cffi_CFO Announcement 8K

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) March 15, 2016

 

C&F FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia

 

000-23423

 

54-1680165

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

802 Main Street, West Point, Virginia

 

23181

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 843-2360

 

 


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 5.02         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers:  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On March 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of C&F Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”)  promoted Jason E. Long, 36, to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Corporations wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens and Farmers Bank (the “Bank”) effective March 15, 2016.  Mr. Long will serve as the Corporation’s principal financial officer.  He succeeds Mr. Thomas F. Cherry as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, who was named President of the Corporation and the Bank in December 2014.

 

Mr. Long joined the Bank as a First Vice President in October 2014.  Prior to joining the Bank, he worked at Yount, Hyde, Barbour P.C, from August 2002 to October 2014 in numerous positions focusing on the financial services industry, most recently as Principal in the Richmond, Virginia office.  Mr. Long is a CPA and holds a Masters and Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

 

Material terms of Mr. Long’s compensation will include an initial annual base salary of $185,000 and participation in the Corporation’s Management Incentive Plan. Mr. Long will continue participating in the Bank’s employee benefits plans and programs on terms offered to similarly situated employees.  The Corporation and Mr. Long anticipate entering into a Change in Control Agreement.

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Long and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, nor are there any family relationships between Mr. Long and any of the Corporation’s directors or executive officers. Mr. Long does not have any material interest in any transactions, relationships or arrangements with the Corporation that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

A copy of the Corporation’s news release announcing Mr. Long’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)Exhibits

 

99.1    C&F Financial Corporation news release dated March 16, 2016

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

    

C&F FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 17,  2016

 

    

By:

/s/ Thomas F. Cherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas F. Cherry

 

 

 

 

 

President

 

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