UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2019
VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas | 001-36682 | 27-0973566 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
8214 Westchester Drive, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas 75225
(Address of principal executive offices)
(972) 349-6200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | VBTX | Nasdaq Global Market | ||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company o | |
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On May 10, 2019, Veritex Community Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Veritex Holdings, Inc., completed the sale of its branch located in the Austin, Texas area. A copy of the press release announcing the completion of the sale is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Veritex Holdings, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ C. Malcolm Holland, III | |
C. Malcolm Holland, III | ||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: May 15, 2019 | ||
Exhibit 99.1
VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF AUSTIN BRANCH SALE
DALLAS, May 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veritex Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VBTX) (“Veritex” or the "Company”), the parent holding company of Veritex Community Bank, today announced that Veritex Community Bank completed the sale of its leased branch located in the Austin, Texas area on May 10, 2019 to Keystone Bank, N.A. The transaction also included the sale of an estimated $54.1 million of loans at par and $51.5 million of deposits at a 7.7% purchase premium.
After the sale of the Austin branch, Veritex will operate 28 branches and one mortgage office in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, thirteen branches in the Houston metropolitan area and one branch in Louisville, Kentucky. Veritex Community Bank is a Texas state chartered bank regulated by the Texas Department of Banking and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements include statements regarding Veritex's projected plans and objectives. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “continue,” “positions,” “prospects” or “potential,” by future conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may,” or by variations of such words or by similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and Veritex assumes no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Source: Veritex Holdings, Inc.
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