POS AM 1 v172025_posam.htm Unassociated Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2010

Registration No. 333-152806           

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

PENNSYLVANIA
     
23-3017653
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
     
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
BLAKELY AND DRINKER STREETS
DUNMORE, PA 18512
(570) 342-8281
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
PATRICK J. DEMPSEY
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
BLAKELY AND DRINKER STREETS
DUNMORE, PA 18512
(570) 342-8281
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
 
With Copies To:
 
G. PHILIP RUTLEDGE, ESQUIRE
ERIK GERHARD, ESQUIRE
BYBEL RUTLEDGE LLP
1017 MUMMA ROAD, SUITE 302
LEMOYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 17043
(717) 731-1700
 
Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of securities to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.
 
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. x
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer o
 
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
   
 
Pursuant to Rule 429 of the Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus filed with this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-152806 shall act as a combined Prospectus with Registration Statement No. 333-45668.

 

 

PROSPECTUS
 
FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
300,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
 
This prospectus relates to 300,000 shares of common stock of Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), a Pennsylvania company, that the Company may issue or sell, from time to time, under the Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Under the terms of the plan, Fidelity D & D Bancorp is authorized to issue up to 300,000 shares of its common stock. The plan offers holders of shares of common stock of Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. an opportunity to reinvest their cash dividends and make optional cash payments to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock.
 
The administrator of the plan will purchase shares acquired for the plan directly from the Company, in the open market, in negotiated transactions or using a combination of these methods as more fully described in the plan. As of December 31, 2009, the market price of the Companys common stock was $15.50 per share. The common stock is traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “ OTCBB”) under the symbol “FDBC.”
 
See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 1 for a discussion of various factors that shareholders should consider about an investment in our common stock.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission nor any other state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The shares of common stock offered in this Prospectus are not savings accounts, deposits, or other obligations of a bank or savings association and are not insured by the FDIC or any other governmental agency. Neither Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. nor its wholly owned subsidiary, The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, has guaranteed the shares being offered.  There can be no assurance that the trading price of the common stock being offered will not decrease at any time.
 
The date of this Prospectus is January 25, 2010.
 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
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Shares may be acquired for issuance pursuant to the plan through open market purchases, through negotiated transactions or from the Company.  Open market purchases will be made by an independent purchasing agent retained to act as agent for plan participants, and the purchase price to participants will be the actual price paid, excluding brokerage commissions and other expenses, which commissions and expenses will be paid by the Company.  The Company will receive none of the proceeds from shares acquired for issuance pursuant to the plan unless the acquisitions involve the purchase of shares from the Company.  To the extent any shares are purchased from the Company, the proceeds of such sales will be added to the Company’s general funds and will be available for its general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements and contributions to the Bank to support its anticipated growth and expansion.
 
 
 

 

 
 

 
The Company is a bank holding company and its operations are conducted by its subsidiary. Its ability to pay dividends depends on its receipt of dividends from its subsidiary. Dividend payments from its banking subsidiary are subject to legal and regulatory limitations, generally based on net profits and retained earnings, imposed by the various banking regulatory agencies. The ability of its subsidiary to pay dividends is also subject to its profitability, financial condition, capital expenditures and other cash flow requirements. There is no assurance that its subsidiary will be able to pay dividends in the future or that the Company will generate adequate cash flow to pay dividends in the future. The Company’s failure to pay dividends on its common stock could have a material adverse effect on the market price of its common stock.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Changes in the interest rate environment may reduce profits. The Company’s earnings and cash flows are largely dependent upon its net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between the interest earned on loans, securities and other interest-earning assets, and interest paid on deposits, borrowings and other interest-bearing liabilities. As prevailing interest rates change, net interest spreads are affected by the difference between the maturities and re-pricing characteristics of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, loan volume and yields are affected by market interest rates on loans, and rising interest rates generally are associated with a lower volume of loan originations. An increase in the general level of interest rates may also adversely affect the ability of certain borrowers to pay the interest on and principal of their obligations. Accordingly, changes in levels of market interest rates could materially adversely affect the Company’s net interest spread, asset quality, loan origination volume and overall profitability.
 
