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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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HENDERSON CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
201 West Main Street
P.O. Box 1009
Henderson, Texas 75653
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 11, 2000
To the shareholders of Henderson Citizens Bancshares, Inc.:
The annual meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders of Henderson Citizens
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at
10:00 a.m., local time, in the offices of Citizens National Bank at 201 West
Main Street, Henderson, Texas for the following purposes:
1. To elect thirteen persons to the Company's Board of Directors;
and
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
Information regarding the matters to be acted upon at the Meeting is
contained in the proxy statement enclosed with this notice.
The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on
March 1, 2000 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting. Only
shareholders of the Company of record at the close of business on the Record
Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting.
You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting. WHETHER YOU EXPECT TO
ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, HOWEVER, YOU ARE URGED TO PROMPTLY MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY SO THAT YOUR SHARES OF STOCK MAY BE
REPRESENTED AND VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WISHES AND IN ORDER THAT THE
PRESENCE OF A QUORUM MAY BE ASSURED AT THE MEETING. YOUR PROXY WILL BE RETURNED
TO YOU IF YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND SHOULD REQUEST SUCH RETURN.
YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AT ANYTIME PRIOR TO ITS EXERCISE.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
March 29, 2000 Milton S. McGee, Jr.
President
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HENDERSON CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
201 West Main Street
P.O. Box 1009
Henderson, Texas 75653
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD APRIL 11, 2000
This proxy statement has been prepared for the solicitation of proxies by
the Board of Directors of Henderson Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company")
for use at the annual meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders of the Company, to
be held at 10:00 a.m. local time at the main offices of Citizens National Bank,
201 West Main Street, Henderson, Texas 75652 on April 11, 2000 and at any
adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. This proxy statement, together with
the accompanying proxy, were first mailed to shareholders on or about March 30,
2000.
Any proxy submitted in connection with the Meeting may be revoked for any
reason prior to the voting of the proxy by filing with the Secretary of the
Company at its offices located at the above address a duly executed proxy
bearing a later date or a written revocation. Any shareholder may attend the
Meeting and vote his shares owned of record as of the close of business on March
1, 2000 (the "Record Date"), whether or not a proxy has been executed.
The Company will pay the cost of preparing, printing, assembling and
mailing this proxy statement and all other costs of the proxy solicitation.
Certain of the Company's employees may solicit the submission of proxies in
person, or by mail, telephone or telegram, but no additional remuneration will
be paid by the Company for such solicitation. Such persons will, however, be
reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.
Properly executed proxies received by the Company's Secretary prior to or
at the Meeting and not revoked will be voted as instructed thereon, or in the
absence of such instruction, will be voted as follows: (1) to elect to
Company's Board of Directors the thirteen persons who have been nominated by the
Board, and (2) in accordance with the best judgment of the persons acting
pursuant to the enclosed proxy with respect to any other matters that may
properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the
Meeting.
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RECORD DATE AND VOTING SECURITES
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 1, 2000, as
the Record Date for the Meeting. Only shareholders of record on the Record
Date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. The stock transfer
books of the Company will not be closed on the Record Date. On the Record Date,
there were outstanding and entitled to be voted 2,001,834 shares of the common
stock of the Company, par value $5.00 per share (the "Company Stock").
QUORUM AND VOTING
The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the
issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock entitled to vote at the Meeting
or any adjournments thereof is necessary to constitute a quorum to convene the
Meeting and to transact business. Except as described in the following
sentences, each share of Company Stock owned on the Record Date is entitled to
one vote on each matter presented at the Meeting. The Company's shareholders
may have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Cumulative
voting, however, will only be provided to shareholders of the Company if at
least one shareholder provides written notice of his or her intention to
cumulate votes to the Secretary of the Company on or before the day preceding
the election of the directors at the Meeting, in which event all shareholders
will be entitled to vote cumulatively. Consequently, if cumulative voting is in
effect, shareholders may cumulate their votes by giving one candidate as many
votes as the number of directors to be elected multiplied by their total number
of shares, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number
of such candidates. Directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast
at the Meeting.
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OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES BY PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT
Principal Shareholders
At March 1, 2000, the Company had 404 shareholders of record. The
following table sets forth information concerning the securities of the Company
owned beneficially at such time by each person, group or entity known by
management of the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the shares of any
class of such securities.
