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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2011

REGISTRATION NO. 333-173557

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1

to

Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

IBERIABANK Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Louisiana   6172   72-1280718

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

200 W. Congress Street

Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

(337) 521-4003

(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant ‘s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Daryl G. Byrd

President and Chief Executive Officer

IBERIABANK Corporation

200 W. Congress Street

Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

(337) 521-4003

(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies To:

 

Edward B. Crosland, Jr., Esq.

Peter J. Rivas, Esq.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,

Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.

499 South Capitol Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20003

Telephone: (202) 203-1088

Facsimile: (202) 203-0000

 

Cathy E. Chessin, Esq.

Gordon, Arata, McCollam,

Duplantis & Eagan, LLC

1980 Post Oak Boulevard

Suite 1800

Houston, Texas 77056

Telephone: (713) 333-5500

Facsimile: (713) 333-5501

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and the effective time of the merger described herein.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.   ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in concluding this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ¨

 

 

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.


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CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

PROXY STATEMENT FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD MAY 27, 2011

 

 

IBERIABANK Corporation

PROSPECTUS

COMMON STOCK

To the Shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, Inc.:

A Merger Proposal — Your Vote Is Very Important

On March 10, 2011, the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. unanimously approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger between Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation pursuant to which Cameron Bancshares, Inc. will be merged with and into IBERIABANK Corporation. Cameron Bancshares, Inc. is sending you this document to ask you to vote on a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (which we refer to as the merger agreement).

If the merger agreement is approved and the merger is subsequently completed, each outstanding share of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. common stock will be converted into the right to receive 3.464 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation (subject to adjustment only if the market price of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market during a specified measurement period prior to the merger falls below or rises above certain specified levels, in which case the number of shares will be adjusted based on a fixed value), plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest. On April 27, 2011, the closing sales price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market was $59.71. Of course, there is no assurance as to the market value of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock during the measurement period or on the date the proposed merger is completed.

IBERIABANK Corporation common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “IBKC.”

The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. has unanimously determined that the merger and the merger agreement are fair and in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. and its shareholders and unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” approval of the merger agreement and the merger. The merger cannot be completed unless the merger agreement is approved by vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Cameron Bancshares, Inc. common stock present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the special meeting of shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting of shareholders, please take the time to vote by completing the enclosed proxy card and mailing it in the enclosed return envelope. If you sign, date and mail your proxy card without indicating how you want to vote, your proxy will be counted as a vote “FOR” approval of the merger agreement. Because the required vote is based on the voting power present, if you do not instruct your broker how to vote any shares held for you in “street name,” or if you vote to “Abstain,” it will have the same effect as voting “AGAINST” the merger agreement.

 

 

This proxy statement-prospectus gives you detailed information about the special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 27, 2011, the merger and other related matters. You should carefully read this entire document, including the appendices. In particular, you should carefully consider the discussion in the section entitled “Risk Factors” on page 15.

On behalf of the board of directors, I thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.

 

/S/ ROY M. RAFTERY, JR.

Roy M. Raftery, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities to be issued in connection with the merger or determined if this document is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The securities to be issued in connection with the merger are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of any bank or savings association and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

This document is dated April 28, 2011, and is first being mailed on or about April 29, 2011.


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Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

4440 Nelson Road

Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605

NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 27, 2011

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. will be held at 4440 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605, at 10:00 a.m. central time, on May 27, 2011, for the following purposes:

1. To vote upon a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 10, 2011, by and between IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares, Inc., as such agreement may be amended from time to time, pursuant to which, among other things, Cameron Bancshares, Inc. will merge with and into IBERIABANK Corporation, and each of the outstanding shares of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. will be converted into the right to receive 3.464 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation (subject to adjustment only if the market price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock during a measurement period prior to closing falls below or rises above certain specified levels, at which point the value of the stock to be issued becomes fixed and the number of shares will be adjusted, all as more fully described in the attached proxy statement-prospectus).

2. To vote on a proposal to adjourn or postpone the special meeting to another time or place, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in order to approve the merger agreement.

3. To transact any other business that properly comes before the special meeting of shareholders, or any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting.

The proposed merger is described in more detail in this proxy statement-prospectus, which you should read carefully in its entirety before voting. Only Cameron Bancshares, Inc. shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 25, 2011, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the special meeting of shareholders or any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting.

Dissenting shareholders who comply with the procedural requirements of the Business Corporation Law of Louisiana will be entitled to receive payment of the fair cash value of their shares if the merger is effected upon approval by less than 80% of the total voting power of Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

Your vote is very important. To ensure your representation at the special meeting of shareholders, please complete, execute and promptly mail your proxy card in the return envelope enclosed. This will not prevent you from voting in person, but it will help to secure a quorum and avoid added solicitation costs. Your proxy may be revoked at any time before it is voted.

 

  BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

/s/ Roy M. Raftery, Jr.

  Roy M. Raftery, Jr.
Lake Charles, Louisiana   Chief Executive Officer

April 28, 2011

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC. UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD PROMPTLY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.

DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THE PROXY CARD.


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This proxy statement-prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about IBERIABANK Corporation from documents that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (referred to in this document as the “SEC”) but that are not included in or delivered with this proxy statement-prospectus. You can obtain IBERIABANK Corporation’s documents incorporated by reference in this proxy statement-prospectus without charge by requesting them in writing or by telephone from IBERIABANK Corporation at the following address:

IBERIABANK Corporation

200 West Congress Street

Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

Attention: George J. Becker III, Secretary

Telephone: (337) 521-4003

Shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. requesting IBERIABANK Corporation documents should do so by May 13, 2011 in order to receive them before the special meeting.

You may also obtain these documents at the SEC’s website, “www.sec.gov” and you may obtain certain of these documents at IBERIABANK Corporation’s website, “www.iberiabank.com” by selecting the tab entitled “Investor Relations” and then the tab entitled “SEC Filings.” Other information contained on IBERIABANK Corporation’s website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this document.

If you have any questions, or need assistance in completing and returning your proxy, you may contact Cameron Bancshares at the following address and telephone number:

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

4440 Nelson Road

Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605

Attention: Peggy D. McGinnis

Telephone: (337) 312-7051

See “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 74.


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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT VOTING AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

     1   

SUMMARY

     4   

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA FOR CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

     9   

PENDING ACQUISITION OF OMNI BANCSHARES, INC.

     11   

SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA FOR OMNI BANCSHARES, INC.

     12   

RISK FACTORS

     15   

CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC. SPECIAL MEETING

     34   

APPROVAL OF THE MERGER

     36   

COMPARISON OF SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS

     62   

DESCRIPTION OF IBERIABANK CORPORATION CAPITAL STOCK

     70   

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING IBERIABANK CORPORATION

     71   

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

     71   

EXPERTS

     71   

LEGAL OPINIONS

     72   

ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING

     72   

CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF CAMERON BANCSHARES’ COMMON STOCK

     73   

OTHER MATTERS

     74   

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     74   

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     75   

APPENDICES

  

Appendix A Agreement and Plan of Merger

     A-1   

Appendix B Opinion of Sheshunoff & Co

     B-1   

Appendix C Copy of Section 131 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law

     C-1   

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT VOTING AT THE

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Q: WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW?

 

A: After you have carefully read this document, indicate on your proxy card how you want your shares to be voted. Then sign and mail your proxy card in the enclosed prepaid return envelope as soon as possible. This will enable your shares to be represented and voted at the special meeting whether or not you decide to attend. If you would like to attend the special meeting and vote in person, you may still do so, even after you return the proxy card.

 

Q: WHY IS MY VOTE IMPORTANT?

 

A: In order to have a quorum at the special meeting, holders of a majority of the total voting power of Cameron Bancshares must be present in person or by proxy. Unless you attend the meeting in person, a failure to send in a proxy card will mean that any Cameron Bancshares’ stock in your name will not be counted as present at the meeting for purposes of a quorum. If a quorum is present at the meeting in person or by proxy, the merger agreement must be approved by the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of Cameron Bancshares’ stock present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the special meeting. Because the required vote on the merger agreement is based on the voting power present at the special meeting, a vote to abstain will have the same effect as a vote against the merger agreement.

 

Q: IF MY BROKER HOLDS MY SHARES IN “STREET NAME” WILL MY BROKER AUTOMATICALLY VOTE MY SHARES FOR ME?

 

A: No. Your broker will not be able to vote your shares on the merger agreement without instructions from you. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares, following the directions your broker provides.

 

Q: WHAT IF I FAIL TO INSTRUCT MY BROKER TO VOTE MY SHARES?

 

A: If you fail to instruct your broker to vote your shares with respect to the merger agreement, the broker will submit an unvoted proxy (a broker non-vote) as to your shares. Broker non-votes will count toward a quorum at the special meeting. However, broker non-votes will not count as a vote with respect to the merger agreement, and therefore will have the same effect as a vote against the merger agreement.

 

Q: WILL I BE ABLE TO SELL THE SHARES OF IBERIABANK CORPORATION COMMON STOCK THAT I RECEIVE IN THE MERGER?

 

A: Yes, in most cases. The shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock to be issued in the merger will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. However, certain shareholders who are deemed to be “affiliates” of IBERIABANK Corporation under the Securities Act (generally, directors and executive officers of IBERIABANK Corporation and shareholders holding 10% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation) must abide by certain transfer restrictions under the Securities Act.

 

Q: WHAT IF I HAVE SHARES OF CAMERON BANCSHARES’ STOCK IN THE CAMERON STATE BANK 401(k) PLAN?

 

A: Those shares will be voted by the Plan trustee in accordance with instructions provided by Cameron State Bank. You will receive information separately explaining what to do if you wish to instruct the bank how to direct the trustee with respect to the voting of the shares in the 401(k) Plan held for your account.

 

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Q: CAN I ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING AND VOTE MY SHARES IN PERSON?

 

A: Yes. All shareholders of Cameron Bancshares are invited to attend the special meeting. Shareholders of record can vote in person at the special meeting whether or not they have previously executed a proxy card. If a broker holds your shares in street name, then you are not the shareholder of record and you must ask your broker how you can vote your shares at the special meeting.

 

Q: CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE?

 

A: Yes. If you have not voted through your broker, you can change your vote after you have sent in your proxy card by:

 

   

providing written notice to the Secretary of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

submitting a new proxy card (any earlier proxies will be revoked automatically); or

 

   

attending the special meeting and voting in person (any earlier proxy will be revoked by your vote in person). However, simply attending the special meeting without voting will not revoke your proxy.

If you have instructed a broker to vote your shares, you must follow your broker’s directions to change your vote.

 

Q: SHOULD I SEND IN MY STOCK CERTIFICATES NOW?

 

A: Please do not send your stock certificates with your proxy card. Instructions for surrendering your Cameron Bancshares’ stock certificates in exchange for the merger consideration will be sent to you later.

 

Q: WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE MERGER TO BE COMPLETED?

 

A: IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares currently expect to complete the merger in the second quarter of 2011, assuming all of the conditions to completion of the merger have been satisfied.

 

Q: WHAT WILL SHAREHOLDERS OF CAMERON BANCSHARES RECEIVE IN THE MERGER?

 

A: If the merger agreement is approved and the merger is subsequently completed, on the effective date of the merger, each outstanding share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will be converted into the right to receive shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, as follows:

 

   

3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock (to the nearest thousandth of a share) to be exchanged for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock and cash (without interest) payable with respect to any fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock (as determined below); or

 

   

if the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (as calculated by Bloomberg Screen AQR) on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger (referred to as the average price) is greater than $61.81 per share, the exchange ratio will equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $214.11 by the average price; or

 

   

if the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (as calculated by Bloomberg Screen AQR) on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger is less than $50.57 per share, the exchange ratio will equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $175.17 by the average price.

 

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On April 27, 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation common stock closed at $59.71. If this were the average price during the measurement period, you would receive 3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you. As an example of how changes in the average price might impact the exchange ratio, if the average price during the measurement period was $61.85 per share, you would receive 3.462 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you, and if the average price during the measurement period was $50.50 per share, you would receive 3.469 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you. Before deciding how to vote, you should obtain a more recent price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, which trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “IBKC”.

 

Q: WHOM SHOULD I CALL WITH QUESTIONS?

 

A: You should direct any questions regarding the special meeting of shareholders or the merger to Peggy D. McGinnis, Cameron Bancshares, at (337) 312-7051.

 

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CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

PROXY STATEMENT FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information included in this document and does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read this entire document and its appendices and the other documents to which this document refers before you decide how to vote with respect to the merger agreement. In addition, this document incorporates by reference important business and financial information about IBERIABANK Corporation. For a description of this information, see “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 74. You may obtain the information incorporated by reference into this document without charge by following the instructions in that section. Each item in this summary includes a page reference directing you to a more complete description of that item.

THE MERGER

The terms and conditions of the merger by which Cameron Bancshares will merge with and into IBERIABANK Corporation are contained in the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares, Inc., dated as of March 10, 2011. A copy of this agreement is attached to this document as Appendix A. We encourage you to read this agreement carefully.

Parties to the Merger

IBERIABANK Corporation (page 36)

IBERIABANK

IBERIABANK Corporation, a Louisiana corporation, is the bank holding company for IBERIABANK, a Louisiana state banking corporation. As of December 31, 2010, IBERIABANK Corporation had consolidated assets of $10.0 billion, total deposits of $7.9 billion and shareholders’ equity of $1.3 billion.

The principal executive office of IBERIABANK Corporation is located at 200 West Congress Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 and the telephone number is (337) 521-4003.

Other Pending Acquisition

On February 22, 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation and OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement for IBERIABANK Corporation to acquire OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc., the holding company of Metairie, Louisiana based OMNI BANK. The transaction was approved by the board of directors of each of IBERIABANK Corporation and OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of OMNI BANCSHARES shareholders. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. will receive 0.3313 of a share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock per share of OMNI BANCSHARES common stock, subject to certain adjustments. The stock issuance is valued at approximately $40 million in the aggregate, based on 2.1 million shares of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. common stock outstanding. In addition, approximately $24 million of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. trust preferred and holding company debt will be assumed by IBERIABANK Corporation in the transaction.

Cameron Bancshares, Inc. (page 36)

Cameron State Bank

Cameron Bancshares, Inc. or Cameron Bancshares, a Louisiana corporation, is the holding company for Cameron State Bank, a Louisiana state banking corporation. As of December 31, 2010, Cameron Bancshares had total assets of $706 million, total deposits of $575 million and shareholders’ equity of $77.5 million.

Cameron Bancshares’ principal executive office is located at 4440 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 and the telephone number is (337) 312-7000.

 

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What Cameron Bancshares’ Shareholders will receive in the Merger (page 36)

If the merger agreement is approved and the merger is subsequently completed, each outstanding share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will be converted into the right to receive 3.464 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation, subject to possible adjustment as described below. The total number of IBERIABANK Corporation shares you receive will therefore be equal to 3.464 times the number of shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock you own when the merger is completed, subject to adjustment in the event that the market price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock during a specified measurement period prior to closing falls below or rises above specified limits, as discussed in this proxy statement-prospectus. IBERIABANK Corporation will not issue fractional shares. Instead, you will receive the value of any fractional share in cash.

For example, if you own 100 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ stock and there is no adjustment in the exchange ratio, you will receive 346 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and a cash payment instead of the .4 of a share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock that remains after applying the exchange ratio. The cash to be received in lieu of the fractional share will be calculated by multiplying the fractional share by the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger.

Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger (page 57)

IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares will not be required to complete the merger unless they receive a legal opinion to the effect that the merger will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for United States federal income tax purposes. The opinion will not bind the Internal Revenue Service, which could take a different view.

We expect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, you generally will not recognize any gain or loss with respect to the exchange of your shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock for shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock in the merger. You will, however, have to recognize gain in connection with any cash received in lieu of a fractional share interest in IBERIABANK Corporation common stock. You should consult your own tax advisor for a full understanding of the merger’s tax consequences that are particular to you.

You should read “Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger” starting on page 57 for a more complete discussion of the federal income tax consequences of the merger. Tax matters can be complicated and the tax consequences of the merger to you will depend on your particular tax situation. You should consult your tax advisor to fully understand the tax consequences of the merger to you.

Your Board of Directors Unanimously Recommends Shareholder Approval of the Merger Agreement (page 39)

The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares believes that the merger presents an attractive opportunity to merge with a leading financial institution that will have significantly greater financial strength and earning power than Cameron Bancshares would have on its own, as well as the added scale necessary to undertake and solidify leadership positions in key business lines.

As a result, the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares unanimously approved the merger agreement. The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares believes that the merger and the merger agreement are fair to and in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders and unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” approval of the merger agreement.

Opinion of Cameron Bancshares’ Financial Advisor (page 40 and Appendix B)

In connection with the merger, the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares received the written opinion of Sheshunoff & Co., the financial advisor to Cameron Bancshares, as to the fairness, from a financial point of view,

 

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of the consideration to be received in the merger by holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock. The full text of the opinion of Sheshunoff & Co. dated March 10, 2011, is included in this document as Appendix B. Cameron Bancshares encourages you to read this opinion carefully in its entirety for a description of the procedures followed, assumptions made, matters considered and limitations of the review undertaken by Sheshunoff & Co. The opinion of Sheshunoff & Co. is directed to the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares and does not constitute a recommendation to you or any other shareholder as to how to vote with respect to the merger agreement or any other matter relating to the proposed transaction. Sheshunoff & Co. will receive a fee for its services, including rendering the fairness opinion, in connection with the merger, a significant portion of which is contingent upon consummation of the merger.

Special Meeting of Shareholders of Cameron Bancshares (page 34)

Cameron Bancshares will hold a special meeting of its shareholders on May 27, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., central time, at 4440 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605. At the special meeting of shareholders, you will be asked to vote to approve the merger agreement.

You may vote at the special meeting of shareholders if you owned shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock at the close of business on the record date, April 25, 2011. On that date, there were 688,404 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting of shareholders. You may cast one vote for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock you owned on the record date.

Even if you expect to attend the special meeting of shareholders, Cameron Bancshares recommends that you promptly complete and return your proxy card in the enclosed return envelope.

Shareholder Vote Required (page 35)

Approval of the merger agreement requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the special meeting. Because the required vote is based upon the voting power present at the special meeting, an abstention will have the same effect as a vote against the merger. As of the record date, the directors of Cameron Bancshares beneficially owned 130,121 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting of shareholders (which includes 1,386 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ stock held in the 401(k) Plan). This represents approximately 18.9% of the total votes entitled to be cast at the special meeting of shareholders. These individuals have agreed to vote “FOR” adoption of the merger agreement.

Voting by Shares of Cameron Bancshares’ Stock in the 401(k) Plan (page 35)

There are 8,129 shares of common stock of Cameron Bancshares held by the Cameron State Bank 401(k) Plan for the accounts of certain Plan participants. The contract between Cameron State Bank and the trustee of the 401(k) Plan states that the shares of Cameron Bancshares stock held by the Plan will be voted by the trustee pursuant to instructions provided by, among others, Cameron State Bank. Cameron State Bank will solicit instructions from the Plan participants who are invested in stock of Cameron Bancshares as to how such participant wishes the shares held for him/her to be voted. If a Plan participant timely provides to the Bank written instructions as to how to those shares should be voted, the Bank will instruct the trustee to vote them in accordance with those instructions. If a Plan participant does not timely provide to the Bank written instructions as to how those shares should be voted, the Bank will instruct the trustee to vote them “FOR” the proposal to approve the merger agreement and “FOR” any proposal to postpone or adjourn the special meeting if necessary to solicit additional proxies to approve the merger agreement.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal (page 59 and Appendix C)

If the merger is approved by holders of less than 80% of the total outstanding shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, shareholders of Cameron Bancshares will have the right to dissent from the merger agreement if they comply with the specific procedures required by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law. Dissenting shareholders who comply with the procedural requirements will be entitled to receive payment of the fair

 

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cash value of their shares as of the day before the shareholder meeting instead of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation stock.

Interests of Cameron Bancshares’ Officers and Directors in the Merger (page 48)

In considering the recommendation of the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares to approve the merger, you should be aware that certain of the executive officers of Cameron Bancshares have financial interests in the merger that are in addition to their interests as Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders. These interests include rights of certain executive officers under change in control agreements with Cameron Bancshares. In addition, IBERIABANK entered into an employment agreement with Roy M. Raftery, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Cameron Bancshares, pursuant to which, effective as of the completion of the merger of Cameron State Bank with and into IBERIABANK, Mr. Raftery will be the Chairman of the Lake Charles Region of IBERIABANK. Officers and directors of Cameron Bancshares currently have rights to indemnification from Cameron Bancshares and are covered by insurance for certain acts and omissions. Those indemnification rights and insurance coverage will be continued by IBERIABANK Corporation for a limited time after the merger for acts and omissions occurring before the merger. The directors of Cameron Bancshares have agreed to become advisory directors of IBERIABANK following the merger (at fees substantially less than the fees they currently receive from Cameron Bancshares for their services as directors), and have agreed not to affiliate with any other financial institution serving certain specified parishes in Louisiana for two years after consummation of the merger.

Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger (page 54)

We cannot complete the merger without the prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions. IBERIABANK Corporation has filed the applications required to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals. As of the date of this proxy statement-prospectus, we have not received the required approvals and the required waiting periods have not expired. Regulatory approval does not constitute an endorsement of the merger or a determination that the terms of the merger are fair to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders.

While we do not know of any reason why IBERIABANK Corporation would not be able to obtain the necessary approvals in a timely manner, we cannot assure you that these approvals will occur or what the timing may be or that these approvals will not be subject to one or more conditions that affect the advisability of the merger.

Conditions to the Merger (page 54)

Completion of the merger depends on a number of conditions being satisfied or waived, including the following:

 

   

Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders must have approved the merger agreement and the merger;

 

   

all required regulatory requirements have been attained, and all waiting periods required by law have expired; and

 

   

certain other conditions customary for agreements of this sort, such as the accuracy of representations and warranties subject to the materiality standards set forth in the merger agreement and the compliance in all material respects with all agreements.

We cannot be certain when, or if, the conditions to the merger will be satisfied or waived or whether or not the merger will be completed.

No Solicitation (page 55)

Cameron Bancshares has agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to initiate discussions with another party regarding a business combination with such other party while the merger with IBERIABANK Corporation is pending.

 

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Termination of the Merger Agreement (page 56)

IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares may mutually agree at any time to terminate the merger agreement without completing the merger, even if the Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders have approved it. Also, either party may decide, without the consent of the other party, to terminate the merger agreement under specified circumstances, including if the merger is not consummated by March 10, 2012, if the required regulatory approvals are not received or if the other party breaches its agreements in a material respect and such breach cannot be or has not been cured within the applicable cure period.

Termination Fee (page 57)

If the merger is terminated pursuant to specified situations in the merger agreement (and Cameron Bancshares accepts a superior acquisition proposal), Cameron Bancshares may be required to pay a termination fee to IBERIABANK Corporation of $6,000,000. Cameron Bancshares agreed to this termination fee arrangement in order to induce IBERIABANK Corporation to enter into the merger agreement. The termination fee requirement may discourage other companies from trying or proposing to combine with Cameron Bancshares before the merger is completed. Under certain circumstances as described in the merger agreement, IBERIABANK Corporation may be required to pay Cameron Bancshares a termination fee of $4,000,000 in the event of termination of the merger agreement.

