8-K

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP (EFSC)

8-K 2021-11-09 For: 2021-11-09
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

November 9, 2021

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)

Delaware 001-15373 43-1706259
(State or Other Jurisdiction <br><br>of Incorporation) (Commission <br><br>File Number) (IRS Employer <br><br>Identification No.)
150 N. Meramec Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63105
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(314) 725-5500

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed sincelast report)

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:

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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, par value $0.01 per share EFSC Nasdaq Global Select Market

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. ¨

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changein Fiscal Year

On November 9, 2021, Enterprise Financial Services Corp, a Delaware corporation, or Enterprise, filed a Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights, referred to as the Certificate of Elimination, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Elimination eliminates Enterprise’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, from Enterprise’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Prior to filing the Certificate of Elimination, no shares of Enterprise’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A were outstanding. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Enterprise is filing in this Current Report on Form 8-K certain financial statements and pro forma financial information related to the merger of First Choice Bancorp, or First Choice, with and into Enterprise, or the merger, that was previously included in, or otherwise incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-256265) filed by Enterprise with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on May 18, 2021, as amended on June 2, 2021 and declared effective on June 4, 2021, in connection with the merger. Additional information regarding the consideration exchanged, First Choice assets acquired and liabilities assumed as a result of the merger, as well as certain other pro forma information related to the merger, are included in Note 2 to Enterprise's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2021.

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

The audited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the accompanying notes thereto and the related Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as well as the accompanying notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements giving effect to the merger is filed as Exhibit 99.3 attached hereto:

unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of financial condition as of March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020;
unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2020 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020; and
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unaudited pro forma condensed combined condensed<br>consolidated statements of income for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020.
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(d)      Exhibits
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Exhibit Number Description
3.1 Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, of Enterprise Financial Services Corp.*
23.1 Consent of Eide Bailly LLP.*
99.1 Audited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 (incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by First Choice with the SEC on March 15, 2021, as amended on April 27, 2021) (File No.: 001-38476).
99.2 Unaudited consolidated financial statements of First Choice as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by First Choice with the SEC on May 10, 2021) (File No.: 001-38476).
99.3 Unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of financial condition as of March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020; unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2020 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020; and unaudited pro forma condensed combined condensed consolidated statements of income for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020.*
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
Date: November 9, 2021
/s/ Troy R. Dumlao
Troy R. Dumlao
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Exhibit 3.1


CERTIFICATEOF ELIMINATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION,

PREFERENCES,AND RIGHTS OF THE

FixedRate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A

of

ENTERPRISEFINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

The undersigned, on behalf of Enterprise Financial Services Corp, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”), the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), in accordance with Section 141 of the General Corporation Law and the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), adopted resolutions by unanimous written consent eliminating the designation and the relative powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. These composite resolutions eliminating the designation and relative powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A are as follows:

WHEREAS, the Board, at a meeting of its members held on December 17, 2008, adopted a resolution providing for the designation, preferences and relative, participating and optional or other rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of thirty-five thousand (35,000) shares of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $.01 per share (the “Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock”) (such certificate of designation, the “Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate”);

WHEREAS, no shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock currently remain outstanding and no such shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be issued in the future; and

WHEREAS, the Board deems it to be advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to withdrawal the Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate and return all of the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation (“Preferred Stock”) previously designated as Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock to authorized Preferred Stock available for issuance in accordance with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws pursuant to a Certificate of Elimination of the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, to be filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board hereby withdraws the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock and returns all previously designated shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock to their status as authorized Preferred Stock available for issuance as determined by the Board, and that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them individually hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Elimination of the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Certificate of Elimination”), as such Authorized Officer shall deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this resolution; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that when such Certificate of Elimination becomes effective upon acceptance of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the Corporation’s current Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Series A Cumulative Preferred Certificate with respect to the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A of Enterprise Financial Services Corp has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9th day of November, 2021.

