Banner Corp (BANR): Billionaire Howard Marks Designates Doyle Arnold to Board of Directors

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Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D

 

This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2015 (the Original Schedule 13D). Except as set forth herein, the Original Schedule 13D is unmodified and remains in full force and effect. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Original Schedule 13D.

 

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information after the third paragraph thereof:

 

On February 18, 2016, the Investors requested that Doyle L. Arnold (the Initial Board Designee) be appointed to the Companys Board of Directors (the Board of Directors) pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

 

On February 19, 2016, the Investors entered into an agreement with the Initial Board Designee (the Board Designee Agreement) pursuant to which the Investors agree to pay the Initial Board Designee an annual stipend of $30,000 per year for serving as the Board Designee, commencing on the date of election to the Board of Directors and continuing until the earlier of (a) the Investors or the Initial Board Designee terminates the Board Designee Agreement upon thirty days prior written notice to the other party and (b) the Initial Board Designees resignation or removal from the Board of Directors. The Board Designee Agreement provides that the Initial Board Designee agrees to keep confidential any material non-public or other confidential information concerning the employees, organization, business or finances of the Company or any of its affiliates, subject to certain customary exceptions. The Board Designee Agreement further provides that the Initial Board Designee agrees to conduct his activities and make decisions in his capacity as a director of the Company independently of the Investors.

 

The Board of Directors appointed the Initial Board Designee to the Board, effective March 1, 2016.

 

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