Differences in Rights of Shareholders (page 62)

The rights of Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders after the merger who continue as IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders will continue to be governed by Louisiana law. After the merger is completed the articles of incorporation and bylaws of IBERIABANK Corporation, rather than the articles of incorporation of Cameron Bancshares, will govern your rights as a shareholder. The different shareholder rights are explained more fully in “Comparison of Shareholders’ Rights” on page 62.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA FOR CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

 

     At or For
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2010      2009      2008      2007      2006  
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Selected Statement of Income Data:

              

Interest Income

   $ 35,228       $ 37,059       $ 36,251       $ 35,519       $ 35,061   

Interest Expense:

              

Deposit Accounts

     3,253         4,141         6,048         8,889         7,874   

Other Borrowed Money

     2,014         1,640         1,033         754         919   

Long Term Debt

     —           —           —           —           —     

Total Interest Expense

     5,267         5,781         7,081         9,643         8,793   

Net Interest Income

     29,961         31,278         29,170         25,876         26,268   

Provision for (Recapture of) loan losses

     2,398         1,164         1,680         925         1,330   

Net Interest Income After Provision

     27,563         30,114         27,490         24,951         24,938   

Non-interest Income

     8,206         8,775         8,778         9,279         9,571   

Non-interest Expense

     23,776         23,607         22,452         21,956         22,465   

Income (Loss) before income tax

     11,993         15,282         13,816         12,274         12,044   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     2,730         4,066         4,525         4,020         4,020   

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 9,263       $ 11,216       $ 9,291       $ 8,254       $ 8,024   

Per Share Data:

              

Earnings (loss) per common share

   $ 13.67       $ 15.45       $ 14.18       $ 12.08       $ 12.28   

Dividends per common share

   $ 4.00       $ 5.50       $ 10.00       $ 7.50       $ 0.20   

Book value per common share

   $ 112       $ 103       $ 92       $ 85       $ 77   

 

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     At or For
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2010      2009      2008      2007      2006  
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Selected Financial Condition Data:

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 25,232       $ 98,966       $ 38,518       $ 39,402       $ 38,931   

Securities available for sale

     59,918         66,238         28,415         66,196         88,192   

Net loans

     401,656         410,969         381,167         322,929         306,734   

Total assets

     705,735         787,403         675,585         617,457         604,253   

Total deposits

     574,793         651,335         574,170         523,417         508,207   

Long term debt

              

Advances from FHLB

     48,089         58,740         31,592         26,362         32,213   

Other borrowed funds

              

Total liabilities

     628,399         716,254         611,822         557,973         549,935   

Selected Financial Ratios and Other Data:

              

Performance Ratios:

              

Net interest margin

     4.52         3.84         4.73         4.49         4.26   

Net interest spread

     3.96         4.02         4.41         4.39         4.04   

Non-interest income to average assets

     1.14         1.29         1.44         1.64         1.60   

Non-interest income to earning assets

     1.27         2.97         1.48         1.72         1.76   

Non-interest expense to average assets

     3.31         3.44         3.68         3.89         3.76   

Net overhead ratio

     2.17         2.15         2.24         2.25         2.16   

Efficiency ratio

     59.11         56.22         57.27         60.69         61.53   

Return on average assets

     1.29         1.65         1.53         1.46         1.34   

Return on average equity

     12.24         16.20         14.64         14.28         15.04   

Dividend payout ratio

     3.95         5.96         9.14         6.44         6.66   

Asset Quality Ratios:

              

Non-performing loans to total loans

     2.24         0.29         0.36         0.31         0.37   

Allowance for loan losses to:

              

Total loans

     1.32         1.30         1.25         1.30         1.29   

Non-performing loans

     0.59         4.56         3.48         4.18         3.53   

Net charge-offs to average total loans

     0.65         0.20         0.40         0.27         0.60   

Non-performing assets to total assets

     1.34         0.19         0.21         0.20         0.19   

Balance Sheet Ratios:

              

Loans to deposits

     71.87         70.13         68.98         65.20         61.69   

 

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Average interest-bearing assets to average interest-bearing liabilities

     1.10         1.04         1.04         1.04         1.02   

Capital Ratios:

              

Total equity to total assets

     10.96         9.03         9.44         9.63         8.95   

Total risk-based capital ratio

     17.53         15.68         15.32         16.20         15.84   

Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio

     16.35         14.54         14.20         15.05         14.70   

Tier 1 leverage ratio

     10.96         10.06         10.13         10.36         9.38   

Asset Quality

              

The following table classifies non-performing loans :

              

Non-accrual loans

              

Loans past due 90 days or more

     —           —           —           —           —     

Total nonperforming loans

     9,147         1,188         1,388         1,022         1,136   

Other real estate owned

     311         325         10         193         26   

Total nonperforming assets

     9,458         1,513         1,398         1,215         1,162   

Troubled debt restructurings

              

Total nonperforming assets and troubled debt restructurings

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Total nonperforming loans to total loans

     2.24         0.29         0.36         0.31         0.37   

Total nonperforming assets to total assets

     1.34         0.19         0.21         0.20         0.19   

Troubled debt restructurings to total assets

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

PENDING ACQUISITION OF OMNI BANCSHARES, INC.

On February 22, 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation and OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement for IBERIABANK Corporation to acquire OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc., the holding company of Metairie, Louisiana based OMNI BANK. The transaction was approved by the board of directors of each of IBERIABANK Corporation and OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of OMNI BANCSHARES’ shareholders. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. will receive 0.3313 of a share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock per share of OMNI BANCSHARES common stock, subject to certain adjustments. The stock issuance is valued at approximately $40 million in the aggregate, based on 2.1 million shares of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. common stock outstanding. In addition, approximately $24 million of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. trust preferred and holding company debt will be assumed by IBERIABANK Corporation in the transaction.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA FOR

OMNI BANCSHARES, INC.

 

     At or For
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2008     2007      2006  
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Selected Statement of Income Data:

           

Interest Income

   $ 38,405      $ 41,315      $ 48,529      $ 58,487       $ 46,958   

Interest Expense:

           

Deposit accounts

     6,621        9,132        13,411        20,453         13,225   

Other borrowed money

     908        995        1,325        1,594         1,601   

Long term debt

     667        971        1,375        1,439         1,171   

Total interest expense

     8,196        11,098        16,111        23,486         15,997   

Net interest income

     30,209        30,217        32,418        35,001         30,961   

Provision for (Recapture of) loan losses

     3,705        11,442        2,805        149         (2,165

Net interest income after provision

     26,504        18,775        29,613        34,852         33,125   

Non-interest Income

     6,122        7,886        5,544        3,877         3,231   

Non-interest Expense

     33,608        36,036        35,806        35,304         28,531   

Income (Loss) before income tax

     (983     (9,375     (649     3,425         7,825   

Income Tax Expense (benefit)

     (530     (3,935     (877     1,058         2,285   

Net Income (Loss)

     (452     (5,440     227        2,367         5,540   

Per Share Data:

           

Earnings (loss) per common share

   $ (0.22   $ (3.39   $ 0.10      $ 1.26       $ 3.13   

Dividends per common share

   $ 0.00      $ 0.12      $ 0.48      $ 0.48       $ 0.48   

Book value per common share

   $ 14.72      $ 14.88      $ 18.49      $ 19.12       $ 18.09   

Dividends/Class 7% preferred share (1)

   $ 0.00      $ 1.05      $ 2.10      $ 2.10       $ 2.10   

Book value/Class 7% preferred share (1)

   $ 0.00      $ 30.00      $ 30.00      $ 30.00       $ 30.00   

Dividends/Class 8% preferred share (1)

   $ 0.00      $ 1.20      $ 1.10        N/A         N/A   

Book value/Class 8% preferred share (1)

   $ 0.00      $ 30.00      $ 30.00        N/A         N/A   

 

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     At or For
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Selected Financial Condition Data:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 55,350      $ 46,331      $ 56,693      $ 50,315      $ 43,191   

Securities available for sale

     87,699        71,933        39,920        56,112        71,986   

Net loans

     516,994        554,579        578,894        588,531        531,123   

Total assets

     736,339        747,529        745,904        755,963        729,900   

Total deposits

     645,469        652,522        636,336        668,264        633,293   

Long term debt

     15,980        15,980        15,980        15,980        15,980   

Advances from FHLB

     23,249        25,275        35,300        19,323        29,345   

Other borrowed funds

     17,985        18,774        14,392        13,475        11,175   

Total liabilities

     705,288        714,675        706,815        720,189        695,367   

Selected Financial Ratios and Other Data:

          

Performance Ratios:

          

Net interest margin

     4.42     4.52     5.04     5.29     5.29

Net interest spread

     4.19     4.23     4.63     4.66     4.57

Non-interest income to average assets

     0.82     1.06     0.72     0.52     0.50

Non-interest income to earning assets

     0.90     1.16     0.81     0.58     0.55

Non-interest expense to average assets

     4.51     4.84     5.04     4.93     4.43

Net overhead ratio

     3.69     3.78     4.32     4.41     3.93

Efficiency ratio

     92.51     94.58     94.42     91.08     83.45

Return on average assets

     (0.06 %)      (0.73 %)      0.02     0.32     0.86

Return on average equity

     (1.36 %)      (15.72 %)      0.43     6.84     16.38

Dividend payout ratio

     0.00     (3.54 %)      (339.17 %)      (37.88 %)      (15.34 %) 

Asset Quality Ratios:

          

Non-performing loans to total loans

     6.49     7.97     4.78     1.67     1.28

Allowance for loan losses to:

          

Total loans

     1.50     2.00     0.96     0.86     1.21

Non-performing loans

     23.15     25.10     20.16     51.56     94.78

Net charge-offs to average total loans

     1.30     1.01     0.39     0.26     0.29

Non-performing assets to total assets

     6.98     7.13     4.19     1.41     0.96

 

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     At or For
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  

Balance Sheet Ratios:

          

Loans to deposits

     80.10     86.72     91.82     88.75     84.89

Average interest-bearing assets to average interest-bearing liabilities

     117.42     117.77     116.26     117.99     126.30

Capital Ratios:

          

Total equity to total assets

     4.22     4.40     5.24     4.72     4.66

Total risk-based capital ratio

     9.86     9.55     10.40     9.48     10.47

Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio

     7.75     7.50     9.03     8.00     8.40

Tier 1 leverage ratio

     5.72     5.62     7.34     6.17     6.63

Asset Quality Data and Ratios:

          

The following table classifies non-performing loans :

          

Non-accrual loans

   $ 33,863      $ 38,256      $ 25,771      $ 7,450      $ 6,111   

Loans past due 90 days or more

     179        6,839        2,155        2,490        748   

Total nonperforming loans

   $ 34,042      $ 45,095      $ 27,926      $ 9,940      $ 6,859   

Other real estate owned

     17,358        8,199        3,283        738        150   

Total nonperforming assets

   $ 51,400      $ 53,294      $ 31,208      $ 10,678      $ 7,009   

Troubled debt restructurings

   $ 13,468      $ 2,377      $ 2,974      $ —        $ —     

Total nonperforming assets and troubled debt restructurings

   $ 64,868      $ 55,671      $ 34,182      $ 10,678      $ 7,009   

Total nonperforming loans to total loans

     6.49     7.97     4.78     1.67     1.28

Total nonperforming assets to total assets

     6.98     7.13     4.19     1.41     0.96

Troubled debt restructurings to total assets

     1.83     0.32     0.40     0.00     0.00

 

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RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement-prospectus, you should carefully consider the following risk factors in deciding whether to vote to approve the merger agreement.

Risks Associated with the Merger

Fluctuations in the trading price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock will change the value of the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock you receive in the merger and may, under certain circumstances, change the number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock you receive in the merger.

The exchange ratio is set at 3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, subject to adjustment if the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the merger date is above $61.81 or below $50.57. Although within the range of values between $61.81 and $50.57, the number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation stock you will receive is fixed and will not change, changes in the market price of IBERIABANK Corporation stock will affect the market value of the merger consideration you receive.

Further, if the market price (as described above) rises above $61.81 or falls below $50.57 during the measurement period, then the number of shares you will receive as merger consideration will be adjusted. However, any changes to the fixed number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock will not increase the per share value you will receive in the merger over the value calculated using the pre-announcement market price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock.

The market price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock at the time the merger is completed may vary from the price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock on the date the merger agreement was executed, on the date of this proxy statement-prospectus and/or on the date of the Cameron Bancshares’ special meeting as a result of various factors that are beyond the control of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares, including but not limited to general market and economic conditions, changes in our respective businesses, operations and prospects, and regulatory considerations. In addition to the approval of the merger agreement by Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders, completion of the merger is subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other conditions that may not occur until after the Cameron Bancshares’ special meeting. Therefore, at the time of the Cameron Bancshares’ special meeting you will not know or be able to calculate the precise value of the consideration you will receive at the effective time of the merger. You should obtain current market quotations for shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock before you vote.

After the merger, the market value of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock may decrease and be lower than the market value of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock that was used in calculating the exchange ratio in the merger.

The market price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock after the merger may be affected by factors different from those affecting the shares of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation currently.

Upon completion of the merger, holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will become holders of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock. IBERIABANK Corporation’s business differs from that of Cameron Bancshares, and, accordingly, the results of operations of the combined company and the market price of the combined company’s shares of common stock may be affected by factors different from those currently affecting the independent results of operations of each of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares. For a discussion of the businesses of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares and of certain factors to consider in connection with those businesses, see the documents incorporated by reference or described elsewhere in this proxy statement-prospectus.

 

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The integration of the operations of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares may be more difficult than anticipated.

The success of the merger will depend on a number of factors, including (but not limited to) IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to:

 

   

timely and successfully integrate the operations of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

retain key employees of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

maintain existing relationships with depositors in Cameron Bancshares to minimize withdrawals of deposits prior to and subsequent to the merger;

 

   

maintain and enhance existing relationships with borrowers to limit unanticipated losses from loans of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

control the incremental non-interest expense from IBERIABANK Corporation to maintain overall operating efficiencies;

 

   

retain and attract qualified personnel at IBERIABANK Corporation; and

 

   

compete effectively in the communities served by IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares and in nearby communities.

IBERIABANK Corporation may not be able to manage effectively its growth resulting from the merger.

Regulatory approvals may not be received, may take longer than expected or impose conditions that are not presently anticipated.

Before the merger may be completed, we must obtain various approvals or consents from the Federal Reserve and various bank regulatory and other authorities. These regulators may impose conditions on the completion of the merger or require changes to the terms of the merger. Although IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares do not currently expect that any such conditions or changes would be imposed, there can be no assurance that they will not be, and such conditions or changes could have the effect of delaying completion of the merger or imposing additional costs on or limiting the revenues of IBERIABANK Corporation following the merger. There can be no assurance as to whether the regulatory approvals will be received, the timing of those approvals, or whether any conditions will be imposed. See “Approval of the Merger – Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger” on page 54.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s involvement in another merger transaction simultaneously with this merger transaction may make consummation of this transaction and successful integration of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation more difficult.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s proposed acquisition of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. was announced shortly before this transaction and is running on a similar time frame. IBERIABANK Corporation’s focus on that other transaction may limit its ability to effectuate this transaction and the integration that will be required if the merger agreement is approved and the merger takes place. See “Pending Acquisition of OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc.” on page 11.

Acquisitions or mergers entail risks which could negatively affect the operations of IBERIABANK Corporation.

Acquisitions and mergers, particularly the integration of companies that have previously been operated separately, involves a number of risks, including, but not limited to:

 

   

the time and costs associated with identifying and evaluating potential acquisition or merger partners;

 

   

difficulties in assimilating operations of the acquired institution and implementing uniform standards,

 

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controls, procedures and policies;

 

   

exposure to asset quality problems of the acquired institution;

 

   

IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to finance an acquisition and maintain adequate regulatory capital;

 

   

diversion of management’s attention from the management of daily operations;

 

   

risks and expenses of entering new geographic markets;

 

   

potential significant loss of depositors or loan customers from the acquired institution;

 

   

loss of key employees of the acquired institution; and

 

   

exposure to undisclosed or unknown liabilities of an acquired institution.

Any of these acquisition risks could result in unexpected losses or expenses and thereby reduce the expected benefits of the acquisition. Also, IBERIABANK Corporation may issue equity securities, including common stock and securities convertible into common stock in connection with future acquisitions, which could cause ownership and economic dilution to the current shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation (or to the shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation at that time). Prior to the completion of the pending acquisitions, IBERIABANK Corporation, Cameron Bancshares and OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc. operated as separate entities. IBERIABANK Corporation’s failure to successfully integrate these and future acquisitions and manage its growth could adversely affect its business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects.

The merger with Cameron Bancshares, Inc. may distract management of IBERIABANK Corporation from its other responsibilities.

The acquisition of Cameron Bancshares, Inc. could cause the management of IBERIABANK Corporation to focus its time and energies on matters related to the acquisition that otherwise would be directed to the business and operations of IBERIABANK Corporation. Any such distraction on the part of management, if significant, could affect its ability to service existing business and develop new business and adversely affect the business and earnings of IBERIABANK Corporation.

Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders will have less influence as shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation than as shareholders of Cameron Bancshares.

Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders currently have the right to vote in the election of the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares and on other matters affecting Cameron Bancshares. Following the merger, the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares as a group will own approximately 8.1% of the combined organization. When the merger occurs, each shareholder that receives shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock will become a shareholder of IBERIABANK Corporation with a percentage ownership of the combined organization much smaller than such shareholder’s percentage ownership of Cameron Bancshares. Because of this, Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders will have less influence on the management and policies of IBERIABANK Corporation than they now have on the management and policies of Cameron Bancshares.

Certain officers and directors of Cameron Bancshares have interests in the merger that differ from the interests of non-director or non-management shareholders.

Some of the officers and directors of Cameron Bancshares have interests in the merger that are in addition to their interests as shareholders of Cameron Bancshares generally. These interests exist because of, among other things, employment or change of control agreements that the officers entered into with Cameron Bancshares, rights that certain Cameron Bancshares’ officers and directors have under Cameron Bancshares’ benefit plans and rights to indemnification and officers and directors insurance for a limited time (at current levels) following the merger. The directors of Cameron Bancshares have agreed to join IBERIABANK’s Lake Charles advisory board following the merger (at fees substantially less than the fees they currently receive from Cameron Bancshares for their services as directors) and have agreed not to affiliate with any other financial institution serving certain specified parishes in Louisiana for two years after consummation of the merger. Although the members of each of the IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors knew about these additional interests and considered them when they approved the merger agreement and the merger, you should be aware of them and understand that some

 

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of the officers of Cameron Bancshares will receive payments in connection with the merger that you will not receive. See “Approval of the Merger – Interests of Certain Executive Officers and Directors in the Merger” on page 48.

The fairness opinion obtained by Cameron Bancshares from its financial advisor will not reflect changes in circumstances between signing the merger agreement and the completion of the merger.

Cameron Bancshares has not obtained an updated fairness opinion as of the date of this proxy statement-prospectus from Sheshunoff & Co., Cameron Bancshares’ financial advisor. Changes in the operations and prospects of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation, general market and economic conditions and other factors that may be beyond the control of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation, and on which the fairness opinion was based, may alter the value of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation or the prices of shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock or IBERIABANK Corporation common stock by the time the special meeting takes place or by the time the merger is completed. The opinion does not speak as of the time the merger will be completed or as of any date other than the date of such opinion. Because Cameron Bancshares does not anticipate asking its financial advisor to update its opinion, the March 10, 2011 opinion does not address the fairness of the merger consideration, from a financial point of view, at the time the merger is completed. The opinion is included as Appendix B to this proxy statement-prospectus. For a description of the opinion that Cameron Bancshares received from its financial advisor, please refer to “Approval of the Merger – Opinion of Cameron Bancshares’ Financial Advisor” on page 40. For a description of the other factors considered by Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors in determining to approve the merger, please refer to “Approval of the Merger – Cameron Bancshares’ Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of Cameron Bancshares’ Board of Directors” on page 39.

If the merger does not constitute a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code, then Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders may be responsible for payment of U.S. federal income taxes.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, may determine that the merger does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code. In that case, each Cameron Bancshares’ shareholder would recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the fair market value of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and cash received by the shareholder in the merger and (ii) the shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock exchanged therefore.

The merger will not be completed unless important conditions are satisfied.

Specified conditions set forth in the merger agreement must be satisfied or waived to complete the merger. If the conditions are not satisfied or waived, to the extent permitted by law or stock exchange rules, the merger will not occur or will be delayed and each of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares may lose some or all of the intended benefits of the merger. The following conditions, in addition to other closing conditions, must be satisfied or waived, if permissible, before IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares are obligated to complete the merger:

 

   

the merger agreement and merger must be duly approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

all material regulatory approvals required for consummation of the merger must be obtained;

 

   

the absence of any order by a court or regulatory authority that enjoins or prohibits the merger;

 

   

the registration statement shall become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order shall have been issued or threatened by the SEC; and

 

   

the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock to be issued in the merger must be approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

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Termination of the merger agreement could negatively impact Cameron Bancshares.

If the merger agreement is terminated, there may be various consequences. For example, Cameron Bancshares’ businesses may have been impacted adversely by the failure to pursue other beneficial opportunities due to the focus of management on the merger, without realizing any of the anticipated benefits of completing the merger. Also, Cameron Bancshares will have incurred substantial expenses in connection with this contemplated transaction without realizing the benefits of the merger. If the merger agreement is terminated and Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors seeks another merger or business combination, Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders cannot be certain that Cameron Bancshares will be able to find a party willing to pay the equivalent or greater consideration than that which IBERIABANK Corporation has agreed to pay in the merger. In addition, if the merger agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, including circumstances involving a change in recommendation by Cameron Bancshares board of directors, Cameron Bancshares may be required to pay IBERIABANK Corporation a termination fee of $6,000,000.

Cameron Bancshares will be subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions while the merger is pending.

Uncertainty about the effect of the merger on employees and customers may have an adverse effect on Cameron Bancshares. These uncertainties may impair Cameron Bancshares’ ability to attract, retain and motivate strategic personnel until the merger is consummated, and could cause customers and others that deal with Cameron Bancshares to seek to change existing business relationships with Cameron Bancshares. Experienced employees in the financial services industry are in high demand, and competition for their talents can be intense. Employees of Cameron Bancshares may experience uncertainty about their future role with the surviving corporation until, or even after, strategies with regard to the combined company are announced or executed. If strategic Cameron Bancshares employees depart because of issues relating to the uncertainty and difficulty of integration or a desire not to remain with the surviving corporation, Cameron Bancshares’ business following the merger could be harmed. In addition, the merger agreement restricts Cameron Bancshares from making certain acquisitions and taking other specified actions until the merger occurs without the consent of IBERIABANK Corporation. These restrictions may prevent Cameron Bancshares from pursuing attractive business opportunities that may arise prior to the completion of the merger. See “Approval of the Merger – Conduct of Business Pending the Merger” on page 52.

Risks Associated with IBERIABANK Corporation

The current economic environment poses significant challenges for IBERIABANK Corporation and could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations.

Although IBERIABANK Corporation remains well capitalized and has not suffered from liquidity issues, it is operating in a challenging and uncertain economic environment. Financial institutions continue to be affected by declines in the real estate market and constrained financial markets. IBERIABANK Corporation retains direct exposure to the residential and commercial real estate markets, and it could be affected by these events. Continued declines in real estate values, home sales volumes and financial stress on borrowers as a result of the uncertain economic environment, including job losses, could have an adverse affect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s borrowers or their customers, which could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations. In addition, a continued deterioration in local economic conditions in IBERIABANK Corporation’s markets could drive losses beyond those which are provided for in IBERIABANK Corporation’s allowance for loan losses and result in a variety of consequences including the following:

 

   

increases in loan delinquencies;

 

   

increases in nonperforming assets and foreclosures;

 

   

decreases in demand for IBERIABANK Corporation products and services, which could adversely affect its liquidity position; and

 

   

decreases in the value of the collateral securing IBERIABANK Corporation’s loans, especially real estate, which could reduce customers’ borrowing power.

 

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Although the general economic environment has shown some improvement, there can be no assurance that it will continue to improve. If economic conditions worsen or remain volatile, IBERIABANK Corporation’s business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Disruptions in the global financial markets could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s results of operations and financial condition.

Since mid-2007, global financial markets have suffered substantial disruption, illiquidity and volatility. These circumstances resulted in significant government assistance to a number of major financial institutions. These events have significantly diminished overall confidence in the financial markets and in financial institutions and have increased the uncertainty IBERIABANK Corporation faces in managing its business. If these disruptions continue or other disruptions in the financial markets or the global or IBERIABANK Corporation’s regional economic environment arise, they could have an adverse effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s future results of operations and financial condition, including IBERIABANK Corporation’s liquidity position, and may affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to access capital.

The U.S. government’s plans to stabilize the financial markets may not be effective.

In response to the recent volatility in the financial markets, the U.S. government has enacted certain legislation and regulatory programs to foster stability. There can be no assurance that the impact of such legislation and the various programs created thereunder on the financial markets will be sufficient to produce the desired results. The failure of the U.S. government to fully execute the programs it has already developed, or to implement expeditiously other remedial economic and financial legislation that may be needed, could have a material adverse effect on the financial markets, which in turn could materially and adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

Recent legislative and regulatory proposals and changes in response to recent turmoil in the financial markets, including the Dodd-Frank Act, may adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s business and results of operations.

The banking industry is heavily regulated. IBERIABANK Corporation is subject to examinations, supervision and comprehensive regulation by various federal and state agencies. IBERIABANK Corporation’s compliance with these regulations is costly and restricts certain of IBERIABANK Corporation’s activities. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect the federal deposit insurance fund and depositors, not shareholders. The burden imposed by federal and state regulations puts banks at a competitive disadvantage compared to less regulated competitors such as finance companies, mortgage banking companies and leasing companies. Changes in the laws, regulations and regulatory practices affecting the banking industry may increase IBERIABANK Corporation’s costs of doing business or otherwise adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation and create competitive advantages for others. Federal economic and monetary policies may also affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to attract deposits and other funding sources, make loans and investments, and achieve satisfactory interest spreads. Legislation establishing significant structural reforms to the financial services industry has been enacted by the U.S. Congress, including, among other things, the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or the “CFPB”, which will have broad authority to regulate financial service providers and financial products. In addition, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has proposed guidance on incentive compensation at the banking organizations it regulates, and the Treasury Department and the federal banking regulators have issued statements calling for higher capital and liquidity requirements for banking organizations. Complying with any new legislative or regulatory requirements, and any programs established thereunder, by federal and state governments to address the current economic crisis could have an adverse impact on IBERIABANK Corporation’s results of operations, financial condition, IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to fill positions with the most qualified candidates available and its ability to maintain its dividend.