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
By: /s/ Keene S. Turner
Name: Keene S. Turner
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLICACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the incorporation by reference in the automatic shelf registration statement (No. 333-237612) and related prospectus of Enterprise Financial Services Corp of our report, dated March 15, 2021, relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Choice Bancorp and Subsidiary for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus Supplement.

/s/ Eide Bailly LLP

Laguna Hills, California

November 9, 2021

Exhibit 99.3


UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIALSTATEMENTS


(As previously included in, or otherwise incorporatedby reference into, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-256265) filed by Enterprise Financial Services Corp. withthe Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2021, as amended on June 2, 2021 and declared effective on June 4, 2021.)

The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are based on the separate historical financial statements of Enterprise Financial Services Corp, or Enterprise, and First Choice Bancorp, or First Choice, and give effect to the merger of Enterprise and First Choice, with Enterprise as the surviving institution (which is referred to as the merger), including pro forma assumptions and adjustments related to the merger, as described in the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2021 is presented as if the merger occurred on December 31, 2020. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the quarter ended March 31, 2021 are presented as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2020.

A final determination of the fair value of First Choice’s assets and liabilities will be based First Choice’s actual assets and liabilities as of the closing date of the merger and, therefore, cannot be made prior to the consummation of the merger. In addition, the value of the stock consideration will be based on the closing price of Enterprise common stock on the date the merger becomes effective. The closing price of Enterprise common stock on May 3, 2021 was used for purposes of presenting the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements have been prepared to give effect to the following:

· the acquisition of First Choice by Enterprise under the provision of the Financial Accounting Standards<br>Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification, ASC 805, Business Combinations where the assets and liabilities of First Choice will be<br>recorded by Enterprise at their respective fair values as of the date the merger is completed;
· the distribution of shares of Enterprise common stock to First Choice shareholders in exchange for shares<br>of First Choice common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.6603;
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· certain reclassifications to conform historical financial presentation of First Choice to Enterprise;<br>and
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· transaction costs in connection with the merger.
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The actual amounts recorded as of the completion of the merger may differ materially from the information presented in these Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements as a result of:

· changes in the trading price for Enterprise common stock;
· net cash used or generated in Enterprise’s or First Choice’s operations between the signing of the merger agreement and<br>completion of the merger;
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· changes in the fair values of Enterprise’s or First Choice’s assets and liabilities;
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· other changes in Enterprise’s or First Choice’s net assets that occur prior to the completion of the merger, which could<br>cause material changes in the information presented below; and
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· the actual financial results of the combined company.
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The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are presented for illustrative purposes only. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements are not necessarily, and should not be assumed to be, an indication of the results that would have been achieved had the merger been completed as of the dates indicated or that may be achieved in the future. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements also do not consider any potential impacts of current market conditions on revenues, potential revenue enhancements, anticipated cost savings and expense efficiencies, or asset dispositions, among other factors.

The preparation of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements and related adjustments required management to make certain assumptions and estimates. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements should be read together with:

· the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements;
· Enterprise’s separate audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year<br> ended December 31, 2020, included in Enterprise’s Annual<br> Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and Enterprise’s separate unaudited historical<br> consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, included in<br> Enterprise’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021;
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· First Choice’s separate audited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year<br> ended December 31, 2020, included in First Choice’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020,<br> incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference herein;
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· First Choice’s separate unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the<br> quarter ended March 31, 2021, included in First Choice’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference herein; and
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· other information pertaining to Enterprise and First Choice contained in or incorporated by reference into this document.
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated

Statement of Financial Condition

March 31, 2021 Pro Forma Adjustments
Enterprise First Choice
(In thousands, except share and per share data) (as reported) (as reported) Purchase Accounting Adjustments Notes Pro Forma Combined
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 883,815 309,446 (26,062 ) [A] 1,167,199
Investment securities 1,412,719 38,724 1,451,443
Net loans and leases 7,165,785 2,021,997 (13,827 ) [B] 9,173,955
Goodwill 260,567 73,425 97,745 [C] 431,737
Intangible assets, net 21,670 4,768 (119 ) [D] 26,319
Other assets 446,143 52,384 8,307 [E] 506,834
Total assets $ 10,190,699 $ 2,500,744 $ 66,044 $ 12,757,487
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Deposits 8,515,444 1,895,550 326 [F] 10,411,320
Borrowings 483,167 304,998 458 [G] 788,623
Other liabilities 99,591 12,784 112,375
Total liabilities 9,098,202 2,213,332 784 11,312,318
Total shareholders' equity 1,092,497 287,412 65,260 1,445,169
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 10,190,699 $ 2,500,744 $ 66,044 $ 12,757,487

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated

Statement of Income

Year Ended <br><br>December<br> 31, 2020 Pro Forma Adjustments
Enterprise First Choice
(In thousands, except share and per share data) (as reported) (as reported) Purchase Accounting Adjustments Notes Pro Forma Combined
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans 270,238 89,210 (1,332 ) [H] 358,116
Interest on debt securities 33,026 777 - 33,803
Interest on interest-earning deposits 620 825 - 1,445
Dividends on equity securities 895 803 - 1,698
Total interest income 304,779 91,615 (1,332 ) 395,062
Interest expense:
Deposits 21,049 5,147 (132 ) [I] 26,064
Borrowings 13,729 1,732 (153 ) [J] 15,308
Total interest expense 34,778 6,879 (285 ) 41,372
Net interest income 270,001 84,736 (1,047 ) 353,690
Provision for credit losses 65,398 5,900 22,674 [K] 93,972
Net interest income after provision for credit losses 204,603 78,836 (23,721 ) 259,718
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts 11,717 1,965 - 13,682
Wealth Management revenue 9,732 - - 9,732
Card services revenue 9,481 - - 9,481
Tax credit income 6,611 - - 6,611
Gain on sale of loans - 4,653 - 4,653
Miscellaneous income 16,962 1,989 - 18,951
Total noninterest income 54,503 8,607 - 63,110
Noninterest expense:
Employee compensation and benefits 92,288 28,626 - 120,914
Occupancy 13,457 4,476 - 17,933
Data processing 9,050 3,653 - 12,703
Professional fees 3,940 1,875 - 5,815
Merger related expenses 4,174 - - 4,174
Other 44,250 7,838 23,374 [L] 75,462
Total noninterest expense 167,159 46,468 23,374 237,001
Income before income tax expense 91,947 40,975 (47,095 ) 85,827
Income tax expense 17,563 12,024 (10,571 ) [M] 19,016
Net income $ 74,384 $ 28,951 $ (36,524 ) $ 66,811
Earnings per common share
Basic $ 2.76 $ 2.48 $ 1.92
Diluted $ 2.76 $ 2.47 $ 1.92
Weighted average basic shares 26,953,826 11,569,128 (3,761,419 ) [N] 34,761,535
Weighted average diluted shares 26,988,710 11,617,780 (3,810,071 ) [N] 34,796,419
Shares outstanding 31,210,213 11,705,684 (3,897,975 ) [N] 39,017,922

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated

Statement of Income

Three months endedMarch 31, 2021 Pro Forma Adjustments
(Inthousands, except share and per share data) Enterprise (as reported) First Choice (asreported) PurchaseAccounting Adjustments Notes ProForma Combined
Interest income:
Interest<br>and fees on loans 76,973 24,267 (279 ) [H] 100,961
Interest<br>on debt securities 7,619 152 - 7,771
Interest<br>on interest-earning deposits 189 160 - 349
Dividends<br>on equity securities 179 213 - 392
Total<br>interest income 84,960 24,792 (279 ) 109,473
Interest<br>expense:
Deposits 2,663 588 (33 ) [I] 3,218
Borrowings 3,174 373 (38 ) [J] 3,509
Total<br>interest expense 5,837 961 (71 ) 6,727
Net<br>interest income 79,123 23,831 (208 ) 102,746
Provision<br>for credit losses 46 - - 46
Net<br>interest income after provision for credit losses 79,077 23,831 (208 ) 102,700
Noninterest<br>income:
Service<br>charges on deposit accounts 3,084 441 - 3,525
Wealth<br>Management revenue 2,483 - - 2,483
Card<br>services revenue 2,496 - - 2,496
Tax credit<br>income (1,041 ) - - (1,041 )
Gain<br>on sale of loans - 706 - 706
Miscellaneous<br>income 4,268 1,107 - 5,375
Total<br>noninterest income 11,290 2,254 - 13,544
Noninterest<br>expense:
Employee<br>compensation and benefits 29,562 7,578 - 37,140
Occupancy 3,751 1,083 - 4,834
Data<br>processing 2,890 1,022 - 3,912
Professional<br>fees 988 437 - 1,425
Merger<br>related expenses 3,142 - - 3,142
Other 12,551 1,977 2 [L] 14,530
Total<br>noninterest expense 52,884 12,097 2 64,983
Income<br>before income tax expense 37,483 13,988 (210 ) 51,261
Income<br>tax expense 7,557 4,230 (53 ) [M] 11,734
Net<br>income $ 29,926 $ 9,758 $ (157 ) $ 39,527
Earnings per common share
Basic $ 0.96 $ 0.83 $ 1.01
Diluted $ 0.96 $ 0.82 $ 1.01
Weighted average basic<br>shares 31,247,379 11,614,333 (3,806,624 ) [N] 39,055,088
Weighted average diluted<br>shares 31,306,033 11,673,475 (3,865,766 ) [N] 39,113,742
Shares outstanding 31,259,183 11,824,487 (4,016,778 ) [N] 39,066,892
[A] Adjustments to record<br> combined merger costs and the cash settlement of First Choice stock options.
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[B] Adjustments to record<br> loans at fair value.  Adjustments include:
Loan credit mark $ (33,028 )
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Loan interest rate mark 19,204
Reversal of First Choice's existing loan fair value mark 3,400
Reversal of First Choice's allowance for loan losses 19,271
Establishment of allowance on non-PCD loans (22,674 )
Total loan adjustment $ (13,827 )
[C] Adjustments to eliminate First Choice goodwill of $73.4 million and reflect $171.2 million of goodwill for the amount of<br> consideration paid in excess of fair value of asset received and liabilities assumed.
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[D] Adjustments to eliminate First Choice core deposit intangible of $4.8 million and reflect a new core deposit intangible of<br> $4.6 million to be amortized over 10 years using of sum of the years digit methodology
[E] Adjustment to reflect the tax effects of the fair value adjustments and deductible merger-related costs using a 25%<br> tax rate.
[F] Adjustment to record time deposits at fair value.
[G] Adjustment to record borrowed funds at fair value.
[H] Estimated loan interest yield adjustment and elimination of First Choice existing purchase accounting accretion.
[I] Estimated time deposit fair value amortization.
[J] Estimated borrowings fair value amortization.
[K] Adjustment to record initial lifetime allowance for credit losses on First Choice’s non-purchase credit deteriorated loan portfolio.
[L] Core deposit intangible amortization and merger related costs, including:
Full Year <br><br>2020 First Quarter<br><br> 2021
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Core deposit intangible amortization $ 845 $ 190
Reversal of First Choice core deposit intangible amortization (771 ) (188 )
Merger related costs 23,300 -
Total "other" noninterest expense $ 23,374 $ 2
[M] Tax effect on the pro forma adjustments at an assumed 25% effective combined federal and state tax rate.
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[N] Adjustment to reflect the estimated issuance of 7,807,709 shares of Enterprise stock based on First<br> Choice’s shares outstanding on March 31, 2021 of 11,824,487 and the fixed exchange ratio of .6603.