8-K 1 tm2414192d1_8k.htm 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): May 10, 2024

 

Fifth District Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Maryland   333-277776   99-1897673
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         
4000 Charles DeGaulle Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana   70114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(504) 362-7544

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

         
Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 10, 2024, Fifth District Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and Fifth District Savings Bank (the “Bank”) entered into an Agency Agreement with Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC (“Performance Trust”), pursuant to which Performance Trust will assist the Company, on a best efforts basis, in marketing the Company’s common stock during the Company’s stock offering in connection with the Bank’s proposed conversion from a mutual savings bank to a stock savings bank.

 

For its services in the subscription offering, Performance Trust will receive a success fee equal to 0.95% of the aggregate purchase price of the shares of common stock of the Company sold in the subscription offering (other than shares purchased by employee benefit plans of the Company or the Bank and by directors, officers and employees of the Company or the Bank and their immediate family members) at closing. For its services in any community offering, Performance Trust will receive a success fee equal to 1.50% of the aggregate purchase price of the shares of common stock of the Company sold in any community offering (other than shares purchased by employee benefit plans of the Company or the Bank and by directors, officers and employees of the Company or the Bank and their immediate family members) at closing, except for purchases by institutional accredited investors solicitated and/or initiated by Performance Trust for which the success fee equals 5.00%. Performance Trust will also receive a management fee of $30,000, which will be credited against the success fee due at closing.

 

The Company will also reimburse Performance Trust for is legal fees and expenses up to a maximum of $100,000 and for its other expenses up to $60,000 (which may be increased to up to $75,000 in the event of a resolicitation).

 

In addition, Performance Trust will receive a fee of $30,000 for its services as records agent and stock information center manager (which may be increased by up to $10,000 in the event of a material delay in the conversion transaction, among other factors), as well as reimbursement for its out-of-pocket expenses up to $30,000.

 

If the Company conducts a syndicated community offering, the Company will pay a fee equal to 5.0% of the aggregate dollar amount of the shares of common stock of the Company sold in any syndicated community offering by Performance Trust or by any other participating broker dealer.

 

The shares of Company common stock are being offered for sale pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-277776), filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and a related prospectus dated May 10, 2024.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the Agency Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agency Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.Description
   
1.1Agency Agreement dated May 10, 2024

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  FIFTH DISTRICT BANCORP, INC.
   
Date: May 13, 2024 By: /s/ Brian W. North
    Brian W. North
    President and Chief Executive Officer