholders included with this document, and should be read in conjunction with
that information. All share and per share information for Park National has been
restated to reflect the 5% share dividend effective as of December 15, 1999.
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PARK NATIONAL UNAUDITED SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except share data)
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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Interest income $191,920 $185,946 $180,288 $163,193 $150,288
Interest expense 76,063 78,295 77,032 69,155 64,347
Net interest income 115,857 107,651 103,256 94,038 85,941
Provision for loan losses 6,969 6,798 6,999 5,294 5,248
Noninterest income 23,088 23,969 20,701 16,660 16,049
Noninterest expense 67,540 64,309 62,408 59,112 56,501
Income tax expense 18,689 18,941 16,857 14,592 12,412
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Net income $45,747 $41,572 $37,693 $31,700 $27,829
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Earnings per share - basic $4.69 $4.24 $3.82 $3.23 $2.82
Earnings per share - diluted $4.67 $4.22 $3.81 $3.22 $2.81
Cash dividends declared per share $2.36 $1.94 $1.60 $1.38 $1.19
Book value per share (period end) $24.60 $24.12 $22.52 $20.26 $18.87
Average common shares outstanding - basic 9,753,656 9,807,582 9,855,119 9,819,497 9,865,108
Average common share equivalents - diluted 9,793,202 9,855,802 9,894,960 9,855,530 9,895,562
Common shares outstanding (period end) 9,739,834 9,773,312 9,861,956 9,822,159 9,702,798
Average balances:
Assets $2,517,489 $2,335,483 $2,219,582 $2,011,795 $1,872,999
Earning assets 2,359,189 2,178,527 2,084,146 1,891,653 1,756,689
Deposits 1,961,471 1,876,976 1,779,463 1,628,181 1,513,731
Short-term borrowings 295,309 190,175 162,626 126,721 139,035
Long-term debt 1,254 15,099 46,652 46,497 33,413
Shareholders' equity 235,466 226,601 206,999 187,755 168,432
Year-end balances:
Assets $2,634,337 $2,460,779 $2,288,383 $2,184,970 $1,973,107
Long-term debt 76 8,430 30,868 62,375 33,415
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COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES AND OF SNB COMMON
SHARES
After the merger, SNB shareholders will become shareholders of Park
National and the articles and regulations of Park National will govern their
rights as shareholders. Several differences exist between the articles and
regulations of SNB and the articles and regulations of Park National. However,
since SNB and Park National are both Ohio corporations, Ohio law will continue
to govern the rights of SNB shareholders after the merger.
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RISK FACTORS
You should consider the following matters in deciding how to vote. You
also should consider the other information included or incorporated by reference
in this document.
SINCE THE MARKET PRICE OF PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES FLUCTUATES, SNB
SHAREHOLDERS CANNOT BE SURE OF THE MARKET VALUE OF THE PARK NATIONAL COMMON
SHARES THEY WILL RECEIVE IN THE MERGER.
- At the time the merger is completed, each SNB common share will be
converted into approximately 5.37 Park National common shares.
This exchange ratio will not be adjusted in the event of any
increase or decrease in the price of the Park National common
shares or the SNB common shares. As a result, the value of the
Park National common shares received by SNB shareholders in the
merger may be higher or lower than the market value of the Park
National common shares at the time you vote on the merger
agreement. SNB may decide not to proceed with the merger if the
average closing sale price of Park National common shares, for the
20 trading day period ending on the trading day before the
expiration of the waiting period following Federal Reserve Board
approval of the merger, is less than $85.71 and if the ratio of
the price decline for Park National common shares exceeds the
ratio of decline for a specific group of bank holding companies.
SNB, however, is not obligated to exercise this right and the
parties could decide to proceed with the merger even if the
average price for that period is less than $85.71 per share. If
SNB notifies Park National that SNB intends to exercise its right,
Park National may elect to complete the merger by increasing the
number of Park National common shares to be issued to SNB
shareholders as provided in the merger agreement.
WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT PARK NATIONAL AND SNB WILL SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE
THEIR BUSINESSES.
- Second National Bank, a national banking association, is the only
subsidiary of SNB. Park National currently intends to operate
Second National Bank as a separate subsidiary after the merger
under its present management. The merger will nevertheless require
some integration of the management and operations of companies
that have previously operated separately. This involves a number
of risks, including the possible loss of key management personnel
and additional demands on management resulting from the increase
in the consolidated size of Park National after the merger.
THE TERMINATION FEE MAY DISCOURAGE OTHER COMPANIES FROM TRYING TO ACQUIRE SNB
EVEN IF THE OTHER ACQUISITION COULD OFFER HIGHER IMMEDIATE VALUE TO SNB
SHAREHOLDERS.
- We have agreed to a termination fee that could discourage other
companies from trying to acquire SNB. Other acquisitions might be
superior to the merger for SNB shareholders. If this termination
fee were to be paid, SNB would experience a negative impact on its
financial condition and results of operations. This could
discourage other companies from trying to acquire SNB.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF SNB MAY HAVE INTERESTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
FROM OR IN ADDITION TO YOUR INTERESTS AS A SHAREHOLDER.
- When considering the recommendations of the SNB board of
directors, you should be aware that some members of the SNB board
of directors and some executive officers of SNB may have interests
in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, your
interests as shareholders.
- After the merger, Park National will indemnify each of the
officers, directors and employees of SNB and Second National Bank
from and against specific liabilities arising out of the fact that
the individual is or was an officer, director or employee of SNB
or Second National Bank. The merger agreement also provides for
the continuation of director and officer liability insurance for
SNB's directors and officers for a period of six years.
- Second National Bank has entered into agreements with three senior
executives, Alan W. Greiner, Ronald W. McClurg and Marvin J.
Stammen, which provide for a severance payment if the executive's
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employment with Second National Bank is terminated for any reason
other than death, disability or retirement of the executive, for
"cause" or by the executive without "good reason" within three
years following a change of control of SNB. The severance payment
would be equal to the greater of:
- the sum of the executive's annual base salary at the rate in
effect as of the date his employment terminated (or, if higher, at
the rate in effect at the time of the change in control) plus an
amount equal to the average annual bonus awarded to the executive
for the two years immediately preceding the year in which the
termination occurs; or
- the executive's average annual compensation (salary and bonus) for
the five calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the
change of control occurred.
Benefits under life insurance, medical, health and accident plans would
also continue generally for a period of two years following termination
of employment. These three agreements will remain in force until
December 31, 2002.
THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE.
- Park National's financial institution affiliates compete with other
commercial banks, thrift institutions and other financial service
providers. Competitors now include securities dealers, brokers,
mortgage bankers, investment advisors, finance companies and insurance
companies. Many of the newer competitors offer one-stop financial
services to their customers that may include services that banks may
not have been able or legally permitted to offer their customers in the
past. The increasingly competitive environment is largely the result of
changes in regulation and technology and continuing consolidation of
the banking and thrift industry. Park National's ability to increase
shareholder value will depend, in part, on its ability to offer
financial services, products and delivery systems that meet the needs
and demands of its customers.
ECONOMIC CHANGES COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT PARK NATIONAL'S PROFITABILITY.
- Park National's income is heavily dependent on its net interest income.
Net interest income is the difference between earnings from
interest-earning assets, including loans and investments, and the rates
paid for interest-bearing liabilities, including deposits and
borrowings. Rates are highly sensitive to many factors beyond Park
National's control, including general economic conditions, the policies
of various governmental and regulatory agencies and general interest
rate levels. Fluctuations in these areas may adversely affect the
profitability of Park National.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION AND LEGISLATION COULD LIMIT PARK NATIONAL'S FUTURE
GROWTH.
- Park National and its subsidiaries are subject to regulation and
supervision by various federal and state governmental agencies.
Regulations issued by these agencies may change in the future and could
negatively influence Park National's ability to expand services and
increase the value of its business.
- An important function of the Federal Reserve Board is the regulation of
the national supply of bank credit in order to prevent recession and
restrain inflation. In order to implement these objectives, the Federal
Reserve Board uses open market operations in U.S. government
securities, changes in the discount rate on member bank borrowings and
changes in reserve requirements on member bank deposits. The Federal
Reserve Board uses these procedures in varying combinations to
influence overall growth and distribution of bank loans, investments
and deposits and their use may also affect interest rates charged on
loans or paid for deposits. These policies and procedures of the
Federal Reserve Board will likely have significant impact on the
operating results of the banking industry in general, but we cannot
accurately predict what effect, if any, they will have upon the future
business and earnings of Park National.
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PARK NATIONAL'S ACQUISITION STRATEGY COULD POSE RISKS IN THE FUTURE.
- On December 14, 1999, Park National entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with U.B. Bancshares, Inc., pursuant to which U.B. Bancshares
will merge with and into Park National. Under the terms of the U.B.
Bancshares merger agreement, as amended on February 14, 2000, the
shareholders of U.B. Bancshares on the effective date of the U.B.
Bancshares merger will receive an aggregate of 325,500 Park National
common shares in exchange for their U.B. Bancshares common shares. In
addition, Park National has grown through acquisitions during recent
years and anticipates that it will make additional acquisitions in the
future. Park National may need to issue additional common shares to pay
for future acquisitions, which would further dilute the ownership
interest of Park National shareholders, including former SNB
shareholders. Future acquisitions also may require Park National to use
substantial cash or other liquid assets or to incur debt. If this
occurs, Park National may be more susceptible to economic downturns and
competitive pressures.
THE SNB SPECIAL MEETING
This proxy statement/prospectus is furnished to the shareholders of SNB
in connection with the solicitation on behalf of the board of directors of SNB
of proxies for use at the SNB special meeting to be held at the North Office of
Second National Bank, 1302 Wagner Avenue, Greenville, Ohio, on [DAY], [ ], 2000
at 10:00 a.m., local time, or any adjournment. This proxy statement/prospectus
and the accompanying form of proxy card were first mailed to SNB shareholders on
or about [ ], 2000.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE SNB SPECIAL MEETING
At the SNB special meeting, SNB shareholders will be asked to consider
and vote upon the adoption of the merger agreement. SNB shareholders also will
consider and vote upon any other business which properly comes before the SNB
special meeting.
The SNB Board of Directors has unanimously approved the merger
agreement and recommends that you vote "FOR" adoption of the merger agreement.
VOTING AT THE SNB SPECIAL MEETING; SNB RECORD DATE
Only holders of record of SNB common shares at the close of business on
[ ], 2000 will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the SNB special
meeting. As of that date, there were 155,642 SNB common shares issued and
outstanding. Each SNB common share entitles the holder to one vote on each
matter to be submitted to the SNB shareholders at the SNB special meeting. A
majority of the issued and outstanding SNB common shares constitutes a quorum
for the SNB special meeting.
SNB common shares represented by signed proxy cards or voting
instructions that are returned to SNB will be counted toward the quorum in all
matters even though they are marked as "abstain" or "against" or they are not
marked at all. Broker non-votes will also count toward the establishment of a
quorum. BECAUSE THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE HOLDERS OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF
THE ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE MERGER
AGREEMENT, THE EFFECT OF AN ABSTENTION OR BROKER NON-VOTE IS THE SAME AS A "NO"
VOTE.
If you properly sign and return the accompanying proxy card to SNB
prior to the SNB special meeting and do not revoke it, your proxy will be voted
in accordance with the instructions contained on the card. If you do not give
any instructions, the persons designated as proxies in the accompanying proxy
card will vote "FOR" adoption of the merger agreement. In that event, you will
not have the right to dissent from the merger and demand payment of the "fair
cash value" of your SNB common shares.
THE PROXIES OF THE SNB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY NOT VOTE SNB COMMON
SHARES REPRESENTED BY YOUR PROXY CARD WHICH HAVE BEEN VOTED "AGAINST" ADOPTION
OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT TO ADJOURN THE SNB SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SOLICITING FURTHER SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
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The SNB board of directors is not currently aware of any matters other
than those referred to above which will come before the SNB special meeting. If
any other matter should be presented at the SNB special meeting for action, the
persons named in the accompanying proxy card will vote your common shares in
their own discretion.
You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is actually voted at
the SNB special meeting by delivering written notice of revocation to the
Secretary of SNB, Alan W. Greiner, by submitting a later dated proxy, or by
attending the SNB special meeting and voting in person. YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE
SNB SPECIAL MEETING WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CONSTITUTE A REVOCATION OF YOUR
PROXY.
Park National and SNB will share the expense of preparing, printing and
mailing proxy materials to the SNB shareholders. In addition, proxies may be
solicited personally or by telephone, mail or telegraph. Officers or employees
of SNB may assist with personal or telephone solicitation and will receive no
additional compensation for doing so. SNB will also reimburse brokerage houses
and other nominees for their reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy materials
to beneficial owners of the SNB common shares.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS OF PARK NATIONAL
The following table provides information regarding the beneficial
ownership of Park National common shares as of February 25, 2000, for each of
the current directors of Park National, each of the executive officers of Park
National, all directors and executive officers of Park National as a group, and
each person known by Park National to beneficially own more than 5% of the
outstanding Park National common shares. As of February 25, 2000, none of the
directors or executive officers of Park National held SNB common shares.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (1)
Park National
Common Shares
Which Can Be Percent of Class (2)
Acquired Upon --------------------
Name of Beneficial Park National Exercise of Options
Owner or Number of Common Shares Exercisable
of Persons in Group Presently Held Within 60 Days Total February 25, Post-
- ------------------- -------------- ------------------- ----- 2000 Merger (3)
---- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
The Park National Bank,
Trust Department 1,334,381 (4) 0 1,334,381 13.7% 12.3%
50 North Third Street
Newark, OH 43055
John L. Warner 851,828 (5) 0 851,828 8.8% 7.8%
868 Shoreham Road
Newark, OH 43055
Maureen Buchwald 1,524 1,303 2,827 (6) (6)
James J. Cullers 8,510 (7) 651 9,161 (6) (6)
C. Daniel DeLawder (8) 82,686 (9) 5,991 88,677 (6) (6)
D. C. Fanello 1,049 (10) 0 1,049 (6) (6)
R. William Geyer 4,882 (11) 0 4,882 (6) (6)
Philip H. Jordan, Jr., Ph.D. 3,609 (12) 0 3,609 (6) (6)
Howard E. LeFevre 47,989 (13)(14) 0 47,989 (6) (6)
Phillip T. Leitnaker 2,513 (15) 0 2,513 (6) (6)
Tami L. Longaberger 1,663 0 1,663 (6) (6)
William T. McConnell (8) 193,630 (13)(16) 0 193,630 2.0% 1.8%
James A. McElroy 34,702 (17) 1,303 36,005 (6) (6)
John J. O'Neill 142,002 (13) 0 142,002 1.5% 1.3%
William A. Phillips 8,793 (18) 0 8,793 (6) (6)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
J. Gilbert Reese 432,306 (13)(19) 0 432,306 4.4% 4.0%
Rick R. Taylor 1,452 0 1,452 (6) (6)
David C. Bowers (8) 28,329 (20) 4,200 32,529 (6) (6)
All current executive officers and
directors as a group (17 persons) 1,847,467 (21) 13,448 1,860,915 19.1% 17.1%
- ------------------------
</TABLE>
(1) Unless otherwise noted, the beneficial owner has sole voting and
investment power with respect to all of the common shares reflected in the
table. All fractional common shares have been rounded to the nearest whole
common share.
(2) The percent of class is based on 9,719,637 common shares
outstanding and entitled to vote on February 25, 2000 and the number of common
shares, if any, as to which the named person has the right to acquire beneficial
ownership upon the exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of that date.
(3) The post-merger percent of class is based on the issuance of
835,500 common shares in the SNB merger and 325,500 common shares in the U.B.
Bancshares merger. For more information, see "The Merger - Other Transactions
Involving Park National" on page [ ].
(4) Park National Bank has sole voting and investment power with
respect to 1,324,931 of these common shares and shared voting and investment
power with respect to 9,450 of these common shares. The officers and directors
of Park National Bank and Park National disclaim beneficial ownership of the
common shares beneficially owned by the Trust Department of Park National Bank.
The number shown does not include common shares held by Park National Bank's
Trust Department in various trust accounts, as to which Park National Bank's
Trust Department has no voting or investment power.
(5) The number shown includes 358,386 common shares held by Mr. Warner
in a family trust for which Mr. Warner serves as trustee and exercises sole
voting and investment power; 9,450 common shares held in a family trust for
which he serves as co-trustee with Park National Bank's Trust Department and
exercises shared voting and investment power; and 5,722 common shares held by
the wife of Mr. Warner as to which she exercises sole voting and investment
power.
(6) Represents ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding common
shares.
(7) The number shown includes 592 common shares held by Mr. Cullers'
wife; 622 common shares held in a trust with respect to which Mr. Cullers has
sole voting and investment power; 4,513 common shares held in a Keough plan
maintained by Mr. Cullers' law firm with respect to which Mr. Cullers has voting
and investment power; 160 common shares held by Mr. Cullers as custodian for his
grandchildren; and 88 common shares held by Mr. Cullers' wife as custodian for
their grandchildren. The number shown does not include 20,127 common shares held
by Mr. Cullers as trustee of a trust as to which the grantor has retained sole
voting and investment power.
(8) Executive officer of Park National named in the Summary
Compensation Table on page [ ].
(9) The number shown includes 34,965 common shares held by the wife of
Mr. DeLawder as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power; 1,073
common shares held by Mr. DeLawder's daughter and 1,072 common shares held by
Mr. DeLawder's son as to which Mr. DeLawder exercises shared voting and
investment power; and 6,477 common shares held for the account of Mr. DeLawder
in the Park National 401(k) plan.
(10) The number shown includes 1,049 common shares held in a trust as
to which Mr. Fanello has sole voting and investment power; but does not include
420 common shares held in a grantor trust established for the benefit of the
wife of Mr. Fanello, with respect to which common shares Mr. Fanello has no
voting or investment power.
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(11) The number shown includes 613 common shares held by the wife of
Mr. Geyer as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power; and 2,835
common shares held in Mr. Geyer's account in a Keough plan.
(12) The number shown includes 3,609 common shares held in a trust with
respect to which Mr. Jordan has sole voting and investment power.
(13) The number shown does not include 27,803 common shares owned by
the Newark Campus Development Fund, an Ohio not for profit corporation, of which
the following directors of Park National serve as officers and/or trustees:
Messrs. LeFevre, McConnell, O'Neill and Reese. None of these individuals has the
power to vote these common shares without the consent of a majority of the
Newark Campus Development Fund's board of trustees and, therefore, each
disclaims beneficial ownership of the common shares.
(14) The number shown includes 47,989 common shares held in an inter
vivos trust created by Mr. LeFevre for which Park National Bank's Trust
Department serves as trustee and Mr. LeFevre exercises sole voting and
investment power.
(15) The number shown includes 980 common shares held jointly by Mr.
Leitnaker and his wife as to which they share voting and investment power; and
525 common shares held by the wife of Mr. Leitnaker as to which she exercises
sole voting or investment power.
(16) The number shown includes 70,954 common shares held by the wife of
Mr. McConnell as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power; 16,170
common shares held in an inter vivos irrevocable trust established by Mr.
McConnell with respect to which Park National Bank's Trust Department serves as
trustee; and 3,676 common shares held for the account of Mr. McConnell in the
Park National 401(k) plan.
(17) The number shown includes 20,127 common shares held in a trust as
to which Mr. McElroy exercises sole voting and investment power; 12,324 common
shares owned by AMG Industries, Inc., a corporation controlled by Mr. McElroy;
and 651 common shares held by Mr. McElroy's wife as to which she exercises sole
voting and investment power.
(18) The number shown includes 935 common shares held for the account
of Mr. Phillips in the Park National 401(k) plan and 3,675 common shares held by
Mr. Phillips' wife as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power.
(19) The number shown includes 53,676 common shares held by the wife of
Mr. Reese as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power.
(20) The number shown includes 4,250 common shares held for the account
of Mr. Bowers in the Park National 401(k) plan and 2,921 common shares held by
Mr. Bowers' wife as to which she exercises sole voting and investment power.
(21) See Notes (5), (7) and (9) through (20) above.
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS OF SNB
The following table furnishes information regarding the beneficial
ownership of SNB common shares as of February 25, 2000 for each of the current
directors of SNB, each of the executive officers of SNB, all directors and
executive officers of SNB as a group, and each person known by SNB to
beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding SNB common shares. As of
February 25, 2000, none of the directors or executive officers of SNB held Park
National common shares.
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (1)
---------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Park National
SNB Common Post-Merger
Name of Beneficial Common Shares Percentage Shares to be Percentage
Owner or Number Presently Ownership Received in Ownership
of Persons in Group Held of SNB (2) Merger of Park (3)
- -------------------- ---- ---------- ------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Fred C. Brumbaugh 30,509 19.6% 163,758 1.5%
3300 Office Park Drive,
Dayton, Ohio 45349
Martha Furman (5) 30,485 19.6% 163,629 1.5%
1014 Popular Hill Road
Baltimore, Maryland
21210
Hilda B. Mangel (5) 27,625 17.7% 148,278 1.4%
205 Melrose Avenue
Kenilworth, Illinois
60043
Marvin J. Stammen 8,155 5.2% 43,772 (4)
6497 Fairway Court
Greenville, Ohio 45331
William D. Blaine 700 (4) 3,757 (4)
Neil J. Diller 926 (4) 4,970 (4)
Alan W. Greiner 1,160 (4) 6,226 (4)
Raymond H. Lear 1,098 (4) 5,893 (4)
Ronald W. McClurg 1,900 1.2% 10,198 (4)
All current directors and 44,448 28.6% 238,574 2.2%
executive officers as a
group (7 persons) (6)
</TABLE>
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(1) Unless otherwise noted, the beneficial owner has sole voting and
investment power with respect to all of the common shares reflected in the
table.
(2) The percent of class is based on 155,642 SNB common shares
outstanding and entitled to vote on February 25, 2000. None of the named persons
owns options to purchase SNB common shares.
(3) The post-merger percent of class is based on 9,719,637 Park
National common shares outstanding as of February 25, 2000, the issuance of
835,500 Park National common shares in the SNB merger and the issuance of
325,500 Park National common shares in the U.B. Bancshares merger. For more
information, see "The Merger - Other Transactions Involving Park National" on
page [ ].
(4) Represents ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding common
shares.
(5) Includes common shares held by their spouses, children and trusts
for the benefit of those family members.
(6) Fred C. Brumbaugh, Marvin J. Stammen, William D. Blaine, Neil J.
Diller, Raymond H. Lear and Ronald W. McClurg are directors of SNB. Alan W.
Greiner is Secretary of SNB.
THE MERGER
This section of the proxy statement/prospectus contains a summary of
the material terms of the merger. The following description summarizes all of
the material terms of the merger; however, we do not address every provision of
the merger agreement and qualify our description by reference to the merger
agreement. A copy of the merger agreement, and an amendment to the merger
agreement, is attached to this document as Appendix A. We urge you to read the
merger agreement, including the amendment, in its entirety.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, at the effective time of the
merger, SNB will merge into Park National and the separate existence of SNB will
end. At that time, each issued and outstanding SNB common share will be
converted into approximately 5.37 Park National common shares. All SNB common
shares that are owned by SNB as treasury shares will be canceled and retired and
no Park National common shares or other consideration will be delivered in
exchange for those shares. For more information, see "The Merger - Effect on
Outstanding Park National Common Shares and Exchange of SNB Common Shares -
Exchange of SNB Common Shares" on page [ ]. As discussed further below, the
consideration to be received by the SNB shareholders in the merger was
determined by arm's-length negotiations between the management of Park National
and SNB.
Park National has provided all information contained in this proxy
statement/prospectus relating to Park National and SNB has provided all
information relating to SNB. The party providing the information is responsible
for the accuracy of that information.
BACKGROUND
The following is a brief summary of the negotiations between the
management and boards of directors of SNB and Park National.
SNB's wholly-owned subsidiary, Second National Bank, has operated as an
independent community bank since it was founded in 1883. In the summer of 1999,
three factors primarily influenced the SNB board of directors to change SNB's
historic course of remaining independent and consider a possible business
combination with a larger financial institution:
(1) the concern that significant consolidation among financial
institutions, especially in Ohio and Indiana, would
substantially increase competition from larger financial
institutions offering an array of financial products which
could adversely affect opportunities for growth of an
independent, stand alone community bank;
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(2) the belief that the current merger market for financial
institutions would provide shareholders of SNB an attractive
price for their common shares and substantially enhanced
liquidity for their investment; and
(3) the negative impact that the possible elimination of the
"pooling-of-interests" method of accounting might have on
prices being paid for acquired financial institutions.
On August 24, 1999, the executive committee of SNB met with
representatives of McDonald Investments, Inc. McDonald discussed with the
committee McDonald's qualifications to serve as financial advisor to SNB and the
then current merger market for financial institutions. On September 7, 1999, SNB
formally engaged McDonald to act as its financial advisor and in that capacity
to assess and report in detail on current market conditions for financial
institution mergers and, if requested by the SNB board of directors, to assist
in identifying and contacting a limited number of publicly traded financial
institutions that might be interested in a merger with SNB.
On October 20, 1999, the SNB board of directors authorized McDonald to
contact a discrete number of financial institutions that McDonald believed would
be interested in a possible business combination with SNB. SNB authorized
McDonald to solicit, on a confidential basis, non-binding indications of
interest for the acquisition of SNB from those institutions, with the
understanding that the board of directors of SNB had not yet determined that the
sale of SNB was desirable and in the best interests of SNB's shareholders.
On November 19, 1999, the SNB board of directors met with McDonald. At
the meeting, McDonald advised the board that it had received non-binding
indications of interest to acquire SNB in stock-for-stock merger transactions
from two institutions and had been informed that another institution was
interested in making a proposal but was not currently in a position to submit a
proposal. At the meeting, McDonald presented its report analyzing each of the
proposals. In connection with its evaluation, McDonald presented a financial
analysis of each of the offerors and a financial analysis of the proposed
consideration, including a review of the historical performance of the stock of
each offeror. McDonald stated that Park National's willingness to proceed with a
definitive offer to acquire SNB was premised upon Park National being chosen as
the sole institution to conduct due diligence and to proceed with the
negotiation of a definitive merger agreement.
At the meeting of the SNB board on November 19, 1999, Fred C.
Brumbaugh, Chairman of the Board and President of SNB, and Marvin J. Stammen,
Executive Vice President of SNB and President and Chief Executive Officer of
Second National Bank, reported that they had met with representatives of Park
National's senior management on October 28, 1999 and had a number of follow up
telephone conversations. Messrs. Brumbaugh and Stammen stated that they believed
that Park National's track record proved that it respected the "community bank"
concept and understood how to enhance the financial performance of a community
bank without impairing the bank's role or reputation in its community. They both
believed that Park National had a strong management team, that its financial
performance had been exceptional and that it offered the best cultural fit with
Second National Bank. They further believed that Park National could continue
and enhance the essential financial services that Second National Bank provided
to the communities which it serves.
After extensive discussion, the SNB board of directors determined that,
based on McDonald's financial analysis, Park National's proposal represented the
superior proposal from a financial point of view. The SNB board of directors
also believed, based on Park National's reputation in the Midwestern banking
community and its own members' knowledge of and respect for Park National's
management, that it was in the best interest of shareholders of SNB to proceed
to negotiate a merger agreement with Park National on an exclusive basis. The
willingness of the SNB board of directors to proceed with Park National on an
exclusive basis was premised on Park National agreeing to conduct its due
diligence and the merger negotiations on an expedited basis, with a view to
executing a definitive merger agreement no later than December 20, 1999. Park
National agreed to proceed expeditiously and on December 17, 1999, the merger
agreement was executed.
REASONS FOR THE MERGER
The decision of the Park National board of directors to approve the
merger agreement and the decision of the SNB board of directors to approve the
merger agreement and recommend that its shareholders adopt the merger
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agreement are the result of each board of directors' individual assessment of
the opportunities to enhance shareholder value as a result of the merger.
The board of directors of SNB believes that the merger with Park
National is fair and in the best interest of SNB and its shareholders and
recommends that its shareholders vote "FOR" adoption of the merger agreement.
The SNB board of directors considered all of the following factors in approving
the merger agreement and believes that each of the factors represents an
important reason why it is recommending that its shareholders vote in favor of
adopting the merger agreement:
- the value of the consideration to be received by SNB
shareholders in the merger represents an attractive price
based on a number factors, including relative earnings per
share, premium to book value and prices paid in comparable
transactions;
- substantially enhanced liquidity available to SNB shareholders
through ownership of Park National common shares;
- the future prospects of Second National Bank, if it continues
to operate as an independent, stand alone entity, and the
potential effect that the proposed elimination of the
"pooling-of-interests" method of accounting may have on prices
paid for financial institutions in the future;
- McDonald's opinion that the exchange ratio provided for in the
merger agreement was fair to SNB shareholders from a financial
point of view;
- the exceptional historical financial performance of Park
National and its future earnings prospects, the potential
growth of Park National's banking operations and the
competence, experience, reputation and integrity of Park
National's management; and
- the willingness of Park National to allow Second National Bank
to continue to operate under that name as a community bank and
the excellent track record of Park National in operating
successfully a family of community banks.
In negotiating the terms of the merger, management of Park National
considered a number of factors with a view to maximizing shareholder value in
the intermediate and long term, including:
- earnings potential of the combined business;
- realization of economies of scale;
- commitment of Second National Bank management to remain with
Second National Bank following the merger; and
- expansion into two new counties in western Ohio.
The boards of directors of Park National and SNB each believe that the
operating results of Second National Bank will improve as a result of the merger
thereby providing a benefit to shareholders. The boards expect the improvement
to result from Second National Bank's ability to offer new loan and deposit
products and trust services following the merger and from the sharing of
management information and the gain of operating efficiencies in the merger.
Park National anticipates that it will reduce Second National Bank's operating
expense by eliminating duplicate back office functions and administrative
expenses, and by converting its data processing operations to Park National.
Park National's primary financial goal is to achieve a superior
long-term return on shareholders' equity which the Park National board of
directors believes may be achieved through the merger. The tables below compare
(1) the return on average assets for Park National, all U.S. bank holding
companies with $1 billion to $3 billion in
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consolidated assets and SNB, and (2) the return on average equity for Park
National, all U.S. bank holding companies with $1 billion to $3 billion in
consolidated assets and SNB.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RETURN ON AVERAGE ASSETS
Year ended December 31,
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1997 1998 1999
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Park National 1.70% 1.78% 1.82%
Peer U.S. bank holding 1.28% 1.20% 1.19%
companies
SNB 1.44% 1.41% .27%
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RETURN ON AVERAGE EQUITY
Year ended December 31,
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1997 1998 1999
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Park National 18.21% 18.35% 19.43%
Peer U.S. bank holding 14.19% 13.63% 13.84% (l)
companies
SNB 12.50% 11.72% 2.29%
</TABLE>
(l) Peer group information for 1999 is as of September 30, 1999,
because year-end information is not yet available.
OPINION OF MCDONALD INVESTMENTS, INC.
On September 7, 1999, SNB retained McDonald to act as SNB's financial
advisor in connection with a possible business combination with a larger,
publicly-owned financial institution. As part of its engagement, McDonald
assessed and analyzed current market conditions for financial institution
mergers, focusing on recent bank merger transactions involving acquired
companies with asset size, financial condition, profitability and market
penetration similar to those of SNB. If the SNB board of directors determined to
further explore a business combination, McDonald agreed to identify and contact
a limited number of suitable candidates, prepare a confidential information
package, evaluate proposals and provide other investment banking assistance,
including, if requested by SNB's board of directors, to render an opinion with
respect to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the holders of SNB
common shares, of the consideration to be received in the business combination.
McDonald is a nationally recognized specialist in the financial
services industry, in general, and in Midwestern banks and thrifts in
particular. McDonald is regularly engaged in valuations of similar businesses
and in advising institutions with regard to mergers and acquisitions, as well as
raising debt and equity capital for those institutions. SNB selected McDonald as
its financial advisor based upon McDonald's qualifications, expertise and
reputation in that capacity.
On December 16, 1999, McDonald delivered to SNB's board of directors
its oral opinion, which McDonald subsequently confirmed in writing, that the
exchange ratio determined by SNB and Park National for the merger was fair to
SNB shareholders, from a financial point of view, as of the date of the opinion.
McDonald also has delivered to SNB's board of directors a written opinion as of
the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, which is substantially similar to
the opinion delivered on December 16, 1999. No limitations were imposed by SNB
on McDonald concerning the investigations made or the procedures followed in
rendering its opinion.
The full text of the McDonald opinion, which sets forth the assumptions
made, matters considered and extent of review by McDonald, is attached as
Appendix C to this proxy statement/prospectus. You should read McDonald's
opinion in its entirety. The McDonald opinion is addressed to the SNB board of
directors and does not
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constitute a recommendation to any shareholder of SNB as to how the shareholder
should vote on the merger at the SNB special meeting.
McDonald, in connection with rendering its opinion:
- reviewed the merger agreement and its exhibits and related
documents;
- reviewed publicly available financial statements of SNB and Park
National;
- reviewed other public and non-public information, primarily
financial in nature, relating to the respective businesses,
earnings, assets and prospects of SNB and Park National provided
to McDonald or publicly available;
- participated in meetings and telephone conferences with members
of senior management of SNB and Park National concerning the
financial condition, business, assets, financial forecasts and
prospects of the respective corporations, as well as other
matters McDonald believed relevant to its inquiry;
- reviewed stock market information for Park National's common
shares and compared it with similar information for various
companies, the securities of which are publicly traded;
- compared the results of operations and financial condition of SNB
and Park National with those of various companies which McDonald
deemed to be relevant for purposes of its opinion;
- reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of
various acquisition transactions which McDonald deemed to be
relevant for purposes of its opinion; and
- performed other reviews and analyses as McDonald deemed
appropriate.
The oral and written opinions provided by McDonald to SNB were
necessarily based upon economic, monetary, financial market and other relevant
conditions as of the dates of those opinions.
In connection with its review and arriving at its opinion, McDonald
relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the financial information and other
pertinent information provided by SNB to McDonald for purposes of rendering its
opinion. McDonald did not assume any obligation to independently verify any of
the provided information as being complete and accurate in all material
respects. With regard to financial forecasts established and developed for SNB
and Park National with the input of the respective managements, as well as
projections of cost savings, revenue enhancements and operating synergies,
McDonald assumed that these materials had been reasonably prepared on bases
reflecting the best available estimates and judgments of SNB and Park National
as to the future performance of the separate and combined entities and that the
projections provided a reasonable basis upon which McDonald could formulate its
opinion.
McDonald does not claim to be an expert in the evaluation of loan
portfolios or the allowance for loan losses with respect to those loan
portfolios and therefore assumes that the allowances for SNB and Park National
are adequate to cover losses. In addition, McDonald does not assume
responsibility for the review of individual credit files. McDonald also did not
make an independent evaluation, appraisal or physical inspection of the assets
or individual properties of SNB or Park National. Furthermore, McDonald assumed
that the merger will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the merger
agreement, without any waiver of any material terms or conditions by SNB and
that obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals for the merger will not have
an adverse effect on either separate institution or the combined entity.
Moreover, in each analysis that involves per share data for SNB, McDonald
adjusted the data to reflect full dilution, i.e., the effect of the exercise of
outstanding options. In particular, McDonald assumed that the merger will be
recorded as a "pooling-of-interests" in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
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In connection with rendering its opinion to SNB's board of directors,
McDonald performed a variety of financial and comparative analyses, which are
briefly summarized below. The summary of analyses does not purport to be a
complete description of the analyses performed by McDonald. Moreover, McDonald
believes that these analyses must be considered as a whole and that selecting
portions of the analyses and the factors considered, without considering all of
the analyses and factors, could create an incomplete understanding of the scope
of the process underlying the analyses and, more importantly, the opinion
derived from them. The preparation of a financial advisor's opinion is a complex
process involving subjective judgments and is not necessarily susceptible to
partial analyses or a summary description of those analyses. In its full
analysis, McDonald also included assumptions with respect to general economic,
financial market and other financial conditions. Furthermore, McDonald drew from
its past experience in similar transactions, as well as its experience in the
valuation of securities and its general knowledge of the banking industry as a
whole. Any estimates in McDonald's analyses were not necessarily indicative of
actual future results or values, which may significantly diverge favorably or
adversely from the estimates. Estimates of company valuations do not purport to
be appraisals nor to necessarily reflect the prices at which companies or their
respective securities actually may be sold. None of the analyses performed by
McDonald were assigned a greater significance by McDonald than any other in
deriving its opinion.
Comparable Companies Analyses. McDonald reviewed and compared actual
stock market data and actual and estimated selected financial information for
Park National with corresponding information for:
- 24 publicly traded bank holding companies with assets between $1.5
billion and $8 billion, which publicly traded bank holding
companies are considered to be in the Park National peer group,
and
- 9 publicly traded bank holding companies with tangible
equity/assets greater than 7%, an efficiency ratio less than 55%
and a return on average equity greater than 18%, which publicly
traded bank holding companies are considered to be in a high
performing peer group of Park National.
The publicly traded bank holding companies considered to be in the Park
National peer group are listed below, ranked by asset size:
1 Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, OH
2 Citizens Banking Corporation Flint, MI
3 Old National Bancorp Evansville, IN
4 UMB Financial Corporation Kansas City, MO
5 Community First Bankshares Fargo, ND
6 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Itasca, IL
7 AMCORE Financial, Inc. Rockford, IL
8 Republic Bancorp Inc. Owosso, MI
9 First Financial Bancorp. Hamilton, OH
10 1st Source Corporation South Bend, IN
11 First Commerce Bancshares Lincoln, NE
12 Corus Bankshares, Inc. Chicago, IL
13 Area Bancshares Corporation Owensboro, KY
14 Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. Pikeville, KY
15 National City Bancshares, Inc. Evansville, IN
16 Brenton Banks, Inc. Des Moines, IA
17 Chemical Financial Corporation Midland, MI
18 First Financial Corporation Terre Haute, IN
19 Independent Bank Corporation Ionia, MI
20 Irwin Financial Corporation Columbus, IN
21 Wintrust Financial Corporation Lake Forest, IL
22 Second Bancorp, Incorporated Warren, OH
23 Mississippi Valley Bancshares St. Louis, MO
24 Mid-America Bancorp Louisville, KY
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The table below represents a summary analysis of the Park National peer
group based on market prices as of December 15, 1999, and the latest publicly
available financial data as of or for the twelve months ended September 30,
1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARK
MEAN MEDIAN NATIONAL
---- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Price to Last Twelve Months Earnings Per Share 14.4x 14.3x 23.4x
Price to 1999 Estimated Earnings Per Share 13.7x 14.2x 24.2x
Price to 2000 Estimated Earnings Per Share 12.3x 12.3x 21.9x
Price to Book Value Per Share 191% 187% 442%
Price to Tangible Book Value Per Share 199% 202% 466%
Dividend Yield 2.46% 2.46% 2.29%
Return on Core Average Assets 1.19% 1.21% 1.84%
Return on Core Average Equity 13.61% 13.04% 19.28%
Leverage Ratio 8.1% 7.9% 8.7%
Efficiency Ratio 59% 58% 46%
</TABLE>
The publicly traded bank holding companies considered to be in the high
performing peer group of Park National are listed below, ranked by asset size:
1 Wachovia Corporation Winston-Salem, NC
2 Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati, OH
3 Comerica Incorporated Detroit, MI
4 National Commerce Banc Memphis, TN
5 Valley National Bancorp Wayne, NJ
6 First BanCorp Santurce, PR
7 TrustCo Bank Corp of NY Schenectady, NY
8 Oriental Financial Group, Inc. Hato Rey, PR
9 Mississippi Valley Banc St. Louis, MO
The table below represents a summary analysis of the high performing
peer group of Park National based on market prices as of December 15, 1999, and
the latest publicly available financial data as of or for the twelve months
ended September 30, 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARK
MEAN MEDIAN NATIONAL
---- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Price to Last Twelve Months Earnings Per Share 16.8x 14.4x 24.6x
Price to 1999 Estimated Earnings Per Share 15.8x 14.2x 24.2x
Price to 2000 Estimated Earnings Per Share 14.1x 12.8x 21.9x
Price to Book Value Per Share 328% 272% 464%
Price to Tangible Book Value Per Share 346% 284% 490%
Dividend Yield 2.63% 2.97% 2.29%
Return on Core Average Assets 1.63% 1.54% 1.84%
Return on Core Average Equity 19.74% 19.42% 19.28%
Leverage Ratio 7.9% 7.5% 8.7%
Efficiency Ratio 44% 43% 46%
</TABLE>
McDonald reviewed and compared actual stock market data and actual and
estimated selected financial information for SNB with corresponding information
for 13 publicly traded Midwestern bank holding companies with assets between
$200 million and $600 million, which publicly traded Midwestern bank holding
companies are considered to be in the SNB peer group. The SNB peer group is
listed below:
1 CoVest Bancshares, Inc. Des Plaines, IL
2 Wayne Bancorp, Inc. Wooster, OH
3 Franklin Bank, N.A. Southfield, MI
4 Ohio Valley Banc Corp. Gallipolis, OH
5 Mahaska Investment Co Oskaloosa, IA
6 Oak Hill Financial, Inc. Jackson, OH
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7 Northern States Financial Waukegan, IL
8 Cass Commercial Corporation Bridgeton, MO
9 Princeton National Bancorp Princeton, IL
10 Community Bank Shares New Albany, IN
11 Quad City Holdings, Inc. Moline, IL
12 Mercantile Bank Corporation Grand Rapids, MI
13 United Bancorp, Inc. Martins Ferry, OH
The table below represents a summary analysis of the SNB peer group
based on market prices as of December 15, 1999 and the latest publicly available
financial data as of or for the twelve months ended September 30, 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MEAN MEDIAN SNB
---- ------ ---
<S> <C> <C>
Price to Last Twelve Months Earnings Per Share 15.4x 13.3x NA
Price to 1999 Estimated Earnings Per Share 13.0x 12.3x NA
Price to 2000 Estimated Earnings Per Share 11.0x 10.0x NA
Price to Book Value Per Share 149% 130% NA
Price to Tangible Book Value Per Share 165% 148% NA
Dividend Yield 2.94% 3.00% NA
Return on Core Average Assets 1.03% 0.97% 1.26%
Return on Core Average Equity 10.42% 10.03% 10.36%
Leverage Ratio 9.1% 8.4% 12.2%
Efficiency Ratio 60% 57% 56%
</TABLE>
Comparable Transaction Analyses. McDonald reviewed and compared actual
information for groups of comparable pending and completed transactions it
deemed pertinent to an analysis of the merger, including the following:
- selected pending or completed transactions in the Midwest with
seller's assets between $200 million and $600 million; and
- selected pending or completed transactions nationwide with
seller's assets between $200 million and $400 million.
The mean and median ratios of:
- price to last twelve months earnings,
- price to book value, and
- price to tangible book value
for each group were compared to the same ratios for the merger. The multiples
for SNB were based on Park National's closing share price of $113.75 on December
15, 1999, using an exchange ratio of 5.37, which equates to a SNB share price of
$610.84. The implied multiples for SNB are 26.0x last twelve months earnings, a
254% of book value and a 257% of tangible book value based on September 30, 1999
financials.
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The following is the list of the selected pending or completed
transactions in the Midwest, with seller's assets between $200 million and $600
million, considered by McDonald:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
BUYER SELLER
----- ------
<S> <C>
BankIllinois Financial, Champaign, IL First Decatur Bancshares, Decatur, IL
Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, MO Mid-Continent Bancshares, Blue Springs, MO
Hillcrest Bancshares Inc., Overland Park, KS American Bank, Wichita, KS
Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI Riverside Acquisition Cp., Minneapolis, MN
Bremer Financial Corp., St. Paul, MN Dean Financial Services Inc., Saint Paul, MN
MidCity Finl Corp., Chicago, IL Damen Financial Corp., Schaumburg, IL
State Financial Services, Hales Corners, WI First Waukegan Corp., Glenview, IL
First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, OH Sand Ridge Financial Corp, Highland, IN
Commercial Federal, Omaha, NE Midland First Financial, Lee's Summit, MO
Union Planters Corp., Memphis, TN First & Farmers Bancshares, Somerset, KY
Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN Southern Bancshares, Carbondale, IL
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, IL Pullman Group Inc., Chicago, IL
Union Planters Corp., Memphis, TN Southeast Bancorp, Corbin, KY
Citizens Bancshares Inc., Salineville, OH Ohio Bank, Findlay, OH
Popular Inc., San Juan, PR Gore-Bronson Bancorp, Prospect Heights, IL
Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO Fidelity Bankshares Inc., Garden City, KS
Mercantile Bancorp, St Louis, MO First Financial Bancorp, Iowa City, IA
Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, MO Colonial Bank, Des Peres, MO
Mercantile Bancorp, St Louis, MO Financial Services Corp of MW, Rock Island, IL
F&M Bancorporation, Kaukauna, WI BancSecurity Corp., Marshalltown, IA
Indiana United Bancorp, Greensburg, IN PTC Bancorp, Brookville, IN
FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, IL P.N.B. Financial, Chicago, IL
Commercial Federal, Omaha, NE First National Bank Shares, Great Bend, KS
</TABLE>
The following table represents a summary analysis of the Midwest
transactions described above based on the announced transaction values.
MEAN MEDIAN
---- ------
Price to Last Twelve Months Earnings 21.4x 21.2x
Price to Book Value 254% 262%
Price to Tangible Book Value 284% 287%
The following is the list of selected pending or completed transactions
nationwide, with seller's assets between $200 million and $400 million,
considered by McDonald:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
BUYER SELLER
----- ------
<S> <C>
Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC B.C. Bankshares Inc., Canton, GA
Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ NMBT CORP, New Milford, CT
Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, CA North County Bancorp, Escondido, CA
Columbia Bancorp, Columbia, MD Suburban Bancshares Inc., Greenbelt, MD
East West Bancorp, San Marino, CA American International Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN Heritage Financial Services, Clarksville, TN
Staten Island Bancorp, Staten Island, NY First State Bancorp, Howell Township, NJ
Gold Banc Corp., Leawood, KS Union Bankshares Ltd., Denver, CO
Tompkins Trustco, Ithaca, NY Letchworth Independent, Castile, NY
Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL Western Bancshares, Alburquerque, NM
Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL Minden Bancshares, Minden, LA
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
Inwood Bancshares Inc., Dallas, TX Provident Bank, Dallas, TX
Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, CA Texas Bancshares Inc., San Antonio, TX
National Commerce Bancorp, Memphis, TN First Financial Corp., Mount Juliet, TN
Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, MO Mid-Continent Bancshares, Blue Springs, MO
Hillcrest Bancshares Inc., Overland Park, KS American Bank, Wichita, KS
Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL Hartland Bank NA, Austin, TX
Community First Bankshares, Fargo, ND Valley National Corp, El Cajon, CA
Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, UT Regency Bancorp, Fresno, CA
Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA Merit Holding Corp., Tucker, GA
CVB Financial Corp., Ontario, CA Orange National Bancorp, Orange, CA
Texas Regional Bancshares, McAllen, TX Harlingen Bancshares, Harlingen, TX
Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI Riverside Acquisition Cp., Minneapolis, MN
</TABLE>
The following table represents a summary analysis of the nationwide
transactions described above based on the announced transaction values.
MEAN MEDIAN
---- ------
Price to Last Twelve Months Earnings 20.7x 21.0x
Price to Book Value 269% 260%
Price to Tangible Book Value 295% 304%
Contribution Analyses. McDonald analyzed the contribution of each
corporation to the pro forma corporation relative to their approximate ownership
of the pro forma corporation. The analysis indicated that SNB shareholders would
hold approximately 7.6% of the pro forma diluted shares. SNB's approximate
contributions are listed below by category:
Assets 9.7%
Loans 9.7%
Deposits 10.3%
Shareholders' Equity 12.3%
Tangible Shareholders' Equity 13.0%
LTM Earnings 7.0%
2000 Estimated Earnings 6.9%
Accretion/Dilution Analysis. On the basis of financial projections and
estimates of on-going cost savings accruing to the pro forma corporation as
reviewed by SNB and Park National, McDonald compared pro forma equivalent per
share calculations with respect to earnings, cash dividends, book value and
tangible book value to the stand-alone per share projections for SNB.
The accretion/dilution analysis demonstrated, among other things, that
the merger would result in:
- significant accretion to earnings per share for SNB's
shareholders in 2000, with increasing amounts of accretion in
2001 and 2002;
- significantly higher cash dividends per share for SNB's
shareholders, assuming Park National maintains its dividend
policy; and
- dilution to both book value per share and tangible book value
per share for SNB's shareholders over the period of the
analysis.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. McDonald performed a discounted cash
flow analysis with regard to SNB on a stand-alone basis. This analysis used a
discount rate of 14% and a range of earnings terminal multiples of 14.0x to
22.0x. The analysis resulted in a range of present values of $287.80 to $435.18
for SNB on a stand-alone basis. As indicated above, this analysis was based on
estimates reviewed by SNB's management and is not necessarily indicative of
actual values or actual future results and does not purport to reflect the
prices at which any
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securities may trade at the present or at any time in the future. McDonald noted
that the discounted cash flow analysis was included because it is a widely used
valuation methodology, but noted that the results of the methodology are highly
dependent upon the numerous assumptions that must be made, including earnings
growth rates, dividend payout rates, terminal values and discount rates.
Other Analyses. McDonald also reviewed other information including pro
forma estimated balance sheet composition and pro forma financial performance.
NO OTHER CORPORATION USED AS A COMPARISON IN THE ABOVE ANALYSES IS
IDENTICAL TO SNB, PARK NATIONAL OR THE COMBINED ENTITY AND NO OTHER TRANSACTION
IS IDENTICAL TO THE MERGER. ACCORDINGLY, AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE
MERGER IS NOT PURELY MATHEMATICAL; RATHER, THE ANALYSIS INVOLVES COMPLEX
CONSIDERATIONS AND JUDGEMENTS CONCERNING DIFFERENCES IN FINANCIAL MARKET AND
OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORPORATIONS AND OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD
AFFECT THE PUBLIC TRADING VOLUME OF THE CORPORATIONS TO WHICH SNB, PARK NATIONAL
AND THE COMBINED ENTITY ARE BEING COMPARED.
IN CONNECTION WITH RENDERING THE MCDONALD OPINION, MCDONALD PERFORMED
PROCEDURES TO UPDATE, AS NECESSARY, THE ANALYSES DESCRIBED ABOVE AND REVIEWED
THE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH THE ANALYSES DESCRIBED ABOVE WERE BASED AND THE FACTORS
CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANALYSES.
McDonald is a member of all principal securities exchanges in the
United States and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KeyCorp, a diversified
financial institution with assets in excess of $80 billion. McDonald, in the
conduct of its broker-dealer activities, has purchased securities from, and sold
securities to, Park National. McDonald also may have purchased and sold
securities of Park National for McDonald's own account and for the accounts of
its customers.
SNB has agreed to pay McDonald a fee of 1% of the total transaction
value for its services. SNB paid McDonald a $75,000 fee for its services in
rendering its oral opinion on December 16 and a $100,000 fee for its services in
rendering its written opinion dated as of the date of this proxy
statement/prospectus. These opinion fees will be credited against the amount of
the total transaction fee payable to McDonald at closing. SNB also has agreed to
reimburse McDonald for up to $10,000 in reasonable out of pocket expenses
incurred in connection with its engagement, and to indemnify McDonald against
various liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
EFFECT ON OUTSTANDING PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES AND EXCHANGE OF SNB COMMON
SHARES
Effect on Outstanding Park National Common Shares
Each issued and outstanding Park National common share will continue to
be one Park National common share after consummation of the merger.
Exchange of SNB Common Shares
At the effective time of the merger, all SNB common shares that are
owned by SNB as treasury shares will be canceled and retired and no Park
National common shares or other consideration will be delivered in exchange for
those shares. The exact number of Park National common shares to be received for
each outstanding SNB common share, is determined by dividing 835,500 Park
National common shares by the sum of:
- the number of SNB common shares outstanding immediately prior to
the effective time of the merger, and
- the number of SNB common shares which may be acquired upon the
exercise of SNB options in effect immediately prior to the
effective time of the merger.
At February 25, 2000, there were 155,642 SNB common shares outstanding
and 16 SNB common shares subject to an option. If the merger had been effective
at that date, approximately 5.37 Park National common shares
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would have been issued for each SNB common share. The merger agreement prohibits
SNB from issuing any additional common shares, except for the 16 common shares
that are subject to the outstanding option.
If necessary, this exchange ratio will be proportionately adjusted to
prevent dilution as a result of a share split, share dividend, recapitalization
or similar transaction with respect to the outstanding Park National common
shares prior to the effective date of the merger.
