As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 54-1598552 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1051 East Cary Street
Suite 1200
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation
Stock and Incentive Plan
(as amended and restated effective May 4, 2021)
(Full title of the plan)
Rachael R. Lape
Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary
& General Counsel
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation
1051 East Cary Street
Suite 1200
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 633-5031
(Name and address of agent for service)
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Susan S. Ancarrow, Esq.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Troutman Pepper Building
1001 Haxall Point
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1122
(804) 697-1200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
Emerging growth company | ¨ |
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered (1) |
Proposed maximum offering price per share (3) |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (3) |
Amount of registration fee |
Common Stock, par value $1.33 per share | 1,500,000 (2) | $39.39 | $59,085,000 | $6,446.18 |
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In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of shares of common stock, par value $1.33 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Registrant”), as may be issuable as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization or similar event.
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(2) |
Represents 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated May 4, 2021 (formerly known as the Union First Market Bankshares Corporation 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and the Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan) (the “Plan”), as approved by the shareholders of the Registrant on May 4, 2021. The Registrant, which was then known as Union First Market Bankshares Corporation, previously registered 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 27, 2011 (File No. 333-175808). The Registrant, which was then known as Union Bankshares Corporation, previously registered an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 23, 2015 (File No. 333-203580).
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(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on May 4, 2021, as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registration fee is calculated with respect to the additional securities registered on this Registration Statement only. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the Registrant to register an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated May 4, 2021 (the “Plan”). The Plan was originally adopted as the Union First Market Bankshares Corporation 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2011 SIP”), which was approved by shareholders on April 26, 2011. The 2011 SIP was amended and restated as the Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan, which was approved by shareholders on April 21, 2015, and which was further amended by the Board of Directors effective May 20, 2019, to change the name of the plan to the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan. The amended and restated Plan was approved by shareholders on May 4, 2021.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-175808) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 27, 2011, and the subsequent Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-203580) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on April 23, 2015 (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) and relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
(a) | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2021. |
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(b) | The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2021; |
(c) | The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 5, 2021, January 19, 2021, January 28, 2021, February 26, 2021, April 5, 2021, May 5, 2021 and May 6, 2021 (in each case other than portions of those documents deemed to be furnished and not filed); and |
(d) | The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on July 2, 1999 (incorporated by reference from its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-49563), originally filed with the Commission on April 7, 1998), as updated by Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2021, including any subsequently filed amendments or reports updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “Virginia SCA”) provides that in any proceeding brought by or in the right of a corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the corporation, the damages assessed against an officer or director arising out of a single transaction, occurrence or course of conduct may not exceed the lesser of (a) the monetary amount, including the elimination of liability, specified in the articles of incorporation or, if approved by the shareholders, in the bylaws as a limitation on or elimination of the liability of the officer or director, or (b) the greater of (i) $100,000 or (ii) the amount of cash compensation received by the officer or director from the corporation during the twelve months immediately preceding the act or omission for which liability was imposed. The liability of an officer or director is not limited under the Virginia SCA or a corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws if the officer or director engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or of any federal or state securities law.
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The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective May 7, 2020, as amended by Articles of Amendment effective June 9, 2020 (the “Articles”) provide that, to the full extent that the Virginia SCA permits the limitation or elimination of liability of directors or officers, a director or officer of the Registrant is not liable to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages.
A Virginia corporation generally is authorized to indemnify its directors and officers in civil and criminal actions if they acted in good faith and believed their conduct to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. The Virginia SCA requires such indemnification when a director or, unless limited by a corporation’s articles of incorporation, officer entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, and further provides that a corporation may make any other or further indemnity (including indemnity to a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation), and may make additional provision for advances and reimbursement of expenses, if authorized by its articles of incorporation or shareholder-adopted bylaw or resolution, except an indemnity against willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. The Virginia SCA establishes a statutory limit on liability of officers and directors of a corporation for damages assessed against them in a suit brought by or in the right of the corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the corporation and authorizes a corporation to specify a lower monetary limit on liability (including the elimination of liability for monetary damages) in the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws; however, the liability of an officer or director will not be limited if such officer or director engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or of any federal or state securities law.
The Articles provide that, to the full extent permitted by the Virginia SCA, the Registrant is required to indemnify a director or officer against liabilities, fines, penalties and claims imposed upon or asserted against him or her by reason of having been a director or officer and against all expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith, except in relation to matters as to which he or she is liable by reason of his or her willful misconduct or knowing violation of criminal law.
