8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 26, 2009

 

 

NEWNAN COWETA BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Georgia   000-33221   58-2528123

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

145 Millard Farmer Industrial Blvd., Newnan, GA 30263

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(770) 683-6222

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Please refer to the disclosure set forth in Item 1.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”).

 

Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On June 26, 2009, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (the “Georgia Department”) closed Neighborhood Community Bank (the “Bank”), the wholly owned commercial banking subsidiary of Newnan Coweta Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was named as the receiver of the Bank. The Company’s principal asset is the common stock that it owns in the Bank, and, as a result of the closure of the Bank, the Company has very limited remaining tangible assets. As the owner of all of the capital stock of the Bank, the Company would be entitled to the net recoveries, if any, following the liquidation or sale of the Bank or its assets by the FDIC. However, at this time, the Company is unable to provide any assurance that any recovery will be realized by the Company or the timing of any such recovery.

In connection with the closure of the Bank, the FDIC issued a press release, dated June 26, 2009, providing the following:

 

   

The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with the CharterBank, West Point, Georgia (“CharterBank”) to assume all of the deposits of the Bank. Accordingly, all depositors of the Bank, including those with deposits in excess of the FDIC’s insurance limits, automatically became depositors of CharterBank for the full amount of their deposits, and they will continue to have uninterrupted access to their deposits. Depositors will continue to be insured with CharterBank, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship to retain their deposit insurance.

 

   

The Bank’s four offices reopened on Monday, June 29, 2009 as branches of CharterBank. However, for a period of time, customers of the Bank should continue to use the Bank’s office locations until CharterBank can fully integrate the deposit records of the Bank.

 

   

In addition to assuming all of the deposits of the Bank, CharterBank agreed to purchase approximately $209.6 million in assets of the Bank. The FDIC retained the remaining assets for later disposition.

 

   

The FDIC and CharterBank entered into a loss-share transaction on approximately $178.5 million of the Bank’s assets. CharterBank will share in the losses on the asset pools covered under the loss-share agreement. The agreement is expected to minimize disruptions for loan customers as they will maintain a banking relationship and maximize returns on the assets covered by keeping them in the private sector.

 

   

Customers who have questions about the foregoing matters, or who would like more information about the closure of the Bank, can visit the FDIC’s web site located at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/neighbor.html, or call the FDIC toll-free at (888) 408-4360.


A complete copy of the FDIC’s press release can be found on the Internet at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09102.html. To date, except as described above, no other entity or newly chartered bank has been involved in the process of closing and unwinding the Bank. The management teams of the Company and the Bank have been working closely with the Georgia Department, the FDIC and CharterBank to make the transition as smooth as possible for the Bank’s customers.

In connection with the receivership of the Bank, both the Company and the Bank expect to receive notices, from substantially all of the counterparties (including, without limitation, lenders) to the Company’s and/or Bank’s material agreements, of alleged events of default under those agreements, and of those counterparties’ intentions to terminate those agreements or accelerate the Company’s and/or the Bank’s performance of those agreements. The Company and/or the Bank may dispute certain of those notices. However, in the event of a default by the Company and/or Bank under one or more of those material agreements, or in the event of the termination of one or more of the material agreements, the Company’s and/or Bank’s financial and other obligations under such agreements may be accelerated. The Company and/or Bank may be subject to penalties under those agreements and also may suffer cross-default claims from counterparties under the Company’s and/or Bank’s other agreements.

 

Item 2.04. Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

Please refer to the disclosures set forth in Item 1.03 of this Report.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c). Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

None.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

    NEWNAN COWETA BANCSHARES, INC.
DATE: June 30, 2009     By:  

/s/ Bryan F. Bell

      Bryan F. Bell
    Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer