Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0000895345-19-000075
- Form Type:
- 13G Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-12 12:41:39
- Filed By:
- EJF Capital
- Company:
- Civista Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CIVB)
- Filing Date:
- 2019-02-12
- SEC Url:
- 13G Filing
Ownership Summary
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
| Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJF Capital | 0 | 8,163 | 0 | 8,163 | 8,163 | 0.1% |
| Emanuel J. Friedman | 0 | 8,163 | 0 | 8,163 | 8,163 | 0.1% |
| EJF Financial Services Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| EJF Financial Services GP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
| Civista Bancshares, Inc. |
(Name of Issuer)
| Common Stock, no par value |
(Title of Class of Securities)
| 178867107 |
(CUSIP Number)
| December 31, 2018 |
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
¨ Rule 13d-1(b)
ý Rule 13d-1(c)
¨ Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing
on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed”
for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
| CUSIP No. 178867107 | 13G | |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) EJF Capital LLC |
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ |
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY |
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
| NUMBER OF SHARES | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 |
| BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 8,163 |
| EACH REPORTING | 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
| PERSON WITH | 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,163 |
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,163 |
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) o |
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.1% (1) |
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) IA |
| CUSIP No. 178867107 | 13G | |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Emanuel J. Friedman |
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ |
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY |
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States |
| NUMBER OF SHARES | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 |
| BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 8,163 |
| EACH REPORTING | 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
| PERSON WITH | 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,163 |
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,163 |
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE
INSTRUCTIONS) o |
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.1% (1) |
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) IN |
| CUSIP No. 178867107 | 13G | |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) EJF Financial Services GP, LLC |
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ |
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY |
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
| NUMBER OF SHARES | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 |
| BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 |
| EACH REPORTING | 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
| PERSON WITH | 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 |
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) o |
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0% |
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) OO |
Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer
Civista Bancshares, Inc. (f/d/b/a First Citizens Banc Corp.)
Item 1. (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive
Offices
100 East Water Street, P.O. Box 5016
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing
This Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons (the
“Reporting Persons”)*:
| (i) | EJF Capital LLC; |
| (ii) | Emanuel J. Friedman; |
| (iii) | EJF Financial Services Fund, LP (the “Financial Srevices Fund”); and |
| (iv) | EJF Financial Services GP, LLC. |
*Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of an agreement among the Reporting Persons that this
Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of each of them.
Item 2. (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if
None, Residence
The address of the principal business office of each
Reporting Person is:
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
Item 2. (c) Citizenship
See Item 4 of the attached cover pages.
Item 2. (d) Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock, no par value (“Common Stock”)
Item 2. (e) CUSIP Number
178867107
Item 3. If
This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: | |
| See Item 9 of the attached cover pages. | ||
| (b) | Percent of class: | |
| See Item 11 of the attached cover pages. | ||
| (c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: | |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: | |
| See Item 5 of the attached cover pages. | ||
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: | |
| See Item 6 of the attached cover pages. | ||
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: | |
| See Item 7 of the attached cover pages. | ||
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition: | |
| See Item 8 of the attached cover pages. | ||
The Financial Services Fund was the record owner of the shares of Preferred Stock previously reported by it on February 16, 2016, in an
Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13G (such shares having been convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock previously reported by the Financial Services Fund), but no longer owns such shares of Preferred Stock.
EJF Financial Services GP, LLC serves as the general partner of the Financial Services Fund and an investment manager of certain
affiliates thereof and may be deemed to have had shared beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which the Financial Services Fund was the beneficial owner.
EJF Capital LLC is the sole member of EJF Financial Services GP, LLC and may be deemed to have had shared beneficial ownership
of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Financial Services GP, LLC may have had shared beneficial ownership. EJF Capital LLC also serves as an investment adviser to an account that is the record owner of shares of Common Stock, and may be
deemed to share beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock.
Emanuel J. Friedman is the controlling member of EJF Capital LLC and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares
of Common Stock over which EJF Capital LLC may share beneficial ownership.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof each Reporting Person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the class of securities, check the following [X].
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person
Not Applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not
held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information
set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: February 12, 2019
| EJF CAPITAL LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Neal J.
Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| EMANUEL J. FRIEDMAN | |||
| By: | /s/ Emanuel J. Friedman | ||
| Name: | Emanuel J. Friedman | ||
| | | ||
| EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND, LP | |||
| By: Its: | EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES GP, LLC General Partner | ||
| By: Its: | EJF CAPITAL LLC Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Neal
J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES GP, LLC | |||
| By: Its: | EJF CAPITAL LLC Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Neal
J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||
EXHIBIT A
The undersigned, EJF Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Emanuel J. Friedman, EJF Financial Services Fund, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership, and EJF Financial Services GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, hereby agree and acknowledge that the information required by this Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13G, to which this Agreement is
attached as an exhibit, is filed on behalf of each of them. The undersigned further agree that any further amendments or supplements thereto shall also be filed on behalf of each of them.
Dated: February 12, 2019
| EJF CAPITAL LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Neal
J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| EMANUEL J. FRIEDMAN | |||
| By: | /s/ Emanuel J. Friedman | ||
| Name: | Emanuel J. Friedman | ||
| | | ||
| EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND, LP | |||
| By: Its: | EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES GP, LLC General Partner | ||
| By: Its: | EJF CAPITAL LLC Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| EJF FINANCIAL SERVICES GP, LLC | |||
| By: Its: | EJF CAPITAL LLC Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Neal J. Wilson | ||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer | ||