Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

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 9, 2015

 

Home Bancorp, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Louisiana	1-34190	71-1051785
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

 

503 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, Louisiana			70508
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

[phone]

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(a)

Not applicable

 

(b)

Not applicable

 

(c)                On March 9, 2015, Jason P. Freyou, age 50, assumed the title and duties of Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the Company and the Bank. Previously, Mr. Freyou served as Chief Investment Officer for JD Bank from July 2014 to March 2015, prior thereto, as Chief Operations Officer for Teche Federal Bank from July 2008 to July 2014.

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between a director or executive officer of the Company and Mr. Freyou pursuant to which he was named an executive officer of the Company. No directors or executive officers of the Company or the Bank are related to Mr. Freyou by blood, marriage or adoption. Mr. Freyou has not engaged in any transactions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Freyou will receive a base annual salary of $175,000. Mr. Freyou will participate in all of the Company’s employee benefit plans, including its annual incentive bonus plan for executives. Mr. Freyou will be granted incentive stock options to acquire 800 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2009 Stock Option Plan as well as a grant of 800 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2009 Recognition and Retention Plan.

 

A copy of the related press release (the “Press Release”) issued by the Company on March 9, 2015 announcing Mr. Freyou’s hiring is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

(d)

Not applicable

 

(e)

Not applicable

 

 

ITEM 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)

Not applicable.

(b)

Not applicable.

(c)

Not applicable.

(d)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed herewith.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated March 9, 2015

 

1

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

		HOME BANCORP, INC.
Date: March 9, 2015	By:		/s/ John W. Bordelon
			John W. Bordelon
			President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2

Jason Freyou Joins Home Bancorp As Chief Operations Officer

LAFAYETTE, La., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: "HBCP"), the parent company for Home Bank, N.A. (www.home24bank.com), headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, is pleased to announce the addition of veteran banker Jason Freyou to its executive management team as Chief Operations Officer.

"Jason has a long history of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank operations he's led," said John W. Bordelon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank. "He inherits a strong team of committed bankers that he will undoubtedly lead to an even higher level."

Freyou brings 20 years of diverse executive-level banking experience to Home Bank. He recently completed a highly successful tenure as Chief Operations Officer for publically-traded Teche Federal Bank. His background also includes roles as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer and Chief Investment Officer for other community banks in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Freyou honorably served our country through the United States Army, earning the rank of Captain over his 14 years of service. He holds a Finance Degree from Louisiana State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Jason is very active in civic, faith and youth service organizations in his hometown of Breaux Bridge. Jason and his wife Cindy have five children.

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could" or "may."

Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors - many of which are beyond our control - could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. Home Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, describes some of these factors, including risk elements in the loan portfolio, the level of the allowance for losses on loans, risks of our growth strategy, geographic concentration of our business, dependence on our management team, risks of market rates of interest and of regulation on our business and risks of competition. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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CONTACT: John W. Bordelon, President and CEO [phone]