Exhibit 99.5(a)

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, DC 20551



FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2024



CADENCE BANK 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Mississippi
 
11813
 
64-0117230

 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(FDIC Certificate No.)
 
(IRS Employer Identification  No.)

 
One Mississippi Plaza
201 South Spring Street 
Tupelo, Mississippi

38804
 





 
(Address of Principal Executive   Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code    (662) 680-2000       
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which
registered



 
Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share
 
CADE
 
New York Stock Exchange
         
Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share

CADE-PrA
 
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company  ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐



Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) (this “Amendment”) is being filed by Cadence Bank (the “Company”) to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on January 3, 2025 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose under Item 5.03 the effective date of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Articles”). This Amendment does not amend, modify, or supplement the Original Form 8-K in any other respect.
 
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
 
The Articles were declared effective on and as of January 31, 2025, in the form approved by the Company’s shareholders on December 30, 2024. A copy of the Articles was included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Original Form 8-K.


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.

   
CADENCE BANK
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cathy S. Freeman             
   
Cathy S. Freeman
   
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
 

Date: February 5, 2025