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Subsequent Events
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 15. Subsequent Events

On April 14, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Sevier County Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“SCB”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, SCB will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the "Merger"). Following the Merger, Sevier County Bank, a Tennessee state-chartered banking association and wholly-owned subsidiary of SCB, will merge with and into the Bank, with the Bank continuing as the surviving bank.

Subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, (i) each share of SCB common stock owned by a holder of 20,000 or more shares of SCB common stock will be converted into the right to receive 0.4116 of a share of SmartFinancial common stock (the “Per Share Stock Consideration”) and (ii) each share of SCB common stock owned by a holder of fewer than 20,000 shares of SCB common stock will, at the election of such holder, be entitled to receive either (A) the Per Share Stock Consideration, or (B) an amount of cash equal to the Per Share Stock Consideration multiplied by the average closing price of SmartFinancial common stock as reported on the NASDAQ for the 10 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the date that is five business days prior to the closing date (the “Per Share Cash Consideration”).  Further, if SCB’s consolidated shareholders’ equity (as calculated in accordance with the Merger Agreement) is less than $30,326,000, then the Per Share Stock Consideration and Per Share Cash Consideration shall automatically be adjusted downward by an amount that is reflective of the overall shortfall. Additionally, at the effective time of the Merger, each share of SCB common stock subject to vesting restrictions shall become fully vested and converted automatically into the right to receive the merger consideration. Based upon SmartFinancial’s closing share price of $21.25 on April 13, 2021 and assuming that SCB’s

consolidated shareholders’ equity is at least $30,326,000, the implied merger consideration per share of SCB common stock is $8.75, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $38.2 million.

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants of both SmartFinancial and SCB. The completion of the Merger is subject to approval of SCB shareholders, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2021.

On May 2, 2021, the Bank entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the members of Fountain Leasing, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability Company (“Fountain”), pursuant to which SmartBank will acquire all of the membership interests of Fountain (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition was subsequently completed on May 3, 2021.  In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the Bank paid $14 million in cash to the members of Fountain at closing, and repaid approximately $45 million of Fountain’s indebtedness. In addition to the closing consideration, the Purchase Agreement contains a performance-based earnout, pursuant to which the former members of Fountain could be entitled to up to $6 million in future cash payments from the Bank. Following the completion of the Acquisition, the Bank changed the name of Fountain to “Fountain Equipment Finance, LLC”.