- Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) (DEFA14A)

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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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 15, 2010

 

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First Chester County Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania		0-12870		23-2288763
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

9 North High Street

West Chester, Pennsylvania   19380

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

  [phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last 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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 8.01               Other Events.

 

Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 15, 2010 through the anticipated completion of the merger, Phoenix Advisory Services, First Chester County Corporation’s proxy solicitor, will make current exchange ratio and merger consideration information available at the following toll-free number: [phone].

 

If the pending merger of First Chester and Tower Bancorp, Inc. (“Tower”) were to close on or prior to November 30, 2010, the exchange ratio would be 0.291 based on First Chester Delinquent Loans of $78.3 million, calculated as of October 29, 2010. The exchange ratio was calculated in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 27, 2009 between First Chester and Tower, as amended. The final exchange ratio cannot be determined until the closing of the merger, which is expected to occur in mid-December 2010, in which event the final exchange ratio would be determined based on First Chester Delinquent Loans calculated as of November 30, 2010.

 

Attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference, is the form of recording which will be made available to shareholders of First Chester and Tower Bancorp, Inc. (“Tower”).

 

Additional Information About the Transaction

 

The proposed transaction will be submitted to the shareholders of First Chester and Tower for their consideration and approval. In connection with the proposed transaction, Tower has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4, which has been declared effective by the SEC and includes a joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to be distributed to the shareholders of Tower and First Chester on or about November 5, 2010. Investors are urged to read the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. Investors can obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about Tower and First Chester, free of charge from the SEC’s Internet site (www.sec.gov), by contacting Tower Bancorp, Inc., 112 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101, Attention: Brent Smith, Investor Relations, telephone [phone] or by contacting First Chester Financial Corporation, 9 North High Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381 Attention: John Stoddart, Investor Relations, telephone [phone].   INVESTORS SHOULD READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A DECISION CONCERNING THE TRANSACTION.

 

Participants in the Transaction

 

Tower, First Chester and their respective directors, executive officers, and certain other members of management and employees may be soliciting proxies from Tower and First Chester shareholders in favor of the transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered participants in the solicitation of the Tower and First Chester shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction is set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC. You can also find information about Tower’s executive officers and directors in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 23, 2010, which is available at the SEC’s Internet site (www.sec.gov). Additional information about First Chester’s executive officers and directors is set forth in its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 27, 2010, which is available at the SEC’s Internet site. You can also obtain free copies of these documents from Tower or First Chester, as appropriate, using the contact information above.

 

This document is not an offer to sell shares of Tower’s securities which may be issued in the proposed transaction. Such securities are offered only by means of the joint proxy statement/prospectus referred to above.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Script to be used beginning on November 15, 2010 by First Chester County Corporation’s proxy solicitor.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: November 15, 2010	FIRST CHESTER COUNTY CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ John A. Featherman, III
	Name:	John A. Featherman, III
	Title:	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Script to be used beginning on November 15, 2010 by First Chester County Corporation’s proxy solicitor.

 

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