The Dodd-Frank Act, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, implements a variety of far-reaching changes. Many of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will directly affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to conduct its business, including:

 

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Requiring the Federal Reserve Board or FRB to establish standards for determining whether interchange fees charged by certain financial institutions are reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by such institutions;

 

   

Imposition of additional costs and fees;

 

   

Establishment of the CFPB with broad authority to implement new consumer protection regulations and to examine and enforce compliance with federal consumer laws;

 

   

Application to bank holding companies of regulatory capital requirements similar to those applied to banks; and

 

   

Establishment of new rules and restrictions regarding the origination of mortgages.

Many provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act remain subject to regulatory rule-making and implementation, the effects of which are not yet known. As a result, it is difficult to gauge the ultimate impact of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act because the implementation of many concepts is left to regulatory agencies. For example, the CFPB is given control over existing consumer protection regulations adopted by federal banking regulators.

The provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and any rules adopted to implement those provisions, as well as any additional legislative or regulatory changes, may impact the profitability of IBERIABANK Corporation’s business activities and costs of operations (including compliance costs), require that IBERIABANK Corporation change certain of its business practices, materially affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s business model or affect retention of key personnel, and/or require IBERIABANK Corporation to raise additional regulatory capital. These and other changes may also require IBERIABANK Corporation to invest significant management attention and resources to make any necessary changes, and may adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to conduct IBERIABANK Corporation’s business as previously conducted or IBERIABANK Corporation’s results of operations or financial condition.

IBERIABANK Corporation may be required to pay significantly higher Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or “FDIC”, premiums or special assessments that could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings.

Market developments have significantly depleted the insurance fund of the FDIC and reduced the ratio of reserves to insured deposits. As a result, IBERIABANK Corporation may be required to pay significantly higher premiums or additional special assessments that could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings. IBERIABANK Corporation is generally unable to control the amount of premiums that it is required to pay for FDIC insurance. If there are additional bank or financial institution failures, IBERIABANK Corporation may be required to pay even higher FDIC premiums than the recently increased levels. These announced increases and any future increases or required prepayments in FDIC insurance premiums may materially adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s results of operations.

The recent repeal of federal prohibitions on payment of interest on demand deposits could increase IBERIABANK Corporation’s interest expense.

All current prohibitions on the payment of interest on demand deposits were repealed as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, effective one year after the date of enactment. As a result, beginning on July 21, 2011, financial institutions may commence offering interest on demand deposits. IBERIABANK Corporation does not yet know what interest rates or products other institutions may offer. IBERIABANK Corporation’s interest expense will increase and IBERIABANK Corporation’s net interest margin will decrease if it begins offering interest on demand deposits to attract additional customers or maintain current customers. Consequently, its business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

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IBERIABANK Corporation may be subject to more stringent capital requirements.

IBERIABANK Corporation and IBERIABANK are each subject to capital adequacy guidelines and other regulatory requirements specifying minimum amounts and types of capital which each must maintain. From time to time, regulators implement changes to these regulatory capital adequacy guidelines. If IBERIABANK Corporation fails to meet these minimum capital guidelines and other regulatory requirements, IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition would be materially and adversely affected. In light of proposed changes to regulatory capital requirements contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and the regulatory accords on international banking institutions formulated by the Basel Committee and implemented by the Federal Reserve Board, IBERIABANK Corporation likely will be required to satisfy additional, more stringent, capital adequacy standards. The ultimate impact of the new capital and liquidity standards on IBERIABANK Corporation cannot be determined at this time and will depend on a number of factors, including the treatment and implementation by the U.S. banking regulators. These requirements, however, and any other new regulations, could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to pay dividends, or could require IBERIABANK Corporation to reduce business levels or to raise capital, including in ways that may adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition or results of operations.

Proposed rules regulating the imposition of debit card income may adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s operations.

The Dodd-Frank Act gives the Federal Reserve Board the authority to establish rules regarding interchange fees charged by payment card issuers for transactions in which a person uses certain types of debit cards, requiring that such fees be reasonable and proportional to the cost incurred by the issuer with respect to such transaction, subject to a possible adjustment to account for costs incurred in connection with the issuer’s fraud prevention policies. The Federal Reserve Board has requested comment on a proposed rule which would take effect on July 21, 2011 and which, if enacted, would significantly impact the amount of interchange fees collected. The proposed rule contains two alternative restrictions on the permissible level of interchange fees: a uniform restriction of 12 cents per transaction and an issuer-specific restriction containing a safe harbor of 7 cents per transaction and a cap of 12 cents per transaction. Neither alternative makes a distinction between PIN or signature transactions, and under both alternatives, the interchange fee will be much lower than the 44 cents per transaction which is the average amount charged for all debit transactions according to the Federal Reserve Board’s study on interchange transactions. The restrictions on interchange fees contained in the proposed rule would be applicable to all debit card issuers who, together with their affiliates, possess more than $10 billion in assets, and do not include adjustments associated with costs resulting from compliance with the issuer’s fraud prevention policies, which are expected to be included at a later date.

The proposed rule would also prohibit issuers and payment card networks from restricting the number of payment card networks on which an electronic debit transaction may be processed to: (1) one network; or (2) two or more networks that are owned, controlled or operated by affiliates or networks affiliated with the issuer. To implement the network exclusivity restrictions of the proposed rule, the Federal Reserve Board has offered two alternative methods for comment. One alternative prohibits networks and issuers from limiting the number of payment card networks available for processing an electronic debit transaction to fewer than two unaffiliated networks, regardless of the means by which a transaction may be authorized. The other alternative prohibits networks and issuers from limiting the number of networks available for processing an electronic debit transaction to fewer than two unaffiliated networks for each method by which a transaction may be authorized.

In 2010, IBERIABANK collected $1.9 million in interchange fee income, and without mitigating actions this amount could potentially be negatively impacted going forward.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s recent growth and financial performance will be negatively impacted if it is unable to execute its growth strategy.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s stated growth strategy is to grow organically and supplement that growth with select acquisitions. IBERIABANK Corporation’s success depends primarily on generating loans and deposits of acceptable risk and expense. There can be no assurance that IBERIABANK Corporation will be successful in continuing its organic, or internal, growth strategy. IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to identify appropriate markets for expansion, recruit and retain qualified personnel, and fund growth at reasonable cost, depends upon

 

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prevailing economic conditions, maintenance of sufficient capital, competitive factors, changes in banking laws, and other factors.

Supplementing IBERIABANK Corporation’s internal growth through acquisitions is an important part of IBERIABANK Corporation’s strategic focus. Since 1995, approximately 66% of IBERIABANK Corporation’s asset growth has been through acquisitions, or external growth. IBERIABANK Corporation’s acquisition efforts focus on select markets and targeted entities in Louisiana and most recently in selected markets it considers to be contiguous, or natural extensions, to IBERIABANK Corporation’s current markets. As consolidation of the banking industry continues, the competition for suitable acquisition candidates may increase. IBERIABANK Corporation competes with other banking companies for acquisition opportunities, and many of these competitors have greater financial resources than IBERIABANK Corporation does and may be able to pay more for an acquisition than IBERIABANK Corporation is able or willing to pay. IBERIABANK Corporation also may need additional debt or equity financing in the future to fund acquisitions. IBERIABANK Corporation may not be able to obtain additional financing or, if available, it may not be in amounts and on terms acceptable to IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s issuance of additional securities will dilute existing shareholders’ equity interest in IBERIABANK Corporation and may have a dilutive effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings per share. If IBERIABANK Corporation is unable to locate suitable acquisition candidates willing to sell on terms acceptable to it, or IBERIABANK Corporation is otherwise unable to obtain additional debt or equity financing necessary for it to continue making acquisitions, IBERIABANK Corporation would be required to find other methods to grow its business and IBERIABANK Corporation may not grow at the same rate it has in the past, or at all.

IBERIABANK Corporation cannot be certain as to its ability to manage increased levels of assets and liabilities without increased expenses and higher levels of nonperforming assets. IBERIABANK Corporation may be required to make additional investments in equipment and personnel to manage higher asset levels and loan balances, which may adversely affect earnings, shareholder returns, and IBERIABANK Corporation’s efficiency ratio. Increases in operating expenses or nonperforming assets may decrease IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings and the value of its common stock.

In addition to the normal operating challenges inherent in managing a larger financial institution, each of IBERIABANK Corporation’s acquisitions and potential future acquisitions is subject to appropriate regulatory approval. IBERIABANK Corporation’s regulators may require that IBERIABANK Corporation demonstrate that IBERIABANK Corporation has appropriately integrated IBERIABANK Corporation’s prior acquisitions, or any future acquisitions IBERIABANK Corporation may do, before permitting it to engage in any future material acquisitions.

FDIC-assisted acquisition opportunities may not become available and increased competition may make it more difficult for IBERIABANK Corporation to bid on failed bank transactions on terms IBERIABANK Corporation considers to be acceptable.

A part of IBERIABANK Corporation’s near-term business strategy is to pursue failing banks that the FDIC plans to place in receivership. The FDIC may not place banks that meet IBERIABANK Corporation’s strategic objectives into receivership. Failed bank transactions are attractive opportunities in part because of loss sharing arrangements with the FDIC that limit the acquirer’s downside risk on the purchased loan portfolio and, apart from IBERIABANK Corporation’s assumption of deposit liabilities, IBERIABANK Corporation has significant discretion as to the non-deposit liabilities that it assumes. In addition, assets purchased from the FDIC are marked to their fair value and in many cases there is little or no addition to goodwill arising from an FDIC-assisted transaction. The bidding process for failing banks could become very competitive and the increased competition may make it more difficult for IBERIABANK Corporation to bid on terms it considers to be acceptable.

Like most banking organizations, IBERIABANK Corporation’s business is highly susceptible to credit risk.

As a lender, IBERIABANK Corporation is exposed to the risk that IBERIABANK Corporation’s customers will be unable to repay their loans according to their terms and that the collateral securing the payment of their loans (if any) may not be sufficient to assure repayment. Credit losses could have a material adverse effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s operating results.

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commercial loans, both real estate and business, 10% of mortgage loans comprised primarily of residential 1-4 family mortgage loans, and 21% consumer loans. IBERIABANK Corporation’s credit risk with respect to IBERIABANK Corporation’s consumer installment loan portfolio and commercial loan portfolio relates principally to the general creditworthiness of individuals and businesses within IBERIABANK Corporation’s local market areas. IBERIABANK Corporation’s credit risk with respect to IBERIABANK Corporation’s residential and commercial real estate mortgage and construction loan portfolios relates principally to the general creditworthiness of individuals and businesses and the value of real estate serving as security for the repayment of the loans. A related risk in connection with loans secured by commercial real estate is the effect of unknown or unexpected environmental contamination, which could make the real estate effectively unmarketable or otherwise significantly reduce its value as security, or could expose IBERIABANK Corporation to remediation liabilities as the lender.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s loan portfolio has and will continue to be affected by the on-going correction in residential real estate prices and reduced levels of home sales.

There has been a general slowdown in housing in some of IBERIABANK Corporation’s market areas, reflecting declining prices and excess inventories of houses to be sold. As a result, home builders have shown signs of financial deterioration. A soft residential housing market, increased delinquency rates, and a weakened secondary credit market have affected the overall mortgage industry. IBERIABANK Corporation expects the home builder market to continue to be volatile and anticipates continuing pressure on the home builder segment in the coming months. IBERIABANK Corporation makes credit and reserve decisions based on the current conditions of borrowers or projects combined with IBERIABANK Corporation’s expectations for the future. If the slowdown in the housing market continues, IBERIABANK Corporation could experience higher charge-offs and delinquencies beyond that which is provided in the allowance for loan losses. As such, IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings could be adversely affected through a higher than anticipated provision for loan losses.

At December 31, 2010, IBERIABANK Corporation had:

 

   

$834.8 million of home equity loans and lines, representing 13.8% of total loans and leases.

 

   

$631.4 million in residential real estate loans, representing 10.5% of total loans and leases. Adjustable-rate mortgages, primarily mortgages that have a fixed rate for the first 3 to 5 years and then adjust annually, comprised 47.8% of this portfolio.

 

   

$51.3 million of loans to single family home builders, including loans made to both middle market and small business home builders. These loans represented less than 1% of total loans and leases.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s allowance for loan losses may not be sufficient to cover actual loan losses, which could adversely affect its earnings.

IBERIABANK Corporation maintains an allowance for loan losses in an attempt to cover loan losses inherent in IBERIABANK Corporation’s loan portfolio. Additional loan losses will likely occur in the future and may occur at a rate greater than IBERIABANK Corporation has experienced to date.

The determination of the allowance for loan losses, which represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in IBERIABANK Corporation’s credit portfolio, involves a high degree of judgment and complexity. IBERIABANK Corporation’s policy is to establish reserves for estimated losses on delinquent and other problem loans when it is determined that losses are expected to be incurred on such loans. Management’s determination of the adequacy of the allowance is based on various factors, including an evaluation of the portfolio, past loss experience, current economic conditions, the volume and type of lending conducted by IBERIABANK Corporation, composition of the portfolio, the amount of IBERIABANK Corporation’s classified assets, seasoning of the loan portfolio, the status of past due principal and interest payments and other relevant factors. Changes in such estimates may have a significant impact on IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial statements. If IBERIABANK Corporation’s assumptions and judgments prove to be incorrect, its current allowance may not be sufficient and adjustments may be necessary to allow for different economic conditions or adverse developments in IBERIABANK Corporation’s loan portfolio. Federal and state regulators also periodically review IBERIABANK

 

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Corporation’s allowance for loan losses and may require IBERIABANK Corporation to increase its provision for loan losses or recognize further loan charge-offs, based on judgments different than those of IBERIABANK Corporation’s management. Any increase in IBERIABANK Corporation’s allowance for loan losses would have an adverse effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s operating results and financial condition.

Commercial and commercial real estate loans generally are viewed as having more risk of default than residential real estate loans or other loans or investments. These types of loans also typically are larger than residential real estate loans and other consumer loans. Because the loan portfolio contains a significant number of commercial and commercial real estate loans with relatively large balances, the deterioration of a material amount of these loans may cause a significant increase in nonperforming assets. An increase in nonperforming loans could result in: a loss of earnings from these loans, an increase in the provision for loan losses or an increase in loan charge-offs, which would have an adverse impact on IBERIABANK Corporation’s results of operations and financial condition.

Changes in interest rates and other factors beyond IBERIABANK Corporation’s control may adversely affect its earnings and financial condition.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s net income depends to a great extent upon the level of IBERIABANK Corporation’s net interest income. Changes in interest rates can increase or decrease net interest income and net income. Net interest income is the difference between the interest income IBERIABANK Corporation earns on loans, investments and other interest-earning assets, and the interest IBERIABANK Corporation pays on interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings. Net interest income is affected by changes in market interest rates, because different types of assets and liabilities may react differently, and at different times, to market interest rate changes. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly than interest-earning assets in a period, an increase in market rates of interest could reduce net interest income. Similarly, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could reduce net interest income. As of December 31, 2010, IBERIABANK Corporation’s interest rate risk model indicated IBERIABANK Corporation is asset sensitive, meaning interest rate changes would be expected to impact IBERIABANK Corporation’s asset yields more than IBERIABANK Corporation’s liability costs.

Changes in market interest rates are affected by many factors beyond IBERIABANK Corporation’s control, including inflation, unemployment, the money supply, international events, and events in world financial markets. IBERIABANK Corporation attempts to manage IBERIABANK Corporation’s risk from changes in market interest rates by adjusting the rates, maturity, repricing, and balances of the different types of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, but interest rate risk management techniques are not exact. As a result, a rapid increase or decrease in interest rates could have an adverse effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s net interest margin and results of operations. Changes in the market interest rates for types of products and services in IBERIABANK Corporation’s markets also may vary significantly from location to location and over time based upon competition and local or regional economic factors.

If IBERIABANK Corporation or IBERIABANK were unable to borrow funds through access to capital markets, IBERIABANK Corporation may not be able to meet the cash flow requirements of IBERIABANK Corporation’s depositors and borrowers, or the operating cash needs to fund corporate expansion and other corporate activities.

Liquidity is the ability to meet cash flow needs on a timely basis at a reasonable cost. The liquidity of IBERIABANK is used to make loans and leases to repay deposit liabilities as they become due or are demanded by customers. Liquidity policies and limits are established by the board of directors. Management and the Investment Committee regularly monitor the overall liquidity position of IBERIABANK and the holding company to ensure that various alternative strategies exist to cover unanticipated events that could affect liquidity. Management and the Investment Committee also establish policies and monitor guidelines to diversify IBERIABANK’s funding sources to avoid concentrations in any one market source. Funding sources include Federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, non-core deposits, and short- and long-term debt. IBERIABANK is also a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank or “FHLB”, System, which provides funding through advances to members that are collateralized with mortgage-related assets.

 

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IBERIABANK Corporation maintains a portfolio of securities that can be used as a secondary source of liquidity. There are other sources of liquidity available to IBERIABANK Corporation should they be needed. These sources include sales or securitizations of loans, IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to acquire additional national market, non-core deposits, additional collateralized borrowings such as FHLB advances, the issuance and sale of debt securities, and the issuance and sale of preferred or common securities in public or private transactions. IBERIABANK also can borrow from the Federal Reserve’s discount window.

Amounts available under IBERIABANK Corporation’s existing credit facilities as of December 31, 2010, consist of $1.5 billion in Federal Home Loan Bank notes and $115.0 million in the form of federal funds and other lines of credit.

If IBERIABANK Corporation was unable to access any of these funding sources when needed, IBERIABANK Corporation might be unable to meet customers’ needs, which could adversely impact IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and level of regulatory-qualifying capital. For further discussion, see Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements in IBERIABANK Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

IBERIABANK Corporation faces risks related to its operational, technological and organizational infrastructure.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to grow and compete is dependent on its ability to build or acquire the necessary operational and technological infrastructure and to manage the cost of that infrastructure while IBERIABANK Corporation expands. Similar to other large corporations, in IBERIABANK Corporation’s case, operational risk can manifest itself in many ways, such as errors related to failed or inadequate processes, faulty or disabled computer systems, fraud by employees or persons outside of IBERIABANK Corporation and exposure to external events. IBERIABANK Corporation is dependent on its operational infrastructure to help manage these risks. In addition, IBERIABANK Corporation is heavily dependent on the strength and capability of IBERIABANK Corporation’s technology systems which IBERIABANK Corporation uses both to interface with IBERIABANK Corporation’s customers and to manage IBERIABANK Corporation’s internal financial and other systems. IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to develop and deliver new products that meet the needs of its existing customers and attract new ones depends on the functionality of IBERIABANK Corporation’s technology systems. Additionally, IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to run its business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations is dependent on these infrastructures.

IBERIABANK Corporation continuously monitors its operational and technological capabilities and makes modifications and improvements when IBERIABANK Corporation believes it will be cost effective to do so. In some instances, IBERIABANK Corporation may build and maintain these capabilities itself. IBERIABANK Corporation also outsources some of these functions to third parties. These third parties may experience errors or disruptions that could adversely impact IBERIABANK Corporation and over which IBERIABANK Corporation may have limited control. IBERIABANK Corporation also faces risk from the integration of new infrastructure platforms and/or new third party providers of such platforms into its existing businesses.

The loss of certain key personnel could negatively affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s operations.

Although IBERIABANK Corporation has employed a significant number of additional executive officers and other key personnel in recent months, IBERIABANK Corporation’s success continues to depend in large part on the retention of a limited number of key management, lending and other banking personnel. IBERIABANK Corporation could undergo a difficult transition period if it were to lose the services of any of these individuals. IBERIABANK Corporation’s success also depends on the experience of its banking facilities’ managers and lending officers and on their relationships with the customers and communities they serve. The loss of these key persons could negatively impact the affected banking operations. The unexpected loss of key senior managers, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel in the future, could have an adverse effect on IBERIABANK Corporation’s business, financial condition, or operating results.

Competition may decrease IBERIABANK Corporation’s growth or profits.

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associations, credit unions, mortgage brokers, private lenders and title companies, many of which have substantially greater resources than IBERIABANK Corporation’s. Credit unions have federal tax exemptions, which may allow them to offer lower rates on loans and higher rates on deposits than taxpaying financial institutions such as commercial banks. In addition, non-depository institution competitors are generally not subject to the extensive regulation applicable to institutions that offer federally insured deposits. Other institutions may have other competitive advantages in particular markets or may be willing to accept lower profit margins on certain products. These differences in resources, regulation, competitive advantages, and business strategy may decrease IBERIABANK Corporation’s net interest margin, may increase IBERIABANK Corporation’s operating costs, and may make it harder for it to compete profitably.

Reputational risk and social factors may impact IBERIABANK Corporation’s results.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to originate and maintain accounts is highly dependent upon consumer and other external perceptions of its business practices and/or its financial health. Adverse perceptions regarding IBERIABANK Corporation’s business practices and/or IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial health could damage IBERIABANK Corporation’s reputation in both the customer and funding markets, leading to difficulties in generating and maintaining accounts as well as in financing them. Adverse developments with respect to the consumer or other external perceptions regarding the practices of its competitors, or its industry as a whole, may also adversely impact IBERIABANK Corporation’s reputation. In addition, adverse reputational impacts on third parties with whom IBERIABANK Corporation has important relationships may also adversely impact its reputation. Adverse impacts on its reputation, or the reputation of IBERIABANK Corporation’s industry, may also result in greater regulatory and/or legislative scrutiny, which may lead to laws or regulations that may change or constrain the manner in which IBERIABANK Corporation engages with IBERIABANK Corporation’s customers and the products IBERIABANK Corporation offers. Adverse reputational impacts or events may also increase IBERIABANK Corporation’s litigation risk. IBERIABANK Corporation carefully monitors internal and external developments for areas of potential reputational risk and has established governance structures to assist in evaluating such risks in IBERIABANK Corporation’s business practices and decisions.

IBERIABANK Corporation may be subject to increased litigation which could result in legal liability and damage to IBERIABANK Corporation’s reputation.

IBERIABANK Corporation and IBERIABANK have been named from time to time as defendants in class actions and other litigation relating to IBERIABANK Corporation’s business and activities. Litigation may include claims for substantial compensatory or punitive damages or claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. IBERIABANK Corporation and its subsidiaries are also involved from time to time in other reviews, investigations and proceedings (both formal and informal) by governmental and self-regulatory agencies regarding their business. These matters also could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, injunctions or other relief.

In addition, in recent years, a number of judicial decisions have upheld the right of borrowers to sue lending institutions on the basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender liability.” Generally, lender liability is founded on the premise that a lender has either violated a duty, whether implied or contractual, of good faith and fair dealing owed to the borrower or has assumed a degree of control over the borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or its other creditors or shareholders.

Substantial legal liability or significant regulatory action against IBERIABANK Corporation or its subsidiaries could materially adversely affect its business, financial condition or results of operations or cause significant harm to IBERIABANK Corporation’s reputation. Additional information relating to litigation is discussed in Note 20 (“Commitments and Contingencies”) to the consolidated financial statements, and in Part I, Item 3 (“Legal Proceedings”) of IBERIABANK Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Changes in government regulations and legislation could limit IBERIABANK Corporation’s future performance and growth.

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compliance with these regulations is costly and restricts certain of IBERIABANK Corporation’s activities. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect the federal deposit insurance fund and depositors, not shareholders. The burden imposed by federal and state regulations puts banks at a competitive disadvantage compared to less regulated competitors such as finance companies, mortgage banking companies and leasing companies. Changes in the laws, regulations and regulatory practices affecting the banking industry may increase IBERIABANK Corporation’s costs of doing business or otherwise adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation and create competitive advantages for others. Regulations affecting banks and financial services companies undergo continuous change, and IBERIABANK Corporation cannot predict the ultimate effect of these changes, which could have a material adverse effect on its profitability or financial condition. Federal economic and monetary policies may also affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to attract deposits and other funding sources, make loans and investments, and achieve satisfactory interest spreads.

The geographic concentration of IBERIABANK Corporation’s markets makes its business highly susceptible to local economic conditions.

Unlike larger organizations that are more geographically diversified, IBERIABANK Corporation’s offices are primarily concentrated in selected markets in Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. As a result of this geographic concentration, its financial results depend largely upon economic conditions in these market areas. Deterioration in economic conditions in the markets IBERIABANK Corporation serves could result in one or more of the following:

 

   

an increase in loan delinquencies;

 

   

an increase in problem assets and foreclosures;

 

   

a decrease in the demand for IBERIABANK Corporation’s products and services; and

 

   

a decrease in the value of collateral for loans, especially real estate, in turn reducing customers’ borrowing power, the value of assets associated with problem loans and collateral coverage.

If IBERIABANK Corporation does not adjust to rapid changes in the financial services industry, its financial performance may suffer.

IBERIABANK Corporation faces substantial competition for deposit, credit, title and trust relationships, as well as other sources of funding in the communities it serves. Competing providers include other banks, thrifts and trust companies, insurance companies, mortgage banking operations, credit unions, finance companies, title companies, money market funds and other financial and nonfinancial companies which may offer products functionally equivalent to those offered by IBERIABANK Corporation. Competing providers may have greater financial resources than IBERIABANK Corporation does and offer services within and outside the market areas IBERIABANK Corporation serves. In addition to this challenge of attracting and retaining customers for traditional banking services, IBERIABANK Corporation’s competitors include securities dealers, brokers, mortgage bankers, investment advisors and finance and insurance companies who seek to offer one-stop financial services to their customers that may include services that financial institutions have not been able or allowed to offer to their customers in the past. The increasingly competitive environment is primarily a result of changes in regulation, changes in technology and product delivery systems and the accelerating pace of consolidation among financial service providers. If IBERIABANK Corporation is unable to adjust both to increased competition for traditional banking services and changing customer needs and preferences, IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial performance and your investment in its common stock could be adversely affected.