If both of the following conditions are met, SNB may elect to terminate
the merger agreement at any time during the three-day period beginning with the
determination date for the merger. The determination date for the merger is the
date on which the waiting period expires following approval by the Federal
Reserve Board of the merger:
- the average of the closing sale prices of a Park National common
share on the American Stock Exchange during the 20 trading day
period ending on the trading day immediately prior to the
determination date must be less than $85.71, and
- the ratio of that 20 trading day average closing price to
$114.875, the closing price of a Park National common share on the
American Stock Exchange on December 16, 1999, must be less than
the number obtained by dividing:
- the sum of the average daily closing sales prices of a share
of common stock during the 20 trading day period ending on the
trading day immediately prior to the determination date of
each company comprising an index group of 17 similar bank
holding companies (multiplied by a designated weight), by
- the sum of each per share closing price of the common stock of
each index group company (multiplied by a designated weight)
on December 16, 1999.
If SNB notifies Park National of its intent to terminate the merger
agreement because both conditions described above are satisfied, Park National
will be entitled to prevent termination by giving notice to SNB, within five
days after SNB's notice of termination to Park National, of its intent to
prevent termination and agreeing that for purposes of calculating the exchange
ratio, the number of Park National common shares exchanged in the merger will be
increased to the number determined by dividing $71,611,000 by its 20 day average
closing price described above.
Before making any decision to terminate the merger agreement as a
result of the events described above, the SNB board of directors will consult
with its financial and other advisors and will consider all financial and other
information it deems relevant to its decision. The SNB board of directors is
under no obligation to resolicit the SNB shareholders in the event SNB elects to
exercise its termination right in connection with the occurrence of any of the
above-described events. The SNB board of directors will make its decision
regarding resolicitation of the shareholders based on the market conditions and
other circumstances relating to the merger existing at the time. For more
information, see "The Merger Agreement - Amendment and Termination" on page [ ].
No Fractional Park National Common Shares to Be Issued
Park National will not issue scrip or fractional interests in Park
National common shares in the merger. In lieu of fractional interests, Park
National will pay the cash value of the fraction to each holder of SNB common
shares who otherwise would have been entitled to a fraction of a Park National
share, upon surrender of the holder's certificates representing SNB common
shares. The shareholder will receive an amount of cash, without interest,
determined by multiplying the fractional share interest by the Park National
average closing price for the 20 trading day period ending on the trading day
immediately prior to the date on which the waiting period expires for Federal
Reserve Board approval of the merger.
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Closing of SNB Share Transfer Books; Exchange of Certificates Evidencing SNB
Common Shares
SNB will close its share transfer books in respect of the SNB common
shares at the effective time of the merger.
As soon as practicable after the effective time of the merger, each SNB
shareholder will be advised of the effectiveness of the merger by letter
accompanied by a letter of transmittal and instruction for use to surrender the
certificate or certificates representing SNB common shares to Park National's
exchange agent, First-Knox National Bank.
The letter of transmittal will be used to exchange SNB certificates for
Park National common shares and cash in lieu of any fractional share interest.
If any certificate representing Park National common shares is to be issued in a
name other than that in which the SNB certificate surrendered for exchange is
registered, the certificate so surrendered must be properly endorsed or
otherwise in proper form for transfer and the person requesting the exchange
must pay to Park National or First-Knox National Bank, any applicable transfer
or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of the Park National
certificate. CERTIFICATES FOR SNB COMMON SHARES SHOULD NOT BE FORWARDED TO
FIRST-KNOX NATIONAL BANK UNTIL AFTER RECEIPT OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND
SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED TO SNB WITH THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD.
Rights of Holders of SNB Share Certificates Prior to Surrender
Upon surrender to First-Knox National Bank of SNB certificates and a
properly completed letter of transmittal, the holder of the SNB certificates
will be entitled to receive in exchange for the SNB certificates a certificate
or certificates representing the Park National common shares, and cash in lieu
of any resulting fractional share interest, to which the holder is entitled.
Unless and until the shareholder surrenders the SNB certificates together with a
properly completed letter of transmittal, no dividend payable to holders of
record of Park National common shares as of any time after the effective time of
the merger will be paid to that holder. Upon surrender of the holder's
outstanding SNB certificates to First-Knox National Bank together with a
properly completed letter of transmittal, the former SNB shareholder will
receive the dividends, without interest, that have become payable as of that
time with respect to the Park National common shares to be issued upon surrender
and conversion.
Lost Share Certificates
Any SNB shareholder who has lost or misplaced a certificate for any of
the holder's SNB common shares should immediately call Alan W. Greiner,
Secretary of SNB at (937) 548-2122 for information regarding the procedures to
be followed in order to obtain Park National common shares in exchange for the
holder's SNB common shares.
Treatment of Outstanding SNB Options
As of February 25, 2000, there was one unexercised SNB option
outstanding for 16 common shares of SNB. Under the merger agreement, the sole
SNB option holder is to exercise the SNB option by the date on which the SNB
shareholders adopt the merger agreement.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF THE MERGER
The merger, if completed as proposed, will qualify as a
pooling-of-interests for accounting and financial reporting purposes. Under the
pooling-of-interests method of accounting, the historical basis of the assets
and liabilities of Park National and SNB will be retroactively combined for the
entire fiscal period in which the merger occurs and for all periods prior to the
merger at historically recorded amounts.
The obligations of Park National and SNB to effect the merger are
conditioned, among other things, upon their receipt from Park National's
auditors of a letter, dated the closing date of the merger, to the effect that,
for financial reporting purposes, the merger qualifies for pooling-of-interests
accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles if
consummated in accordance with the merger agreement. For more information,
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see "The Merger Agreement - Conditions to the Consummation of the Merger" on
page [ ]. The merger agreement further provides that neither Park National nor
SNB will intentionally take or cause to be taken any action, whether before or
after the effective time of the merger, which would disqualify the merger as a
pooling-of-interests for accounting purposes.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER
Park National and SNB will receive an opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour
and Pease LLP as of the closing date to the effect that the merger will be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning
of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, Park National and SNB each will
be parties to that reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and accordingly, for federal income tax purposes:
- neither Park National nor SNB will recognize any gain or loss as a
result of the merger, except for the inclusion in income of
amounts resulting from any required changes in accounting methods
or similar items;
- shareholders of SNB who exchange their SNB common shares solely
for Park National common shares in the merger will not recognize
any gain or loss, except to the extent that those shareholders
receive cash in lieu of a fractional share;
- the tax basis of Park National common shares received by
shareholders of SNB who exchange all of their SNB common shares
solely for Park National common shares in the merger will be the
same as the tax basis of the SNB common shares surrendered in
exchange; and
- the holding period of the Park National common shares received in
the merger will include the holding period of SNB common shares
surrendered in exchange, provided the SNB common shares were held
as capital assets at the effective time of the merger.
The merger agreement provides that neither Park National nor SNB will
intentionally take or cause to be taken any action, whether before or after the
effective time of the merger, which would disqualify the merger as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code. Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP will base its opinion on facts,
representations and assumptions set forth in the opinion, the merger agreement
and certificates of officers of SNB and Park National, which will not have been
independently investigated or verified.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION DOES NOT ADDRESS THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
MERGER TO SNB SHAREHOLDERS WHO PERFECT DISSENTERS' RIGHTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
SEE "RIGHTS OF DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS" ON PAGE [ ].
THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT ADDRESS THE STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX
ASPECTS OF THE MERGER OR THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER TO SHAREHOLDERS WHO
MAY BE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RULES, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS.
THIS DISCUSSION IS BASED ON CURRENTLY EXISTING PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE, EXISTING AND PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE AND CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS AND COURT DECISIONS. THE OPINION
OF COUNSEL DESCRIBED ABOVE IS NOT BINDING UPON THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, AND
THE PARTIES WILL NOT SEEK OR OBTAIN ANY RULINGS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
WE CAN PROVIDE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WILL AGREE WITH
THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER DESCRIBED ABOVE. ALL OF THE FOREGOING IS
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND ANY CHANGE COULD AFFECT THE CONTINUING VALIDITY OF THIS
DISCUSSION. THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO A SNB SHAREHOLDER
WHO ACQUIRED SNB COMMON SHARES UPON EXERCISE OF AN EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION OR
OTHERWISE AS COMPENSATION. WE URGE YOU TO CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR
CONCERNING THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER TO YOU, INCLUDING THE
APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND ANY
PROPOSED CHANGES IN THOSE TAX LAWS.
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INTERESTS OF PERSONS IN THE MERGER
Park National has agreed to indemnify each of the officers, directors
and employees of SNB and Second National Bank to the full extent SNB and Second
National Bank would have been required to indemnify that person under Ohio law
and the governing documents of SNB and Second National Bank. The merger
agreement also provides for the continuation of director and officer liability
insurance for the directors and officers of SNB and Second National Bank for a
period of six years. For more information, see "The Merger Agreement -- Costs
and Expenses; Indemnification" on page [ ] and "Comparison of Rights of Holders
of Park National Common Shares and Holders of SNB Common Shares -- Director and
Officer Liability and Indemnification" on page [ ].
Second National Bank has entered into agreements with three senior
executives, Alan W. Greiner, Ronald W. McClurg and Marvin J. Stammen, which
provide for a severance payment if the executive's employment with Second
National Bank is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or
retirement of the executive, for "cause" or by the executive without "good
reason" within three years following a change of control of SNB. The severance
payment would be equal to the greater of:
- the sum of the executive's annual base salary at the rate in
effect as of the date his employment terminated (or, if higher, at
the rate in effect at the time of the change in control) plus an
amount equal to the average annual bonus awarded to the executive
for the two years immediately preceding the year in which the
termination occurs; or
- the executive's average annual compensation (salary and bonus) for
the five calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the
change of control occurred.
Benefits under life insurance, medical, health and accident plans would also
continue generally for a period of two years following termination of
employment. These three agreements will remain in force until December 31, 2002.
RESALE OF PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES RECEIVED IN THE MERGER
The Park National common shares that will be issued if the merger is
consummated have been registered under the Securities Act and will be freely
transferable, except for Park National common shares received by persons,
including directors and executive officers of SNB, who may be deemed to be
"affiliates" of SNB, as that term is defined in Rule 145 under the Securities
Act. Affiliates may not sell their Park National common shares acquired in the
merger, except under an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act or in compliance with Rule 145 or another applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. Under Rule 145, an affiliate
may resell Park National common shares received in the merger as long as Park
National complies with specific reporting requirements and the affiliate
complies with volume and manner of sale requirements.
SNB has obtained written agreements from all directors, officers and
affiliates of SNB not to dispose of their Park National common shares in a
manner that would adversely affect the ability of Park National to treat the
merger as a pooling-of-interests for financial accounting purposes.
PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE DEEMED AFFILIATES OF SNB SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR
LEGAL ADVISORS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY OFFER OR SALE OF PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES
RECEIVED IN THE MERGER.
REGULATORY APPROVALS
Consummation of the merger is subject to prior receipt by Park National
and SNB of all necessary regulatory approvals. The principal regulatory approval
required to be obtained is from the Federal Reserve Board.
The application to the Federal Reserve Board, which was submitted on
February 2, 2000 to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland under delegated
authority, sought approval, as required by the Bank Holding Company Act, of the
merger. On [ ], the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland approved the transaction.
Under the terms of the approval of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, SNB
and Park National must complete the merger between [ ], 2000 and [ ], 2000,
unless that period is extended by the Federal Reserve Board.
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Park National has filed an application with the American Stock Exchange
to list the common shares to be issued in the merger.
The approval of an application means only that the regulatory criteria
for approval have been satisfied or waived. It does not mean that the approving
authority has determined that the consideration to be received by SNB
shareholders is fair. Regulatory approval does not constitute an endorsement or
recommendation of the merger.
We will not complete the merger before we receive all requisite
regulatory approvals and all applicable waiting periods have expired and any
conditions have been complied with. We cannot guarantee that we will obtain all
approvals or that those approvals will not impose conditions which would have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial
condition of Park National and the Park National subsidiaries taken as a whole
or otherwise materially impair the value to Park National of SNB and Second
National Bank as a whole. If the Federal Reserve Board imposes this type of
condition, the merger agreement permits the boards of directors of Park National
and SNB to abandon the merger.
We cannot assure you as to when, or if, we will obtain necessary
regulatory approvals. If we do not complete the merger by November 30, 2000,
either of us may terminate the merger agreement. For more information, see "The
Merger Agreement - Amendment and Termination" on page [ ].
OTHER TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PARK NATIONAL
On December 14, 1999, Park National entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with U.B. Bancshares, under which U.B. Bancshares will merge with and
into Park National. Under the terms of the U.B. Bancshares merger agreement, the
shareholders of U.B. Bancshares on the effective date of that merger will
receive an aggregate of 325,500 Park National common shares in exchange for
their U.B. Bancshares common shares. Completion of the merger is subject to
various conditions, including the approval of bank regulators and other
governmental agencies, the approval of the U.B. Bancshares shareholders and
other specified conditions to closing.
EXISTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARK NATIONAL AND SNB
Except in connection with the merger agreement and the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement, SNB has not conducted business with, nor
has it had any business relationship with, Park National prior to the
transactions described in the merger agreement. As of February 25, 2000, neither
Park National nor any of its affiliates owned any SNB common shares.
THE MERGER AGREEMENT
THE MERGER
The merger agreement provides that, subject to the adoption of the
merger agreement by the shareholders of SNB and the satisfaction or waiver of
the other conditions to the merger, SNB will merge into Park National. Following
completion of the merger, SNB will no longer exist as a separate corporation.
The merger agreement provides for Park National and SNB to implement the merger
by filing a certificate of merger with the Ohio Secretary of State, consistent
with the applicable provisions of the merger agreement.
The material provisions of the merger agreement are briefly summarized
below. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete text of the merger agreement, including
the amendment to the merger agreement, which is reprinted as Appendix A to this
proxy statement/prospectus and incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus
by this reference. We urge you to read the merger agreement, including the
amendment, in its entirety for a more complete description of the merger.
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CONVERSION OF SHARES
At the effective time of the merger, each SNB common share outstanding
immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, will be converted into
approximately 5.37 Park National common shares. All SNB common shares that are
owned by SNB as treasury shares will be canceled and retired, and no Park
National common shares or other consideration will be delivered in exchange for
those shares. For more information, see "The Merger - Effect on Outstanding Park
National Common Shares and Exchange of SNB Common Shares" on page [ ].
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In the merger agreement, SNB has made representations and warranties
concerning the following items:
- due organization, good standing and authority to carry on business
of SNB and Second National Bank;
- capital structure of SNB;
- Second National Bank, the only subsidiary of SNB;
- corporate power and authority to enter into the merger agreement and
consummate the merger and enforceability of the merger agreement and
related matters;
- financial statements and reports and absence of undisclosed
liabilities;
- absence of any material adverse change to SNB or Second National
Bank;
- loans; allowance for loan losses;
- regulatory reports and records filed by SNB and Second National
Bank;
- taxes of SNB and Second National Bank;
- property of SNB and Second National Bank;
- legal proceedings involving SNB or Second National Bank;
- absence of regulatory proceedings involving SNB or Second National
Bank;
- absence of conflicts of the merger agreement with applicable laws,
contracts and corporate documents;
- commissions, finder's fees or similar payments payable only to
McDonald;
- employment agreements and compliance with employment laws;
- employee benefit plans and compliance with provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
- compliance with laws;
- accuracy and completeness of information supplied by SNB for
inclusion in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of which this
proxy statement/prospectus is a part;
- insurance;
- required governmental proceedings in connection with the merger;
- material contracts, absence of defaults;
- environmental matters;
- absence of actions that would prevent the merger from being
accounted for as a pooling-of-interests;
- compliance with takeover laws;
- risk management instruments;
- complete and accurate books and records;
- Year 2000 compliance;
- repurchase agreements; and
- accuracy of representations and warranties.
Park National has made representations and warranties concerning the
following items:
- Park National's due organization, good standing and authority to
carry on business;
- corporate power and authority to enter into the merger agreement
and consummate the merger and enforceability of the merger
agreement and related matters;
- capitalization of Park National;
- absence of conflicts of the merger agreement with applicable laws,
contracts and corporate documents;
- financial statements and reports;
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- absence of any material adverse change as to Park National;
- compliance with takeover laws;
- reports and records filed by Park National with the SEC;
- no commissions, finder's fees or similar payments;
- required governmental proceedings in connection with the merger;
- absence of actions that would prevent the merger from being
accounted for as a pooling-of-interests;
- accuracy and completeness of information supplied by Park National
in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of which this proxy
statement/prospectus is a part;
- Year 2000 compliance;
- deposit insurance; and
- accuracy of representations and warranties
Park National and SNB believe that the representations and warranties
contained in the merger agreement are customary in transactions similar in
nature to the merger. For more information, see Articles Three and Four of the
agreement and plan of merger which is attached as Appendix A to this document.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
The merger agreement requires SNB to conduct its business and the
business of Second National Bank in the ordinary and usual course consistent
with past practice. Under this covenant, the merger agreement specifically
prohibits SNB from:
- taking any action which would be inconsistent with any
representation or warranty of SNB in the merger agreement; and
- engaging in any lending activities other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice.
The merger agreement also requires SNB not to take, and to cause Second
National Bank not to take, any of the following actions without the consent of
Park National:
- selling, transferring, mortgaging, pledging, encumbering or
subjecting to any lien, any of the assets of SNB or Second
National Bank, except in the ordinary course of business for full
and fair consideration;
- making any capital expenditure or capital additions or betterments
which, in the aggregate, exceed $40,000, except for expenditures
of up to $157,000 for designated computer equipment;
- becoming bound by, entering into, or performing any material
contract or commitment which is other than in the ordinary course
of its business or which would cause or result in SNB being unable
to perform its obligations under the merger agreement;
- declaring, paying or setting aside for payment any dividends or
making any distributions on its capital shares other than:
- semi-annual cash dividends on SNB common shares in an amount
not to exceed $4.00 per share or, in lieu of the semi-annual
cash dividends, quarterly dividends in an amount less than
$3.49 on a per share, per quarter basis in the year 2000, and
- those payable by Second National Bank to SNB.
- purchasing, redeeming, retiring or otherwise acquiring any of its
shares;
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- issuing or granting any option or right to acquire any of its
shares or effecting any split, recapitalization, combination,
exchange of shares, readjustment or other share reclassification;
- amending its governing documents;
- merging or consolidating with any other person or otherwise
reorganizing, except for the merger;
- acquiring all or any portion of, the assets, business, deposits or
properties of any other entity, except by way of foreclosures or
acquisitions of control in a bona fide fiduciary capacity or in
satisfaction of debts previously contracted in good faith, in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
- entering into, establishing, adopting or amending any pension,
retirement, stock option, stock purchase, savings, profit sharing,
deferred compensation, consulting, bonus, group insurance or other
employee benefit, incentive or welfare contract, plan or
arrangement, or any trust agreement, or similar arrangement,
related to the plan or arrangement, in respect of any director,
officer or employee, or taking any action to accelerate the
vesting or exercisability of stock options, restricted stock or
other compensation or benefits payable under those plans or
arrangements. SNB, however, may:
- take any of these actions in order to satisfy either
applicable law or previously disclosed contractual
obligations existing as of December 17, 1999 or regular
annual renewal of insurance contracts; and
- terminate its defined contribution retirement plan at any
time before the effective time of the merger, with benefit
distributions deferred until the Internal Revenue Service
issues a favorable determination with respect to the
terminating plan's tax-qualified status upon termination. In
this event, SNB and Park National will cooperate in good
faith to apply for approval and to agree upon associated
plan termination amendments that will, among other things,
provide for the application of all assets of a terminating
plan for its participants, and allow plan participants not
only to receive lump-sum distributions of their benefits,
but also to transfer those benefits to the Park National
Corporation Employee's Voluntary Salary Deferral Plan and
Trust that Park National maintains for its employees and
employees of its subsidiaries;
- paying any general wage or salary increase, other than normal pay
increases consistent with past practices, or entering into or
amending or renewing any employment, consulting, severance or
similar agreements or arrangements with any officer, director or
employee, except, in each case, for changes required by law or to
satisfy previously disclosed contractual obligations existing as
of December 17, 1999;
- entering into or terminating any contract requiring the payment or
receipt of $15,000 or more in any 12-month period or amending or
modifying in any material respect any of its existing material
contracts;
- incurring any indebtedness for money borrowed or incurring any
material obligation or liability other than in the ordinary course
of business;
- taking any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, prevent
or impede the merger from qualifying for pooling-of-interest
accounting or as a reorganization with the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
- implementing or adopting any change in its accounting principles,
practices or methods, other than as required by generally accepted
accounting principles;
- waiving or canceling any right of material value or material
debts, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices;
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- taking any action that would result in:
- any of its representations and warranties set forth in the
merger agreement being or becoming untrue in any material
respect at or prior to the effective time of the merger,
- any of the conditions to the merger not being satisfied, or
- a violation of any provision of the merger agreement except as
required by law or regulation;
- causing any material adverse change in the amount or general
composition of deposit liabilities;
- making any material investment, except in the ordinary course of
business;
- except as required by applicable law or regulation:
- implementing or adopting any material change in its interest
rate risk management and other risk management policies,
procedures or practices,
- failing to follow its existing policies or practices with
respect to managing its exposure to interest rate and other
risk, or
- failing to use commercially reasonable means to avoid any
material increase in its aggregate exposure to interest rate
risk; or
- entering into any agreement to do any of the foregoing.
The merger agreement also requires SNB and Second National Bank to:
- use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their property
and facilities in their present condition and working order,
ordinary wear and tear excepted;
- perform all of their obligations under all agreements relating
to or affecting their properties, rights and business, except
where nonperformance would not have a material adverse effect;
- use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve
their respective business organizations intact, retain present
key employees and maintain the respective relationships of
customers, suppliers and others having business relationships
with them;
- maintain insurance coverage with reputable insurers, which in
respect of amounts, premiums, types and risks insured, were
maintained by them as of September 30, 1999 and upon the renewal
or termination of that insurance, use commercially reasonable
best efforts to renew or replace that insurance coverage with
reputable insurers, which in respect of amounts, premiums, types
and risks insured were maintained by them as of September 30,
1999;
- provide reasonable access by Park National to information of SNB
and Second National Bank; and
- timely file all tax returns and pay any tax shown on those tax
returns as due.
The merger agreement requires each of Park National and SNB:
- to use their reasonable best efforts to take all actions
necessary to satisfy all of the conditions to the merger, to
comply with all applicable legal requirements, to make all
necessary filings, to obtain all necessary governmental and third
party consents and to otherwise consummate the merger;
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- to take all necessary steps to exempt the agreement and the
merger from the requirements of any takeover law and any
provisions in their governing documents and to assist in any
challenge to the validity or applicability to the merger of
any takeover law;
- to notify the other party in writing if it becomes aware of
any fact, condition or occurrence that would cause or
constitute a breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant in the merger agreement, would make the satisfaction
of the conditions in the agreement unlikely or impossible,
would, in the case of SNB, have a material adverse effect,
either individually or in the aggregate, with other facts,
conditions or occurrences, or, in the case of SNB, would be
required to be set forth in an amendment to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 or a supplement to this proxy
statement/prospectus; and
- not to take any action subsequent to the date of the merger
agreement that would adversely affect the ability of Park
National to treat the merger as a pooling-of-interests or the
characterization of the merger as a tax-free reorganization
under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Park National also has agreed:
- to file a listing application with the American Stock Exchange
covering the Park National common shares that it will issue in
the merger; and
- to indemnify the officers, directors and employees of SNB and
Second National Bank as described below.
Employees of SNB and Second National Bank will have the opportunity to
continue as employees of Park National or one of its subsidiaries, subject to
the right of Park National and its subsidiaries to terminate an employee for
cause. After the effective time of the merger, SNB and Second National Bank
employees will continue to participate in the SNB employee benefit plans (other
than the SNB option plan) until Park National determines that those employees
will, subject to eligibility requirements, participate in Park National's
employee benefit plans and that all or some of the SNB plans will be terminated
or merged into Park National's employee benefit plans. Park National will give
SNB and Second National Bank employees credit for years of service for purposes
of eligibility and vesting, but not for benefit accrual purposes, in Park
National's employee benefit plans, and the employees will not be subject to any
exclusion or penalty for pre-existing conditions that were covered under SNB's
welfare plans, or to any waiting period relating to that coverage. In addition,
if Park National adopts a new plan or program for its employees or executives,
to the extent its employees or executives receive past service credits for any
reason, Park National will credit similarly-situated employees and executives of
SNB and Second National Bank with equivalent credit for service with SNB, Second
National Bank and any of their predecessors.
Park National and SNB have agreed to coordinate the payment of
dividends with respect to the Park National common shares and the SNB common
shares and the record dates and payment dates relating to dividends.
CONDITIONS TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
The obligation of each of Park National and SNB to consummate the
merger is subject to a number of conditions, including the following:
- the adoption of the merger agreement by the requisite vote of
SNB shareholders;
- all necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained in
connection with the merger and all statutory waiting periods
have expired;
- no regulatory approvals contain any conditions, restrictions
or requirements which Park National reasonably determines
would either before or after the effective time, have a
material adverse effect on Park National or prevent Park
National from realizing the economic benefits of the merger
and related transactions;
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- no court or other governmental or regulatory authority has
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced, threatened, commenced
a proceeding with respect to, or entered, any statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order
prohibiting or delaying consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement;
- the Form S-4 Registration Statement has become effective and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued or no proceedings for that purpose
initiated or threatened by the SEC;
- all permits and other authorizations required under state
securities laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the merger agreement and issue the common shares of Park
National to be issued in the merger have been received;
- Park National has received from Ernst & Young LLP, its
opinion, dated the date of or shortly prior to the closing
date of the merger that the merger qualifies for
pooling-of-interests accounting treatment; and
- the Park National common shares to be issued in the merger
have been approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange.
The obligation of Park National to consummate the merger is also
subject to a number of additional conditions, including the following:
- the representations and warranties of SNB contained in the
merger agreement are true and correct in all material respects
as of the closing of the merger, or in the case of
representations and warranties made as of a specified date
earlier than the closing date of the merger, on and as of that
date, and SNB has delivered a certificate to Park National to
that effect;
- SNB has performed all obligations required by SNB under the
merger agreement and SNB has delivered a certificate to Park
National to that effect;
- Park National has received the opinion of Vorys, Sater,
Seymour and Pease LLP stating that the merger constitutes a
"reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code;
- Park National has received the opinion of Thompson, Hine &
Flory LLP, legal counsel to SNB, stating that:
- SNB is a corporation duly organized and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Ohio,
- the merger agreement was duly approved by the SNB
board of directors and duly adopted by the SNB
shareholders,
- the merger agreement was duly executed by SNB and,
with stated exceptions, constitutes the binding
obligation of SNB and is enforceable in accordance
with its terms against SNB, and
- upon the filing of the certificate of merger with the
Secretary of State of Ohio, the merger will become
effective;
- less than 10% of the common shares issued by Park National
in the merger are (1) subject to purchase as fractional
share interests and (2) dissenting shares; and
- Park has received a statement issued by SNB pursuant to
Section 1.897-2(h) of the regulations issued under the
Internal Revenue Code certifying that the SNB shares are not
an U.S. real property interest.
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The obligation of SNB to consummate the merger is also subject to a
number of additional conditions, including the following:
- the representations and warranties of Park National contained
in the merger agreement are true and correct in all material
respects as of the closing of the merger, or in the case of
representations and warranties made as of a specified date
earlier than the closing date of the merger, on and as of that
date, and Park National has delivered a certificate to SNB to
that effect;
- Park National has performed all obligations required by Park
National under the merger agreement and Park National has
delivered a certificate to SNB to that effect;
- SNB has received the opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and
Pease LLP, legal counsel to Park National, stating that the
merger constitutes a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and no gain or
loss will be recognized by shareholders of SNB who receive
shares of Park National in exchange for shares of SNB and cash
in lieu of fractional share interests, other than the gain or
loss to be recognized as to cash received in lieu of
fractional share interests;
- SNB has received the opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and
Pease LLP, legal counsel to Park National, stating that:
- Park National is a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of Ohio,
- the merger agreement was duly executed by Park
National and with stated exceptions, constitutes the
binding obligation of Park National and is
enforceable in accordance with its terms against Park
National,
- the common shares of Park National to be issued as
consideration in the merger, when issued, will be
duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and
- upon the filing of the certificate of merger with the
Secretary of State of Ohio, the merger will become
effective; and
- SNB has received a fairness opinion from McDonald, dated as of
the date of the proxy statement/prospectus, stating that the
consideration to be issued in the merger is fair to the
shareholders of SNB from a financial point of view.
Where the law permits, Park National or SNB could decide to complete
the merger even though one or more conditions was not satisfied. By law, neither
Park National nor SNB can waive (1) the condition of adoption of the merger
agreement by SNB's shareholders or (2) any court order or law having the effect
of making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the merger.
Whether any of the conditions would be waived would depend upon the facts and
circumstances as determined by the reasonable business judgment of the board of
directors of Park National or SNB.
EFFECTIVE TIME OF THE MERGER
Upon satisfaction or waiver of all conditions under the merger
agreement, we will file an appropriate certificate of merger with the Ohio
Secretary of State. The merger will become effective upon the filing of the
certificate of merger or at a time after the filing that we agree to in writing
and state in the certificate of merger.
The closing of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement
will take place on a day designated by Park National which is not (1) earlier
than the third business day after the last of the conditions described in the
merger agreement has been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of
the merger agreement, or (2) later than the last business day of the month in
which that third business day occurs. However, the date chosen by Park National
may not fall after November 30, 2000 or after the date or dates on which any
regulatory authority approval or extension expires. We are also free to agree to
close the transactions on a different date.
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
We may amend the merger agreement at any time before or after the SNB
special meeting. However, after approval of the matters to be considered at the
special meeting, we may not make an amendment which by law requires further
approval by the SNB shareholders, unless we obtain that further approval.
We may agree in writing to terminate the merger agreement at any time
before completion of the merger, even if the SNB shareholders have adopted it.
Either SNB or Park National may decide to terminate the merger
agreement if:
- the merger has not been completed by November 30, 2000, unless
the failure to complete the merger arises out of or results
from the breach of the merger agreement by the party seeking
to terminate;
- the shareholders of SNB fail to adopt the merger agreement by
the requisite vote at the special meeting or adjournment of
the special meeting of shareholders; or
- a governmental authority fails to approve the merger.
Park National may decide to terminate the merger agreement if:
- SNB breaches any representation and warranty in the merger
agreement and does not cure the breach within 30 days
following receipt of written notice of the breach or cannot
cure the breach within that time, except that the breach
individually or in the aggregate, must have or be reasonably
likely to have a materially adverse effect; or
- SNB fails to comply in any material respect with any covenant
or agreement in the merger agreement within 30 days following
receipt by SNB of written notice of the breach or cannot cure
the breach during that time.
SNB may decide to terminate the merger agreement if:
- Park National breaches any representation and warranty in the
merger agreement and does not cure the breach within 30 days
following receipt of written notice of the breach, or cannot
cure the breach within that time, except that the breach,
individually or in the aggregate, must have or be reasonably
likely to have a materially adverse effect;
- Park National fails to comply in any material respect with any
covenant or agreement in the merger agreement within 30 days
following receipt by Park National of written notice of the
breach or cannot cure the breach during that time;
- SNB determines, based on advice of its counsel, that
termination is required for its board of directors to comply
with its fiduciary duties to shareholders by reason of another
acquisition proposal having been made, except that SNB must
not have otherwise breached its obligations to not solicit or
initiate or knowingly encourage the acquisition proposal and
to notify Park National of any proposal and that SNB must pay
a termination fee of $2,000,000 to Park National prior to
termination;
- during the three-day period beginning with the determination
date of the merger (the date on which the waiting period
expires following Federal Reserve Board approval of the
merger), if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
- the average of the closing sales price of a Park
National common share on the American Stock Exchange
during the 20 trading day period ending on the
trading day immediately prior to the determination
date is less than $85.71, and
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- the ratio of that 20 trading day average closing price to
$114.875 (the closing price of a Park National common share on
the American Stock Exchange on December 16, 1999) is less than
the number obtained by dividing:
- the sum of the average daily closing sales prices of
a share of common stock during the 20 trading day
period ending on the trading day immediately prior to
the determination date of each company comprising an
index group of 17 similar bank holding companies
(multiplied by a designated weight), by
- the sum of each per share closing price of the common
stock of each index group company (multiplied by a
designated weight) on December 16, 1999;
however, if SNB notifies Park National of its intent to
terminate the merger agreement due to the satisfaction of the
conditions relating to the average closing price, Park
National may prevent termination by giving notice to SNB
within five days after SNB's notice of termination to Park
National of its intent to prevent termination, and agreeing
that for purposes of calculating the exchange ratio, the
number of Park National common shares exchanged in the merger
will be increased to the number determined by dividing
$71,611,000 by the average closing price calculated as
described above.
In the event of termination, the merger agreement will become void
except that provisions regarding acquisition proposals of SNB, confidentiality,
press releases, payment of fees and expenses, the accuracy and completeness of
information submitted to the SEC and the effect of the termination of the merger
agreement will survive termination. In addition, if the parties do not complete
the merger because of another possible acquisition involving SNB, the merger
agreement may require SNB to pay a $2,000,000 special fee to Park National.
COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION
Whether or not the merger is consummated, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the merger agreement and the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement will be paid by the party incurring those
costs and expenses, except that Park National and SNB will share all expenses
incurred in connection with filing, printing and mailing this proxy
statement/prospectus equally and Park National will pay all fees due to
regulatory authorities and the SEC in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement.
Park National has agreed to indemnify the present officers, directors
and employees of SNB and Second National Bank to the full extent SNB and Second
National Bank would have been required to indemnify that person under Ohio law
and the governing documents of SNB and Second National Bank. In addition, for a
period of six years after the effective time of the merger, Park National will
provide director's and officer's liability insurance on terms no less favorable
than those in effect as of December 17, 1999, to indemnify the present and
former officers and directors of SNB and Second National Bank with respect to
claims against those persons arising from facts or events which occurred prior
to the effective time of the merger. Park National will not be required to pay
more than 200% of the amount spent by SNB as of December 17, 1999 in order to
maintain or procure that insurance, but if that limit is met, Park National must
use its reasonable best efforts to maintain or obtain as much comparable
insurance as can be obtained up to the 200% limit.
RECOMMENDATION AND VOTE
The board of directors of SNB believes that the consummation of the
proposed merger is in the best interest of SNB and its shareholders. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding SNB common
shares is required for the merger agreement to be adopted. THE SNB BOARD OF
DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE ADOPTION OF THE MERGER
AGREEMENT.
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RIGHTS OF DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS
The following is a description of the steps you must take to perfect
dissenters' rights with respect to the merger. The description is not intended
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Section 1701.85
of the Ohio Revised Code, a copy of which is included as Appendix D to this
proxy statement/prospectus. We recommend that you consult with your own counsel
if you have questions with respect to your rights under the statute.
"Dissenters' rights" is your right to dissent from the merger and to
have the "fair cash value" of your SNB common shares determined by a court and
paid in cash. The "fair cash value" of a SNB common share is the amount that a
willing seller who is under no compulsion to sell would be willing to accept and
that a willing buyer who is under no compulsion to purchase would be willing to
pay. Fair cash value is determined as of the day prior to the day on which the
vote of the SNB shareholders to adopt the merger agreement is taken. When
determining fair cash value, any appreciation or depreciation in market value
resulting from the proposed merger is excluded. In no event can the fair cash
value of a common share exceed the amount specified in the demand of the
particular shareholder discussed in numbered paragraph 3 below.
To perfect your dissenters' rights, you must satisfy each of the
following conditions:
1. You Must be a Shareholder of SNB on the Record Date. To be
entitled to dissenters' rights, you must be the record holder
of the dissenting shares on [ ], 2000. If you have a
beneficial interest in SNB common shares held of record in the
name of any other person for which you desire to perfect
dissenters' rights, you must cause the shareholder of record
to timely and properly act to perfect those rights.
2. You Must Not Vote in Favor of Adoption of the Merger
Agreement. Only a shareholder whose SNB common shares are not
voted in favor of adoption of the merger agreement is
entitled, if the merger is completed, to be paid the fair cash
value of the SNB common shares held of record by the
shareholder on [ ], 2000. If you vote for adoption of the
merger agreement, your vote will constitute a waiver of your
dissenters' rights.
3. You Must Serve a Written Demand. On or before the tenth day
after the SNB special meeting, you must serve a written demand
for payment of the fair cash value of your shares to SNB. Your
written demand must state your name, address, the number of
common shares as to which you seek relief and the amount
claimed by you as the fair cash value of the common shares.
4. You Must Deliver Your Share Certificates for Legending, if
Requested by SNB. If requested by SNB, you must submit your
share certificates for dissenting shares to SNB within fifteen
days after SNB sends its request. SNB will then endorse the
share certificates with a legend that demand for fair cash
value has been made.
5. You Must File a Petition in Court, if You and SNB Cannot Agree
on the Fair Cash Value of Your Dissenting Shares. If SNB and
any dissenting shareholder cannot agree on the fair cash value
of the dissenting shares, either SNB or the shareholder must,
within three months after service of the written demand by the
shareholder, file or join in a petition in the Court of Common
Pleas of Darke County, Ohio, for a determination of the fair
cash value of the dissenting shares.
You must mail or deliver any written demand for payment to SNB, 499 S.
Broadway, Greenville, Ohio 45331, Attention: Alan W. Greiner, Secretary. Because
you must deliver the written demand within the ten-day period following the SNB
special meeting, we recommend, but do not require, that if you use the mails,
you use certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to confirm that
you have made a timely delivery.
If you dissent from the merger, your right to be paid the fair cash
value of your SNB common shares will terminate:
- if, for any reason, the merger is not completed;
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- if you fail to serve a timely and appropriate written demand
upon SNB;
- if you do not, upon request of SNB, make timely and
appropriate surrender of the share certificates evidencing
your dissenting shares for endorsement of a legend that you
have made a demand for the fair cash value of your common
shares;
- if you withdraw your demand with the consent of the SNB board
of directors;
- if you and SNB do not agree upon the fair cash value per share
of your SNB common shares and you have not timely filed or
joined in an appropriate petition in the Court of Common Pleas
of Darke County, Ohio; or
- if you otherwise fail to comply with the requirements of
Section 1701.85 of the Ohio Revised Code.
A dissenting shareholder of SNB who receives payment for shares in cash
will recognize capital gain or loss (if the shares were held as a capital asset
at the effective time of the merger) equal to the difference between the cash
received and the holder's basis in the shares, provided the payment is not
essentially equivalent to a dividend within the meaning of Section 302 of the
Internal Revenue Code. A sale of shares pursuant to an exercise of dissenters'
rights will not constitute a "dividend" if, as a result of the exercise, the
shareholder owns no shares in Park National as the surviving corporation in the
merger (either actually or constructively within the meaning of Section 318 of
the Internal Revenue Code).
If you are not in favor of the merger but do not wish to exercise
dissenters' rights, you may, in the alternative, attempt to sell your SNB common
shares in the open market at the then current market price.
BUSINESS OF PARK NATIONAL
GENERAL
Park National is a bank holding company which is incorporated under
Ohio law. Through its banking subsidiaries, Park National Bank, Richland Trust,
Century National Bank and First-Knox National Bank, Park National is engaged in
a general commercial banking and trust business in small to medium population
Ohio communities. Guardian Financial provides consumer finance services in the
central Ohio area. Park National's subsidiaries compete for deposits and loans
with other banks, savings associations, credit unions and other types of
financial institutions and operate 59 full-service offices and a network of 65
automatic teller machines in 15 central and southern Ohio counties.
Park National Bank, Richland Trust, Century National Bank and
First-Knox National Bank provide the following principal services:
- the acceptance of deposits for demand, savings and time
accounts and the servicing of those accounts;
- commercial, industrial, consumer and real estate lending,
including installment loans and automobile leasing, credit
cards and personal lines of credit;
- safe deposit operations;
- trust services;
- cash management;
- electronic funds transfers; and
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- a variety of additional banking-related services tailored to
the needs of individual customers.
Park National Bank also leases equipment under terms similar to its
commercial lending policies. Park Leasing Company, a division of Park National
Bank, originates and services direct leases of equipment which Park National
Bank acquires with no outside financing. In addition, Scope Leasing, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Park National Bank, specializes in aircraft
financing.
Park National is subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board. As
national banks, Park National Bank, Century National Bank and First-Knox
National Bank are supervised and regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency. As an Ohio state-chartered bank, Richland Trust is supervised and
regulated by the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions. In addition, as
insurer of their deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has some
regulatory authority over Park National Bank, Richland Trust, Century National
Bank and First-Knox National Bank, including authority to impose assessments for
deposit insurance. As an Ohio consumer finance company, Guardian Financial is
supervised and regulated by the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions.
Park National Bank, in addition to having seven offices in Newark
(including the main office and the Operations Center) has offices in Granville,
Heath (two offices), Hebron, Johnstown, Kirkersville, Pataskala and Utica in
Licking County, an office in Columbus in Franklin County, an office in
Cincinnati in Hamilton County and offices in Baltimore, Pickerington and
Lancaster (seven offices) in Fairfield County. The offices in Fairfield County
comprise the Fairfield National Division. Park National Bank also operates nine
stand-alone automatic banking center locations.
Richland Trust, in addition to six offices in Mansfield (including the
main office), has offices in Butler, Lexington, Ontario and Shelby (two offices)
in Richland County. Richland Trust also operates three stand-alone automatic
banking center locations.
Century National Bank, in addition to having four offices (including
the main office) and a mortgage lending office in Zanesville, has offices in New
Concord and Dresden in Muskingum County, Malta in Morgan County, New Lexington
in Perry County, Logan in Hocking County, Athens in Athens County and Coshocton
in Coshocton County. Century National Bank also operates seven stand-alone
automatic banking center locations.
First-Knox National Bank, in addition to having three offices
(including the main office and operations center) in Mount Vernon, has offices
in Loudonville and Perrysville in Ashland County, an office in Millersburg in
Holmes County, offices in Centerburg, Danville and Fredericktown in Knox County,
two offices in Mount Gilead in Morrow County and an office in Bellville in
Richland County. The offices in Ashland County comprise the Farmers and Savings
Division. First-Knox National Bank also operates four stand-alone automatic
banking center locations.
Guardian Financial has its main office in Hilliard in Franklin County
and an office in Mansfield where it leases space from Richland Trust.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information concerning Park National, see "Where You Can
Find More Information" on page [ ].
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MANAGEMENT OF PARK NATIONAL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The following table gives information concerning the individuals who
are and will remain the members of the board of directors of Park National, the
surviving corporation in the merger, as of February 25, 2000. Unless the table
indicates otherwise, each person has held his or her principal occupation for
more than five years.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Position(s) Held with Director of Park
Park National and its Principal National
Subsidiaries and Continuously
Name Age Principal Occupations Since Term Expires In
- ---- --- --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
William T. McConnell 66 Chairman of the Board since 1986 2000
1994, Chief Executive Officer
from 1986 to January, 1999, and
President from 1986 to 1994, of
Park National; Chairman of the Board
since 1993, Chief Executive Officer
from 1983 to January, 1999, President
from 1979 to 1993, and Director of
Park National Bank; Director of
Century National Bank; Director of
First-Knox National Bank
C. Daniel DeLawder 50 Chief Executive Officer since 1994 2002
January, 1999, and President
since 1994, of Park National;
Chief Executive Officer since
January, 1999, President since
1993, Executive Vice President
from 1992 to 1993, and Director
of Park National Bank; Chairman
of Advisory Board since 1989
and President from 1985 to 1992
of the Fairfield National
Division of Park National Bank;
Director of Richland Trust;
Chairman of the Board of
Guardian Finance since February
1999
Maureen Buchwald 68 Vice President of Ariel 1997 2001
Corporation (manufacturer of
reciprocating compressors)
until her retirement in 1997;
Director of First-Knox National
Bank
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Position(s) Held with Director of Park
Park National and its Principal National
Subsidiaries and Continuously
Name Age Principal Occupations Since Term Expires In
- ---- --- --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
James J. Cullers 69 Senior Partner, Zelkowitz, 1997 2000
Barry & Cullers, Attorneys at
Law, Mount Vernon, Ohio;
Director of First-Knox National
Bank
D. C. Fanello 78 Vice Chairman and founder of 1990 2001
Shiloh Corporation, Mansfield,
Ohio (stamping/blanking);
Director of Richland Trust
R. William Geyer 68 Partner, Kincaid, Taylor 1992 2000
and Geyer, Attorneys at
Law, Zanesville, Ohio;
Director of Century National
Bank
Philip H. Jordan, Jr., Ph.D. 68 Retired. From 1975 to 1995, 1997 2002
President of Kenyon College;
Chairman of the Board and
Director of First-Knox National
Bank
Howard E. LeFevre 92 Chairman of the Board of 1987 2002
Freight Service, Inc., Newark,
Ohio (leasing and warehousing);
Director of Park National Bank
Phillip T. Leitnaker 72 President and owner of Phillip 1990 2001
Leitnaker Construction, Inc.
Baltimore, Ohio (construction
company); Owner of Leitnaker
Farms, Baltimore, Ohio
(farming); President and
majority owner of D & B Paving
Company, Baltimore, Ohio
(paving company); Member of
Advisory Board of Fairfield
National Division of Park
National Bank
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Position(s) Held with Director of Park
Park National and its Principal National
Subsidiaries and Continuously
Name Age Principal Occupations Since Term Expires In
- ---- --- --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Tami L. Longaberger 38 Chief Executive Officer since 1996 2002
1998, President since 1994 and
President, Sales and Marketing,
from 1991 to 1993, of The
Longaberger Company, Dresden,
Ohio (specialty goods
manufacturer); Director of
Century National Bank
James A. McElroy 67 Chairman of the Board, AMG 1997 2000
Industries, Inc. (manufacturer
of automobile parts), Mount
Vernon, Ohio; Director of
First-Knox National Bank
John J. O'Neill 79 President/Owner of Southgate 1987 2002
Corporation, Newark, Ohio (real
estate development and
management); Director of Park
National Bank
William A. Phillips 67 Chairman of the Board since 1990 2000
1986, Chief Executive Officer
from 1986 to 1998, and Director
of Century National Bank
J. Gilbert Reese 74 Senior Partner, Reese, Pyle, 1987 2001
Drake & Meyer, P.L.L.,
Attorneys at Law, Newark, Ohio;
Chairman Emeritus of First
Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Newark, Newark,
Ohio; Director of Park National
Bank
Rick R. Taylor 52 President of Jay Plastics 1995 2001
Corp., Mansfield, Ohio (plastic
parts manufacturer); Director
of Richland Trust
John L. Warner 72 Agent, Dawson, Coleman & 1987 2000
Wallace Insurance Agency, Inc.
(successor to W. A. Wallace
Co.), Newark, Ohio
(insurance); Director of Park
National Bank
</TABLE>
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table lists the names and ages of the executive officers
of Park National as of February 25, 2000, the positions presently held by those
officers and their individual business experience during the past five years.
These individuals will be the executive officers of the surviving corporation in
the merger. The board of directors may remove any of the executive officers at
any time.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Positions Held with Park National and its Principal
Name Age Subsidiaries and Principal Occupation
- ---- --- -------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
William T. McConnell 66 Chairman of the Board since 1994, Chief Executive Officer from
1986 to January, 1999, President from 1986 to 1994 and Director
of Park National; Chairman of the Board since 1993, Chief
Executive Officer from 1983 to January, 1999, President from 1979
to 1993, and Director of Park National Bank; Director of Century
National Bank; Director of First-Knox National Bank
C. Daniel DeLawder 50 Chief Executive Officer since January, 1999, President since
1994 and Director of Park National; Chief Executive Officer
since January, 1999, President since 1993, Executive Vice
President from 1992 to 1993, and Director of Park National
Bank; Chairman of Advisory Board since 1989 and President from
1985 to 1992 of the Fairfield National Division of Park
National Bank; Director of Richland Trust; Chairman of the
Board of Guardian Financial since February 1999
David C. Bowers 63 Secretary since 1987, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer from 1990 to 1998, and Director from 1989
to 1990, of Park National; Executive Vice President since
January 1999, Senior Vice President from 1986 to January 1999,
and Director of Park National Bank; Director of Guardian
Financial
</TABLE>
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The executive committee of the board of directors of Park National
performs the functions of a compensation committee. C. Daniel DeLawder, who is
Chief Executive Officer and President of Park National and Park National Bank,
serves as a member of the executive committee. William T. McConnell, who serves
as Chairman of the Board of Park National and Park National Bank, serves as a
member of the executive committee of the Park National board of directors. Mr.
McConnell sits on the board of directors of Freight Service, Inc. but not on its
compensation committee. Howard E. LeFevre, Chairman of the Board and a director
of Freight Service, Inc., serves as a member of the executive committee of the
Park National board of directors.
J. Gilbert Reese, who is senior partner in the law firm of Reese, Pyle,
Drake & Meyer, P.L.L. which rendered legal services to certain of Park
National's subsidiaries during the 1999 fiscal year and continues to do so, is
also a member of the executive committee.
John L. Warner, who serves as an agent for Dawson, Coleman & Wallace
Insurance Agency, Inc. (and served as an agent for W.A. Wallace Co. prior to its
acquisition by Dawson, Coleman & Wallace, in January 1999), also serves as a
member of the executive committee of the Park National board of directors.
During each of Park National's last three fiscal years, Park National and its
subsidiaries have purchased insurance through these two agencies. The aggregate
premiums paid to Dawson, Coleman & Wallace (and W.A. Wallace Co. prior to the
acquisition) by Park National and its subsidiaries during 1999 were $351,113.
The aggregate premiums paid to W.A. Wallace Co. by Park National and its
subsidiaries during 1998 and 1997 were $205,245 and $136,363, respectively.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation
The following table shows, for the last three fiscal years, the cash
compensation paid by Park National and its subsidiaries, as well as other
compensation paid or accrued for those years, to each of Park National's
executive officers.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Long-Term
Compensation
------------
Annual Compensation Awards
------------------- ------
Securities
Name and Underlying Options All Other
Principal Position Year Salary ($) Bonus($)(1) (#)(2) Compensation ($)
- ------------------ ---- ---------- ----------- ------ ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
William T. McConnell, Chairman of the 1999 $326,000 $ 0 0 $11,204(4)
Board of Park National and Park 1998 $325,988 $423,942 0 $ 8,276
National Bank (3) 1997 $166,400 $373,895 0 $ 7,657
C. Daniel DeLawder, President and Chief 1999 $326,000 $436,261 1,050 $ 8,491(4)
Executive Officer of Park National 1998 $217,000 $311,799 1,050 $ 6,983
and of Park National Bank (3) 1997 $110,000 $249,263 1,732 $ 6,366
David C. Bowers, Secretary of Park 1999 $167,000 $181,508 0 $ 8,322(4)
National and Executive Vice 1998 $164,000 $137,403 1,050 $ 7,242
President of Park National Bank (3) 1997 $ 97,000 $122,554 1,706 $ 6,549
- ------------------
</TABLE>
(1) All bonuses reported were earned under Park National's incentive
bonus plan. The amount of bonus reported for each executive officer for 1999
reflects the amount of bonus determined and paid for the 1999 fiscal year as of
the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.
(2) These numbers represent options for common shares granted under the
1995 incentive stock option plan. Each number has been adjusted to reflect a 5%
share dividend distributed on December 15, 1999. See the table under "Grants of
Options" immediately following this section for more detailed information on
these options.
(3) Mr. McConnell stepped down from his positions as Chief Executive
Officer of Park National and Park National Bank and Mr. DeLawder assumed those
positions effective January 1999. Mr. Bowers became Executive Vice President of
Park National Bank in January 1999.
(4) "All Other Compensation" in 1999 for Messrs. McConnell, DeLawder
and Bowers includes (a) the amounts of $7,065, $2,150 and $2,236, respectively,
representing the amount of the premium deemed to have been paid on behalf of
each executive officer under a "split-dollar" life insurance policy which has a
death benefit equal to approximately two times the named executive officer's
highest annual total compensation during his employment with Park National Bank;
(b) the amounts of $1,000, $5,000 and $5,000, respectively, representing
contributions to the Park National 401(k) plan on their behalf to match 1999
pre-tax elective deferral contributions (included in "Salary") made by each
executive officer to the Park National 401(k) plan; and (c) the amounts of
$3,139, $1,341 and $1,086, respectively, representing the amount of the premium
deemed to have been paid on behalf of each executive officer under the life
insurance policy which funds that officer's account under the SERP.
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Grants of Options
The following table summarizes information concerning individual grants
of options made during the 1999 fiscal year to each of the executive officers of
Park National. Park National has never granted stock appreciation rights.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Percent of Potential Realizable
Number of Total Value at Assumed
Securities Options Annual Rates of Share
Underlying Granted to Exercise Price Appreciation
Options Employees in Price Expiration for Option Term (1)
Name Granted Fiscal Year ($/Share) Date 5% 10%
---- ------- ----------- --------- ---- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
William T. McConnell 0 -- -- -- -- --
C. Daniel DeLawder 1,050(2)(3) 1.47% $90.48(2) 5/11/04 $26,250 $58,002
David C. Bowers 0 -- -- -- -- --
- -----------------
</TABLE>
(1) The amounts reflected in this table represent the specified assumed
rates of appreciation only and have been rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Actual realized values, if any, on an option exercise will be dependent on the
actual appreciation of the Park National common shares over the term of the
option. There can be no assurances that the potential realizable values
reflected in this table will be achieved.
(2) This option was granted under the 1995 incentive stock option plan
as an original option and was fully exercisable as of the grant date (May 11,
1999). The number of Park National common shares underlying the option and the
exercise price have been adjusted to reflect the 5% share dividend distributed
by Park National on December 15, 1999.
(3) Upon the exercise of an option, the executive committee which
administers the 1995 incentive stock option plan will automatically grant a new
reload option covering the same number of Park National common shares as were
the subject of the exercise; however, an optionee (a) may not be granted reload
options in any one year of the term of the original option as established on the
date of grant of the original option covering, with respect to all reload
options granted in that one year, more than the number of Park National common
shares which were subject to the original option on the date of grant of the
original option; and (b) will be granted a reload option covering only that
number of common shares which will allow the reload option and any other
outstanding options granted to the optionee under the 1995 incentive stock
option plan to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code. If an option is exercised on or after the optionee's
termination of employment, no reload options will be granted in connection with
the exercise. If an optionee's employment terminates due to his retirement, his
options may thereafter be exercised in full for a period of three months,
subject to the stated term of the options. If an optionee's employment
terminates due to his death or long-term disability, his options may thereafter
be exercised in full for a period of one year, subject to the stated term of the
options. If an optionee's employment is terminated for any other reason, his
options are forfeited.
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Option Exercises and Holdings
The following table summarizes information concerning unexercised
options held as of the end of the 1999 fiscal year by each of the executive
officers of Park National. No executive officer exercised options during the
1999 fiscal year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AGGREGATED FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
Number of Securities Value of Unexercised
Underlying Unexercised In-the-Money
Options at FY-End(#) Options at FY-End($)(1)
--------------------------------- --------------------------
Name Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
---- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
William T. McConnell 0 0 -- --
C. Daniel DeLawder 5,991 (2) 0 $189,206 (2) --
David C. Bowers 4,200 (2) 0 $151,513 (2) --
- ---------------
</TABLE>
(1) "Value of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at FY-End" is based upon
the fair market value of the Park National common shares on December 31, 1999
($96.00) less the exercise price of in-the-money options at the end of the 1999
fiscal year; and has been rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(2) These numbers have been adjusted to reflect the 5% share dividend
distributed by Park National on December 15, 1999.
Pension Plan; Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
The following table shows the estimated pension benefits payable to a
covered participant assuming retirement at a "normal retirement age" of 65 on
October 1, 1999 under the Park National pension plan based on compensation that
is covered under the Park National pension plan, years of service with Park
National and its subsidiaries and payment in the form of a 10-year certain and
life annuity:
PENSION PLAN TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Estimated Annual Pension Benefits (rounded to nearest $100)(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Based on Years of Credited Service Indicated
--------------------------------------------
Annualized
Average Years of Credited Service
Monthly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compensation 10 15 20 25 30 35 or more
- -------------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$100,000 $11,600 $17,400 $23,200 $29,000 $34,000 $39,700
125,000 14,600 21,800 29,100 36,400 43,700 51,000
150,000 17,900 26,700 35,600 44,400 53,300 62,200
160,000 19,100 28,600 38,100 47,700 57,200 66,700
and more
</TABLE>
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- ---------------
(1) Applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code currently limit
the amount of annual compensation used to determine plan benefits under a
defined benefit pension plan, such as the Park National pension plan, and the
amount of plan benefits payable annually under such a plan. The Park National
pension plan is operated in compliance with those provisions.
The Park National pension plan covers employees of Park National (both
the Park National Division and the Fairfield National Division), Park National
Bank, Richland Trust, Century National Bank, First-Knox National Bank (both the
First-Knox National Division and the Farmers and Savings Division) and Guardian
Financial who have attained age 21 and completed one year of credited service.
The Park National pension plan is funded and noncontributory.
A participant's "average monthly compensation" for purposes of the Park
National pension plan is based upon an amount equal to the total compensation
paid by Park National or one of its subsidiaries, including elective deferral
contributions, for the five consecutive years of credited service which produce
the highest annual compensation within the last ten years preceding retirement
divided by sixty. The projected "annualized average monthly compensation" as of
the October 1, 1999 anniversary of the Park National pension plan was $160,000
for each of Messrs. McConnell, DeLawder and Bowers. Messrs. McConnell, DeLawder
and Bowers had approximately 39, 28 and 13 years of credited service,
respectively, under the Park National pension plan as of October 1, 1999.
Benefits under the Park National pension plan become fully vested upon
five years of credited service. The Park National pension plan provides for the
payment of monthly benefits at "normal retirement date" (the later of age 65 or
the fifth anniversary of the time participation in the Park National pension
plan commenced, but no later than age 70 1/2) based upon 29% of an employee's
average monthly compensation up to "covered compensation" (as determined
annually from a table prepared by the Internal Revenue Service) plus 45% of an
employee's average monthly compensation in excess of covered compensation, with
these benefits being reduced by 1/420th for each month of credited service less
than 420 months at normal retirement date. The Park National pension plan also
provides for the payment of minimum monthly benefits at normal retirement date
based upon 29% of an employee's average monthly compensation, with these minimum
benefits being reduced 1/300th for each month of credited service less than 300
months at normal retirement date. Benefits payable under the Park National
pension plan are not subject to any deduction for Social Security benefits.
Benefits payable under the Park National pension plan are adjusted for
retirement before normal retirement date. The normal form of payment of
retirement benefits under the Park National pension plan will be a life annuity
with 120 monthly payments guaranteed. Various other payment options are
available under the Park National pension plan.
Park National adopted the Park National SERP in December 1996. The Park
National SERP currently benefits 29 officers of Park National and its
subsidiaries. The Park National SERP is a non-qualified benefit plan designed to
restore benefits lost due to limitations under the Internal Revenue Code on the
amount of compensation covered by and the benefits payable under a defined
benefit plan. Park National has purchased life insurance contracts to fund the
Park National SERP. The Park National SERP is designed to provide a monthly
retirement benefit of $4,433, $10,662, and $4,686 for Messrs. McConnell,
DeLawder and Bowers, respectively. The Park National SERP also provides a life
insurance benefit for officers of Park National and its subsidiaries
participating in the Park National SERP that die before age 86. These additional
benefits will only be achieved if the investment from the insurance contracts on
funds invested in the contracts exceed a base level return to Park National
during the life of each officer.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Each director of Park National who is not an employee of Park National
or one of its subsidiaries receives as fees an annual retainer (which was paid
in the form of 100 Park National common shares for the 1999 fiscal year), $750
for each meeting of the Park National board of directors attended, and $200 for
each meeting of a committee of the Park National board of directors attended. If
the date of a meeting of the Park National board of directors is changed from
that provided for by resolution of the Park National board of directors and a
non-employee director is unable to attend the rescheduled meeting, he or she
receives $750 as though he or she had attended the meeting. Messrs. DeLawder,
McConnell and Phillips receive no compensation for serving as members of the
board of directors since they are employees of one of the subsidiaries of Park
National.
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Park National and its subsidiaries maintain a life insurance policy
with a death benefit of $100,000 on behalf of each director of Park National who
is not an executive officer of Park National or one of its subsidiaries. The
director has the right to designate the beneficiary to whom his or her share of
the proceeds under the policy is to be paid. A director becomes fully vested
with respect to his or her policy after three years of service. Park National
and its subsidiaries maintain on behalf of each director who is an executive
officer of Park National or one of its subsidiaries, in his capacity as an
executive officer, a life insurance policy which will have a death benefit
payable thereunder in an amount equal to approximately two times the named
executive officer's highest annual total compensation during his employment with
Park National and its subsidiaries. The executive officer has the right to
designate the beneficiary to whom his share of the proceeds under the policy is
to be paid. An executive officer's policy remains in effect following his
retirement as long as specified conditions are met.
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MANAGEMENT
As discussed more fully in the section entitled "Compensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation" on page [ ], during each of Park
National's last three fiscal years, Park National and its subsidiaries have
purchased insurance through Dawson, Coleman & Wallace (and its predecessor W. A.
Wallace Co.) for which John L. Warner, a director of Park National, serves as an
agent.
J. Gilbert Reese, a director of Park National, is senior partner in the
law firm of Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer, P.L.L. which rendered legal services to
certain of Park National's subsidiaries during each of Park National's last
three fiscal years and continues to do so.
R. William Geyer, a director of Park National, is a partner in the law
firm of Kincaid, Taylor and Geyer which rendered legal services to certain of
Park National's subsidiaries during each of Park National's last three fiscal
years and continues to do so.
James J. Cullers, a director of Park National, is senior partner in the
law firm of Zelkowitz, Barry & Cullers which rendered legal services to certain
of Park National's subsidiaries during each of Park National's last three fiscal
years and continues to do so.
Directors and executive officers of Park National, members of their
immediate families and corporations or organizations with which they are
affiliated had banking transactions with Park National Bank (both the Park
National Division and the Fairfield National Division), Richland Trust, Century
National Bank and First-Knox National Bank (both the First-Knox National
Division and the Farmers Savings Division), in the ordinary course of their
respective businesses during the last three fiscal years. Park National expects
that similar banking transactions will be entered into in the future. Loans to
these persons have been made on substantially the same terms, including the
interest rate charged and collateral required, as those prevailing at the time
for comparable transactions with unaffiliated persons. These loans have been
subject to and are presently subject to no more than a normal risk of
uncollectibility and present no other unfavorable features. The aggregate amount
of loans to the seventeen directors and executive officers of Park National and
their associates as a group at December 31, 1999 was approximately $21,710,000.
In addition, loans to the directors and executive officers of Park National's
subsidiaries, who are not also directors or executive officers of Park National,
totaled $31,028,000 at December 31, 1999. The aggregate amount of loans to the
directors and executive officers of Park National and their associates as a
group at December 31, 1998 was approximately $23,488,000. In addition, loans to
the directors and executive officers of Park National's subsidiaries, who were
not also directors or executive officers of Park National, totaled $21,591,000
at December 31, 1998. The aggregate amount of loans to the directors and
executive officers of Park National and their associates as a group at December
31, 1997 was approximately $20,880,000. In addition, loans to the directors and
executive officers of Park National's subsidiaries, who were not also directors
or executive officers of Park National, totaled $22,675,000 at December 31,
1997. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, all of the outstanding
loans were performing loans.
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BUSINESS OF SNB
SNB, headquartered in Greenville, Ohio, is an Ohio corporation
organized in 1984 as a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding
Company Act and subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board. SNB has only
one subsidiary, Second National Bank.
Second National Bank, organized as a national bank in 1883, has
operated as a traditional community bank since its founding. The bank operates
full service offices in West Central Ohio in the communities of Greenville (four
offices), Arcanum (two offices), Fort Recovery (one office) and Versailles (one
office). All facilities are owned.
At December 31, 1999, Second National Bank had total assets of
approximately $319 million, total deposits of approximately $234 million and
shareholders' equity of approximately $34 million. Second National Bank had 119
employees at December 31, 1999.
Second National Bank has focused on real estate lending. At December
31, 1999, approximately 70% of its loans were secured by real estate. Its loan
portfolio by customer is diversified, approximately 55% consumer, 20% commercial
and 25% agricultural. Lendable funds are obtained primarily from deposits and
loan principal payments. The bank offers a full line of checking and NOW
accounts, passbook savings, certificates of deposit and individual retirement
accounts. In addition to originating loans, the bank invests in U.S. treasury
and government agency securities, corporate notes and municipal securities.
There is no public market for SNB common shares. Price quotations for
SNB common shares are not, and have not been, available. At February 25, 2000,
there were 216 holders of record of SNB common shares.
SNB has declared a quarterly dividend of $3.48 per share, payable on
March 15, 2000 to shareholders of record on March 10, 2000. SNB paid a
semi-annual dividend of $4.00 in January, 2000; a semi-annual dividend of $3.25
per share in January and July of 1999; and a semi-annual dividend of $2.50 per
share in January and July of 1998.
COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PARK NATIONAL COMMON SHARES
AND HOLDERS OF SNB COMMON SHARES
As a result of the merger, the holders of SNB common shares will become
holders of Park National common shares, which are listed on the American Stock
Exchange under the symbol "PRK". Following the merger, the Park National
articles and regulations will govern the rights of those shareholders. Both SNB
and Park National are incorporated in Ohio, so the Ohio General Corporation Law
will continue to govern the rights of SNB shareholders after the merger.
Differences exist between the rights of holders of Park National common
shares and the rights of holders of SNB common shares arising from the
distinctions between the articles and regulations of Park National and SNB. The
rights, however, of holders of Park National common shares and those of holders
of SNB common shares are similar in many material respects. The significant
differences are addressed below.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Composition of Board of Directors. The Park National regulations
provide for a board of directors consisting of not more than sixteen and not
less than five directors. Park National currently has sixteen directors. The
regulations divide Park National's board of directors into three classes with
staggered terms whereby one class is elected each year for a three-year term.
The SNB regulations provide for a board of directors consisting of not
less than five and no more than twenty-five directors. SNB currently has six
directors. The SNB board of directors is not classified into different classes.
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Classification of directors makes it more difficult for shareholders to
change the composition of the board of directors. Generally, two annual
meetings, instead of one, are required to change the composition of more than
one-half of the board of directors. Should a shareholder attempt to force a
proxy contest, a tender or exchange offer or other extraordinary corporate
transaction, this classification and extra time period would allow the board
sufficient time to review the proposal as well as any available alternatives in
order to act in what it believes to be the best interests of the shareholders.
The classification provisions, however, also may discourage a third party from
starting a proxy contest, making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to
obtain control of Park National. As a result, Park National may miss an
opportunity to enter into a transaction that could be beneficial to Park
National or its shareholders.
Under the Park National regulations, there are two ways to change the
number of directors. The number of directors can be changed by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by
proxy at any shareholder meeting to change the number of directors or by a
majority of the Park National directors then in office. In the case of a change
approved by the directors, the directors may not increase the number of
directors to a number which exceeds by more than two the number of directors
last elected by the shareholders and cannot exceed sixteen.
Under the SNB regulations, the number of directors also may be changed
by either the shareholders or the directors. The shareholders may change the
size of the board of directors by a resolution approved by the affirmative vote
of the holders of a majority of shares represented, in person or by proxy, at
any meeting called for the purpose of electing directors and the directors may
change the number of directors at any meeting at which a quorum is present by a
majority of the directors present.
Nominations. The Park National regulations provide that shareholder
nominations for election to the Park National board of directors must be made in
writing and must be delivered or mailed to the President of Park National not
less than fourteen days nor more than fifty days prior to any meeting of
shareholders called for the election of directors. However, if Park National
gives less than twenty-one days' notice of the meeting to its shareholders, the
nomination must be mailed or delivered to the President of Park National not
later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which
Park National mailed the notice of the meeting. The notification must include
the following information to the extent known by the notifying shareholder:
- the name and address of each proposed nominee;
- the principal occupation of each proposed nominee;
- the total number of Park National common shares that will be
voted for each proposed nominee;
- the name and residence address of the notifying shareholder;
and
- the number of Park National common shares beneficially owned
by the notifying shareholder.
Nominations which the Chairman of the meeting determines are not made
in accordance with the Park National regulations may be disregarded.
The SNB regulations do not contain any similar nomination procedures.
Removal. The holders of a majority of the voting power of Park National
entitled to elect directors may remove a director with or without cause. Unless
all directors (or all directors of a particular class) are removed, however, no
individual director may be removed if the votes of a sufficient number of shares
are cast against his removal that, if cumulatively voted at an election of all
of the directors (or all of the directors of a particular class), would be
sufficient to elect at least one director.
The SNB articles and regulations do not include provisions limiting the
removal of directors. As a result, Ohio statutory law exclusively governs the
removal of a director from the board of SNB. Under Section 1701.58 of the Ohio
Revised Code, the shareholders may remove any director from office, with or
without cause, by the
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affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitled to
elect directors. Unless all directors are removed (or all directors of a
particular class), however, no individual director may be removed if the votes
of a sufficient number of shares are cast against his removal that, if
cumulatively voted at an election of all of the directors (or all directors of a
particular class), would be sufficient to elect at least one director.
Vacancies. Pursuant to the Park National regulations, the Park National
directors then in office, even if less than a majority of the whole authorized
number of directors, may fill vacancies in the board of directors or newly
created directorships for the unexpired term by the vote of a majority of their
number.
Under the SNB regulations, the directors in office, though less than a
majority of the whole authorized number of directors, may, by the vote of a
majority of their number, fill any vacancy in the board of directors for the
unexpired term of the director. If any vacancy in the board of directors is not
filled by the directors then in office, shareholders entitled to elect directors
have the right to fill that director position at any meeting of the shareholders
called for that purpose. Any director elected by the shareholders in this manner
is elected to serve until the next annual election of directors and until his
successor is elected or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or
death.
VOTING RIGHTS
Cumulative Voting. The holders of Park National and SNB common shares
have the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors. With cumulative
voting, it is possible for the holders of a minority of the common shares to
elect one or more directors to the board of directors, even though the holders
of a majority of the common shares oppose the election of the director(s). The
absence of cumulative voting eliminates the ability of a minority of the
shareholders of a corporation to elect one or more directors to that
corporation's board of directors and allows the holders of a majority of the
shares of that corporation to elect each of the directors.
Special Voting Requirements. The Park National articles contain special
voting requirements that may be deemed to have anti-takeover effects. These
voting requirements are described in Article Eighth and apply when any of the
following actions are contemplated:
- any merger or consolidation of Park National with a beneficial
owner of 20% or more of the voting power of Park National or
an affiliate or associate of that 20% beneficial owner;
- any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition of at least 10% of the total assets of Park
National to or with a 20% beneficial owner or its affiliates
or associates;
- any merger of Park National or one of its subsidiaries with a
20% beneficial owner or its affiliates or associates;
- any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition to Park National or one of its subsidiaries of all
or any part of the assets of a 20% beneficial owner (or its
affiliates or associates), excluding any disposition which, if
included with all other dispositions consummated during the
fiscal year by the 20% beneficial owner or its affiliates or
associates, would not result in dispositions having an
aggregate fair value in excess of 1% of the total consolidated
assets of Park National, unless all such dispositions by the
20% beneficial owner or its affiliates or associates during
the same and four preceding fiscal years would result in
disposition of assets having an aggregate fair value in excess
of 2% of the total consolidated assets of Park National;
- any reclassification of Park National common shares or any
recapitalization involving the common shares of Park National
consummated within five years after a 20% beneficial owner
becomes such;
- any agreement providing for any of the previously described
business combinations; and
- any amendment to Article Eighth of the Park National articles.
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The enlarged majority vote required when Article Eighth applies is the
greater of:
- four-fifths of the outstanding Park National common shares
entitled to vote on the proposed business combination, or
- that fraction of the outstanding Park National common shares
having:
- as the numerator a number equal to the sum of:
- the number of Park National common shares
beneficially owned by the 20% beneficial
owner, plus
- two-thirds of the remaining number of Park
National common shares outstanding,
- and as the denominator, a number equal to the total
number of outstanding Park National common shares
entitled to vote.
Article Eighth does not apply where (1) the shareholders who do not
vote in favor of the transaction and whose proprietary interest will be
terminated in connection with a transaction are paid a "minimum price per share"
and (2) a proxy statement satisfying the requirements of the Exchange Act is
mailed to the Park National shareholders for the purpose of soliciting
shareholder approval of the transaction. If the price criteria and procedural
requirements are satisfied, the approval of a business combination would require
only that affirmative vote (if any) required by law or by the Park National
articles or regulations.
The SNB articles state that notwithstanding any provisions of the
General Corporation Law of Ohio, requiring for any purpose the vote or consent
of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds or any other
proportion of the voting power of SNB, that action, unless otherwise expressly
required by statute, may be taken by the vote of the holders of shares entitling
them to exercise a majority of the voting power of SNB. Under this provision of
the SNB articles, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the voting power of SNB is required to approve any merger, business combination
or similar transaction involving SNB.
Amendments of Articles. The Park National articles and regulations do
not provide any voting requirements for amending the articles other than Article
Eighth, as described above. Accordingly, the Ohio General Corporation Law
applies. Under the Ohio General Corporation Law, the affirmative vote of at
least two-thirds of the voting power of Park National is required to amend the
Park National articles.
The SNB articles provide that, notwithstanding any provisions of the
Ohio General Corporation Law requiring for any purpose the vote or consent of
the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds or any other
proportion of the voting power of the corporation, that action, unless otherwise
expressly required by statute, may be taken by the vote of the holders of shares
entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of SNB. Accordingly,
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power
of SNB is required to amend the SNB articles.
Amendments to the Regulations. The Park National regulations may be
amended by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the voting power of Park
National at a meeting held for that purpose or without a meeting by the written
consent of two-thirds of the voting power of Park National. The SNB regulations
may be amended at any regular meeting of the shareholders by a vote of a
majority of the voting power of SNB or without a meeting, by the written consent
of a majority of the voting power of SNB.
Calling a Special Meeting. Under the Park National regulations,
meetings of shareholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, or, in case of the President's absence, death, or disability, the
Vice President authorized to exercise the authority of the President, the
Secretary, the board of directors at a meeting or acting without a meeting by a
majority of the board of directors or the holders of at least 25% of the voting
power of Park National.
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Under the SNB regulations, meetings of the shareholders may be called
by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or in case of the President's
absence, death or disability, the Vice President authorized to exercise the
authority of the President, the board of directors through action at a meeting,
a majority of the directors then in office acting without a meeting, and by the
President or Secretary upon the written request of shareholders holding of
record 50% or more of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the
meeting.
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
The shareholders of Park National have preemptive rights under
specified circumstances. A preemptive right allows a shareholder to maintain a
proportionate share of ownership by purchasing shares of any new share issuance.
The purpose of the right is to protect shareholders from dilution of value and
control when new shares are issued.
On the offering or sale of any shares of Park National, on reasonable
terms fixed by the Park National board of directors, shareholders of the same
class of shares have the right to purchase additional shares in proportion to
their respective share holdings at the price fixed for the sale of the shares.
This right does not exist where:
- the shares offered or sold are treasury shares;
- the shares offered or sold are issued as a share dividend or
distribution;
- the shares are offered or sold in connection with any merger
or consolidation to which Park National is a party or any
acquisition of, or investment in, another business entity or
its assets by Park National;
- the shares are offered or sold under the terms of a stock
option plan or employee benefit, compensation or incentive
plan which has been approved by the holders of three-fourths
of the issued and outstanding shares of Park National; or
- the shares offered or sold are released from preemptive rights
by the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of
two-thirds of the shares entitled to preemptive rights.
The SNB articles specifically eliminate preemptive rights.
DIVIDENDS
As Ohio corporations, SNB and Park National, may, in the discretion of
their respective boards of directors, generally pay dividends to their
shareholders out of surplus, however created, but must notify its shareholders
if a dividend is paid out of capital surplus.
The ability of Park National and SNB to obtain funds for the payment of
dividends and for other cash requirements largely depends on the amount of
dividends which may be declared by their subsidiaries. In addition, the Federal
Reserve Board expects each of Park National and SNB to serve as a source of
strength to its subsidiary banks, which may require it to retain capital for
further investments in its subsidiary banks, rather than for dividends for its
shareholders. For more information, see "Regulation of Financial Institutions --
Limits on Dividends and Other Payments" on page [ ].
ANTI-TAKEOVER STATUTES
Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act. Section 1701.831 of the Ohio
Revised Code or the "Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act" provides that notice
and informational filings and special shareholder meetings and voting procedures
must occur prior to consummation of a proposed "control share acquisition,"
which is defined as any acquisition of shares of an "issuing public corporation"
that would entitle the acquirer, directly or indirectly, alone or with others,
to exercise or direct the voting power of the issuing public corporation in the
election of directors within any of the following ranges:
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- one-fifth or more but less than one-third of the voting
power;
- one-third or more but less than a majority of the voting
power; or
- a majority or more of the voting power.
An "issuing public corporation" is an Ohio corporation with fifty or
more shareholders that has its principal place of business, principal executive
offices, or substantial assets within the State of Ohio, and as to which no
valid close corporation agreement exists. Assuming compliance with the notice
and informational filing requirements prescribed by the Ohio Control Share
Acquisition Act, the proposed control share acquisition may take place only if,
at a duly convened special meeting of shareholders at which at least a majority
of the voting power is represented in person or by proxy, the acquisition is
approved by both:
- a majority of the voting power of the corporation represented
in person or by proxy at the meeting, and
- a majority of the voting power at the meeting exercised by
shareholders, excluding:
- the acquiring shareholder,
- directors of the corporation who are also employees
and officers, and
- persons who acquire specified amounts of shares after
the first public disclosure of the proposed control
share acquisition.
The Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act does not apply to a corporation
whose articles or regulations so provide. The Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act
applies to SNB since it has not taken any corporate action to opt out of it.
Park National has opted out of the application of the Ohio Control Share
Acquisition Act in its regulations.
Ohio Merger Moratorium Statute. Chapter 1704 of the Ohio Revised Code
or the "Ohio Merger Moratorium Statute" prohibits certain business combinations
and transactions between an "issuing public corporation" and a beneficial owner
of shares representing 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation (an
"interested shareholder") for at least three years after the interested
shareholder becomes such, unless the board of directors of the issuing public
corporation approves either (1) the transaction or (2) the acquisition of the
corporation's shares that resulted in the person becoming an interested
shareholder, in each case before the interested shareholder became such.
For three years after a person becomes an interested shareholder, the
following transactions between the corporation and the interested shareholder or
persons related to such shareholder are prohibited:
- the sale or acquisition of any interest in assets,
- mergers and similar transactions,
- a voluntary dissolution,
- the issuance or transfer of shares or any rights to acquire
shares in excess of 5% of the corporation's outstanding
shares,
- a transaction that increases the interested shareholder's
proportionate ownership of the corporation, and
- any other benefit that is not shared proportionately by all
shareholders.
After the three-year period, transactions between the corporation and
the interested shareholder are permitted if:
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- the transaction is approved by the holders of shares with at
least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the corporation (or a
different proportion specified in the corporation's articles),
including at least a majority of the outstanding shares after
excluding shares controlled by the interested shareholder, or
- the business combination results in shareholders, other than
the interested shareholder, receiving a "fair price" for their
shares determined by the method described in Section
1704.03(A)(4).
A corporation may elect not to be covered by the Ohio Merger Moratorium
Statute by the adoption of an appropriate amendment to its articles. The Ohio
Merger Moratorium Statute applies to SNB since it has not taken any corporate
action to opt out of it. Park National has opted out of the Ohio Merger
Moratorium Statute in its articles.
DIRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
The regulations of Park National provide that Park National will
indemnify its directors or officers against expenses (including attorney's fees,
filing fees, court reporter's fees and transcript costs) judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement by reason of the fact that they are or were
directors, officers, employees or agents of Park National or, at the request of
Park National, were serving another entity in a similar capacity. In order to
receive indemnification, the directors or officers must have acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in the best interests of Park
National. With regard to criminal matters, Park National will indemnify
directors and officers if the directors or officers had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. Directors or officers claiming
indemnification will be presumed to have acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be not opposed to the best interests of Park
National and, with respect to any criminal matter, to have had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
Park National will not indemnify any officer or director of Park
National who was a party to any completed action or suit instituted by, or in
the right of, Park National for any matter asserted in the action as to which
the officer or director has been adjudged to be liable for acting with reckless
disregard for the best interests of Park National or misconduct, other than
negligence, in the performance of his duty to Park National. If, however, the
Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio or the court in which the action
was brought determines that the officer or director is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity, Park National must indemnify the officer or director to
the extent permitted by the court.
Park National will make any indemnification not precluded by Park
National's regulations only upon a determination that the director or officer
has met the applicable standard of conduct. The determination may be made only:
- by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors;
- if a quorum is not obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by
independent legal counsel;
- by the shareholders; or
- by the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio or the
court, if any, in which the action was brought.
Park National will pay expenses incurred in defending any action, suit
or proceeding in advance upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director or officer to repay that amount if the director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified by Park National.
The regulations of Park National state that the indemnification
provided by the regulations is not exclusive of any other rights to which any
person seeking indemnification may be entitled. Additionally, the Park National
regulations provide that Park National may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a
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director, officer, employee or agent of Park National, or who is or was serving
another entity at the request of Park National, against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in that capacity, or arising out of his status
as such, whether or not Park National would have the obligation or power to
indemnify him under the Park National regulations. Park National has purchased
and maintains those policies.
The regulations of SNB provide that SNB will indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by Ohio law, any person who served as a director, officer,
employee or agent of SNB, or any person who served at the request of SNB as a
director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, for any
losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by him in any claim, action, suit
or proceeding, by reason of any act or omission to act as a director, trustee,
officer, employee or agent. The SNB regulations further state that the
indemnification provided for by the regulations is not exclusive of any other
rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled.
Park National also has agreed to indemnify the present officers,
directors and employees of SNB and Second National Bank to the full extent
required under Ohio law and the governing documents of SNB and Second National
Bank. In addition, for a six-year period from the date of the merger, Park
National will maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance policies
covering the officers and directors of SNB and Second National Bank so long as
the cost does not exceed 200% of the current premiums paid by SNB for its
directors' and officers' liability insurance policies. For more information, see
"The Merger Agreement - Costs and Expenses; Indemnification" on page [ ].
REGULATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Park National and SNB, as bank holding companies, are regulated
extensively under federal law. Second National Bank, Park National Bank, Century
National Bank and First-Knox National Bank, as national banks, and Richland
Trust Company, as an Ohio state-chartered bank, are regulated extensively under
federal and state law. Guardian Financial, as an Ohio state-chartered consumer
finance company, is regulated under state law. Park National and SNB are subject
to regulation, supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Board. Second
National Bank, Park National Bank, Century National Bank and First-Knox National
Bank are subject to regulation by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency
(OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Richland Trust is
subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the Ohio Division of
Financial Institutions and the FDIC and Guardian Financial is subject to
regulation, supervision and examination by the Ohio Division of Financial
Institutions.
The following information describes federal and Ohio statutory and
regulatory provisions and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the particular statutory or regulatory provisions. These statutes and
regulations are continually under review by Congress and state legislatures and
federal and state regulatory agencies. A change in statutes, regulations or
regulatory policies applicable to Park National, SNB and their respective
subsidiaries could have a material effect on their respective businesses.
REGULATION OF BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
Park National and SNB are registered with the Federal Reserve Board as
bank holding companies under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Bank holding
companies and their activities are subject to extensive regulation by the
Federal Reserve Board. Bank holding companies are required to file reports with
the Federal Reserve Board and additional information as the Federal Reserve
Board may require, and are subject to regular examinations by the Federal
Reserve Board. The Federal Reserve Board also has extensive enforcement
authority over bank holding companies, including, among other things:
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- the ability to assess civil money penalties,
- to issue cease and desist or removal orders, and
- to require that a holding company divest subsidiaries,
including its bank subsidiaries.
In general, the Federal Reserve Board may initiate enforcement actions for
violations of law and regulations and unsafe or unsound practices.
Under Federal Reserve Board policy, a bank holding company is expected
to act as a source of financial strength to each subsidiary bank and to commit
resources to support those subsidiary banks. Under this policy, the Federal
Reserve Board may require a bank holding company to contribute additional
capital to an undercapitalized subsidiary bank.
The Bank Holding Company Act requires the prior approval of the Federal
Reserve Board in any case where a bank holding company proposes to:
- acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of more than
5% of the voting shares of any bank that is not already
majority-owned by it,
- acquire all or substantially all of the assets of another bank
or bank holding company, or
- merge or consolidate with any other bank holding company.
Section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act also prohibits a bank holding
company, with exceptions, from acquiring more than 5% of the voting shares of
any company that is not a bank and from engaging in any business other than
banking or managing or controlling banks. The primary exception allows the
ownership of shares by a bank holding company in any company the activities of
which the Federal Reserve Board has determined to be so closely related to
banking or to managing or controlling banks that ownership of shares of that
company is appropriate. The Federal Reserve Board has by regulation determined
that certain activities are closely related to banking within the meaning of the
Bank Holding Company Act. These activities include:
- operating a savings association, mortgage company, finance
company, credit card company or factoring company;
- performing certain data processing operations;
- providing investment and financial advice; and
- acting as an insurance agent for certain types of
credit-related insurance.
Effective March 11, 2000, subject to conditions, bank holding companies
that elect to become financial holding companies may affiliate with securities
firms and insurance companies and engage in other activities that are financial
in nature. Also effective March 11, 2000, no regulatory approval will be
required for a financial holding company to acquire a company, other than a bank
or savings association, engaged in activities that are financial in nature or
incidental to activities that are financial in nature, as determined by the
Federal Reserve Board. For more information, see "Regulation of Financial
Institutions - Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999" on page [ ].
Subsidiary banks of a bank holding company are subject to restrictions
imposed by the Federal Reserve Act on maintenance of reserves against deposits,
extensions of credit to the bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries, on
investments in the stock or other securities of the bank holding company or its
subsidiaries and on the taking of such stock or securities as collateral for
loans to any borrower. Further, a bank holding company and its subsidiaries are
prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with any
extension of
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credit, lease or sale of property or furnishing of any services. Various
consumer laws and regulations also affect the operations of these subsidiaries.
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act restrict transactions
by banks and their subsidiaries with their affiliates. An affiliate of a bank is
any company or entity which controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with the bank. Generally, Sections 23A and 23B (1) limit the extent to
which a bank or its subsidiaries may engage in "covered transactions" with any
one affiliate to an amount equal to 10% of that bank's capital stock and surplus
(i.e., tangible capital) and (2) require that all such transactions be on terms
substantially the same, or at least as favorable to the bank or subsidiary, as
those provided to a non-affiliate. The term "covered transaction" includes the
making of loans, purchase of assets, issuance of a guarantee and other similar
types of transactions.
A bank's authority to extend credit to executive officers, directors
and greater than 10% shareholders, as well as entities those persons control, is
subject to Sections 22(g) and 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation O
promulgated under the Federal Reserve Act by the Federal Reserve Board. Among
other things, these loans must be made on terms substantially the same as those
offered to unaffiliated individuals, the amount of loans an institution may make
to such persons is based, in part, on the institution's capital position, and
specified approval procedures must be followed in making loans which exceed
specified amounts.
REGULATION OF NATIONALLY-CHARTERED BANKS
As national banking associations, Second National Bank, Park National
Bank, Century National Bank and First-Knox National Bank are subject to
regulation under the National Banking Act and are periodically examined by the
OCC. They are subject, as member banks, to the rules and regulations of the
Federal Reserve Board. Each is an insured institution. Second National Bank,
Park National Bank and First-Knox National Bank are members of the Bank
Insurance Fund, and Century National Bank is a member of the Savings Association
Insurance Fund. As a result, they are subject to regulation by the FDIC. The
establishment of branches of each of Second National Bank, Park National Bank,
Century National Bank and First-Knox National Bank is subject to prior approval
of the OCC.
REGULATION OF OHIO STATE-CHARTERED BANKS AND CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANIES
The FDIC is the primary federal regulator of Richland Trust. The FDIC
issues regulations governing the operations of Richland Trust and examines
Richland Trust. The FDIC may initiate enforcement actions against insured
depository institutions and persons affiliated with them for violations of laws
and regulations or for engaging in unsafe or unsound practices. If the grounds
provided by law exist, the FDIC may appoint a conservator or a receiver for a
nonmember bank.
As a bank incorporated under Ohio law, Richland Trust is subject to
regulation and supervision by the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions.
Division regulation and supervision affects the internal organization of
Richland Trust, as well as its savings, mortgage lending and other investment
activities. The Division of Financial Institutions may initiate supervisory
measures or formal enforcement actions against Ohio banks. Ultimately, if the
grounds provided by law exist, the Division of Financial Institutions may place
an Ohio bank in conservatorship or receivership. Whenever the Superintendent of
Financial Institutions considers it necessary or appropriate, the Superintendent
may also examine the affairs of any holding company or any affiliate or
subsidiary of an Ohio bank.
As a consumer finance company incorporated under Ohio law, Guardian
Financial is also subject to regulation and supervision by the Division of
Financial Institutions. Division regulation and supervision affects the lending
activities of Guardian Financial. If the grounds provided by law exist, the
Division of Financial Institutions may suspend or revoke an Ohio consumer
finance company's ability to make loans.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
The FDIC is an independent federal agency which insures the deposits,
up to prescribed statutory limits, of federally-insured banks and savings
associations and safeguards the safety and soundness of the financial
institution industry. Two separate insurance funds are maintained and
administered by the FDIC. In general, banking
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institutions are members of the "BIF" and savings associations are "SAIF"
members. The insurance fund conversion provisions do not prohibit a SAIF member
from either converting to a bank charter, as long as the resulting bank remains
a SAIF member (as Century National Bank did when it converted to a national bank
charter in April 1998), or merging with a bank, as long as the bank continues to
pay the SAIF insurance assessments on the deposits acquired. Exit and entrance
fees must be paid to the FDIC in full conversions.
Insurance Premiums. Insurance premiums for SAIF and BIF members are
determined during each semi-annual assessment period based upon the members'
respective categorization as either (1) well capitalized, (2) adequately
capitalized or (3) undercapitalized. The FDIC assigns banks to one of three
supervisory subgroups within each capital group. The supervisory subgroup to
which a bank is assigned is based on a supervisory evaluation provided to the
FDIC by the bank's primary federal regulator and information which the FDIC
determines to be relevant to the bank's financial condition and the risk posed
to the deposit insurance funds (which may include, if applicable, information
provided by the bank's state supervisor). A bank's assessment rate depends on
the capital category and supervisory category to which it is assigned.
Effective January 1, 2000, the BIF assessment rate and the SAIF
assessment rate became the same. This assessment (which includes the FICO
assessment) currently ranges from 2.12 to 29.12 cents per $100 of domestic
deposits. An increase in this assessment rate could have a material adverse
effect on the earnings of the affected banks, depending on the amount of the
increase.
Insurance of deposits may be terminated by the FDIC upon a finding that
the bank has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound
condition to continue operations, or has violated any applicable law,
regulation, rule, order or condition enacted or imposed by the bank's regulatory
agency.
Depositor Preference. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act provides that,
in the event of the "liquidation or other resolution" of a bank, the claims of
depositors of the bank, including the claims of the FDIC as subrogee of insured
depositors, and certain claims for administrative expenses of the FDIC as a
receiver will have priority over other general unsecured claims against the
bank. If a bank fails, insured and uninsured depositors, along with the FDIC,
will have priority in payment ahead of unsecured, nondeposit creditors.
Liability of Commonly Controlled Banks. Under the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, a bank is generally liable for any loss incurred, or reasonably
expected to be incurred, by the FDIC in connection with (a) the default of a
commonly controlled bank or (b) any assistance provided by the FDIC to a
commonly controlled bank in danger of default. "Default" means generally the
appointment of a conservator or receiver. "In danger of default" means generally
the existence of conditions indicating that a default is likely to occur in the
absence of regulatory assistance.
REGULATORY CAPITAL
The Federal Reserve Board has adopted risk-based capital guidelines for
bank holding companies and state member banks. The OCC and the FDIC have each
also adopted risk-based capital guidances for national banks and state
non-member banks, respectively. The guidelines provide a systematic analytical
framework which makes regulatory capital requirements sensitive to differences
in risk profiles among banking organizations, takes off-balance sheet exposures
expressly into account in evaluating capital adequacy and minimizes
disincentives to holding liquid, low-risk assets. Capital levels as measured by
these standards also are used to categorize financial institutions for purposes
of prompt corrective action regulatory provisions.
The minimum guideline for the ratio of total capital to risk-weighted
assets, including certain off-balance sheet items such as standby letters of
credit, is 8%. This total risk-based capital ratio must be at least 10% for a
bank holding company to be considered well capitalized. At least half of the
minimum total risk-based capital ratio (4%) must be composed of common
shareholders' equity, minority interests in the equity accounts of consolidated
subsidiaries, a limited amount of qualifying preferred stock, less goodwill and
certain other deductions, including the unrealized net gains and losses, after
applicable taxes, on available-for-sale securities carried at fair value,
commonly known as "Tier 1" risk-based capital. To be considered well
capitalized, the Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio must be at least 6%. The
remainder of total risk-based capital, commonly known as "Tier 2" risk-based
capital, may consist of mandatory convertible debt, subordinated debt, preferred
stock not qualifying as Tier 1 capital, a
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limited amount of the loan and lease loss allowance and net unrealized gains,
after applicable taxes, on available-for-sale equity securities with readily
determinable fair values, subject to limitations established by the guidelines.
Under the guidelines, capital is compared to the relative risk related
to the balance sheet. To derive the risk included in the balance sheet, one of
four risk weights, 0%, 20%, 50% and 100%, is applied to different balance sheet
and off-balance sheet assets, primarily based on the relative credit risk of the
counterparty. For example, claims guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of
its agencies are risk-weighted at 0%. Off-balance sheet items, such as loan
commitments and derivative financial instruments, are also assigned one of the
above risk weights after calculating balance sheet equivalent amounts. For
example, certain loan commitments are converted at 50% and then risk-weighted at
100%. Derivative financial instruments are converted to balance sheet
equivalents based on notional values, replacement costs and remaining
contractual terms. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to
qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and
other factors.
The Federal Reserve Board has established minimum leverage ratio
guidelines for bank holding companies. The Federal Reserve Board guidelines
provide for a minimum ratio of Tier 1 risk-based capital to average assets,
excluding the loan and lease loss allowance, goodwill and certain other
intangibles, or "leverage ratio," of 3% for bank holding companies that meet
certain criteria, including having the highest regulatory rating. To be
considered well capitalized, the leverage ratio for a bank holding company must
be at least 5%. The guidelines further provide that bank holding companies
making acquisitions will be expected to maintain strong capital positions
substantially above the minimum levels. The OCC and the FDIC have each also
adopted minimum leverage ratio guidelines for national banks and for state
non-member banks, respectively.
Park National and SNB are in compliance with the current applicable
capital guideline ratios. As of December 31, 1999, Park National had a total
risk-based capital ratio of 14.41%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 13.15%
and a leverage ratio of 9.05%. As of that same date, SNB had a total risk-based
capital ratio of 18.21%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 16.95% and a
leverage ratio of 11.55%. Park National anticipates that it will continue to
meet current capital guideline ratios after the consummation of the merger. Park
National's management believes that each of its subsidiary banks is "well
capitalized" according to the guidelines described above. SNB believes that
Second National Bank is "well capitalized" according to those guidelines.
FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES
The business and earnings of Park National and SNB are affected
significantly by the fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and
its agencies. Park National and SNB are particularly affected by the policies of
the Federal Reserve Board, which regulates the supply of money and credit in the
United States. Among the instruments of monetary policy available to the Federal
Reserve Board are (a) conducting open market operations in United States
government securities, (b) changing the discount rates of borrowings of
depository institutions, (c) imposing or changing reserve requirements against
depository institutions' deposits, and (d) imposing or changing reserve
requirements against certain borrowing by banks and their affiliates. These
methods are used in varying degrees and combinations to directly affect the
availability of bank loans and deposits, as well as the interest rates charged
on loans and paid on deposits. For that reason alone, the policies of the
Federal Reserve Board have a material effect on the earnings of Park National
and SNB.
COMPETITION
The financial services industry is highly competitive. The subsidiaries
of Park National and SNB compete with financial services providers, such as
banks, savings associations, credit unions, finance companies, mortgage banking
companies, insurance companies, and money market and mutual fund companies. They
also face increased competition from non-banking institutions such as brokerage
houses and insurance companies, as well as from financial services subsidiaries
of commercial and manufacturing companies. Many of these competitors enjoy the
benefits of advanced technology, fewer regulatory constraints and lower cost
structures.
PROMPT CORRECTIVE REGULATORY ACTION
The federal banking agencies have established a system of prompt
corrective action to resolve problems of undercapitalized institutions. This
system is based on five capital level categories for insured depository
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institutions: "well capitalized," "adequately capitalized," "undercapitalized,"
"significantly undercapitalized," and "critically undercapitalized."
The federal banking agencies may, or in some cases must, take
supervisory actions depending upon a bank's capital level. For example, the
banking agencies must appoint a receiver or conservator for a bank within 90
days after it becomes "critically undercapitalized" unless the bank's primary
regulator determines, with the concurrence of the FDIC, that other action would
better achieve regulatory purposes. Banking operations otherwise may be
significantly affected depending on a bank's capital category. For example, a
bank that is not "well capitalized" generally is prohibited from accepting
brokered deposits and offering interest rates on deposits higher than the
prevailing rate in its market, and the holding company of any undercapitalized
depository institution must guarantee, in part, aspects of the depository
institution's capital plan for the plan to be acceptable.
Under the final rules implementing the prompt corrective action
provisions:
- a bank that has a total risk-based capital ratio of 10% or
greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6% or greater
and a leverage ratio of 5% or greater is deemed to be "well
capitalized";
- a bank with a total risk-based capital ratio of 8% or greater,
a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 4% or greater and a
leverage ratio of 4% or greater (or a leverage ratio of 3% or
greater and a capital adequacy, asset quality, management
administration, earnings and liquidity (or CAMEL) 1 rating),
is considered to be "adequately capitalized";
- a bank that has a total risk-based capital of less than 8%, a
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 4%, and a
leverage ratio that is less than 4% (or a leverage ratio of
less than 3% and a CAMEL 1 rating), is considered
"undercapitalized";
- a bank that has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than
6%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 3% or a
leverage ratio that is less than 3% is considered to be
"significantly undercapitalized"; and
- a bank that has tangible equity (Tier 1 capital minus
intangible assets other than purchased mortgage servicing
rights) to total assets ratio equal to or less than 2% is
deemed to be "critically undercapitalized".
LIMITS ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS
There are various legal limitations on the extent to which subsidiary
banks may finance or otherwise supply funds to their parent holding companies.
Under federal and Ohio law, subsidiary banks may not, subject to limited
exceptions, make loans or extensions of credit to, or investments in the
securities of, their bank holding companies. Subsidiary banks are also subject
to collateral security requirements for any loans or extension of credit
permitted by the exceptions.
None of Second National Bank or the Park National banking subsidiaries
may pay dividends out of their surplus if, after paying the dividends, it would
fail to meet the required minimum levels under risk-based capital guidelines and
minimum leverage ratio requirements established by the OCC and the FDIC. In
addition, each bank must have the approval of its regulatory authority if a
dividend in any year would cause the total dividends for that year to exceed the
sum of the bank's current year's "net profits" (or net income, less dividends
declared during the period based on regulatory accounting principles) and the
retained net profits for the preceding two years, less required transfers to
surplus. Payment of dividends by Second National Bank or any of the Park
National banking subsidiaries may be restricted at any time at the discretion of
its regulatory authorities, if the regulatory authorities deem the dividends to
constitute unsafe and/or unsound banking practices or if necessary to maintain
adequate capital.
The ability of a bank holding company to obtain funds for the payment
of dividends and for other cash requirements is largely dependent on the amount
of dividends which may be declared by its subsidiary banks. The
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Federal Reserve Board, however, expects bank holding companies to serve as a
source of strength to their subsidiary bank(s), which may require them to retain
capital for further investment in their subsidiary bank(s), rather than for
dividends for shareholders of the bank holding company. As stated previously,
none of Second National Bank or the Park National banking subsidiaries may pay
dividends to SNB or Park National, respectively, if, after paying the dividends,
the respective bank(s) would fail to meet the required minimum levels under the
risk-based capital guidelines and the minimum leverage ratio requirements.
Payment of dividends by Second National Bank or one of Park National's banking
subsidiaries may be restricted at any time at the discretion of its applicable
regulatory authorities, if they deem the dividends to constitute an unsafe
and/or unsound banking practice. These provisions could have the effect of
limiting Park National's ability to pay dividends on the Park National common
shares issuable in the merger.
FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1999
On November 12, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, or the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999,
which will, effective March 11, 2000, permit bank holding companies to become
financial holding companies and thereby affiliate with securities firms and
insurance companies and engage in other activities that are financial in nature.
A bank holding company may become a financial holding company if each of its
subsidiary banks is well capitalized under the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Act of 1991 prompt corrective action provisions, is well managed,
and has at least a satisfactory rating under the Community Reinvestment Act by
filing a declaration that the bank holding company wishes to become a financial
holding company. No regulatory approval will be required for a financial holding
company to acquire a company, other than a bank or savings association, engaged
in activities that are financial in nature or incidental to activities that are
financial in nature, as determined by the Federal Reserve Board.
The Financial Services Modernization Act defines "financial in nature"
to include:
- securities underwriting, dealing and market making;
- sponsoring mutual funds and investment companies;
- insurance underwriting and agency;
- merchant banking activities; and
- activities that the Federal Reserve Board has determined to be
closely related to banking.
A national bank also may engage, subject to limitations on investment,
in activities that are financial in nature, other than insurance underwriting,
insurance company portfolio investment, real estate development and real estate
investment, through a financial subsidiary of the bank, if the bank is well
capitalized, well managed and has at least a satisfactory Community Reinvestment
Act rating. Subsidiary banks of a financial holding company or national banks
with financial subsidiaries must continue to be well capitalized and well
managed in order to continue to engage in activities that are financial in
nature without regulatory actions or restrictions, which could include
divestiture of the financial in nature subsidiary or subsidiaries. In addition,
a financial holding company or a bank may not acquire a company that is engaged
in activities that are financial in nature unless each of the subsidiary banks
of the financial holding company or the bank has a Community Reinvestment Act
rating of satisfactory or better.
The specific effects of the enactment of the Financial Services
Modernization Act on the banking industry in general and on Park National and
SNB in particular have yet to be determined due to the fact that the Financial
Services Modernization Act was only recently adopted.
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LIQUIDITY
PARK NATIONAL
Park National's objective in managing its liquidity is to maintain the
ability to continuously meet the cash flow needs of customers, such as
borrowings or deposit withdrawals, while at the same time seeking higher yields
from longer-term lending and investing activities.
Cash and cash equivalents increased by $3.9 million during 1999 to
$104.2 million at year-end. Cash provided by operating activities was $59.3
million in 1999, $42.8 million in 1998, and $44.8 million in 1997. Net income
was the primary source of cash for operating activities during each year. Cash
used in investing activities was $197.9 million in 1999, $166.1 million in 1998,
and $93.4 million in 1997. A major use of cash in investing activities is the
net increase in the loan portfolio. Cash used for the net increase in loans was
$195.1 million in 1999, $53.2 million in 1998, and $111.3 million in 1997. Cash
of $2.6 million and $6.7 million was used in 1999 and 1997, respectively, to
purchase branch offices and $11.6 million was used to acquire the related loans
in 1997.
Security transactions are the other major use or source of cash in
investing activities. Proceeds from the sale or maturity of securities provide
cash and purchases of securities use cash. Net security transactions provided
$2.7 million of cash in 1999, used $109.4 million of cash in 1998 and provided
$38.9 million in 1997. Cash provided by financing activities was $142.5 million
in 1999, $130.0 million in 1998, and $60.4 million in 1997. A major source of
cash for financing activities is the net increase in deposits. Cash provided
from the net increase in deposits was $60.5 million in 1999, $84.8 million in
1998 and $42.4 million in 1997. The purchase of deposits with the branch offices
in 1999 and 1997 provided cash of $14.9 million and $49.2 million, respectively.
Changes in short-term borrowings or long-term debt is a major source or
use of cash for financing activities. The net increase in short-term borrowings
provided cash of $101.5 million in 1999, $95.0 million in 1998 and $16.5 million
in 1997. Park National used cash to repay long-term debt of $8.4 million in
1999, $22.4 million in 1998 and $31.5 million in 1997.
Park National has funds available from a number of sources, including
its securities portfolio, core deposit base, Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
and the capability to securitize or package loans for sale. The present funding
sources provide more than adequate liquidity for Park National to meet its cash
flow needs.
Liquidity is enhanced by assets maturing or repricing within one year.
Assets maturing or repricing within one year were $1,300 million or 52.6% of
interest earning assets at December 31, 1999. Liquidity is also enhanced by a
significant amount of stable core deposits from a variety of customers in
several Ohio markets served by Park National.