AMOUNT AND NATURE
OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP / PERCENT OF CLASS
OF HENDERSON CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC. COMMON STOCK
Name and Address of Number and Percent of Shares
Beneficial Owner Owned of Company Stock(1)
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E. Landon Alford 140,228 / 7.00%(2)
P. O. Box 67
Henderson, TX 75653
John R. Alford, Jr. 165,040 / 8.24%
8100 Hickory Creek Drive
Austin, TX 78735
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr. 154,026 / 7.69%(3)
P. O. Box 1833
Henderson, TX 75653
Michael Kangerga 132,978 / 6.64%
102 1/2 E. Main Street
Henderson, TX 75652
Ella Langdon Alford Trust 161,016 / 8.04%
P. O. Box 10
Brixey, MO 65618
Citizens National Bank 132,840 / 6.64%(4)
and Stayton M. Bonner, Trustees
P. O. Box 1009
Henderson, TX 75653
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, all shares listed are held of record by the
individual indicated with sole power to vote and to dispose of such shares.
Percentages are based on 2,001,834 shares outstanding.
(2) Includes 2,000 shares owned by Mr. Alford's wife, Phyllis P. Alford.
(3) Includes 18,102 shares owned by Odyssey Partners LTD. for which Mr. Bonner
has voting authority. Also included are 44,280 shares held in trust for
Mr. Bonner as a co-beneficiary and co-trustee of the R.F. Shaw, S.M.B., Jr.
Living Trust. Mr. Bonner is also co-trustee with the Citizens Bank on two
other trusts of which he is not a beneficiary, which trusts own an
aggregate of 88,560 shares. The shares held in all three of these trusts
(the "Shaw Trusts") are voted solely by Mr. Bonner. Therefore, the 132,840
shares held in the three Shaw trusts are included in the total shares
beneficially owned by Mr. Bonner.
(4) The shares are held in three trusts for the benefit of various individuals.
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr., a director of the Citizens Bank and the Company, is
a beneficiary and co-trustee with the Citizens Bank of one of the trusts,
which owns 44,280 shares, or 2.21% of Company Stock. In addition, it
appears that Mr. Bonner is also co-trustee with the Citizens Bank (but not
a beneficiary) of two such trusts, which own an aggregate of 88,560 shares,
or 4.42%, of the Company Stock. The shares held in all three trusts are
voted solely by Mr. Bonner.
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Management
The following table sets forth the number of shares of the Company Stock
beneficially owned (i) by each director of the Company and (ii) by the directors
and executive officers of the Company as a group as of March 1, 2000.
Name Number and Percent of Shares
---- Owned of Company Stock(1)
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E. Landon Alford 140,228 / 7.00%(2)
David Alford 8,932 / 0.45%
R. M. Ballenger 800 / 0.04%
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr. 154,026 / 7.69%
David J. Burks 9,775 / 0.49%
Billy Crawford 1,000 / 0.05%
Sheila Gresham 6,120 / 0.31%
James M. Kangerga 9,188 / 0.46%
J. Mark Mann 5,710 / 0.29%(4)
Milton S. McGee, Jr. 8,536 / 0.43%(5)
Charles H. Richardson 24,160 / 1.21%(6)
Tony Wooster 1,800 / 0.09%(7)
William E. Wylie 5,200 / 0.26%
Directors and executive 376,355 / 18.80%(8)
officers of the Company
as a group (17 Persons)
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, all shares listed are held of record by the
individual indicated with the sole power to vote and dispose of such
shares. Percentages are based on 2,001,834 shares outstanding.
(2) Includes 2,000 shares owned by Mr. Alford's wife, Phyllis P. Alford.
(3) Includes 18,102 shares owned by Odyssey Partners LTD for which Mr. Bonner
has sole voting authority. Also included are 44,280 shares held in trust
for Mr. Bonner as a co-beneficiary and co-trustee of the R.F. Shaw, S.M.B.,
Jr. Living Trust. Mr. Bonner is also co-trustee with the Citizens Bank on
two other trusts of which he is not a beneficiary, which trusts own an
aggregate of 88,560 shares. The shares held in all three of these trusts
(the "Shaw Trusts") are voted solely by Mr. Bonner. Therefore, the 132,840
shares held in the three Shaw trusts are included in the total shares
beneficially owned by Mr. Bonner.
(4) Shares are held jointly by Mr. Mann and his wife, Debra Mann.
(5) Includes 50 shares owned by Mr. McGee's minor son, Derek W. McGee.
Includes 6,648 shares held jointly by Mr. McGee and his wife, Sharla McGee.
Includes 1,838 shares controlled by Mr. McGee as beneficiary of the estate
of his mother, Agatha McGee.
(6) Includes 2,160 shares held jointly by Mr. Richardson and his wife, Ruebe
Gene Shaw Richardson.
(7) Shares are held jointly by Mr. Wooster and his wife, Sue Wooster.
(8) Any discrepancy between the actual total of the percentages and the stated
total percentage is due to rounding.
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NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for, among other things,
determining corporate policy, appointing the President and other senior officers
and declaring dividends. The Company's Bylaws provide that the Board of
Directors shall consist of not less than 1 nor more than 25 directors as fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has set the
number of directors at 13.
Directors elected will serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders,
or until their successors are elected and qualified. The persons named below
are the Board of Directors' nominees for election as directors at the Meeting.
If at the time of the Meeting any of the proposed nominees should be unable to
serve as directors, a circumstance not now anticipated by the Board of
Directors, the proxies will vote for such substitute nominees as may be
nominated by the Board of Directors.
The table below and the section entitled "Business Experience" provide
information about each nominee based on data submitted by the nominee:
Name (age) Positions held with Company
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E. Landon Alford (64) Director and
Chairman of the Board
David Alford (31) Director
R.M. Ballenger (79) Director
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr. (47) Director
David J. Burks (76) Director
Billy Crawford (75) Director
Sheila Gresham (45) Director
James Michael Kangerga (47) Director
J. Mark Mann (44) Director
Milton S. McGee, Jr. (50) Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Charles H. Richardson (78) Director
Tony Wooster (55) Director
William E. Wylie (56) Director
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The following table sets forth information concerning the executive
officers of the Company. Included in this table are the names, ages, and
positions held by each person listed. Executive officers serve at the pleasure
of the Board of Directors of the Company. The table below and the section
entitled "Business Experience" contains information about the executive officers
based on the data submitted by the executive officer:
Name (age) Positions held with Company
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Kenneth R. Black (53) Vice President
Milton S. McGee, Jr. (50) Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Nelwyn Richardson (50) Secretary
Jeff Scribner (43) Vice President
Rebecca G. Tanner (44) Vice President, Treasurer,
Chief Financial Officer, and
Chief Accounting Officer
Business Experience
David Alford has served as a director of the Company since November 1999.
Mr. Alford has served as a director of the Citizens Bank since November 1999 and
has served on several committees of the Citizens Bank since 1999. Mr. Alford
also serves as a director of H.C.B. Inc., a Texas corporation ("HCB") and an
affiliate of the Company. Mr. Alford has been employed with Alford Investments
since 1991.
E. Landon Alford has served as a director of the Company since November
1990 and as a director of the Citizens Bank since 1958. Mr. Alford became the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of both the Company and the Citizens Bank
during July 1992. Mr. Alford has served on various Board of Directors'
committees at the Citizens Bank since 1958. Mr. Alford is also Chairman of the
Board of H.C.B. Inc., a Texas corporation ("HCB") and an affiliate of the
Company. Mr. Alford has been Managing Partner of Alford Investments since
September 1959.
R. M. (Max) Ballenger has served as a director of the Company since
November 1990. Mr. Ballenger has served as a director of the Citizens Bank since
1980 and has served on several committees of the Citizens Bank since 1980. Mr.
Ballenger also serves as a director of HCB. Mr. Ballenger has been the owner of
Max Ballenger Real Estate & Lease Brokerage for over 25 years.
Kenneth Black has served as Vice President of the Company since 1999. Mr.
Black has served as Senior Vice President of the Citizens Bank since January
1999 and as Vice President since September 1994.
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr. has served as director of the Company since November
1990 and as a director of the Citizens Bank since February 1984. Mr. Bonner has
served on various Board of Directors' committees at the Bank since February
1984. Mr. Bonner also serves as a director of the Waskom Bank and HCB. Mr.
Bonner has practiced law since September 1977, has served as a consultant for
Odyssey Management since June 1986 and has acted as Foundation Manager for the
R.F. and Jessie Shaw Foundation, Inc. since January 1988.
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David J. Burks has served as a director of the Company since November 1990
and as a director of the Citizens Bank since 1980. He has served on several of
the Board of Directors' committees at the Citizens Bank since 1980. Mr. Burks
also serves as a director of HCB. Mr. Burks served as President of Burks Tires,
Inc. from 1971 until his retirement in 1995.
Billy Crawford has served as a director of the Company since November 1990
and as a director of the Citizens Bank since February 1974. He has served on
several of the Citizens Bank Board of Directors' committees since February 1974.
Mr. Crawford also serves as a director of HCB. Mr. Crawford is a retired funeral
director.
