UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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[Cardinal Bankshares Corporation letterhead]
May 3, 2012
If you have not yet voted or have previously returned a gold proxy, then please:
| vote ONLY the enclosed White proxy and |
| discard ANY additional gold proxy you receive from the Coalition to Improve the Bank of Floyd (the Schaller Coalition)! |
Dear Shareholder:
By now, you should have received proxy material from the Coalition to Improve the Bank of Floyd (the Schaller Coalition) in connection with our upcoming Annual Meeting. Once again, this mailing of the Schaller Coalition material was not authorized by our Board of Directors and was done in opposition to our Board.
Do you REALLY want to trade the EXPERIENCE of your current Board of Directors for the INexperienced & UNtested Schaller nominees?
Who ACTUALLY controls the Coalition to Improve the Bank of Floyd?
| Mr. Schaller owns almost 70% of the shares held by the Coalition. |
Who do you think will be the one calling the shots for the Coalitions nominees?
The End Game:
Mr. Schaller started publicly demanding the SALE of the Bank on June 6, 2010 and there have been at least 14 newspaper articles since then discussing that HE WANTS TO SELL THE BANK.
[Schaller] is on the hunt for a buyer. (SNL Financial)
[Schaller] is seeking to FORCE a sale. (The Roanoke Times)
But your current Board didnt take the bait! So in October 2011, Schaller tried to hire a prominent Virginia investment banker to sell the Bank. The investment banker told Schaller that Schaller was unrealistic and had no authority to sell the Bank and the investment banker refused to be involved.
Now, how long do you think it will be until Mr. Schaller tells his Coalitions nominees to sell the Bank?
The Schaller Vision:
Mr. Schaller prepared a document entitled Strategic Alternatives, Maximizing Shareowner Value, Bank of Floyd which was part of Mr. Schallers Presentation by Schaller Equity Partners dated February 23, 2011.
Within that document, Mr. Schaller recommended:
| Changing the name of the bank to Peoples Bank of Floyd |
| Aggressive branch expansion (specifically to Lynchburg and Charlottesville) |
| Reduce certificate of deposit rates |
| Open 360 days-a-year |
| Further reduce dividend to .04 annually |
Thats CORRECT a 4 cent (annual) dividend so that he could dress the bank up for a sale.
We ask you as a shareholder to recognize Mr. Schallers Coalition for what we believe it TRULY is: an Exit Strategy for Mr. Schaller to make a quick buck on his Cardinal investment at YOUR EXPENSE.
Your Companys Achievements Without Schaller.
Since 1996 (when Cardinal was formed):
| INCREASED CAPITAL ALMOST $20 million |
| PAID OUT $9.8 MILLION TO SHAREHOLDERS IN TOTAL CASH DIVIDENDS |
| 10% Stock Dividend and 3 for 1 Stock Split |
WANT TO TRADE PROVEN RESULTS LIKE THESE FOR SCHALLERS VISION?
Some of you may have waited for Mr. Schallers proxy material to see IF there was a smoking gun within it; there was none.
Enclosed with this letter is Supplemental Proxy Material that amends our previous Proxy Statement and is now part of it.
Enclosed you will find another WHITE proxy. We again ask you to please sign (as appears on the label), date and return the WHITE proxy today even if you have already voted. You are also urged to discard any gold proxy that you receive from the Schaller Coalition.
Remember, we believe supporting your current Board & management team is the RIGHT decision; allowing Mr. Schaller to takeover our Board and then sell our Bank, is the WRONG one.
We thank you (once again) for your past & continued support,
Sincerely,
Dr. Joseph Howard Conduff, Jr. | William R. Gardner, Jr. | Kevin D. Mitchell | ||
Ronald Leon Moore | Michael D. Larrowe | G. Harris Warner, Jr. |
Additional Information and Where To Find It
This letter is solicitation material in respect of the matters to be considered at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On April 12, 2012, Cardinal Bankshares Corporation (the Company) filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and has mailed the definitive proxy statement to the Companys shareholders. On May 3, 2012, the Company filed with the SEC a supplement to the definitive proxy statement. WE URGE SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT ALONG WITH ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. A free copy of the proxy statement, the supplement and other related documents filed by the Company may be obtained at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. The Companys proxy statement and other related documents may also be obtained by contacting the Companys Corporate Secretary at Cardinal Bankshares Corporation, 101 Jacksonville Circle, P. O. Box 215, Floyd, Virginia 24091.
Participants in Solicitation
A listing of persons who are participants in the solicitation and certain information concerning such persons is set forth in the Companys definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 12, 2012, which may be obtained through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this letter contains forward-looking statements that are based upon the Companys estimates and expectations concerning future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. We caution that such statements are subject to a number of uncertainties and actual results could differ materially and therefore you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements we make. We may not update any forward-looking statements we make today for future events or developments. Information about risks and uncertainties are described in our filings with the SEC, which are available on the SECs website and our website and may be obtained by contacting the Corporate Secretary of the Company.