LEGAL MATTERS
The federal income tax consequences of the merger, along with other
legal matters in connection with the merger and the issuance of Park National
common shares to former SNB shareholders, will be passed upon for Park National
by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Park National for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1999, included in Appendix B to this proxy
statement/prospectus, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein. Those
consolidated financial statements are included in this proxy
statement/prospectus in reliance upon that report given upon the authority of
that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Park National incorporated by
reference in this proxy statement/prospectus from Park National's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
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1998, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth
in their report thereon incorporated by reference therein. Those consolidated
financial statements are incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus by
reference in reliance upon that report given upon the authority of that firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This document contains forward-looking statements about the merger and
about our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future
performance and business. This includes information relating to:
- benefits, revenues and earnings estimated to result from the
merger; and
- estimated costs of combining our companies.
It also includes statements using words like "believes," "expects,"
"intends," "anticipates" or "estimates" or similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those predicted by the forward-looking
statements because of various factors and possible events, including those
discussed under "Risk Factors" above and the following:
- income, interest and non-interest, following the merger is
lower than expected;
- the costs of providing compensation and benefits to our
employees increase;
- competition increases in the banking industry or our markets;
- costs or difficulties related to the integration of our
businesses or other acquired businesses are greater than
expected;
- there are adverse changes in general economic conditions or in
competitive forces;
- technological changes are more difficult or expensive to
implement than anticipated;
- there are adverse changes in the securities markets; and
- we suffer the loss of key personnel.
There is also the risk that we incorrectly analyze these risks and
forces, or that the strategies we develop to address them are unsuccessful.
Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ significantly from those predicted in
these forward-looking statements. You should not place a lot of weight on these
statements. These statements speak only as of the date of this document or, in
the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable
to Park National or SNB or any person acting on our behalf are qualified by the
cautionary statements in this section. We have no obligation to revise these
forward-looking statements.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
SEC FILINGS
Park National files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. Park National's SEC filings are
available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov. You can also read and copy any document filed by Park
National with the SEC at the SEC's public reference rooms located at:
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450 Fifth Street, N.W. New York Regional Office Chicago Regional Office
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Washington, D.C. 20549 Suite 1300 500 West Madison Street
New York, New York 10048 Suite 1400
Chicago, Illinois 60661
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Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public
reference rooms. You may also obtain copies of Park National's SEC filings by
mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room
1024, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.
Park National's SEC filings are also available from commercial document
retrieval services and from the American Stock Exchange. For information on
obtaining copies of Park National's SEC filings at the American Stock Exchange,
call 1-212-306-1000.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Park National has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form
S-4 to register the Park National common shares to be issued to SNB shareholders
in the merger. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits and
schedules, contains additional relevant information about Park National and SNB.
This proxy statement/prospectus is part of that registration statement. The
rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit some information included in
the registration statement from this document.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information into this
proxy statement/prospectus. This means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to another document filed as an appendix to
this proxy statement/prospectus or to documents filed separately with the SEC.
The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
proxy statement/prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by
information that is included directly in this proxy statement/prospectus.
Park National Documents. This proxy statement/prospectus incorporates
by reference the Park National SEC documents described below. All of these
documents were or will be filed under SEC File No. 1-13006.
- Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1998;
- Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1999;
- Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 29, 2000;
- The description of the Park National common shares contained
in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 1998,
including any amendment or report filed to update that
description; and
- All reports and definitive proxy or information statements of
Park National filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this proxy
statement/prospectus and before completion of the merger and
the exchange of Park National common shares for SNB common
shares.
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This proxy statement/prospectus also includes the information contained
in the section captioned "Financial Review," and the consolidated financial
statements of Park National and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999,
all of which are contained in Park National's Annual Report to Shareholders for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. A copy of the 1999 Park National Annual
Report to Shareholders is being delivered with this proxy statement/prospectus
as Appendix B and is not to be deemed a part of the Form S-4 registration
statement except to the extent specifically incorporated by this reference.
Park National will provide, without charge, copies of any report
incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, excluding exhibits
other than those that are specifically incorporated by reference in this proxy
statement/prospectus. You may obtain a copy of any document incorporated by
reference by writing or calling Park National at:
Park National Corporation
50 North Third Street
P.O. Box 3500
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500
Attention: David C. Bowers, Secretary
(740) 349-3708
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST DOCUMENTS, PLEASE DO SO BY [ ], 2000 TO
ASSURE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THEM BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING. If you request any
incorporated documents from us, we will mail them to you by first class mail, or
another equally prompt means, within one business day after we receive your
request.
We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any
representation about the merger or our corporations that differs from, or adds
to, the information in this proxy statement/prospectus or in the reports that
are publicly filed with the SEC. Therefore, if anyone does give you different or
additional information, you should not rely on it.
This proxy statement/prospectus is dated [ ], 2000. The information
contained in this proxy statement/prospectus speaks only as of that date, unless
the information specifically indicates that another date applies. You should not
assume that the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus is
accurate as of any date other than that date, and neither the mailing of this
proxy statement/prospectus to you nor the issuance to you of Park National
common shares will create any implication to the contrary.
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Appendix A
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
DATED AS OF
DECEMBER 17, 1999
BY AND BETWEEN
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
AND
SNB CORP.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE -- THE MERGER.....................................................2
1.01. Merger; Surviving Corporation.....................................2
1.02. Effective Time....................................................2
1.03. Effects of the Merger.............................................2
ARTICLE TWO -- CONVERSION OF SHARES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.................2
2.01. Conversion of SNB Shares..........................................2
2.02. Exchange of Certificates..........................................3
2.03. Park Shares.......................................................8
ARTICLE THREE -- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SNB........................9
3.01. Representations and Warranties of SNB.............................9
ARTICLE FOUR -- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARK.......................27
4.01. Representations and Warranties of Park...........................27
ARTICLE FIVE -- FURTHER COVENANTS OF SNB.....................................31
5.01. Operation of Business............................................31
5.02. Notification.....................................................35
5.03. Shareholder Approval.............................................36
5.04. Acquisition Proposals............................................36
5.05. Delivery of Information..........................................37
5.06. Affiliates Compliance with the Securities Act....................37
5.07. Takeover Laws....................................................38
5.08 SNB Stock Options................................................38
ARTICLE SIX -- FURTHER COVENANTS OF PARK.....................................38
6.01. Current Information..............................................38
6.02. Opportunity of Employment; Employee Benefits.....................38
6.03. AMEX Listing.....................................................39
6.04. Takeover Laws....................................................39
6.05. Notification.....................................................39
6.06 Officers' and Directors' Indemnification.........................40
ARTICLE SEVEN -- FURTHER OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES..........................41
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7.01. Necessary Further Action........................................41
7.02. Cooperative Action..............................................41
7.03. Satisfaction of Conditions......................................41
7.04. Accounting and Tax Treatment....................................42
7.05. Confidentiality.................................................42
7.06. Press Releases..................................................42
7.07. Registration Statement..........................................42
7.08. Regulatory Applications.........................................44
7.09. Dividends.......................................................44
7.10. Supplemental Assurances.........................................44
ARTICLE EIGHT -- CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES.....................................................................45
8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Park...........................45
8.02. Conditions to the Obligations of SNB............................46
8.03. Mutual Conditions...............................................48
ARTICLE NINE -- CLOSING.....................................................49
9.01. Closing.........................................................49
9.02. Closing Transactions Required of Park...........................49
9.03. Closing Transactions Required of SNB............................50
ARTICLE TEN -- NON-SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS...................................................................50
10.01. Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants.......50
ARTICLE ELEVEN -- TERMINATION...............................................51
11.01. Termination.....................................................51
11.02. Effect of Termination...........................................55
ARTICLE TWELVE -- MISCELLANEOUS.............................................56
12.01. Notices.........................................................56
12.02. Counterparts....................................................57
12.03. Entire Agreement................................................57
12.04. Successors and Assigns..........................................57
12.05. Captions........................................................57
12.06. Governing Law...................................................57
12.07. Payment of Fees and Expenses....................................57
12.08. Amendment.......................................................58
12.09. Waiver..........................................................58
12.10. Disclosure Schedules............................................58
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12.11. No Third-Party Rights...........................................58
12.12. Waiver of Jury Trial............................................58
12.13. Severability....................................................58
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GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS
The following terms, when used in this Agreement, have the meanings
ascribed to them in the corresponding Sections of this Agreement listed below:
"Agreement" -- Preamble
"AMEX" -- Section 2.02(e)
"Acquisition Proposal" -- Section 5.04
"Average Closing Price of Park Shares" -- Section 2.02(e)
"Bank Real Estate Collateral" -- Section 3.01(y)
"Bank" -- Section 3.01(a)
"BHC Act" -- Section 3.01(a)
"CERCLA" -- Section 3.01(y)
"Closing Date" -- Section 9.01
"Closing" -- Section 9.01
"Code" -- Preamble
"Compensation and Benefit Plans" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Constituent Corporations" -- Preamble
"Consultants" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Costs" -- Section 6.06(a)
"Determination Date" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Directors" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Dissenting Share" -- Section 2.02(k)
"DOL" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Effective Time" -- Section 1.02
"Employees" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Environmental Laws" -- Section 3.01(y)
"ERISA" -- Section 3.01(s)
"ERISA Affiliate" -- Section 3.01(s)
"ERISA Affiliate Plan" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Exchange Act" -- Section 4.01(i)
"Exchange Agent" -- Section 2.02(a)
"Exchange Fund" -- Section 2.02(a)
"Exchange Ratio" -- Section 2.01(b)
"FDIC" -- Section 3.01(o)
"Federal Reserve" -- Section 3.01(k)
"Final Index Price" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Final Price" -- Section 11.01(d)
"GAAP" -- Section 3.01(f)
"Governmental Authority" -- Section 3.01(p)
"Hazardous Substances" -- Section 3.01(y)
"Indemnified Party" -- Section 6.06(a)
"Index Group" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Index Price" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Initial Index Price" -- Section 11.01(d)
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"Insurance Amount" -- Section 6.06(b)
"IRS" -- Section 3.01(l)
"Loan Assets" -- Section 3.01(i)
"Loan Documentation" -- Section 3.01(i)
"material adverse effect" -- Section 3.01(a)
"material" -- Section 3.01(a)
"Merger Shares" -- Section 2.01(b)
"Merger" -- Preamble
"OCC" -- Section 3.01(k)
"Officers" -- Section 3.01(s)
"OGCL" -- Section 1.01
"Park" -- Preamble
"Park Balance Sheet Date" -- Section 4.01(f)
"Park Disclosure Schedule" -- Preamble
"Park Shares" -- Preamble
"PBGC" -- Section 3.01(s)
"PCBs" -- Section 3.01(y)
"Pension Plan" -- Section 3.01(s)
"Proxy/Prospectus" -- Section 7.07(a)
"Registration Statement" -- Section 7.07(a)
"Regulatory Authorities" -- Section 3.01(o)
"Rule 145 Affiliates" -- Section 5.06(a)
"SEC" -- Section 3.01(c)
"Secretary of State" -- Section 1.02
"Securities Act" -- Section 3.01(u)
"SNB" -- Preamble
"SNB Balance Sheet Date" -- Section 3.01(f)
"SNB Certificates" -- Section 2.02(a)
"SNB Disclosure Schedule" -- Preamble
"SNB Financial Statements" -- Section 3.01(f)
"SNB Meeting" -- Section 5.03(b)
"SNB Proxy Statement" -- Section 5.03(b)
"SNB Real Properties" -- Section 3.01(m)
"SNB Shares" -- Preamble
"SNB Shareholders' Approval" -- Section 11.01(b)
"SNB Stock Option Plan" -- Section 3.01(b)
"SNB Stock Options" -- Section 3.01(b)
"Starting Date" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Starting Price" -- Section 11.01(d)
"Subsidiary" -- Section 3.01(c)
"Surviving Corporation" -- Section 1.01
"Takeover Laws" -- Section 3.01(aa)
"Tax Returns" -- Section 3.01(l)
"Tax" -- Section 3.01(l)
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"Total SNB Shares Outstanding or
Subject to Options" -- Section 2.01(b)
"trading days" -- Section 2.02(e)
"Updated Park Disclosure Schedule" -- Section 6.05
"Updated SNB Disclosure Schedule" -- Section 5.02
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
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THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Agreement"), dated as
of December 17, 1999, is made and entered into by and between Park National
Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("Park"), and SNB Corp., an Ohio corporation
("SNB") (Park and SNB are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Constituent Corporations").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of SNB and Park have each
determined that it is in the best interests of their respective corporations and
shareholders for SNB to merge with and into Park (the "Merger"), upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in and pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of SNB and Park have each
approved this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the Merger, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, SNB will cease to have a separate corporate existence,
and shareholders of SNB will receive from Park in exchange for each common
share, without par value, of SNB (the "SNB Shares"), the number of common
shares, without par value, of Park (the "Park Shares") calculated in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of SNB and Park that the Merger
contemplated by this Agreement be accounted for under the "pooling-of-interests"
accounting method; and
WHEREAS, for Federal income tax purposes, it is intended that
the Merger contemplated by this Agreement qualify as a "reorganization" under
the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"); and
WHEREAS, SNB has previously provided to Park a schedule
disclosing additional information about SNB (the "SNB Disclosure Schedule"); and
WHEREAS, Park has previously provided to SNB a schedule
disclosing additional information about Park (the "Park Disclosure Schedule");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions
hereinafter set forth, SNB and Park, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree
as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
THE MERGER
1.01. MERGER; SURVIVING CORPORATION
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.02), SNB shall merge
with and into Park in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State
of Ohio (the "OGCL"). Park shall be the continuing and surviving corporation in
the Merger, shall continue to exist under the laws of the State of Ohio, and
shall be the only one of the Constituent Corporations to continue its separate
corporate existence after the Effective Time. As used in this Agreement, the
term "Surviving Corporation" refers to Park at and after the Effective Time. As
a result of the Merger, the outstanding shares of capital stock and the treasury
shares of the Constituent Corporations shall be converted in the manner provided
in Article Two.
1.02. EFFECTIVE TIME
The Merger shall become effective upon the later of (a) the
filing of the appropriate certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Ohio (the "Secretary of State") or (b) such time thereafter as is
agreed to in writing by Park and SNB and so provided in the certificate of
merger. The date and time at which the Merger shall become effective is referred
to in this Agreement as the "Effective Time."
1.03. EFFECTS OF THE MERGER
At the Effective Time:
(a) the Articles of Incorporation of Park as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
articles of the Surviving Corporation;
(b) the Regulations of Park as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be the regulations
of the Surviving Corporation; and
(c) the Merger shall have the effects prescribed in the
OGCL.
ARTICLE TWO
CONVERSION OF SHARES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
2.01. CONVERSION OF SNB SHARES
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the holder thereof:
(a) Conversion of SNB Shares. Subject to Sections 2.01(c)
and 2.02, each SNB Share issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into that number of fully paid and
non-assessable
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Park Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio as defined in
Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement. After the
Effective Time, all such SNB Shares shall no longer
be outstanding and each certificate previously
representing any SNB Shares shall thereafter
represent the Park Shares into which such SNB Shares
have been converted. Certificates previously
representing SNB Shares shall be exchanged for
certificates representing whole Park Shares (and cash
in lieu of fractional Park Share interests) issued in
consideration therefor upon the surrender of such
certificates in accordance with Section 2.02, without
interest.
(b) Exchange Ratio.
(i) The Exchange Ratio shall be equal to:
835,500 (THE "MERGER SHARES")
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Total SNB Shares Outstanding or Subject to
Options (as defined in Section 2.01(b)(ii))
The Exchange Ratio shall be rounded to the
nearest hundredth.
(ii) "Total SNB Shares Outstanding or Subject to
Options" shall mean the sum of (A) the total
number of SNB Shares issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time
(other than SNB Shares held in treasury by
SNB) plus (B) the total number of SNB Shares
which are subject to an SNB Stock Option (as
defined in Section 3.01(b)) immediately
prior to the Effective Time.
(iii) The Exchange Ratio shall be subject to
adjustment in accordance with Section
2.02(l).
(c) Cancellation of Treasury Shares; SNB Shares Owned by
Park. All SNB Shares held by SNB as treasury shares
shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to
exist and no Park Shares or other consideration shall
be delivered in exchange therefor. All SNB Shares, if
any, that are beneficially owned by Park shall become
treasury shares of the Surviving Corporation.
2.02. EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
(a) Exchange Agent. At or prior to the Effective Time,
Park shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited,
with First-Knox National Bank (the "Exchange Agent"),
for the benefit of the holders of certificates which
immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced SNB
Shares (the "SNB Certificates"), for exchange in
accordance with this Article Two, certificates
representing Park Shares and an estimated amount of
cash
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necessary to pay cash in lieu of fractional Park
Share interests in accordance with Section 2.02(e)
(such certificates for Park Shares, together with any
dividends or distributions with a record date
occurring on or after the Effective Time with respect
thereto, and such cash for fractional Park Share
interests being hereinafter referred to as the
"Exchange Fund") issuable pursuant to Section 2.01 in
exchange for such SNB Shares.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably
practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to
each holder of record of SNB Shares immediately prior
to the Effective Time, (i) a letter of transmittal
(which shall specify that delivery shall be effected,
and risk of loss and title to the SNB Certificates
shall pass, only upon delivery of such SNB
Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and which shall
be in such form and have such other provisions as the
Surviving Corporation may reasonably specify) and
(ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender
of the SNB Certificates in exchange for certificates
representing Park Shares and cash in lieu of
fractional Park Share interests. Upon surrender by
such holder of an SNB Certificate or Certificates
evidencing all SNB Shares standing in such holder's
name for cancellation to the Exchange Agent together
with such letter of transmittal, duly executed, the
holder of such SNB Certificate or Certificates shall
be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a
certificate representing the number of whole Park
Shares, and/or a check in respect of any fractional
Park Share interests, which such holder has the right
to receive in respect of the SNB Certificate or
Certificates surrendered pursuant to the provisions
of this Article Two (after taking into account all
SNB Shares then held by such holder), and the SNB
Certificate or Certificates so surrendered shall
forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of
ownership of SNB Shares which is not registered in
the transfer records of SNB, a certificate
representing the proper number of Park Shares, and/or
a check in respect of any fractional Park Share
interests, may be issued to a transferee if the SNB
Certificate representing such SNB Shares is presented
to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents
required to evidence and effect such transfer and by
evidence that any applicable share transfer taxes
have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by
this Section 2.02, each SNB Certificate shall be
deemed at any time after the Effective Time for all
corporate purposes (except as provided in Section
2.02(c)) to represent only the number of whole Park
Shares into which the SNB Shares represented by such
SNB Certificate have been converted as provided in
this Article Two and the right to receive upon such
surrender cash in lieu of any fractional Park Share
interests as contemplated by this Section 2.02.
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(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares;
Voting.
(i) Dividends or other distributions declared or
made after the Effective Time with respect
to Park Shares with a record date after the
Effective Time shall be paid to the holder
of any unsurrendered SNB Certificate with
respect to the Park Shares represented
thereby, and any cash payment in lieu of
fractional Park Shares shall be paid to any
such holder pursuant to Section 2.02(e),
only after surrender of such SNB Certificate
by the holder thereof. Subject to the effect
of applicable laws, following surrender of
any such SNB Certificate, there shall be
paid to the holder of the certificates
representing whole Park Shares issued in
exchange therefor, without interest, (A) as
promptly as practicable after the time of
such surrender, the amount of any cash
payable with respect to a fractional Park
Share interest to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Section 2.02(e) and the
amount of dividends or other distributions
with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore paid (but withheld pursuant to
the immediately preceding sentence) with
respect to such whole Park Shares, and (B)
at the appropriate payment date, the amount
of dividends or other distributions with a
record date after the Effective Time but
prior to surrender and a payment date
subsequent to surrender payable with respect
to such whole Park Shares.
(ii) Former holders of record as of the Effective
Time of SNB Shares shall not be entitled to
vote the Park Shares into which their SNB
Shares shall have been converted on matters
submitted to the shareholders of Park until
the SNB Certificates formerly representing
such SNB Shares shall have been surrendered
in accordance with this Section 2.02 or
certificates evidencing such Park Shares
shall have been issued in exchange therefor.
(d) No Further Ownership Rights in SNB Shares. All Park
Shares issued upon conversion of SNB Shares in
accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash
paid pursuant to Section 2.02(c) or 2.02(e)) shall be
deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of
all rights pertaining to such SNB Shares, subject,
however, to the Surviving Corporation's obligation to
pay any dividends or make any other distributions
with a record date prior to the Effective Time which
may have been declared or made by SNB on such SNB
Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
on or prior to the Effective Time and which remain
unpaid at the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, SNB Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled
and exchanged as provided in this Article Two.
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(e) No Fractional Park Shares.
(i) No certificates or scrip representing
fractional Park Shares shall be issued upon
the surrender for exchange of SNB
Certificates evidencing SNB Shares, and such
fractional Park Share interests will not
entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any
rights of a shareholder of the Surviving
Corporation.
(ii) Each holder of SNB Shares who would
otherwise be entitled to receive a
fractional Park Share shall receive from the
Exchange Agent an amount of cash equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (a) the
fractional Park Share interest to which such
holder (after taking into account all SNB
Shares held at the Effective Time by such
holder) would otherwise be entitled by (b)
the Average Closing Price of Park Shares (as
defined below in Section 2.02(e)(iii)
below). No interest shall be payable with
respect to such cash payment.
(iii) The "Average Closing Price of Park Shares"
shall mean the average of the closing sale
prices of a Park Share on the American Stock
Exchange ("AMEX") (as reported in The Wall
Street Journal or, if not reported therein,
in another authoritative source) during the
period of 20 trading days (as hereinafter
defined in this Section 2.02(e)(iii)) ending
on the trading day prior to the date on
which the waiting period expires following
the last required approval of a Governmental
Authority (as defined in Section 3.01(p)
below) with respect to the Merger. As used
in this Agreement, "trading days" shall mean
days on which actual trades of Park Shares
occur.
(f) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the
Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the
shareholders of SNB for six months after the
Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving
Corporation, upon demand, and any shareholders of SNB
who have not theretofore complied with this Article
Two shall thereafter look only to the Surviving
Corporation for payment of their claim for Park
Shares, any cash in lieu of fractional Park Share
interest and any dividends or distributions with
respect to Park Shares, in each case without
interest.
(g) No Liability. None of Park, SNB, the Exchange Agent
or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any
former holder of SNB Shares for Park Shares (or
dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or
cash in lieu of fractional Park Share interest
delivered to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
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(h) Share Transfer Books. Unless otherwise required by
Section 1701.85 of the OGCL, after the Effective Time
there shall be no further registration of transfers
on the share transfer books of the Surviving
Corporation of the SNB Shares which were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(i) Lost Certificates. If there shall be delivered to the
Exchange Agent by any person who is unable to produce
any SNB Certificate for SNB Shares for surrender to
the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Section
2.02:
(a) Evidence to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation that such SNB
Certificate has been lost, wrongfully taken,
or destroyed;
(b) Such security or indemnity as may be
requested by the Surviving Corporation to
save it harmless (which shall not include
the requirement to obtain a third party bond
or surety); and
(c) Evidence to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation that such person was
the owner of the SNB Shares theretofore
represented by each such SNB Certificate
claimed by him to be lost, wrongfully taken
or destroyed and that he is the person who
would be entitled to present such SNB
Certificate for exchange pursuant to this
Agreement;
then the Exchange Agent, in the absence of actual
notice to it that any SNB Shares theretofore
represented by any such SNB Certificate have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, shall deliver to
such person the Park Shares (and cash in lieu of
fractional Park Share interests) that such person
would have been entitled to receive upon surrender of
each such lost, wrongfully taken or destroyed SNB
Certificate.
(j) Waiver. The Surviving Corporation may from time to
time, in the case of one or more persons, waive one
or more of the rights provided to it in this Article
Two to withhold certain payments, deliveries and
distributions; and no such waiver shall constitute a
waiver of its rights thereafter to withhold any such
payment, delivery or distribution in the case of any
person.
(k) SNB Dissenters' Rights. Anything contained in this
Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary
notwithstanding, if any holder of an outstanding SNB
Share shall properly exercise dissenters' rights with
respect thereto in accordance with Section 1701.85 of
the OGCL (a "Dissenting Share"), then:
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(i) Each such Dissenting Share shall
nevertheless be deemed to be extinguished at
the Effective Time as provided elsewhere in
this Agreement;
(ii) Each person perfecting such dissenter's
rights shall thereafter have only such
rights (and shall have such obligations) as
are provided in Section 1701.85 of the OGCL,
and the Surviving Corporation shall not be
required to deliver any Park Shares or cash
payments to such person in substitution for
each such Dissenting Share in accordance
with this Agreement; provided, however, that
if any such person shall have failed to
perfect or shall withdraw or lose such
holder's rights under division (D) of
Section 1701.85 of the OGCL, each such
holder's Dissenting Shares shall thereupon
be deemed to have been converted as of the
Effective Time into the right to receive
Park Shares and cash in lieu of fractional
Park Share interests in accordance with the
Exchange Ratio, without any interest
thereon, pursuant to Section 2.01.
No holder of Dissenting Shares shall be entitled to
submit a letter of transmittal, and any letter of
transmittal submitted by a holder of Dissenting
Shares shall be invalid.
(l) Changes in Park Shares. In the event Park changes (or
establishes a record date for changing) the number of
Park Shares issued and outstanding prior to the
Effective Time as a result of a share split, share
dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction
with respect to the outstanding Park Shares and the
record date therefor shall be prior to the Effective
Time, or exchanges the Park Shares for a different
number or kind of shares or securities or is involved
in any transaction resulting in any of the foregoing,
the Exchange Ratio shall be proportionately adjusted.
2.03. PARK SHARES
All Park Shares, if any, that are owned directly by SNB shall
become treasury shares of the Surviving Corporation. Each other Park Share
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to
be issued and outstanding and unaffected by the Merger. Each Park Share held by
Park in treasury shall continue to be a treasury share of the Surviving
Corporation.
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ARTICLE THREE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SNB
3.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SNB
SNB hereby represents and warrants to Park that:
(a) Corporate Status. SNB is an Ohio corporation and a
bank holding company registered under the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the "BHC
Act"); is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of Ohio; and has the
full corporate power and authority to own its
property, to carry on its business as presently
conducted, and to enter into and, subject to the
required adoption of this Agreement by the SNB
shareholders and the obtaining of appropriate
regulatory approvals, perform its obligations under
this Agreement and consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Copies of the
articles of incorporation and regulations of SNB and
all amendments thereto have been delivered to Park by
SNB in Section 3.01(a) of the SNB Disclosure
Schedule. Second National Bank (the "Bank") is the
only Subsidiary (as that term is defined in Section
3.01(c)). The Bank is a national banking association;
is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the United States of
America; and has the full corporate power and
authority to own its property, and to carry on its
business as presently conducted. Neither SNB nor the
Bank is qualified to do business in any other
jurisdiction or is required to be qualified to do
business in any other jurisdiction except where the
failure to be so qualified would not have a material
adverse effect on SNB or the Bank. Copies of the
articles of association and by-laws of the Bank and
all amendments thereto have been delivered to Park in
Section 3.01(a) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule. As
used in this Agreement, (i) any reference to any
event, change or effect being "material" with respect
to any entity means an event, change or effect which
is material in relation to the condition (financial
or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities,
businesses or results of operations of such entity
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) the
term "material adverse effect" means, with respect to
an entity, a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets,
liabilities, businesses or results of operations of
such entity and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or
on the ability of such entity to perform without
material delay its obligations under this Agreement
or consummate the Merger and the other material
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b) Capitalization of SNB.
(i) The authorized capital of SNB consists
solely of 750,000 common shares, without par
value, all of which are SNB Shares, of which
155,626 SNB Shares are issued and
outstanding and 10,522 SNB Shares are held
in treasury by SNB. All outstanding SNB
Shares have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and were not issued in
violation of the preemptive rights of any
person. All SNB Shares issued within the
last three years have been issued in
compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws. As of the date of
this Agreement, 32 SNB Shares were reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of
outstanding stock options (the "SNB Stock
Options") granted under the SNB Corp.
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the "SNB
Stock Option Plan"). SNB has furnished to
Park a true, complete and correct copy of
the SNB Stock Option Plan and a list of all
participants therein which identifies the
number of SNB Shares subject to SNB Stock
Options held by each participant, the
exercise price or prices of such SNB Stock
Options and the dates each SNB Stock Option
was granted, becomes exercisable and
expires.
(ii) As of the date of this Agreement, except for
this Agreement and the SNB Stock Options,
there are no options, warrants, calls,
rights, commitments or agreements of any
character to which SNB is a party or by
which it is bound obligating SNB to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, any additional SNB Shares
or obligating SNB to grant, extend or enter
into any such option, warrant, call, right,
commitment or agreement. As of the date of
this Agreement, there are no outstanding
contractual obligations of SNB to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
SNB Shares except for such obligations
arising under the SNB Stock Option Plan.
(iii) Except as disclosed in Section 3.01(b) of
the SNB Disclosure Schedule, since September
30, 1997, SNB has not (A) issued or
permitted to be issued any SNB Shares, or
securities exercisable for or convertible
into SNB Shares, other than the SNB Stock
Options granted prior to the date hereof
under the SNB Stock Option Plan; (B)
repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired,
directly or indirectly through the Bank or
otherwise, any SNB Shares; or (C) declared,
set aside, made or paid to the shareholders
of SNB dividends or other distributions on
the outstanding SNB Shares, other than
regular semi-annual cash dividends on the
SNB
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Shares at a rate not in excess of the
regular semi-annual cash dividends most
recently declared by SNB prior to the date
of this Agreement.
(c) Subsidiaries. The Bank is the only Subsidiary of SNB.
SNB owns of record and beneficially all of the issued
and outstanding equity securities of the Bank. There
are no options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments
or agreements of any character to which SNB or the
Bank is a party or by which either of them is bound
obligating the Bank to issue, deliver or sell, or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional
equity securities of the Bank (other than to SNB) or
obligating SNB or the Bank to grant, extend or enter
into any such option, warrant, call, right,
commitment or agreement. There are no contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements relating
to SNB's rights to vote or to dispose of the equity
securities of the Bank which it owns. All of the
equity securities of the Bank held by SNB are fully
paid and non-assessable (except pursuant to 12 U.S.C.
Section 55) and are owned by SNB free and clear of
any charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest,
hypothecation, restriction, claim, option, lien,
encumbrance or interest of any persons whatsoever.
SNB does not own beneficially, directly or
indirectly, any equity securities or similar
interests of any person, or any interest in a
partnership or joint venture of any kind, other than
the Bank.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Subsidiary" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC").
(d) Corporate Proceedings. All corporate proceedings of
SNB necessary to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
by SNB have been duly and validly taken, except for
the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a
majority of the outstanding SNB Shares entitled to
vote thereon (which is the only required shareholder
vote thereon). The Board of Directors of SNB has
recommended adoption of this Agreement by the
shareholders of SNB and directed that this Agreement
be submitted to the shareholders of SNB for their
approval. This Agreement has been validly executed
and delivered by duly authorized officers of SNB. The
Board of Directors of SNB has received the written
opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc. to the effect
that as of the date hereof, the consideration to be
received by the holders of SNB Shares in the Merger
is fair to the holders of SNB Shares from a financial
point of view.
(e) Authorized and Effective Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of SNB, enforceable against SNB in
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accordance with its terms, except as the same may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar
laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing. SNB has the absolute and unrestricted right,
power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver
this Agreement and, subject to the required adoption
of this Agreement by the SNB shareholders, the
obtaining of appropriate regulatory approvals and the
expiration of applicable regulatory waiting periods,
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Financial Statements of SNB. SNB has furnished to
Park accurate and complete copies of consolidated
financial statements of SNB consisting of (i)
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1998
and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of
income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash
flows for the three years ended December 31, 1998,
including accompanying notes and the report thereon
of Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP and (ii) the
unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of September
30, 1999 (the "SNB Balance Sheet Date") and
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for
the nine months then ended (collectively, all of such
consolidated financial statements are referred to as
the "SNB Financial Statements"). The SNB Financial
Statements were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a
consistent basis and present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial condition of SNB
at the dates, and the consolidated results of
operations and cash flows for the periods, stated
therein; subject, in the case of the interim
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments
which are not expected to be, individually or in the
aggregate, materially adverse to SNB and the absence
of full footnotes.
(g) Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as
disclosed in Section 3.01(g) of the SNB Disclosure
Schedule, neither SNB nor the Bank had any debt,
obligation, guarantee or liability at the SNB Balance
Sheet Date, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise that would be required to be reflected on
and reserved against in the SNB Financial Statements
or in the notes thereto except for debts,
obligations, guarantees or liabilities which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not exceed
$50,000. Except as disclosed in Section 3.01(g) of
the SNB Disclosure Schedule, all debts, liabilities,
guarantees and obligations of SNB and the Bank
incurred since the SNB Balance Sheet Date have been
incurred in the ordinary course of business and are
usual and normal in amount both individually and in
the aggregate. Except as disclosed in Section 3.01(g)
of the SNB Disclosure
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Schedule, neither SNB nor the Bank is in material
default or breach of any material agreement to which
SNB or the Bank is a party.
(h) Absence of Changes. Except as set forth in Section
3.01(h) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, since the SNB
Balance Sheet Date: (i) there has not been any
material adverse change in the business, operations,
assets or financial condition of SNB and the Bank
taken as a whole, and, to the knowledge of SNB, no
fact or condition exists which SNB believes will
cause such a material adverse change in the future;
and (ii) SNB has not taken or permitted any of the
actions described in Section 5.01(b) of this
Agreement.
(i) Loan Documentation. To the knowledge of SNB, the
documentation ("Loan Documentation") governing or
relating to the loan and credit-related assets ("Loan
Assets") representing the loan portfolio of the Bank
is legally sufficient for the purposes intended
thereby and creates enforceable rights of the Bank in
accordance with the terms of such Loan Documentation,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and
other similar laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, by
general equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and by an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing. Except as set forth in
Section 3.01(i) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, no
debtor under any of the Loan Documentation has
asserted any claim or defense with respect to the
subject matter thereof. Except as set forth in
Section 3.01(i) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, the
Bank is not a party to a loan, including any loan
guaranty, with any director, executive officer or
five percent (5%) shareholder of SNB or the Bank or
any person, corporation or enterprise controlling,
controlled by or under common control with either SNB
or the Bank. All loans and extensions of credit that
have been made by the Bank and that are subject
either to Sections 22(g) or 22(h) of the Federal
Reserve Act, as amended, or to 12 C.F.R. Part 215
(Regulation O), comply therewith.
(j) Allowance for Loan Losses. Except as set forth in
Section 3.01(j) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, there
is no loan which was made by the Bank and which is
reflected as an asset of the Bank on the SNB
Financial Statements that (i) is 90 days or more
delinquent or (ii) has been classified by examiners
(regulatory or internal) as "Substandard," "Doubtful"
or "Loss." The allowance for loan losses reflected on
the SNB Financial Statements has been determined in
accordance with GAAP and in accordance with all rules
and regulations applicable to SNB and the Bank and is
adequate in all material respects. SNB has considered
all potential
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losses known to SNB to the best of its knowledge in
establishing the current allowance for loan losses
for the Bank, other than such losses that if incurred
would not have a material adverse effect on SNB or
the Bank.
(k) Reports and Records. SNB and the Bank have filed all
reports and maintained all records required to be
filed or maintained by them under the rules and
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve") and the Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC"),
except for such reports and records the failure to
file or maintain would not reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on SNB and the Bank.
All such documents and reports complied in all
material respects with applicable requirements of law
and rules and regulations in effect at the time such
documents and reports were filed and contained in all
material respects the information required to be
stated therein. None of such documents or reports,
when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(l) Taxes. Except as set forth in Section 3.01(l) of the
SNB Disclosure Letter, SNB and the Bank have timely
filed all returns, statements, reports and forms
(including elections, declarations, disclosures,
schedules, estimates and information returns)
(collectively, the "Tax Returns") with respect to all
federal, state, local and foreign income, gross
income, gross receipts, gains, premium, sales, use,
ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits,
withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance,
stamp, occupancy, license, lease, environmental,
customs, duties, property, windfall profits and all
other taxes (including any interest, penalties or
additions to tax with respect thereto, individually,
a "Tax" and, collectively, "Taxes") required to be
filed with the appropriate tax authority through the
date of this Agreement. Such Tax Returns are and will
be true, correct and complete in all material
respects. SNB and the Bank have paid and discharged
all Taxes due from them, other than such Taxes that
are adequately reserved as shown on the SNB Financial
Statements or have arisen in the ordinary course of
business since the SNB Balance Sheet Date. Neither
the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") nor any
other taxing agency or authority, domestic or
foreign, has asserted, is now asserting or, to the
knowledge of SNB, is threatening to assert against
SNB or the Bank any deficiency or claim for
additional Taxes. There are no unexpired waivers by
SNB or the Bank of any statute of limitations with
respect to Taxes. The accruals and reserves for Taxes
reflected in the SNB Financial Statements are
adequate for the periods covered. SNB and the Bank
have withheld or collected and paid over to the
appropriate
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governmental authorities or are properly holding for
such payment all Taxes required by law to be withheld
or collected. There are no liens for Taxes upon the
assets of SNB or the Bank, other than liens for
current Taxes not yet due and payable. Neither SNB
nor the Bank has agreed to make, or is required to
make, any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the
Code. Except as set forth in Section 3.01(l) of the
SNB Disclosure Letter, or as may be caused by any
agreement entered into by Park, neither SNB nor the
Bank is a party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or plan that has resulted, or could
result, individually or in the aggregate, in the
payment of "excess parachute payments" within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code. Neither SNB nor
the Bank has ever been a member of an affiliated
group of corporations, within the meaning of Section
1504 of the Code, other than an affiliated group of
which SNB is or was the common parent corporation. No
Tax is required to be withheld pursuant to Section
1445 of the Code as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(m) Property and Title. Section 3.01(m) of the SNB
Disclosure Schedule lists and describes all real
property, and any leasehold interest in real
property, owned or held by SNB or the Bank and used
in the businesses of SNB or the Bank (collectively,
the "SNB Real Properties"). The SNB Real Properties
constitute all of the real property and interests in
real property used in the businesses of SNB and the
Bank. Copies of all leases of real property to which
SNB or the Bank is a party have been provided to Park
in Section 3.01(m) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule.
Such leasehold interests have not been assigned or
subleased. All SNB Real Properties which are owned by
SNB or the Bank are free and clear of all mortgages,
liens, security interests, defects, encumbrances,
easements, restrictions, reservations, conditions,
covenants, agreements, encroachments, rights of way
and zoning laws, except (i) those set forth in the
SNB Financial Statements or Section 3.01(m) of the
SNB Disclosure Schedule; (ii) easements,
restrictions, reservations, conditions, covenants,
rights of way, zoning laws and other defects and
irregularities in title and encumbrances which do not
materially impair the use thereof for the purposes
for which they are held; and (iii) the lien of
current taxes not yet due and payable. SNB and the
Bank own, and are in rightful possession of, and have
good title to, all of the other assets indicated in
the SNB Financial Statements as being owned by SNB or
the Bank, free and clear of any charge, mortgage,
pledge, security interest, hypothecation,
restriction, claim, option, lien, encumbrance or
interest of any persons whatsoever except those
described in the SNB Financial Statements or Section
3.01(m) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule and except for
those assets disposed of in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices. All of the
assets of SNB and the Bank are in operating
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condition, except for normal maintenance and routine
repairs, and are adequate to continue to conduct the
businesses of SNB and the Bank as such businesses are
presently being conducted.
(n) Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth in Section
3.01(n) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, there are no
actions, suits, proceedings, claims or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of SNB and the Bank,
threatened in any court, before any governmental
agency or instrumentality or in any arbitration
proceeding (i) against or by SNB or the Bank; or (ii)
against or by SNB or the Bank which would prevent the
consummation of this Agreement or of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or declare the same
to be unlawful or cause the rescission thereof.
(o) Regulatory Matters. Neither SNB nor the Bank nor the
respective properties of SNB or the Bank are parties
to or subject to any order, judgment, decree,
agreement, memorandum of understanding or similar
arrangement with, or a commitment letter or similar
submission to, or extraordinary supervisory letter
from, any court or federal or state governmental
agency or authority, including any such agency or
authority charged with the supervision or regulation
of financial institutions (or their holding
companies) or issuers of securities or engaged in the
insurance of deposit (including, without limitation,
the OCC, the Federal Reserve, the SEC and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC")) or the
supervision or regulation of SNB or the Bank
(collectively, the "Regulatory Authorities"). Neither
SNB nor the Bank has been advised by any Regulatory
Authority that such Regulatory Authority is
contemplating issuing or requesting (or is
considering the appropriateness of issuing or
requesting) any such order, judgment, decree,
agreement, memorandum of understanding, commitment
letter, supervisory letter or similar submission.
(p) No Conflict. Subject to the required adoption of this
Agreement by the shareholders of SNB, receipt of the
required regulatory approvals, expiration of
applicable regulatory waiting periods, and required
filings under federal and state securities laws, the
execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, by SNB do not and
will not (i) conflict with, or result in a violation
of, or result in the breach of or a default (or which
with notice or lapse of time would result in a
default) under, any provision of: (A) any federal,
state or local law, regulation, ordinance, order,
rule or administrative ruling of any administrative
agency or commission or other federal, state or local
governmental authority or instrumentality (each, a
"Governmental Authority") applicable to SNB or
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the Bank or any of their respective properties; (B)
the articles of incorporation or regulations of SNB
or the articles of association or by-laws of the
Bank; (C) any material agreement, indenture or
instrument to which SNB or the Bank is a party or by
which it or its properties or assets may be bound; or
(D) any order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree
of any court, arbitration panel or any Governmental
Authority applicable to SNB or the Bank; (ii) result
in the creation or acceleration of any security
interest, mortgage, option, claim, lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property of SNB or the Bank; or
(iii) violate the terms or conditions of, or result
in the cancellation, modification, revocation or
suspension of, any material license, approval,
certificate, permit or authorization held by SNB or
the Bank.
(q) Brokers, Finders and Others. Except for the fee paid
or payable to McDonald Investments, Inc., there are
no fees or commissions of any sort whatsoever claimed
by, or payable by SNB or the Bank to, any broker,
finder, intermediary or any other similar person in
connection with effecting this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(r) Employment Agreements. Except as disclosed in Section
3.01(r) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, neither SNB
nor the Bank is a party to any employment, change in
control, severance or consulting agreement not
terminable at will. Neither SNB nor the Bank is a
party to, bound by or negotiating, any collective
bargaining agreement, nor are any of their respective
employees represented by any labor union or similar
organization. SNB and the Bank are in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable laws
respecting employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and
neither SNB nor the Bank has engaged in any unfair
labor practice.
(s) Employee Benefit Plans.
(i) Section 3.01(s)(i) of the SNB Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate
list of all bonus, incentive, deferred
compensation, pension (including, without
limitation, Pension Plans defined below),
retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings,
employee stock ownership, stock bonus, stock
purchase, restricted stock, stock option,
severance, welfare (including, without
limitation, "welfare plans" within the
meaning of Section 3(1) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA")), fringe benefit plans,
employment or severance agreements and all
similar practices, policies and arrangements
maintained or contributed to (currently or
within the last six years) by (A) SNB or the
Bank and in which any employee
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or former employee (the "Employees"),
consultant or former consultant (the
"Consultants"), officer or former officer
(the "Officers"), or director or former
director (the "Directors") of SNB or the
Bank participates or to which any such
Employees, Consultants, Officers or
Directors either participate or are a party
or (B) any ERISA Affiliate (as defined
below) (collectively, the "Compensation and
Benefit Plans"). Neither SNB nor the Bank
has any commitment to create any additional
Compensation and Benefit Plan or to modify
or change any existing Compensation and
Benefit Plan, except as otherwise
contemplated by Sections 5.08 and 6.02 of
this Agreement.
(ii) Each Compensation and Benefit Plan has been
operated and administered in all material
respects in accordance with its terms and
with applicable law, including, but not
limited to, ERISA, the Code, the Securities
Act (as defined in Section 3.01(u)), the
Exchange Act (as defined in Section
4.01(i)), the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act, or any regulations or rules
promulgated thereunder, and all filings,
disclosures and notices required by ERISA,
the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act and any other applicable law have been
timely made. Each Compensation and Benefit
Plan which is an "employee pension benefit
plan" within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA (a "Pension Plan") and which is
intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter (including a
determination that the related trust under
such Compensation and Benefit Plan is exempt
from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code)
from the IRS and SNB is not aware of any
circumstances likely to result in revocation
of any such favorable determination letter.
There is no material pending or, to the
knowledge of SNB, threatened legal action,
suit or claim relating to the Compensation
and Benefit Plans other than routine claims
for benefits thereunder. Neither SNB nor the
Bank has engaged in a transaction, or
omitted to take any action, with respect to
any Compensation and Benefit Plan that would
reasonably be expected to subject SNB or the
Bank to a tax or penalty imposed by either
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of
ERISA, assuming for purposes of Section 4975
of the Code that the taxable period of any
such transaction expired as of the date
hereof.
(iii) No liability (other than for payment of
premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation ("PBGC") which have been made or
will be made on a timely basis) under Title
IV of ERISA has been
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or is expected to be incurred by SNB or the
Bank with respect to any ongoing, frozen or
terminated "single-employer plan," within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA,
currently or formerly maintained by any of
them, or any single-employer plan of any
entity (an "ERISA Affiliate Plan") which is
considered one employer with SNB under
Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or Section
414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code (an "ERISA
Affiliate"). None of SNB, the Bank or any
ERISA Affiliate has contributed, or has been
obligated to contribute, to a multiemployer
plan under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA
(as defined in ERISA Sections 3(37)(A) and
4001(a)(3)) at any time since September 26,
1980. No notice of a "reportable event",
within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA,
for which the 30-day reporting requirement
has not been waived, has been required to be
filed for any Compensation and Benefit Plan
or by any ERISA Affiliate Plan within the
12-month period ending on the date hereof,
and no such notice will be required to be
filed as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The PBGC has
not instituted proceedings to terminate any
Pension Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan and, to
SNB's knowledge, no condition exists that
presents a material risk that such
proceedings will be instituted. There is no
pending investigation or enforcement action
by the PBGC, the Department of Labor (the
"DOL"), the IRS or any other Governmental
Authority with respect to any Compensation
and Benefit Plan. Under each Pension Plan
and ERISA Affiliate Plan, as of the date of
the most recent actuarial valuation
performed prior to the date of this
Agreement, the actuarially determined
present value of all "benefit liabilities",
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(16) of
ERISA (as determined on the basis of the
actuarial assumptions contained in such
actuarial valuation of such Pension Plan or
ERISA Affiliate Plan), did not exceed the
then current value of the assets of such
Pension Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan and
since such date there has been neither an
adverse change in the financial condition of
such Pension Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan
nor any amendment or other change to such
Pension Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan that
would increase the amount of benefits
thereunder which reasonably could be
expected to change such result.
(iv) All contributions required to be made under
the terms of any Compensation and Benefit
Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan or any employee
benefit arrangements under any collective
bargaining agreement to which SNB or the
Bank is a party have been timely made or
have been reflected on the SNB Financial
Statements.
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Neither any Pension Plan nor any ERISA
Affiliate Plan has an "accumulated funding
deficiency" (whether or not waived) within
the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA and all required
payments to the PBGC with respect to each
Pension Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan have
been made on or before their due dates. None
of SNB, the Bank or any ERISA Affiliate (x)
has provided, or would reasonably be
expected to be required to provide, security
to any Pension Plan or to any ERISA
Affiliate Plan pursuant to Section
401(a)(29) of the Code, and (y) has taken
any action, or omitted to take any action,
that has resulted, or would reasonably be
expected to result, in the imposition of a
lien under Section 412(n) of the Code or
pursuant to ERISA.
(v) Except as disclosed in Section 3.01(s)(v) of
the SNB Disclosure Schedule, neither SNB nor
the Bank has any obligations to provide
retiree health and life insurance or other
retiree death benefits under any
Compensation and Benefit Plan, other than
benefits mandated by Section 4980B of the
Code. Except as disclosed in Section
3.01(s)(v) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule,
there has been no communication to Employees
by SNB or the Bank that would reasonably be
expected to promise or guarantee such
Employees retiree health or life insurance
or other retiree death benefits on a
permanent basis.
(vi) SNB and the Bank do not maintain any
Compensation and Benefit Plans covering
foreign Employees.
(vii) With respect to each Compensation and
Benefit Plan, if applicable, SNB has
provided or made available to Park, true and
complete copies of existing: (A)
Compensation and Benefit Plan documents and
amendments thereto; (B) trust instruments
and insurance contracts; (C) two most recent
Forms 5500 filed with the IRS; (D) most
recent actuarial report and financial
statement; (E) most recent summary plan
description; (F) forms filed with the PBGC
within the past year (other than for premium
payments); (G) most recent determination
letter issued by the IRS; (H) any Form 5310,
Form 5310A, Form 5300 or Form 5330 filed
within the past year with the IRS; and (I)
most recent nondiscrimination tests
performed under ERISA and the Code
(including but not limited to Code Section
401(k) and 401(m) tests).
(viii) Except as disclosed on Section 3.01(s)(viii)
of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, the
consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement would not,
directly or indirectly (including,
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without limitation, as a result of any
termination of employment prior to or
following the Effective Time), reasonably be
expected to (A) entitle any Employee,
Consultant or Director to any payment
(including severance pay or similar
compensation) or any increase in
compensation, (B) result in the vesting or
acceleration of any benefits under any
Compensation and Benefit Plan or (C) result
in any material increase in benefits payable
under any Compensation and Benefit Plan.
(ix) Except as disclosed on Section 3.01(s)(ix)
of the SNB Disclosure Schedule, neither SNB
nor the Bank maintains any compensation
plans, programs or arrangements the payments
under which would not reasonably be expected
to be deductible as a result of the
limitations under Section 162(m) of the Code
and the regulations issued thereunder.
(x) Except as disclosed on Section 3.01(s)(x) of
the SNB Disclosure Schedule, as a result,
directly or indirectly, of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, as a result of any
termination of employment prior to or
following the Effective Time), none of Park,
SNB or the Surviving Corporation, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries will be
obligated to make a payment that would be
characterized as an "excess parachute
payment" to an individual who is a
"disqualified individual" (as such terms are
defined in Section 280G of the Code) of SNB
on a consolidated basis, without regard to
whether such payment is reasonable
compensation for personal services performed
or to be performed in the future.
(t) Compliance with Laws. Each of SNB and the Bank:
(i) has been in compliance with all applicable
federal, state, local and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders or decrees applicable
thereto or to the employees conducting such
business, including, without limitation, the
Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair
Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act,
the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and all
other applicable fair lending laws and other
laws relating to discriminatory business
practices, except for failures to be in
compliance which, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had or would not
reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on SNB or the Bank;
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(ii) has all permits, licenses, authorizations,
orders and approvals of, and has made all
filings, applications and registrations
with, all Governmental Authorities that are
required in order to permit it to own or
lease its properties and to conduct its
business as presently conducted, except
where the failure to obtain any of the
foregoing or to make any such filing,
application or registration has not had or
would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on SNB or the Bank;
all such permits, licenses, certificates of
authority, orders and approvals are in full
force and effect and to SNB's knowledge, no
suspension or cancellation of any of them is
threatened; and
(iii) has received no notification or
communication from any Governmental
Authority (A) asserting that SNB or the Bank
is not in compliance with any of the
statutes, regulations or ordinances which
such Governmental Authority enforces or (B)
threatening to revoke any license,
franchise, permit or governmental
authorization (nor, to SNB's knowledge, do
any reasonable grounds for any of the
foregoing exist), which has not been
resolved to the satisfaction of the
Governmental Authority which sent such
notification or communication.
(u) SNB Information. None of the information relating to
SNB and the Bank to be contained in (i) the
Registration Statement (as that term is defined in
Section 7.07 below) will, at the time the
Registration Statement is filed with the SEC and at
the time it becomes effective under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the SNB
Proxy Statement (as that term is defined in Section
5.03(b) below), as of the date such SNB Proxy
Statement is mailed to shareholders of SNB and up to
and including the date of the meeting of shareholders
to which such SNB Proxy Statement relates, will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, provided that, in
each case, information as of a later date shall be
deemed to modify information as of an earlier date.
All information about SNB and the Bank included in
the Registration Statement and the SNB Proxy
Statement will be deemed to have been supplied by
SNB.
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(v) Insurance.
(i) Section 3.01(v) of the SNB Disclosure
Schedule sets forth all of the insurance
policies, binders or bonds maintained by SNB
or the Bank and a description of all claims
filed by SNB or the Bank against the
insurers of SNB and the Bank since December
31, 1997. SNB and the Bank are insured with
reputable insurers against such risks and in
such amounts as the management of SNB
reasonably has determined to be prudent in
accordance with industry practices. All such
insurance policies are in full force and
effect; SNB and the Bank are not in material
default thereunder; and all claims
thereunder have been filed in due and timely
fashion.
