EX-99.4 6 v348241_ex99-4.htm FORM OF LETTERS TO CLIENTS

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

FORM OF LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
SUSSEX BANCORP

 

Subscription Rights to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

 

Offered Pursuant to Subscription Rights
Distributed to Shareholders of Sussex Bancorp

 

, 2013

 

To Our Clients:

 

Enclosed for your consideration are a prospectus, dated              , 2013 (the “Prospectus”), and the “Instructions as to Use of Sussex Bancorp Rights Certificates” relating to the offering (the “Rights Offering”) by Sussex Bancorp (“Sussex”) of shares of Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to non-transferable subscription rights (the “Rights”) distributed to all holders of record of shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2013 (the “Record Date”). The Rights and Common Stock are described in the Prospectus.

 

In the Rights Offering, Sussex is offering an aggregate of 1,198,3000 shares of Common Stock, as described in the Prospectus.

 

The Rights will expire, if not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on              , 2013, unless extended (the “Expiration Time”).

 

As described in the accompanying Prospectus, you will receive one Right for each share of Common Stock owned at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Record Date. Each Right will allow you to subscribe for 0.35 share of Common Stock (the “Basic Subscription Right”) at the subscription price of $           per share (the “Subscription Price”), subject to the subscription limitations described below. For example, if you owned 100 shares of Common Stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Record Date, you would receive 100 Rights and would have the right to purchase 35 shares of Common Stock for the Subscription Price, subject to the Ownership Restrictions.

 

In the event that you purchase all of the shares of common stock available to you pursuant to your Basic Subscription Right, you may also exercise an over-subscription privilege (the “Over-Subscription Privilege”) to purchase a portion of any shares of Common Stock that are not purchased by shareholders through the exercise of their Basic Subscription Privileges (the “Unsubscribed Shares”), subject to the subscription limitations described below, and the availability and pro rata allocation of the Unsubscribed Shares among all persons exercising this Over-Subscription Privilege. To the extent the Unsubscribed Shares are not sufficient to satisfy all of the properly exercised Over-Subscription Privileges, then the Unsubscribed Shares will be prorated among those who properly exercised Over-Subscription Privilege based on the number of shares each person subscribed for under the Basic Subscription Right, subject to the subscription limitations described below. If this pro rata allocation results in any person receiving a greater number of Unsubscribed Shares than the person subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege, then such person will be allocated only that number of Unsubscribed Shares for which the person oversubscribed, subject to the subscription limitations described below, and the remaining Unsubscribed Shares will be allocated among all other persons exercising the Over-Subscription Privilege on the same pro rata basis described above. The proration process will be repeated until all Unsubscribed Shares have been allocated or all Over-Subscription Privileges have been fulfilled, whichever occurs earlier.

 

Sussex will not issue shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of the over-subscription privilege to the extent it would result in beneficial ownership, upon completion of the offering, of any shareholder of more than the greater of (i) 4.9% of the total outstanding shares of its common stock or (ii) such shareholder’s percentage of beneficial ownership on the record date for the rights offering. Further, Sussex will not issue shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of basic subscription rights or over-subscription privileges to any shareholder whose beneficial ownership, in our sole opinion, would exceed 9.9% of total outstanding shares of common stock, upon completion of the offering. The foregoing restrictions are collectively referred to as the “subscription limitations.” Any subscription rights exercised for common stock that would cause the holder to exceed the subscription limitations will not be considered exercised or subscribed for by that holder. The portion of the subscription price paid by a holder for common stock not considered subscribed for will be returned to that holder, without interest or penalty, as soon as practicable after completion of the rights offering.

 

You will be required to submit payment in full for all the shares you wish to buy with your Over-Subscription Privilege. Because we will not know the total number of Unsubscribed Shares prior to the Expiration Date, if you wish to maximize the number of shares you may purchase pursuant to your Over-Subscription Privilege, you will need to deliver payment in an amount equal to the aggregate Subscription Price for the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available to you, assuming that no shareholder other than you has purchased any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege and Over-Subscription Privilege. Sussex will eliminate fractional shares of Common Stock resulting from the exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege by rounding down to the nearest whole share, with the total subscription payment being adjusted accordingly. Any excess subscription payments received by the Subscription Agent will be returned, without interest, as soon as practicable.

 

 
 

 

Sussex can provide no assurances that each you will actually be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of your Over-Subscription Privilege in full at the expiration of the Rights Offering. Sussex will not be able to satisfy your exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege if all of our shareholders exercise their Basic Subscription Privileges in full, and we will only honor an Over-Subscription Privilege to the extent sufficient shares of Common Stock are available following the exercise of subscription rights under the Basic Subscription Rights.

 

·To the extent the aggregate Subscription Price of the maximum number of Unsubscribed Shares available to you pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege is less than the amount you actually paid in connection with the exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege, you will be allocated only the number of Unsubscribed Shares available to you as soon as practicable after the Expiration Time, subject to the subscription limitations, and your excess subscription payment received by the Subscription Agent will be returned, without interest, as soon as practicable.

 

·To the extent the amount you actually paid in connection with the exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege is less than the aggregate Subscription Price of the maximum number of Unsubscribed Shares available to you pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege; you will be allocated the number of Unsubscribed Shares for which you actually paid in connection with the Over-Subscription Privilege, subject to the subscription limitations. See “The Rights Offering — The Subscription Rights — Over-Subscription Privilege.”

 

The Rights will be evidenced by a non-transferable Rights certificate (the “Rights Certificate”), which will cease to have any value at the Expiration Time.

 

THE MATERIALS ENCLOSED ARE BEING FORWARDED TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF COMMON STOCK CARRIED BY US IN YOUR ACCOUNT BUT NOT REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME. EXERCISES AND SALES OF RIGHTS MAY BE MADE ONLY BY US AS THE RECORD OWNER AND PURSUANT TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to elect to subscribe for any shares of Common Stock to which you are entitled pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus. However, we urge you to read the document carefully before instructing us to exercise your Rights.

 

If you wish to have us, on your behalf, exercise the Rights for any shares of Common Stock to which you are entitled, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form on the reverse side of this letter.

 

Your instructions to us should be forwarded as promptly as possible in order to permit us to exercise Rights on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Rights Offering. The Rights Offering will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, at the Expiration Time. Once you have exercised the Basic Subscription Right or the Over-Subscription Privilege, such exercise may not be revoked.

 

Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from AST Phoenix Advisors, the Information Agent. The Information Agent’s telephone number is (877) 478-5038 or (212) 493-3910. The Subscription Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, can be reached at (877) 248-6417 or (718) 921-8317. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the rights offering should be directed to the Information Agent.

  

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