Hurricanes or other adverse weather events could negatively affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s local economies or disrupt its operations, which would have an adverse effect on its business or results of operations.

Like other coastal areas, some of IBERIABANK Corporation’s markets are susceptible to hurricanes and tropical storms. Such weather events can disrupt its operations, result in damage to its properties and negatively affect the local economies in which IBERIABANK Corporation operates. IBERIABANK Corporation cannot predict whether or to what extent damage that may be caused by future hurricanes or other weather events will affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s operations or the economies in its market areas, but such weather events could result in a decline in loan originations, a decline in the value or destruction of properties securing IBERIABANK Corporation’s loans and an increase in the delinquencies, foreclosures and loan losses. IBERIABANK Corporation’s

 

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business or results of operations may be adversely affected by these and other negative effects of hurricanes or other significant weather events.

The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and legislative and regulatory responses thereto could have a negative impact on IBERIABANK Corporation’s customers and, indirectly, result in a negative impact on its earnings.

In late April 2010, the explosion and collapse of a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast caused a major oil spill that has now been contained. In response to the oil spill, the U.S. Government imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling operations and issued new regulations intended to improve the safety of these operations. A moratorium on new wells was ultimately rescinded in October 2010, and the industry is in the process of working to comply with these new requirements. The U.S. Congress currently is considering legislation that could impact offshore drillers’ operations.

IBERIABANK Corporation has identified and communicated with customers that may be affected by the oil spill and its effects. IBERIABANK Corporation currently believes that its exposure to this event remains extremely limited. As of December 31, 2010, no credit relationship had been adversely classified as a result of the oil spill. However, new legislation or regulations that affect offshore exploration and production activities or substantially increase the cost of these activities could negatively impact customers in this industry and the general economy in IBERIABANK Corporation’s market area.

IBERIABANK Corporation is exposed to intangible asset risk which could impact IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial results.

In accordance with GAAP, IBERIABANK Corporation records assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their fair value, and, as such, acquisitions typically result in recording goodwill. IBERIABANK Corporation performs a goodwill valuation at least annually to test for goodwill impairment. Impairment testing is a two step process that first compares the fair value of goodwill with its carrying amount, and second measures impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Adverse conditions in IBERIABANK Corporation’s business climate, including a significant decline in future operating cash flows, a significant change in IBERIABANK Corporation’s stock price or market capitalization, or a deviation from IBERIABANK Corporation’s expected growth rate and performance may significantly affect the fair value of IBERIABANK Corporation’s goodwill and may trigger additional impairment losses, which could be materially adverse to its operating results and financial position.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s reported financial results depend on its management selection of accounting methods and certain assumptions and estimates.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s accounting policies and assumptions are fundamental to its reported financial condition and results of operations. IBERIABANK Corporation’s management must exercise judgment in selecting and applying many of these accounting policies and methods so they comply with generally accepted accounting principles and reflect management’s judgment of the most appropriate manner to report IBERIABANK Corporation’s financial condition and results. In some cases, management must select the accounting policy or method to apply from two or more alternatives, any of which may be reasonable under the circumstances, yet may result in IBERIABANK Corporation’s reporting materially different results than would have been reported under a different alternative.

Risks Related to the FDIC-assisted Transactions

The success of the FDIC-assisted transactions will depend on a number of uncertain factors.

The success of IBERIABANK Corporation’s FDIC-assisted transactions depends on a number of factors, including, without limitation:

 

   

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its ability to limit the outflow of deposits held by its new customers in the acquired branches and to successfully retain and manage interest-earning assets (i.e., loans) acquired in FDIC-assisted transactions;

 

   

its ability to attract new deposits and to generate new interest-earning assets in the geographic areas previously served by the acquired branches;

 

   

its ability to effectively compete in new markets in which IBERIABANK Corporation did not previously have a presence;

 

   

its success in deploying the cash received in the FDIC-assisted transactions into assets bearing sufficiently high yields without incurring unacceptable credit or interest rate risk;

 

   

its ability to control the incremental non-interest expense from the acquired branches in a manner that enables IBERIABANK Corporation to maintain a favorable overall efficiency ratio;

 

   

its ability to retain and attract the appropriate personnel to staff the acquired branches; and

 

   

its ability to earn acceptable levels of interest and non-interest income, including fee income, from the acquired branches.

As with any acquisition involving a financial institution, particularly one involving the transfer of a large number of bank branches such as in the FDIC-assisted transactions, there may be business and service changes and disruptions that result in the loss of customers or cause customers to close their accounts and move their business to competing financial institutions. Integrating the acquired branches will be an operation of substantial size and expense, and may be affected by general market and economic conditions or government actions affecting the financial industry generally. Integration efforts will also likely divert IBERIABANK Corporation’s management’s attention and resources. No assurance can be given that IBERIABANK Corporation will be able to integrate the acquired branches successfully, and the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the disruption of ongoing business, or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies that adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to maintain relationships with clients, customers, depositors and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits of the FDIC-assisted transactions. IBERIABANK Corporation may also encounter unexpected difficulties or costs during the integration that could adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s earnings and financial condition, perhaps materially. Additionally, no assurance can be given that the operation of the acquired branches will not adversely affect IBERIABANK Corporation’s existing profitability, that IBERIABANK Corporation will be able to achieve results in the future similar to those achieved by IBERIABANK Corporation’s existing banking business, that IBERIABANK Corporation will be able to compete effectively in the market areas currently served by the acquired branches, or that IBERIABANK Corporation will be able to mange any growth resulting from the FDIC-assisted transactions effectively.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to grow the acquired branches following the FDIC-assisted transactions depends in part on IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to retain certain key branch personnel IBERIABANK Corporation expects to hire in connection with the FDIC-assisted transactions. IBERIABANK Corporation believes that the ties these employees have in the local banking markets previously served by the acquired branches are vital to IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to maintain IBERIABANK Corporation’s relationships with existing customers and to generate new business in these markets. IBERIABANK Corporation’s failure to hire or retain these employees could adversely affect the success of the FDIC-assisted transactions and IBERIABANK Corporation’s future growth.

Changes in national and local economic conditions could lead to higher loan charge-offs in connection with the FDIC-assisted transactions all of which may not be supported by the loss sharing agreement with the FDIC.

IBERIABANK Corporation acquired significant portfolios of loans in the FDIC-assisted transactions. Although these loan portfolios will be initially accounted for at fair value, there is no assurance that the loans IBERIABANK Corporation acquired will not become impaired, which may result in additional charge-offs to this portfolio. The fluctuations in national, regional and local economic conditions, including those related to local residential, commercial real estate and construction markets, may increase the level of charge-offs that IBERIABANK Corporation makes to its loan portfolio, and consequently, reduce its net income, and may also increase the level of charge-offs on the loan portfolio that IBERIABANK Corporation has acquired in its acquisitions and correspondingly reduce its net income. These fluctuations are not predictable, cannot be controlled

 

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and may have a material adverse impact on its operations and financial condition even if other favorable events occur.

Although IBERIABANK Corporation has entered into loss sharing agreements with the FDIC which provide that a significant portion of losses related to specified loan portfolios that IBERIABANK Corporation has acquired in connection with the FDIC-assisted transactions will be borne by the FDIC, IBERIABANK Corporation is not protected for all losses resulting from charge-offs with respect to those specified loan portfolios. Additionally, the loss sharing agreements have limited terms; therefore, any charge-off of related losses that IBERIABANK Corporation experiences after the term of the loss sharing agreements will not be reimbursed by the FDIC and will negatively impact its net income. The loss sharing agreements also impose standard requirements on IBERIABANK Corporation which must be satisfied in order to retain loss share protections.

Deposit and loan run-off rates could exceed the rates IBERIABANK Corporation has projected in connection with its planning for the FDIC-assisted transactions and the integration of the acquired branches.

Deposit run-off could be higher than IBERIABANK Corporation’s assumptions. As part of the FDIC-assisted transactions, it is necessary to convert customer loan and deposit data from the failed banks’ data processing systems to IBERIABANK Corporation’s data processing system. Delays or errors in the conversion process could adversely affect customer relationships, increase run-off of deposit and loan customers and result in unexpected charges and costs. Similarly, run-off could increase if IBERIABANK Corporation is not able to service in a cost-effective manner particular loan or deposit products with special features previously offered by the failed banks. Any increase in run-off rates could adversely affect its ability to stimulate growth in the acquired branches, its liquidity, and its results of operations.

Risks About IBERIABANK Corporation’s Common Stock

IBERIABANK Corporation cannot guarantee that it will pay dividends to shareholders in the future.

Cash available to pay dividends to IBERIABANK Corporation’s shareholders is derived primarily, if not entirely, from dividends paid to it from IBERIABANK. The ability of IBERIABANK to pay dividends to IBERIABANK Corporation as well as IBERIABANK Corporation’s ability to pay dividends to its shareholders is limited by regulatory and legal restrictions and the need to maintain sufficient consolidated capital. IBERIABANK Corporation may also decide to limit the payment of dividends even when it has the legal ability to pay them in order to retain earnings for use in its business. Further, any lenders making loans to IBERIABANK Corporation may impose financial covenants that may be more restrictive than regulatory requirements with respect to the payment of dividends. For instance, IBERIABANK Corporation is prohibited from paying dividends on its common stock if the required payments on its subordinated debentures have not been made. There can be no assurance of whether or when IBERIABANK Corporation may pay dividends in the future.

The trading history of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock is characterized by low trading volume. The value of your investment may be subject to sudden decreases due to the volatility of the price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock trades on NASDAQ Global Select Market. During 2010, the average daily trading volume of its common stock was approximately 209,500 shares. IBERIABANK Corporation cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in it will lead to a more active trading market in IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock or how much more liquid that market might become. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends upon the presence in the marketplace of willing buyers and sellers of its common stock at any given time, which presence is dependent upon the individual decisions of investors, over which IBERIABANK Corporation has no control.

The market price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock may be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed in other risk factors and the following:

 

   

actual or anticipated fluctuations in its operating results;

 

   

changes in interest rates;

 

   

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press releases, announcements or publicity relating to IBERIABANK Corporation or its competitors or relating to trends in IBERIABANK Corporation’s industry;

 

   

changes in expectations as to IBERIABANK Corporation’s future financial performance, including financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts and investors;

 

   

future sales of its common stock;

 

   

changes in economic conditions in its marketplace, general conditions in the U.S. economy, financial markets or the banking industry; and

 

   

other developments affecting its competitors or IBERIABANK Corporation.

These factors may adversely affect the trading price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock, regardless of its actual operating performance, and could prevent IBERIABANK Corporation’s shareholders from selling common stock at or above the public offering price. In addition, the stock markets, from time to time, experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies. These broad fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock, regardless of IBERIABANK Corporation’s trading performance.

In the past, shareholders often have brought securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of their securities. IBERIABANK Corporation may be the target of similar litigation in the future, which could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources.

Sales of a significant number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock in the public markets, or the perception of such sales, could depress the market price of its common stock.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock in the public markets and the availability of those shares for sale could adversely affect the market price of its common stock. In addition, future issuances of equity securities, including pursuant to outstanding options, could dilute the interests of its existing stockholders, including you, and could cause the market price of its common stock to decline. IBERIABANK Corporation may issue such additional equity or convertible securities to raise additional capital. The issuance of any additional shares of common or preferred stock or convertible securities could be substantially dilutive to shareholders of its common stock. Moreover, to the extent that IBERIABANK Corporation issues restricted stock units, phantom shares, stock appreciation rights, options or warrants to purchase IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock in the future and those stock appreciation rights, options or warrants are exercised or as the restricted stock units vest, its shareholders may experience further dilution. Holders of IBERIABANK Corporation’s shares of common stock have no preemptive rights that entitle holders to purchase their pro rata share of any offering of shares of any class or series and, therefore, such sales or offerings could result in increased dilution to its shareholders. IBERIABANK Corporation cannot predict the effect that future sales of its common stock would have on the market price of its common stock.

IBERIABANK Corporation may issue debt and equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities, any of which may be senior to IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock as to distributions and in liquidation, which could negatively affect the value of its common stock.

In the future, IBERIABANK Corporation may attempt to increase its capital resources by entering into debt or debt-like financing that is unsecured or secured by all or up to all of its assets, or by issuing additional debt or equity securities, which could include issuances of secured or unsecured commercial paper, medium-term notes, senior notes, subordinated notes, preferred stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities. In the event of its liquidation, IBERIABANK Corporation’s lenders and holders of IBERIABANK Corporation’s debt and preferred securities would receive a distribution of IBERIABANK Corporation’s available assets before distributions to the holders of its common stock. Because its decision to incur debt and issue securities in IBERIABANK Corporation’s future offerings will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond IBERIABANK Corporation’s control, IBERIABANK Corporation cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of IBERIABANK Corporation’s future offerings and debt financings. Further, market conditions could require it to accept less favorable terms for the issuance of IBERIABANK Corporation’s securities in the future.

 

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IBERIABANK Corporation’s management has broad discretion over the use of proceeds from equity offerings.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s management has significant flexibility in applying the proceeds that IBERIABANK Corporation receives from equity offerings. Although IBERIABANK Corporation has indicated its intent to use the proceeds from recent offerings for general corporate purposes, including future acquisitions, IBERIABANK Corporation’s working capital needs and investments in its subsidiaries, its management retains significant discretion with respect to the use of proceeds. The proceeds of IBERIABANK Corporation’s offerings may be used in a manner which does not generate a favorable return for IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation may use the proceeds to fund future acquisitions of other businesses. In addition, if IBERIABANK Corporation uses the funds to acquire other businesses, there can be no assurance that any business IBERIABANK Corporation acquires would be successfully integrated into IBERIABANK Corporation’s operations or otherwise perform as expected.

IBERIABANK Corporation may issue additional securities, which could dilute your ownership percentage.

In many situations, IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors has the authority, without any vote of its shareholders, to issue shares of IBERIABANK Corporation’s authorized but unissued stock, including shares authorized and unissued under IBERIABANK Corporation’s stock option plans. In the future, IBERIABANK Corporation may issue additional securities, through public or private offerings, to raise additional capital or finance acquisitions. Moreover, to the extent that IBERIABANK Corporation issues restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, options or warrants to purchase its common stock in the future and those stock appreciation rights, options or warrants are exercised or as the restricted stock units vest, IBERIABANK Corporation’s shareholders may experience further dilution. Any such issuance would dilute the ownership of current holders of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock.

 

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CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC. SPECIAL MEETING

Cameron Bancshares is mailing this proxy statement-prospectus to you as a Cameron Bancshares shareholder on or about April 29, 2011. With this document, Cameron Bancshares is sending you a notice of the Cameron Bancshares’ special meeting of shareholders and a form of proxy that is solicited by the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors. The special meeting will be held on May 27, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., central time, at the main office of Cameron Bancshares located at 4440 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605.

Matters to be Considered

The purpose of the special meeting of shareholders is to vote on a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 10, 2011, by and between Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation, pursuant to which Cameron Bancshares will be merged with and into IBERIABANK Corporation.

You may also be asked to vote upon a proposal to adjourn or postpone the special meeting of shareholders, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies to approve the merger agreement.

Proxy Card, Revocation of Proxy

You should complete and return the proxy card accompanying this document to ensure that your vote is counted at the special meeting of shareholders, regardless of whether you plan to attend. You can revoke your proxy at any time before the vote is taken at the special meeting by:

 

   

submitting written notice of revocation to the Secretary of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

submitting a properly executed proxy bearing a later date before the special meeting of shareholders; or

 

   

voting in person at the special meeting of shareholders. However, simply attending the special meeting without voting will not revoke an earlier proxy.

If your shares are held in street name, you should follow the instructions you receive from your broker in order to direct your broker how to vote and you should also follow the instructions of your broker regarding revocation of proxies.

All shares represented by valid proxies that are not revoked will be voted in accordance with your instructions on the proxy card. If you sign your proxy card, but make no specification on the card as to how you want your shares voted, your proxy card will be voted “FOR” approval of the merger agreement and “FOR” approval of any proposal by management to adjourn the special meeting if necessary to solicit additional proxies. The board of directors is presently unaware of any other matter that may be presented for action at the special meeting of shareholders. If any other matter does properly come before the special meeting, the board of directors intends that shares represented by properly submitted proxies will be voted, or not voted, by and at the discretion of the persons named as proxies on the proxy card.

Solicitation of Proxies

The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by Cameron Bancshares. Cameron Bancshares will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending proxy materials to the beneficial owners of common stock. In addition to solicitations by mail, our directors, officers and regular employees may solicit proxies personally or by telephone without additional compensation.

 

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Record Date

The close of business on April 25, 2011 has been fixed as the record date for determining the Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the special meeting of shareholders. At that time, 688,404 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock were outstanding, and were held by approximately 486 holders of record.

Voting Rights, Quorum Requirements and Vote Required

The presence, in person or by properly executed proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock entitled to vote is necessary to constitute a quorum at the special meeting of shareholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present but will not be counted as votes cast either for or against the merger agreement.

Approval of the merger agreement requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the special meeting. Holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock on the record date are entitled to vote at the special meeting. Because the required vote is based on the voting power present, an abstention will have the same effect as a vote against the merger agreement. As of the record date, directors of Cameron Bancshares beneficially owned 130,121 shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting of shareholders (including 1,386 shares held in the 401(k) Plan). This represents approximately 18.9% of the total votes entitled to be cast at the special meeting. These individuals have entered into support agreements pursuant to which they have agreed to vote “FOR” approval of the merger agreement.

Approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the special meeting, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Cameron Bancshares’ common stock represented at the special meeting.

Shares of Cameron Bancshares’ Common Stock Held in 401(k) Plan

There are 8,129 shares of common stock of Cameron Bancshares held by the Cameron State Bank 401(k) Plan for the accounts of certain Plan participants. The contract between Cameron State Bank and the trustee of the 401(k) Plan states that the shares of Cameron Bancshares stock held by the Plan will be voted by the trustee pursuant to instructions from, among others, Cameron State Bank. Cameron State Bank will solicit instructions from the Plan participants who are invested in stock of Cameron Bancshares as to how each participant wishes the shares held for him/her to be voted. If a Plan participant timely provides to the Bank written instructions as to how those shares should be voted, the Bank will instruct the trustee to vote them in accordance with those instructions. If a Plan participant does not timely provide to the Bank written instructions as to how those shares should be voted, the Bank will instruct the trustee to vote them “FOR” the proposal to approve the merger agreement and “FOR” any proposal to postpone or adjourn the special meeting if necessary to solicit additional proxies to approve the merger agreement.

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The board of directors believes that the merger agreement is fair to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders and is in the best interest of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders and recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of the merger agreement. See “Approval of Merger— Cameron Bancshares’ Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of Cameron Bancshares’ Board of Directors” on page 39. The board of directors also recommends that you vote “FOR” approval of a proposal to adjourn or postpone the special meeting if necessary to solicit additional proxies to approve the merger agreement.

 

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APPROVAL OF THE MERGER

The description of the merger and the merger agreement contained in this proxy statement-prospectus describes the material terms of the merger agreement; however, it does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the merger agreement, which is attached to this proxy statement-prospectus (without exhibits) as Appendix A hereto.

General

Pursuant to the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares will merge with and into IBERIABANK Corporation, with IBERIABANK Corporation as the surviving entity. Each outstanding share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will be converted into the right to receive 3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock (subject to adjustment under certain circumstances). Cash will be paid in lieu of any fractional share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock. See “Conversion of Cameron Bancshares’ Common Stock” below. As a result of the merger, the separate corporate existence of Cameron Bancshares will cease and IBERIABANK Corporation will succeed to all the rights and be responsible for all the obligations of Cameron Bancshares. In the merger, IBERIABANK Corporation will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Cameron State Bank. Cameron State Bank will then merge with and into IBERIABANK, as a result of which, the separate corporate existence of Cameron State Bank will cease. Upon consummation of the merger, the board of directors and officers of each of IBERIABANK Corporation and IBERIABANK shall consist of those persons serving as directors and officers of IBERIABANK Corporation and IBERIABANK prior to the merger.

The Parties

IBERIABANK Corporation

IBERIABANK Corporation, a Louisiana corporation, is the bank holding company for IBERIABANK, a wholly owned Louisiana-chartered commercial bank subsidiary, both headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. The principal business of IBERIABANK Corporation is conducted through IBERIABANK. IBERIABANK operates 145 full service bank branch offices in its market areas throughout Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. IBERIABANK provides a variety of financial services to individuals and businesses throughout its service area. Primary deposit products are checking, savings and certificate of deposit accounts and primary lending products are consumer, commercial and mortgage loans. IBERIABANK also offers discount brokerage services through a wholly owned subsidiary. IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “IBKC.” At December 31, 2010, IBERIABANK Corporation had total assets of $10.0 billion, total deposits of $7.9 billion and shareholders’ equity of $1.3 billion.

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

Cameron Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, is the bank holding company for Cameron State Bank, a wholly owned Louisiana-chartered commercial bank subsidiary, both headquartered in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Cameron State Bank has 22 bank branch offices in the Lake Charles market. Cameron State Bank has branches in Cameron, Calcasieu and Allen Parishes, Louisiana. As of December 31, 2010, Cameron Bancshares had total assets, deposits and equity of approximately $706 million, $575 million and $77.5 million, respectively.

Conversion of Cameron Bancshares’ Common Stock

If the merger agreement is approved and the merger is subsequently completed, on the effective date of the merger, each outstanding share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will be converted into the right to receive shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, as follows:

 

   

3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock (to the nearest thousandth of a share) to be exchanged for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock and cash (without interest) payable with respect to any fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock (as determined below); or

 

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if the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (as calculated by Bloomberg Screen AQR) on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger (referred to as the average price) is greater than $61.81 per share, the exchange ratio will equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $214.11 by the average price; or

 

   

if the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (as calculated by Bloomberg Screen AQR) on each of the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger is less than $50.57 per share, the exchange ratio will equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $175.17 by the average price.

On April 27, 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation common stock closed at $59.71. If this were the average price during the measurement period, you would receive 3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you. As an example of how changes in the average price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock might impact the exchange ratio, if the average price during the measurement period was $61.85 per share, you would receive 3.462 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you, and if the average price during the measurement period was $50.50 per share, you would receive 3.469 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock owned by you. Before deciding how to vote, you should obtain a more recent price of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, which trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “IBKC”.

The exchange ratio was arrived at through arm’s-length negotiations between Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation. The merger agreement provides that, if IBERIABANK Corporation effects a stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split, or combination of the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, an appropriate adjustment to the exchange ratio will be made.

Instead of issuing any fractional shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, each shareholder of Cameron Bancshares who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share will receive a cash payment, without interest, equal to the fraction multiplied by the market value of a share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, as defined in the merger agreement.

Procedure for Exchanging Certificates

At or prior to the effective date of the merger, IBERIABANK Corporation will deposit with an exchange agent certificates representing the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and the estimated amount of cash to be paid in lieu of fractional shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock. The exchange agent will facilitate the payment of the merger consideration to the holders of certificates representing shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock.

On the effective date of the merger, each Cameron Bancshares shareholder will cease to have any rights as a shareholder of Cameron Bancshares, and his or her sole rights will be to receive IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, and cash in lieu of any fractional shares, into which his or her shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock have been converted pursuant to the merger agreement.

Prior to the effective date of the merger, a letter of transmittal, together with instructions for the exchange of certificates representing shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock for the merger consideration, will be mailed to each person who is a shareholder of record of Cameron Bancshares on the effective date of the merger. Shareholders are requested not to send in their Cameron Bancshares’ common stock certificates until they have received a letter of transmittal and further written instructions. IBERIABANK Corporation common stock certificates and cash payments for fractional shares will be sent as promptly as practicable after receipt of a properly completed letter of transmittal accompanied by the appropriate Cameron Bancshares’ common stock certificates.

 

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After the effective time of the merger, each certificate formerly representing Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, until so surrendered and exchanged, will evidence only the right to receive the number of whole shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock that the holder is entitled to receive in the merger, any cash payment in lieu of a fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and any dividend or other distribution with respect to IBERIABANK Corporation common stock with a record date occurring after the effective time of the merger. IBERIABANK Corporation, at its option, may decline to pay former shareholders of Cameron Bancshares who become holders of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock pursuant to the merger agreement any dividends or other distributions that may have become payable to holders of record of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock following the effective date of the merger until they have surrendered their certificates for Cameron Bancshares’ common stock. Subject to applicable laws, following surrender of such certificates, such dividends and distributions, together with any cash payment in lieu of a fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock, will be paid without interest.

