Cape Bancorp, Inc. Announces Completion of Conversion, Stock Offering and Acquisition of Boardwalk Bancorp, Inc.
01 Februar 2008 - 12:46AM
PR Newswire (US)
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Cape Bancorp,
Inc. (the "Company") announced today that it has completed its
stock offering in connection with the mutual to stock conversion of
Cape Savings Bank. As part of the conversion, Cape Savings Bank has
changed its name to Cape Bank. The Company is a Maryland
corporation that now serves as the stock holding company of Cape
Bank as a result of the completion of the conversion. In addition,
the Company has completed its acquisition of Boardwalk Bancorp,
Inc. (NASDAQ:BORD) ("Boardwalk"), located in Linwood, New Jersey.
The Company sold 7,820,000 shares of its common stock at $10.00 per
share to depositors, Cape Bank's tax qualified employee benefit
plans and the general public in subscription, community and
syndicated offerings. The Company also issued 547,400 shares of its
common stock and contributed $782,000 in cash to The Cape Bank
Charitable Foundation. Shares of the Company's common stock will
trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on February 1, 2008 under
the symbol "CBNJ." Stock certificates for shares of Company common
stock and interest checks to subscribers in the offering will be
mailed on or about February 1, 2008. Shareholders of Boardwalk as
of the close of business on January 31, 2008 received total merger
consideration of approximately $99.0 million, consisting of
4,946,121 shares of common stock of the Company and approximately
$49.5 million in cash. Based on the total elections made by
Boardwalk shareholders, Boardwalk shareholders who properly elected
to receive Company common stock in the merger will receive 2.3
shares of Company common stock for each share of Boardwalk common
stock, and Boardwalk shareholders who properly elected to receive
cash in the merger will receive $23.00 in cash for each share of
Boardwalk common stock. Boardwalk shareholders holding
approximately 350,000 shares that did not make proper elections or
did not participate in the election will receive a combination of
0.347775 shares of Company common stock and $19.5245 in cash for
each share of Boardwalk common stock in accordance with the
proration provisions set forth in the merger agreement requiring
that 50% of the total merger consideration consist of Company
common stock and 50% consist of cash. Cash will be paid in lieu of
fractional shares at a rate of $10.00 per share. The merger
consideration is expected to be mailed to former Boardwalk
shareholders on or about February 7, 2008. Boardwalk shareholders
whose shares of common stock are held in street name will have
their elections effected automatically. As a result of the
transactions, the Company will have 13,313,521 issued and
outstanding shares, subject to adjustment for cash payments in lieu
of fractional shares. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
served as financial advisor to the Company and Cape Bank regarding
the conversion and acquisition. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated also served as marketing agent in the subscription and
community offerings as well as sole book-running manager in the
syndicated community offering. Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick,
P.C. served as counsel to the Company and Cape Bank. Muldoon Murphy
& Aguggia LLP served as counsel to Stifel, Nicolaus &
Company, Incorporated in the offering. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
served as financial advisor and Stevens & Lee P.C. served as
legal counsel to Boardwalk and Boardwalk Bank regarding the merger.
Forward Looking Statements This news release contains certain
forward looking statements. Forward looking statements can be
identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to
historical or current facts. They often include words like
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or
words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as
"will," "would," "should," "could" or "may." Forward looking
statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and
uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual conditions,
events or results to differ significantly from those described in
the forward looking statements. Forward looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made. Cape Bancorp, Inc., Cape Bank
and Boardwalk Bancorp do not undertake to update forward-looking
statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the
date the forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. DATASOURCE: Cape Bancorp, Inc.
CONTACT: Herbert L. Hornsby, Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer, +1-609-465-5600, or Robert J. Boyer, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, +1-609-465-5600, both of
Cape Bancorp, Inc.
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