(ii) The deposits of the Bank are insured by the
FDIC in accordance with the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, and the Bank has paid all
assessments and filed all reports required
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(w) Governmental Proceedings. No consent, approval,
authorization of, or registration, declaration or
filing with, any court, Governmental Authority or any
other third party is required to be made or obtained
by SNB or the Bank in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by SNB of this Agreement or
the consummation by SNB of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except for (A) filings of
applications and notices, as applicable, with and the
approval of certain federal and state banking
authorities, (B) filings with the SEC and state
securities authorities and (C) the filing of the
appropriate certificate of merger with the Secretary
of State pursuant to the OGCL. As of the date hereof,
SNB is not aware of any reason why the approvals set
forth in Section 7.08 will not be received without
the imposition of a condition, restriction or
requirement of the type described in Section 7.08.
(x) Contracts. Section 3.01(x) of the SNB Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a list, identifying by dates,
subject matter and parties, all contracts, agreements
and instruments to which SNB or the Bank is a party
or by which either of them is bound, and which
involve the payment by or to SNB or the Bank of more
than $50,000 in connection with the purchase of
property or goods or the performance of services and
which are not in the ordinary course of their
respective businesses. True, complete and correct
copies of all such contracts, agreements and
instruments have been delivered to Park. Neither SNB
nor the Bank, nor any other party to such contract,
is in default under any such contract, agreement,
commitment, arrangement or other instrument to which
it is a party, by which its
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respective assets, business or operations may be
bound or affected in any way, or under which it or
its respective assets, business or operations receive
benefits, and there has not occurred any event that,
with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or
both, would constitute such a default.
(y) Environmental Matters. Except as otherwise disclosed
in Section 3.01(y) of the SNB Disclosure Schedule:
(i) SNB and the Bank are and have been at all times
in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws (as that term is
defined in this Section 3.01(y)), and, to the
knowledge of SNB, SNB and the Bank have not engaged
in any activity in violation of any applicable
Environmental Law; (ii)(A) no investigations,
inquiries, orders, hearings, actions or other
proceedings by or before any court or Governmental
Authority are pending or, to the knowledge of SNB,
threatened in connection with any of SNB's and Bank's
activities and any SNB Real Properties or
improvements thereon, and (B) to the knowledge of
SNB, no investigations, inquiries, orders, hearings,
actions or other proceedings by or before any court
or Governmental Authority are pending or threatened
in connection with any real properties in respect of
which the Bank holds a mortgage or mortgages
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bank Real Estate
Collateral"); (iii) no claims at any time have been
made or threatened by any third party against SNB or
the Bank, or with respect to the SNB Real Properties
or improvements thereon, or, to the knowledge of SNB,
the Bank Real Estate Collateral, relating to damage,
contribution, cost recovery, compensation, loss or
injury resulting from any Hazardous Substance (as
that term is defined in this Section 3.01(y)) which
have not been resolved to the satisfaction of the
involved parties and which have had or are reasonably
expected to have a material adverse effect on SNB or
the Bank; (iv) no Hazardous Substances have been
integrated into the SNB Real Properties or
improvements thereon, or, to the knowledge of SNB,
the Bank Real Estate Collateral or any component
thereof in such manner or quantity as may reasonably
be expected to or in fact would pose a threat to
human health or the value of the real property and
improvements; (v) to SNB's knowledge, no portion of
the SNB Real Properties or improvements thereon, or
the Bank Real Estate Collateral is located within 500
feet of (A) a release of Hazardous Substance which
has been reported or is required to be reported under
any Environmental Law or (B) the location of any site
used, in the past or presently, for the disposal of
any Hazardous Substances; and (vi) neither SNB nor
the Bank has knowledge, based upon commercially
reasonable inquiry, that (A) any of the SNB Real
Properties or improvements thereon, or the Bank Real
Estate Collateral has been used for the storage or
disposal of Hazardous Substances or has been
contaminated by Hazardous Substances, (B) any of its
business operations have contaminated lands, waters
or other property of others with
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Hazardous Substances, except routine,
office-generated solid waste, or (C) any of the SNB
Real Properties or improvements thereon, or the Bank
Real Estate Collateral have in the past or presently
contain underground storage tanks, friable asbestos
materials or PCB-containing equipment.
For purposes of this Agreement, (i) "Environmental
Law" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C.
section 9601 ET SEQ., the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. section 6901 ET SEQ., the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C.
section 1802 ET SEQ., the Toxic Substances Control
Act, 15 U.S.C. section 2601 ET SEQ., the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. section 1251
ET SEQ., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. section 1321
ET SEQ., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. section 7401
ET SEQ., regulations promulgated thereunder, and any
other federal, state, county, municipal, local or
other statute, law, ordinance or regulation which may
relate to or deal with human health or the
environment, as of the date of this Agreement, and
(ii) "Hazardous Substances" means, at any time: (a)
any "hazardous substance" as defined in section
101(14) of CERCLA or regulations promulgated
thereunder; (b) any "solid waste," "hazardous waste,"
or "infectious waste," as such terms are defined in
any other Environmental Law as of the date of this
Agreement; and (c) friable asbestos,
urea-formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls
("PCBs"), nuclear fuel or material, chemical waste,
radioactive material, explosives, known carcinogens,
petroleum products and by-products, and other
dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants,
contaminants, chemical, materials or substances
listed or identified in, or regulated by, any
Environmental Law.
(z) Pooling. Neither SNB nor the Bank has taken,
permitted or agreed to take any action that would
prevent Park from accounting for the business
combination to be effected by the Merger as a
"pooling of interests."
(aa) Takeover Laws. SNB has taken all action required to
be taken by it in order to exempt this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby from, and this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
are exempt from, the requirements of any
"moratorium", "control share", "fair price",
"affiliate transaction", "business combination" or
other anti-takeover laws or regulations of any state
(collectively, "Takeover Laws") applicable to it,
including, without limitation, those of the State of
Ohio.
(bb) Risk Management Instruments. All material interest
rate swaps, caps, floors, option agreements, futures
and forward contracts and other similar risk
management arrangements, whether entered into for
SNB's own account, or for the account of one or more
of the Bank or its customers (all of which are listed
on the SNB Disclosure Schedule), or entered into (i)
in
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accordance with prudent business practices and all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory
policies and (ii) with counter-parties believed to be
financially responsible at the time; and each of them
constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation
of SNB or the Bank, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, and is in full force and effect. Neither
SNB nor the Bank, nor to SNB's knowledge any other
party thereto, is in breach of any of its obligations
under any such agreement or arrangement.
(cc) Books and Records. The books and records of SNB and
the Bank have been fully, properly and accurately
maintained and have been maintained in accordance
with sound business practices. Such books and records
fairly reflect the substance of events and
transactions included therein.
(dd) Year 2000. Neither SNB nor the Bank has received, or
has reason to believe that it will receive, a written
rating of less than "satisfactory" on any OCC or
other Regulatory Authority Year 2000 Report of
Examination. SNB has disclosed to Park a complete and
accurate copy of its Year 2000 plan, including an
estimate of the anticipated associated costs, for
addressing the issues set forth in the statements of
the FFIEC dated May 5, 1997, entitled "Year 2000
Project Management Awareness," and December 17, 1997,
entitled "Safety and Soundness Guidelines Concerning
the Year 2000 Business Risk," as such issues affect
SNB and the Bank and such plan is in material
compliance with the schedules set forth in the FFIEC
statements.
(ee) Repurchase Agreements. With respect to any agreement
pursuant to which SNB or the Bank has purchased
securities subject to an agreement to repurchase, SNB
or the Bank, as the case may be, has a valid,
perfected first lien or security interest in or
evidence of ownership in book entry form of the
government securities or other collateral securing
the repurchase agreement, and the value of such
collateral equals or exceeds the amount of the debt
secured thereby.
(ff) Disclosure. No representation or warranty by SNB
contained in this Agreement and no statement
contained in any certificate or other document
(including the SNB Disclosure Schedule) furnished by
SNB to Park pursuant to this Agreement contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained herein and therein not misleading, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were
made.
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ARTICLE FOUR
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARK
4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARK
Park hereby warrants and represents to SNB that:
(a) Corporate Status. Park is an Ohio corporation and a
bank holding company registered under the BHC Act; is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Ohio; and has the full
corporate power and authority to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted and to
enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Corporate Proceedings. All corporate proceedings of
Park necessary to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, by Park have been duly and validly taken.
This Agreement has been validly executed and
delivered by duly authorized officers of Park.
(c) Capitalization of Park.
(i) As of the date of this Agreement, the
authorized capital stock of Park consists
only of 20,000,000 common shares, without
par value, of which 9,739,570 Park Shares
are issued and outstanding and 291,565 Park
Shares are held in treasury by Park. The
outstanding Park Shares have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable, and were not issued
in violation of the preemptive rights of any
person. As of the date of this Agreement,
except pursuant to this Agreement and as
disclosed in Section 4.01(c) of the Park
Disclosure Schedule, Park has no commitment
or obligation to issue, deliver or sell any
Park Shares.
(ii) The Park Shares to be issued in exchange for
SNB Shares in the Merger, when issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and subject to
no preemptive rights.
(d) Authorized and Effective Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of Park, enforceable against Park in accordance with
its terms, except as the same may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws relating
to or affecting the enforcement
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of creditors' right generally, by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing. Park has the absolute and unrestricted
right, power, authority and capacity to execute and
deliver this Agreement and, subject to the
satisfaction of the requirements referred to in
Section 4.01(k) and the expiration of applicable
regulatory waiting periods, and required filings
under federal and state securities laws, to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) No Conflict. Subject to the satisfaction of the
requirements referred to in Section 4.01(k) and
expiration of applicable regulatory waiting periods,
and required filings under federal and state
securities laws, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
by Park do not and will not (i) conflict with, or
result in a violation of, or result in the breach of
or a default (or which with notice or lapse of time
would result in a default) under any provision of:
(A) any federal, state or local law, regulation,
ordinance, order, rule or administrative ruling of
any Governmental Authority applicable to Park or any
of its properties; (B) the Articles of Incorporation
or Regulations of Park; (C) any material agreement,
indenture or instrument to which Park is a party or
by which it or its properties or assets may be bound;
or (D) any order, judgment, writ, injunction or
decree of any court, arbitration panel or any
Governmental Authority applicable to Park; (ii)
result in the creation or acceleration of any
security interest, mortgage, option, claim, lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property of Park; or
(iii) violate the terms or conditions of, or result
in the cancellation, modification, revocation or
suspension of, any material license, approval,
certificate, permit or authorization held by Park.
(f) Financial Statements of Park. Park has furnished to
SNB consolidated financial statements of Park
consisting of (i) consolidated balance sheets as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in
shareholders' equity and cash flows for the three
years ended December 31, 1998, including accompanying
notes and the report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP and
(ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of
September 30, 1999 (the "Park Balance Sheet Date")
and December 31, 1998, the related unaudited
consolidated statements of income for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 1999 and 1998, of
changes in shareholders' equity for the nine months
ended September 30, 1999 and 1998 and of cash flows
for the nine months ended September 30, 1999 and 1998
(collectively, all of such consolidated financial
statements are referred to as the "Park Financial
Statements"). The Park Financial Statements were
prepared in conformity with GAAP
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applied on a consistent basis and present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial
condition of Park at the dates, and the consolidated
results of operations and cash flows for the periods,
stated therein; subject, in the case of the interim
financial statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments which are not expected to be,
individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse
to Park and the absence of full footnotes.
(g) Absence of Changes. Since the Park Balance Sheet
Date: (i) the businesses of Park and its subsidiaries
have been conducted only in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice; (ii) there has been no
material adverse change in the assets, liabilities,
business or operations of Park and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole; (iii) there has been no damage,
destruction, loss or event (whether or not insured
against) which in the aggregate has had or might
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the business or operations of Park and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iv) Park has
announced its proposed acquisition of U. B.
Bancshares, Inc., an Ohio corporation, pursuant to a
merger.
(h) Takeover Laws. Park has taken all action required to
be taken by it in order to exempt this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby from, and this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
are exempt from, the requirements of any Takeover
Laws applicable to Park.
(i) Reports and Records. The Park Shares are registered
with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"). Park has filed all reports and proxy
materials required to be filed by it with the SEC
pursuant to the Exchange Act, except for any reports
or proxy materials the failure to file which would
not have a material adverse effect upon Park and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole. All such filings, at
the time of filing, complied in all material respects
as to form and included all exhibits required to be
filed under the applicable rules of the SEC. None of
such documents, when filed, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(j) Brokers, Finders and Others. There are no fees or
commissions of any sort whatsoever claimed by, or
payable by Park to, any broker, finder, intermediary
or any other similar person in connection with
effecting this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(k) Governmental Proceedings. No consent, approval,
authorization of, or registration, declaration or
filing with, any court, Governmental Authority
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or any other third party is required to be made or
obtained by Park in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by Park of this Agreement or
the consummation by Park of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except for (A) filings of
applications or notices, as applicable, with and the
approval of certain federal banking authorities, (B)
filings with the SEC and state securities
authorities, (C) the filing of the appropriate
certificate of merger with the Secretary of State
pursuant to the OGCL and (D) receipt of the approvals
set forth in Section 7.08. As of the date hereof,
Park is not aware of any reason why the approvals set
forth in Section 7.08 will not be received without
the imposition of a condition, restriction or
requirement of the type described in Section 7.08.
(l) Pooling. Neither Park nor any of its Subsidiaries has
taken or permitted any action which would prevent the
Merger from being accounted for as a pooling of
interests.
(m) Park Information. None of the information relating to
Park to be contained in the Registration Statement
will, at the time the Registration Statement is filed
with the SEC and at the time it becomes effective
under the Securities Act, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, provided that information as of
a later date shall be deemed to modify information as
of an earlier date.
(n) Year 2000. Neither Park nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received, or has reason to believe that it will
receive, a written rating of less than "satisfactory"
on any Year 2000 Report of Examination of any
Regulatory Authority. Park has disclosed to SNB a
complete and accurate copy of its Year 2000 plan,
including an estimate of the anticipated associated
costs, for addressing the issues set forth in the
statements of the FFIEC dated May 5, 1997, entitled
"Year 2000 Project Management Awareness," and
December 17, 1997, entitled "Safety and Soundness
Guidelines Concerning the Year 2000 Business Risk,"
as such issues affect Park and its Subsidiaries, and
such plan is in material compliance with the schedule
set forth in the FFIEC statements.
(o) Deposit Insurance. The deposits of Park's bank
subsidiaries are insured by the FDIC in accordance
with the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and said banks
have paid all assessments and filed all reports
required by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(p) Disclosure. No representation or warranty by Park
contained in this Agreement, and no statement
contained in any certificate or other
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document (including the Park Disclosure Schedule)
furnished by Park to SNB pursuant to this Agreement
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein and therein not
misleading, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made.
ARTICLE FIVE
FURTHER COVENANTS OF SNB
5.01. OPERATION OF BUSINESS
SNB covenants with Park that throughout the period from the
date of this Agreement to and including the Closing:
(a) Conduct of Business. SNB's business and the business
of the Bank will be conducted only in the ordinary
and usual course consistent with past practice.
Without the written consent of Park, SNB shall not
(i) take any action which would be inconsistent with
any representation or warranty of SNB set forth
herein or which would cause a breach of any such
representation or warranty if made at or immediately
following such action; or (ii) engage in any lending
activities other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice. SNB shall
send to Park via facsimile transmission a copy of all
loan presentations made to the Board of Directors of
SNB at the same time as such presentations are
transmitted to such Board and all other proposals for
loans in excess of $500,000. SNB shall consult with
Park prior to (x) hiring any full-time officer, other
than replacement employees for positions then
existing and (y) purchasing any investment
securities.
(b) Changes in Business and Capital Structure. Except
with the consent of Park or as provided for by this
Agreement, SNB will not, and will cause the Bank not
to:
(i) sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or subject
to any lien or otherwise encumber any of the
assets of SNB or the Bank, tangible or
intangible, except in the ordinary course of
business for full and fair consideration
actually received;
(ii) make any capital expenditure or capital
additions or betterments (other than
expenditures of up to $157,000 in respect of
computer equipment which was previously
approved by the Bank as a planned capital
expenditure for 2000) which, in the
aggregate, exceed $40,000;
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(iii) become bound by, enter into, or perform any
material contract, commitment or transaction
which is other than in the ordinary course
of its business or which would cause or
result in its being unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) declare, pay or set aside for payment any
dividends or make any distributions on its
capital shares issued and outstanding other
than (A) semi-annual cash dividends on SNB
Shares in an amount not to exceed $4.00 per
share, with record and payment dates as
indicated in Section 7.09 of this Agreement,
and (B) those payable by the Bank to SNB, in
each case which are consistent with the past
practices of SNB and the Bank; except that
SNB may declare in 2000 and pay in 2000, in
lieu of semi-annual dividends, quarterly
dividends provided the amount per share per
quarter is less than $3.49;
(v) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire any of its capital shares;
(vi) issue or grant any option or right to
acquire any of its capital shares or effect,
directly or indirectly, any stock split,
recapitalization, combination, exchange of
shares, readjustment or other
reclassification;
(vii) amend its articles of incorporation,
constitution, regulations or by-laws;
(viii) merge or consolidate with any other person
or otherwise reorganize except for the
Merger;
(ix) acquire (other than by way of foreclosures
or acquisitions of control in a bona fide
fiduciary capacity or in satisfaction of
debts previously contracted in good faith,
in each case in the ordinary and usual
course of business consistent with past
practice) all or any portion of, the assets,
business, deposits or properties of any
other entity;
(x) enter into, establish, adopt or amend any
pension, retirement, stock option, stock
purchase, savings, profit sharing, deferred
compensation, consulting, bonus, group
insurance or other employee benefit,
incentive or welfare contract, plan or
arrangement, or any trust agreement (or
similar arrangement) related thereto, in
respect of any Director, Officer or Employee
of SNB or the Bank, or take any action to
accelerate the vesting or exercisability of
stock options, restricted stock or other
compensation or benefits payable there-
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under; provided, however, that SNB may (A)
take such actions in order to satisfy either
applicable law or contractual obligations
existing as of the date hereof and disclosed
in the SNB Disclosure Schedule or regular
annual renewals of insurance contracts; and
(B) terminate its Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan at any time before the
Effective Time, with benefit distributions
deferred until the IRS issues a favorable
determination with respect to the
terminating plan's tax-qualified status upon
termination and with SNB and Park to
cooperate in good faith to apply for such
approval and to agree upon associated plan
termination amendments that shall, among
other things, provide for the application of
all assets of a terminating plan for its
participants, and allow plan participants
not only to receive lump-sum distributions
of their benefits but also to transfer those
benefits to the Park National Corporation
Employee's Voluntary Salary Deferral Plan
and Trust maintained for employees of Park
and its Subsidiaries;
(xi) pay any general wage or salary increase,
other than normal pay increases consistent
with past practices, or enter into or amend
or renew any employment, consulting,
severance or similar agreements or
arrangements with any Officer, Director or
Employee, except, in each case, for changes
which are required by applicable law or to
satisfy contractual obligations existing as
of the date hereof and disclosed in the SNB
Disclosure Schedule;
(xii) enter into or terminate any contract
requiring the payment or receipt of $15,000
or more in any 12-month period or amend or
modify in any material respect any of its
existing material contracts;
(xiii) incur any indebtedness for money borrowed or
incur any material obligation or liability
other than in the ordinary course of
business;
(xiv) take any action that would, or is reasonably
likely to, prevent or impede the Merger from
qualifying (A) for "pooling-of-interest"
accounting treatment or (B) as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Code;
(xv) implement or adopt any change in its
accounting principles, practices or methods,
other than as may be required by GAAP;
(xvi) waive or cancel any right of material value
or material debts, except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past
practices;
(xvii) take any action that would result in (A) any
of its representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement being or
becoming untrue
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in any material respect at any time at or
prior to the Effective Time, (B) any of the
conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article Eight not being satisfied or (C) a
violation of any provision of this Agreement
except, in each case, as may be required by
applicable law or regulation;
(xviii) cause any material adverse change in the
amount or general composition of deposit
liabilities;
(xix) make any material investment (except in the
ordinary course of business); or
(xx) enter into any agreement to do any of the
foregoing.
(c) Maintenance of Property. SNB and the Bank will use
their commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and
keep their respective property and facilities in
their present condition and working order, ordinary
wear and tear excepted.
(d) Performance of Obligations. SNB and the Bank will
perform all of their obligations under all agreements
relating to or affecting their properties, rights and
business, except where nonperformance would not have
a material adverse effect on SNB or the Bank.
(e) Maintenance of Business Organization. SNB will, and
will cause the Bank to, use their commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve their
respective business organizations intact; to retain
present key employees; and to maintain the respective
relationships of customers, suppliers and others
having business relationships with them. SNB will
not, and will cause the Bank not to, take any action
or omit to take any action which would terminate or
enable any Employee of SNB or the Bank to terminate
his employment or employment agreement without cause
and continue thereafter to receive compensation.
(f) Insurance. SNB and the Bank will maintain insurance
coverage with reputable insurers, which in respect of
amounts, premiums, types and risks insured, were
maintained by them at the Balance Sheet Date, and
upon the renewal or termination of such insurance,
SNB and the Bank will use commercially reasonable
best efforts to renew or replace such insurance
coverage with reputable insurers, which in respect of
amounts, premiums, types and risks insured or
maintained by them at the Balance Sheet Date.
(g) Access to Information. SNB will, and will cause the
Bank to, take all action necessary to (i) afford the
officers and designated representatives of Park full
access during normal business hours upon reasonable
notice to
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all of SNB's and the Bank's properties (including for
purposes of inspection and investigation for soil and
groundwater tests), books, records, tax returns and
reports, financial statements, contracts and
commitments, and any work papers relating to any of
the foregoing; (ii) furnish to Park all such
documents, copies of documents, and information (A)
concerning compliance and/or noncompliance with
Environmental Laws and with respect to the past,
present or suspected future presence of Hazardous
Substances on the SNB Real Properties, and Bank Real
Estate Collateral, including but not limited to
environmental audit and Phase I reports, and (B)
concerning SNB's and the Bank's affairs as Park may
reasonably request; (iii) afford full access to Park
to SNB's and the Bank's Officers, Directors,
Employees and agents in order that Park may have full
opportunity to make such investigation as it shall
desire to make of the business and affairs of SNB and
the Bank; and (iv) authorize Park's representatives
to inquire of government agencies, and inspect the
files of those agencies, with respect to the
environment conditions on and about the SNB Real
Properties and Bank Real Estate Collateral. During
the period from the date of this Agreement to the
Effective Time, SNB shall promptly furnish Park with
copies of all monthly and other interim financial
statements produced in the ordinary course of
business as the same shall become available.
(h) Payment of Taxes. SNB shall, and shall cause the Bank
to, timely file all Tax Returns, required to be filed
on or before the Closing Date, and pay any Tax shown
on such Tax Returns to be due.
(i) Risk Management. Except as required by applicable law
or regulation, neither SNB nor Bank shall (i)
implement or adopt any material change in its
interest rate risk management and other risk
management policies, procedures or practices; (ii)
fail to follow its existing policies or practices
with respect to managing its exposure to interest
rate and other risks; or (iii) fail to use
commercially reasonable means to avoid any material
increase in its aggregate exposure to interest rate
risk.
5.02. NOTIFICATION
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, SNB
will promptly notify Park in writing if SNB becomes aware of any fact or
condition that (a) causes or constitutes a breach of any of its representations
and warranties or (b) would (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement)
cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty had such
representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or discovery
of such fact or condition. Should any such fact or condition require any change
in the SNB Disclosure Schedule, SNB will promptly deliver to Park a supplement
to the SNB Disclosure Schedule specifying such change ("Updated SNB Disclosure
Schedule"). During the
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same period, SNB will promptly notify Park of (i) the occurrence of any breach
of any of its covenants contained in this Agreement, (ii) the occurrence of any
event that may make the satisfaction of the conditions in this Agreement
impossible or unlikely or (iii) the occurrence of any event that is reasonably
likely, individually or taken with all other facts, events or circumstances
known to it, to result in a material adverse effect with respect to it. In
addition, if at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstances
relating to SNB or any of its Officers or Directors should be discovered which
should be set forth in an amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the SNB Proxy Statement, SNB shall promptly inform Park.
5.03. SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
SNB covenants that:
(a) The Board of Directors of SNB will recommend the
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the
transactions contemplated hereby to the shareholders
of SNB, subject to that Board's fiduciary obligations
under Ohio law, as determined in good faith after
consultation with and based upon advise of
independent legal counsel.
(b) SNB will call a meeting of its shareholders (the "SNB
Meeting") to be held as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC, for the purpose of
adopting this Agreement and approving the
transactions contemplated hereby and will, subject to
the provisions of Sections 5.03(a) and 5.04(a), use
its best efforts to effect such adoption and
approval. SNB will prepare appropriate proxy
solicitation materials in respect of the SNB Meeting,
which materials will include a proxy statement of SNB
(the "SNB Proxy Statement") and which will be a part
of the Registration Statement to be submitted by Park
to the SEC pursuant to Section 7.07 of this
Agreement.
5.04. ACQUISITION PROPOSALS
From and after the date hereof, SNB will not, directly or
indirectly, through any of its Officers, Directors, Employees, agents or
advisors, (i) solicit or initiate or knowingly encourage, including by means of
furnishing information, any proposals, offers or inquiries from any person
relating to any acquisition or purchase of 20% or more of the outstanding shares
of any class of voting securities of, or 20% or more of the assets or deposits
of, SNB or the Bank, or any merger, tender or exchange offer, consolidation or
business combination involving, SNB or the Bank (an "Acquisition Proposal") or
(ii) unless the directors of SNB determine in good faith that such action is
required for them to fulfill their fiduciary duties and obligations to the SNB
shareholders under Ohio law as advised by counsel to SNB and SNB gives prior
notice to Park of such action (in which event SNB may furnish information),
engage in negotiations with or
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disclose any nonpublic information relating to SNB or the Bank or afford access
to the SNB Real Properties, or the books or records of SNB or the Bank to any
person that may be considering or has made an Acquisition Proposal. SNB shall
promptly (within 24 hours) notify Park, orally and in writing, if any such
proposal, offer, inquiry or contact is made and shall, in any such notice,
indicate the identity and terms and conditions of any proposal or offer, or any
such inquiry or contact. SNB shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated
any activities, discussions or negotiations conducted prior to the date of this
Agreement with any parties other than Park with respect to any Acquisition
Proposal and shall use its reasonable best efforts to enforce any
confidentiality or similar agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal.
5.05. DELIVERY OF INFORMATION
SNB will promptly furnish to Park all information requested by
Park regarding SNB's assets, properties, business, affairs, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects and corporate organization as
shall be required by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act or by
the SEC for inclusion in the Registration Statement described in Section 7.07
and shall otherwise reasonably assist Park in the preparation and filing of such
Registration Statement.
5.06. AFFILIATES COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT
(a) In the SNB Disclosure Schedule and no later than the
15th day prior to the mailing of the SNB Proxy
Statement, SNB shall deliver to Park a schedule of
all persons whom SNB reasonably believes are, or are
likely to be, as of the date of the SNB Meeting,
deemed to be "affiliates" of SNB as that term is used
in Rule 145 under the Securities Act and/or
Accounting Series Releases 130 and 135, as amended,
of the SEC (the "Rule 145 Affiliates"). Thereafter
and until the Effective Time, SNB shall identify to
Park each additional person whom it reasonably
believes to have thereafter become a Rule 145
Affiliate.
(b) SNB shall use its diligent efforts to cause each
person who is identified as a Rule 145 Affiliate
pursuant to clause (a) above (who has not executed
and delivered the same concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement) to execute and deliver
to Park on or before the date of mailing of the SNB
Proxy Statement, a written agreement, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Because the
Merger is intended to qualify for
"pooling-of-interests" accounting treatment, the Park
Shares received by such Rule 145 Affiliates in the
Merger shall not be transferable from 30 days before
the Effective Time until such time as financial
results covering at least 30 days of post-Merger
operations have been published within the meaning of
Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial
Reporting Policies, regardless of whether each such
Rule 145 Affiliate has provided the
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written agreement referred to in this Section, and
the certificates representing such Park Shares will
bear an appropriate restrictive legend.
5.07. TAKEOVER LAWS
SNB shall take all necessary steps to (a) exempt (or cause the
continued exemption of) this Agreement and the Merger from the requirements of
any Takeover Law and from any provisions under its articles of incorporation and
regulations, as applicable, by action of the Board of Directors of SNB or
otherwise, and (b) assist in any challenge by Park to the validity, or
applicability to the Merger, of any Takeover Law.
5.08 SNB STOCK OPTIONS
The sole holder of outstanding SNB Stock Options shall
exercise all SNB Stock Options held by such holder no later than the date on
which the shareholders of SNB adopt this Agreement.
ARTICLE SIX
FURTHER COVENANTS OF PARK
6.01. CURRENT INFORMATION
Park shall furnish to SNB promptly after such documents are
available: (a) all reports, proxy statements or other communications by Park to
its shareholders generally; and (b) all press releases relating to any
transactions.
6.02. OPPORTUNITY OF EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The existing employees of SNB and the Bank shall have the
opportunity to continue as employees of Park or one of its Subsidiaries, at the
Effective Time; subject, however, to the right of Park and its Subsidiaries to
terminate any such employees for "cause." It is understood and agreed that
nothing in this Section 6.02 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to
be a contract of employment or be construed to give said employees any rights
other than as employees at will under applicable law and said employees shall
not be deemed to be third-party beneficiaries of this provision. From and after
the Effective Time, SNB and Bank employees shall continue to participate in the
SNB Compensation and Benefit Plans (other than the SNB Stock Option Plan) in
effect at the Effective Time unless and until Park, in its sole discretion,
shall determine that SNB and Bank employees shall, subject to applicable
eligibility requirements, participate in employee benefit plans of Park and that
all or some of the SNB Compensation and Benefit Plans shall be terminated or
merged into certain employee benefit plans of Park. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each SNB employee and each Bank employee shall be credited with years
of service with SNB, the Bank and, to the extent credit would have been given by
SNB or the Bank for years of service with a predecessor (including any business
organization acquired by the Bank), years of service with a predecessor of the
Bank, for purposes of eligibility and vesting (but not for benefit accrual
purposes) in the employee benefit plans of
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Park, and shall not be subject to any exclusion or penalty for pre-existing
conditions that were covered under SNB's Compensation and Benefit Plans
immediately prior to the Effective Time, or to any waiting period relating to
such coverage. If, after the Effective Time, Park adopts a new plan or program
for its employees or executives, then to the extent its employees or executives
receive past service credits for any reason, Park shall credit
similarly-situated employees and executives of SNB and the Bank with equivalent
credit for service with SNB, the Bank or the Bank's predecessors, to the extent
that years of service credit would have been given by SNB or the Bank for years
of service with a predecessor of the Bank. The foregoing covenants shall survive
the Merger, and Park shall before the Effective Time adopt resolutions that
amend its tax-qualified retirement plans to provide for the SNB and Bank service
credits referenced herein.
6.03. AMEX LISTING
Park shall file a listing application with AMEX for the Park
Shares to be issued to the former holders of SNB Shares in the Merger at the
time prescribed by applicable rules and regulations of AMEX. In addition, Park
will use its best efforts to maintain its listing on AMEX.
6.04. TAKEOVER LAWS
Park shall take all necessary steps to (a) exempt (or cause
the continued exemption of) this Agreement and the Merger from the requirements
of any Takeover Law and from any provisions under its Articles of Incorporation
and Regulations, as applicable, by action of the Board of Directors of Park or
otherwise, and (b) assist in any challenge by SNB to the validity, or
applicability to the Merger, of any Takeover Law.
6.05. NOTIFICATION
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Park
will promptly notify SNB in writing if Park becomes aware of any fact or
condition that (a) causes or constitutes a breach of any of its representations
and warranties, or (b) would (except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty
had such representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or
discovery of such fact or condition. Should any such fact or condition require
any change in the Park Disclosure Schedule, Park will promptly deliver to SNB a
supplement to the Park Disclosure Schedule specifying such change ("Updated Park
Disclosure Schedule"). During the same period, Park will promptly notify SNB of
(i) the occurrence of any breach of any of its covenants contained in this
Agreement or (ii) the occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction of
the conditions in this Agreement impossible or unlikely.
6.06 OFFICERS' AND DIRECTORS' INDEMNIFICATION
(a) Following the Effective Time, Park shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the present Directors,
Officers and Employees of SNB and the Bank (each, an
"Indemnified Party") against costs or expenses
(including
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reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines,
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively,
"Costs") incurred in connection with any claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
arising out of actions or omissions occurring on or
prior to the Effective Time (including, without
limitation, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement) to the fullest extent that SNB or the Bank
is required to indemnify (and advance expenses to) an
Indemnified Party under the laws of the State of Ohio
and the articles of incorporation and regulations of
SNB and the articles of association and by-laws of
the Bank, to the extent applicable to the particular
Indemnified Party, as in effect on the date hereof;
provided that any determination required to be made
with respect to whether an Indemnified Party's
conduct complies with the standards set forth under
Ohio law, the articles of incorporation and
regulations of SNB or the articles of association and
by-laws of the Bank shall be made by the court in
which the claim, action, suit or proceeding was
brought or by independent counsel (which shall not be
counsel that provides material services to Park)
selected by Park and reasonably acceptable to such
Indemnified Party.
(b) For a period of six years from the Effective Time,
Park shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide
that portion of directors' and officers' liability
insurance that serves to reimburse the present and
former Officers and Directors of SNB or the Bank
(determined as of the Effective Time) (as opposed to
SNB) with respect to claims against such Directors
and Officers arising from facts or events which
occurred before the Effective Time, on terms no less
favorable than those in effect on the date hereof;
provided, however, that Park may substitute therefor
policies providing at least comparable coverage
containing terms and conditions no less favorable
than those in effect on the date hereof; provided,
however that in no event shall Park be required to
expend more than 200 percent of the current amount
expended by SNB (the "Insurance Amount") to maintain
or procure such directors' and officers' liability
insurance coverage; provided, further that if Park is
unable to maintain or obtain the insurance called for
by this Section 6.06(b), Park shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain as much comparable
insurance as is available for the Insurance Amount;
and provided, further, that Officers and Directors of
SNB or the Bank may be required to make application
and provide customary representations and warranties
to Park's insurance carrier for the purpose of
obtaining such insurance.
(c) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim
indemnification under Section 6.06(a), upon learning
of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation described above, shall promptly notify
Park thereof; provided that the failure so to notify
shall not affect the obligations of Park
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under Section 6.06(a) unless and to the extent that
Park is actually prejudiced as a result of such
failure.
(d) If Park or any of its successors or assigns shall
consolidate with or merge into any other entity and
shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of
such consolidation or merger or shall transfer all or
substantially all of its assets to any entity, then
and in each case, proper provision shall be made so
that the successors and assigns of Park shall assume
the obligations set forth in this Section 6.06.
ARTICLE SEVEN
FURTHER OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
7.01. NECESSARY FURTHER ACTION
Each of SNB and Park agrees to use its reasonable best efforts
in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all necessary actions and execute
all additional documents, agreements and instruments required to consummate the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
7.02. COOPERATIVE ACTION
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of
SNB and Park agrees to use its reasonable best efforts in good faith to take, or
cause to be taken, all further actions and execute all additional documents,
agreements and instruments which may be reasonably required, in the opinion of
counsel for SNB and counsel for Park, to satisfy all legal requirements of the
State of Ohio and the United States, so that this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby will become effective as promptly as practicable.
7.03. SATISFACTION OF CONDITIONS
Park and SNB shall each use its reasonable best efforts to
satisfy all of the conditions to this Agreement and to cause the consummation of
the transactions described in this Agreement, including making all governmental
applications, notices and filings and taking all steps to secure promptly all
government consents, rulings and approvals which are necessary for the
performance by each party of each of its obligations under this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby.
7.04. ACCOUNTING AND TAX TREATMENT
Each of SNB and Park agrees not to take any actions subsequent
to the date of this Agreement that would adversely affect the ability of the
Surviving Corporation to treat the Merger as a "pooling-of-interests" in
accordance with GAAP or SNB or the shareholders of SNB to characterize of the
Merger as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code. Each of
SNB and Park agrees to take such action as may be reasonably required, if such
action may be
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reasonably taken to reverse the impact of any past actions which would adversely
impact the ability of the Surviving Corporation to treat the Merger as a
"pooling-of-interests" for accounting purposes or for the Merger to be
characterized as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code.
7.05. CONFIDENTIALITY
Each of SNB and Park agrees that it will
not, and will cause its representatives not to, use any confidential information
obtained pursuant to this Agreement (as well as any other information obtained
prior to the date hereof in connection with the entering into of this Agreement)
for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of law, each party will keep
confidential, and will cause its representatives to keep confidential, all
information and documents obtained pursuant to this Agreement (as well as any
other information obtained prior to the date hereof in connection with the
entering into of this Agreement) unless such information (a) was already known
to such party, (b) becomes available to such party from other sources not known
by such party to be bound by a confidentiality obligation, (c) is disclosed with
the prior written approval of the party to which such information pertains or
(d) is or becomes readily ascertainable from published information or trade
sources. In the event that this Agreement is terminated or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall otherwise fail to be consummated, each
party shall promptly cause all copies of documents or extracts thereof
containing information and data as to another party hereto, to be returned to
the party which furnished the same.
7.06. PRESS RELEASES
Each of Park and SNB shall not make any press release or other
public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
without the consent of the other party hereto as to the form and contents of
such press release or announcement, except to the extent that such press release
or announcement may be required by law or AMEX rules to be made before such
consent can be obtained.
7.07. REGISTRATION STATEMENT
(a) Park agrees to prepare pursuant to all applicable
laws, rules and regulations a registration statement
on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") to be
filed by Park with the SEC in connection with the
issuance of Park Shares in the Merger (including the
SNB Proxy Statement constituting a part thereof and
all related documents). SNB agrees to cooperate, and
to cause the Bank to cooperate, with Park, its
counsel and its accountants, in the preparation of
the Registration Statement and the SNB Proxy
Statement; and provided that SNB and the Bank have
cooperated as required above, Park agrees to file the
Registration Statement, which will include the SNB
Proxy Statement and a prospectus in respect of the
Park Shares to be issued
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in the Merger (together, the "Proxy/Prospectus") with
the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable. Each
of SNB and Park agrees to use all reasonable efforts
to cause the Registration Statement including the
Proxy/Prospectus to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable
after the filing thereof. Park also agrees to use all
reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement, all necessary
state securities law or "Blue Sky" permits and
approvals required to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. SNB agrees to furnish
to Park all information concerning SNB, the Bank and
the Officers, Directors and shareholders of SNB and
the Bank as may be reasonably requested in connection
with the foregoing.
(b) Each of SNB and Park agrees, as to itself and its
Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied
or to be supplied by it for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration
Statement will, at the time the Registration
Statement and each amendment or supplement thereto,
if any, becomes effective under the Securities Act,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein
in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and (ii) the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto will, at the date of mailing to the SNB
shareholders and at the time of the SNB Meeting, as
the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein in light of the circumstances
under where they were made not misleading. Each of
SNB and Park further agrees, if it shall become aware
prior to the Effective Time of any information
furnished by it that would cause any of the
statements in the Registration Statement and the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be false or misleading
with respect to any material fact, or to omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not false or misleading, to
promptly inform the other party thereof and to take
the necessary steps to correct the Registration
Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
(c) Park agrees to advise SNB, promptly after Park
receives notice thereof, of the time when the
Registration Statement has become effective or any
supplement or amendment has been filed, of the
issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the
qualification of Park Shares for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threat of any
proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by
the SEC for the amendment or supplement of the
Registration Statement or for additional information.
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7.08. REGULATORY APPLICATIONS
Park and SNB and their respective
Subsidiaries shall cooperate and use their respective reasonable best efforts to
prepare all documentation, to timely effect all filings and to obtain all
permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and
Governmental Authorities necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Each of Park and SNB shall have the right to review in
advance, and to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other, in
each case subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information,
with respect to, and shall be provided in advance so as to reasonably exercise
its right to review in advance, all material written information submitted to
any third party or any Governmental Authority in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right,
each of the parties hereto agrees to act reasonably and as promptly as
practicable. Each party hereto agrees that it will consult with the other party
hereto with respect to the obtaining of all material permits, consents,
approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Authorities
necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each party will keep the other apprised of the status of material
matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. Each
party agrees, upon request, to furnish the other party with all information
concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and shareholders and
such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection
with any filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of such other party
or of its Subsidiaries to any third party or Governmental Authority.
7.09. DIVIDENDS
After the date of this Agreement, each of SNB and Park shall
coordinate with the other the payment of dividends with respect to the SNB
Shares and the Park Shares and the record dates and payment dates relating
thereto, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the former holders of
SNB Shares shall not receive two dividends, or fail to receive one dividend, for
any single calendar quarter with respect to their SNB Shares and/or the Park
Shares that any such holder receives in exchange for such SNB Shares in the
Merger.
7.10. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSURANCES
(a) On the date the Registration Statement becomes
effective and on the Closing Date, SNB shall deliver
to Park a certificate signed by its principal
executive officer and its principal financial officer
to the effect, to such officers' knowledge that the
information contained in the Registration Statement
relating to the business and financial condition and
affairs of SNB, does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made.
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(b) On the date the Registration Statement becomes
effective and on the Closing Date, Park shall deliver
to SNB a certificate signed by its chief executive
officer and its chief financial officer to the
effect, to such officer's knowledge, that the
Registration Statement (other than the information
contained therein relating to the business and
financial condition and affairs of SNB) does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading in light of the circumstances under
which they were made.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
8.01. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PARK
The obligations of Park under this Agreement shall be subject
to the satisfaction, or written waiver by Park prior to the Closing Date, of
each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of SNB set forth
in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date as though such
representations and warranties were also made as of
the Closing Date, except (i) that those
representations and warranties that by their terms
speak as of a specific date shall be true and correct
as of such date and (ii) where the failure to be so
true and correct would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or be reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on SNB and the Bank; and Park
shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, signed on behalf of SNB by the chief executive
officer and the chief financial officer of SNB to
such effect.
(b) SNB shall have performed in all material respects all
of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement
to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing
Date, including those relating to the Closing, and
Park shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, signed on behalf of SNB by the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of
SNB to such effect.
(c) In the aggregate, an amount of less than ten percent
(10%) of the number of Park Shares to be issued in
the Merger shall be (i) subject to purchase as
fractional Park Share interests, and (ii) Dissenting
Shares in connection with the Merger contemplated by
this Agreement.
(d) Park shall have received the written opinion of its
counsel, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that,
on the basis of facts, representations and
assumptions set forth in such opinion, the Merger
constitutes a tax-free reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering
its opinion, counsel to Park will require and rely
upon representations contained in letters from Park
and SNB.
(e) Park shall have received the written opinion of
Thompson, Hine & Flory LLP, counsel to SNB, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of the
facts, representations and
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assumptions set forth in the opinion, (i) SNB is a
corporation duly organized and in good standing under
the laws of the state of Ohio, (ii) this Agreement
has been duly approved by the Board of Directors of
SNB and duly adopted by the shareholders of SNB,
(iii) this Agreement has been duly executed by SNB
and constitutes a binding obligation on SNB
enforceable in accordance with its terms against SNB,
except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium, and other similar laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally, by general equitable principles,
regardless of whether enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and (iv)
that upon the filing of the certificate of merger
with the Secretary of State, the Merger shall become
effective.
(f) Park shall have received a copy of a statement,
issued by SNB pursuant to Section 1.897-2(h) of the
regulations issued under the Code, certifying that
the SNB Shares are not an U.S. real property interest
and dated not more than thirty days prior to the
Closing Date.
8.02. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SNB
The obligations of SNB under this Agreement shall be subject
to satisfaction, or written waiver by SNB prior to the Closing Date, of each of
the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of Park set forth
in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date as though such
representations and warranties were also made as of
the Closing Date, except (i) that representations and
warranties that by their terms speak as of a specific
date shall be true and correct as of such date and
(ii) where the failure to be so true and correct
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
be reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on Park and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
and SNB shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, signed on behalf of Park by the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer to
such effect.
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(b) Park shall have performed in all material respects
all of its covenants and obligations under this
Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the
Closing Date, including those related to the Closing,
and SNB shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, signed on behalf of Park by the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer to
such effect.
(c) SNB shall have received a letter from McDonald
Investments, Inc., dated as of the date of the SNB
Proxy Statement, to the effect that, in its opinion
as of such date, the consideration to be received by
the SNB shareholders in the Merger is fair to the
shareholders of SNB from a financial point of view.
(d) SNB shall have received the written opinion of
counsel to Park, dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that, on the basis of facts, representations
and assumptions set forth in such opinion, (i) the
Merger constitutes a tax-free reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and (ii)
no gain or loss will be recognized by shareholders of
SNB who receive Park Shares in exchange for SNB
Shares, and cash in lieu of fractional Park Share
interests, other than the gain or loss to be
recognized as to cash received in lieu of fractional
Park Share interests. In rendering its opinion,
counsel to Park will require and rely upon
representations contained in letters from SNB and
Park.
(e) SNB shall have received the written opinion of Vorys,
Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, counsel to Park, dated
the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of
the facts, representations and assumptions set forth
in the opinion, (i) Park is a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Ohio; (ii)
this Agreement has been duly executed by Park and
constitutes the binding obligation of Park,
enforceable in accordance with its terms against
Park, except as the same may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing; (iii) the Park Shares to be issued as Merger
Shares, when issued, shall be duly authorized, fully
paid and non-assessable; and (iv) upon the filing of
the appropriate certificate of merger with the
Secretary of State, the Merger shall become
effective.
8.03. MUTUAL CONDITIONS
The obligations of SNB and Park under this Agreement shall be
subject to the satisfaction, or written waiver by Park and SNB prior to the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions precedent:
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(a) The shareholders of SNB shall have duly adopted this
Agreement by the required vote.
(b) All regulatory approvals required to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
have been obtained and shall remain in full force and
effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect
thereof shall have expired and no such approvals or
statute, rule or order shall contain any conditions,
restrictions or requirements which Park reasonably
determines would either before or after the Effective
Time (i) have a material adverse effect on Park and
its Subsidiaries take as a whole after giving effect
to the consummation of the Merger; or (ii) prevent
Park from realizing the major portion of the economic
benefits of the Merger and the transactions
contemplated thereby that Park currently anticipates
obtaining.
(c) No Government Authority of competent jurisdiction
shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced,
threatened, commenced a proceeding with respect to or
entered any statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent) prohibiting or delaying
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(d) The Registration Statement shall have become
effective under the Securities Act and no stop order
or similar restraining order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall
have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the
parties, threatened by the SEC.
(e) Park shall have received all state securities and
"blue sky" permits and other authorizations and
approvals necessary to consummate the Merger and the
transactions contemplated hereby and no order
restraining the ability of Park to issue Park Shares
pursuant to the Merger shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been
initiated or threatened by any state securities
administrator.
(f) Park and SNB shall have received from Ernst & Young
LLP, a letter dated the Closing Date, stating its
opinion that, based upon the information furnished,
the Merger shall qualify for pooling-of-interests
accounting treatment.
(g) The Park Shares to be issued in the Merger shall have
been approved for listing on AMEX subject to official
notice of issuance.
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ARTICLE NINE
CLOSING
9.01. CLOSING
The closing (the "Closing") of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be held at the offices of Park, 50 North Third Street,
Newark, Ohio 43055, commencing at 10:00 a.m., local time, on (a) the date
designated by Park, which date shall not be earlier than the third business day
to occur after the last of the conditions set forth in Article Eight shall have
been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the
Closing Date) or later than the last business day of the month in which such
third business day occurs; provided, no such election shall cause the Closing to
occur on a date after that specified in Section 11.01(b)(i) of this Agreement or
after the date or dates on which any Regulatory Authority approval or any
extension thereof expires, or (b) such other date to which the parties agree in
writing. The date of the Closing is sometimes herein called the "Closing Date."
9.02. CLOSING TRANSACTIONS REQUIRED OF PARK
At the Closing, Park shall cause all of the following to be
delivered to SNB:
(a) A certificate of merger duly executed by Park in
accordance with Section 1701.81 of the OGCL and in
appropriate form for filing with the Secretary of
State.
(b) The certificates of Park contemplated by Section
8.02(a) and (b) of this Agreement.
(c) Copies of resolutions adopted by the directors of
Park, approving this Agreement and authorizing the
consummation of the transactions described herein,
accompanied by a certificate of the secretary or
assistant secretary of Park, dated as of the Closing
Date, and certifying (i) the date and manner of
adoption of each such resolution; and (ii) that each
such resolution is in full force and effect, without
amendment, as of the Closing Date.
(d) The opinions of counsel to Park contemplated by
Sections 8.02(d) and 8.02(e) of this Agreement.
9.03. CLOSING TRANSACTIONS REQUIRED OF SNB
At the Closing, SNB shall cause all of the following to be
delivered to Park:
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(a) A certificate of merger duly executed by SNB in
accordance with Section 1701.81 of the OGCL and in
appropriate form for filing with the Ohio Secretary
of State.
(b) The certificates of SNB contemplated by Sections
8.01(a) and (b) of this Agreement.
(c) Copies of all resolutions adopted by the directors
and shareholders of SNB approving and adopting this
Agreement and authorizing the consummation of the
transactions described herein, accompanied by a
certificate of the secretary or the assistant
secretary of SNB, dated as of the Closing Date, and
certifying (i) the date and manner of the adoption of
each such resolution; and (ii) that each such
resolution is in full force and effect, without
amendment, as of the Closing Date.
(d) The opinion of counsel to SNB contemplated by Section
8.01(e) of this Agreement.
(e) The agreements referred to in Section 5.06 from each
Rule 145 Affiliate.
ARTICLE TEN
NON-SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
10.01. NON-SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
The representations, warranties and covenants of Park and SNB
set forth in this Agreement, or in any document delivered pursuant to the terms
hereof or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, shall not
survive the Closing and the consummation of the transactions referred to herein,
other than covenants which by their terms are to survive or be performed after
the Effective Time (including, without limitation, those set forth in Sections
6.02, 6.06, 7.04 and 7.05, this Article Ten and Article Twelve); except that no
such representations, warranties or covenants shall be deemed to be terminated
or extinguished so as to deprive Park (or any director, officer or controlling
person thereof) of any defense in law or equity which otherwise would be
available against the claims of any person, including, without limitation, any
shareholder or former shareholder of either SNB or Park.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
TERMINATION
11.01. TERMINATION
This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger may be
abandoned, at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether prior to or after
this Agreement has been approved by the shareholders of SNB:
(a) By mutual written agreement of SNB and Park duly
authorized by action taken by or on behalf of their
respective Boards of Directors;
(b) By either SNB or Park upon written notification to
the non-terminating party by the terminating party:
(i) at any time after November 30, 2000 if the
Merger shall not have been consummated on or
prior to such date and such failure to
consummate the Merger is not caused by a
breach of this Agreement by the terminating
party;
(ii) if the approval of this Agreement by the
shareholders of SNB ("SNB Shareholders'
Approval") shall not be obtained by reason
of the failure to obtain the requisite vote
upon a vote held at a meeting of such
shareholders, or any adjournment thereof,
called therefor; or
(iii) the approval of any Governmental Authority
required for consummation of the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have been denied by final
non-appealable action of such Governmental
Authority.
(c) By Park by providing written notice to SNB:
(i) if prior to the Closing Date, any
representation and warranty of SNB shall
have become untrue such that the condition
set forth at Section 8.01(a) would not be
satisfied and which breach has not been
cured within 30 days following receipt by
SNB of written notice of breach or is
incapable of being cured during such time
period; or
(ii) if SNB shall have failed to comply in any
material respect with any covenant or
agreement on the part of SNB contained in
this Agreement required to be complied with
prior to the date of such termination, which
failure to comply shall not have been cured
within 30 days following receipt by SNB of
written notice of such
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failure to comply or is incapable of being
cured during such time period.
