X0306 4 2019-01-15 0 0001614184 Cadence Bancorporation CADE 0001702446 Holmes Rudolph H. C/O CADENCE BANCORPORATION 2800 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 3800 HOUSTON TX 77056 0 1 0 0 Executive Vice President Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2019-01-15 4 A 0 50694 A 58929 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 20.23 2019-01-15 4 A 0 249873 A 2026-01-15 Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 249873 249873 D Represents the grant of time-vesting restricted stock units pursuant to the Amended and Restated Cadence Bancorporation 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The units vest as follows: (i) 14,213 units vest in three equal installments on each of January 14, 2020, January 14, 2021 and January 14, 2022, subject to continued employment through each applicable vesting date, and are settled in shares of Class A Common Stock (with any fractional shares settled in cash) and (ii) 36,481 units vest in twelve equal quarterly installments beginning on April 15, 2019, subject to continued employment through each applicable vesting date, and are settled in shares of Class A Common Stock (with any fractional shares settled in cash). Represents grant to Reporting Person of seven-year Non-Qualified Stock Option to buy Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Plan. The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2020. Such options will terminate on January 15, 2026 unless terminated sooner in accordance with the Plan or award agreement. /s/ Jerry W. Powell Attorney-in-Fact for Rudolph H. Holmes 2019-01-17