 
There are inherent risks associated with the Company’s lending activities. These risks include, among other things, the impact of changes in interest rates and changes in the economic conditions in the markets where the Company operates as well as those across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. Increases in interest rates and/or weakening economic conditions could adversely impact the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans or the value of the collateral securing these loans. The Company is also subject to various laws and regulations that affect its lending activities. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could subject the Company to regulatory enforcement action that could result in the assessment of significant civil money penalties against the Company.
 
 
 
 
The Company maintains an allowance for possible loan losses, which is a reserve established through a provision for possible loan losses charged to expense, that represents management’s best estimate of probable losses that have been incurred within the existing portfolio of loans. The allowance, in the judgment of management, is necessary to reserve for estimated loan losses and risks inherent in the loan portfolio. The level of the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of industry concentrations; specific credit risks; loan loss experience; current loan portfolio quality; present economic, political and regulatory conditions and unidentified losses inherent in the current loan portfolio. The determination of the appropriate level of the allowance for possible loan losses inherently involves a high degree of subjectivity and requires the Company to make significant estimates of current credit risks and future trends, all of which may undergo material changes. Changes in economic conditions affecting borrowers, new information regarding existing loans, identification of additional problem loans and other factors, both within and outside of the Company’s control, may require an increase in the allowance for possible loan losses. In addition, bank regulatory agencies periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan losses and may require an increase in the provision for possible loan losses or the recognition of further loan charge-offs, based on judgments different than those of management. In addition, if charge-offs in future periods exceed the allowance for possible loan losses, the Company will need additional provisions to increase the allowance for possible loan losses. Any increases in the allowance for loan losses will result in a decrease in net income and capital and may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
A significant portion of the Company’s loan portfolio is secured by real property. During the ordinary course of business, the Company may foreclose on and take title to properties securing certain loans. In doing so, there is a risk that hazardous or toxic substances could be found on these properties. If hazardous or toxic substances are found, the Company may be liable for remediation costs, as well as for personal injury and property damage. Environmental laws may require the Company to incur substantial expense and may materially reduce the affected property’s value or limit the Company’s ability to use or sell the affected property. In addition, future laws or more stringent interpretations or enforcement policies with respect to existing laws may increase the Company’s exposure to environmental liability. Although the Company has policies and procedures to perform an environmental review before initiating any foreclosure action on real property, these reviews may not be sufficient to detect all potential environmental hazards. The remediation costs and any other financial liabilities associated with an environmental hazard could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
The Company’s success depends primarily on the general economic conditions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the specific local markets in which the Company operates. Unlike larger national or other regional banks that are more geographically diversified, the Company provides banking and financial services to customers primarily in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The local economic conditions in these areas have a significant impact on the demand for the Company’s products and services as well as the ability of the Company’s customers to repay loans, the value of the collateral securing loans and the stability of the Company’s deposit funding sources. A significant decline in general economic conditions, caused by inflation, recession, acts of terrorism, an outbreak of hostilities or other international or domestic occurrences, unemployment, changes in securities markets or other factors could impact these local economic conditions and, in turn, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
 

 
The Company, primarily through the Bank, is subject to extensive federal and state regulation and supervision. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect depositors’ funds, federal deposit insurance funds and the banking system as a whole, not shareholders. These regulations affect the Company’s lending practices, capital structure, investment practices, dividend policy and growth, among other things. Federal or state regulatory agencies continually review banking laws, regulations and policies for possible changes. Changes to statutes, regulations or regulatory policies, including changes in interpretation or implementation of statutes, regulations or policies, could affect the Company in substantial and unpredictable ways. Such changes could subject the Company to additional costs, limit the types of financial services and products the Company may offer and/or increase the ability of non-banks to offer competing financial services and products, among other things. Failure to comply with laws, regulations or policies could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies, civil money penalties and/or reputation damage, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. While the Company has policies and procedures designed to prevent any such violations, there can be no assurance that such violations will not occur.
 
 
 
 
From time-to-time, the Company may implement new lines of business or offer new products and services within existing lines of business. There are substantial risks and uncertainties associated with these efforts, particularly in instances where the markets are not fully developed. In developing and marketing new lines of business and/or new products and services, the Company may invest significant time and resources. Initial timetables for the introduction and development of new lines of business and/or new products or services may not be achieved and price and profitability targets may not prove feasible. External factors, such as compliance with regulations, competitive alternatives, and shifting market preferences, may also impact the successful implementation of a new line of business or a new product or service. Furthermore, any new line of business and/or new product or service could have a significant impact on the effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal controls. Failure to successfully manage these risks in the development and implementation of new lines of business or new products or services could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Company relies heavily on communications and information systems to conduct its business. Any failure, interruption or breach in security of these systems could result in failures or disruptions in the Company’s customer relationship management, general ledger, deposit, loan and other systems. While the Company has policies and procedures designed to prevent or limit the effect of the failure, interruption or security breach of its information systems, there can be no assurance that any such failures, interruptions or security breaches will not occur or, if they do occur, that they will be adequately addressed. The occurrence of any failures, interruptions or security breaches of the Company’s information systems could damage the Company’s reputation, result in a loss of customer business, subject the Company to additional regulatory scrutiny, or expose the Company to civil litigation and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
The financial services industry is continually undergoing rapid technological change with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve customers and to reduce costs. The Company’s future success depends, in part, upon its ability to address the needs of its customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands, as well as to create additional efficiencies in the Company’s operations. Many of the Company’s competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. The Company may not be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing these products and services to its customers. Failure to successfully keep pace with technological change affecting the financial services industry could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business and, in turn, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
From time-to-time, customers make claims and take legal action pertaining to the Company’s performance of its fiduciary responsibilities. Whether customer claims and legal action related to the Company’s performance of its fiduciary responsibilities are founded or unfounded, if such claims and legal actions are not resolved in a manner favorable to the Company, they may result in significant financial liability and/or adversely affect the market perception of the Company and its products and services as well as impact customer demand for those products and services. Any financial liability or reputation damage could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.


 
Severe weather, natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism and other adverse external events could have a significant impact on the Company’s ability to conduct business. Such events could affect the stability of the Company’s deposit base, impair the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans, impair the value of collateral securing loans, cause significant property damage, result in loss of revenue and/or cause the Company to incur additional expenses. Severe weather or natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism or other adverse external events may occur in the future. Although management has established disaster recovery policies and procedures, the occurrence of any such event could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 

 
The Company is a registered bank holding company, and its subsidiary bank is a depository institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC. As a result, the Company is subject to various regulations and examinations by various regulatory authorities. In general, statutes establish the corporate governance and eligible business activities for the Company, certain acquisition and merger restrictions, limitations on inter-company transactions such as loans and dividends, capital adequacy requirements, requirements for anti-money laundering programs and other compliance matters, among other regulations. The Company is extensively regulated under federal and state banking laws and regulations that are intended primarily for the protection of depositors, federal deposit insurance funds and the banking system as a whole. Compliance with these statutes and regulations is important to the Company’s ability to engage in new activities and consummate additional acquisitions.
 
In addition, the Company is subject to changes in federal and state tax laws as well as changes in banking and credit regulations, accounting principles and governmental economic and monetary policies. The Company cannot predict whether any of these changes may adversely and materially affect it. Federal and state banking regulators also possess broad powers to take supervisory actions as they deem appropriate. These supervisory actions may result in higher capital requirements, higher insurance premiums and limitations on the Company’s activities that could have a material adverse effect on its business and profitability. While these statutes are generally designed to minimize potential loss to depositors and the FDIC insurance funds, they do not eliminate risk, and compliance with such statutes increases the Company’s expense, requires management’s attention and can be a disadvantage from a competitive standpoint with respect to non-regulated competitors.
 
 
The Company’s operations and profitability are impacted by general business and economic conditions in the United States and abroad. These conditions include short-term and long-term interest rates, inflation, money supply, political issues, legislative and regulatory changes, fluctuations in both debt and equity capital markets, broad trends in industry and finance, and the strength of the U.S. economy and the local economies in which the Company operates, all of which are beyond the Company’s control. Deterioration in economic conditions could result in an increase in loan delinquencies and non-performing assets, decreases in loan collateral values and a decrease in demand for the Company’s products and services, among other things, any of which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.


 
 
 
Technology and other changes are allowing parties to complete financial transactions that historically have involved banks through alternative methods. For example, consumers can now maintain funds that would have historically been held as bank deposits in brokerage accounts or mutual funds. Consumers can also complete transactions such as paying bills and/or transferring funds directly without the assistance of banks. The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
This prospectus, including the documents incorporated herein by reference, contains forward-looking information about the Company that is intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts.  We base these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events, our assumptions regarding these events and our knowledge of facts at the time the statements are made.  These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,’’ “project,” “plan,’’ “seek,” “intend,’’ or “anticipate’’ or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and include discussions of strategy, financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives, expectations or consequences of announced transactions, and statements about the future performance, operations, products and services of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company’s actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generally, all common stock shareholders are eligible to participate in the plan.  Subject to the following restrictions, shareholders may participate in the plan with respect to all of their shares or a portion of their shares.  To participate in the plan, a shareholder must enroll a minimum of 50 shares of common stock in the plan.  Record holders of common stock are eligible to participate in the plan directly.  Beneficial owners of common stock, whose shares are registered in names other than their own (e.g., in the name of a broker, bank nominee or trustee), must become shareholders of record by having all or a portion of their shares transferred into their own names.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may refuse to offer participation in the plan or participation in the voluntary cash contribution feature of the plan to shareholders who reside in a jurisdiction in which it is unlawful under state or local securities or “blue sky” laws for the Company to permit their participation in the plan or to shareholders who are residents of a state that may require registration, qualification or exemption of the common stock to be issued under the plan, or registration or qualification of the Company or any of its officers or employees as a broker, dealer, salesman or agent, where the Company determines, in its discretion, that the number of shareholders or number of shares held does not justify the expense of registration or payment of fees, or both, in such state.
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Because participants will not be credited with interest on their optional cash payments prior to investment and because the administrator is prohibited from holding such contributions for extended periods of time prior to investing them, participants are strongly encouraged to submit their optional cash payments as near as possible prior to the applicable dividend payment date.  For the investment of an optional cash payment to occur on a particular investment date, the payment must be received by the administrator no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the corresponding dividend payment date and not later than five (5) days prior to such date. Optional cash payments received too early or too late will be returned.  No interest will be paid on cash dividends or optional cash payments pending investment by the administrator.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You also can authorize quarterly automatic deductions from your bank account but each quarterly automatic deduction must be $100 or more to meet the minimum optional cash payment requirement.  You can arrange for automatic quarterly deductions by mailing a properly completed enrollment form which you may request from the administrator or completing an enrollment form online at www.rtco.com.  This feature allows you to make individual investments without having to write a check.  If you elect to make ongoing optional cash payments by automatic deduction, you may change or terminate this election by writing to the administrator at the address set forth in No. 3 above or making the appropriate changes online at www.rtco.com.  Deductions will be made on the first business day of each March, June, September and December and invested on the next available dividend payment date.  Any changes to your deductions must be received by the administrator at least four (4) business days prior to the scheduled deduction to be made on the first day of each March, June, September and December.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Each participant in the plan will receive a statement of account subsequent to each calendar quarter describing cash dividends and optional cash payments received, the number of shares purchased, the price per share and the total shares accumulated under the plan.  These statements will provide a record of the dates and costs of purchases on a quarterly basis.  Participants should retain the statements for income tax purposes.  Participants will also receive the Company’s annual and quarterly reports to shareholders, notices of shareholder meetings, and Internal Revenue Service information for reporting dividends received and commission expenses paid on their behalf.  Participants will also receive any supplements or updates to the Company’s prospectus for shares issued under the plan, as filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
 
 
 


 

 
 
 
Participants may withdraw all or any portion of the shares credited to their account by submitting written notification to the administrator at the address shown in No. 3 above.  Whole shares of common stock withdrawn from the plan will be issued through a certificate in the name of the participant and dividends will no longer be reinvested.  Any notice of withdrawal received from a participant less than five (5) business days before a dividend record date will not be effective until the participant’s dividends paid on that date have been reinvested and the shares credited to the participant’s account.  There is a $10.00 withdrawal fee payable by the participant to the administrator.  Any fractional share will be sold by the administrator on the basis of the then current fair market value of the common stock as described in No.  15 above and a check issued to the participant for the proceeds.