The Registrant has purchased officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policies. Within the limits of their coverage, the policies insure (i) the directors and officers of the Registrant against certain losses resulting from claims against them in their capacities as directors and officers to the extent that such losses are not indemnified by the Registrant and (ii) the Registrant to the extent that it indemnifies such directors and officers for losses as permitted under the laws of Virginia.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
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Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Item 9. | Undertakings. |
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
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(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
Provided, however, that:
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to applicable law, the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation, as such may be amended from time to time, the Registrant’s Bylaws or the Registrant’s indemnification agreements or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 11, 2021.
ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Robert M. Gorman | |
Robert M. Gorman | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John C. Asbury and Robert M. Gorman, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or both, of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, to prepare, execute and deliver any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement, including any amendment to this Registration Statement for the purpose of registering additional shares in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith (including any necessary amendments thereof), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act necessary or desirable to be done in connection with the above-described matters, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 11, 2021.
Signature | Capacity | |
/s/ John C. Asbury | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
John C. Asbury | (principal executive officer) | |
/s/ Robert M. Gorman | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Robert M. Gorman | (principal financial and accounting officer) | |
/s/ Patrick E. Corbin | Director | |
Patrick E. Corbin | ||
/s/ Frank Russell Ellett | Director | |
Frank Russell Ellett | ||
s/ Gregory L. Fisher | Director | |
Gregory L. Fisher | ||
/s/ Daniel I. Hansen | Director | |
Daniel I. Hansen | ||
/s/ Jan S. Hoover | Director | |
Jan S. Hoover | ||
/s/ Patrick J. McCann | Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
Patrick J. McCann | ||
/s/ W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | Director | |
W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | ||
s/ Alan W. Myers | Director | |
Alan W. Myers | ||
/s/ Thomas P. Rohman | Director | |
Thomas P. Rohman | ||
/s/ Linda V. Schreiner | Director | |
Linda V. Schreiner | ||
/s/ Thomas G. Snead, Jr. | Director | |
Thomas G. Snead, Jr | ||
/s/ Ronald L. Tillett | Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
Ronald L. Tillett |
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Signature | Capacity | |
/s/ Keith L. Wampler | Director | |
Keith L. Wampler | ||
/s/ F. Blair Wimbush | Director | |
F. Blair Wimbush |
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Exhibit 5.1
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Troutman Pepper Building 1001 Haxall Point Richmond, Virginia 23219
troutman.com |
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804.697.1200 Fax 804.697.1339 |
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May 11, 2021
The Board of Directors
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation
1051 East Cary Street, Suite 1200
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the filing by the Company of the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), whereby 1,500,000 additional shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $1.33 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company are registered to be issued in accordance with the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated May 4, 2021 (the “Plan”), as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on February 23, 2021, subject to shareholder approval, which was obtained on May 4, 2021.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements, and other instruments, certificates, orders, opinions, correspondence with public officials, certificates provided by the Company’s officers and representatives, and other documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of rendering the opinion set forth herein, including (i) the corporate and organizational documents of the Company, including the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date (the “Articles”), and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended to date, (ii) the resolutions (the “Resolutions”) of the Board with respect to the offering and issuance of the Shares under the Plan and certain related matters, (iii) the Plan, (iv) the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto, and (v) the prospectus related to the Registration Statement.
For purposes of the opinion expressed below, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted as certified, photostatic or electronic copies and the authenticity of the originals thereof, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons, (iv) the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, not witnessed by us, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all parties, other than the Company, and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof and (vi) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed.
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Based on the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and if issued in accordance with the Articles, the Plan, the Registration Statement and the Resolutions (assuming that, upon any issuance of the Shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Articles), the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We are members of the bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia and are not purporting to be experts on, or generally familiar with, or qualified to express legal conclusions based upon, laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia and we express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to the securities or blue sky laws of any state (including, without limitation, Virginia), municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state (including, without limitation, Virginia). This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.
Our opinion is as of the date hereof and we have no responsibility to update this opinion for events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or as to facts relating to prior events that are subsequently brought to our attention and we disavow any undertaking to advise you of any changes in law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules or regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Exhibit 15.1
The Stockholders and Board of Directors of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation:
We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan of our report dated May 6, 2021 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation that are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Richmond, Virginia
May 11, 2021
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan of our reports dated February 26, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Richmond, Virginia
May 11, 2021