Sheila Gresham has served as a director of the Company and the Citizens
Bank, since February 1993. Ms. Gresham is currently serving on various
committees of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Bank. Ms. Gresham also
serves as a director of HCB. Ms. Gresham has been President of Smith Chevrolet
Company from November 1998 to the present. She served as President of Smith
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Company from August 1993 until November 1998.
Prior to that, Ms. Gresham served as President of Smith Chevrolet Company from
February 1980 until August 1993.
James M. Kangerga has served as a director of the Company since November
1990 and as a director of the Citizens Bank since March 1989. He has served on
numerous committees of the Citizens Bank Board of Directors since March 1989.
Mr. Kangerga also serves as a director of HCB. Mr. Kangerga has been a 50% owner
and a real estate broker in Rusk County Investments, Inc. since 1985. He has
performed bookkeeping functions for Michael Kangerga and M Kangerga & Bro. since
1980.
J. Mark Mann has served as a director of the Company and the Citizens Bank
since January 1992. Mr. Mann has served on various committees of the Board of
Directors of the Citizens Bank since his election to the Board of Directors. Mr.
Mann also serves as a director of HCB. He has been a partner with the law firm
of Wellborn, Houston, Atkison, Mann, Sadler, and Hill since 1981.
Milton S. McGee, Jr. has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a
director of the Company since November 1990. In addition, Mr. McGee has served
as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of the Citizens Bank since
April 1990. He has served on various Committees of the Board of Directors of the
Citizens Bank since 1990. Mr. McGee also serves as the sole director of the
Delaware BHC and he has served in such position since February 1991. He also has
served in the following capacities: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Kilgore Federal Savings & Loan Association from November 1989 to
March 1990; President and Chief Executive Officer of NCNB Texas in Henderson,
Texas from July 1986 to November 1989; and President and Chief Executive Officer
of Republic Bank Brownwood from August 1983 to July 1986. Mr. McGee also serves
as a director of HCB.
Charles H. Richardson has served as a director of the Company since
November 1990 and as a director of the Citizens Bank since 1962. He has served
on several committees of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Bank since 1962.
Mr. Richardson also serves as a director of HCB. Prior to his retirement over
eight years ago, Mr. Richardson was a professor at Kilgore College.
Nelwyn Richardson has served as Secretary of the Company since 1990. Ms.
Richardson has served as Senior Vice President of the Citizens Bank since 1995
and as Vice President since 1979. She has served on the Investment Committee
since 1986. Ms. Richardson is also an officer of HCB.
Jeff Scribner has served as Vice President of the Company since 1999. Mr.
Scribner has served as Senior Vice President of the Citizens Bank since 1999 and
as Vice President since 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Scribner served as Vice
President for NationsBank in Dallas for approximately three years. Mr. Scribner
has served on the Trust Committee since 1995.
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Rebecca G. Tanner has served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company
since 1990. Since December 1999, she has also served as Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Tanner has served as
Vice President and Controller of the Citizens Bank since September 1991. Ms.
Tanner is also an officer of HCB.
Tony Wooster has served as a director of the Company and the Citizens Bank
since February 1993. He is currently serving on various committees of the Board
of Directors of the Citizens Bank. Mr. Wooster also serves as a director of HCB.
Mr. Wooster is past President of the Henderson Economic Development Corporation
and previously served as the Mayor of the City of Henderson from 1990 through
1992. Prior to 1990, Mr. Wooster was manager of Morris Furniture Company.
William E. Wylie has served as a director of the Company since November
1999 and as a director of the Citizens Bank since 1999. Mr. Wylie is an estate
and probate attorney in Tyler, Texas. Mr. Wylie has been a member of various
Board of Directors' committees at the Citizens Bank since 1999. Mr. Wylie also
serves as a director of HCB.
Family Relationships
Charles Richardson, a director of the Company, HCB, and the Citizens Bank,
is the uncle of Stayton M. Bonner, Jr., who is also a director of the Company,
HCB, and the Citizens Bank. David Alford, a director of the Company, HCB, and
the Citizens Bank, is the son of Landon Alford, who is also a director of the
Company, HCB, and the Citizens Bank. There are no other family relationships
between the members of the Board of Directors or executive officers of the
Company or the Citizens Bank.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive officers of the Company receive no compensation from the Company,
but are compensated for their services to the Company by the Bank by virtue of
the positions they hold in the Bank. The total compensation for the periods
indicated of Milton S. McGee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company is set forth below. No other executive officer of the Company received
salary and bonus exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate during 1999, 1998 or 1997.