(d) By SNB by providing written notice to Park:
(i) if prior to the Closing Date, any
representation and warranty of Park shall
have become untrue such that the condition
set forth at Section 8.02(a) would not be
satisfied and which breach has not been
cured within 30 days following receipt by
Park of written notice of breach or is
incapable of being cured during such time
period;
(ii) if Park shall have failed to comply in any
material respect with any covenant or
agreement on the part of Park contained in
this Agreement required to be complied with
prior to the date of such termination, which
failure to comply shall not have been cured
within 30 days following receipt by Park of
written notice of such failure to comply or
is incapable of being cured during such time
period;
(iii) if the Board of Directors of SNB determines
in good faith, based upon advice from
outside counsel, that termination of this
Agreement is required for the Board of
Directors of SNB to comply with its
fiduciary duties to shareholders imposed by
law by reason of an Acquisition Proposal
having been made and provided SNB complied
with its obligations under Section 5.04 and
provided further that SNB's ability to
terminate pursuant to this subsection
(d)(iii) is conditioned upon the prior
payment by SNB to Park of any amounts owed
by SNB to Park pursuant to Section 11.02(b);
or
(iv) if the Board of Directors of SNB so
determines by a vote of a majority of the
members of the entire Board, at any time
during the three-day period commencing with
the Determination Date (as defined below) if
both of the following conditions are
satisfied: (A) the Average Closing Price on
the Determination Date shall be less than
$85.71; and (B) the ratio of the Average
Closing Price to the Starting Price (as
defined below), rounded to the nearest one
one-hundredth, shall be less than the number
obtained by dividing the Final Index Price
(as defined below) on the Determination Date
by the Initial Index Price (as defined
below) on the Starting Date (as defined
below), rounded to the nearest one
one-hundredth; except that the termination
notice by SNB shall not be effective and
this Agreement shall not be terminated by
such notice if Park
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gives notice to SNB within five days after
SNB's notice, that Park agrees that for
purposes of calculating the Exchange Ratio,
the number of Merger Shares shall be
increased to the number determined by
dividing $71,611,000 by the Average Closing
Price.
For purposes of this Section 11.01(d)(iv),
the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
"Determination Date" shall mean the date on
which the waiting period expires following
the last required approval of a Governmental
Authority with respect to the Merger.
"Final Index Price" shall mean the sum of
the Final Price for each company comprising
the Index Group multiplied by the
appropriate weighting.
"Final Price," with respect to any company
belonging to the Index Group, shall mean the
average of the daily closing sales prices of
a share of common stock of such company, as
reported on the consolidated transactions
reporting system for the market or exchange
on which such common stock is principally
traded, during the period of 20 trading days
ending on the trading day prior to the
Determination Date.
"Index Group" shall mean the 17 bank holding
companies listed below, the common stock of
which shall be publicly traded and as to
which there shall not have been a publicly
announced proposal since the Starting Date
and before the Determination Date for any
such company to be acquired. In the event
that the common stock of any such company
ceases to be publicly traded or a proposal
to acquire any such company is announced
after the Starting Date and before the
Determination Date, such company shall be
removed from the Index Group, and the
weights (which have been determined based on
the number of outstanding shares of common
stock and the market prices of such stock)
attributed to the remaining companies shall
be adjusted proportionately for purposes of
determining the Final Index Price. The 17
bank holding companies and the weights
attributed to them are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Bank Holding Company Ticker Weighting
-------------------- ------ ---------
<S> <C> <C>
First Merit Corporation FMER 5.882%
Provident Financial Group Inc. PFGI 5.882%
Old National Bancorp OLDB 5.882%
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Bank Holding Company Ticker Weighting
-------------------- ------ ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Citizens Banking Corporation CBCF 5.882%
Sky Financial Group Inc. SKYF 5.882%
Republic Bancorp Inc. RBNC 5.882%
First Financial Bancorp. FFBC 5.882%
1st Source Corporation SRCE 5.882%
National City Bancshares, Inc. NCBE 5.882%
Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 5.882%
Irwin Financial Corporation IRWN 5.882%
Second Bancorp, Incorporated SECD 5.882%
First Merchants Corporation FRME 5.882%
BancFirst Ohio Corp. BFOH 5.882%
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. CBCL 5.882%
Independent Bank Corporation IBCP 5.882%
Peoples Bancorp Inc. PEBO 5.882%
</TABLE>
"Index Price," on a given date, shall mean
the weighted average (weighted in accordance
with the factors listed above) of the
closing prices on such date of the common
stocks of the companies comprising the Index
Group.
"Initial Index Price" shall mean the sum of
each per share closing price of the common
stock of each company comprising the Index
Group multiplied by the applicable
weighting, as such prices are reported on
the consolidated transactions reporting
system for the market or exchange on which
such common stock is principally traded on
the Starting Date.
"Starting Date" shall mean the last trading
day immediately preceding the date of the
first public announcement of entry into this
Agreement.
"Starting Price" shall mean the closing
price of a Park Share on AMEX (as reported
in The Wall Street Journal, or if not
reported therein, in another authoritative
source) on the Starting Date.
If any company belonging in the Index Group
declares or effects a stock dividend,
reclassification, recapitalization,
split-up, combination, exchange of shares or
similar transaction between the Starting
Date and the Determination Date, the prices
for the common stock of such company shall
be appropriately adjusted for the purposes
of applying this Section 11.01(d)(iv).
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11.02. EFFECT OF TERMINATION.
(a) If this Agreement is validly terminated by either SNB
or Park pursuant to Section 11.01, this Agreement
will forthwith become null and void and there will be
no liability or obligation on the part of either SNB
or Park, except (i) that the provisions of Sections
5.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07(b) and 12.07 and this Section
11.02 will continue to apply following any such
termination, (ii) that nothing contained herein shall
relieve any party hereto from liability for willful
breach of its representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements contained in this Agreement and (iii)
as provided in paragraph (b) below.
(b) In the event that any person or group shall have made
an Acquisition Proposal and thereafter (i) this
Agreement is terminated by SNB pursuant to Section
11.01(d)(iii) or (ii) this Agreement is terminated
for any other reason (other than by reason of a
breach of this Agreement by Park or termination by
either party pursuant to 11.01(b)(iii)) and, in the
case of this clause (ii) only, a definitive agreement
with respect to such Acquisition Proposal is executed
within one year after such termination, then SNB
shall pay to Park, by wire transfer of same day
funds, either on the date contemplated in Section
11.01(d)(iii) if applicable, or otherwise, within two
(2) business days after such amount becomes due, a
termination fee of $2,000,000.
(c) In the event of a termination of this Agreement
pursuant to which a payment is made in full
compliance with Section 11.02(b), the receipt of such
payment shall serve as liquidated damages with
respect to any breach of this Agreement by the party
who has made such payment giving rise to such
termination, and the receipt of any such payment
shall be the sole and exclusive remedy (at law or in
equity) with respect to any such breach. In the event
any action, suit, proceeding or claim is commenced or
asserted by a party against another party and/or any
director or officer of such other party relating,
directly or indirectly, to this Agreement, it is
expressly agreed that no party shall be entitled to
obtain any punitive, exemplary, treble, or
consequential damages of any type under any
circumstances in connection with such action, suit,
proceeding or claim, regardless of whether such
damages may be available under law, the parties
hereby waiving their rights, if any, to recover any
such damages in connection with any such action,
suit, proceeding or claim.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
12.01. NOTICES
All notices, requests, demands and other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing
and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered by hand, by express service,
telecopied (with confirmation of receipt) or sent by certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, to the following addresses:
If to SNB, to:
SNB Corp.
499 S. Broadway
Greenville, OH 45331
Attention: President
Facsimile Number: (937) 548-2139
with a copy to:
Thompson Hine & Flory LLP
2000 Courthouse Plaza, N.E.
Dayton, OH 45402
Attention: Joseph M. Rigot
Facsimile Number: (937) 443-6635
If to the Corporation, to:
Park National Corporation
50 North Third Street
Newark, Ohio 43055
Attention: C. Daniel DeLawder
Facsimile Number: (740) 349-3765
with a copy to:
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
52 East Gay Street
P.O. Box 1008
Columbus, OH 43216-1008
Attention: Elizabeth Turrell Farrar
Facsimile Number: (614) 719-4708
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Any party to this Agreement may, by notice given in accordance with this
section, designate a new address for notices, requests, demands and other
communications to such party.
12.02. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be a duplicate original, but all of which taken
together shall be deemed to constitute a single instrument.
12.03. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement (including each exhibit and schedule provided
pursuant hereto) represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior
and contemporaneous agreements between the parties hereto in connection with the
subject matter of this Agreement.
12.04. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the respective successors and assigns (including successive, as well as
immediate, successors and assigns) of the parties hereto. This Agreement may not
be assigned by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the
other party.
12.05. CAPTIONS
The captions contained in this Agreement are included only for
convenience of reference and do not define, limit, explain or modify this
Agreement or its interpretation, construction or meaning and are in no way to be
construed as part of this Agreement.
12.06. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to
principles of conflicts or choice of laws (except to the extent that mandatory
provisions of Federal law are applicable).
12.07. PAYMENT OF FEES AND EXPENSES
Except as otherwise agreed in writing, each party hereto shall
pay all costs and expenses, including legal and accounting fees, and all
expenses relating to its performance of, and compliance with, its undertakings
herein, except that printing and mailing expenses shall be shared equally
between SNB and Park. All fees to be paid to Regulatory Authorities and the SEC
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be
borne by Park.
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12.08. AMENDMENT
From time to time and at any time prior to the Effective Time,
this Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in writing executed in the
same manner as this Agreement, after authorization of such action by the Boards
of Directors of the Constituent Corporations; except that after the SNB Meeting,
this Agreement may not be amended if it would violate the OGCL or the federal
securities laws.
12.09. WAIVER
The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are
cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party
in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or the
documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right,
power or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power
or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or
privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
12.10. DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in
the body of this Agreement and those in the respective Disclosure Schedules
(other than an exception expressly set forth as such in the Disclosure Schedules
with respect to a specifically identified representation or warranty), the
statements in the body of this Agreement will control.
12.11. NO THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS
Except as specifically set forth herein, nothing expressed or
referred to in this Agreement will be construed to give any person other than
the parties to this Agreement any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement. This
Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their successors and
assigns.
12.12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives any and all
right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
12.13. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this
Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in
full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement and Plan of Merger has been
executed on behalf of Park National Corporation and SNB Corp. to be effective as
of the date set forth in the first paragraph above.
ATTEST: PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
/s/ Ronald W. McClurg By: /s/ C. Daniel DeLawder
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Name: C. Daniel DeLawder
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Title: President
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ATTEST: SNB CORP.
/s/ Ronald W. McClurg By: /s/ Fred C. Brumbaugh
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Name: Fred C. Brumbaugh
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Title: Chairman and President
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Exhibit and Schedule to
Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of December 17, 1999
by and between
Park National Corporation and
SNB Corp.
1. Exhibit A - Form of SNB Affiliate Agreement.
2. Disclosure Schedule.
The above-described Exhibit and Schedule are not being filed herewith. Park
National Corporation agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted
Exhibit or Schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
"Amendment"), dated as of March 3, 2000, is made and entered into by and between
Park National Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("Park"), and SNB Corp., an Ohio
corporation ("SNB").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Park and SNB have entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger, dated as of December 17, 1999 (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2.01(b)(i) of the Agreement sets forth the
Exchange Ratio with respect to the Merger, the method of computation of the
Exchange Ratio stating that it will equal a number rounded to the nearest
hundredth; and
WHEREAS, Park and SNB desire to amend the Agreement so that
the Exchange Ratio is not rounded allowing a more precise calculation;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual covenants contained herein, Park and SNB agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The capitalized terms used herein that are
defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall, when used
herein, have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2.01(b)(i) OF AGREEMENT. Section
2.01(b)(i) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following:
(b) Exchange Ratio.
(i) The Exchange Ratio shall be equal to:
835,500 (THE "MERGER SHARES")
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Total SNB Shares Outstanding or Subject
to Options (as defined in Section 2.01(b)(ii))
3. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) This Amendment may be executed
simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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(b) This Amendment shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of Ohio.
(c) Except as expressly provided for in this
Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to
be executed by their duly authorized officers, to be effective as of the date
first written above.
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ John W. Kozak
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Printed Name: John W. Kozak
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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SNB CORP.
By: /s/ Fred C. Brumbaugh
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Printed Name: Fred C. Brumbaugh
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Title: Chairman & President
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APPENDIX B
Annual Report to Shareholders for
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,1999
It's getting harder to read stockholders' letters these days. To read and make
sense of them, that is. It used to be that if the letter opened by saying, "Last
year was a year of rebuilding..." or, "Your management team spent this past year
aggressively re-engineering your company to position it to meet the challenges
of the future..." or something like that, then you knew immediately that
earnings were down. But, if the letter began: "This was a year of record
earnings..." then you might safely assume that something good had happened. Not
so any more. Nowadays, you have to read further; and then be on your guard. The
more gobbledygook you run into, the more likely it is that things didn't go well
last year.
For instance, a letter might begin something like this:
We just had a record year -- even though the figures the accountants prepare
for this report don't show it. It's true that the figure reported as "net
income" is down, but that doesn't give a fair picture of the progress we've
made. There were a number of NON-RECURRING items that distorted the real
results -- the results from CONTINUING OPERATIONS (or ONGOING OPERATIONS).
Although we had to charge off a bunch of bad loans, that's certainly not
going to happen every year. Another ONE-TIME EVENT was the visit from the
tax folks when they insisted that we pay some back taxes that got overlooked
inadvertently. And, of course, we took a RESTRUCTURING CHARGE against income
to account for the overpayment for several of last year's acquisitions.
Except for these and a few other minor reporting problems, last year was a
record year.
This, of course, is an exaggeration. Perhaps not as much of an exaggeration as
you might imagine. A stockholders' letter should enlighten, not confuse. It
should do more than just reiterate the numbers. They all appear elsewhere in the
report. Rather, the letter should help the reader who is not trained in
accounting and finance to understand what happened to the company and what that
means.
Well, with all that as a preamble, what we want to report to you is that 1999
was a good year for Park National Corporation. And what that means in financial
terms is that earnings (any way you care to measure them) were up and that, when
compared with our peers, Park National looked very good indeed. Specifically,
net income totaled $45.7 million last year versus $41.6 million the year before,
an increase of 10.0 percent. On a per share basis the increase was somewhat
greater, 10.7 percent. The reason for the difference is that we (the
corporation) purchased some of our own shares last year so that there were fewer
outstanding at the end of the year than at the beginning. An incidental result
of these purchases is that each of us who did not sell now has a larger
proportionate ownership of the place -- not much larger, but a little.
Now, before leaving off talking about earnings, we must, with apologies,
introduce some gobbledygook. You will notice several places in this report that
per share net income is reported as $4.67 in 1999 and $4.22 in 1998. If by
chance you should look back at last year's report, you would see that we told
you then that we had earned $4.43 (not $4.22). What gives? This year's earnings,
indeed all this year's per share data have been adjusted for the 5 percent stock
dividend paid in December.
Cash dividends paid in 1999 were up sharply. They increased 25 percent.
In terms of total resources, the corporation grew by 7 percent last year.
However, this growth was not balanced. In its simplest terms, our business can
be described as receiving deposits and making loans. In other words, the
deposits entrusted to us fund the loans we make in our communities. For some
years now our loans have been growing faster than our deposits. Last year while
deposits grew less than 4 percent, loans increased almost 12 percent. Our
situation is not unique. Most banks face the same challenge. Regardless, we have
to figure out how to resolve this situation for ourselves. It doesn't do much
good to excuse ourselves by saying that many other banks are in the same boat,
if the boat is taking on water. During this current year we are making a
particular effort to balance our growth by placing more attention on attracting
deposits. We probably won't achieve parity this year but we intend to move in
that direction.
There are three ratios that we follow closely in trying to measure our
performance:
- - The first is Return on Equity. Equity represents the stockholders' ownership,
and return is the earnings we produce. Therefore, when the earnings are
expressed as a percentage of the ownership, or your investment in the company,
the resulting ratio provides an indication of how effectively your investment
is being managed. Our return on equity has consistently been in the top 10
percent of banks our size across the country. It increased in 1999 to 19.43
percent.
- - Another measure of the efficiency of management in profitably employing
resources is Return on Assets. Here the denominator is the total assets of the
institution and the numerator the earnings. The best banks earn in excess of
1.5 percent on assets. In 1999 the return on assets of Park National
Corporation was 1.82 percent, up slightly from 1.78 percent the year before.
This ratio will not increase each year. We will be very satisfied if we can
maintain it near this level.
- - Finally, we look carefully at our Efficiency Ratio. This is a measure of
expense control and, as you might therefore imagine, less is better. For the
industry, the efficiency ratio ranges all over the place -- from perhaps 40 to
70 percent. Ours was 46.39 percent in 1999, down from 48.01 percent in 1998.
That's pretty good, but we would like it to be better.
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A number of significant things happened last year, and while it isn't practical
to describe each of them, we want to mention a few. Certainly the most
newsworthy were the announcements in December of our agreements to acquire the
United Bank in Bucyrus and the Second National Bank in Greenville. We should
have known that, after spending a good bit of space in last year's letter
explaining why we were not active in the mergers and acquisition arena, we would
land two this year.
The Bucyrus bank is easily understood. It fits the profile of our other
affiliates as a first-rate county seat bank located adjacent to a county where
we are already doing business. The Greenville bank, on the other hand, is
located in the far western part of Ohio, well away from any market we now serve.
Aside from the geography, however, the Second National Bank has everything we
are looking for. The bank is well run by a management team whose banking
philosophy closely parallels our own.
Both of these new affiliates present us with significant and exciting new
opportunities. For business relationships to be successful in the long run, it
is necessary for all parties to benefit. The opportunities we envision fit this
pattern. Our experience has been that we can learn a great deal from the banks
with which we affiliate and they in turn can learn from us. We already have in
place, transition teams with members from the new banks working with people from
our other affiliates. Theirs is a major job, but we believe it is time well
spent in order to achieve a smooth merger that is transparent to the customers
of our new banks and relatively stress free for our new associates.
We anticipate that both the United Bank and the Second National Bank will be
able to offer new products and services to their customers as a result of their
affiliation with Park National Corporation. For example, neither bank has a
trust department. We will develop trust services in these new markets. Trust
business is important to all our banks; we surpassed $1.7 billion in trust
assets managed at year-end.
We hope to complete these two mergers early in the second quarter of 2000.
There are two things left to be said about Y2K. The first is that it came off
without a hitch, thanks to the dedication and hard work of lots of people from
all of our affiliate banks as well as our data processing unit, Consolidated
Computer Center, all led by Dave Bowers. The second is that we may never mention
it again.
Several new initiatives have been launched in recent years, and by and large
they are doing very well. The folks at Scope Leasing, our aircraft leasing and
finance subsidiary, have done an extraordinary job. Scope's receivables passed
$55 million in 1999.
In 1998 we entered the municipal finance business and this year founded a
consumer finance company. Both are off to a good start.
To remain competitive we continue to invest significantly in technology. Last
year we spent a lot to upgrade over 200 personal computers and 40 file servers
plus for updates to our mainframe and its software. In addition, we invested an
untold number of hours of staff time over several years in the development of a
tool that provides commercial customers with complete access to their accounts
from computers in their offices. Currently we are preparing to introduce
Internet banking. It should be ready in a few months.
Last year we talked about the transfer of leadership throughout the company.
Another step in this process occurred in 1999. Tim Lehman moved from the
management of the audit function for the corporation to replace Bill Jilek as
CEO of the Richland Bank. Bill was responsible for the management of the
Richland Bank for 22 years during which time it was owned by three different
bank holding companies. Bill served several masters with loyalty and grace. He
provided leadership not only to the bank but also to the entire Richland County
community.
Looking forward, we see great opportunities. We intend to focus this year on the
fundamentals of our business, on blocking and tackling as it were. As stated
above, we are anxious to expand our deposit base. We want to continue to grow
our portfolio of good loans, and to search out new opportunities in each of the
markets we serve. Delivering the highest level of quality service to our
customers will continue to distinguish each of our banks. While such a goal is
not easily achieved, and never achieved completely, we intend to help our
associates understand how we are different and why that difference is so
important to our continuing success.
We thank you all for your support. As we have said often in the past, there is
no better way to lend support to the bank you own than to do business (as much
as possible) with it.
/s/ William T. McConnell
WILLIAM T. MCCONNELL
Chairman
/s/ C. Daniel DeLawder
C. DANIEL DELAWDER
President
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
This financial review presents management's discussion and analysis of the
financial condition and results of operations for Park National Corporation
("Park" or the "Corporation"). This discussion should be read in conjunction
with the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes and the
five-year summary of selected financial data. Management's discussion and
analysis contains forward-looking statements that are provided to assist in the
understanding of anticipated future financial performance. These forward-looking
statements involve significant risks and uncertainties including changes in
general economic and financial market conditions, and the Corporation's ability
to execute its business plans. Although Park believes that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may
differ materially. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Corporation does not
undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement.
OVERVIEW
Net income for 1999 was $45.7 million, the highest in Park's thirteen year
history as a bank holding company. This represents a 10.0% increase over net
income of $41.6 million for 1998. Net income per share was $4.67 for 1999, up by
10.7% over the $4.22 net income per share for 1998. Net income has increased at
an annual compound growth rate of 12.7% over the last five years, and net income
per share has grown at an annual compound growth rate of 13.0% over the same
period.
The Corporation's Board of Directors approved a 5% stock dividend in November
1999. The additional common shares resulting from the dividend were distributed
on December 15, 1999 to stockholders of record as of December 3, 1999. The
consolidated financial statements, notes and other references to share and per
share data have been retroactively restated for the stock dividend.
Effective with the fourth quarter of 1999, the quarterly cash dividend on common
stock was increased to $.65 per share. The new annualized cash dividend of $2.60
per share is 13.8% greater than the cash dividend paid in 1999. The Corporation
has paid quarterly dividends since becoming a holding company in early 1987. The
annual compound growth rate for the Corporation's per share dividend for the
last five years is 20.4%.
Park's business strategy is geared toward maximizing the return to stockholders.
The Corporation's common stock value has appreciated 21.6% annually on a
compounded, total return basis for the last five years and 24.8% annually for
the past ten years. The December 31, 1999 value of a $1,000 investment on
December 31, 1994 and a $1,000 investment on December 31, 1989 would be $2,663
and $9,164, respectively, inclusive of the reinvestment of dividends in the
Corporation's stock.
On May 5, 1997, Park merged with First-Knox Banc Corp. ("First-Knox"), a $569
million bank holding company headquartered in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in a
transaction accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Park issued 2.3 million
shares of common stock to the stockholders of First-Knox based upon an exchange
ratio of .5914 shares of Park common stock for each outstanding share of
First-Knox common stock. The historical financial statements of Park have been
restated to show Park and First-Knox on a combined basis.
PENDING ACQUISITIONS
On December 14, 1999, Park entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with
U.B. Bancshares, Inc. (UB), a $180 million bank holding company headquartered in
Bucyrus, Ohio, providing for a merger of UB into the Corporation. Under terms of
the UB Merger Agreement, the stockholders of UB are expected to receive .554
shares of Park common stock for each outstanding share of UB in a tax free
exchange. The Corporation expects to issue an aggregate of 325,500 shares of
common stock to complete the merger which will be accounted for as a
pooling-of-interests. Completion of the merger is subject to various conditions,
including the approval of bank regulators and other governmental agencies, the
approval of stockholders of UB, and other conditions to closing, customary of a
transaction of this type. The merger is expected to be completed during the
second quarter of 2000.
On December 17, 1999, Park entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with SNB
Corp. (SNB), a $300 million bank holding company headquartered in Greenville,
Ohio, providing for a merger of SNB into the Corporation. Under terms of the SNB
Merger Agreement, the stockholders of SNB are expected to receive 5.37 shares of
Park common stock for each outstanding share of SNB in a tax free exchange. The
Corporation expects to issue an aggregate of 835,500 shares of common stock to
complete the merger which will be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.
Completion of the merger is subject to various conditions, including the
approval of bank regulators and other governmental agencies, the approval of
stockholders of SNB, and other conditions to closing, customary of a transaction
of this type. The merger is expected to be completed during the second quarter
of 2000.
ABOUT OUR BUSINESS
Through its banking subsidiaries, Park is engaged in the commercial banking and
trust business, generally in small to medium population Ohio communities.
Management believes there is a significant number of consumers and businesses
which seek long-term relationships with community-based financial institutions
of quality and strength. While not engaging in activities such as foreign
lending, nationally syndicated loans and investment banking operations, the
Corporation attempts to meet the needs of its customers for commercial, real
estate and consumer loans, consumer and commercial leases, and investment and
deposit services. Familiarity with the local market, coupled with conservative
loan underwriting standards, has allowed the Corporation to achieve solid
financial results even in periods where there have been weak economic
conditions.
The Corporation has produced performance ratios which compare favorably to peer
bank holding companies in terms of equity and asset returns, capital adequacy
and asset quality. Continued strong results are contingent upon economic
conditions in Ohio and competitive factors, among other things.
The Corporation's subsidiaries compete for deposits and loans with other banks,
savings associations, credit unions and other types of financial institutions.
The Corporation and its subsidiaries operate fifty-nine full- service offices
and a network of sixty-five automatic teller machines in fifteen central and
southern Ohio counties.
A table of financial data of the Corporation's affiliates for 1999, 1998, and
1997 is shown below. See Footnote 19 to the financial statements for additional
financial information on the Corporation's affiliates.
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TABLE 1 - PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AFFILIATE FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1999 1998 1997
Average Net Average Net Average Net
(In thousands) Assets Income Assets Income Assets Income
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Park National Bank:
Park National
Division $ 883,680 $20,411 $ 812,688 $18,333 $ 716,356 $20,013
Fairfield National
Division 281,893 4,209 263,729 4,254 202,681 3,893
Richland Trust Company 415,528 5,085 405,646 5,006 385,469 5,195
Century National Bank 388,616 5,688 359,774 6,332 348,861 5,805
First-Knox National Bank:
First-Knox National
Division 509,143 8,765 477,663 7,541 502,723 2,516
Farmers and Savings
National Division 63,160 903 62,955 960 60,189 512
Parent Company,
including consolidating
entries (24,530) 686 (46,972) (854) 3,303 (241)
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Consolidated
Totals $2,517,490 $45,747 $2,335,483 $41,572 $2,219,582 $37,693
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RETURN ON EQUITY
The Corporation's primary financial goal is to achieve a superior, long-term
return on stockholders' equity. The Corporation measures performance in its
attempts to achieve this goal against its peers, defined as all U.S. bank
holding companies between $1 billion and $3 billion in assets. At year-end 1999,
there were approximately 155 bank holding companies in this peer group. The
Corporation's net income to average equity ratio (ROE) was 19.43%, 18.35% and
18.21% in 1999, 1998, and 1997, respectively. In the past five years, the
Corporation's ROE exceeded the mean and median return of the peer group by a
substantial margin. Park's return on equity ratio has averaged 17.88% over the
past five years.
[GRAPH]
HISTORICAL COMPARISON OF RETURN ON AVERAGE EQUITY
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Park 16.52% 16.88% 18.21% 18.35% 19.43%
Peer Mean 12.58% 13.55% 14.19% 13.63% 13.84%*
*as of 09/30/99
BALANCE SHEET COMPOSITION
Park functions as a financial intermediary. The following section discusses the
sources of funds and the manner in which management has invested these funds.
SOURCE OF FUNDS
DEPOSITS: The Corporation's major source of funds is provided by core deposits
from individuals, businesses, and local government units. These core deposits
consist of all noninterest bearing and interest bearing deposits, excluding
certificates of deposit of $100,000 and over which have been less than 16% of
total deposits for each of the last three years. In 1999, year-end total
deposits increased by $75 million or 3.9% compared to an increase of $85 million
or 4.6% for 1998. Approximately $15 million of the 1999 increase resulted from
the purchase of a bank branch office in Utica, Ohio in September 1999.
Increases in noninterest bearing deposits were experienced in all three years,
primarily from commercial and public fund depositors.
Maturity of time certificates of deposit and other time deposits of $100,000 and
over as of December 31, 1999 were:
TABLE 2 - OVER $100,000 MATURITY SCHEDULE
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DECEMBER 31, 1999 TIME CERTIFICATES
(IN THOUSANDS) OF DEPOSIT
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3 months or less $171,423
Over 3 months through 6 months 52,872
Over 6 months through 12 months 53,431
Over 12 months 35,485
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Total $313,211
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SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS: Short-term borrowings consist of securities sold under
agreements to repurchase, Federal Home Loan Bank advances, federal funds
purchased, and other borrowings. These funds are used to manage the
Corporation's liquidity needs and interest rate sensitivity risk. The average
rate paid on short-term borrowings generally moves closely with changes in
market interest rates for short-term investments. The average rate paid on
short-term borrowings was 4.61%, 4.77% and 4.76% for 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively. By comparison, the average federal funds rate was 4.97%, 5.35% and
5.46% for 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. In 1999, average short-term
borrowings were $295 million compared to $190 million in 1998 and $163 million
in 1997. The increase in average short-term borrowings in 1999 and 1998 was
needed to help fund the increase in the average balance of loans and investments
and to repay long-term debt. Average short-term borrowings were less than 12% of
average assets in all years.
LONG-TERM DEBT: Long-term debt is a result of borrowings from the Federal Home
Loan Bank. These borrowings were reduced in 1999, 1998 and late 1997 as more
attractive rates were available in short-term markets.
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY: The ratio of average stockholders' equity to average total
assets was 9.35% in 1999, 9.70% in 1998 and 9.33% in 1997.
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, the
Corporation reflects any unrealized holding gain/(loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of federal taxes, as accumulated other income which is part of
the Corporation's equity. While the effects of this accounting is not recognized
for calculation of regulatory capital adequacy ratios, it does impact the
Corporation's equity as reported in the audited financial statements. The
unrealized holding gain/(loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of federal
taxes, was $(7.5), $7.5, and $7.0 million at year-end 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
INVESTMENT OF FUNDS
LOANS: Average loans, net of unearned income, were $1,715 million in 1999
compared to $1,601 million in 1998 and $1,528 million in 1997. The average yield
on loans was 8.85% in 1999 compared to 9.25% in 1998 and 9.36% in 1997. The
average prime lending rate in 1999 was 7.99% compared to 8.35% in 1998 and 8.44%
in 1997. Approximately 66% of loan balances mature or reprice within one year.
This results in the interest rate yield on the loan portfolio adjusting with
changes in interest rates, but on a delayed basis.
Year-end loan balances, net of unearned income, increased by $192 million or
11.7% in 1999 and by $50 million or 3.1% in 1998. Consumer loans increased by
$76 million or 22.7% to $408 million at year-end 1999 compared to an increase of
$19 million or 6.0% for 1998. Total lease outstandings increased by $57 million
or 93.4% to $117 million at year-end 1999 compared to an increase of $26 million
or 73.1% for 1998. These large
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increases in 1999 were primarily due to strong demand for automobile loans and
leases. As a percentage of assets, year-end loan balances were 69.6%, 66.7% and
69.6% in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Table 3 reports year-end loan balances by type of loan for the past five years.
TABLE 3 - LOANS BY TYPE
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DECEMBER 31,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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Commercial,
financial and
agriculture $ 236,718 $ 217,504 $ 212,970 $ 224,912 $ 211,535
Real estate -
construction 72,968 70,998 65,548 70,359 52,084
Real estate -
residential 693,930 679,239 708,768 617,018 585,739
Real estate -
commercial 305,193 280,789 256,074 215,372 200,675
Consumer, net 407,849 332,320 313,517 320,831 282,618
Leases, net 117,290 60,662 35,050 23,532 22,717
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Total Loans $1,833,948 $1,641,512 $1,591,927 $1,472,024 $1,355,368
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TABLE 4 - SELECTED LOAN MATURITY DISTRIBUTION
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OVER ONE OVER
DECEMBER 31, 1999 ONE YEAR THROUGH FIVE
(IN THOUSANDS) OR LESS FIVE YEARS YEARS TOTAL
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Commercial, financial and
agriculture $95,142 $65,996 $ 75,580 $236,718
Real estate - construction 34,010 4,597 34,361 72,968
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Total $129,152 $70,593 $109,941 $309,686
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Total of these selected loans
due after one year with:
Fixed interest rate $ 52,972
Floating interest rate $127,562
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INVESTMENT SECURITIES: The Corporation's securities portfolio is structured to
provide liquidity and contribute to earnings. The Corporation classifies
approximately 99% of its securities as available-for-sale -- see Footnote 4 to
the financial statements. These securities are carried on the books at the
estimated fair value with the unrealized holding gain or loss, net of taxes,
accounted for as comprehensive other income which is part of the Corporation's
equity. Management classifies a large portion of the securities portfolio as
available-for-sale so that these securities will be available to be sold in
future periods in carrying out the Corporation's investment strategies. The
remaining securities are classified as held-to-maturity and are accounted for at
amortized cost.
The Corporation's investment strategy is dynamic. As conditions change over
time, the Corporation's overall interest rate risk, liquidity needs, and
potential return on the investment portfolio will change. The Corporation
regularly reevaluates the securities in its portfolio based on circumstances as
they evolve. Circumstances that may precipitate a sale of a security would be to
better manage interest rate risk, meet liquidity needs, or to improve the
overall yield from the investment portfolio. Park realized security losses of
$3.6 million in 1999 compared to a gain of $97,000 in 1998 and a loss of $7,000
in 1997. Interest rates on U.S. Treasury securities with a five year maturity
increased to 6.36% at December 31, 1999 compared to 4.56% at December 31, 1998.
This increase in interest rates provided the Corporation with an opportunity to
realize security losses and reinvest at higher interest rates. The Corporation's
strategy has generally been to reinvest the proceeds from the sale of securities
at a loss into higher yielding securities with modest extension of maturities.
The average yield on taxable investment securities was 6.61%, 6.91%, and 7.00%
for 1999, 1998, and 1997, respectively. The average maturity or repricing of the
taxable investment portfolio was approximately 5.1 years at year-end 1999
compared to 2.7 years at year-end 1998 and 3.1 years at year-end 1997. The
extension of the average maturity of the investment portfolio in 1999 was
primarily due to callable U.S. Agency securities of approximately $200 million
being priced to their maturity of 7.5 years compared to their first call date in
2.5 years. If interest rates were to decline in 2000, the average maturity of
the taxable portfolio could shorten by two years.
The Corporation's tax-exempt securities portfolio was approximately 16% of the
total securities portfolio at year-end 1999 compared to 17% at year-end 1998 and
16% at year-end 1997. The average tax-equivalent yield on tax-exempt securities
was 7.25%, 7.33% and 7.82% for 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The average
maturity of the tax-exempt portfolio was 7.9 years at year-end 1999 compared to
6.7 years at year-end 1998 and 7.1 years at year-end 1997.
Total year-end investment securities decreased by $29 million or 4.5% in 1999
compared to an increase of $112 million or 20.7% in 1998. Year-end 1999 loan
totals increased by $192 million or 11.7% compared to an increase of $50 million
or 3.1% in 1998. The investment security portfolio was reduced in 1999 to help
fund the faster growth in the loan portfolio.
The following table sets forth the book value of investment securities at year
end:
TABLE 5 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES
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DECEMBER 31,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
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Obligations of U.S. Treasury and other
U.S. Government agencies $201,527 $175,530 $159,248
Obligations of states and political subdivisions 102,333 110,616 87,367
U.S. Government asset-backed securities
and other asset-backed securities 295,279 344,936 274,234
Other securities 24,191 21,385 19,881
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Total $623,330 $652,467 $540,730
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EARNING RESULTS
The Corporation's principal source of earnings is net interest income, the
difference between total interest income and total interest expense. Net
interest income results from average balances outstanding for interest earning
assets and interest bearing liabilities in conjunction with the average rates
earned and paid on them.
Net interest income increased by $8.2 million or 7.6% to $115.9 million for 1999
compared to an increase of $4.4 million or 4.3% to $107.7 million for 1998. The
net yield on interest earning assets was stable at 5.04% for 1999 compared to
5.05% for 1998 and 1997. Similarly, the net interest rate spread -- the
difference between rates received for interest earning assets and the rates paid
for interest bearing liabilities was within the narrow range of 4.36% to 4.42%
for all three years. The increase in net interest income for both 1999 and 1998
was primarily due to the growth in average interest earning assets.
The yield on average interest earning assets was 8.26% in 1999 compared to 8.65%
in 1998 and 8.75% in 1997. The average prime lending rate was approximately
7.99% for 1999 compared to 8.35% for 1998 and 8.44% for 1997. Market interest
rates increased during the fourth quarter of 1999 and the prime lending rate
increased to 8.50% at year-end 1999. About one-third of the Corporation's loan
portfolio is indexed to the prime lending rate and as
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a result, the average yield on interest earning assets is expected to increase
in 2000. Average interest earning assets increased by $181 million or 8.3% to
$2,359 million in 1999 compared to an increase of $94 million or 4.5% to $2,179
million in 1998.
The average rate paid on average interest bearing liabilities was 3.84% in 1999
compared to 4.29% in 1998 and 4.38% in 1997. The average rate paid on deposits
was 3.70% for 1999 compared to 4.22% for 1998 and 4.28% for 1997. The
Corporation increased certain deposit rates during the fourth quarter of 1999 as
a result of the increase in market interest rates. The average rate paid on
deposits is expected to increase in 2000 and offset the expected increase in the
average yield on interest earning assets. Average interest bearing liabilities
increased by $155 million or 8.5% to $1,981 million in 1999 compared to an
increase of $65 million or 3.7% to $1,825 million in 1998. Average interest
bearing deposits as a percentage of average interest bearing liabilities were
85.0% in 1999, 88.8% in 1998, and 88.1% in 1997.
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TABLE 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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DECEMBER 31, 1999 1998 1997
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) DAILY AVERAGE DAILY AVERAGE DAILY AVERAGE
AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE
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ASSETS
INTEREST EARNING ASSETS:
Loans (1) (2) $1,715,050 $151,718 8.85% $1,600,510 $148,085 9.25% $1,527,694 $142,934 9.36%
Taxable investment securities 539,722 35,675 6.61% 481,867 33,290 6.91% 474,707 33,229 7.00%
Tax-exempt investment securities (3) 103,927 7,536 7.25% 93,472 6,850 7.33% 73,613 5,757 7.82%
Federal funds sold 490 30 6.12% 2,678 152 5.68% 8,132 460 5.66%
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TOTAL INTEREST EARNING ASSETS 2,359,189 194,959 8.26% 2,178,527 188,377 8.65% 2,084,146 182,380 8.75%
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NONINTEREST EARNING ASSETS:
Allowance for possible loan losses (40,081) (37,643) (34,346)
Cash and due from banks 86,899 79,149 71,244
Premises and equipment, net 26,534 27,563 27,361
Other assets 84,950 87,887 71,177
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TOTAL $2,517,491 $2,335,483 $2,219,582
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
INTEREST BEARING LIABILITIES:
Transaction accounts $ 391,994 $ 7,196 1.84% $ 366,890 $ 8,438 2.30% $ 364,776 $ 8,926 2.45%
Savings deposits 284,295 5,685 2.00% 281,106 7,557 2.69% 278,371 7,823 2.81%
Time deposits 1,007,730 49,503 4.91% 972,163 52,346 5.38% 907,718 49,699 5.48%
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TOTAL INTEREST BEARING DEPOSITS 1,684,019 62,384 3.70% 1,620,159 68,341 4.22% 1,550,865 66,448 4.28%
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Short-term borrowings 295,309 13,601 4.61% 190,175 9,079 4.77% 162,626 7,738 4.76%
Long-term debt 1,254 78 6.22% 15,099 875 5.80% 46,652 2,846 6.10%
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TOTAL INTEREST BEARING LIABILITIES 1,980,582 76,063 3.84% 1,825,433 78,295 4.29% 1,760,143 77,032 4.38%
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NONINTEREST BEARING LIABILITIES:
Demand deposits 277,452 256,817 228,598
Other 23,989 26,632 23,842
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TOTAL NONINTEREST BEARING LIABILITIES 301,441 283,449 252,440
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Stockholders' equity 235,466 226,601 206,999
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TOTAL $2,517,489 $2,335,483 $2,219,582
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Net interest earnings $118,896 $110,082 $105,348
Net interest spread 4.42% 4.36% 4.37%
Net yield on interest earning assets 5.04% 5.05% 5.05%
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(1) Loan income includes net fee loan income/(expense) of $(53) in 1999, $1,210
in 1998 and $1,448 in 1997. Loan income also includes the effects of taxable
equivalent adjustments using a 35% rate in 1999, 1998 and 1997. The taxable
equivalent adjustment was $826 in 1999, $453 in 1998 and $434 in 1997.
(2) For purposes of this computation, nonaccrual loans are included in the daily
average loans outstanding.
(3) Interest income on tax-exempt securities includes the effect of taxable
equivalent adjustments using a 35% rate in 1999, 1998 and 1997. The taxable
equivalent adjustment was $2,213 in 1999, $1,978 in 1998 and $1,658 in 1997.
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The change in interest due to both volume and rate has been allocated to volume
and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar
amounts of the change in each.
TABLE 7 - VOLUME/RATE VARIANCE ANALYSIS
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Change from 1998 to 1999 Change from 1997 to 1998
(In thousands) Volume Rate Total Volume Rate Total
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Increase (decrease) in:
Interest income:
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TOTAL LOANS $ 10,246 $ (6,613) $ 3,633 $ 6,828 $ (1,677) $ 5,151
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Taxable investments 3,875 (1,490) 2,385 494 (433) 61
Tax-exempt investments 761 (75) 686 1,472 (379) 1,093
Federal funds sold (133) 11 (122) (309) 1 (308)
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TOTAL INTEREST INCOME 14,749 (8,167) 6,582 8,485 (2,488) 5,997
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Interest expense:
Transaction accounts 544 (1,786) (1,242) 52 (540) (488)
Savings accounts 85 (1,957) (1,872) 75 (341) (266)
Time deposits 1,858 (4,701) (2,843) 3,550 (903) 2,647
Short-term borrowings 4,837 (315) 4,522 1,325 16 1,341
Long-term debt (855) 58 (797) (1,837) (134) (1,971)
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TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE 6,469 (8,701) (2,232) 3,165 (1,902) 1,263
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NET VARIANCE $ 8,280 $ 534 $ 8,814 $ 5,320 $ (586) $ 4,734
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</TABLE>
OTHER INCOME: Total other income, exclusive of security gains or losses,
increased by $2.8 million or 11.8% to $26.7 million in 1999 and increased by
$3.2 million or 15.3% to $23.9 million in 1998 compared to $20.7 million for
1997. Service charges on deposit accounts increased by $850,000 or 12.5% in 1999
and by $515,000 or 8.2% in 1998 due primarily to increases in the number of
transaction accounts. Additionally, in 1999 there was a fee increase on
transaction accounts which was implemented during the middle of the year.
The subcategory of "other" increased by $2.0 million or 29.4% in 1999 and
increased by $1.2 million or 21.6% in 1998 due primarily to increased fees from
check card and ATM products. The increased fee income is primarily due to an
increase in the usage of these electronic cards and to a lesser extent fee
increases.
Fee income earned from the origination and sale into the secondary market
of fixed rate mortgage loans is included with other nonyield related loan fees
in the subcategory other service income. For 1999, other service income
decreased by $614,000 or 11.9% due primarily to the decrease in fixed rate
mortgage loan volume compared to an increase of $1.6 million or 43.1% in 1998
due to a large increase in fixed rate mortgage loan production. Fixed rate
mortgage loan volume is greatly dependent on the level of interest rates and the
slope of the yield curve.
Income from fiduciary activities increased by $581,000 or 11.4% in 1999 due
primarily to increases in assets under management for new trust department
customers.
Losses on sale of securities were $3.6 million in 1999 compared to a gain of
$97,000 in 1998 and a loss of $7,000 in 1997. The proceeds from the sales of
securities in 1999 were generally invested in higher yielding, longer maturity
securities to take advantage of an upward sloping yield curve. Lower overall
interest rates and a flat yield curve prevented sales for losses and related
reinvestments in 1998 and 1997. During 1999, 1998, and 1997, the Corporation had
no investment in off-balance sheet derivative instruments.
OTHER EXPENSE: Total other expense increased by $3.2 million or 5.0%
to $67.5 million in 1999 and increased by $1.9 million or 3.0% to $64.3 million
in 1998 compared to $62.4 million for 1997. An increase in total other expense
of approximately $2.0 million in 1997 was due to one-time expenses related to
the May 1997 merger with First-Knox. These expenses were absorbed by First-Knox
in 1997.
Salaries and employee benefits increased by $3.2 million or 10.0% in 1999
compared to a decrease of $150,000 or .5% in 1998. Included in 1997, are
one-time expenses related to the First-Knox merger of approximately $1.9 million
for deferred employee payments, stock appreciation rights, and employee benefits
expense. Exclusive of the $1.9 million one-time expense in 1997, salaries and
employee benefits expense would have increased 5.8% in 1998. Full-time
equivalent employees at year-end were 1,023 in 1999, 1,007 in 1998 and 978 in
1997.
Data processing fees increased by $642,000 or 14.2% in 1999 compared to
a decrease of $788,000 or 14.9% in 1998. The decrease in data processing expense
in 1998 was due to efficiencies achieved from converting First-Knox to Park's
data processing system at the end of 1997. The increase in data processing
expense in 1999 was due to an upgrade in the mainframe equipment and to
additional expenses related to Year 2000 compliance.
Furniture and equipment expense decreased by $805,000 or 16.7% in 1999 compared
to a large increase of $1.1 million or 30.6% in 1998. The increase in 1998 was
primarily due to $1.0 million in increased depreciation expense on computer
hardware and software as their estimated useful lives were shortened from five
years to three years. Some of the older computer equipment was not Year 2000
compliant and accordingly was completely written-off in 1998. Exclusive of the
$1.0 million one time expense in 1998, furniture and equipment expense would
have increased 5.1% in 1999.
The subcategory "other expense" increased by $1.2 million or 25.3%
in 1998. The large increase in 1998 was primarily due to an increase in
depreciation expense from operating leases, in supplies expense, and Year 2000
compliance expense.
INCOME TAXES: Federal income tax expense as a percentage of income
before taxes was 29.0% in 1999, 31.3% in 1998 and 30.9% in 1997. A lower tax
percentage rate than the statutory rate of thirty-five percent is primarily due
to tax-exempt interest income from state and municipal investments and loans.
CREDIT EXPERIENCE
PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES: The provision for loan losses is the amount added to
the allowance for loan losses to absorb possible future loan charge-offs. The
amount of the loan loss provision is determined by management after reviewing
the risk characteristics of the loan portfolio, historical loan loss experience
and projections of future economic conditions. In 1997, First-Knox absorbed an
increase in the loan loss provision charged to earnings in order to bring its
allowance for possible loan losses into alignment with other Corporation
affiliates. The impact of this was partially offset by a reduced loan loss
provision at Park National Division.
The allowance for possible loan losses at December 31, 1999 totaled $41.3
million and represented 2.25% of total loans outstanding at December 31, 1999
compared to $38.0 million or 2.31% of total loans outstanding at December 31,
1998 and $35.6 million or 2.24% of total loans outstanding at December 31, 1997.
The provision for loan losses was $7.0 million for 1999 compared to $6.8 million
for 1998 and $7.0 million for 1997. Net charge-offs were $3.7 million for 1999
compared to $4.4 million for 1998 and $3.8 million for 1997.
Management believes that the allowance for possible loan losses at year-end 1999
is adequate to absorb estimated credit losses in the loan portfolio. See
Footnote 1 to the financial statements for additional information on
management's evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.
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The following table summarizes the loan loss provision, charge-offs and
recoveries for the last five years:
TABLE 8 - SUMMARY OF LOAN LOSS EXPERIENCE
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(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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AVERAGE LOANS
(NET OF UNEARNED
INTEREST) $1,715,050 $1,600,510 $1,527,694 $1,379,973 $1,318,275
ALLOWANCE FOR POSSIBLE LOAN LOSSES:
Beginning Balance $ 37,989 $ 35,595 $ 32,347 $ 29,239 $ 25,438
CHARGE-OFFS:
Commercial 1,014 663 1,332 868 407
Real estate 1,827 1,569 1,265 185 471
Consumer 4,210 4,976 3,530 2,971 2,019
Leases 263 184 144 414 55
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TOTAL CHARGE-OFFS 7,314 7,392 6,271 4,438 2,952
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RECOVERIES:
Commercial 331 368 400 420 175
Real estate 1,471 1,008 696 365 171
Consumer 1,708 1,521 1,198 1,404 1,074
Leases 112 91 226 63 85
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TOTAL RECOVERIES 3,622 2,988 2,520 2,252 1,505
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NET CHARGE-OFFS 3,692 4,404 3,751 2,186 1,447
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Provision charged
to earnings 6,969 6,798 6,999 5,294 5,248
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ENDING BALANCE $ 41,266 $ 37,989 $ 35,595 $ 32,347 $ 29,239
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RATIO OF NET CHARGE-OFFS
TO AVERAGE LOANS 0.22% 0.28% 0.25% 0.16% 0.11%
RATIO OF ALLOWANCE FOR
POSSIBLE LOAN LOSSES TO
END OF YEAR LOANS, NET
OF UNEARNED INTEREST 2.25% 2.31% 2.24% 2.20% 2.16%
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</TABLE>
The following table summarizes Park's allocation of the allowance for possible
loan losses. However, the total allowance for possible loan losses is available
to absorb losses from any segment of the loan portfolio.
TABLE 9 - ALLOCATION OF ALLOWANCE FOR POSSIBLE LOAN LOSSES
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1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
DECEMBER 31, PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF
(DOLLARS IN LOANS PER LOANS PER LOANS PER LOANS PER LOANS PER
THOUSANDS) ALLOWANCE CATEGORY ALLOWANCE CATEGORY ALLOWANCE CATEGORY ALLOWANCE CATEGORY ALLOWANCE CATEGORY
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Commercial $10,379 12.91% $10,332 13.25% $10,116 13.38% $ 8,996 15.28% $ 8,779 15.61%
Real estate 11,950 58.46% 11,775 62.81% 11,420 64.73% 9,902 61.32% 8,071 61.86%
Consumer 15,127 22.24% 13,791 20.24% 12,541 19.69% 12,513 21.80% 11,474 20.85%
Leases 3,810 6.39% 2,091 3.70% 1,518 2.20% 936 1.60% 915 1.68%
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TOTAL $41,266 100.00% $37,989 100.00% $35,595 100.00% $32,347 100.00% $29,239 100.00%
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As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation had no significant concentrations of
loans to borrowers engaged in the same or similar industries nor did the
Corporation have any loans to foreign governments.
NON-PERFORMING ASSETS: Non-performing loans include: l) loans whose interest is
accounted for on a non-accrual basis; 2) loans whose terms have been
renegotiated; and 3) loans which are contractually past due 90 days or more as
to principal or interest payments but whose interest continues to accrue. Other
real estate owned results from taking title to property used as collateral for a
defaulted loan.
The following is a summary of the nonaccrual, past due and renegotiated loans
and other real estate owned for the last five years:
TABLE 10 - NONPERFORMING ASSETS
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DECEMBER 31,
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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Nonaccrual loans $2,638 $2,155 $2,060 $2,301 $2,425
Renegotiated loans 429 492 1,642 2,348 2,525
Loans past due 90 days
or more 2,035 2,314 2,512 2,963 1,640
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TOTAL NONPERFORMING
LOANS 5,102 4,961 6,214 7,612 6,590
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OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED 558 238 300 329 183
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TOTAL NONPERFORMING
ASSETS $5,660 $5,199 $6,514 $7,941 $6,773
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PERCENTAGE OF
NONPERFORMING LOANS
TO LOANS, NET OF
UNEARNED INTEREST 0.28% 0.30% 0.39% 0.52% 0.49%
PERCENTAGE OF
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
TO LOANS, NET
UNEARNED INTEREST 0.31% 0.32% 0.41% 0.54% 0.50%
PERCENTAGE OF
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
TO TOTAL ASSETS 0.22% 0.21% 0.28% 0.36% 0.34%
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Tax equivalent interest income from loans of $151.7 million for 1999 would have
increased by $136,000 if all loans had been current in accordance with their
original terms. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 1999 in the
approximate amount of $307,000 is included in interest income for those loans in
accordance with original terms.
The Corporation had $42.6 million of loans included on the Corporation's watch
list of potential problem loans at December 31, 1999 compared to $36.2 million
at year-end 1998 and $17.6 million at year-end 1997. The existing conditions of
these loans do not warrant classification as nonaccrual. Management undertakes
additional surveillance regarding a borrower's ability to comply with payment
terms and conditions for those loans identified for inclusion on the watch list.
YEAR 2000 UPDATE
The Corporation's operations achieved a successful transition to year
2000 (Y2K). No disruptions in services have been detected. All customer
and internal systems including ATMs, audio response systems and other
computer-dependent services are operating in a normal manner.
The costs incurred to address the Y2K issue in implementing the Corporation's
year 2000 plan in 1997, 1998 and 1999 are not material to the Corporation's
financial statements and do not impact the comparability of information.
Management believes the risk of continued exposure to date-related computer
problems is low. During the testing process for Y2K all sensitive dates beyond
December 31, 1999 were tested and it was determined that the systems are
compliant.
The Corporation will continue to monitor its performance throughout year 2000
with regard to date-related computer problems.
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CAPITAL RESOURCES
LIQUIDITY AND INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY MANAGEMENT: The Corporation's objective
in managing its liquidity is to maintain the ability to continuously meet the
cash flow needs of customers, such as borrowings or deposit withdrawals, while
at the same time seeking higher yields from longer-term lending and investing
activities.
Cash and cash equivalents increased by $3.9 million during 1999 to $104.2
million at year end. Cash provided by operating activities was $59.3 million in
1999, $42.8 million in 1998, and $44.8 million in 1997. Net income was the
primary source of cash for operating activities during each year. Cash used in
investing activities was $197.9 million in 1999, $166.1 million in 1998, and
$93.4 million in 1997. A major use of cash in investing activities is the net
increase in the loan portfolio. Cash used for the net increase in loans was
$195.1 million in 1999, $53.2 million in 1998, and $111.3 million in 1997. Cash
of $2.6 million and $6.7 million was used in 1999 and 1997, respectively, to
purchase branch offices and $11.6 million was used to acquire the related loans
in 1997.
Security transactions are the other major use or source of cash in investing
activities. Proceeds from the sale or maturity of securities provide cash and
purchases of securities use cash. Net security transactions provided $2.7
million of cash in 1999, used $109.4 million of cash in 1998 and provided $38.9
million in 1997. Cash provided by financing activities was $142.5 million in
1999, $130.0 million in 1998, and $60.4 million in 1997. A major source of cash
for financing activities is the net increase in deposits. Cash provided from the
net increase in deposits was $60.5 million in 1999, $84.8 million in 1998 and
$42.4 million in 1997. The purchase of deposits with the branch offices in 1999
and 1997 provided cash of $14.9 million and $49.2 million, respectively.
Changes in short-term borrowings or long-term debt is a major source or
use of cash for financing activities. The net increase in short-term borrowings
provided cash of $101.5 million in 1999 and $95.0 million in 1998 and $16.5
million in 1997. Cash was used to repay long-term debt of $8.4 million in 1999,
$22.4 million in 1998 and $31.5 million in 1997.
Funds are available from a number of sources, including the securities
portfolio, the core deposit base, Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, and the
capability to securitize or package loans for sale. The present funding sources
provide more than adequate liquidity for the Corporation to meet its cash flow
needs.
Liquidity is enhanced by assets maturing or repricing within one year. Assets
maturing or repricing within one year were $1,300 million or 52.9% of interest
earning assets at year-end 1999. Liquidity is also enhanced by a significant
amount of stable core deposits from a variety of customers in several Ohio
markets served by the Corporation.
An asset/liability committee monitors and forecasts rate sensitive assets
and liabilities and develops strategies and pricing policies to influence the
acquisition of certain assets and liabilities. The purpose of these efforts is
to guard the Corporation from adverse impacts of unforeseen swings in interest
rates and to enhance the net income of the Corporation by accepting a limited
amount of interest rate risk, based on interest rate projections.
The following table shows interest rate sensitivity data for five different time
intervals as of December 31, 1999:
TABLE 11 - INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY
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(DOLLARS 0-3 3-12 1-3 3-5 OVER 5
IN THOUSANDS) MONTHS MONTHS YEARS YEARS YEARS TOTAL
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INTEREST RATE
SENSITIVE ASSETS:
Investment
securities(1) $ 26,424 $ 55,397 $ 192,649 $102,343 $246,517 $ 623,330
Loans(1) 524,926 693,096 343,496 179,938 92,492 1,833,948
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TOTAL INTEREST
EARNING
ASSETS 551,350 748,493 536,145 282,281 339,009 2,457,278
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INTEREST BEARING
LIABILITIES:
Interest Bearing
Checking(2) 60,559 -- 181,676 -- -- 242,235
Savings
accounts(2) 137,687 -- 137,687 -- -- 275,374
Money market
checking 150,226 -- -- -- -- 150,226
Time deposits 372,437 408,659 224,546 48,384 2,568 1,056,594
Other 1,427 -- -- -- -- 1,427
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TOTAL DEPOSITS 722,336 408,659 543,909 48,384 2,568 1,725,856
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Short-term
borrowings 348,199 -- -- -- -- 348,199
Long-term debt -- 2 4 5 65 76
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TOTAL INTEREST
BEARING
LIABILITIES 1,070,535 408,661 543,913 48,389 2,633 2,074,131
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INTEREST RATE
SENSITIVITY GAP (519,185) 339,832 (7,768) 233,892 336,376 383,147
CUMULATIVE RATE
SENSITIVITY GAP (519,185) (179,353) (187,121) 46,771 383,147
CUMULATIVE GAP AS
A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL INTEREST
EARNING ASSETS -21.13% -7.30% -7.61% 1.90% 15.59%
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</TABLE>
(1)Investment securities and loans that are subject to prepayment are shown in
the table by the earlier of their repricing date or their expected repayment
dates and not by their contractual maturity.
(2)Management considers interest bearing checking accounts and savings accounts
to be core deposits and therefore, not as rate sensitive as other deposit
accounts and borrowed money. Accordingly, only 25% of interest bearing
checking accounts and 50% of savings accounts are considered to reprice
within one year. If all of the interest bearing checking accounts and savings
accounts were considered to reprice within one year, the one year cumulative
gap would change from a negative 7.30% to a negative 20.30%.
The interest rate sensitivity gap analysis provides a good overall picture of
the Corporation's static interest rate risk position. The Corporation's policy
is that the twelve month cumulative gap position should not exceed fifteen
percent of interest earning assets for three consecutive quarters. At December
31, 1999, the cumulative interest bearing liabilities maturing or repricing
within twelve months were $1,479 million compared to the cumulative interest
earning assets maturing or repricing within twelve months of $1,300 million. For
the twelve months, rate sensitive liabilities exceed rate sensitive assets by
$179 million or 7.3% of earning assets. This is expressed in the table as a
negative number because cumulative rate sensitive liabilities within twelve
months exceed cumulative rate sensitive assets within twelve months.
A negative twelve month cumulative rate sensitivity gap would suggest that the
Corporation's net interest margin would modestly decrease if interest rates were
to rise. However, the usefulness of the interest sensitivity gap analysis as a
forecasting tool in projecting net interest income is limited. The gap analysis
does not consider the magnitude by which assets or liabilities will reprice
during a period and also contains assumptions as to the repricing of transaction
and savings accounts that may not prove to be correct.
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The cumulative twelve month interest rate sensitivity gap position at December
31, 1998 was a negative $148 million or 6.5% of interest earning assets compared
to a negative $179 million or a negative 7.3% of interest earning assets at
December 31, 1999. This change in the cumulative twelve month interest rate
sensitivity gap of a negative $31 million was primarily due to an increase in
short-term borrowings. The cumulative interest bearing liabilities maturing or
repricing within one year as a percentage of total interest earning assets was
60.2% at December 31, 1999 compared to 58.1% at December 31, 1998.
Management supplements the interest rate sensitivity gap analysis with periodic
simulations of balance sheet sensitivity under various interest rate and what-if
scenarios to better forecast and manage the net interest margin. The Corporation
uses an earnings simulation model to analyze net interest income sensitivity to
movements in interest rates. This model is based on actual cash flows and
repricing characteristics for balance sheet instruments and incorporates
market-based assumptions regarding the impact of changing interest rates on the
prepayment rate of certain assets and liabilities. This model also includes
management's projections for activity levels of various balance sheet
instruments and noninterest fee income and operating expense. Assumptions based
on the historical behavior of deposit rates and balances in relation to changes
in interest rates are also incorporated into this earnings simulation model.
These assumptions are inherently uncertain and as a result, the model cannot
precisely measure net interest income or precisely predict the impact of changes
in interest rates on net interest income and net income. Actual results will
differ from simulated results due to timing, magnitude, and frequency of
interest rate changes as well as changes in market conditions and management
strategies.
Management uses a .50% change in market interest rates per quarter for a total
of 2.00% per year in evaluating the impact of changing interest rates
on net interest income and net income over a twelve month horizon. At December
31, 1999, the earnings simulation model projected that net income would decrease
by 1.6% using a rising interest rate scenario and increase by 1.1% using a
declining interest rate scenario over the next year. At December 31, 1998, the
earnings simulation model projected that net income would increase by .9% using
a rising interest rate scenario and decrease by .9% using a declining interest
rate scenario over the next year and at December 31, 1997, the earnings
simulation model projected that net income would increase by 2.2% using a rising
interest rate scenario and decrease by 2.2% using a declining interest rate
scenario over the next year. During the past two years, Park's balance sheet has
become more liability sensitive with the result that rising interest rates are
projected to slightly reduce net income.
CAPITAL: The Corporation's primary means of maintaining capital adequacy
is through net retained earnings. At December 31, 1999, the Corporation's equity
capital was $239.6 million, an increase of 1.7% over the equity capital at
December 31, 1998. Stockholders' equity at December 31, 1999 was 9.09% of total
assets compared to 9.58% of total assets at December 31, 1998.
Financial institution regulators have established guidelines for minimum capital
ratios for banks, thrifts and bank holding companies. The unrealized gain or
loss on available-for-sale securities is not included in computing regulatory
capital. The capital standard of risk-based capital to risk-based assets is
8.00% at December 31, 1999. At year-end 1999, the Corporation had a risk-based
capital ratio of 14.41% or capital above the minimum required by $114.7 million.
The capital standard of tier l capital to risk-based assets is 4% at December
31, 1999. Tier l capital includes stockholders' equity net of goodwill and any
other intangible assets. At year-end 1999, the Corporation had a tier l capital
to risk-based assets ratio of 13.15% or capital above the minimum required by
$163.6 million. Bank regulators have also established a leverage capital ratio
of 4%, consisting of tier 1 capital to total assets, not risk adjusted. At
year-end 1999, the Corporation had a leverage capital ratio of 9.05% or capital
above the minimum required by $131.2 million. Regulatory guidelines also
establish capital ratio requirements for "well capitalized" bank holding
companies. The capital ratios are 10% for risk-based capital, 6% for tier 1
capital to risk-based assets and 5% for tier 1 capital to total assets. The
Corporation exceeds these higher capital standards and therefore is classified
as "well capitalized."
The financial institution subsidiaries of the Corporation each met the well
capitalized capital ratio guidelines at December 31, 1999. The table below
indicates the capital ratios for each subsidiary and the Corporation at December
31, 1999:
TABLE 12 - CAPITAL RATIOS
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TIER 1 TOTAL
DECEMBER 31, 1999 LEVERAGE RISK-BASED RISK-BASED
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Park National Bank 6.30% 8.54% 10.93%
Richland Trust Company 6.01% 10.44% 11.70%
Century National Bank 5.97% 10.28% 11.54%
First-Knox National Bank 5.83% 8.28% 11.92%
Park National Corporation 9.05% 13.15% 14.41%
Minimum Capital Ratio 4.00% 4.00% 8.00%
Well Capitalized Ratio 5.00% 6.00% 10.00%
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[GRAPH]
RISK-BASED CAPITAL RATIOS (December 31, 1999)
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LEVERAGE TIER 1 TOTAL
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Park 9.05% 13.15% 14.41%
Well-Capitalized 5.00% 6.00% 10.00%
Regulatory Minimum 4.00% 4.00% 8.00%
[GRAPH]
AVERAGE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (millions)
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
$235.5 $226.6 $207.0 $187.8 $168.4
EFFECTS OF INFLATION: Balance sheets of financial institutions typically contain
assets and liabilities that are monetary in nature and therefore, differ greatly
from most commercial and industrial companies which have significant investments
in premises, equipment and inventory. During periods of inflation, financial
institutions that are in a net positive monetary position
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will experience a decline in purchasing power, which does have an impact
on growth. Another significant effect on internal equity growth is other
expenses, which tend to rise during periods of inflation.
Management believes the most significant impact on financial results is Park's
ability to align its asset/liability management program to react to changes in
interest rates.
The following table summarizes five-year financial information. All per share
data have been retroactively restated for the 5% stock dividend paid on December
15, 1999.
TABLE 13 - CONSOLIDATED FIVE-YEAR SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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DECEMBER 31,
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:
Interest income $ 191,920 $ 185,946 $ 180,288 $ 163,193 $ 150,288
Interest expense 76,063 78,295 77,032 69,155 64,347
Net interest income 115,857 107,651 103,256 94,038 85,941
Gain/(loss) on sale
of securities (3,608) 97 (7) (1,324) (634)
Noninterest income 26,696 23,872 20,708 17,984 16,683
Noninterest expense 67,540 64,309 62,408 59,112 56,501
Provision for loan losses 6,969 6,798 6,999 5,294 5,248
Net income 45,747 41,572 37,693 31,700 27,829
PER SHARE:
Net income - basic 4.69 4.24 3.82 3.23 2.82
Net income - diluted 4.67 4.22 3.81 3.22 2.81
Cash dividends declared 2.36 1.94 1.60 1.38 1.19
AVERAGE BALANCES:
Loans $ 1,715,050 $1,600,510 $ 1,527,694 $ 1,379,973 $ 1,318,275
Investment securities 643,649 575,339 548,320 472,107 421,089
Money market instruments
and other 490 2,678 8,132 39,573 17,325
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TOTAL EARNING ASSETS 2,359,189 2,178,527 2,084,146 1,891,653 1,756,689
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Noninterest bearing deposits 277,452 256,817 228,598 207,262 196,406
Interest bearing deposits 1,684,019 1,620,159 1,550,865 1,420,919 1,317,325
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TOTAL DEPOSITS 1,961,471 1,876,976 1,779,463 1,628,181 1,513,731
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Short-term borrowings 295,309 190,175 162,626 126,721 139,035
Long-term debt 1,254 15,099 46,652 46,497 33,413
Stockholders' equity 235,466 226,601 206,999 187,755 168,432
Total assets 2,517,489 2,335,483 2,219,582 2,011,795 1,872,999
RATIOS:
Return on average assets 1.82% 1.78% 1.70% 1.58% 1.49%
Return on average equity 19.43% 18.35% 18.21% 16.88% 16.52%
Net interest margin(1) 5.04% 5.05% 5.05% 5.09% 5.02%
Noninterest expense to
net revenue(1) 46.39% 48.01% 49.51% 52.34% 54.24%
Dividend payout ratio 50.41% 45.84% 41.93% 40.66% 38.45%
Average stockholders' equity
to average total assets 9.35% 9.70% 9.33% 9.33% 8.99%
Leveraged capital 9.05% 9.06% 8.91% 8.73% 9.06%
Tier 1 capital 13.15% 13.64% 13.46% 13.16% 14.06%
Risk-based capital 14.41% 14.92% 14.72% 14.42% 15.30%
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</TABLE>
(1)Computed on a fully taxable equivalent basis
The following table is a summary of selected quarterly results of operations
for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998. Certain quarterly amounts have
been reclassified to conform to the year-end financial statement presentation
and share and per share data have been retroactively restated for the 5% stock
dividend paid on December 15, 1999.
TABLE 14 - QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, -------------------------------------------------------
EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) MARCH 31 JUNE 30 SEPT. 30 DEC. 31
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1999:
Interest income $ 46,241 $ 46,884 $ 48,329 $ 50,466
Interest expense 18,343 18,145 19,226 20,349
Net interest income 27,898 28,739 29,103 30,117
Provision for loan losses 1,545 2,009 1,555 1,860
Loss on sale of securities -- (255) (707) (2,646)
Income before income taxes 16,524 16,872 16,687 14,353
Net income 11,598 12,003 11,800 10,346
Per share data:
Net income - basic 1.19 1.23 1.21 1.06
Net income - diluted 1.18 1.22 1.21 1.06
Weighted-average common
stock outstanding - basic 9,771,925 9,762,958 9,743,255 9,736,488
Weighted-average common
stock equivalent - diluted 9,810,600 9,796,100 9,780,011 9,786,099
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1998:
Interest income $ 45,560 $ 46,450 $ 46,939 $ 46,997
Interest expense 19,235 19,604 20,089 19,367
Net interest income 26,325 26,846 26,850 27,630
Provision for loan losses 1,674 1,674 1,674 1,776
Gain on the sale of securities 97 -- -- --
Income before income taxes 15,305 15,815 15,561 13,832
Net income 10,583 10,949 10,766 9,274
Per share data:
Net income - basic 1.07 1.12 1.10 0.95
Net income - diluted 1.07 1.11 1.10 0.94
Weighted-average common
stock outstanding - basic 9,856,259 9,820,318 9,782,803 9,770,947
Weighted-average common
stock equivalent - diluted 9,903,490 9,867,825 9,834,681 9,817,211
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</TABLE>
Park's common stock (symbol:PRK) is traded on the American Stock Exchange
(AMEX). At December 31, 1999, the Corporation had 2,780 stockholders of record.
The following table sets forth the high, low and closing sale prices of, and
dividends declared on the common stock for each quarterly period for the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, as reported by AMEX. The sales prices and
dividends per share have been retroactively restated for the 5% stock dividend
paid on December 15, 1999.
TABLE 15 - MARKET AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
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CASH
DIVIDEND
LAST DECLARED
HIGH LOW PRICE PER SHARE
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1999:
First Quarter $ 99.05 $ 87.33 $ 91.42 $ 0.57
Second Quarter 95.23 87.38 95.23 0.57
Third Quarter 96.19 90.72 96.19 0.57
Fourth Quarter 116.00 91.19 96.00 0.65
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1998:
First Quarter $ 90.47 $ 80.95 $ 90.47 $ 0.46
Second Quarter 98.03 85.00 96.13 0.46
Third Quarter 102.14 90.00 99.05 0.46
Fourth Quarter 101.42 86.19 98.09 0.57
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STOCKHOLDERS INFORMATION
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STOCK LISTING:
AMEX Symbol - PRK
CUSIP #700658107
GENERAL STOCKHOLDER INQUIRIES:
Park National Corporation
David C. Bowers, Secretary
50 North Third Street
Post Office Box 3500
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500
740/349-3708
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN:
The Corporation offers a plan whereby participating stockholders can
purchase additional shares of Park National Corporation common stock
through automatic reinvestment of their regular quarterly cash dividends.
All commissions and fees connected with the purchase and safekeeping of
the shares are paid by the Corporation. Details of the Plan and an
enrollment card can be obtained by contacting the Secretary as indicated
above.
DIRECT DEPOSIT OF DIVIDENDS:
The Corporation's stockholders may have their dividend payments directly
deposited into their checking, savings or money market account. This
direct deposit of dividends is free for all stockholders. If you have any
questions or need an enrollment form, please contact the Corporation's
Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar indicated below.
STOCK TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR:
First-Knox National Bank
P.O. Box 871
One South Main Street
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050-0871
800/837-5266
FORM 10-K:
Copies of Park National Corporation's Form 10-K for 1999, including
financial statements, may be obtained, without charge, by contacting the
Secretary as indicated above.
INTERNET ADDRESS:
www.parknationalcorp.com
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Park National Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Park National
Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Park National
Corporation and Subsidiaries at December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the consolidated
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
January 18, 2000
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
at December 31, 1999 and 1998 (Dollars in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS
1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash and due from banks $ 104,222 $100,291
INVESTMENT SECURITIES:
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $630,586 and
$634,809 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively) 619,009 646,403
Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost (fair value of $4,451 and
$6,347 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively) 4,321 6,064
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TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES 623,330 652,467
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Loans 1,850,710 1,654,003
Unearned loan interest (16,762) (12,491)
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TOTAL LOANS 1,833,948 1,641,512
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Allowance for possible loan losses (41,266) (37,989)
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NET LOANS 1,792,682 1,603,523
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OTHER ASSETS:
Premises and equipment, net 26,542 26,755
Accrued interest receivable 14,226 14,356
Other 73,335 63,387
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TOTAL OTHER ASSETS 114,103 104,498
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TOTAL ASSETS $2,634,337 $2,460,779
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
at December 31, 1999 and 1998 (Dollars in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
DEPOSITS:
Noninterest bearing $ 289,291 $ 285,574
Interest bearing 1,725,856 1,654,204
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TOTAL DEPOSITS 2,015,147 1,939,778
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BORROWINGS:
Short-term borrowings 348,199 246,659
Long-term debt 76 8,430
OTHER LIABILITIES:
Accrued interest payable 7,447 6,938
Other 23,888 23,284
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TOTAL OTHER LIABILITIES 31,335 30,222
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,394,757 2,225,089
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, no par value (20,000,000 shares authorized;
10,031,135 shares issued in 1999 and 10,031,077 issued in 1998) 68,383 68,398
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net (7,525) 7,536
Retained earnings 199,736 177,050
Less: Treasury stock (291,301 shares in 1999 and
257,765 shares in 1998) (21,014) (17,294)
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TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 239,580 235,690
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 2,634,337 $ 2,460,779
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 (Dollars in
thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999 1998 1997
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
INTEREST INCOME:
Interest and fees on loans $150,892 $147,632 $142,500
Interest and dividends on:
Obligations of U.S. Government, its agencies
and other securities 35,675 33,290 33,229
Obligations of states and political subdivisions 5,323 4,872 4,099
Other interest income 30 152 460
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TOTAL INTEREST INCOME 191,920 185,946 180,288
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INTEREST EXPENSE:
Interest on deposits:
Demand and savings deposits 12,881 15,995 16,749
Time deposits 49,503 52,346 49,699
Interest on short-term borrowings 13,601 9,079 7,738
Interest on long-term debt 78 875 2,846
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TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE 76,063 78,295 77,032
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NET INTEREST INCOME 115,857 107,651 103,256
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Provision for loan losses 6,969 6,798 6,999
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NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES 108,888 100,853 96,257
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OTHER INCOME:
Income from fiduciary activities 5,662 5,081 5,192
Service charges on deposit accounts 7,673 6,823 6,308
Gain/(loss) on sales of securities (3,608) 97 (7)
Other service income 4,535 5,149 3,598
Other 8,826 6,819 5,610
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TOTAL OTHER INCOME $ 23,088 $ 23,969 $ 20,701
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (continued)
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and
1997 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1999 1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
OTHER EXPENSE:
Salaries and employee benefits $34,909 $31,738 $31,888
Data processing fees 5,160 4,518 5,306
Fees and service charges 3,666 3,344 3,732
Net occupancy expense of bank premises 3,643 3,351 3,339
Amortization of intangibles 2,379 2,787 2,019
Furniture and equipment expense 4,002 4,807 3,680
Insurance 747 786 774
Marketing 2,306 2,247 2,182
Postage and telephone 3,183 3,007 2,747
State taxes 1,747 1,729 1,957
Other 5,798 5,995 4,784
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TOTAL OTHER EXPENSE 67,540 64,309 62,408
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INCOME BEFORE FEDERAL INCOME TAXES 64,436 60,513 54,550
Federal income taxes 18,689 18,941 16,857
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NET INCOME $45,747 $41,572 $37,693
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EARNINGS PER SHARE:
BASIC $ 4.69 $ 4.24 $ 3.82
DILUTED $ 4.67 $ 4.22 $ 3.81
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 (Dollars in thousands,
except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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COMMON STOCK ACCUMULATED
-------------------- OTHER
SHARES RETAINED COMPREHENSIVE TREASURY
OUTSTANDING AMOUNT EARNINGS INCOME, NETSTOCK TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1997 9,822,159 $ 64,611 $ 132,648 $ 4,687 $ (2,985) $ 198,961
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Treasury stock purchased (101,557) -- -- -- (6,249) (6,249)
Treasury stock reissued primarily for
stock options exercised 28,647 -- -- -- 1,522 1,522
Shares issued for dividend reinvestment plan
and stock options 113,337 2,325 -- -- -- 2,325
Cash payment for fractional shares in merger (630) (40) -- -- -- (40)
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options -- 1,379 -- -- -- 1,379
Net income -- -- 37,693 -- -- 37,693
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized net holding gain on securities
available-for-sale, net of income taxes of $1,256 2,332 2,332
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Total other comprehensive income 2,332
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Comprehensive income 40,025
Cash dividends:
Corporation at $1.60 per share -- -- (14,905) -- -- (14,905)
Cash dividends declared at First-Knox, prior to merger -- -- (901) -- -- (901)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1997 9,861,956 68,275 154,535 7,019 (7,712) 222,117
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Treasury stock purchased (130,439) -- -- -- (11,829) (11,829)
Treasury stock reissued primarily for
stock options exercised 39,481 -- -- -- 2,247 2,247
Shares issued for stock options 2,314 81 -- -- -- 81
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options -- 42 -- -- -- 42
Net income -- -- 41,572 -- -- 41,572
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized net holding gain on securities
available-for-sale, net of income taxes of $278 517 517
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Total other comprehensive income 517
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Comprehensive income 42,089
Cash dividends:
Corporation at $1.94 per share -- -- (19,057) -- -- (19,057)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1998 9,773,312 $ 68,398 $ 177,050 $ 7,536 $(17,294) $ 235,690
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Treasury stock purchased (55,888) -- -- -- (5,147) (5,147)
Treasury stock reissued primarily for
stock options exercised 22,352 -- -- -- 1,427 1,427
Shares issued for stock options 652 22 -- -- -- 22
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options -- 14 -- -- -- 14
Cash payment for fractional shares in 5% stock dividend (594) (51) (51)
Net income -- -- 45,747 -- -- 45,747
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized net holding loss on securities
available-for-sale, net of income taxes of $(8,110) (15,061) (15,061)
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Total other comprehensive income (15,061)
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Comprehensive income 30,686
Cash dividends:
Corporation at $2.36 per share -- -- (23,061) -- -- (23,061)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1999 9,739,834 $ 68,383 $ 199,736 $ (7,525) $(21,014) $ 239,580
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 (Dollars in
thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1999 1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 45,747 $ 41,572 $ 37,693
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan losses 6,969 6,798 6,999
Amortization of loan costs and fees, net (1,069) (796) (788)
Provision for depreciation and amortization 3,541 4,491 3,273
Amortization of the excess of cost over net assets
of banks purchased 2,379 2,787 2,019
Accretion of investment security discounts, net (369) (1,357) (1,726)
Deferred income taxes 4,806 829 139
Realized investment security losses (gains) 3,608 (97) 7
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Increase in other assets (6,695) (11,762) (5,781)
Increase in other liabilities 367 338 2,949
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 59,284 42,803 44,784
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities 141,607 51,839 45,083
Proceeds from maturities of securities:
Held-to-maturity 1,743 1,727 2,973
Available-for-sale 170,829 133,674 141,765
Purchases of securities:
Available-for-sale (311,453) (296,672) (150,873)
Net increase in loans (195,059) (53,192) (111,284)
Purchase of loans -- -- (11,582)
Cash paid for branches (2,587) -- (6,748)
Purchases of premises and equipment, net (2,938) (3,442) (2,740)
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NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES (197,858) (166,066) (93,406)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of deposits 14,887 -- 49,192
Net increase in deposits 60,482 84,814 42,354
Net increase in short-term borrowings 101,540 95,035 16,513
Cash payment for fractional shares of common stock (51) -- (40)
Exercise of stock options 36 123 3,704
Purchase of treasury stock, net (3,720) (9,582) (4,727)
Repayment of long-term debt (8,354) (22,438) (31,507)
Cash dividends paid (22,315) (17,983) (15,047)
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES 142,505 129,969 60,442
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INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 3,931 6,706 11,820
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 100,291 93,585 81,765
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $ 104,222 $ 100,291 $ 93,585
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the
preparation of the consolidated financial statements:
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Park National
Corporation (the Corporation or Park) and all of its subsidiaries. Material
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
ORGANIZATION
The Corporation is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Newark, Ohio.
Through its banking subsidiaries, The Park National Bank (PNB), The Richland
Trust Company (RTC), Century National Bank (CNB), and The First-Knox National
Bank of Mount Vernon (FKNB), the Corporation is engaged in a general commercial
banking and trust business, primarily in Central Ohio. A new wholly owned
subsidiary of the Corporation, Guardian Finance Company (GFC), began operating
in May 1999. GFC is a consumer finance company located in Central Ohio. PNB
operates through two banking divisions with the Park National Division (PND)
headquartered in Newark, Ohio and the Fairfield National Division (FND)
headquartered in Lancaster, Ohio. FKNB also operates through two banking
divisions with the First-Knox National Division (FKND) headquartered in Mount
Vernon, Ohio and the Farmers and Savings Division (FSD) headquartered in
Loudonville, Ohio. All of the banking subsidiaries and their respective
divisions provide the following principal services: the acceptance of deposits
for demand, savings, and time accounts; commercial, industrial, consumer and
real estate lending, including installment loans, credit cards, home equity
lines of credit and commercial and auto leasing; trust services; cash
management; safe deposit operations; electronic funds transfers; and a variety
of additional banking-related services. See Note 19 for financial information on
the Corporation's banking subsidiaries.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year
presentation.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Investment securities are classified upon acquisition into one of three
categories: Held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading (see Note 4).
Held-to-maturity securities are those securities that the Corporation has the
positive intent and ability to hold to maturity and are recorded at amortized
cost. Available-for-sale securities are those securities that would be available
to be sold in the future in response to the Corporation's liquidity needs,
changes in market interest rates, and asset-liability management strategies,
among others. Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value, with
unrealized holding gains and losses excluded from earnings and are included in
other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. At December 31, 1999 and
1998, the Corporation did not hold any trading securities.
Gains and losses realized on the sale of investment securities have been
accounted for on the completed transaction method in the year of sale on an
"identified certificate" basis.
PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
Premises and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is generally provided on the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are
amortized over the lives of the respective leases or the estimated useful lives
of the improvements, whichever are the shorter periods. Upon the sale or other
disposal of the assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are
removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is recognized.
Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred while renewals and
improvements are capitalized.
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED
Other real estate owned is recorded at the lower of cost or fair market value
(which is not in excess of estimated net realizable value) and consists of
property acquired through foreclosure, loans in judgment and subject to
redemption, and real estate held for sale. Subsequent to acquisition, allowances
for losses are established if carrying values exceed fair value less estimated
costs to sell. Costs relating to development and improvement of such properties
are capitalized (not in excess of fair value less estimated costs to sell),
whereas costs relating to holding the properties are charged to expense.
INCOME RECOGNITION
Income earned by the Corporation and its subsidiaries is recognized principally
on the accrual basis of accounting. Loan origination fees are amortized over the
life of the loans using the interest method on a loan by loan basis, and
origination costs are deferred and amortized if material. Certain fees,
principally service, are recognized as income when billed or collected.
The Corporation's subsidiaries suspend the accrual of interest when, in
management's opinion, the collection of all or a portion of interest has become
doubtful. Generally, when a loan is placed on non-accrual, the Corporation's
subsidiaries charge all previously accrued and unpaid interest against income.
In future periods, interest will be included in income to the extent received
only if complete principal recovery is reasonably assured.
ALLOWANCE FOR POSSIBLE LOAN LOSSES
The allowance for possible loan losses is that amount believed adequate to
absorb estimated credit losses in the loan portfolio based on management's
evaluation of various factors including overall growth in the loan portfolio, an
analysis of individual loans, prior and current loss experience, and current and
anticipated economic conditions. A provision for loan losses is charged to
operations based on management's periodic evaluation of these and other
pertinent factors.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 114, "Accounting
by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan", as amended by SFAS No. 118, "Accounting
by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan--Income Recognition and Disclosure"
requires an allowance to be established as a component of the allowance for loan
losses for certain loans when it is probable that all amounts due pursuant to
the contractual terms of the loan will not be collected, and the recorded
investment in the loan exceeds the fair value. Fair value is measured using
either the present value of expected future cash flows based upon the initial
effective interest rate on the loan, the observable market price of the loan or
the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.
LEASE FINANCING
Leases of equipment, automobiles, and aircraft to customers generally are direct
leases in which the Corporation's subsidiaries have acquired the equipment,
automobiles, or aircraft with no outside financing.
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Such leases are accounted for as direct financing leases for financial reporting
purposes. Under the direct financing method, a receivable is recorded for the
total amount of the lease payments to be received.
Unearned lease income, representing the excess of the sum of the aggregate
rentals of the equipment, automobiles or aircraft over its cost is included in
income over the term of the lease under the interest method.
EXCESS OF COST OVER NET ASSETS OF BANKS PURCHASED
The excess of cost over net assets of the banks purchased is being amortized,
principally on the straight-line method, over periods ranging from seven to
fifteen years.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Cash and cash equivalents include cash and cash items, amounts due from banks
and federal funds sold. Generally federal funds are purchased and sold for one
day periods.
Net cash provided by operating activities reflects cash payments as follows:
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DECEMBER 31, 1999 1998 1997
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
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Interest paid on deposits and other borrowings $75,554 $77,905 $77,105
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Income taxes paid $17,947 $19,550 $14,104
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INCOME TAXES
The Corporation accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability
approach. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined
based on differences between financial reporting and tax basis of assets and
liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be
in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
STOCK DIVIDEND
The Corporation's Board of Directors approved a 5% stock dividend in November
1999. The additional shares resulting from the dividend were distributed on
December 15, 1999 to stockholders of record as of December 3, 1999. The
consolidated financial statements, notes and other references to share and per
share data have been retroactively restated for the stock dividend.
ACCOUNTING CHANGES
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No. 130, "Reporting
Comprehensive Income", establishes reporting and display standards for
comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose
financial statements. Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity of
a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and
circumstances arising from nonowner sources. The statement requires the
Corporation's unrealized gains or losses on securities available-for-sale, to be
included in other comprehensive income. Since SFAS No. 130 only requires
additional information, it had no impact on the Corporation's financial position
or results of operations. Prior year financial statements have been reclassified
to conform with the new requirements. Comprehensive income is presented in the
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity.
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." The provisions
of this statement require that derivative instruments be carried at fair value
on the balance sheet. The statement continues to allow derivative instruments to
be used to hedge various risks and sets forth specific criteria to be used to
determine when hedge accounting can be used. The statement also provided for
offsetting changes in fair value or cash flows of both the derivative and the
hedged asset or liability to be recognized in earnings in the same period;
however, any changes in fair value or cash flow that represent the ineffective
portion of a hedge are required to be recognized in earnings and cannot be
deferred. For derivative instruments not accounted for as hedges, changes in
fair value are required to be recognized in earnings. The provisions of this
statement become effective for quarterly and annual reporting beginning January
1, 2001. Although the statement allows for early adoption in any quarterly
period that began after June 1998, the Corporation has no plans to adopt the
provisions of SFAS No. 133 prior to the effective date. The Corporation did not
use any derivative instruments in 1999 and 1998 and as a result does not expect
that adoption of this statement will have any impact on the Corporation's
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
2. ACQUISITIONS
On May 5, 1997, the Corporation merged with First-Knox Banc Corp.
(First-Knox), a $569 million bank holding company headquartered in Mount Vernon,
Ohio, in a transaction accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Park issued
approximately 2.3 million shares of common stock to the stockholders of
First-Knox based upon an exchange ratio of .5914 shares of Park common stock for
each outstanding share of First-Knox common stock. The historical financial
statements of the Corporation have been restated to show Park and First-Knox on
a combined basis.
On September 24, 1999, Park National Division acquired a branch office
in Utica, Ohio from National City Bank. In addition to the fixed assets, the
purchase included $15 million of deposits. The excess of the cost over net
assets purchased was $2 million and is being amortized using the straight-line
method over seven years.
On December 8, 1997, Fairfield National Division acquired three branch offices
in Lancaster, Ohio from KeyBank National Association. In addition to the fixed
assets, the purchase included $49 million of deposits and $12 million of loans.
The excess of the cost over net assets purchased was $6 million and is being
amortized using the straight-line method over seven years.
On December 14, 1999, the Corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with U.B. Bancshares, Inc. (UB), a $180 million
bank holding company headquartered in Bucyrus, Ohio, providing for a merger of
UB into the Corporation. Under terms of the UB Merger Agreement, the
stockholders of UB are expected to receive .554 shares of Park common stock for
each outstanding share of UB in a tax free exchange. The Corporation expects to
issue an aggregate of 325,500 shares of common stock to complete the merger
which will be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Completion of the merger
is subject to certain conditions, including the approval of bank regulators and
other governmental agencies, the approval of stockholders of UB, and other
conditions to closing customary of a transaction of this type. The UB merger is
expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2000.
On December 17, 1999, the Corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with SNB Corp. (SNB), a $300 million bank
holding company headquartered in Greenville, Ohio, providing for a merger of SNB
into the Corporation. Under terms of the SNB Merger Agreement, the stockholders
of SNB are expected to receive 5.37 shares of Park common stock for each
outstanding share of SNB in a tax free exchange. The Corporation expects to
issue an aggregate of 835,500 shares of common stock to complete the merger
which will be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Completion of the merger
is subject to certain conditions, including the approval of bank regulators and
other governmental agencies, the approval of stockholders of SNB, and other
conditions to closing customary of a transaction of this type. The SNB merger is
expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2000.
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3. RESTRICTIONS ON CASH
AND DUE FROM BANKS
The Corporation's banking subsidiaries are required to maintain average reserve
balances with the Federal Reserve Bank. The average required reserve balance was
approximately $20,487,000 and $16,851,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. No other compensating balance arrangements were in existence at
year end.
4. INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The amortized cost and fair values of investment securities at December 31 are
as follows (in thousands):
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GROSS GROSS
UNREALIZED UNREALIZED
AMORTIZED HOLDING HOLDING ESTIMATED
(IN THOUSANDS) COST GAINS LOSSES FAIR VALUE
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1999:
SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
Obligations of U.S. Treasury and
other U.S. Government agencies $208,896 $ 98 $ 7,467 $201,527
Obligations of states and
political subdivisions 99,209 626 1,792 98,043
U.S. Government agencies'
asset-backed securities and
other asset-backed securities 298,433 246 3,431 295,248
Other equity securities 24,048 377 234 24,191
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TOTAL $630,586 $ 1,347 $ 12,924 $619,009
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1999:
SECURITIES HELD-TO-MATURITY
Obligations of states and
political subdivisions $ 4,290 $ 131 $ 2 $ 4,419
Other asset-backed securities 31 1 0 32
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TOTAL $ 4,321 $ 132 $ 2 $ 4,451
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1998:
SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
Obligations of U.S. Treasury and
other U.S. Government agencies $172,150 $ 3,380 $ -- $175,530
Obligations of states and
political subdivisions 100,790 4,159 45 104,904
U.S. Government agencies'
asset-backed securities and
other asset-backed securities 341,247 3,574 237 344,584
Other equity securities 20,622 763 -- 21,385
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TOTAL $634,809 $ 11,876 $ 282 $646,403
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1998:
SECURITIES HELD-TO-MATURITY
Obligations of states and
political subdivisions $ 5,712 $ 283 $ 3 $ 5,992
Other asset-backed securities 352 3 -- 355
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TOTAL $ 6,064 $ 286 $ 3 $ 6,347
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The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investments in debt securities
at December 31, 1999 are shown below (in thousands) by contractual maturity
except for asset-backed securities which are shown based on expected maturities.
The average yield is computed on a tax equivalent basis using a 35 percent tax
rate.
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UNREALIZED WEIGHTED
AMORTIZED ESTIMATED AVERAGE AVERAGE
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) COST FAIR VALUE MATURITY YIELD
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SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
U.S. Treasury and agencies' notes:
Due within one year $ 10,576 $ 10,674 .9 years 7.38%
Due five through ten years 198,320 190,853 7.8 years 6.59%
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TOTAL $208,896 $201,527 7.5 years 6.63%
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Obligations of states and
political subdivisions:
Due within one year $ 3,328 $ 3,354 .6 years 8.16%
Due one through five years 22,116 22,384 3.1 years 7.64%
Due five through ten years 40,351 40,381 7.8 years 7.42%
Due over ten years 33,414 31,924 12.5 years 6.98%
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TOTAL $ 99,209 $ 98,043 8.1 years 7.35%
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U.S. Government agencies'
asset-backed securities and
other asset-backed securities:
Due within one year $ 14,975 $ 15,003 .7 years 6.68%
Due one through five years 270,317 267,517 3.6 years 6.77%
Due five through ten years 13,141 12,728 5.4 years 6.31%
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TOTAL $298,433 $295,248 3.5 years 6.75%
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SECURITIES HELD-TO-MATURITY
Obligations of state and
political subdivisions:
Due within one year $ 1,387 $ 1,430 .9 years 11.26%
Due one through five years 2,128 2,214 2.5 years 10.44%
Due five through ten years 630 630 8.0 years 7.63%
Due over ten years 145 145 10.9 years 7.63%
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TOTAL $ 4,290 $ 4,419 3.1 years 10.20%
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OTHER ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES:
Due one through five years $ 31 $ 32 3.6 years 8.70%
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Investment securities having a book value of $474,877,000 and $432,489,000 at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, were pledged to collateralize
government and trust department deposits in accordance with federal and state
requirements and to secure repurchase agreements sold.
In 1999, 1998 and 1997, gross gains of $335,000, $159,000, and $64,000 and gross
losses of $3,943,000, $62,000 and $71,000 were realized, respectively. Tax
benefits related to net securities losses were $1,263,000 in 1999, and $2,000 in
1997. Tax expense related to net securities gains in 1998 was $34,000.
5. LOANS
The composition of the loan portfolio is as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Commercial, financial and agricultural $ 236,718 $ 217,504
REAL ESTATE:
Construction 72,968 70,998
Residential 693,930 679,239
Commercial 305,193 280,789
Consumer, net 407,849 332,320
LEASES, NET 117,290 60,662
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TOTAL LOANS $1,833,948 $1,641,512
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Under the Corporation's credit policies and practices, all non-accrual and
restructured commercial, financial, agricultural, construction and commercial
real estate loans meet the definition of impaired loans under SFAS No. 114 and
118. Impaired loans as defined by SFAS No. 114 and 118 exclude certain consumer
loans, residential real estate loans and lease financing classified as
non-accrual. The majority of the loans deemed impaired were evaluated using the
fair value of the collateral as the measurement method.
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Non-accrual and restructured loans are summarized as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Impaired loans:
Non-accrual $2,638 $2,150
Restructured 429 492
Total impaired loans 3,067 2,642
Other non-accrual loans -- 5
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TOTAL NON-ACCRUAL AND RESTRUCTURED LOANS $3,067 $2,647
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The allowance for credit losses related to impaired loans at December 31, 1999
and 1998 was $607,000 and $436,000, respectively. All impaired loans for both
periods were subject to a related allowance for credit losses.
The average balance of impaired loans was $2,576,000, $2,457,000 and $3,599,000
for 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Interest income on impaired loans is recognized after all past due and current
principal payments have been made, and collectibility is no longer doubtful. For
the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998, and 1997, the Corporation recognized
$321,000, $149,000 and $283,000, respectively, of interest income on impaired
loans, which included $307,000, $121,000 and $270,000, respectively, of interest
income recognized using the cash basis method of income recognition.
Certain of the Corporation's executive officers, directors and their affiliates
are loan customers of the Corporation's banking subsidiaries. As of December 31,
1999 and 1998, loans aggregating approximately $52,738,000 and $45,079,000,
respectively, were outstanding to such parties.
6. ALLOWANCE FOR POSSIBLE LOAN LOSSES
Activity in the allowance for possible loan losses is summarized as follows:
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
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Balance, January 1 $ 37,989 $ 35,595 $ 32,347
Provision for loan losses 6,969 6,798 6,999
Losses charged to the reserve (7,314) (7,392) (6,271)
Recoveries 3,622 2,988 2,520
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31 $ 41,266 $ 37,989 $ 35,595
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7. INVESTMENT IN FINANCING LEASES
The following is a summary of the components of the Corporation's affiliates'
net investment in direct financing leases:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Total minimum payments to be received $ 86,991 $ 50,118
Estimated unguaranteed residual value of leased property 43,211 19,230
Less unearned income (12,912) (8,686)
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TOTAL $ 117,290 $ 60,662
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Minimum lease payments, in thousands, to be received as of December 31, 1999
are:
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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2000 $31,836
2001 21,393
2002 15,884
2003 11,731
2004 5,219
Thereafter 928
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TOTAL $86,991
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8. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
The major categories of premises and equipment and accumulated depreciation are
summarized as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Land $ 6,550 $ 6,392
Buildings 27,019 26,203
Equipment, furniture and fixtures 29,491 27,514
Leasehold improvements 1,204 1,144
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TOTAL 64,264 61,253
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Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (37,722) (34,498)
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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT, NET $ 26,542 $ 26,755
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Depreciation and amortization expense amounted to $3,541,000, $4,491,000 and
$3,273,000 for the three years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
The Corporation and its subsidiaries lease certain premises and equipment
accounted for as operating leases. The following is a schedule of the future
minimum rental payments required for the next five years under such leases with
initial terms in excess of one year (in thousands):
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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2000 $ 451,644
2001 372,236
2002 284,994
2003 262,183
2004 240,270
Thereafter 212,500
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TOTAL $1,823,827
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Rent expense amounted to $704,000, $659,000 and $639,000, for the three years
ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
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9. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
Short-term borrowings are as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
and federal funds purchased $149,679 $160,616
Federal Home Loan Bank advances 190,100 80,000
Other short-term borrowings 8,420 6,043
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TOTAL SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS $348,199 $246,659
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The outstanding balances for all short-term borrowings as of December 31, 1999,
1998 and 1997 (in thousands) and the weighted-average interest rates as of and
paid during each of the years then ended are as follows:
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REPURCHASE DEMAND
AGREEMENTS FEDERAL NOTES
AND FEDERAL HOME LOAN DUE U.S.
FUNDS BANK TREASURY
(Dollars in thousands) PURCHASED ADVANCES AND OTHER
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1999:
ENDING BALANCE $149,679 $190,100 $ 8,420
HIGHEST MONTH-END BALANCE 188,269 197,600 10,044
AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE 157,993 133,418 3,898
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE INTEREST RATE:
AS OF YEAR-END 4.20% 5.82% 4.47%
PAID DURING THE YEAR 4.11% 5.18% 5.07%
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1998:
Ending balance $160,616 $ 80,000 $ 6,043
Highest month-end balance 182,957 104,300 6,043
Average daily balance 157,951 29,356 2,868
Weighted-average interest rate:
As of year-end 4.21% 6.00% 4.06%
Paid during the year 4.58% 5.83% 4.87%
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1997:
Ending balance $127,587 $ 18,900 $ 5,137
Highest month-end balance 161,172 86,000 5,137
Average daily balance 132,976 26,741 2,909
Weighted-average interest rate:
As of year-end 4.61% 6.25% 5.75%
Paid during the year 4.60% 5.49% 5.25%
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At December 31, 1999, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances were collateralized
by the FHLB stock owned by the Corporation's affiliate banks and by residential
mortgage loans pledged under a blanket agreement by the Corporation's affiliate
banks.
10. LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt is listed below:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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FIXED RATE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES WITH
MONTHLY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS:
2.00% Advance due November 1, 2027 $ 38 $ 39
2.00% Advance due January 1, 2028 38 39
5.60% Advance due August 1, 2003 -- 1,443
5.70% Advance due May 1, 2004 -- 3,199
5.85% Advance due January 1, 2016 -- 3,710
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TOTAL LONG-TERM DEBT $ 76 $8,430
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At December 31, 1999, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances were collateralized
by the FHLB stock owned by the Corporation's affiliate banks and by residential
mortgage loans pledged under a blanket agreement by the Corporation's affiliate
banks.
11. STOCK OPTION PLAN
The Park National Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan ("the Park Plan")
was adopted April 17, 1995 and amended April 20, 1998. The Park Plan is intended
as an incentive to encourage stock ownership by the key employees of the
Corporation. The maximum number of common shares with respect to which incentive
stock options may be granted under the Park Plan is 735,000. At December 31,
1999, 420,214 common shares were available for future grants under this plan.
Incentive stock options may be granted at a price not less than the fair market
value at the date of the grant, and for an option term of up to five years. No
incentive stock options may be granted under the Park Plan after January 16,
2005.
In conjunction with the First-Knox Merger in 1997, the Corporation assumed the
1995 First-Knox Director's Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan and
the 1990 First-Knox Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan.
Additionally, in conjunction with the merger in 1997, all former First-Knox
Plans were terminated with respect to the granting of any additional options and
stock appreciation rights.
The Corporation's stock option activity and related information is summarized
below. All data has been restated, as applicable, for subsequent stock
dividends.
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STOCK OPTIONS STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
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OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING
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WEIGHTED WEIGHTED
AVERAGE AVERAGE
NUMBER EXERCISE NUMBER EXERCISE
AVAILABLE PRICE PER AVAILABLE PRICE PER
FOR GRANT NUMBER SHARE FOR GRANT NUMBER SHARE
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January 1, 1997 219,537 190,883 $ 30.43 36,388 27,791 $ 23.52
Granted (91,775) 91,775 59.20 -- -- --
Exercised -- (143,901) 26.72 -- (27,767) 23.52
Forfeited/Expired (80,511) (4,449) 56.26 (36,388) (24) 22.90
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December 31, 1997 47,251 134,308 $ 53.22 -- -- --
Authorized 525,000 -- -- -- -- --
Granted (91,719) 91,719 88.60 -- -- --
Exercised -- (37,910) 51.57 -- -- --
Forfeited/Expired 6,832 (6,832) 58.61 -- -- --
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December 31, 1998 487,364 181,285 $ 71.23 -- -- --
Granted (71,407) 71,407 91.36 -- -- --
Exercised -- (19,137) 56.60 -- -- --
Forfeited/Expired 4,257 (4,257) 84.91 -- -- --
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December 31, 1999 420,214 229,298 $ 78.47 -- -- --
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Range of exercise prices: $33.04 - $110.75
Weighted-average remaining contractual life: 3.4 Years
Exerciseable at year end: 222,333
Weighted-average exercise price of exerciseable options: $78.09
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</TABLE>
Compensation expense related to stock appreciation rights was $0, $0 and
$339,000 in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
The Corporation has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25
"Accounting for Stock issued to Employees" (APB 25) and related interpretations
in accounting for its employee stock options because, as discussed below, the
alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS No. 123, "Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation," requires the use of option valuation models that
were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB 25,
because the exercise price of the Corporation's employee stock options equals
the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation
expense is recognized.
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The fair value of these options was estimated at the date of grant using a
Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following weighted-average
assumptions for 1999, 1998 and 1997 respectively: risk-free interest rates of
5.50%, 5.25% and 6.25%; a dividend yield of 2.50%, a volatility factor of the
expected market price of the Corporation's common stock of .213, .237 and .219
and a weighted-average expected option life of 4.0 years. The weighted-average
fair value of options granted were $18.04, $18.52 and $13.28 for 1999, 1998 and
1997, respectively.
The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the
fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully
transferable. In addition, options valuation models require the input of highly
subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because
the Corporation's employee stock options have characteristics significantly
different from those traded options and because changes in the subjective input
assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management's
opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single
measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.
The Corporation's pro-forma information follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, 1999 1998 1997
EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income as reported $ 45,747 $ 41,572 $ 37,693
Pro-forma net income 44,358 39,814 36,620
Basic earnings per share as reported 4.69 4.24 3.82
Pro-forma basic earnings per share 4.55 4.06 3.72
Diluted earnings per share as reported 4.67 4.22 3.81
Pro-forma diluted earnings per share 4.53 4.04 3.70
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</TABLE>
12. BENEFIT PLANS
The Corporation has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering
substantially all of its employees. The plan provides benefits based on an
employee's years of service and compensation. The Corporation's funding policy
is to contribute annually an amount that can be deducted for federal income tax
purposes using a different actuarial cost method and different assumptions from
those used for financial reporting purposes.
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year $ 17,497 $ 16,498
Service cost 1,197 1,055
Interest cost 1,120 1,189
Actuarial (1,535) 2,096
Benefits paid (1,071) (3,341)
BENEFIT OBLIGATION AT END OF YEAR 17,208 17,497
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CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year 17,135 19,578
Actual return on plan assets 2,951 662
Company contributions 602 236
Benefits paid (1,071) (3,341)
FAIR VALUE OF PLAN ASSETS AT END OF YEAR 19,617 17,135
Funded status of the plan (underfunded) 2,409 (362)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss (gain) (2,803) 314
Unrecognized prior service cost 9 3
Unrecognized net transaction asset (93) (157)
Accrued benefit cost $ (478) $ (202)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
WEIGHTED AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS:
Discount rate 7.64% 6.52%
Expected return on plan assets 8.00% 8.00%
Rate of compensation increase 5.00% 5.00%
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
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COMPONENTS OF NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST:
Service cost $ 1,197 $ 1,055 $ 942
Interest cost 1,120 1,189 1,098
Expected return on plan assets (1,369) (1,555) (1,375)
Amortization of prior service cost (6) (64) (6)
Recognized net actuarial loss (64) (62) (60)
Benefit cost $ 878 $ 563 $ 599
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</TABLE>
The Corporation has a voluntary salary deferral plan covering substantially all
of its employees. Eligible employees may contribute a portion of their
compensation subject to a maximum statutory limitation. The Corporation provides
a matching contribution established annually by the Corporation. Contribution
expense for the Corporation was $717,000, $724,000 and $586,000 for 1999, 1998
and 1997, respectively.
The Corporation has a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) covering
certain key officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries with defined
pension benefits in excess of limits imposed by federal tax law. At December 31,
1999 and 1998, the accrued benefit cost for this plan totaled $520,000 and
$32,000, respectively. The expense for the Corporation was $480,000, $30,000,
and $14,000 for 1999, 1998, and 1997, respectively.
13. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting
purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of
the Corporation's deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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DEFERRED TAX ASSETS:
Allowance for loan losses $14,443 $13,352
Unrealized holding loss on securities 4,052 --
Deferred loan fees 695 461
Deferred compensation 413 474
Other 3,697 3,259
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TOTAL DEFERRED TAX ASSETS 23,300 17,546
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DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES:
Lease revenue reporting 12,816 6,951
Unrealized holding gain on securities -- 4,058
Fixed assets, principally due to depreciation 542 506
Other 6,148 5,541
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TOTAL DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES 19,506 17,056
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NET DEFERRED TAX ASSETS $ 3,794 $ 490
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The components of the provision for federal income taxes are shown below:
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
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Currently payable $13,883 $18,112 $16,718
Deferred 4,806 829 139
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TOTAL $18,689 $18,941 $16,857
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The following is a reconcilement of federal income tax expense to the amount
computed at the statutory rate of 35% for the years ended December 31, 1999,
1998, and 1997.
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DECEMBER 31 1999 1998 1997
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Statutory corporate tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
Changes in rates resulting from:
Tax-exempt interest income (3.4%) (3.0%) (2.9%)
Tax credits (low income housing) (1.7%) (1.0%) (.9%)
Other (.9%) .3% (.3%)
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EFFECTIVE TAX RATE 29.0% 31.3% 30.9%
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The following is a summary of the income tax effect allocated to other
comprehensive income.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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BEFORE-TAX TAX NET-OF-TAX
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AMOUNT EXPENSE AMOUNT
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Unrealized losses on
available-for-sale securities $(26,779) $ (9,373) $(17,406)
Less: reclassification adjustment for
losses realized in net income 3,608 1,263 2,345
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other comprehensive income $(23,171) $ (8,110) $(15,061)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year ended December 31, 1998
Unrealized gains on
available-for-sale securities $ 892 $ 312 $ 580
Less: reclassification adjustment for
gains realized in net income (97) (34) (63)
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Other comprehensive income $ 795 $ 278 $ 517
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Year ended December 31, 1997
Unrealized gains on
available-for-sale securities $ 3,581 $ 1,254 $ 2,327
Less: reclassification adjustment for
losses realized in net income 7 2 5
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Other comprehensive income $ 3,588 $ 1,256 $ 2,332
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</TABLE>
14. EARNINGS PER SHARE
SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share" requires the reporting of basic and diluted
earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes any dilutive effects of
options, warrants and convertible securities. Diluted earnings per share is very
similar to the previously reported fully diluted earnings per share.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per
share:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1999 1998 1997
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS,
EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
NUMERATOR:
Net income $ 45,747 $ 41,572 $ 37,693
DENOMINATOR:
Basic earnings per share:
Weighted-average shares 9,753,656 9,807,582 9,855,119
Effect of dilutive securities - stock options 39,546 48,220 39,841
Diluted earnings per share:
Adjusted weighted-average shares
and assumed conversions 9,793,202 9,855,802 9,894,960
EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic earnings per share $ 4.69 $ 4.24 $ 3.82
Diluted earnings per share $ 4.67 $ 4.22 $ 3.81
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</TABLE>
15. DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS
Bank regulators limit the amount of dividends a subsidiary bank can declare in
any calendar year without obtaining prior approval. At December 31, 1999,
approximately $20,798,000 of the total stockholders' equity of the bank
subsidiaries is available for the payment of dividends to the Corporation,
without approval by the applicable regulatory authorities.
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16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH
OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK AND
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
The Corporation is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in
the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.
These financial instruments include loan commitments and standby letters of
credit. The instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and
interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the financial
statements.
The Corporation's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the
other party to the financial instrument for loan commitments and standby letters
of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The
Corporation uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional
obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments. Since many of the loan
commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amount
does not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The credit risk
involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved
in extending loan commitments to customers.
The total amounts of off-balance sheet financial instruments with credit risk
are as follows:
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DECEMBER 31 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
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Loan commitments $289,448 $267,602
Unused credit card limits 96,193 96,710
Standby letters of credit 6,585 3,953
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The loan commitments are generally for variable rates of interest.
The Corporation grants retail, commercial and commercial real estate loans to
customers primarily located in Central Ohio. The Corporation evaluates each
customer's credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral
obtained, if deemed necessary by the Corporation upon extension of credit, is
based on management's credit evaluation of the customer. Collateral held varies
but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment,
and income-producing commercial properties.
Although the Corporation has a diversified loan portfolio, a substantial portion
of the borrowers' ability to honor their contracts is dependent upon the
economic conditions in each borrower's geographic location.
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17. FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Corporation in estimating
its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet
for cash and short-term instruments approximate those assets' fair values.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES: Fair values for investment securities are based on quoted
market prices, where available. If quoted market prices are not available, fair
values are based on quoted market prices of comparable instruments.
LOANS RECEIVABLE: For variable-rate loans that reprice frequently and with no
significant change in credit risk, fair values are based on carrying values. The
fair values for certain mortgage loans (e.g., one-to-four family residential)
are based on quoted market prices of similar loans sold in conjunction with
securitization transactions, adjusted for differences in loan characteristics.
The fair values for other loans are estimated using discounted cash flow
analyses, using interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar
terms to borrowers of similar credit quality.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET INSTRUMENTS: Fair values for the Corporation's loan
commitments and standby letters of credit are based on the fees currently
charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining
terms of the agreements and the counter parties' credit standing.
DEPOSIT LIABILITIES: The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g.,
interest and non-interest checking, savings, and money market accounts) are, by
definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (i.e.,
their carrying amounts). The carrying amounts for variable-rate, fixed-term
certificates of deposit approximate their fair values at the reporting date.
Fair values for fixed rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a
discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being
offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities
on time deposits.
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS: The carrying amounts of federal funds purchased,
borrowings under repurchase agreements, and other short-term borrowings
approximate their fair values.
The fair value of financial instruments at December 31, 1999 and 1998 is as
follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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DECEMBER 31, 1999 1998
(IN THOUSANDS) CARRYING FAIR CARRYING FAIR
AMOUNT VALUE AMOUNT VALUE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
FINANCIAL ASSETS:
Cash and federal funds
sold $ 104,222 $ 104,222 $ 100,291 $ 100,291
Investment securities 623,330 623,460 652,467 652,750
Loans:
Commercial, financial
and agricultural 236,718 236,718 217,504 217,504
Real estate:
Construction 72,968 72,968 70,998 70,998
Residential 693,930 699,671 679,239 688,497
Commercial 305,193 303,724 280,789 281,162
Consumer, net 407,849 406,373 332,320 334,138
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TOTAL LOANS 1,716,658 1,719,454 1,580,850 1,592,299
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allowance for
loan losses (41,266) -- (37,989) --
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LOANS
RECEIVABLE, NET $ 1,675,392 $ 1,719,454 $ 1,542,861 $ 1,592,299
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FINANCIAL LIABILITIES:
Noninterest bearing
checking $ 289,291 $ 289,291 $ 285,574 $ 285,574
Interest bearing checking 242,235 242,235 235,113 235,113
Savings 275,374 275,374 276,546 276,546
Money market accounts 150,226 150,226 159,722 159,722
Time deposits 1,056,594 1,057,518 981,305 988,152
Other 1,427 1,427 1,518 1,518
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TOTAL DEPOSITS $ 2,015,147 $ 2,016,071 $ 1,939,778 $ 1,946,625
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Short-term borrowings 348,199 348,199 246,659 246,659
Long-term debt 76 40 8,430 8,526
UNRECOGNIZED FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS:
Loan commitments -- (289) -- (268)
Standby letters of credit -- (33) -- (20)
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</TABLE>
18. CAPITAL RATIOS
The following table reflects various measures of capital at December 31, 1999
and December 31, 1998 (dollars in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31, 1999 1998
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total equity (1) $239,580 9.09% $235,690 9.58%
Tier 1 capital (2) 235,124 13.15% 215,990 13.64%
Total risk-based capital (3) 257,708 14.41% 236,356 14.92%
Leverage (4) 235,124 9.05% 215,990 9.06%
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</TABLE>
(1) Computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
including accumulated other comprehensive income.
(2) Stockholders' equity less certain intangibles and accumulated other
comprehensive income; computed as a ratio to risk-adjusted assets as
defined.
(3) Tier 1 capital plus qualifying loan loss allowance; computed as a ratio to
risk-adjusted assets, as defined.
(4) Tier 1 capital computed as a ratio to average total assets less certain
intangibles.
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The Corporation's Tier 1, total risk-based capital and leverage ratios are
well above both the required minimum levels of 4.00%, 8.00% and 4.00%,
respectively, and the well-capitalized levels of 6.00%, 10.00% and 5.00%,
respectively.
At December 31, 1999, and 1998, all of the Corporation's subsidiary
financial institutions met the well-capitalized levels under the capital
definitions prescribed in the FDIC Improvement Act of 1991.
19. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Corporation's segments are its banking subsidiaries and their respective
divisions. The operating results of the banking subsidiaries and their
respective divisions are monitored closely by senior management and each
president of the subsidiary or division is held accountable for their results.
Information about reportable segments is listed below (in thousands). See Note 1
for a detailed description of individual banking subsidiaries and their
respective divisions
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 (IN THOUSANDS)
ALL
PND FND RTC CNB FKND FSD OTHER TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net interest income $ 41,448 $ 12,734 $ 17,739 $ 16,520 $ 23,095 $ 3,211 $ 1,110 $ 115,857
Provision for loan losses 710 755 1,039 1,410 2,353 646 56 6,969
Other income 12,290 2,081 1,261 2,280 4,213 343 620 23,088
Depreciation and amortization 1,092 406 483 489 814 103 154 3,541
Other expense 22,649 7,461 9,822 8,727 11,828 1,576 1,936 63,999
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Income before income taxes 29,287 6,193 7,656 8,174 12,313 1,229 (416) 64,436
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal income taxes 8,876 1,984 2,571 2,486 3,548 326 (1,102) 18,689
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Net income $ 20,411 $ 4,209 $ 5,085 $ 5,688 $ 8,765 $ 903 $ 686 $ 45,747
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BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 1999:
Assets $ 949,212 $ 280,451 $ 435,220 $ 393,733 $ 541,724 $ 62,474 $ (28,477) $2,634,337
Loans 693,579 168,078 243,037 269,897 396,412 62,374 571 1,833,948
Deposits 691,356 219,598 354,521 316,702 394,084 57,598 (18,712) 2,015,147
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Operating Results for the year ended December 31, 1998
Net interest income $ 39,877 $ 11,586 $ 16,018 $ 15,510 $ 20,910 $ 2,827 $ 923 $ 107,651
Provision for loan losses 2,880 600 1,602 480 1,116 120 -- 6,798
Other income 11,468 2,349 2,972 3,079 3,833 268 -- 23,969
Depreciation and amortization 1,119 354 558 648 1,513 149 150 4,491
Other expense 20,483 6,689 9,283 8,168 11,646 1,490 2,059 59,818
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Income before income taxes 26,863 6,292 7,547 9,293 10,468 1,336 (1,286) 60,513
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Federal income taxes 8,530 2,038 2,541 2,961 2,927 376 (432) 18,941
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Net income $ 18,333 $ 4,254 $ 5,006 $ 6,332 $ 7,541 $ 960 $ (854) $ 41,572
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Balances at December 31, 1998:
Assets $ 865,974 $ 277,482 $ 413,590 $ 385,150 $ 484,965 $ 62,303 $ (28,685) $2,460,779
Loans 636,189 149,487 213,360 239,032 351,695 51,749 -- 1,641,512
Deposits 641,618 219,907 337,964 310,769 394,470 55,789 (20,739) 1,939,778
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Operating Results for the year ended December 31, 1997
Net Interest Income $ 39,106 $ 9,676 $ 16,018 $ 14,590 $ 20,507 $ 2,569 $ 790 $ 103,256
Provision for loan losses 220 450 650 330 4,870 479 -- 6,999
Other income 10,648 1,740 2,383 2,571 3,148 211 -- 20,701
Depreciation and amortization 824 219 505 494 1,000 82 149 3,273
Other expense 19,138 5,046 9,531 7,928 15,144 1,579 769 59,135
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Income before income taxes 29,572 5,701 7,715 8,409 2,641 640 (128) 54,550
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Federal income taxes 9,559 1,808 2,520 2,604 125 128 113 16,857
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Net income $ 20,013 $ 3,893 $ 5,195 $ 5,805 $ 2,516 $ 512 $ (241) $ 37,693
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Balances at December 31, 1997:
Assets $ 777,707 $ 250,324 $ 401,683 $ 353,816 $ 492,315 $ 63,322 $ (50,784) $2,288,383
Loans 589,044 137,567 229,658 247,663 340,888 47,107 -- 1,591,927
Deposits 578,050 211,004 330,922 301,967 384,278 56,946 (8,203) 1,854,964
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</TABLE>
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Reconciliation of financial information for the reportable segments to the
Corporation's consolidated totals.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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INTEREST DEPRECIATION OTHER INCOME
INCOME EXPENSE EXPENSE TAXES ASSETS DEPOSITS
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Totals for reportable
segments $ 114,747 $ 3,387 $ 62,063 $ 19,791 $ 2,662,814 $ 2,033,859
Elimination of
intersegment items -- -- -- -- (40,904) (18,712)
Parent Co. and GFC totals
- not eliminated 1,110 4 1,936 (1,102) 12,427 --
Other items -- 150 -- -- -- --
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TOTALS $ 115,857 $ 3,541 $ 63,999 $ 18,689 $ 2,634,337 $ 2,015,147
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1998:
Totals for reportable
segments $ 106,728 $ 4,341 $ 57,759 $ 19,373 $ 2,489,464 $ 1,960,517
Elimination of
intersegment items -- -- -- -- (35,764) (20,739)
Parent Co. totals
- not eliminated 923 -- 2,059 (432) 7,079 --
Other items -- 150 -- -- -- --
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Totals $ 107,651 $ 4,491 $ 59,818 $ 18,941 $ 2,460,779 $ 1,939,778
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1997:
Totals for
reportable segments $ 102,466 $ 3,124 $ 58,366 $ 16,744 $ 2,339,167 $ 1,863,167
Elimination of
intersegment items -- -- -- -- (57,181) (8,203)
Parent Co. totals
- not eliminated 790 -- 769 113 6,397 --
Other items -- 149 -- -- -- --
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Totals $ 103,256 $ 3,273 $ 59,135 $ 16,857 $ 2,288,383 $ 1,854,964
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</TABLE>
20. PARENT COMPANY STATEMENTS
The Parent Company statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and the information set forth below.
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for using the equity method of
accounting.
The effective tax rate for the Parent Company is substantially less than the
statutory rate due principally to tax-exempt dividends from subsidiaries.
Cash represents noninterest bearing deposits with a bank subsidiary.
Net cash provided by operating activities reflects cash payments for income
taxes of $652,000, $18,000 and $1,040,000 in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
At December 31, 1999 and 1998, stockholders' equity reflected in the Parent
Company balance sheet includes $86.7 million and $82.4 million, respectively, of
undistributed earnings of the Corporation's subsidiaries which are restricted
from transfer as dividends to the Corporation.
BALANCE SHEETS
AT DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998
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(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASSETS:
Cash $ 25,148 $ 29,770
Investment in subsidiaries 166,692 170,927
Debentures receivable from subsidiary banks 20,000 12,000
Other investments 1,408 507
Dividends receivable from subsidiaries 25,500 21,375
Other assets 8,397 7,115
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TOTAL ASSETS $247,145 $241,694
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LIABILITIES:
Dividends payable $ 6,331 $ 5,586
Other liabilities 1,234 418
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 7,565 6,004
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 239,580 235,690
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $247,145 $241,694
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STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INCOME:
Dividends from subsidiaries $ 34,500 $ 33,500 $ 45,097
Interest and dividends 960 923 790
Other 619 -- --
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TOTAL INCOME 36,079 34,423 45,887
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EXPENSE:
Amortization of intangibles -- 295 304
Other, net 1,767 1,764 465
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TOTAL EXPENSES 1,767 2,059 769
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INCOME BEFORE FEDERAL TAXES AND EQUITY
IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
OF SUBSIDIARIES 34,312 32,364 45,118
Federal income tax benefit (expense) 1,074 432 (113)
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INCOME BEFORE EQUITY IN
UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
OF SUBSIDIARIES 35,386 32,796 45,005
Equity in undistributed earnings
of subsidiaries 10,361 8,776 (7,312)
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NET INCOME $ 45,747 $ 41,572 $ 37,693
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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(IN THOUSANDS) 1999 1998 1997
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 45,747 $ 41,572 $ 37,693
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization -- 295 304
Undistributed earnings of subsidiaries (10,361) (8,776) 7,312
(Increase) decrease in dividends
receivable from subsidiaries (4,125) 10,325 (23,000)
Increase in other assets (1,214) (979) (1,345)
Increase (decrease) increase in
other liabilities 816 (474) (259)
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES 30,863 41,963 20,705
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of debenture from
subsidiary bank (10,000) -- (10,000)
Capital contribution to subsidiary (300) -- --
Purchase of investment securities (1,135) (423) --
Other, net 2,000 (42) (1,379)
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NET CASH USED IN
INVESTING ACTIVITIES (9,435) (465) (11,379)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Cash dividends paid (22,315) (17,983) (15,047)
Proceeds from issuance of
common stock 36 123 3,664
Purchase of treasury stock, net (3,771) (9,582) (4,727)
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NET CASH USED IN
FINANCING ACTIVITIES (26,050) (27,442) (16,110)
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(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH (4,622) 14,056 (6,784)
Cash at beginning of year 29,770 15,714 22,498
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CASH AT END OF YEAR $ 25,148 $ 29,770 $ 15,714
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APPENDIX C
[LETTERHEAD OF MCDONALD INVESTMENTS, INC.]
___________, 2000
Board of Directors
SNB Corp.
499 S. Broadway
Greenville, OH 45331
Attention: Mr. Fred C. Brumbaugh
Chairman and President
Members of the Board:
You have requested our opinion with respect to the fairness, from a
financial point of view, as of the date hereof, to the holders of the common
shares ("SNB Common"), of SNB Corp. ("SNB"), of the Exchange Ratio, as set forth
in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended (the "Agreement"), between SNB
and Park National Corporation ("Park National").
The Agreement provides for the merger (the "Merger") of SNB with and
into Park National, pursuant to which, among other things, at the Effective Time
(as defined in the Agreement), each outstanding share of SNB Common, other than
shares held in the treasury of SNB, will be converted into the right to receive
approximately 5.37 common shares ("Park National Common") of Park National, as
set forth in the Agreement. The terms and conditions of the Merger are more
fully set forth in the Agreement.
McDonald Investments, Inc., as part of its investment banking business,
is customarily engaged in the valuation of businesses and their securities in
connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwritings, secondary
distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private placements and
valuations for estate, corporate and other purposes.
We have acted as SNB's financial advisor in connection with, and have
participated in certain negotiations leading to, the Agreement. In connection
with rendering our opinion set forth herein, we have among other things:
(i) Reviewed the Agreement and exhibits;
(ii) Reviewed certain publicly available financial statements of SNB and
Park National;
(iii) Reviewed certain other public and non-public information, primarily
financial in nature, relating to the respective businesses, earnings,
assets and prospects of SNB and Park National provided to us or
publicly available;
(iv) Participated in meetings and telephone conferences with members of
senior management of SNB and Park National concerning the financial
condition, business, assets, financial forecasts and prospects of the
respective companies, as well as other matters we believed relevant
to our inquiry;
(v) Reviewed certain stock market information for Park National Common,
and compared it with similar information for certain companies, the
securities of which are publicly traded;
(vi) Compared the results of operations and financial condition of SNB and
Park National with that of certain companies, which we deemed to be
relevant for purposes of this opinion;
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(vii) Reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of
certain acquisition transactions, which we deemed to be relevant for
purposes of this opinion; and
(ix) Performed such other reviews and analyses as we have deemed
appropriate.
In our review and analysis and in arriving at our opinion, we have
assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial
and other information reviewed by us and have relied upon the accuracy and
completeness of the representations, warranties and covenants of SNB and Park
National contained in the Agreement. We have not been engaged to undertake, and
have not assumed any responsibility for, nor have we conducted, an independent
investigation or verification of such matters. We have not been engaged to and
we have not conducted a physical inspection of any of the assets, properties or
facilities of either SNB or Park National, nor have we made or obtained or been
furnished with any independent valuation or appraisal of any of such assets,
properties or facilities or any of the liabilities of either SNB or Park
National. With respect to financial forecasts used in our analysis, we have
assumed that such forecasts have been reasonably prepared or reviewed by
management of SNB and Park National, as the case may be, on a basis reflecting
the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of SNB
and Park National, as to the future performance of SNB, Park National, and SNB
and Park National combined, as the case may be. We have not been engaged to, and
we have not assumed any responsibility for, nor have we conducted any
independent investigation or verification of such matters, and we express no
view as to such financial forecasts or the assumptions on which they are based.
We have also assumed that all of the conditions to the consummation of the
Merger, as set forth in the Agreement, including the tax-free treatment of the
Merger to the holders of SNB Common, would be satisfied and that the Merger
would be consummated on a timely basis in the manner contemplated by the
Agreement.
We will receive a fee for our services as financial advisor to SNB, a
substantial portion of which is contingent upon closing of the Merger. We will
also receive a fee for our services in rendering this opinion.
In the ordinary course of business, we may actively trade securities of
Park National and SNB for our own account and for the accounts of customers and
accordingly, we may at any time hold a long or short position in such
securities.
This opinion is based on economic and market conditions and other
circumstances existing on, and information made available as of, the date
hereof. In addition, our opinion is, in any event, limited to the fairness, as
of the date hereof, from a financial point of view, of the Exchange Ratio, to
the holders of SNB Common, and does not address the underlying business decision
by SNB's Board of Directors to effect the Merger, does not compare or discuss
the relative merits of any competing proposal or any other terms of the Merger,
and does not constitute a recommendation to any SNB shareholder as to how such
shareholder should vote with respect to the Merger. This opinion does not
represent an opinion as to what the value of SNB Common or Park National Common
may be at the Effective Time of the Merger or as to the prospects of SNB's
business or Park National's business.
This opinion is directed to the Board of Directors of SNB and may not
be reproduced, summarized, described or referred to or given to any other person
without our prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this opinion
may be included in the proxy statement/prospectus to be mailed to the holders of
SNB Common in connection with the Merger, provided that this opinion will be
reproduced in such proxy statement/prospectus in full, and any description of or
reference to us or our actions, or any summary of the opinion in such document,
will be in a form reasonably acceptable to us and our counsel.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that, as of
the date hereof, the Exchange Ratio is fair to the holders of SNB Common from a
financial point of view.
Very truly yours,
McDonald Investments, Inc.
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APPENDIX D
OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 1701.85
DISSENTING SHAREHOLDER'S DEMAND FOR FAIR CASH VALUE OF SHARES
(A)(1) A shareholder of a domestic corporation is entitled to relief as
a dissenting shareholder in respect of the proposals described in sections
1701.74, 1701.76, and 1701.84 of the Revised Code, only in compliance with this
section.
(2) If the proposal must be submitted to the shareholders of the
corporation involved, the dissenting shareholder shall be a record holder of the
shares of the corporation as to which he seeks relief as of the date fixed for
the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of a meeting of the
shareholders at which the proposal is to be submitted, and such shares shall not
have been voted in favor of the proposal. Not later than ten days after the date
on which the vote on the proposal was taken at the meeting of the shareholders,
the dissenting shareholder shall deliver to the corporation a written demand for
payment to him of the fair cash value of the shares as to which he seeks relief,
which demand shall state his address, the number and class of such shares, and
the amount claimed by him as the fair cash value of the shares.
(3) The dissenting shareholder entitled to relief under division (C) of
section 1701.84 of the Revised Code in the case of a merger pursuant to section
1701.80 of the Revised Code and a dissenting shareholder entitled to relief
under division (E) of section 1701.84 of the Revised Code in the case of a
merger pursuant to section 1701.801 [1701.80.1] of the Revised Code shall be a
record holder of the shares of the corporation as to which he seeks relief as of
the date on which the agreement of merger was adopted by the directors of that
corporation. Within twenty days after he has been sent the notice provided in
section 1701.80 or 1701.801 [1701.80.1] of the Revised Code, the dissenting
shareholder shall deliver to the corporation a written demand for payment with
the same information as that provided for in division (A)(2) of this section.
(4) In the case of a merger or consolidation, a demand served on the
constituent corporation involved constitutes service on the surviving or the new
entity, whether the demand is served before, on, or after the effective date of
the merger or consolidation.
(5) If the corporation sends to the dissenting shareholder, at the
address specified in his demand, a request for the certificates representing the
shares as to which he seeks relief, the dissenting shareholder, within fifteen
days from the date of the sending of such request, shall deliver to the
corporation the certificates requested so that the corporation may forthwith
endorse on them a legend to the effect that demand for the fair cash value of
such shares has been made. The corporation promptly shall return such endorsed
certificates to the dissenting shareholder. A dissenting shareholder's failure
to deliver such certificates terminates his rights as a dissenting shareholder,
at the option of the corporation, exercised by written notice sent to the
dissenting shareholder within twenty days after the lapse of the fifteen-day
period, unless a court for good cause shown otherwise directs. If shares
represented by a certificate on which such a legend has been endorsed are
transferred, each new certificate issued for them shall bear a similar legend,
together with the name of the original dissenting holder of such shares. Upon
receiving a demand for payment from a dissenting shareholder who is the record
holder of uncertificated securities, the corporation shall make an appropriate
notation of the demand for payment in its shareholder records. If uncertificated
shares for which payment has been demanded are to be transferred, any new
certificate issued for the shares shall bear the legend required for
certificated securities as provided in this paragraph. A transferee of the
shares so endorsed, or of uncertificated securities where such notation has been
made, acquires only such rights in the corporation as the original dissenting
holder of such shares had immediately after the service of a demand for payment
of the fair cash value of the shares. A request under this paragraph by the
corporation is not an admission by the corporation that the shareholder is
entitled to relief under this section.
(B) Unless the corporation and the dissenting shareholder have come to
an agreement on the fair cash value per share of the shares as to which the
dissenting shareholder seeks relief, the dissenting shareholder or the
corporation, which in case of a merger or consolidation may be the surviving or
new entity, within three months after the service of the demand by the
dissenting shareholder, may file a complaint in the court of common pleas of
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the county in which the principal office of the corporation that issued the
shares is located or was located when the proposal was adopted by the
shareholders of the corporation, or, if the proposal was not required to be
submitted to the shareholders, was approved by the directors. Other dissenting
shareholders, within that three-month period, may join as plaintiffs or may be
joined as defendants in any such proceeding, and any two or more such
proceedings may be consolidated. The complaint shall contain a brief statement
of the facts, including the vote and the facts entitling the dissenting
shareholder to the relief demanded. No answer to such a complaint is required.
Upon the filing of such a complaint, the court, on motion of the petitioner,
shall enter an order fixing a date for a hearing on the complaint and requiring
that a copy of the complaint and a notice of the filing and of the date for
hearing be given to the respondent or defendant in the manner in which summons
is required to be served or substituted service is required to be made in other
cases. On the day fixed for the hearing on the complaint or any adjournment of
it, the court shall determine from the complaint and from such evidence as is
submitted by either party whether the dissenting shareholder is entitled to be
paid the fair cash value of any shares and, if so, the number and class of such
shares. If the court finds that the dissenting shareholder is so entitled, the
court may appoint one or more persons as appraisers to receive evidence and to
recommend a decision on the amount of the fair cash value. The appraisers have
such power and authority as is specified in the order of their appointment. The
court thereupon shall make a finding as to the fair cash value of a share and
shall render judgment against the corporation for the payment of it, with
interest at such rate and from such date as the court considers equitable. The
costs of the proceeding, including reasonable compensation to the appraisers to
be fixed by the court, shall be assessed or apportioned as the court considers
equitable. The proceeding is a special proceeding and final orders in it may be
vacated, modified, or reversed on appeal pursuant to the Rules of Appellate
Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505 of
the Revised Code. If, during the pendency of any proceeding instituted under
this section, a suit or proceeding is or has been instituted to enjoin or
otherwise to prevent the carrying out of the action as to which the shareholder
has dissented, the proceeding instituted under this section shall be stayed
until the final determination of the other suit or proceeding. Unless any
provision in division (D) of this section is applicable, the fair cash value of
the shares that is agreed upon by the parties or fixed under this section shall
be paid within thirty days after the date of final determination of such value
under this division, the effective date of the amendment to the articles, or the
consummation of the other action involved, whichever occurs last. Upon the
occurrence of the last such event, payment shall be made immediately to a holder
of uncertificated securities entitled to such payment. In the case of holders of
shares represented by certificates, payment shall be made only upon and
simultaneously with the surrender to the corporation of the certificates
representing the shares for which the payment is made.
(C) If the proposal was required to be submitted to the shareholders of
the corporation, fair cash value as to those shareholders shall be determined as
of the day prior to the day on which the vote by the shareholders was taken and,
in the case of a merger pursuant to section 1701.80 or 1701.801 [1701.80.1] of
the Revised Code, fair cash value as to shareholders of a constituent subsidiary
corporation shall be determined as of the day before the adoption of the
agreement of merger by the directors of the particular subsidiary corporation.
The fair cash value of a share for the purposes of this section is the amount
that a willing seller who is under no compulsion to sell would be willing to
accept and that a willing buyer who is under no compulsion to purchase would be
willing to pay, but in no event shall the fair cash value of a share exceed the
amount specified in the demand of the particular shareholder. In computing such
fair cash value, any appreciation or depreciation in market value resulting from
the proposal submitted to the directors or to the shareholders shall be
excluded.
(D)(1) The right and obligation of a dissenting shareholder to receive
such fair cash value and to sell such shares as to which he seeks relief, and
the right and obligation of the corporation to purchase such shares and to pay
the fair cash value of them terminates if any of the following applies:
(a) The dissenting shareholder has not complied with this section,
unless the corporation by its directors waives such failure;
(b) The corporation abandons the action involved or is finally enjoined
or prevented from carrying it out, or the shareholders rescind their adoption of
the action involved;
(c) The dissenting shareholder withdraws his demand, with the consent
of the corporation by its directors;
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(d) The corporation and the dissenting shareholder have not come to an
agreement as to the fair cash value per share, and neither the shareholder nor
the corporation has filed or joined in a complaint under division (B) of this
section within the period provided in that division.
(2) For purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, if the merger or
consolidation has become effective and the surviving or new entity is not a
corporation, action required to be taken by the directors of the corporation
shall be taken by the general partners of a surviving or new partnership or the
comparable representatives of any other surviving or new entity.
(E) From the time of the dissenting shareholder's giving of the demand
until either the termination of the rights and obligations arising from it or
the purchase of the shares by the corporation, all other rights accruing from
such shares, including voting and dividend or distribution rights, are
suspended. If during the suspension, any dividend or distribution is paid in
money upon shares of such class or any dividend, distribution, or interest is
paid in money upon any securities issued in extinguishment of or in substitution
for such shares, an amount equal to the dividend, distribution, or interest
which, except for the suspension, would have been payable upon such shares or
securities, shall be paid to the holder of record as a credit upon the fair cash
value of the shares. If the right to receive fair cash value is terminated other
than by the purchase of the shares by the corporation, all rights of the holder
shall be restored and all distributions which, except for the suspension, would
have been made shall be made to the holder of record of the shares at the time
of termination.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The regulations of Park National provide that Park National will
indemnify its directors or officers against expenses (including attorney's fees,
filing fees, court reporter's fees and transcript costs), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement by reason of the fact that they are or were
directors, officers, employees or agents of Park National or, at the request of
Park National, were serving another entity in a similar capacity. In order to
receive indemnification, the directors or officers must have acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in the best interests of Park
National. With regard to criminal matters, Park National will indemnify
directors and officers if the directors or officers had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. Directors or officers claiming
indemnification will be presumed to have acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be not opposed to the best interests of Park
National and, with respect to any criminal matter, to have had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
Park National will not indemnify any officer or director of Park
National who was a party to any completed action or suit instituted by, or in
the right of, Park National for any matter asserted in the action as to which
the officer or director has been adjudged to be liable for acting with reckless
disregard for the best interests of Park National or misconduct, other than
negligence, in the performance of his duty to Park National. If, however, the
Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio or the court in which the action
was brought determines that the officer or director is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity, Park National must indemnify the officer or director to
the extent permitted by the court.
Park National will make any indemnification not precluded by Park
National's regulations only upon a determination that the director or officer
has met the applicable standard of conduct. The determination may be made only
by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors; if a quorum is not
obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs,
in a written opinion by independent legal counsel; by the shareholders; or by
the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio or the court, if any, in which
the action was brought.
Park National will pay expenses incurred in defending any action, suit
or proceeding in advance upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director or officer to repay that amount if the director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified by Park National.
The regulations of Park National state that the indemnification
provided by the regulations is not exclusive of any other rights to which any
person seeking indemnification may be entitled. Additionally, the Park National
regulations provide that Park National may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
Park National, or who is or was serving another entity at the request of Park
National, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in that
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not Park National
would have the obligation or power to indemnify him under the Park National
regulations. Park National has purchased and maintains those policies.
ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a) EXHIBITS.
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger (excluding exhibits and
schedules) dated as of December 17, 1999 by and between Park
National Corporation ("Park National") and SNB Corp.(included
in the proxy statement/prospectus as part of Appendix A)
2.2 Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 3,
2000 by and between Park National and SNB Corp. (included in
the proxy statement/prospectus as part of Appendix A)
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2.3 Agreement and Plan of Merger (excluding exhibits and
schedules) dated as of December 14, 1999 by and between Park
National and U.B. Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Park National's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed February 22, 2000 (Registration
No. 333-30858) ("Park National's February 2000 Form S-4"))
2.4 Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February
14, 2000 by and between Park National and U.B. Bancshares,
Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Park
National's February 2000 Form S-4)
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Park National as filed with the
Ohio Secretary of State on March 24, 1992 (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Park National's Form 8-B,
filed on May 20, 1992 (File No. 0-18772) ("Park National's
Form 8-B"))
3.2 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of
Park National as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on May
6, 1993 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to
Park National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 0-18772))
3.3 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of
Park National as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on
April 16, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to Park National's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1996 (File No. 1-13006))
3.4 Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to the Articles of
Incorporation of Park National as filed with the Ohio
Secretary of State on April 22, 1997 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(a)(1) to Park National's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997
(File No. 1-13006)("Park National's June 1997 Form 10-Q"))
3.5 Articles of Incorporation of Park National (reflecting
amendments through April 22, 1997) (for SEC reporting
compliance purposes only - not filed with Ohio Secretary of
State (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a)(2) to
Park National's June 1997 Form 10-Q)
3.6 Regulations of Park National (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3(b) to Park National's Form 8-B)
3.7 Certified Resolution regarding adoption of amendment to
Subsection 2.02(A) of the Regulations of Park National by
Shareholders on April 22, 1997 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(b)(1) to Park National's June 1997 Form
10-Q)
3.8 Regulations of Park National (reflecting amendments through
April 22, 1997) (for SEC reporting compliance purposes only)
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b)(2) to Park
National's June 1997 Form 10-Q)
5 Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, counsel to
Park National, as to the legality of the securities being
issued
*8 Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, counsel to
Park National, as to tax matters
10.1 Summary of Incentive Bonus Plan of Park National (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Park National's
February 2000 Form S-4)
10.2 Split-Dollar Agreement, dated May 17, 1993, between William T.
McConnell and The Park National Bank (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(f) to Park National's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 (File
No. 0-18772)); and Schedule A
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identifying other identical Split-Dollar Agreements between
subsidiaries of Park National and executive officers of such
subsidiaries who are directors or executive officers of Park
National (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
Park National's February 2000 Form S-4)
10.3 Split-Dollar Agreement dated September 29, 1993, between
Dominic C. Fanello and The Richland Trust Company
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to Park
National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 0-18772)); and Schedule A
identifying other identical Split-Dollar Agreements between
directors of Park National and The Park National Bank, The
Richland Trust Company, Century National Bank or The
First-Knox National Bank of Mount Vernon as identified in such
Schedule A (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3
to Park National's February 2000 Form S-4)
10.4 Park National Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan (as
amended through April 20, 1998) (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10 to Park National's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed May 14, 1998 (Registration No.
333-52653))
10.5 Form of Stock Option Agreement executed in connection with the
grant of options under the Park National Corporation 1995
Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to Park National's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 (File
No. 1-13006))
10.6 Description of Park National Corporation Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10(i) to Park National's Registration Statement on
Form S-4, filed on January 24, 1997 (Registration No.
333-20417))
13 Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999 (not deemed filed except for portions
thereof which are specifically incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement) (set forth in Appendix B to the
proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration
Statement)
21 Subsidiaries of Park National (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 21 to Park National's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 (File
No. 1-13006))
23.1 Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP with respect to
its opinion relating to the legality of the securities being
issued (included in Exhibit 5)
*23.2 Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP with respect to
its tax opinion (included in Exhibit 8)
23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (with respect to Park National)
23.4 Consent of McDonald Investments, Inc., financial advisors to
SNB Corp.
24 Powers of Attorney of Directors and Executive Officers of Park
National authorizing the signing of their names to this
Registration Statement and any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement and other documents submitted in
connection herewith
27 Financial Data Schedule (1999 fiscal year)
99.1 Form of Fairness Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc. (set
forth in Appendix C to the proxy statement/prospectus included
in this Registration Statement)
99.2 Form of Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders of SNB Corp.
(set forth immediately following the cover page of this
Registration Statement)
99.3 Form of Proxy to be used in connection with Special Meeting of
Shareholders of SNB Corp.
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99.4 Form of Letter to be Sent to Shareholders of SNB Corp.
*To be filed by amendment.
(b) FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
All supporting schedules have been omitted because they are not
required or the information required to be set forth therein is included in the
portion of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1999 which is included as Appendix B to the proxy statement/prospectus
forming a part of this registration statement.
ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS.
(A) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(B) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) 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.
(C) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) That, prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered
hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this Registration
Statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the
meaning of Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus
will contain the information called for
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by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who
may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the
other items of the applicable form.
(2) That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (1)
immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section
10(a)(3) of the Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities
subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the Registration
Statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment 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.
(D) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or
given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by
reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the
requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by
Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or
cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given,
the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in
the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
(E) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
(F) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form
S-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the
incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This
includes information contained in the documents filed subsequent to the
effective date of the Registration Statement through the date of responding to
the request.
(2) To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information
concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that
was not the subject of and included in the Registration Statement when it became
effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark,
State of Ohio, on the 6th day of March, 2000.
PARK NATIONAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ C. Daniel DeLawder
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C. Daniel DeLawder
Chief Executive Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below on the 6th day of March, 2000.
NAME TITLE
---- -----
* Chairman of the Board and Director
- -------------------------------
William T. McConnell
/s/ C. Daniel DeLawder President, Chief Executive Officer and
- ------------------------------- Director (Principal Executive Officer)
C. Daniel DeLawder
/s/ John W. Kozak Chief Financial Officer and Principal
- ------------------------------- Accounting Officer
John W. Kozak
* Director
- -------------------------------
Maureen Buchwald
* Director
- -------------------------------
James J. Cullers
* Director
- -------------------------------
D. C. Fanello
* Director
- -------------------------------
R. William Geyer
* Director
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Philip H. Jordan, Jr., Ph.D.
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* Director
- ---------------------------------
Howard E. LeFevre
* Director
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Phillip T. Leitnaker
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Tami L. Longaberger
* Director
- ---------------------------------
James A. McElroy
* Director
- ---------------------------------
John J. O'Neill
* Director
- ---------------------------------
William A. Phillips
* Director
- ---------------------------------
J. Gilbert Reese
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Rick R. Taylor
* Director
- ---------------------------------
John L. Warner
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* By C. Daniel DeLawder pursuant to Power of Attorney executed by the directors
listed above, which Power of Attorney has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/ C. Daniel DeLawder
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C. Daniel DeLawder
President and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
- --- ----------------------
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger (excluding exhibits and schedules) dated
as of December 17, 1999 by and between Park National Corporation ("Park
National") and SNB Corp.(included in the proxy statement/prospectus as
part of Appendix A)
2.2 Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 3, 2000 by
and between Park National and SNB Corp. (included in the proxy
statement/prospectus as part of Appendix A)
2.3 Agreement and Plan of Merger (excluding exhibits and schedules) dated
as of December 14, 1999 by and between Park National and U.B.
Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to
Park National's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed February 22,
2000 (Registration No. 333-30858) ("Park National's February 2000 Form
S-4"))
2.4 Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 14, 2000
by and between Park National and U.B. Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Park National's February 2000
Form S-4)
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Park National as filed with the Ohio
Secretary of State on March 24, 1992 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3(a) to Park National's Form 8-B, filed on May 20, 1992
(File No. 0-18772) ("Park National's Form 8-B"))
3.2 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Park
National as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on May 6, 1993
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Park National's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993
(File No. 0-18772))
3.3 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Park
National as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on April 16, 1996
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Park National's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31,
1996 (File No. 1-13006))
3.4 Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to the Articles of
Incorporation of Park National as filed with the Ohio Secretary of
State on April 22, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(a)(1) to Park National's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 1997 (File No. 1-13006)("Park National's June
1997 Form 10-Q"))
3.5 Articles of Incorporation of Park National (reflecting amendments
through April 22, 1997) (for SEC reporting compliance purposes only -
not filed with Ohio Secretary of State (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(a)(2) to Park National's June 1997 Form 10-Q)
3.6 Regulations of Park National (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3(b) to Park National's Form 8-B)
3.7 Certified Resolution regarding adoption of amendment to Subsection
2.02(A) of the Regulations of Park National by Shareholders on April
22, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b)(1) to Park
National's June 1997 Form 10-Q)
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3.8 Regulations of Park National (reflecting amendments through April 22,
1997) (for SEC reporting compliance purposes only) (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3(b)(2) to Park National's June 1997 Form 10-Q)
5 Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, counsel to Park
National, as to the legality of the securities being issued
*8 Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, counsel to Park
National, as to tax matters
10.1 Summary of Incentive Bonus Plan of Park National (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Park National's February 2000 Form S-4)
10.2 Split-Dollar Agreement, dated May 17, 1993, between William T.
McConnell and The Park National Bank (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10(f) to Park National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 0-18772)); and Schedule A
identifying other identical Split-Dollar Agreements between
subsidiaries of Park National and executive officers of such
subsidiaries who are directors or executive officers of Park National
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Park National's
February 2000 Form S-4)
10.3 Split-Dollar Agreement dated September 29, 1993, between Dominic C.
Fanello and The Richland Trust Company (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(g) to Park National's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 0-18772));
and Schedule A identifying other identical Split-Dollar Agreements
between directors of Park National and The Park National Bank, The
Richland Trust Company, Century National Bank or The First-Knox
National Bank of Mount Vernon as identified in such Schedule A
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Park National's
February 2000 Form S-4)
10.4 Park National Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan (as amended
through April 20, 1998) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10
to Park National's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed May 14,
1998 (Registration No. 333-52653))
10.5 Form of Stock Option Agreement executed in connection with the grant of
options under the Park National Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to
Park National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-13006))
10.6 Description of Park National Corporation Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to
Park National's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on January
24, 1997 (Registration No. 333-20417))
13 Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1999 (not deemed filed except for portions thereof which are
specifically incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement)
(set forth in Appendix B to the proxy statement/prospectus included in
the Registration Statement)
21 Subsidiaries of Park National (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 21 to Park National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-13006))
23.1 Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP with respect to its
opinion relating to the legality of the securities being issued
(included in Exhibit 5)
*23.2 Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP with respect to its tax
opinion (included in Exhibit 8)
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23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (with respect to Park National)
23.4 Consent of McDonald Investments, Inc., financial advisors to SNB Corp.
24 Powers of Attorney of Directors and Executive Officers of Park National
authorizing the signing of their names to this Registration Statement
and any and all amendments to this Registration Statement and other
documents submitted in connection herewith
27 Financial Data Schedule (1999 fiscal year)
99.1 Form of Fairness Opinion of McDonald Investments, Inc. (set forth in
Appendix C to the proxy statement/prospectus included in this
Registration Statement)
99.2 Form of Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders of SNB Corp. (set
forth immediately following the cover page of this Registration
Statement)
99.3 Form of Proxy to be used in connection with Special Meeting of
Shareholders of SNB Corp.
99.4 Form of Letter to be Sent to Shareholders of SNB Corp.
*To be filed by amendment.
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EXHIBIT 5
[Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Letterhead]
March 6, 2000
Board of Directors
Park National Corporation
50 North Third Street
P. O. Box 3500
Newark, Ohio 43058-3500
Members of the Board:
We have acted as counsel to Park National Corporation
(the "Corporation"), an Ohio corporation registered as a bank holding company
under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the "BHCA"), in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the
"Registration Statement") filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to the issuance of up to 835,500 common shares, without par value (the
"Shares"), of the Corporation in connection with the consummation of the merger
transaction contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
December 17, 1999, as amended by the Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of March 3, 2000 (collectively, the "Merger Agreement"), between the
Corporation and SNB Corp., an Ohio corporation registered as a bank holding
company under the BHCA.
In connection with the preparation of this opinion,
we have examined and are familiar with each of the following:
1. the Articles of Incorporation and Regulations of the
Corporation, each as currently in effect;
2. the Registration Statement;
3. the Merger Agreement;
4. the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation relating to the issuance of the
Shares and approving the Merger Agreement; and
5. such other records, documents or instruments as in
our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable
us to render the opinions herein.
In our examinations and in rendering the opinion set
forth below, we have assumed, without independent investigation or examination,
(a) the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity and completeness of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of
such latter documents; (b) that the final, executed copy of each document
submitted to us in draft form will not differ in any material respect from the
draft form of such document submitted to us; (c) that, with respect to documents
executed by parties other than the Corporation, those parties had the power,
corporate or otherwise, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and
that those documents were duly authorized by all requisite action, corporate or
otherwise, of those parties, that those documents were duly executed and
delivered by those parties and that those documents are the valid and binding
agreements of those parties; and (d) that the Merger Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than the
Corporation, and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the parties
thereto,
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other than the Corporation, enforceable against the parties in accordance with
its terms. As to the facts material to our opinions expressed herein which were
not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written
statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the
Corporation.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and the
further qualifications and limitations set forth below, as of the date hereof,
we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the
Corporation and will, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Merger Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We are members of the Bar of the State of Ohio and do
not purport to be experts in the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of
the State of Ohio, including the applicable provisions of the Ohio Constitution
and the reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws, and the United
States of America.
This opinion is furnished to you for use in
connection with the Registration Statement and may not be used for any other
purpose without our prior written consent. We hereby consent to the use of our
name in the Registration Statement under the caption "Legal Matters" and to the
filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving
this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act, or the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Proxy Statement/Prospectus of Park
National Corporation for the registration of 835,500 of its common shares, and
to (a) the use of our report dated January 18, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Park National Corporation for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1999 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in
Appendix B, and (b) the incorporation by reference herein of our report dated
January 19, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Park
National Corporation incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Columbus, Ohio
March 6, 2000
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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF McDONALD INVESTMENTS INC.
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-4
of the form of our opinion set forth as Appendix C to the Proxy Statement/
Prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement, and to the reference to
our firm and summarization of our opinion in the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus
under the caption "Opinion of McDonald Investments Inc."
/S/ McDonald Investments, Inc.
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McDonald Investments, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
March 6, 2000
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 22
day of January, 2000.
/s/ William T. McConnell
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William T. McConnell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ C. Daniel DeLawder
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C. Daniel DeLawder
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 20 day of January, 2000.
/s/ John W. Kozak
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John W. Kozak
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand
this 22 day of January, 2000.
/s/ Maureen Buchwald
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Maureen Buchwald
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ James J. Cullers
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James J. Cullers
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ D. C. Fanello
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D. C. Fanello
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18TH day of January, 2000.
/s/ R. William Geyer
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R. William Geyer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18TH day of January, 2000.
/s/ Philip H. Jordan, Jr.
---------------------------------
Philip H. Jordan, Jr., Ph.D.
<PAGE> 9
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18TH day of January, 2000.
/s/ Howard E. LeFevre
---------------------------------
Howard E. LeFevre
<PAGE> 10
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 25 day of January, 2000.
/s/ Phillip T. Leitnaker
---------------------------------
Phillip T. Leitnaker
<PAGE> 11
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand
this 18TH day of January, 2000.
/s/ Tami L. Longaberger
---------------------------------
Tami L. Longaberger
<PAGE> 12
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ James A. McElroy
---------------------------------
James A. McElroy
<PAGE> 13
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ John J. O'Neill
---------------------------------
John J. O'Neill
<PAGE> 14
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ William A. Phillips
---------------------------------
William A. Phillips
<PAGE> 15
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18TH day of January, 2000.
/s/ J. Gilbert Reese
---------------------------------
J. Gilbert Reese
<PAGE> 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ Rick R. Taylor
---------------------------------
Rick R. Taylor
<PAGE> 17
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and/or director of Park National Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 for the registration of certain of its common shares to be issued
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December
17, 1999, between the Company and SNB Corp., hereby constitutes and appoints
William T. McConnell, C. Daniel DeLawder, David C. Bowers and John W. Kozak as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign both the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, and
grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or
substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 18 day of January, 2000.
/s/ John L. Warner
---------------------------------
John L. Warner
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<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 99.3
SNB CORP.
PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON [ ], 2000
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF SNB CORP.
The undersigned holder(s) of Common Shares of SNB Corp., an Ohio corporation
(the "Company"), hereby appoints Fred C. Brumbaugh, Marvin J. Stammen and each
of them, attorneys of the undersigned, with power of substitution, to vote all
of the Common Shares which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special
Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on [ ], 2000, and at any
adjournment thereof, as follows:
1. Adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger between Park National
Corporation and SNB Corp., dated December 17, 1999, as amended by the
Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 3, 2000, copies of
which are included as Appendix A to the proxy statement/prospectus for the
meeting.
___FOR ___AGAINST ___ ABSTAIN
2. In their discretion, upon such other business as may properly come before
the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1 IS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHEN PROPERLY
EXECUTED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED
SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL
1.
Receipt is acknowledged of Notice of the above meeting and the proxy
statement/prospectus relating thereto.
Dated: __________________, 2000 ______________________________
______________________________
(Signatures)
Shareholders should date this proxy
and sign here exactly as name
appears at left. If stock is held
jointly, both owners should sign
this proxy. Executors,
administrators, trustees, guardians
and others signing in a
representative capacity should
indicate the capacity in which they
sign.
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 99.4
[SNB Corp.]
To Our Shareholders:
The Board of Directors of SNB Corp. has approved the acquisition of SNB
Corp. by Park National Corporation. The acquisition, which will be accomplished
by the merger of SNB Corp. into Park National Corporation, will result in our
subsidiary Second National Bank becoming a subsidiary of Park National. We are
pleased that Second National Bank will continue to serve the communities of
Darke and Mercer Counties, Ohio as a member of the Park National family of
community banks.
As a result of the merger, each common share of SNB will be converted
into the right to receive approximately 5.37 Park National common shares. We
expect the merger to, in general, be tax-free to SNB shareholders, except for
the receipt of cash in lieu of fractional Park National shares.
We can not complete the merger unless we obtain the necessary
government approvals and unless our shareholders adopt the merger agreement.
YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting,
please take the time to vote by completing and mailing the enclosed proxy card
to us. If you sign, date and mail your proxy card without indicating how you
want to vote, your proxy will be counted as a vote FOR adoption of the merger
agreement. If you do not return your card, or if you do not instruct your broker
how to vote any shares held for you in your broker's name, the effect will be
the same as a vote against adoption of the merger agreement. You may, of course,
attend the meeting and vote in person even if you have previously returned your
proxy card. The special meeting will be held at the North Office of Second
National Bank, 1302 Wagner Avenue, Greenville, Ohio, on [ ], 2000, at 10:00
a.m., local time.
This document provides detailed information about the transaction we
are proposing, and it includes the merger agreement, as amended, as an appendix.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. You can find additional
information about Park National from documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Park National common shares are listed on the AMEX, under the symbol
"PRK."
I enthusiastically support this combination and join with the other
members of our Board of Directors in recommending that you vote in favor of
adopting the merger agreement.
[ date ], 2000 Fred C. Brumbaugh
Chairman and President
SNB Corp.
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED UNDER THIS DOCUMENT OR DETERMINED IF THIS
DOCUMENT IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE SECURITIES PARK NATIONAL IS OFFERING THROUGH THIS PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS ARE NOT SAVINGS OR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF
ANY BANK OR NON-BANK SUBSIDIARY OF PARK NATIONAL, AND THEY ARE NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
