Business Combinations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Note 2 - Business Combinations

On October 3, 2014, TriCo completed its acquisition of North Valley Bancorp originally announced January 21, 2014. Based on a fixed exchange ratio of 0.9433 shares of TriCo common stock for each share of North Valley Bancorp common stock, North Valley Bancorp shareholders received 6,575,550 shares of TriCo common stock and $6,823 of cash in-lieu of fractional shares. The 6,575,550 shares of TriCo common stock issued to North Valley Bancorp shareholders represents, on a pro forma basis, approximately 28.9% of the 22,714,964 shares of the combined company outstanding on October 3, 2014. Based on TriCo’s closing stock price of $23.01 on October 3, 2014, North Valley Bancorp shareholders received consideration valued at $151,310,000 or approximately $21.71 per share of North Valley common stock outstanding. TriCo appointed three North Valley Bancorp directors to TriCo’s board upon closing of the merger on October 3, 2014 as contemplated by the merger agreement with North Valley Bancorp.

North Valley Bancorp, was headquartered in Redding, California, and was the parent of North Valley Bank that had approximately $935 million in assets and 22 commercial banking offices in Shasta, Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Yolo, Sonoma, Placer and Trinity Counties in Northern California at June 30, 2014. In connection with the acquisition, North Valley Bank was merged into Tri Counties Bank on October 3, 2014. The assets and liabilities acquired in the acquisition of North Valle Bancorp will be recorded at fair value at the date of acquisition and will be reflected in the December 31, 2014 financial statements. However, at the time of these financial statements, the appraisals and valuations are still in process. The Company also expects to record goodwill and a core deposit intangible related to this transaction, but the amounts attributable to those assets are dependent on the appraisals and valuations that are still in process. As this transaction was structured as a tax free exchange, the goodwill will not be deductible for tax purposes.

The Company’s operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 do not include North Valley Bancorp’s operating results.