Summary Compensation Table
Annual Compensation
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Name and Principal All Other
Position Year Salary(1) Bonus Compensation(2)
- - - - - - ------------------ ---- -------- ------- ---------------
Milton S. McGee, Jr. 1999 $185,820 $93,570 $27,558
President and Chief Executive 1998 173,400 91,900 25,162
Officer of the Company, the 1997 165,600 80,600 23,238
Citizens Bank, and HCB
(1) Includes directors' fees.
(2) Includes life insurance premiums paid on behalf of executive officers of
the Company and contributions made by the Citizens Bank to the executive
officer's account under the Citizens Bank's profit sharing plan.
Certain officers of the Company, HCB and the Citizens Bank receive personal
benefits in the form of club memberships, personal vacation and travel expenses.
The value of such benefits does not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the
total compensation reported for any such person.
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During 1998, the Company established a Performance and Retention Plan
(defined herein as the "PAR Plan") whereby certain employees are provided
incentive compensation opportunities payable in cash. Awards are made at the
discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and
generally provide for vesting over a period of five years.
The value of potential future payouts, if any, under this PAR Plan are a
function of the number of PAR units awarded to the individual and the Company's
return on assets or net income after tax at the Citizens Bank during the
performance period. A more detailed discussion of the PAR Plan is set forth
herein. The following table sets forth awards granted under the PAR Plan to Mr.
McGee during 1999 and 1998.
Long-Term Incentive Plans-Awards in Last Fiscal Year
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Performance
or Other
Number of Period Estimated future payouts under
Shares, Until non-stock price-based plans
Units or Maturation -------------------------------
Name of Individual Other Rights or Payout Threshold Target Maximum
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Milton S. McGee, Jr. 540 1/1/2004 - $43,200 $64,800
Milton S. McGee, Jr. 785 1/1/2003 - 54,950 94,200
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Director Compensation
All directors of the Company who are also directors of HCB and the Citizens
Bank (except for the Chairman of the Board) are paid a total of $1,200 per month
for attending all four Board of Directors' meetings (including committee
meetings) and outside directors receive an additional $500 in December. The
Chairman of the Board receives $2,400 per month for attending such meetings. The
directors and officers of the Company, the Citizens Bank and HCB are elected for
terms of one year.
Profit Sharing Plan
The Citizens Bank maintains a profit sharing plan pursuant to which each
salaried employee of the Citizens Bank who is 18 years old or older is eligible
for membership following completion of one year of service. The Board of
Directors of the Citizens Bank determines the amount that the Citizens Bank will
contribute to the profit sharing plan annually, in accordance with the
profitability of the Citizens Bank for the particular year or for previous
years. Contributions by the Citizens Bank are allocated to each member of the
plan in the same proportion as the member's compensation bears to the total
compensation of all members for that particular year. Contributions allocated
to the account of a member vest partially on an annual basis beginning in the
third year, with full vesting occurring after seven years of service. Members'
accounts are fully vested in the event of normal retirement, death or total
disability. The profit sharing plan is administered by the Citizens Bank. The
Citizens Bank acts as trustee of the plan and invests the Citizens Bank's
contributions in specified assets as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Citizens Bank.
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The Citizens Bank expensed approximately $345,000 to the profit sharing
plan in 1998, $303,000 in 1997, and $281,000 in 1996. The Citizens Bank's
contributions during 1999, 1998, and 1997 to the account of Milton S. McGee, Jr.
are as follows. Such amounts are included under the column captioned All Other
Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table.
Name of Individual
or Number in Group Contributions of the Citizens Bank
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1999 1998 1997
---- ---- ----
Milton S. McGee, Jr. $22,789 $21,784 $20,141
Change in Control Agreement
On June 12, 1995, the Company entered into a Change in Control Agreement
(the "Severance Agreement") with Milton S. McGee, Jr., President of the Company
("McGee") as amended on December 16, 1998. The Severance Agreement is designed
to provide certain benefits to McGee in the event there are changes in control
of the Citizens Bank or the Company. Specifically, the Severance Agreement
provides that upon a Triggering Termination (as defined in the Severance
Agreement), McGee shall have the right to receive a cash lump sum payment equal
to 299% of his average annual compensation paid by the Citizens Bank and the
Company for the five (5) preceding calendar years, provided, however, that such
payment is to be reduced to the extent that McGee would be subject to a tax
pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), as a result of "parachute payments" (as defined in the Code) made
pursuant to the Severance Agreement or a deduction would not be allowed to the
Company for all or any part of such payments by reason of Section 280G(a) of the
Code. In addition, for a period of two years from the date of a Change in
Control (as defined in the Severance Agreement), or eighteen months from the
date of the Triggering Termination, if sooner (the "Benefits Period"), McGee
shall continue to receive all health, dental, disability, accident and life
insurance plans or arrangements made available by the Company or the Bank in
which he or his dependents were participating immediately prior to the date of
his termination as if he continued to be an employee of the Company and the
Bank, to the extent that participation in any one or more of such plans and
arrangements is possible under the terms thereof, provided that if McGee obtains
employment with another employer during the Benefits Period, such coverage shall
be provided only to the extent that the coverage exceeds the coverage of any
substantially similar plans provided by his new employer.
Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, a Triggering Termination would
occur upon the termination of McGee's employment with the Company or the
Citizens Bank on or after a Change in Control due to either: (i) his resignation
for Good Reason (as defined in the Severance Agreement and described herein) or
(ii) his involuntary termination by the Citizens Bank or the Company, provided
that such involuntary termination (as defined in the Severance Agreement) was
not a Termination for Cause (as defined in the Severance Agreement and defined
herein).
Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, a Change in Control means and
is deemed to have occurred if and when (i) any entity, person or group of
persons acting in concert, (other than the current members of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board") or any of their descendants) becomes
beneficial owner of securities of the Company representing more than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company or any successor
corporation; (ii) any entity, person or group of persons acting in concert,
(other than the Company or the current members of the Board or any of their
descendants) becomes beneficial owner of securities of the Citizens Bank
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
Citizens Bank or any successor; (iii) the effective date of a merger or
consolidation of the Company or the Citizens Bank with one or more other
corporations or banks as a result of which the holders of the outstanding voting
stock of the Company immediately prior to the merger hold less than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting
corporation or bank; or (iv) the effective date of a transfer of all or
substantially all
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of the property of the Company or the Citizens Bank other than to an entity of
which the Company or the Citizens Bank owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the
combined voting power. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control is
deemed to have occurred for purposes of the Severance Agreement as a result of
any transaction or series of transactions involving only the Company, the
Citizens Bank, any affiliate (within the meaning of Section 23A of the Federal
Reserve Act of 1913, as amended), or any of them, or any of their successors.
Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, resignation for Good Reason
means that McGee resigns from his position(s) with the Company or the Citizens
Bank as a result of any of the following: (i) the assignment to McGee without
his consent of any duties inconsistent with his positions, duties,
responsibilities and status with the Citizens Bank or the Company as in effect
immediately before a Change in Control or a detrimental change in his titles or
offices as in effect immediately before a Change in Control, or any removal of
McGee from or any failure to re-elect McGee to any of such positions, except in
connection with the termination of his employment for Cause or as a result of
his disability or death; (ii) a reduction of McGee's base salary or overall
compensation (which includes benefits payable under any employee benefit plan,
program or practice) without the prior written consent of McGee, which is not
remedied within ten (10) calendar days after receipt by the Company of written
notice from McGee of such reduction; (iii) a determination by McGee made in good
faith that as a result of a Change in Control, he has been rendered unable to
carry out, or has been hindered in the performance of, any of the authorities,
powers, functions, responsibilities or duties attached to his position with the
Company or the Citizens Bank immediately prior to the Change in Control, which
situation is not remedied within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the
Company of written notice from McGee of such determination; (iv) the Citizens
Bank relocates its principal executive offices or requires McGee to have as his
principal location of work any location which is in excess of thirty (30) miles
from the current location of the Citizens Bank or to travel away from his office
in the course of discharging his responsibilities or duties hereunder more than
thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or an aggregate of more than ninety (90)
calendar days in any consecutive three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar-day
period without, in either case, his prior consent; or (v) failure by the Company
to require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to McGee,
expressly to assume and agree to perform the Severance Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if
no such succession had taken place.
Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, Termination for Cause means
that McGee is involuntarily terminated from employment based upon his commission
of any of the following: (i) an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement or theft
in connection with his duties or in the course of his employment with the
Company or the Citizens Bank; (ii) intentional wrongful damage to property of
the Company or the Citizens Bank; (iii) intentional wrongful disclosure of trade
secrets or confidential information of the Company or the Citizens Bank; (iv)
willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations
or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order; or (v) intentional breach
of fiduciary duty owed to the Company or the Citizens Bank involving personal
profit, provided, that no act, or failure to act, on the part of McGee is to be
deemed "intentional" unless done, or omitted to be done, by McGee not in good
faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best
interest of the Company or the Citizens Bank.
