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Acquisition of UpState New York Bancorp, Inc. and USNY Bank.
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Acquisition of UpState New York Bancorp, Inc. and USNY Bank. [Abstract]  
Acquisition of UpState New York Bancorp, Inc. and USNY Bank. 12.           Acquisition of UpState New York Bancorp, Inc. and USNY Bank.

On January 8, 2020, Norwood Financial Corp. (“Norwood”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Wayne Bank, and UpState New York Bancorp, Inc. (“UpState”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, USNY Bank entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which UpState would merge with and into Norwood, with Norwood as the surviving corporation (“the Merger”). The Merger was completed on July 7, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, UpState was merged with and into Norwood, with Norwood as the surviving corporation of the Merger. Immediately following the Merger, USNY Bank was merged with and into Wayne Bank, with Wayne Bank as the surviving entity.

USNY Bank conducted its business from two Bank of the Finger Lakes offices in Geneva and Penn Yan, New York, and two Bank of Cooperstown offices in Cooperstown and Oneonta, New York. At March 31, 2020, UpState had total assets of $443.8 million, total deposits of $393.9 million and total stockholders’ equity of $46.5 million.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, shareholders of UpState elected to receive for each share of UpState common stock they owned, either 0.9390 shares of Norwood common stock or $33.33 in cash, or a combination of both. All shareholder elections were subject to the allocation and proration procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement which were intended to ensure that 90% of the shares of UpState would be exchanged for Norwood common stock and 10% of the shares of UpState would be exchanged for cash. In addition, under the terms of the Merger Agreement, UpState shareholders received an additional $0.67 per share in cash for each share of UpState common stock held. In the aggregate, the merger consideration paid to UpState shareholders consisted of approximately $8,845,198 in cash and 1,865,738 shares of Norwood common stock.

The senior management of Norwood and Wayne Bank remained the same following the completion of the Merger.  UpState directors Jeffrey S. Gifford and Alexandra K. Nolan have been appointed to the boards of directors of Norwood and Wayne Bank. In addition, the remaining former directors of UpState have been invited to join a regional advisory board. UpState President and CEO R. Michael Briggs has entered into a consulting agreement with Wayne Bank. Norwood has retained the brand names of USNY’s two

units, Bank of the Finger Lakes and Bank of Cooperstown, and has also retained USNY’s administration center in Geneva, New York. Scott D. White, unit President of Bank of Cooperstown, and Jeffrey E. Franklin, unit President of Bank of the Finger Lakes, will also remain in place as executives of their units.