If your Cameron Bancshares’ stock certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, you will have to prove your ownership of these certificates and that they were lost, stolen or destroyed before you receive any consideration for your shares. The exchange agent will send you instructions on how to provide evidence of ownership. You may be required to make an affidavit and post a bond in an amount sufficient to protect IBERIABANK Corporation against claims related to your common stock.

Background of the Merger

For the past several years, Sheshunoff has advised Roy Raftery, President and CEO of Cameron Bancshares, and Jerry Jones, Chairman of the Board of Bancshares, on market prices and industry merger and acquisition trends. The CEO and Chairman have reported to the board of directors from time to time information relating to these matters. In May of 2010, at the direction of Cameron Bancshares, Sheshunoff contacted John Davis of IBERIABANK, as well as the Chief Executive Officers of two other regional banks (referred to as Banks A and B). IBERIABANK Corporation and Bank A both signed confidentiality agreements and requested various financial and other information about Cameron Bancshares. Bank B did not express any interest at that time. After receiving due diligence information from Cameron Bancshares, IBERIABANK Corporation declined further discussion and instead decided to pursue the acquisition of failed banks from the FDIC. Representatives of Bank A traveled to Lake Charles and met with Mr. Raftery and Mr. Jones. This visit resulted in a letter of intent at a price point over $15 million below the price received in the current transaction. Based on discussions with Sheshunoff and deliberations of the board of directors, this offer was determined to be too low to warrant further consideration.

In November of 2010, Sheshunoff met with the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Bank B. This bank expressed a strong desire to pursue a possible transaction and moved quickly to sign a confidentiality agreement, meet with Mr. Raftery and Mr. Jones and secure additional information regarding Cameron Bancshares. This activity resulted in a written offer from Bank B at approximately the same price point as the current transaction. Following a comprehensive due diligence review of Cameron Bancshares by Bank B, a deal appeared imminent. However, simultaneously with Bank B’s due diligence review of Cameron Bancshares, Bank B became involved in discussions with another regional bank and, in late December of 2010, Bank B notified Cameron Bancshares that another potential transaction would preclude it from continuing discussions with Cameron Bancshares.

In January of 2011, Sheshunoff reestablished contact with Bank A and with John Davis of IBERIABANK Corporation as well as with two other regional banks (Bank C and Bank D). IBERIABANK Corporation, Bank A and Bank C expressed a strong desire to pursue a possible merger. Bank A expressed interest at a price similar to the current transaction; however, Bank A stipulated that any offer by it would be subject to various price contingencies based upon credit risks. Management of Cameron Bancshares did extensive research into various means of addressing this issue and determined that this issue could not reasonably be addressed in a relatively short time frame. Simultaneous with ongoing discussions with Bank A, Bank C traveled to Lake Charles and spent a day touring the market with executives of Cameron Bancshares. Following this visit, Bank C indicated an interest at a price point materially below the current deal value. During this same time, Bank D declined to make an offer and said that the Lake Charles market was not a priority for it at that time. In the midst of these discussions, IBERIABANK Corporation presented to Cameron Bancshares a letter of intent with the terms of the current transaction. Management of Cameron Bancshares obtained both a legal review of the expressions of interest from

 

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Bank A and IBERIABANK Corporation and an evaluation of them from Sheshunoff. Following consideration of both offers and advice from Sheshunoff, and with consideration of the fiduciary obligations of the board, the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors determined that IBERIABANK Corporation’s offer was superior to that of Bank A inasmuch as the price was similar but IBERIABANK Corporation’s offer did not include a number of the contingencies imposed by Bank A. The board of directors authorized management to continue negotiations with IBERIABANK Corporation. Sheshunoff engaged in several conversations with John Davis to refine and improve various aspects of IBERIABANK Corporation’s offer.

Over several weeks during February and March 2011, the companies engaged in mutual due diligence and negotiated the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger with the assistance of legal counsel and Sheshunoff. On March 10, 2011, the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares reviewed the proposed Agreement and Plan of Merger and related documents in detail, discussed its legal obligations in connection with evaluating the merger agreement, received and discussed a presentation from Sheshunoff on IBERIABANK Corporation and on IBERIABANK Corporation’s offer and obtained a fairness opinion from Sheshunoff. Following these discussions and deliberation, the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares determined that the merger, the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are advisable and in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders, and the directors voted unanimously to approve the merger with IBERIABANK Corporation and to approve the merger agreement.

Cameron Bancshares’ Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of Cameron Bancshares’ Board of Directors

The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors reviewed and discussed the proposed merger with management and its financial and legal advisors in determining that the proposed merger is in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders. In reaching its conclusion to approve the merger agreement, the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors considered a number of factors, including the following:

 

   

The fact that Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders will receive stock of IBERIABANK Corporation and thereby participate in any growth opportunities of the combined company.

 

   

Its understanding of the business, operations, financial condition, earnings and future prospects of Cameron Bancshares.

 

   

Its understanding of the business, operations, financial condition, earnings and future prospects of IBERIABANK Corporation, taking into account Cameron Bancshares due diligence investigation of IBERIABANK Corporation.

 

   

The current and prospective environments in which Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation operate, including national, regional and local economic conditions, the competitive environment for financial institutions generally and the trend toward consolidation in the financial services industry.

 

   

The review by the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors with its legal and financial advisors of the structure of the merger and the financial and other terms of the merger agreement, including the exchange ratio offered by IBERIABANK Corporation.

 

   

The reports of Cameron Bancshares’ management and the financial presentation by Sheshunoff & Co. to Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors concerning the operations, financial condition and prospects of IBERIABANK Corporation and the expected financial impact of the merger on the combined company, including pro forma assets, earnings, deposits and other financial metrics.

 

   

The likelihood that the regulatory approvals needed to complete the transaction would be obtained.

 

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The historical and current market prices of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock.

 

   

The opinion delivered to the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors by Sheshunoff & Co., that, as of the date of the opinion and based upon and subject to the financial and other assumptions in its opinion, the merger consideration was fair, from a financial point of view, to holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock.

 

   

The benefits of increased liquidity that Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders would have as shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation.

The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors also considered potential risks associated with the merger in connection with its deliberation of the proposed transaction, including:

 

   

The challenges of combining the businesses, assets and workforces of the two companies, which could affect the post-merger success of the combined company, and the ability to achieve anticipated cost savings and other potential synergies.

 

   

The interests of certain executive officers and directors of Cameron Bancshares with respect to the merger apart from their interests as holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, and the risk that these interests might influence their decision with respect to the merger.

 

   

The risk that the terms of the merger agreement, including provisions relating to the payment of a termination fee under specified circumstances, although required by IBERIABANK Corporation as a condition to its willingness to enter into a merger agreement, could have the effect of discouraging other parties that might be interested in a transaction with Cameron Bancshares from proposing such a transaction.

The discussion of the information and factors considered by the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors is not exhaustive, but includes all the material factors considered by the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors. In view of the wide variety of factors considered by the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors in connection with its evaluation of the merger and the complexity of these matters, the board of directors did not consider it practical to, nor did it attempt to, quantify, rank or otherwise assign relative weights to the specific factors that it considered in reaching its decision. The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors evaluated the factors described above, including asking questions of management and its legal and financial advisors, and reached consensus that the merger was in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders. In considering the factors described above, individual members of the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors may have given different weights to different factors. The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors considered these factors as a whole, and overall considered them to be favorable to, and to support its determination. It should be noted that this explanation of the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors’ reasoning and all other information presented in this section is forward-looking in nature and, therefore, should be read in light of the factors discussed under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” on page 75.

The Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors determined that the merger, the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are advisable and in the best interests of Cameron Bancshares and its shareholders. The board of directors also determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are consistent with, and in furtherance of, Cameron Bancshares’ business strategies. Accordingly, the board of directors unanimously approved the merger agreement and unanimously recommends that Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders vote “FOR” approval of the merger agreement.

Opinion of Cameron Bancshares’ Financial Advisor

Cameron Bancshares retained Sheshunoff to provide its opinion as to the fairness from a financial viewpoint of the merger consideration to be received by the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares. As part of its investment banking business, Sheshunoff is regularly engaged in the valuation of securities in connection with

 

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mergers and acquisitions and valuations for estate, corporate and other purposes. The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares retained Sheshunoff based upon its experience as a financial advisor in mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions and its knowledge of financial institutions.

On March 10, 2011, Sheshunoff rendered its fairness opinion to the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares that, as of such date, the merger consideration was fair, from a financial point of view, to the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares. The full text of the fairness opinion which sets forth, among other things, assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered, and limitations on the review undertaken, is attached as Appendix B to this proxy statement-prospectus. You are urged to read Sheshunoff’s fairness opinion carefully and in its entirety. The fairness opinion is addressed to the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares and does not constitute a recommendation to any shareholder of Cameron Bancshares as to how he or she should vote at the special meeting of shareholders of Cameron Bancshares.

In connection with the fairness opinion, Sheshunoff:

 

   

Reviewed the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 10, 2011;

 

   

Reviewed the audited financial statements of Cameron Bancshares for the period ending December 31, 2009;

 

   

Evaluated the consolidated results of Cameron Bancshares based upon a review of its regulatory reports for the five-years ending December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2010;

 

   

Evaluated the consolidated results of Cameron Bancshares based upon a review of its general ledger as of February 28, 2011;

 

   

Reviewed publicly available financial statements and other business and financial information of IBERIABANK Corporation;

 

   

Conducted conversations regarding recent and projected financial performance of Cameron Bancshares with members of executive management;

 

   

Compared the recent operating results of Cameron Bancshares and pricing multiples for Cameron Bancshares in the merger with those of certain other banks in the United States with assets greater than $100 million that have recently been acquired;

 

   

Compared the recent operating results of Cameron Bancshares and pricing multiples for Cameron Bancshares in the merger with those of certain other profitable banks in the United States with assets greater than $100 million that have recently been acquired;

 

   

Analyzed the present value of the after-tax cash flows that Cameron Bancshares could produce on a stand-alone basis through December 31, 2015 based on projections provided by the management of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

Reviewed the potential pro forma impact of the merger on the combined company’s results and certain financial performance measures of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation;

 

   

Reviewed the historical stock price data and trading volume of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock;

 

   

Compared the historical stock price data and trading volume of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock with that of certain other comparable publicly traded companies;

 

   

Compared certain financial characteristics and performance measures of IBERIABANK Corporation with that of certain other comparable publicly traded companies;

 

   

Compared the historical stock price performance of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock with that of selected indices Sheshunoff deemed relevant;

 

   

Held various on-site meetings with the management of Cameron Bancshares to discuss the potential sale of Cameron Bancshares; and

 

   

Performed such other analyses as Sheshunoff deemed appropriate.

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responsibility for independent verification of such information. Sheshunoff assumed that internal confidential financial projections provided by Cameron Bancshares were reasonably prepared reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the future financial performance of Cameron Bancshares, and did not independently verify the validity of such assumptions.

Sheshunoff did not make any independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation nor was Sheshunoff furnished with any such appraisals. Sheshunoff did not examine any individual loan files of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation. Sheshunoff is not an expert in the evaluation of loan portfolios for the purposes of assessing the adequacy of the allowance for losses with respect thereto and has assumed that such allowances were, in the aggregate, adequate to cover such losses.

Sheshunoff assumed that all required regulatory and third-party approvals will be received in a timely fashion and without any conditions or requirements that could adversely affect Cameron Bancshares, IBERIABANK Corporation, the merger or the operations of IBERIABANK Corporation following the merger.

The fairness opinion is necessarily based on economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to Sheshunoff as of March 10, 2011.

In rendering the fairness opinion, Sheshunoff performed a variety of financial analyses. The preparation of an opinion involves various determinations as to the most appropriate and relevant methods of financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances. Consequently, the fairness opinion is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. Moreover, the evaluation of fairness, from a financial point of view, of the merger consideration is to some extent subjective, based on the experience and judgment of Sheshunoff, and not merely the result of mathematical analysis of financial data. Sheshunoff did not attribute particular weight to any analysis or factor considered by it. Accordingly, notwithstanding the separate factors summarized below, Sheshunoff believes that its analyses must be considered as a whole and that selecting portions of its analyses and of the factors considered by it, without considering all analyses and factors, could create an incomplete view of the evaluation process underlying its opinion. The ranges of valuations resulting from any particular analysis described below should not be taken to be Sheshunoff’s view of the actual value of Cameron Bancshares, IBERIABANK Corporation or the combined entity.

In performing its analyses, Sheshunoff made numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance, business and economic conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond the control of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation. The analyses performed by Sheshunoff are not necessarily indicative of actual values or future results, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. In addition, Sheshunoff’s analyses should not be viewed as determinative of the opinion of the board of directors or the management of Cameron Bancshares with respect to the value of Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation or to the fairness of the merger consideration.

The following is a summary of the analyses performed by Sheshunoff in connection with its opinion. The discussion utilizes financial information concerning Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation as of December 31, 2010.

Pursuant to the merger agreement, each outstanding share of common stock of Cameron Bancshares shall be converted into the right to receive shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock at a fixed exchange ratio of 3.464 for total consideration of approximately $132.7 million or $192.74 per share of Cameron Bancshares’ stock, based on an IBERIABANK Corporation closing share price of $55.64 as of March 9, 2011. The stock consideration will vary but is subject to price collars up 10% (IBERIABANK Corporation price greater than $61.81) and down 10% (IBERIABANK Corporation price less than $50.57), at which prices the stock consideration to the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares becomes fixed. The IBERIABANK Corporation stock component is based on the price performance of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock over the 15 trading days ending one business day prior to the effective date of the merger. The merger consideration may be higher or lower as of the effective date of the merger based upon the terms of the merger agreement.

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stand-alone basis through December 31, 2015 under various circumstances, assuming that it performed in accordance with the projections provided by the management of Cameron Bancshares.

Sheshunoff estimated the terminal value for Cameron Bancshares at the end of December 31, 2015 by capitalizing the final period projected earnings using a discount rate that is the quotient of (1) the assumed annual long-term growth rate of the earnings of Cameron Bancshares of 4.0% plus 1% and (2) the difference between a range of required rates of return and the assumed annual long-term growth rate of earnings in (1) above. Sheshunoff discounted the annual cash flow streams (defined as all earnings in excess of that required to maintain a tangible common equity to tangible asset ratio of 8.0%) and the terminal values using discount rates ranging from 13.0% to 15.0%. The discount range was chosen to reflect different assumptions regarding the required rates of return of Cameron Bancshares and the inherent risk surrounding the underlying projections. This discounted cash flow analysis indicated a range of values per share of $116.67 to $141.40 as shown in the table below compared to the estimated merger consideration of $192.74 per share.

Discount Rate

 

     15.0%      14.0%      13.0%  

Present value (in thousands)

   $ 80,317       $ 89,972       $ 97,341   

Present value (per share)

   $ 116.67       $ 127.79       $ 141.40   

Analysis of Selected Transactions. Sheshunoff performed an analysis of premiums paid in selected recently announced acquisitions of banking organizations with comparable characteristics to the merger. Two sets of transactions were selected to ensure a thorough analysis.

The first set of comparable transactions consisted of a group of selected transactions for banks in the United States, for which pricing data was available, with assets greater than $100 million that were announced since January 1, 2010. These comparable transactions consisted of 45 mergers and acquisitions of banks with assets between $113 million and $52 billion that were announced between January 7, 2010 and February 21, 2011. The analysis yielded multiples of the purchase prices in these transactions as shown below:

 

     Price/Book (x)     

Price/Tg

Book(x)

    

Price/

8% Tg

Book(x)

    

Price/LTM

Earnings(x)

    

Price/Assets

(%)

    

Price/

Deposits

(%)

 

Maximum

     3.46         3.65         3.95         52.3         38.4         44.1   

Minimum

     0.10         0.10         0.40         10.5         0.4         0.4   

Median

     1.15         1.21         1.28         25.4         10.8         13.1   

Cameron Bancshares*

     1.72         1.72         1.98         14.3         18.8         23.1   

 

* Assumes merger consideration of $132.7 million or $192.74 per share.

The median pricing multiples to book, tangible book, 8% tangible book, assets and deposits in the comparable transactions were lower than those in the merger. The median price to last twelve-month earnings (LTM earnings) multiples for the comparable transactions was higher than the merger due in part to the higher level of earnings at Cameron Bancshares.

The second set of comparable transactions consisted of a group of selected transactions for profitable banks in the United States, for which pricing data was available, with assets greater than $100 million that were announced since January 1, 2010. These comparable transactions consisted of 18 mergers and acquisitions of banks with assets between $116 million and $5 billion that were announced between January 29, 2010 and January 21, 2011. The analysis yielded multiples of the purchase prices in these transactions as shown below:

 

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     Price/Book
(x)
     Price/Tg
Book(x)
     Price/
8% Tg
Book(x)
     Price/LTM
Earnings(x)
     Price/Assets
(%)
     Price/
Deposits
(%)
 

Maximum

     3.46         3.65         3.95         52.3         38.4         44.1   

Minimum

     1.04         1.04         0.93         10.5         7.0         8.0   

Median

     1.33         1.45         1.54         25.4         13.9         15.8   

Cameron Bancshares*

     1.72         1.72         1.98         14.3         18.8         23.1   

 

* Assumes merger consideration of $132.7 million, or $192.74 per share.

The median pricing multiples to book, tangible book, 8% tangible book, assets and deposits in the comparable transactions were lower than those in the merger. The median price to last twelve-month earnings (LTM earnings) multiples for the comparable transactions was higher than the merger due in part to the higher level of earnings at Cameron Bancshares.

Contribution Analysis. Sheshunoff reviewed the relative contributions of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation to the combined company based on regulatory data as of December 31, 2010 for Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation and included the effect of IBERIABANK Corporation’s pending acquisition of OMNI Bancshares, Inc. announced on February 21, 2011. Sheshunoff compared the pro forma ownership interests of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation of 8.0% and 92.0%, respectively, to: (1) total assets of 6.1% and 93.9%, respectively; (2) total loans of 5.8% and 94.2%, respectively; (3) total deposits of 6.3% and 93.7%, respectively; (4) total tangible equity of 6.9% and 93.1%, respectively; (5) net-interest income of 8.8% and 91.2%, respectively; (6) non-interest income of 5.8% and 94.2%, respectively; (7) non-interest expenses of 6.6% and 93.4% respectively; and (8) December 31, 2010 LTM earnings of 16.1% and 83.9% respectively. The contribution analysis shows that the ownership of the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares in the combined company is more than the contribution of assets, loans, deposits, non-interest income, and tangible equity. The contributions are shown in the table following.

 

     Assets      %     Loans      %     Deposits      %  

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

   $ 705,735         6.1   $ 408,157         5.8   $ 574,793         6.3

IBERIABANK Corporation (with OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc.)

   $ 10,774,923         93.9   $ 6,616,017         94.2   $ 8,564,676         93.7
                                                   

Combined Company

   $ 11,480,658         100.0   $ 7,024,174         100.0   $ 9,139,469         100.0
                                                   
     Net Interest
Income
     %     Non-Interest
Income
     %     Non-Interest
Expenses
     %  

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

   $ 29,961         8.8   $ 8,206         5.8   $ 23,770         6.6

IBERIABANK Corporation (with OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc.)

   $ 312,393         91.2   $ 133,667         94.2   $ 338,038         93.4
                                                   

Combined Company

   $ 342,354         100.0   $ 141,873         100.0   $ 361,808         100.0
                                                   
     Earnings      %     Shares      %     Tg. Equity      %  

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

   $ 9,263         16.1     2,384,631         8.0   $ 77,336         6.9

IBERIABANK Corporation (with OMNI BANCSHARES, Inc.)

   $ 48,374         83.9     27,576,367         92.0   $ 1,038,348         93.1
                                                   

Combined Company

   $ 57,637         100.0     29,960,998         100.0   $ 1,115,684         100.0
                                                   

IBERIABANK Corporation includes the effect of its pending acquisition of OMNI Bancshares announced February 22, 2011.

 

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Pro Forma Financial Impact. Sheshunoff analyzed the pro forma impact of the merger on estimated earnings per share, book value per share and dividends per share for the twelve month periods ending December 31, 2011, December 31, 2012, and December 31, 2013 based on the projections provided by the management of Cameron Bancshares for Cameron Bancshares on a stand-alone basis assuming modest pre-tax cost savings of $3.5 million phased in by the end of calendar year 2013. The analysis indicated pro forma consolidated earnings per share dilution (on a cash basis) of ($4.04) per share or 31.2% in year one, ($0.98) per share or 7.2% in year two and $2.86 per share or 20.2% in year three compared to estimated earnings per share for Cameron Bancshares on a stand-alone basis. The analysis further indicated pro forma consolidated book value per share accretion of $41.81 per share or 35.5% in year one, $43.47 per share or 35.1 % in year two and $48.62 per share or 37.3% in year three compared to the book value of Cameron Bancshares on a stand-alone basis. The analysis also indicated pro forma consolidated dividend per share accretion of $0.64 per share or 15.7% in year one, $0.85 per share or 20.9 % in year two and $1.20 per share or 29.5% in year three compared to Cameron Bancshares’ dividends per share on a stand-alone basis.

Comparable Company Analysis. Sheshunoff compared the operating and market results of IBERIABANK Corporation to the results of other publicly traded banking companies. The comparable publicly traded companies were selected primarily on the basis of two criteria: geographic location and total asset size. The geographic location of the companies was the Southeast and Southwest Region of the United States (defined by SNL Financial LC). IBERIABANK Corporation was compared to banks with total assets between $3 billion and $15 billion. The data for the following table was based on GAAP financial information provided by SNL Financial and are as of December 31, 2010. Some of the ratios presented are proprietary to SNL Financial and may not strictly conform to the common industry determination.

 

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     IBERIABANK
Corporation
    Peer Group
Median
 

Net Interest Margin

     3.09     3.78

Efficiency Ratio

     70.1     60.2

Return on Average Assets

     0.47     0.80

Return on Average Equity

     3.91     7.57

Tangible Equity to Tangible Asset Ratio

     10.65     8.40

Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio

     19.73     14.87

Ratio of Non-performing Assets to Total Assets

     0.83     1.63

Ratio of Non-performing Loans to Total Loans

     1.42     1.97

Ratio of Loan Loss Reserves to Loans

     2.22     1.65

Ratio of Loan Loss Reserves to Non-performing Assets

     164     51

IBERIABANK Corporation’s performance as measured by its return on average assets and return on average equity was slightly lower than that of its peers. IBERIABANK Corporation’s asset quality, as measured by its ratio of non-performing assets to total assets and its ratio of non-performing loans to total loans, was better than the peer group medians. Its ratios of loan loss reserves to loans was stronger than the median peer group with the loan loss reserves to non-performing assets being higher than the peer group medians. IBERIABANK Corporation’s capital level was generally higher than its peers with both the tangible equity to asset ratio and total risk-based capital ratio being above that of its peers.

Sheshunoff compared IBERIABANK Corporation’s trading results to its peers. The results are contained in the following table. The data for the following table were based on publicly available GAAP financial information and market data provided by SNL Financial and are as December 31, 2010.

 

     IBERIABANK
Corporation
    Peer Group
Median
 

Market Price as a Multiple of Stated Book Value (times)

     1.22     1.25

Market Price as a Multiple of Stated Tangible Book Value (times)

     1.53     1.55

Price as a Multiple of LTM Earnings (times)

     31.5     15.8

Market Price as a Percent of Assets

     15.9     12.0

Dividend Yield per Share

     2.30     2.09

Dividend Payout per Share

     72.3     41.8

IBERIABANK Corporation’s price-to-book multiples as measured by its market price as a multiple of stated book value and its market price to stated tangible book value were similar to slightly lower than the comparable peer group medians. IBERIABANK Corporation’s market price to assets ratios was slightly higher than that for its peers. IBERIABANK Corporation’s price-to-earnings multiple as shown in the price as a multiple of last 12 months earnings through December 31, 2010 was higher than its peers. IBERIABANK Corporation’s dividend yield and dividend payout ratio were higher than its peers.

Sheshunoff compared selected stock market results of IBKC to the publicly available corresponding data of other composites that Sheshunoff deemed to be relevant, including (1) the SNL index for all publicly traded banks in the United States, (2) the SNL index of banks in the Southeast region of the United States, and (3) the SNL index of banks in the Southwest region of the United States. IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock price generally underperformed the selected indices for the period from March 2010 until May 2010. For the period from May

 

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2010 through the end of January 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation’s stock price generally performed at the same level as the SNL index for all U.S. Banks and the SNL index of banks in the Southeast region of the U.S., but performed at a lower rate than the SNL index of banks in the Southwest region of the U.S. Since January 2011, IBERIABANK Corporation’s stock performance has been below the SNL index of all publicly traded banks in the U.S. and the SNL index of banks in the Southwest region of the U.S., while performing above the SNL index of banks in the Southeast region of the U.S.

No company or transaction used in the comparable company and comparable transaction analysis is identical to Cameron Bancshares, IBERIABANK Corporation or IBERIABANK Corporation as the surviving corporation in the merger. Accordingly, an analysis of the results of the foregoing necessarily involves complex considerations and judgments concerning differences in financial and operational characteristics of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation and other factors that could affect the public trading value of the companies to which they are being compared. Mathematical analysis (such as determining the average or median) is not in and of itself a meaningful method of using comparable transaction data or comparable company data.