Should McGee die prior to full payment of all benefits due under the
Severance Agreement, payment of any remaining benefits is to be made to his
beneficiaries designated in writing, or, if no designation is made, to his
estate. The Company has no obligation to reserve funds to fulfill its
obligations under the Severance Agreement, and the Company has not elected to
reserve any funds for such purpose. The Severance Agreement terminates on the
earlier of (i) McGee's sixty-fifth (65th) birthday, (ii) the fifth anniversary
of the first event that constitutes a Change in Control, or (iii) the fifth
anniversary of the date of execution of the Severance Agreement, provided,
however, that the Severance Agreement will not terminate pursuant to subsection
(iii) unless either party to the Severance Agreement notifies the other party
prior to such anniversary date of such agreement that the Severance Agreement is
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to be terminated in accordance with subsection (iii). Upon such notice, the
termination date set forth in subsection (iii) is to be determined as if the
Severance Agreement had been executed on the immediately preceding anniversary
date of execution of the Severance Agreement.
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
On November 18, 1998, the Citizens Bank adopted the Citizens National Bank
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan ("Deferred Compensation Plan"),
effective January 1, 1998, to permit certain select management employees of the
Citizens Bank to defer the payment of a percentage of their compensation and to
provide for certain contributions by the Bank to augment such employees'
retirement income in addition to what is provided for under the tax qualified
plans of the Bank. The Deferred Compensation Plan is administered by the
Citizens Bank.
Persons eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan are
determined by the Chairman of the Compensation Committee or the President of the
Citizens Bank. Participants may elect to defer up to fifty percent (50%) of
compensation. In addition to participant deferral elections, the Citizens Bank
may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, make a matching or non-
matching contribution each plan year. A separate account is maintained for each
participant in the plan to which participant deferrals and contributions made by
Citizens Bank are credited. These accounts are held in an irrevocable grantor
trust maintained by the Citizens Bank, however the trust remains subject to the
general creditors of the Citizens Bank.
Amounts deferred at the election of the participant are immediately fully
vested. Contributions made by the Citizens Bank become vested in a participant's
account over a five-year period based on the number of years of service the
participant completes with Citizens Bank. All contributions become fully vested
upon retirement, disability, death or upon a change in control of the Citizens
Bank or the Company. Payment under the Deferred Compensation Plan is made in
either a single cash lump sum or in annual payments over a period of years as
selected by the participant.
This summary is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Citizens
National Bank Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
1998 Performance and Retention Plan
On November 18, 1998, the Citizens Bank adopted the Citizens National Bank
1998 Performance and Retention Plan (the "PAR Plan"), effective January 1, 1998,
for the purpose of providing incentive compensation opportunities to certain key
employees for their past and future services to the Citizens Bank and to offer
such key employees an inducement to remain as employees. In addition, the PAR
Plan is intended to offer an inducement to secure the services of other persons
capable of fulfilling key positions by providing incentive compensation
opportunities.
The PAR Plan grants Performance and Retention Units ("PARs") to key
employees of the Citizens Bank as selected by the committee, which administers
the PAR Plan. The PARs entitle participants to a cash payment equal to the
amount by which the final PAR value exceeds the grant PAR value over the course
of the performance period. The grant PAR value is determined by the committee at
the beginning of the performance period and is set out in the PAR agreement
executed by the Citizens Bank and the participant. The final PAR value is
determined based upon the performance of financial and non-financial performance
goals set by the committee at the beginning of the performance period and is
related to the appreciation in the value of the greater of (i) return on assets
or (ii) net income after tax at the Citizens Bank (before PAR payment of the
Citizens Bank).
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Upon a participant's termination of employment, other than due to death,
disability, retirement, involuntary termination or termination for good reason,
any outstanding PAR shall terminate and no further vesting shall occur. If a
participant is terminated for cause, payment of the PAR, including any vested
portion is immediately forfeited. Payment of PARs shall be made following the
close of the applicable performance period.
This summary is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Citizens
National Bank 1998 Performance and Retention Plan.
Employee Severance Protection Plan
On November 18, 1998, the Citizens Bank adopted the Citizens National Bank
Employee Severance Protection Plan ("Severance Plan"), effective January 1,
1998, for the purpose of retaining the services of the bank's key officers in
the event of a threat of a change in control of the Citizens Bank and to ensure
their continued dedication and efforts in such event without undue concern for
their personal financial and employment security. Persons participating in the
bank's PAR Plan also participate in the Severance Plan.
If a change in control of the Bank has occurred and within 90 days before
or two years after the change in control the participant's employment with the
Bank terminates for any reason (other than (i) for cause, (ii) by reason of
disability, (iii) termination by the participant other than for good reason, or
(iv) for death), the participant is entitled to certain severance benefits.
