Item 2.01.
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Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
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On November 1, 2017, pursuant
to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 9, 2017 (the
Merger Agreement
), by and among Columbia Banking System, Inc., a Washington corporation (
Columbia
), Pacific Continental Corporation, an
Oregon corporation (
Pacific Continental
) and Coast Merger Sub, Inc., an Oregon corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia (
Merger Sub
), Merger Sub merged with and into Pacific Continental, with Pacific
Continental as the surviving corporation (the
First Merger
). Immediately following the First Merger and as part of a single integrated transaction, Pacific Continental merged with and into Columbia, with Columbia as the surviving
entity (the
Subsequent Merger
). Immediately following the Subsequent Merger, Pacific Continental Bank, an Oregon state-chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Continental, merged with and into Columbia State Bank, a
Washington state-chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia, with Columbia State Bank as the surviving bank (the
Bank Merger
, and collectively, with the First Merger, and the Subsequent Merger, the
Mergers
).
Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, each outstanding Pacific Continental
common share (
Pacific Continental Common Shares
) was converted into the right to receive 0.6430 (the
Exchange Ratio
) of a Columbia common share (the
Merger Consideration
). In lieu of the
issuance of any fractional share, Columbia paid to each former shareholder of Pacific Continental who otherwise was entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the
average daily closing price of a Columbia common share (
Columbia Common Shares
) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (
NASDAQ
) for the 20 consecutive NASDAQ trading days ending on and including the trading day that
is five trading days prior to the closing of the Mergers (such time period, the
Determination Period
and such average daily closing price, the
Columbia Average Closing Price
) by (ii) the fraction of a share
(after taking into account all Pacific Continental Common Shares held by such holder at the Effective Time (as defined below) and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Columbia Common Shares which such holder was
otherwise entitled to receive.
At the date and time when the First Merger became effective (the
Effective Time
), all
outstanding restricted stock units of Pacific Continental (
Pacific Continental Restricted Stock Units
), whether vested or unvested, automatically and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, were cancelled and only
entitled the holders of such Pacific Continental Restricted Stock Units to receive (without interest), an amount in cash equal to (i) the number of Pacific Continental Common Shares subject to such Pacific Continental Restricted Stock Units
immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) (A) the Exchange Ratio multiplied by (B) the Columbia Average Closing Price for the Determination Period (the
Equity Award Cashout Price
), less applicable taxes
required to be withheld with respect to such payment. At the Effective Time, any vesting conditions applicable to any Pacific Continental outstanding restricted stock awards automatically and without any action on the part of the holders thereof,
accelerated in full and such restricted stock awards were converted into, and became exchangeable for, the Merger Consideration (less applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to such vesting). At the Effective Time, all outstanding
stock options of Pacific Continental (
Pacific Continental Stock Options
), whether vested or unvested, were automatically and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, cancelled and only entitled the holders of such
Pacific Continental Stock Options to receive (without interest), an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the number of Pacific Continental Common Shares subject to such Pacific Continental Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective
Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the Equity Award Cashout Price over (B) the exercise price per Pacific Continental Common Share of such Pacific Continental Stock Options less applicable taxes required to be
withheld with respect to such payment. At the Effective Time, all stock appreciation rights of Pacific Continental (
Pacific Continental Stock Appreciation Rights
), whether cash-settled or stock-settled, vested or unvested, were
automatically and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, cancelled and only entitled the holders of such Pacific Continental Stock Appreciation Rights to receive (without interest) an amount in cash equal to the product of
(i) the number of Pacific Continental Common Shares subject to such Pacific Continental Stock Appreciation Rights immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the Equity Award Cashout Price
over (B) the reference price per Pacific Continental Common Share of such Pacific Continental Stock Appreciation Right, less applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payment.
The foregoing description of the Mergers and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Pacific Continentals Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on January 10, 2017.
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