-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SxHj7G7ZJzuCVw8kmuJN4jFvdLNgy3F1DmdNFyK/FjpId/bV+gPSh4v+CoVy2XVz SZu7W4qGSaEZulotcfGnsg== 0001193125-08-016941.txt : 20080131 0001193125-08-016941.hdr.sgml : 20080131 20080131161955 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-016941 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080131 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VIRGINIA FINANCIAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001036070 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 541829288 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22283 FILM NUMBER: 08564831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 SOUTH AUGUSTA ST CITY: STAUNTON STATE: VA ZIP: 24401 BUSINESS PHONE: 5408851232 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 SOUTH AUGUSTA ST CITY: STAUNTON STATE: VA ZIP: 24401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIRGINIA FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970320 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: January 31, 2008

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

VIRGINIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

VIRGINIA   000-22283   54-1829288

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

102 SOUTH MAIN STREET, CULPEPER, VIRGINIA   22701
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (540) 829-1633

n/a

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 31, 2008, Virginia Financial Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share, payable on February 29, 2008 to shareholders of record on February 9, 2008. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Virginia Financial Group, Inc. press release dated January 31, 2008.


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.

 

Virginia Financial Group, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey W. Farrar

  Jeffrey W. Farrar
  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 31, 2008


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Virginia Financial Group, Inc. press release dated January 31, 2008.
EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

Virginia Financial Group, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Virginia Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VFGI), announced today that the Board of Directors has approved the payment on February 29, 2008 of a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.16 per share to shareholders of record on February 9, 2008. The payment represents an annual yield to shareholders of approximately 4.1 percent based on the stock's recent trading price, and matches the last quarterly dividend paid on November 26, 2007.

Virginia Financial Group, Inc. (VFG) is one of the largest publicly held commercial bank holding companies based in Virginia, with over $1.5 billion in assets. The Company is a traditional community banking provider, offering a full range of business and consumer banking services including trust and asset management service via its trust company affiliate. Through the activities of its affiliates, Planters Bank and Trust Company of Virginia, Second Bank & Trust of Fredericksburg and Virginia Commonwealth Trust Company of Culpeper, VFG operates 35 full-service branches and 2 loan production offices.

Pending Merger of Equals with FNB Corporation

As previously announced, FNB and VFG have entered an agreement and plan of reorganization pursuant to which the two companies will combine in a merger of equals transaction, to create the largest independent bank holding company headquartered in Virginia. The merger has received approval from the Federal Reserve Board and Virginia State Corporation Commission. FNB and VFG have each scheduled special meetings on February 12, 2008 for shareholders of FNB and VFG to approve the merger. In the meantime, merger integration teams from FNB and VFG are making significant progress toward the combination and integration of the two companies. The companies expect the merger to be completed during the first quarter of 2008.

Additional Information About The Merger and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed merger, VFG filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 that was declared effective by the SEC on December 28, 2007. The registration statement includes a joint proxy statement/prospectus, which was first mailed to shareholders of VFG and FNB on or about January 3, 2008.

We urge investors and other shareholders to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed by either party with the SEC because they contain important information about the companies and the proposed transaction.

Investors and shareholders may obtain the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by FNB and VFG free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Free copies of these documents also may be obtained by directing a request to Virginia Financial Group, Inc., 590 Peter Jefferson Pkwy. Suite 250 Charlottesville, Virginia 22911, Attention: Investor Relations (telephone: (434) 964-2211) or by accessing VFG's website at http://www.vfgi.net under “SEC Filings and Other Documents.”

The information on VFG's website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this release or incorporated into other filings VFG makes with the SEC.

VFG and FNB and their directors, certain of their executive officers, and the members of FNB Shareholders for Progress are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of VFG and/or FNB, respectively, in connection with the merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of VFG is contained in the proxy statement for VFG’s 2007 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on March 28, 2007. Information about the directors and executive officers of FNB is contained in the


proxy statement for FNB’s 2007 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007. Information about the members of FNB Shareholders for Progress is contained in Annex F to the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Additional information regarding these participants in the proxy solicitation and their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials filed with the SEC.

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