Severance benefits include (a) not less than 24 nor more than 52 weeks' salary,
depending upon years of services, age and level of base compensation, plus an
amount equal to the employee's bonus which could have been paid under the
Citizens Bank's bonus plan, assuming attainment of all performance targets, (b)
six months of continued life insurance, disability plan benefits, medical and
dental benefits which were provided to the participant at the time of
termination, (c) immediate vesting of all "Performance and Retention Units"
under the PAR Plan and full vesting in all other non-qualified benefit plans and
compensation plans.
In the event it is determined that any payment or distribution of any type
by the Citizens Bank to or for the benefit of a participant, whether paid or
payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Severance
Plan or otherwise would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of
the Code, or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax, then the
participant's payments shall be capped at 2.99 times the participant's average
annual compensation during a period as specified in Section 280G of the Code so
that the participant will not be liable for assessment of an excise tax on the
payment of any termination amounts.
This summary is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Citizens
National Bank Employee Severance Protection Plan.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
The Citizens Bank has had, and is expected to have in the future, banking
transactions in the ordinary course of business with certain of the Company's
and the Citizen Bank's respective directors, executive officers and their
"associates." Management of the Company and the Citizens Bank believe that all
such loans have been made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at
the time for comparable transactions, including interest rates and collateral,
with other persons and do not involve more than the normal risk of
collectability or present other unfavorable features, and that all such loans
are believed to be in compliance with the Financial Institutions Regulatory and
Interest Rate Control Act of 1978. See THE COMPANY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS, Footnote 6, reflected on page 40 of the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders.
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OTHER MATTERS
The Company's Board of Directors is not aware of any additional matters to
be presented for action at the Meeting. Should any additional matters come
before the Meeting, the persons acting pursuant to the enclosed proxy will vote
all proxies with respect to such matters in accordance with their best judgment.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Company will, upon written request, provide after April 1, 2000,
without charge, a copy of the annual report on Form 10-K for 1999 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission to any shareholder to whom this proxy
statement is sent. Requests should be made to Henderson Citizens Bancshares,
Inc., Attn: Chief Financial Officer, P. O. Box 1009, Henderson, Texas, 75653-
1009. Any exhibit will be provided on request upon payment of the reasonable
expenses of furnishing the exhibit.
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The undersigned
hereby appoints Billy Crawford and
Bonnie Vaughn, and each of them (with
full power to act alone), as proxies,
H.C.B., INC. each with the power to appoint his or
201 WEST MAIN STREET her substitute, and hereby authorizes
P.O. BOX 1009 each of them to represent and vote, as
HENDERSON, TEXAS 75653-1009 designated below, all of the shares of
common stock, par value $5.00 (the
"Common Stock"), of Henderson Citizens
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), held
of record by the undersigned on March 1,
2000, at the annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Company to be held
on April 11, 2000, and at any
adjournment(s) thereof (the "Meeting").
1. Proposal to elect as Directors the persons listed below to hold office until
the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified:
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David Alford ____ Landon Alford ____ R.M. Ballenger ____
Stayton M. Bonner, Jr. ____ D.J. Burks ____ Billy Crawford ____
Sheila Smith Gresham ____ James Michael Kangerga ____ Milton S. McGee, Jr. ____
J. Mark Mann ____ Charles H. Richardson ____ Tony Wooster ____
William E. Wylie ____
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[_] Grant Authority To Vote [_] Withhold Authority To Vote
For All Of The Above For All The Above
[Instructions: in order to grant authority to vote for some but not all of
the above, strike through the names of those for whom you do not wish to
vote and then check the first box to grant authority to vote for those
remaining. If you wish to cumulate the votes owned by you and give one
candidate as many votes as the number of nominees for director multiplied by
the number of your shares, or distribute such votes on the same principal
among as many candidates as you deem appropriate, fill in the line next to
each nominees' name with the number of votes for that nominee.]
2. To authorize the proxies to vote, in their discretion, on such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
[_] Grant Authority [_] Withhold Authority
This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in a manner directed herein by
the undersigned shareholder(s). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR PROPOSAL 1 AND THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED BY THE PROXIES IN THEIR
DISCRETION, ON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THIS MEETING. In
the event cumulative voting is exercised by one or more shareholders, and unless
otherwise directed, the proxies shall have the authority to cumulate the votes
represented by this proxy in their sole discretion.
Please sign this proxy exactly as your name appears hereon. When shares are
held by joint tenants, both owners should sign. When signing as
attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or custodian,
please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate
name by the president of authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in
partnership name by authorized person.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
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Signature, if held jointly
Date: , 2000
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