 
 
The administrator will direct the plan purchasing agent to execute a sale order providing for the sale of shares within ten (10) business days of receipt of the notice and to deliver to the participant a check for the proceeds of the sale, less any brokerage commissions, a $10.00 service fee, applicable withholding taxes and transfer taxes (if any) incurred in connection with the sale.  A request for withdrawn shares to be sold must be signed by all persons in whose names the account appears.  A Medallion Signature Guarantee is required for a sale request of $10,000 or more.  A commercial bank, trust company, securities broker-dealer, credit union or savings and loan association which is a member of the Medallion Signature Guarantee Program or other eligible guarantor institution may guarantee signatures.  Verification by a notary public is not sufficient.  Participants must pay any taxes applicable to the sale.




 




 
 
 
Participation in the plan is entirely voluntary.  Participants may terminate their participation at any time by sending written notice to the administrator.  When a participant withdraws from the plan or upon termination of the plan by the Company, the administrator will deliver a certificate for the number of whole shares credited to the participant’s account, and a check representing the value of any fractional share, based on the then current fair market value per share as described under No. 15 above, to the participant.   Any notice of termination of participation in the plan which is received less than five (5) business days prior to a dividend record date will not be effective until dividends paid for the record date have been reinvested and the shares have been credited to the participant’s account.  There is a $10.00 withdrawal fee payable by the participant to the administrator.


Yes.  The request should be in writing for all of the whole shares to be sold.  Any request must be signed by each person in whose name the plan account appears.  For sales greater than $10,000, a Medallion Signature Guarantee as described in No. 20 above will be required. On receipt of the request, the administrator will direct the plan purchasing agent to proceed in the same manner as set forth in No. 20 above. A check will be issued in lieu of the issuance of any fractional share based on the then current fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock.  There is a $10.00 service fee for any participant who requests the administrator to sell the shares held in the participant’s account.  In addition, there is a $10.00 withdrawal fee to terminate participation in the plan.  Therefore, any participant who elects to terminate his or her participation in the plan and directs the administrator to sell the shares enrolled in this or her account in the plan will incur, in the aggregate, a service fee of $20.00 representing the $10.00 withdrawal fee and the $10.00 service fee in connection with the sale of the shares.


 

 
For federal income tax purposes, a participant in the plan will be treated as having received, on the dividend payment date, the full amount of dividends allocable to such participant, regardless of whether such dividends are actually paid in cash, withheld for the payment of taxes or invested in additional shares of common stock pursuant to the plan.   Additionally, the participant will be deemed to have received taxable income in the amount of commissions and other brokerage expenses paid in purchasing shares on the participant’s behalf.  The per share tax basis of shares acquired for a participant under the plan will be the price per share reported on the periodic statement of account provided to each participant after each applicable investment date, adjusted to include the amount of commissions and other brokerage expenses paid on behalf of the participant as reported in the Internal Revenue Service information referred to in No. 16 above.



Until further notice, shares purchased by the plan directly from the Company using cash dividends, optional cash payments, or both, will be purchased at 90% of the fair market value of the stock purchased by the plan on your behalf.  The 10% discount to fair market value applicable to shares purchased directly from the Company will increase the basis of those shares in your account.  For example, if you send in $900 as an optional cash payment, your account would be credited with $1,000 worth of common stock.  Because the discount is treated for federal income tax purposes as dividend income, you will report a dividend of $100 (in additional any other cash dividends received) and your basis in common stock acquired using your optional cash payment will be $1,000.  The tax basis of a share acquired in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions is the purchase price plus any trading expenses incurred in the transaction which are paid the Company.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
The Company does not know the number of shares of common stock that shareholders will ultimately purchase under the plan or the prices at which these shares will be purchased. To the extent that shares are purchased from the Company, and not in the open market, the Company intends to add the proceeds it receives from the sales to its general funds to be used for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, investments in and advances to the Bank. The amounts and timing of the application of proceeds will depend upon the funding requirements of the Company and the Bank and the availability of other funds.  Based upon the anticipated growth of subsidiaries and the financial needs of the Company, management anticipates that it, from time to time, will engage in additional financing of a character and in amounts that have yet to be determined.
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 
 
 
 
 
The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law provides that a business corporation has the power under certain circumstances to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the action or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was not unlawful.
 
With respect to derivative actions, the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law provides that unless otherwise restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification shall not be made under this section in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the registered office of the corporation is located or the court in which the action was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by a 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 Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


 
 
 
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick J. Dempsey and Salvatore R. DeFrancesco, Jr., and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto the attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 and to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.