Pursuant to its engagement letter with Cameron Bancshares, Sheshunoff will receive a fee of 1.0% of the total consideration, estimated to be approximately $1.33 million, contingent upon the closing of the merger. In addition, Cameron Bancshares agreed to reimburse Sheshunoff for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Cameron Bancshares also agreed to indemnify and hold harmless Sheshunoff and its officers and employees against certain liabilities in connection with its services under the engagement letter, except for liabilities resulting from the negligence, violation of law or regulation or bad faith of Sheshunoff or any matter for which Sheshunoff may have strict liability. Under the engagement letter with Cameron Bancshares, Sheshunoff will receive a fee of $25,000, plus expenses, for rendering the fairness opinion, which is not contingent upon the closing of the transaction.

The fairness opinion is directed only to the question of whether the merger consideration is fair from a financial perspective and does not constitute a recommendation to any shareholder of Cameron Bancshares to vote in favor of the merger. No limitations were imposed on Sheshunoff regarding the scope of its investigation or otherwise by Cameron Bancshares.

Based on the results of the various analyses described above, Sheshunoff concluded that the merger consideration to be paid by IBERIABANK Corporation pursuant to the Merger is fair to the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, from a financial point of view.

Employee Matters

Each individual who is an employee of Cameron Bancshares or Cameron State Bank as of the closing of the merger (whose employment is not specifically terminated upon the closing) will become an employee of IBERIABANK Corporation.

All Cameron Bancshares or Cameron State Bank employees who become employees of IBERIABANK Corporation or IBERIABANK at the effective time will be given credit for service at Cameron Bancshares or Cameron State Bank for eligibility to participate in and the satisfaction of vesting requirements, satisfying any waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements, seniority or the application of any pre-existing conditions limitations (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under IBERIABANK Corporation’s compensation and benefit plans. Any employee of Cameron Bancshares or Cameron State Bank who is terminated after the effective time of the merger and who does not receive a severance payment in connection with the merger will receive a severance payment under IBERIABANK Corporation’s severance plans as if he or she were an employee of IBERIABANK Corporation for the entire time he or she was employed by Cameron Bancshares or Cameron State Bank. No former employee of Cameron Bancshares shall receive a change of control or severance payment from IBKC if he or she received a change of control payment from Cameron Bancshares, unless provided otherwise pursuant to an agreement entered into between IBKC and such employee.

See “Interests of Certain Executive Officers and Directors in the Merger” below for a discussion of change of control agreements and certain other matters.

 

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Interests of Certain Executive Officers and Directors in the Merger

Certain of our executive officers have interests in the merger as individuals in addition to, or different from, their interests as shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, including, but not limited to, payments under their existing employment agreements, change of control agreements and continuation of indemnification and insurance coverage (for officers and directors) provided by IBERIABANK Corporation for a limited time after the merger. Our board of directors was aware of these interests and considered them in its decision to approve the merger agreement. These interests are discussed below.

Change of Control Agreements with Cameron Bancshares. In June 2007, Cameron Bancshares entered into a change of control agreement with Roy M. Raftery, Jr., Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares will use its best efforts to amend the change of control agreement (which will require the consent of Mr. Raftery) to provide that it terminates at the effective date of the merger, provided that the cash payments due thereunder are paid by Cameron Bancshares or by IBERIABANK Corporation and the employment agreement between IBERIABANK and Mr. Raftery (as described further below) becomes effective. The amendment will also provide that Mr. Raftery will be eligible to participate in IBERIABANK Corporation’s severance program after the two-year anniversary of the merger of Cameron State Bank with and into IBERIABANK (but without receiving credit for years of service at Cameron Bancshares in calculating any severance payment to be received under that program).

At the effective date of the merger, in accordance with the terms of the change of control agreement, as amended, and in complete satisfaction of Mr. Raftery’s rights under the change of control agreement, Cameron Bancshares (or IBERIABANK Corporation) will pay $2,426,000 to Mr. Raftery, including $310,000 for Mr. Raftery’s use in paying medical insurance premiums, subject to applicable withholding taxes, and IBERIABANK will, in its employment agreement with Mr. Raftery, assume the obligation to provide Mr. Raftery and his dependents with medical benefits (at his or their expense) following termination of Mr. Raftery’s employment.

Cameron Bancshares also entered into change of control agreements with three other executive officers in June 2007 and intends to enter into one more such agreement with an additional executive officer prior to the merger. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares will use its best efforts to amend each of these change of control agreements (which will require the consent of each executive officer), as necessary, to provide that it terminates at the effective date of the merger, provided that the cash payments due thereunder are paid by Cameron Bancshares or by IBERIABANK Corporation. The amount due in the aggregate to these four executive officers in connection with the termination of their change of control agreements is $600,500. If these executives are retained by IBERIABANK Corporation, they will not be entitled to any severance payment from IBERIABANK Corporation unless they remain employed by IBERIABANK Corporation for two years, after which they will be eligible to participate in IBERIABANK Corporation’s severance program (but they will not receive credit for years of service at Cameron Bancshares in calculating any severance payment to be received under that program).

Finally, in June 2007, Cameron Bancshares and Cameron State Bank entered into an Employment and Change of Control Agreement with an executive officer. Under that agreement, the employee will be entitled to a change of control payment of $146,500 in connection with the merger. In addition, the effective date of the merger will trigger a one (1) year employment term. If the employee is terminated by IBERIABANK Corporation during the employment term other than for cause, death or disability, or if the employee terminates employment during the employment term for good reason (as defined in the agreement), the employee will be entitled to a severance payment equal to the remaining base salary due the employee for the balance of the one (1) year employment term, but not less than three (3) months base salary. Good reason under the agreement includes material reduction in employee’s base salary, relocation of employee’s principal business office to a location more than 50 miles from its location on the effective date of the merger, and the employer’s failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of the agreement in any material respect. If the employee were to be terminated on the first day of the employment term, the severance payment would be $117,933. If the employee is not terminated by IBERIABANK Corporation during the one (1) year employment term, then the employee will be entitled to a severance payment under IBERIABANK Corporation’s severance plan if the employee is later terminated by IBERIABANK Corporation, notwithstanding that the employee received a change of control payment (provided that the employee will not be entitled to credit for years of service at Cameron Bancshares in calculating any severance payment due under the IBERIABANK Corporation severance plan). Pursuant to the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares will use its

 

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best efforts to amend this Employment and Change of Control Agreement (which will require the consent of the executive officer) to provide that the change of control payment will be made at the effective date of the merger (instead of after the merger) and to revise the definition of good reason (to eliminate as part of good reason a material diminution of authority, duties or responsibilities of the executive officer).

Employment Agreement with IBERIABANK. In connection with the execution of the merger agreement, Roy M. Raftery, Jr. has entered into an employment agreement with IBERIABANK pursuant to which Mr. Raftery has agreed to provide administrative and management services to IBERIABANK commencing on the effective date of the merger of Cameron State Bank with and into IBERIABANK and ending twelve months thereafter. The employment agreement provides that Mr. Raftery will be entitled to a base salary of $600,000 per year and that Mr. Raftery will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plan and fringe benefits provided to employees of IBERIABANK, and will be reimbursed for all reasonable business expenses. Mr. Raftery will be entitled to reasonable paid annual vacation leave, with credit given for prior service with Cameron Bancshares, and annual sick leave as established by the board of directors of IBERIABANK. Under Mr. Raftery’s employment agreement, IBERIABANK has agreed, upon termination of his employment agreement other than for just cause or under certain provisions of law, to provide (at Mr. Raftery’s expense) medical insurance for Mr. Raftery until the date Mr. Raftery becomes eligible for coverage under Medicare Part B or the date on which Mr. Raftery is actually covered under a group plan maintained by another employer that provides substantially similar benefits with no applicable pre-existing condition limitations. IBERIABANK has agreed to provide medical insurance for Mr. Raftery’s dependents (at their expense) until each dependant either (i) becomes eligible for coverage under Medicare Part B, (ii) ceases to be a dependant, as defined under IBERIABANK’s group medical plan or (iii) is actually covered under a group plan maintained by another employer that provides substantially similar benefits with no applicable pre-existing condition limitations. This benefit of continuing medical insurance coverage to Mr. Raftery and his dependents at their expense is referred to in this document as the continuing medical benefit.

In the event of Mr. Raftery’s death during the term of the employment agreement, his estate will receive compensation due to Mr. Raftery through the last day of the calendar month of his death and his dependents will receive the continuing medical benefit. If Mr. Raftery’s employment is terminated by IBERIABANK without “just cause” (as defined in the employment agreement), he will receive his regular salary for the balance of the one (1) year employment term (or, if higher, the amount that would otherwise be payable to him under IBERIABANK’s severance plan), and he (and his dependents) will be entitled to coverage under IBERIABANK’s welfare plan (life insurance and non-taxable medical, health and dental plans) in the same manner in which they were covered at the date of his termination of employment. In addition, he and his dependents will be entitled to the continuing medical benefit. In the event that IBERIABANK terminates Mr. Raftery for just cause, he will not be entitled to receive any compensation under the employment agreement. Mr. Raftery may terminate employment at any time by written notice, in which case (unless he terminates employment for good reason) he will receive his compensation and vested rights up to the date of termination of employment. In the event that Mr. Raftery terminates employment for good reason, he and his dependents will be entitled to the continuing medical benefit. Just cause under the employment agreement means personal dishonesty, incompetence or willful misconduct in the course of performance of employee’s duties; breach of fiduciary duty in the course of employee’s employment involving personal profit; intentional failure to perform stated duties; willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) which is injurious to IBERIABANK or final cease and desist order; or material breach of any provision of the employment agreement. Good reason under the employment agreement arises if employee is required to move his personal residence or to perform his principal executive functions at a location other than his primary office as of the effective date of the merger or travel on a regular basis to any area outside his area of employment as of the effective date of the merger; if employee’s base compensation or, under certain circumstances, benefits as in effect as of the effective date of the merger are reduced; or if an event in respect of a member of employee’s immediate family takes place that requires substantially the full attention of employee and makes continued employment unduly burdensome to employee.

Under his employment agreement, Mr. Raftery has agreed not to compete with IBERIABANK throughout the term of his employment and for 180 calendar days after the end of his employment in the following parishes in the state of Louisiana: Cameron, Calcasieu and Allen parishes. Mr. Raftery has also agreed that, throughout the term of his employment and for a period of 180 calendar days following the end of his employment, he will not, within the parishes specified above, (i) solicit with regard to hiring any individual who immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was a current employee of IBERIABANK, (ii) solicit, divert or entice away any

 

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customer of IBERIABANK (who was a customer during Mr. Raftery’s employment or within the 180 days following the end of his employment relationship with IBERIABANK), or (iii) solicit, induce or attempt to influence any such customer of IBERIABANK, to discontinue, reduce or limit the extent of such relationship with IBERIABANK.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan. In 2008, each of Roy M. Raftery, Jr., five other executive officers and one non-executive officer entered into an Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement with Cameron State Bank (the “SERP Agreements”). Also at that time one non-executive officer entered into an Amended and Restated Executive Salary Continuation Agreement with Cameron State Bank.

The SERP Agreements provide for retirement benefits to the employees in order to encourage the productive efforts of the employees on behalf of the Bank and align the interests of the employees and the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares. Benefits are payable upon the occurrence of various events, including:

 

  (i) Separation from service after normal retirement age (which is either 65 or 66, depending upon the agreement) (payments are made in monthly installments beginning 30 days after separation and continuing, with respect to Mr. Raftery, until death (but not more than 240 payments) and with respect to the other officers, for 15 years),

 

  (ii) separation from service after reaching age 65 but before normal retirement age (payments are made as in item (i) above),

 

  (iii) involuntary separation from service (payments are made in monthly installments beginning 30 days after separation and continuing, with respect to Mr. Raftery, for 20 years, and with respect to the other officers, for 15 years),

 

  (iv) change of control (payments are made in monthly installments beginning at normal retirement age and continuing, with respect to Mr. Raftery, for 20 years, and with respect to the other officers, for 15 years),

 

  (v) disability (payments are made in monthly installments beginning 30 days following disability and continuing, with respect to Mr. Raftery, for 20 years, and with respect to the other officers, for 15 years) and

 

  (vi) death while employed (benefits are reduced to present value and paid in a lump sum 30 days after death, provided that if death occurs while monthly installments are in process, the installments will continue, with respect to Mr. Raftery, until 240 installments have been paid, and with respect to the other officers, until 180 installments have been paid).

The amount of the benefit is set forth in each SERP Agreement. Benefits increase by 6% for each year of service beyond normal retirement age. (All but three of the employees with SERP Agreements have reached normal retirement age.) Pursuant to the merger agreement, the SERP Agreements are to be amended to freeze the benefits as of the effective date of the merger and allow IBERIABANK to terminate them on or after the ninth anniversary of the effective date of the merger (or such earlier time that all benefits under Mr. Raftery’s SERP Agreement have been paid) and pay out any remaining benefits in a lump sum not less than 12 nor more than 24 months after termination (provided that any installments due between termination and payment of the lump sum will continue to be made).

Under the Salary Continuation Plan, normal retirement age is 65. At the later of separation from service or the normal retirement date, the employee is entitled to a retirement benefit in a specified amount, payable in 180 monthly installments. Upon death while employed, the employee’s beneficiaries will be entitled to a lump sum payment, reduced to present value, provided that if death occurs while monthly installments are in process, the installments will continue until 180 installments have been paid. Upon discharge by the Bank without cause prior to normal retirement age, disability or change of control, the employee’s benefit will be paid in 180 monthly installments commencing, in the case of discharge, 30 days after normal retirement age, in the case of disability, at

 

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age 65 (or earlier under certain circumstances) and in the case of change of control, the first day of the month following normal retirement age. The employee is fully vested in these benefits.

Pursuant to the merger agreement, the Salary Continuation Agreement is to be amended to allow IBERIABANK to terminate it on or after the ninth anniversary of the effective date of the merger (or such earlier time that all benefits under Mr. Raftery’s SERP Agreement have been paid) and pay out any remaining benefits in a lump sum not less than 12 nor more than 24 months after termination (provided that any installments due between termination and payment of the lump sum will continue to be made).

The Bank carries life insurance policies on these officers to fund its obligations under the SERP Agreements and the Salary Continuation Agreement. IBERIABANK will assume these contracts and the payment obligations thereunder in the merger of Cameron State Bank with and into IBERIABANK.

Indemnification. Pursuant to the merger agreement, for a period of six years after the effective time of the merger, all rights to indemnification and all limitations of liability currently existing in favor of any officer or director of Cameron Bancshares or any of its subsidiaries with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the effective date of the merger will continue in effect and will be enforceable against IBERIBABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation agrees that from and after the effective time of the merger, it will, for a period of six years, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each present and former officer and director of Cameron Bancshares or any of its subsidiaries to the fullest extent currently provided under the articles and/or bylaws of Cameron Bancshares, Cameron State Bank or any other subsidiary, if such claim pertains to any matter arising, existing or occurring before the effective time of the merger, regardless of whether such claim is asserted or claimed before, or after, the effective time of the merger. In the event that a claim for indemnification is asserted or made within the six year period, it will continue until the final disposition, even if that is after the end of the six year period.

Officers and Directors Insurance. IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares have agreed that for a period of three years after the effective time of the merger IBERIABANK Corporation will, for total annual premiums not to exceed $85,000, maintain the current officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy of Cameron Bancshares, provided that if the amount of annual premiums necessary to maintain or procure such coverage exceeds $85,000, IBERIABANK Corporation shall maintain the most advantageous officers’ and directors’ insurance obtainable for an annual premium not to exceed $85,000.

Appointment to Advisory Board and Non-Compete Restrictions. Pursuant to support agreements between IBERIABANK Corporation and each of the directors of Cameron Bancshares, as of the effective time of the merger, IBERIABANK Corporation will cause each Cameron Bancshares’ director to join IBERIABANK’s Lake Charles advisory board, which will meet every other month. Each of these directors will become members of such advisory board and will receive a fee of not less than $500 per meeting attended for a minimum of three years service in such capacity. The fees to be received by the directors as advisory board directors are substantially less than the fees currently paid to them as directors of Cameron Bancshares and Cameron State Bank. Also pursuant to the support agreements, the directors of Cameron Bancshares have agreed not to affiliate with any other financial institution serving Calcasieu, Cameron and Allen Parishes in Louisiana for two years after consummation of the merger.

Management and Operations After the Merger

Upon closing of the merger between Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation, the separate existence of Cameron Bancshares will cease. The directors and officers of IBERIABANK Corporation immediately prior to the merger will continue as directors and officers of IBERIABANK Corporation after the merger.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, the articles of incorporation and bylaws of IBERIABANK Corporation will be the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the combined entity which will retain the name of IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation, as the resulting entity, will continue to operate under the policies, practices and procedures currently in place. Upon completion of the merger, all assets and property owned by Cameron Bancshares will become immediately the property of IBERIABANK Corporation. Cameron State Bank is currently relocating one branch and closing another branch in connection with the merger.

 

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Effective Date of Merger

The parties expect that the merger will be effective in the second quarter of 2011, or as soon as possible after the receipt of all regulatory and shareholder approvals, all regulatory waiting periods expire and all other conditions to the completion of the merger have been satisfied or waived. The merger will be legally completed by the filing of the merger agreement and a certificate of merger with the Louisiana Secretary of State. If the merger is not consummated by March 10, 2012 and no consent to extend the date of consummation of the merger beyond such date has been granted by the party seeking to terminate, the merger agreement may be terminated by either Cameron Bancshares or IBERIABANK Corporation.

Conduct of Business Pending the Merger

The merger agreement contains various restrictions on the operations of Cameron Bancshares before the effective time of the merger. In general, the merger agreement obligates Cameron Bancshares to conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. In addition, Cameron Bancshares has agreed that, except as expressly contemplated by the merger agreement or specified in a schedule to the merger agreement, without the prior written consent of IBERIABANK Corporation, it will not, among other things:

 

   

Amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws;

 

   

Permit any material lien or encumbrance on any share of capital stock held by it or by one of its subsidiaries;

 

   

Repurchase or acquire any shares of its capital stock;

 

   

Acquire direct or indirect control over any corporation or organization, other than in connection with, among other things, good faith foreclosures in the ordinary course of business;

 

   

Issue, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any shares of its capital stock, any substantial part of its assets or earning power, or any asset other than in the ordinary course of business for reasonable and adequate consideration;

 

   

Incur any additional material debt obligation or other material obligation for borrowed money, except in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices;

 

   

Grant any increase in compensation or benefits to its officers or other employees, pay any bonus except as contemplated by the merger agreement, enter into any severance agreements with any of its directors or officers, grant any increase in compensation or other benefits to any of its present or former directors, or effect any change in retirement benefits (except as required by law or as necessary to maintain tax qualification);

 

   

Amend any existing employment, severance or similar contract, or enter into any new such contract except as contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

   

Adopt any new employee benefit plan or make any material change to any existing employee benefit plan, except as contemplated by the merger agreement (which requires the termination of the Cameron State Bank 401(k) Plan) other than any such change that is required by law or that is necessary or advisable to maintain the tax qualified status of any such plan;

 

   

Place on any of it assets any mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or cancel any material indebtedness;

 

   

Charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP consistently applied) any material credit, or make or enter into any commitments to make any credit

 

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which varies materially from its written credit policies, copies of which have been made available to IBERIABANK Corporation;

 

   

Reduce its current reserve for loan losses below $5.39 million (excluding overdrafts), except as may be required by law, regulatory authorities or GAAP; or

 

   

Other than in the normal course of its banking business, enter into any contract or series of related contracts involving a payment of more than $50,000.

In addition to these covenants, the merger agreement contains various other customary covenants, including, among other things, access to information and each party’s agreement to use its reasonable efforts to obtain all required consents.

In connection with the termination of the Cameron State Bank 401(k) Plan (as referenced above), the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares is required by the merger agreement to adopt resolutions prior to the effective date of the merger to terminate the Plan. Thereafter, Cameron State Bank (before the merger) and IBERIABANK (after the merger) will wind up the Plan and seek a determination letter from the IRS with respect to the final terms of the Plan before making a final distribution of Plan assets. Following the merger, IBERIABANK will communicate with the Plan participants regarding their options for rolling over their final distributions from the Plan.

Representations and Warranties

The merger agreement contains a number of customary representations and warranties by IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares regarding aspects of their respective businesses, financial condition, structure and other facts pertinent to the merger that are customary for a transaction of this kind. They include, among other things:

 

   

the organization, existence, and corporate power and authority of each of the companies;

 

   

the capitalization of each of the companies;

 

   

the status of subsidiaries;

 

   

the corporate power and authority to consummate the merger;

 

   

the absence of conflicts with and violations of law;

 

   

the absence of any undisclosed liabilities;

 

   

the absence of adverse material litigation;

 

   

accuracy of IBERIABANK Corporation’s reports and financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

   

the existence, performance and legal effect of certain contracts;

 

   

the filing of tax returns, payment of taxes and other tax matters by each party;

 

   

labor and employee benefit matters; and

 

   

compliance with applicable environmental laws by each party.

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Conditions to the Merger

The respective obligations of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares to complete the merger are subject to various conditions prior to the merger. The conditions include the following:

 

   

the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the parties set forth in the merger agreement subject to the standards set forth in the merger agreement;

 

   

the performance of all agreements and covenants required by the merger agreement to be performed prior to the closing of the merger;

 

   

the delivery of certain certificates of the chief executive officers and chief financial officers of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation;

 

   

approval of the merger agreement by the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

the receipt of all material, required regulatory approvals or authorizations, provided that none of these approvals contain any non-standard condition which in the reasonable judgment of the board of directors of IBERIABANK Corporation so materially and adversely affects the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement so as to render inadvisable the consummation of the merger;

 

   

the absence of any proceeding to restrain or prohibit completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

   

the registration statement of IBERIABANK Corporation of which this proxy statement-prospectus is a part must have become effective under the Securities Act of 1933;

 

   

neither Cameron Bancshares nor IBERIABANK Corporation shall have suffered a material adverse effect;

 

   

the receipt of standard legal opinions from counsel for Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation;

 

   

the issuance of a tax opinion to IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares to the effect that the merger will qualify as a tax-free reorganization under United States federal income tax laws;

 

   

the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation to be issued in the merger shall have been authorized for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; and

 

   

obtaining any necessary, material third party consents.

The parties may waive conditions to their obligations unless they are legally prohibited from doing so. Shareholder approval and regulatory approvals may not be legally waived.

Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger

General. Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation have agreed to use reasonable efforts to obtain all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and governmental entities that are necessary or advisable to consummate the merger. This includes the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions. IBERIABANK Corporation has filed application materials necessary to obtain these regulatory approvals, but all such approvals have not been received and the required waiting periods have not expired as of the date of this proxy statement-prospectus. The merger cannot be completed without such approvals. IBERIABANK Corporation cannot assure that it will obtain the required regulatory approvals, when they will be received, or whether there will be conditions in the approvals or any litigation challenging the approvals. IBERIABANK Corporation also cannot assure that the United States

 

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Department of Justice or any state attorney general will not attempt to challenge the merger on antitrust grounds, or what the outcome will be if such a challenge is made.

IBERIABANK Corporation is not aware of any material governmental approvals or actions that are required prior to the merger other than those described below. IBERIABANK Corporation presently contemplates that it will seek any additional governmental approvals or actions that may be required in addition to those requests for approval currently pending; however, it cannot assure that it will obtain any such additional approvals or actions.

Federal Reserve Board. The mergers are subject to the prior approval of or waiver from the Federal Reserve Board which may not approve a merger if:

 

   

such transaction would result in a monopoly or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of the United States; or

 

   

the effect of such transaction, in any section of the country, may be to substantially lessen competition, or tend to create a monopoly, or in any manner restrain trade, unless in each case the Federal Reserve Board finds that the anticompetitive effects of the proposed transaction are clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the convenience and needs of the communities to be served. In every case, the Federal Reserve Board is required to consider the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the banks concerned and the convenience and needs of the communities to be served. Under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Federal Reserve Board also must take into account the record of performance of each bank in meeting the credit needs of the entire community, including low and moderate-income neighborhoods, served by each bank holding company and its subsidiaries. Applicable regulations require publication of notice of an application for approval of the merger and an opportunity for the public to comment on the application in writing and to request a hearing.

Any transaction approved by the Federal Reserve Board may not be completed until 30 days after such approval, during which time the U.S. Department of Justice may challenge such transaction on antitrust grounds and seek divesture of certain assets and liabilities. With the approval of the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Department of Justice, the waiting period may be reduced to 15 days.

Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The merger of Cameron State Bank and IBERIABANK also is subject to prior approval of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of the State of Louisiana. That merger will become effective when the merger agreement has been filed with and recorded by the Commissioner.

Agreement to Not Solicit Other Offers

Until the merger is completed or the merger agreement is terminated, Cameron Bancshares has agreed that it, its subsidiaries, its officers and its directors will not, subject to its fiduciary obligations:

 

   

initiate, solicit, or encourage any inquiries or the making of any acquisition proposal;

 

   

enter into or continue any discussions or negotiations regarding any acquisition proposals; or

 

   

agree to or endorse any other acquisition proposal.

