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 4, 2015
QCR Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 0-22208
Delaware | 42-1397595 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
3551 Seventh Street
Moline, Illinois 61265
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(309) 736-3584
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On May 4, 2015, QCR Holdings, Inc. issued a press release regarding the commencement of an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
99.1 | Press Release, dated May 4, 2015. |
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.
QCR HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
Dated: May 4, 2015 | By: | /s/ Todd A. Gipple | ||||
Todd A. Gipple | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Contact: | |
May 4, 2015 | Todd A. Gipple | |
Executive Vice President | ||
Chief Operating Officer | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
(309) 743-7745 |
QCR Holdings, Inc.
Announces 2,800,000 Share Public Offering of Common Stock
QCR Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ/QCRH) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 2,800,000 shares of its common stock. The Company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the shares of common stock sold pursuant to this offering. All of the shares are being offered by the Company.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for the repayment of certain of the Companys debt obligations, to support the restructure of certain long-term wholesale borrowings and structured repurchase transactions and for general corporate purposes, including the pursuit of possible opportunistic acquisitions and other long-term strategic opportunities that may arise in the future.
Keefe Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. are serving as joint book-running managers and FIG Partners, LLC and D.A Davidson & Co. are serving as co-managers for the offering.
The offering will be made under the Companys shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 30, 2014 and declared effective on July 14, 2014.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The offering may only be made by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained by contacting Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone (800) 966-1559, or Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, telephone (800) 800-4693. Copies of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement may also be obtained from the SECs website at: www.sec.gov.
About Us
QCR Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Moline, Illinois, is a relationship-driven, multi-bank holding company, which serves the Quad City, Cedar Rapids, and Rockford communities through its wholly owned subsidiary banks. Quad City Bank & Trust Company, which is based in Bettendorf, Iowa, and commenced operations in 1994, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Company, which is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and commenced operations in 2001, and Rockford Bank & Trust Company, which is based in Rockford, Illinois, and commenced operations in 2005, provide full-service commercial and consumer banking and trust and asset management services. Quad City Bank & Trust Company also engages in commercial leasing through its wholly owned subsidiary, m2 Lease Funds, LLC, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the acquisition of Community National Bancorporation on May 13, 2013, the Company now serves the Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa community through Community Bank & Trust, a division of Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Company.