-----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, QSRvImtYmjvAOXuhCuZT4v1bmJptmlDCf/cSGZQ/05dAh3bBl3L6X4WgUApc3MuX 5kINZxPAs/zPkjQNiP5m5Q== 0000899140-99-000374.txt : 19990624 0000899140-99-000374.hdr.sgml : 19990624 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899140-99-000374 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DFAN14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990525 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000718903 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 953815805 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DFAN14A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-11337 FILM NUMBER: 99634340 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 510 S GRAND AVE CITY: GLENDORA STATE: CA ZIP: 91741 BUSINESS PHONE: 9095999351 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 510 S. GRAND AVENUE CITY: GLENDORA STATE: CA ZIP: 91741 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BASSWOOD PARTNERS L P ET AL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000942793 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DFAN14A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 645 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 645 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 DFAN14A 1 DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant [ ] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [X] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement [X] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to ss. 240.14a-11(c) or ss. 240.14a-12 FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) BASSWOOD FINANCIAL PARTNERS, L.P. BASSWOOD PARTNERS, L.L.C. BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Total fee paid: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount previously paid: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Date Filed: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2- BASSWOOD PARTNERS, L.L.C. & MATTHEW LINDENBAUM ARE HOSTING A MEETING AND EXTEND A CORDIAL INVITATION TO ALL FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP SHAREHOLDERS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM MANAGEMENT, NOW COME HEAR OUR SIDE OF THE STORY! IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT THIS IS ONE MEETING YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS! SHERATON SUITES FAIRPLEX TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1999 6:45 PM 601 W. MCKINLEY AVENUE POMONA CA 91768 A written proxy statement and form of proxy were first mailed to shareholders of Foothill Independent Bancorp ("Foothill") on May 10, 1999. The "participants" in this solicitation of proxies are: Mr. Matthew Lindenbaum, Mr. Bennett Lindenbaum, Basswood Financial Partners, L.P., Basswood Partners, L.L.C., Basswood Capital Management L.L.C., Whitewood Financial Partners, L.P., Jet 1, L.P., and Basswood International Fund, Inc., which collectively beneficially own 553,421 (9.36%) of Foothill common stock. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----