Cameron Bancshares may, however, furnish information regarding Cameron Bancshares to, or enter into and engage in discussions with, any person or entity in response to an unsolicited bona fide written acquisition proposal by the person or entity, if the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the action is required for the directors of Cameron Bancshares to comply with their fiduciary obligations under applicable law.

 

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If the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares determines that such acquisition proposal is a superior proposal, before it may withdraw or adversely modify its approval or recommendation of the merger and recommend the superior proposal or terminate the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares must notify IBERIABANK Corporation of such superior proposal, the material terms and conditions of the superior proposal, and the identity of the person making the superior proposal. A superior proposal is an unsolicited, bona fide, written acquisition proposal on terms that the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares determines, after consultation with its financial advisor, are more favorable to the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares from a financial point of view than the IBERIABANK Corporation merger (after giving effect to any termination fee that would be required in order to terminate the merger agreement) from an entity that the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares reasonably determines is capable (from a financial, regulatory and other appropriate perspective) of consummating the proposal on the terms proposed. IBERIABANK Corporation has a right of first refusal for five (5) business days after receipt from Cameron Bancshares of a notice that it has received a superior proposal to adjust the terms of the merger agreement in order to allow the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares to proceed with the merger agreement without breaching its fiduciary duty.

Termination; Amendment; Waiver

The merger agreement may be terminated prior to the closing, before or after approval by Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders, for various reasons, including the following:

 

   

by mutual consent of the boards of directors of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares;

 

   

by a party who is not in material breach of the agreement if the other party (1) materially breaches any covenants or undertakings contained in the merger agreement or (2) materially breaches any representations or warranties contained in the merger agreement, in each case if such breach cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) days after notice from the terminating party;

 

   

by either IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares if the merger has not occurred on or before March 10, 2012 (for reasons other than the fault of the party seeking to terminate the agreement) and the parties have not consented to an extension;

 

   

by either IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares if Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders do not approve the merger agreement and merger;

 

   

by either party if any required regulatory approvals for consummation of the merger is not obtained; or

 

   

by IBERIABANK Corporation, in the event any regulatory approval is conditioned upon the satisfaction of any condition or requirement that, in the reasonable opinion of IBERIABANK Corporation, would so materially adversely affect its business or the economic benefits of the merger as to render consummation of the merger inadvisable or unduly burdensome, and the time period for appeals and request for reconsideration has run.

The board of directors of IBERIABANK Corporation may terminate the merger agreement if the board of directors of Cameron Bancshares resolves to withdraw, modify or change its recommendation to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders of the merger agreement, or recommends any acquisition proposal of Cameron Bancshares other than the merger.

If Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors determines that another acquisition proposal is superior to the merger because it is more favorable to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders from a financial point of view than the proposed merger, it may terminate the merger agreement subject to IBERIABANK Corporation’s right of first refusal to submit a revised acquisition proposal on terms not less favorable to Cameron Bancshares than the terms of the superior proposal. IBERIABANK Corporation will have the right to exercise its right of first refusal within five business days after receipt of notice of the superior proposal from Cameron Bancshares. If IBERIABANK Corporation fails to exercise its right of first refusal, Cameron Bancshares will be at liberty to accept the superior proposal, subject to payment of the termination fee described below.

 

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The parties may waive in writing any of the conditions to their respective obligations to consummate the merger agreement other than the receipt of necessary regulatory and shareholder approval. The merger agreement may also be amended or modified at any time, before or after its approval by the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, by mutual agreement, except that any amendment made after shareholder approval may not alter the consideration to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders without the additional approval of shareholders.

Effect of Termination

If the merger agreement is terminated, it will become void and have no effect and the parties will be relieved of all obligations and liabilities, except that certain specified provisions of the agreement will survive and:

 

   

if the agreement is terminated because of material breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, the breaching party will not be relieved of liability for any breach giving rise to the termination and, if such breach was willful, a termination fee may be due as described further below; and

 

   

each party will remain liable for any subsequent breach of any covenant that survives termination of the agreement.

If the merger agreement is terminated by IBERIABANK Corporation due to a willful material breach by Cameron Bancshares or the recommendation by Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors of another acquisition proposal and within 12 months after the date of termination, Cameron Bancshares, without IBERIABANK Corporation’s prior written consent, accepts an acquisition proposal, then Cameron Bancshares will pay IBERIABANK Corporation $6 million, $3 million to be paid within five business days after acceptance of the acquisition proposal, and $3 million to be paid no later than 6 months after acceptance of an acquisition proposal. If the merger agreement is terminated by Cameron Bancshares due to a willful material breach by IBERIABANK Corporation or if the merger agreement is terminated by IBERIABANK Corporation because a regulatory approval is conditioned upon satisfaction of a condition or requirement that IBERIABANK Corporation concludes would materially and adversely affect its business or the economic benefits of the merger, then IBERIABANK will pay Cameron Bancshares $4 million to be paid within five business days after Cameron Bancshares provides to IBERIABANK Corporation notice of termination. If the merger agreement is terminated due to either party’s failure to satisfy its representations, warranties or covenants, such party (either IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares, as applicable) will reimburse the other party for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed $500,000.

Fees and Expenses

IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares will each pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the merger and the transactions contemplated thereby except as described above.

Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger

The following is a discussion of the material federal income tax consequences of the merger to IBERIABANK Corporation, Cameron Bancshares and holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock. The discussion is based upon the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), Treasury regulations, Internal Revenue Service rulings, and judicial and administrative decisions in effect as of the date of this proxy statement-prospectus. This discussion assumes that the Cameron Bancshares’ common stock is generally held for investment. In addition, this discussion does not address all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock in light of his or her particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such as foreign persons, financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in securities or foreign currencies or insurance companies. The opinions of counsel referred to in this section will be based on facts existing at the completion of the merger. In rendering their opinions, counsel will require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of IBERIABANK Corporation, Cameron Bancshares and others.

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the merger and that the merger will be treated as a reorganization under the Code. If either party waives the requirement of receiving a tax opinion and there is a material change in tax consequences to the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares, you will be notified of such an event and given the opportunity to confirm or change your vote. The tax opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. must be substantially to the following effect:

 

   

the merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code, and IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares will each be a party to the reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

 

   

no gain or loss will be recognized by IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares as a result of the merger;

 

   

a shareholder of Cameron Bancshares who receives IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and cash in exchange for all of such shareholder’s shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock generally will recognize gain, but not loss, to the extent of the lesser of: (1) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the aggregate fair market value of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock received (including any fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock deemed to be received and exchanged for cash) and the amount of cash received (including any cash received in lieu of a fractional share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock) over (b) the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis in the shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock exchanged in the merger; and (2) the amount of cash received;

 

   

the aggregate tax basis of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock received by a shareholder of Cameron Bancshares who exchanges all of such shareholder’s Cameron Bancshares’ common stock in the merger will equal such shareholder’s aggregate tax basis in the shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock being exchanged, reduced by any amount allocable to a fractioned share interest of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for which cash is received and by the amount of any cash consideration received, and increased by the amount of taxable gain, if any recognized by such shareholder in the merger; and

 

   

the holding period of the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock received in the merger will include the period during which the shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock surrendered in exchange therefore were held, provided such shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock were held as capital assets at the effective date of the merger.

Limitations on Tax Opinion and Discussion. As noted earlier, the tax opinion is subject to certain assumptions, relating to, among other things, the truth and accuracy of certain representations made by IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares, and the consummation of the merger in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement and applicable state law. Furthermore, the tax opinion will not bind the Internal Revenue Service and, therefore, the IRS is not precluded from asserting a contrary position. The tax opinion and this discussion are based on currently existing provisions of the Code, existing and proposed Treasury regulations, and current administrative rulings and court decisions. There can be no assurance that future legislative, judicial, or administrative changes or interpretations will not adversely affect the accuracy of the tax opinion or of the statements and conclusions set forth herein. Any such changes or interpretations could be applied retroactively and could affect the tax consequences of the merger.

The preceding discussion is intended only as a summary of material United States federal income tax consequences of the merger. It is not a complete analysis or discussion of all potential tax effects that may be important to you. Thus, we urge Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders to consult their own tax advisors as to the specific tax consequences to them resulting from the merger, including tax return reporting requirements, the applicability and effect of federal, state, local, and other applicable tax laws and the effect of any proposed changes in the tax laws.

 

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Resale of IBERIABANK Corporation Common Stock

The shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock to be issued to shareholders of Cameron Bancshares under the merger agreement have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be freely traded by such shareholders without restriction (unless they are affiliates of IBERIABANK Corporation, in which case certain restrictions under the securities laws may apply). Certain shareholders who are deemed to be affiliates of IBERIABANK Corporation must abide by certain transfer restrictions under the Securities Act.

Bank Merger

IBERIABANK Corporation expects to merge Cameron State Bank into IBERIABANK immediately after the merger of Cameron Bancshares with and into IBERIABANK Corporation.

Accounting Treatment

IBERIABANK Corporation will account for the merger using the purchase method of accounting. Under this accounting method, IBERIABANK Corporation would record the acquired identifiable assets and liabilities assumed at their fair market value at the time the merger is complete. Any excess of the cost of Cameron Bancshares over the sum of the fair values of tangible and identifiable intangible assets less liabilities assumed would be recorded as goodwill. Based on the April 27, 2011 closing price of $59.71, management of IBERIABANK Corporation estimates that the common stock consideration at closing would be approximately $142 million. Utilizing information as of December 31, 2011, estimated goodwill and other intangibles would total approximately $52.6 million. IBERIABANK Corporation’s reported income would include the operations of Cameron Bancshares after the merger. Financial statements of IBERIABANK Corporation after completion of the merger would reflect the impact of the acquisition of Cameron Bancshares. Financial statements of IBERIABANK Corporation issued before completion of the merger would not be restated retroactively to reflect Cameron Bancshares’ historical financial position or results of operation.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal

If the merger agreement is not approved by the holders of at least 80% of the outstanding Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, Section 131 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law allows a Cameron Bancshares’ shareholder who objects to the merger agreement and who complies with the provisions of that section to dissent from the merger agreement and to have paid to him or her in cash the fair cash value of his or her shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock as of the day before the special meeting, as determined by agreement between the shareholder and IBERIABANK Corporation, or by a Louisiana court if the shareholder and IBERIABANK Corporation are unable to agree. Shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation are not entitled to dissenters’ rights.

The following is a summary of the steps to be taken by any Cameron Bancshares shareholder who is interested in perfection of his or her dissenters’ rights. This summary should be read in conjunction with the full text of Section 131, which is attached hereto as Appendix C.

To exercise the right of dissent, a Cameron Bancshares’ shareholder:

 

   

must file with Cameron Bancshares a written objection to the merger agreement prior to or at the special meeting; and

 

   

must also vote his or her shares (in person or by proxy) against the merger agreement at the special meeting.

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Section 131. The right to dissent may be exercised only by the record owners of the shares and not by persons who hold shares only beneficially. Beneficial owners who wish to dissent to the merger agreement should have the record ownership of the shares transferred to their names or instruct the record owner to follow the Section 131 procedure on their behalf.

If the merger agreement is approved by less than 80% of the total number of shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock outstanding, then promptly after the effective date written notice of the consummation of the merger agreement will be given by IBERIABANK Corporation by mail to each former shareholder of Cameron Bancshares who filed a written objection to the merger agreement and voted against it at the shareholder’s last address on Cameron Bancshares’ records. Within 20 days after the mailing of the notice, the shareholder must file with IBERIABANK Corporation a written demand for payment for his or her shares at their fair cash value as of the day before the Cameron Bancshares’ special meeting and must state the amount demanded and a post office address to which IBERIABANK Corporation may reply. He or she must also deposit the certificates formerly representing his or her shares of Cameron Bancshares common stock in escrow with a bank or trust company located in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The certificates must be duly endorsed and transferred to IBERIABANK Corporation upon the sole condition that they be delivered to IBERIABANK Corporation upon payment of the value of the shares in accordance with Section 131. With the above-mentioned demand, the shareholder must also deliver to IBERIABANK Corporation the written acknowledgment of the bank or trust company with which the certificates have been deposited that it holds the certificates.

Unless the shareholder objects to and votes against the merger agreement, demands payment, endorses and deposits his certificates and delivers the required written acknowledgment in accordance with the procedures and within the time periods set forth above, the shareholder will conclusively be presumed to have acquiesced to the merger agreement and will forfeit any right to seek payment pursuant to Section 131.

If IBERIABANK Corporation does not agree to the value stated and demanded by the shareholder, or does not agree that payment is due, it will, within 20 days after receipt of the shareholder’s demand and acknowledgment, notify the dissenting shareholder in writing at the designated post office address of its disagreement and shall state in the notice the value it will agree to pay if any payment should be held to be due; otherwise IBERIABANK Corporation shall be liable for and shall pay to the dissenting shareholder the value demanded for his or her shares. In this regard, shareholders should be aware that opinions of investment banking firms as to fairness from a financial point of view, including the opinion of Sheshunoff & Co., described in this proxy statement-prospectus, are not opinions as to “fair value” under Louisiana law, and a determination of the fair cash value of the shares could be more or less than the consideration to be paid by IBERIABANK Corporation in the merger.

If the shareholder does not agree to accept the offered amount, or disagrees with IBERIABANK Corporation’s assertion that no payment is due, he or she must, within 60 days after receipt of IBERIABANK Corporation’s notice, file suit against IBERIABANK Corporation in the district court for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, for a judicial determination of the fair cash value of the shares. Any shareholder entitled to file such suit may, within such 60-day period but not thereafter, intervene as a plaintiff in any suit filed against IBERIABANK Corporation by another former shareholder for a judicial determination of the fair cash value of such other shareholder’s shares. If a shareholder fails to bring or to intervene in such a suit within the applicable 60-day period, he or she will be deemed to have consented to accept IBERIABANK Corporation’s statement that no payment is due or, if IBERIABANK Corporation does not contend that no payment is due, to accept the amount specified by IBERIABANK Corporation in its notice of disagreement.

When the fair value of the shares has been agreed upon between the shareholder and IBERIABANK Corporation, or when IBERIABANK Corporation has become liable for the value demanded by the shareholder because of failure to give notice of disagreement and of the value it will pay, or when the shareholder has become bound to accept the value IBERIABANK Corporation agrees is due because of the shareholder’s failure to bring suit within 60 days after receipt of notice of IBERIABANK Corporation’s disagreement, the action of the shareholder to recover such value must be brought within five years from the date the value was agreed upon or the liability of IBERIABANK Corporation became fixed.

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by the dissenting shareholder claiming an amount in excess of the amount offered, IBERIABANK Corporation deposits with the court the amount offered in its notice of disagreement, then the costs, not including legal fees of the proceeding will be taxed against IBERIABANK Corporation if the amount finally awarded to the shareholder, exclusive of interest and costs, is more than the amount offered and deposited by IBERIABANK Corporation, and judicial interest may be awarded against IBERIABANK Corporation only on the amount of the award in excess of the amount deposited. Otherwise, the costs of the proceeding will be taxed against the shareholder.

Upon filing a demand for the value of his or her shares, a shareholder ceases to have any rights of a shareholder except the rights created by Section 131. The shareholder’s demand may be withdrawn voluntarily at any time before IBERIABANK Corporation gives its notice of disagreement, but thereafter only with the written consent of IBERIABANK Corporation. If his or her demand is properly withdrawn, or if the shareholder otherwise loses his or her dissenters’ rights, he or she will be restored to his or her rights as a shareholder as of the time of filing of his or her demand for fair cash value.

Until the effective date, dissenting shareholders of Cameron Bancshares should send any communications regarding their rights to Peggy D. McGinnis, Cameron Bancshares, 4440 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605. After the effective date of the merger, dissenting shareholders should send any communications regarding their rights to George J. Becker, III, Secretary, IBERIABANK Corporation, 200 West Congress Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. All such communications should be signed by or on behalf of the dissenting shareholder in the form in which his shares are registered on the books of Cameron Bancshares.

Stock Trading and Dividend Information

IBERIABANK Corporation common stock is currently listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “IBKC.” The following table sets forth the high and low trading prices for shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock and cash dividends paid per share for the periods indicated. As of April 27, 2011, there were 26,980,794 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock issued and outstanding, and approximately 2,085 shareholders of record.

 

     Price Range of Common Stocks and Dividends  
     IBERIABANK Corporation  
     High ($)      Low ($)      Dividends ($)  

Calendar 2009

        

First Quarter

   $ 48.04       $ 35.78       $ 0.34   

Second Quarter

   $ 51.44       $ 37.00       $ 0.34   

Third Quarter

   $ 50.05       $ 38.75       $ 0.34   

Fourth Quarter

   $ 57.00       $ 41.76       $ 0.34   

Calendar 2010

        

First Quarter

   $ 62.31       $ 51.81       $ 0.34   

Second Quarter

   $ 64.09       $ 51.48       $ 0.34   

Third Quarter

   $ 55.30       $ 48.31       $ 0.34   

Fourth Quarter

   $ 61.30       $ 49.24       $ 0.34   

Calendar 2011

        

First Quarter

   $ 60.90       $ 54.82       $ 0.34   

Second Quarter (through April 27, 2011)

   $ 60.96       $ 57.65         —     

On March 10, 2011, the business day immediately preceding the public announcement of the merger, the closing price of IBERIABANK common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market was $55.64 per share. Based on the closing price of $55.64 per share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock on that date and the exchange ratio of 3.464 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock for each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, the equivalent per share market value of each share of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock to be exchanged for IBERIABANK Corporation common stock would be $192.73 per share ($55.64 X 3.464).

 

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There is no established public trading market in which shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock are regularly traded, nor are there any uniformly quoted prices for Cameron Bancshares’ shares. The last sale of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock prior to the execution of the merger agreement known to Cameron Bancshares’ management occurred on December 23, 2010, at $125.00 per share, and the last sale of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock known to Cameron Bancshares’ management occurred on March 31, 2011, at $125.00 per share. The following table sets forth the cash dividends paid per share by Cameron Bancshares on the dates indicated:

 

     Dividends
Cameron Bancshares, Inc.
Per Share ($)
 

Calendar 2008

  

February 1, 2008*

   $ 2.50   

July 15, 2008

     2.50   

December 22, 2008

     5.00   

Calendar 2009

  

July 15, 2009

     2.50   

December 1, 2009

     3.00   

Calendar 2010

  

July 1, 2010

     2.00   

December 1, 2010

     2.00   

 

* Dividend was declared on December 21, 2007.

Under the merger agreement, Cameron Bancshares may not declare or pay any dividend to its shareholders after the date of the merger agreement unless the effective date of the merger is after the NASDAQ Close on June 30, 2011, in which case Cameron Bancshares may pay an aggregate cash dividend of up to $811,000. If the effective date of the merger is prior to the NASDAQ Close on June 30, 2011, shareholders of Cameron Bancshares will be entitled to receive any dividend declared and paid by IBKC in respect of the second quarter of 2011.

COMPARISON OF SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS

As a result of the proposed merger, holders of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock will be exchanging their shares of a Louisiana corporation governed by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law or LBCL and the articles of incorporation of Cameron Bancshares, for shares of IBERIABANK Corporation, a Louisiana corporation also governed by the LBCL and IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. Certain significant differences exist between the rights of Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders and those of IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders. Material differences are summarized below.

The following discussion is necessarily general; it is not intended to be a complete statement of all differences affecting the rights of shareholders and their respective entities, and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, as well as to the articles of incorporation of Cameron Bancshares and IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws contain a number of provisions relating to corporate governance and rights of shareholders, that might discourage future takeover attempts. As a result, shareholders who might desire to participate in such transactions may not have an opportunity to do so. In addition, these provisions will also render the removal of the board of directors or management of IBERIABANK Corporation more difficult.

 

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The following description is a summary of the provisions of the articles of incorporation and bylaws. See “Where You Can Find More Information” as to how to review a copy of these documents.

Authorized Capital Stock

IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which 26,980,794 shares were issued and outstanding as of April 27, 2011, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which none are issued or outstanding.

Holders of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock are entitled to one vote per share for all purposes. They are entitled to such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the board of directors in compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law and the regulations of the appropriate regulatory authorities and to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution. IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders do not have any preemptive rights with respect to any conversion, redemption or sinking fund provision. The outstanding shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock are, and the shares to be issued in connection with the merger will be, when issued, fully paid and nonassessable. IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors may authorize the issuance of authorized but unissued shares of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock without shareholder approval, unless such approval is required in a particular case by applicable laws or regulations. The authorized but unissued shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock will be issuable from time to time for any corporate purpose, including, without limitation, stock splits, stock dividends, employee benefit and compensation plans, acquisitions, and public or private sales for cash as a means of raising capital. These shares could be used to dilute the stock ownership of persons seeking to obtain control of IBERIABANK Corporation. In addition, the sale of a substantial number of shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock to persons who have an understanding with IBERIABANK Corporation concerning the voting of such shares, or the distribution or declaration of a common stock dividend to IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders, may have the effect of discouraging or increasing the cost of unsolicited attempts to acquire control of IBERIABANK Corporation.

IBERIABANK Corporation also is authorized to issue preferred stock from time to time in one or more series with such designations, powers, preferences and rights as the IBERIABANK Corporation board of directors may from time to time determine. The IBERIABANK Corporation board of directors can, without shareholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting, dividend, liquidation and conversion rights that could dilute the voting strength of the common stock and may assist management in impeding an unfriendly takeover or attempted takeover. The board of directors of IBERIABANK Corporation has no present plan or understanding to issue any preferred stock.

Cameron Bancshares. The authorized common stock of Cameron Bancshares consists of 1,200,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which 688,404 shares were issued and outstanding as of April 25, 2011. Cameron Bancshares is not authorized to issue any preferred stock. The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares may authorize the issuance of authorized but unissued shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock without shareholder approval, unless such approval is required in a particular case by applicable laws or regulations. Holders of common stock of Cameron Bancshares are entitled to one vote per share for all purposes. They are entitled to such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the board of directors in compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law and the regulations of the appropriate regulatory authorities and to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution. Shareholders of Cameron Bancshares do not have any preemptive rights. The outstanding shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors.

Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

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class, as well as such additional vote of any preferred stock, if then issued and outstanding, as may be required by the provisions thereof. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the shares entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class, as well as such additional vote of any preferred stock, if then issued and outstanding, as may be required by the provisions thereof, is required to amend charter provisions relating to the number, nomination, election and removal of directors; preemptive rights; personal liability, indemnification, advancement of expenses and other rights of officers, directors, employees and agents; meetings of shareholders and shareholder proposals; and amendment of the articles and bylaws.

The articles of incorporation of IBERIABANK Corporation provide that the board of directors or shareholders may amend the bylaws. Action by the board requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Action by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares, as well as any additional vote of preferred stock if then issued and outstanding; provided that the affirmative vote of 75% of the shares is required to amend bylaws relating to meetings of the board of directors.

Cameron Bancshares. The Articles of Incorporation of Cameron Bancshares provide that except as otherwise provided in the articles, any bylaws or by provision of law, a majority of votes actually cast shall decide any matter properly before the shareholders or directors, except that directors may be elected by plurality vote. Louisiana Business Corporation Law generally provides that the approval of a corporation’s board of directors and the affirmative vote of a majority of (i) all shares entitled to vote thereon and (ii) the shares of each class of stock entitled to vote thereon as a class is required to amend a corporation’s articles of incorporation, unless the articles specify a greater voting requirement. Therefore, the articles of incorporation may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Cameron Bancshares’ common stock.

Cameron Bancshares has no bylaws and relies on the LBCL to cover all provisions not specially provided for in its articles of incorporation.

Directors and Absence of Cumulative Voting

IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation provide that the number of directors shall be as specified in the bylaws. Currently, the bylaws specify 11 members. The directors do not need to be shareholders of IBERIABANK Corporation.

The board of directors is divided into three classes. The members of each class will be elected for a term of three years and only one class of directors will be elected annually. Thus, it would take at least two annual elections to replace a majority of IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors. Further, the bylaws impose notice and information requirements in connection with the nomination by shareholders of candidates for election to the board of directors or the proposal by shareholders of business to be acted upon at an annual meeting of shareholders.

There is no cumulative voting on directors. With cumulative voting, a shareholder has the right to cast a number of votes equal to the total number of such holder’s shares multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. The shareholder has the right to cast all of such holder’s votes in favor of one candidate or to distribute such holder’s votes in any manner among any number of candidates. Directors are elected by a plurality of the total votes cast by all shareholders. With cumulative voting, it may be possible for minority shareholders to obtain representation on the board of directors. Without cumulative voting, the holders of more than 50% of the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock generally have the ability to elect 100% of the directors. As a result, the holders of the remaining common stock effectively may not be able to elect any person to the board of directors. The absence of cumulative voting, therefore, could make it more difficult for a shareholder who acquires less than a majority of the shares of common stock to obtain representation on IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors.

The provisions regarding election of IBERIABANK Corporation’s directors are designed to protect the ability of the board of directors to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to take over or restructure the company by making it more difficult and time-consuming to change majority control of the board, even if holders of a majority of the capital stock believe that a change in the composition of the board is desirable. These requirements are intended to help ensure continuity and stability of management and policies and facilitate long-range planning.

 

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The bylaws of IBERIABANK Corporation provide generally that vacancies on the board of directors (including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors, or from the failure of the shareholders to elect the full number of authorized directors) may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors for an unexpired term; provided that the shareholders will have the right at any special meeting called for that purpose prior to an action by the board of directors to fill the vacancy.

Cameron Bancshares. In contrast to IBERIABANK Corporation, Cameron Bancshares’ articles of incorporation do not divide the board of directors into classes. This means that the entire board of directors stands for election each year. The effect of Cameron Bancshares’ non-classified board of directors is that all members of the board are elected each year; consequently, only one annual meeting is effectively required for Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders to change a majority of the members of the Board. Directors are elected by plurality vote and no cumulative voting is permitted.

Removal of Directors

IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that any director may be removed, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of IBERIABANK Corporation entitled to vote.

Cameron Bancshares. Under the LBCL, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power.

Limitations on Director Liability

IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation provide that a director or officer of the company will not be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director or officer except to the extent that by law a director’s or officer’s liability for monetary damages may not be limited. This provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of the company’s directors and officers for (a) any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the company or its shareholders, (b) any acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) any unlawful dividend, stock repurchase or other distribution, payment or return of assets to shareholders, or (d) any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit. This provision may preclude shareholder derivative actions and may be construed to preclude other third-party claims against the directors and officers.

Cameron Bancshares. The articles of incorporation of Cameron Bancshares do not address limitations on director liability.

Indemnification

IBERIABANK Corporation. The LBCL permits a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, including any action by or in the right of the corporation, if he was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent against expenses actually and reasonably incurred, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

However, in case of actions by or in the right of the corporation, the indemnity shall be limited to expenses not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the action to conclusion and no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been held liable for willful or intentional misconduct unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that in view of all of the circumstances of the case such person is entitled to indemnity.

 

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To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits regarding any such action, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

Unless ordered by a court, the determination of whether indemnification is proper in a specific case will be determined by (1) a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not party to such suit, (2) if such quorum is unobtainable and the board of directors so directs, by special legal counsel, and (3) by the shareholders.

IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation provide that the company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, including actions by or in the right of the company, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Such indemnification is furnished to the full extent provided by law against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification provisions also permit the company to pay reasonable expenses in advance of the final disposition of any action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors, provided that the indemnified person undertakes to repay the company if it is ultimately determined that such person was not entitled to indemnification.

The rights of indemnification provided in the articles of incorporation are not exclusive of any other rights which may be available under the bylaws, any insurance or other agreement, by vote of shareholders or directors (regardless of whether directors authorizing such indemnification are beneficiaries thereof) or otherwise. In addition, the charter authorizes the company to maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, whether or not the company would have the power to provide indemnification to such person. By action of the board of directors, the company may create and fund a trust fund or other fund or form of self-insurance arrangement of any nature, and may enter into agreements with its officers, directors, employees and agents for the purpose of securing or insuring in any manner its obligation to indemnify or advance expenses provided for in the provisions in the charter and bylaws regarding indemnification. These provisions are designed to reduce, in appropriate cases, the risks incident to serving as a director, officer, employee or agent and to enable the company to attract and retain the best personnel available.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling IBERIABANK Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions, IBERIABANK Corporation has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Cameron Bancshares. Cameron Bancshares’ articles of incorporation provide that Cameron Bancshares shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Cameron Bancshares or was serving at the request of Cameron Bancshares as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity. Such indemnification is furnished against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if (i) he or she is successful on the merits or otherwise or (ii) he or she acted in the transaction which is the subject of the action, suit or proceeding in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of Cameron Bancshares and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. With respect to actions by or in the right of Cameron Bancshares, amounts paid in settlement shall not exceed, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the action to conclusion and no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in relation to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to Cameron Bancshares (unless the court in which such proceeding was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the court shall deem proper).

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party, provided that the indemnified person undertakes to repay Cameron Bancshares unless it is ultimately determined that such person is entitled to indemnification.

The indemnification provisions require that, except to the extent that indemnification is ordered by a court, indemnification shall be made only upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the applicable standard of conduct has been met. The determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable (or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors directs), by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the shareholders of Cameron Bancshares.

The rights of indemnification provided in Cameron Bancshares articles of incorporation are not exclusive of any other rights which may be available under any insurance or other agreement, by vote of shareholders or otherwise.

Special Meetings of Shareholders

IBERIABANK Corporation. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called only by the board of directors, chairman of the board, president or holders of at least 50% of the shares entitled to vote.

Cameron Bancshares. The LBCL provides that special meetings of shareholders may be called at any time, by the President or the board of directors or by the secretary upon written request of a shareholder or shareholders holding in the aggregate one-fifth of the total voting power.

Consent of Shareholders

IBERIABANK Corporation. Under Louisiana law, the consent in writing of shareholders to authorize corporate action, signed by all of the shareholders having voting power on the particular question, is sufficient for the purpose, without necessity for a meeting of shareholders.

Cameron Bancshares. Under Louisiana law, the consent in writing of shareholders to authorize corporate action, signed by all of the shareholders having voting power on the particular question, is sufficient for the purpose, without necessity for a meeting of shareholders.

Shareholder Nominations

IBERIABANK Corporation. IBERIABANK Corporation’s charter establishes advance notice requirements for shareholder proposals and the nomination (other than by or at the direction of IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors or one of its committees) of candidates for election as directors. A shareholder of IBERIABANK Corporation wishing to nominate a person as a candidate for election to the board of directors must submit the nomination in writing at least 60 days before the one year anniversary of the most recent annual meeting of shareholders, together with (a) as to each person the shareholder proposes to nominate, and as to the shareholder submitting the notice, (i) their names, ages, business and residence addresses, (ii) principal occupation or employment, (iii) stockholdings, and (iv) other information required by Securities and Exchange Commission proxy rules; and (b) to the extent known, (i) the name and address of other shareholders supporting the nominee(s), and (ii) their stockholdings. Nominations that are not made in accordance with the foregoing provisions may be ruled out of order. In addition, a shareholder intending to make a proposal for consideration at a regularly scheduled annual meeting that is not intended to be included in the proxy statement for the meeting must notify IBERIABANK Corporation in writing at least 60 days before the one year anniversary of the most recent annual meeting of the shareholder’s intention. The notice must contain: (a) a brief description of the proposal, (b) the name, address and stockholdings of the shareholder submitting the proposal and other shareholders supporting the proposal, and (c) any financial interest of the shareholder in the proposal.

In accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shareholder proposals intended to be included in the proxy statement and presented at a regularly scheduled annual meeting must be received by IBERIABANK Corporation at least 120 days before the anniversary of the date that previous year’s proxy statement was first mailed to shareholders. As provided in SEC rules, if the annual meeting date has been

 

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changed by more than 30 days from the date of the prior year’s meeting, or for special meetings, the proposal must be submitted within a reasonable time before IBERIABANK Corporation begins to mail its proxy materials.

The procedures regarding shareholder nominations provide IBERIABANK Corporation’s board of directors with sufficient time and information to evaluate a shareholder nominee to the board and other relevant information, such as existing shareholder support for the nominee. The procedures, however, provide incumbent directors advance notice of a dissident slate of nominees for directors, and make it easier for the board to solicit proxies resisting shareholder nominees. This may make it easier for incumbent directors to retain their status as directors, even when certain shareholders view the shareholder nominations as in the best interests of IBERIABANK Corporation or its shareholders.

Cameron Bancshares. There is no comparable shareholder nominating procedure under Cameron Bancshares’ articles of incorporation or under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law.

Business Combinations and Control Share Acquisitions

IBERIABANK Corporation. The Louisiana Business Corporation Law sets forth heightened voting requirements with respect to certain mergers, consolidations and other business combinations between corporations and persons deemed to be interested shareholders. Interested shareholders include any person who beneficially owns at least 10% of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. Generally, the business combination provisions require that transactions involving a Louisiana corporation and an interested shareholder be approved by shareholders owning at least 80% of the total voting power of the corporation and by at least two-thirds of the total voting power of the corporation (excluding the interested shareholder), unless certain complicated pricing and procedural requirements are satisfied.

The Louisiana Business Corporation Law also sets forth certain procedures applicable to control share acquisitions with respect to Louisiana corporations. These provisions generally remove the voting rights of shares acquired by a shareholder whose ownership reaches certain stock ownership thresholds unless the remaining shareholders reinstate such voting rights.

A Louisiana corporation may elect to opt out of the business combination and control share acquisition provisions referenced above by providing in its articles of incorporation that the provisions shall not apply to the corporation. Because the articles of incorporation of IBERIABANK Corporation do not expressly opt out of these provisions, the business combination and control share acquisition provisions apply to IBERIABANK Corporation.

Cameron Bancshares. Because Cameron Bancshares’ articles of incorporation do not expressly opt out of the business combination and control share provisions of the LBCL, such provisions apply to Cameron Bancshares.

Dissenters’ Rights

IBERIABANK Corporation. The Louisiana Business Corporation Law provides that if a Louisiana corporation, by vote of its shareholders, authorizes a sale, lease or exchange of all of its assets, or, by vote of its shareholders, becomes a party to a merger or consolidation, then, unless such authorization or action shall be given or approved by at least 80% of the total voting power, a shareholder who votes against the corporate action has the right to dissent. The right to dissent, however, generally does not exist in the case of: (i) a sale pursuant to an order of a court; (ii) a sale for cash on terms requiring distribution of all or substantially all of the net proceeds to the shareholders within one year after the date of the sale; (iii) shareholders holding shares of any class of stock which, at the record date, were listed on a national securities exchange, or were designated as a national market system security on an inter-dealer quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers, unless the articles of the corporation provide otherwise or, except in the case of shareholders of a corporation surviving the merger or consolidation in which each share of such corporation outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation is an identical outstanding or treasury share of such corporation after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the shares of such shareholders were not converted by the merger or consolidation solely into shares of the surviving or new corporation.

 

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Cameron Bancshares. Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders have dissenters’ rights under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law.

Shareholders’ Rights to Examine Books and Records

IBERIABANK Corporation. Pursuant to the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, upon written notice of a demand to inspect corporate records, a person that has been a shareholder of record of at least 5% (or 25% for a business competitor) of the outstanding shares of any class for at least six months is entitled to inspect records and accounts at any reasonable time and for any proper and reasonable purpose. If IBERIABANK Corporation refuses to permit the inspection, the shareholder may file a civil action requesting a court order to permit inspection. The court will grant the order if it finds the shareholder qualified and is requesting the records for a proper and reasonable purpose.

Cameron Bancshares. Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders have the same rights of inspection with respect to books and records as IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders.

Dividends

IBERIABANK Corporation. Pursuant to the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, a board of directors may from time to time pay dividends to its shareholders out of the surplus of the corporation, or, if no surplus is available, out of the corporation’s net profits for the current or preceding fiscal year, or both. No dividend may be paid out of surplus if: (i) the corporation is insolvent or would thereby be made insolvent; or (ii) when the declaration or payment thereof would be contrary to any restrictions contained in the articles of incorporation. No dividend may be paid out of profits if: (i) the liabilities of the corporation exceed its assets, or the net assets are less than the aggregate amount payable on liquidation upon any shares which have a preferential right to participate in the assets upon liquidation; or (ii) the assets would be reduced below the liabilities, or the net assets would be reduced below the aggregate amount payable on liquidation upon issued shares which have a preferential participation right on liquidation. As with Cameron Bancshares, substantially all of the funds available for the payment of dividends by IBERIABANK Corporation are also derived from its subsidiary depository institution, and there are various statutory and regulatory limitations on the ability of such subsidiary to pay dividends to IBERIABANK Corporation.

Cameron Bancshares. Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders have the same dividend rights as IBERIABANK Corporation shareholders under the LBCL, subject to the various statutory and regulatory limitations referred to above.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF IBERIABANK CORPORATION CAPITAL STOCK

In this section, we describe the material features and rights of the IBERIABANK Corporation capital stock after the merger. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to applicable Louisiana law and IBERIABANK Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. See “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 74.

General

IBERIABANK Corporation is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock, having a par value of $1.00 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, having a par value of $1.00 per share, none of which preferred stock is issued or outstanding. Each share of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock has the same relative rights as, and is identical in all respects to, each other share of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock.

As of April 27, 2011, 2011, there were 26,980,794 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation outstanding, 1,099,047 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation were held in treasury and 1,287,412 shares of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation were reserved for issuance pursuant to IBERIABANK Corporation’s employee benefit and stock option plans. After giving effect to the merger on a pro forma basis (using an exchange ratio of 3.464), approximately 29,365,425 shares of IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock will be outstanding.

Common Stock

Dividends. Subject to certain regulatory restrictions, IBERIABANK Corporation can pay dividends from funds legally available if, as and when declared by its board of directors. Funds for IBERIABANK Corporation dividends are generally provided through dividends from IBERIABANK and, subsequent to the merger, also will be provided through dividends from IBERIABANK. Payments of dividends by IBERIABANK Corporation are subject to limitations that are imposed by law and applicable regulations. The holders of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation are entitled to receive and share equally in such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors of IBERIABANK Corporation out of funds legally available therefore. If IBERIABANK Corporation issues preferred stock, the holders thereof may have a priority over the holders of the common stock with respect to dividends.

Voting Rights. The holders of common stock of IBERIABANK Corporation possess exclusive voting rights in IBERIABANK Corporation. They elect the IBERIABANK Corporation board of directors and act on such other matters as are required to be presented to them under Louisiana law or as are otherwise presented to them by the board of directors. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share and does not have any right to cumulate votes in the election of directors. If IBERIABANK Corporation were to issue preferred stock, holders of the preferred stock may also possess voting rights.

Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of IBERIABANK, IBERIABANK Corporation, as holder of the subsidiary’s capital stock, would be entitled to receive, after payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of IBERIABANK (including all deposit accounts and accrued interest thereon) and after distribution of the balance in the special liquidation account to eligible account holders of IBERIABANK, all assets of IBERIABANK available for distribution. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of IBERIABANK Corporation, the holders of its common stock would be entitled to receive, after payment or provision for payment of all of its debts and liabilities, all of the assets of IBERIABANK Corporation available for distribution. If preferred stock is issued, the holders thereof may have a priority over the holders of the IBERIABANK Corporation common stock in the event of liquidation or dissolution.

Preemptive Rights. Holders of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights with respect to any shares that may be issued. IBERIABANK Corporation’s common stock is not subject to redemption.

 

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Preferred Stock

Shares of IBERIABANK Corporation preferred stock may be issued with such designations, powers, preferences and rights as the IBERIABANK Corporation board of directors may from time to time determine. The IBERIABANK Corporation board of directors can, without shareholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting, dividend, liquidation and conversion rights that could dilute the voting strength of the holders of the common stock and may assist management in impeding an unfriendly takeover or attempted change in control.

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING IBERIABANK CORPORATION

General

IBERIABANK Corporation is a registered bank holding company subject to supervision and regulation by the Federal Reserve and is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana. Its main office is located at 200 West Congress Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 (Telephone Number: (337) 521-4003). IBERIABANK Corporation owns all of the outstanding stock of IBERIABANK, a Louisiana state banking corporation.

At December 31, 2010, IBERIABANK Corporation had total assets of approximately $10.0 billion, total deposits of approximately $7.9 billion, and total shareholders’ equity of approximately $1.3 billion. Additional information about IBERIABANK Corporation is included in documents incorporated by reference in this proxy statement-prospectus. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Additional Information

Information relating to executive compensation, various benefit plans, voting securities and the principal holders of voting securities, relationships and related transactions and other related matters as to IBERIABANK Corporation is incorporated by reference or set forth in IBERIABANK Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is incorporated into this document by reference. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.

General

Cameron Bancshares, Inc. is a registered bank holding company subject to the supervision and regulation of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions and is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana. Its main office is located at 4440 Nelson Road, Lake Charles Louisiana 70605 (Telephone Number: (337) 312-7000). Cameron Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company of Cameron State Bank, which is a Louisiana-chartered commercial bank.

At December 31, 2010, Cameron Bancshares had total assets of approximately $706 million, total deposits of approximately $575 million, and shareholders’ equity of approximately $77.5 million.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of IBERIABANK Corporation appearing in IBERIABANK Corporation’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the effectiveness of IBERIABANK Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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LEGAL OPINIONS

The validity of the common stock to be issued in the merger will be passed upon by Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., special counsel to IBERIABANK Corporation. The United States federal income tax consequences of the merger transaction will be passed on by Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING

In the event that there are not sufficient votes to constitute a quorum or approve the merger agreement at the time of the special meeting, the merger agreement may not be approved unless the special meeting is adjourned to a later date or dates in order to permit further solicitation of proxies. In order to allow proxies that have been received by Cameron Bancshares at the time of the special meeting to be voted for an adjournment, if necessary, Cameron Bancshares has submitted to its shareholders as a separate matter for their consideration the question of adjournment if necessary to solicit additional proxies to approve the merger agreement. The board of directors of Cameron Bancshares unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” the adjournment proposal. If it is necessary to adjourn the special meeting, no notice of the adjourned special meeting is required to be given to shareholders (unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days or if a new record date is fixed), other than an announcement at the special meeting of the hour, date and place to which the special meeting is adjourned.

 

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CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF

CAMERON BANCSHARES’ COMMON STOCK

The following table sets forth, to the best knowledge and belief of Cameron Bancshares, certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Cameron Bancshares’ common stock as of April 25, 2011 by (i) each person known to Cameron Bancshares to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding Cameron Bancshares’ common stock, (ii) each director of Cameron Bancshares, (iii) certain executive officers of Cameron Bancshares (the CEO, the CFO and the three most highly compensated executive officers other than the CEO and CFO) referred to as the named executive officers and (iii) all of Cameron Bancshares’ directors and executive officers as a group.

 

Directors and Named Executive Officers

  

Title

   Shares Beneficially
Owned*
    Percent of
Class
 

Roy M. Raftery, Jr.

   Director, Chief Executive Officer      37,386 (1)      5.4308

Arthur R. Cooling

   Director      37,886        5.5035

John A. Henning

   Director      3,150        .4576

Jerry Jones

   Director      26,109 (2)      3.7927

Arnold Natali

   Director      21,100        3.0651

Sue Watson

   Director      4,490        .6522

Shively H. Verrette

   Chief Financial Officer      50        .0073

Morgan S. “Mike” Harmison

   Executive Vice President/Chief Lending Officer      3,111 (3)      .4519

Loyd E. Rion, Jr.

   Executive Vice President/Operations      5,677        .8247

Mary V. Williams

  

Senior Vice President/Branch

Administrator

     1,616 (4)      .2347
All Directors and Executive Officer as a Group (17 persons)         152,204 (5)      22.1097

 

5% Shareholders

   Shares Beneficially Owned     Percent of Class  

Arthur R. Cooling

     37,886        5.5035

Roy M. Raftery, Jr.

     37,386 (1)      5.4308

Elizabeth Richard

     52,900        7.6844

 

* Unless otherwise noted below, the shares listed in the table include shares held individually, held in individual retirement accounts, held jointly with the named person’s spouse and held as custodian for minor children or in the name of minor children. The shares listed in the table do not include shares held in the name of children who have reached the age of majority.
(1) Includes 1,386 shares held in the 401(k) Plan. Does not include 106 shares owned by Mr. Raftery’s wife (either directly or beneficially in the 401(k) Plan) or 200 shares held by Mr. Raftery’s wife for the benefit of a minor child, as to which Mr. Raftery disclaims beneficial ownership.
(2) Includes 12,325 shares for which Mr. Jones is trustee.
(3) Includes 273 shares held in the 401(k) Plan.
(4) Includes 416 shares held in the 401(k) Plan.
(5) Includes 3,397 shares held in the 401(k) Plan.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

As of the date of this document, the Cameron Bancshares’ board of directors knows of no matters that will be presented for consideration at its special meeting other than as described in this document.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

IBERIABANK Corporation has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 that registers the shares of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock to be issued to Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders in connection with the merger. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits and schedules, contains additional relevant information about the stock of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares.

The rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission allow us to omit certain information included in the registration statement from this proxy statement–prospectus. You may read and copy this information at the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Securities and Exchange Commission also maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information about issuers, like IBERIABANK Corporation, that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The address of the site is www.sec.gov. The reports and other information filed by IBERIABANK Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission are also available at IBERIABANK Corporation’s website. The address is www.iberiabank.com. We have included the web addresses of the Securities Exchange Commission and IBERIABANK Corporation as inactive textual references only. Except as specifically incorporated by reference into this proxy statement-prospectus, information on those web sites is not part of this proxy statement-prospectus.

You should also be able to inspect reports, proxy statements and other information about IBERIABANK Corporation at the offices of the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission allows IBERIABANK Corporation to incorporate certain information into this proxy statement-prospectus by reference to other information that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this proxy statement-prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information in this proxy statement-prospectus. The documents that are incorporated by reference contain important information about IBERIABANK Corporation, and you should read this document together with any other documents incorporated by reference in this proxy statement-prospectus.

This document incorporates by reference the following documents that have previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by IBERIABANK Corporation (File No. 000-25756):

 

   

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010;

 

   

Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 26, 2011, February 22, 2011, March 11, 2011 and March 16, 2011, except to the extent such information is deemed furnished.

 

   

The description of IBERIABANK Corporation common stock set forth in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed on March 28, 1995, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of updating this description.

In addition, IBERIABANK Corporation is incorporating by reference any documents it may file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this document and prior to the date of the special meeting of Cameron Bancshares’ shareholders, except to the extent such information is deemed furnished.

 

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IBERIABANK Corporation has supplied all information contained or incorporated by reference in this proxy statement-prospectus relating to IBERIABANK Corporation, and Cameron Bancshares has supplied all information contained in this proxy statement-prospectus relating to Cameron Bancshares.

Neither IBERIABANK Corporation nor Cameron Bancshares has authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the merger or our companies that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this document or in any of the materials that have been incorporated into this document. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to exchange or sell, or solicitations of offers to exchange or purchase, the securities offered by this document or the solicitation of proxies is unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this document does not extend to you. The information contained in this document speaks only as of the date of this document unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document, including information included or incorporated by reference herein, may contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to statements about, (a) the separate financial condition, results of operations and business of IBERIABANK Corporation and Cameron Bancshares; (b) the benefits of the merger, including future financial and operating results, cost savings, enhancement to revenue and accretion to reported earnings that may be realized from the merger; (c) the respective plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares and other statements that are not historical facts; and (d) other statements identified by words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” or words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations of the parties’ management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the parties’ control. In addition, these forward–looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements:

 

   

our businesses may not be combined successfully, or such combination may take longer to accomplish than expected;

 

   

the growth opportunities and cost savings from the merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected;

 

   

operating costs, customer losses and business disruption following the merger, including adverse affects of relationships with employees, may be greater than expected;

 

   

governmental approvals of the merger may not be obtained, or adverse regulatory conditions may be imposed in connection with governmental approvals of the merger;

 

   

adverse governmental or regulatory policies may be enacted;

 

   

the interest rate environment may change, causing margins to compress and adversely affecting net interest income;

 

   

the risks associated with continued diversification of assets and adverse changes to credit quality;

 

   

competition from other financial services companies in our markets; and

 

   

the risk of an economic slowdown that would adversely affect credit quality and loan originations.

 

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Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are discussed in IBERIABANK Corporation’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the proposed transaction or other matters attributable to either of us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Neither IBERIABANK Corporation or Cameron Bancshares undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.

We urge you to sign the enclosed proxy and return it at once in the enclosed envelope.

 

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Appendix A

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Agreement”) is dated as of March 10, 2011, between Cameron Bancshares, Inc. (“CMBC”), a bank holding company with principal offices in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and IBERIABANK Corporation (“IBKC”), a bank holding company with principal offices in Lafayette, Louisiana.

RECITALS

1. The Board of Directors of each party hereto believes that the transactions described in this Agreement are in the best interests of such party and its shareholders.

2. By virtue of the reorganization that is effectuated by this Agreement, CMBC will be merged with and into IBKC, and except as provided in this Agreement, the then outstanding shares of CMBC Common Stock will be converted into shares of IBKC Common Stock.

3. The Merger is subject to prior CMBC shareholder and regulatory approvals and the prior satisfaction of certain other conditions set forth in this Agreement.

4. The parties hereto intend that the reorganization contemplated by this Agreement qualify for federal income tax purposes as a tax-free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual warranties, representations, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

SECTION I.

DEFINITIONS

Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement, the capitalized terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings, in their singular or plural forms as applicable:

1.1 “Acquisition Proposal” – shall mean any tender offer or exchange offer or any proposal for a merger, acquisition of all of the capital stock or assets of, share exchange, or other business combination involving the acquisition of CMBC or any of its Subsidiaries or the acquisition of a substantial equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, CMBC or any of its Subsidiaries, or any public announcement of a proposal, plan or intention to do any of the foregoing or any agreement to engage in any of the foregoing, other than the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

1.2 “Agreement” – this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including any amendment hereto.

1.3 “LBCL” – the Louisiana Business Corporation Law.

1.4 “BHC Act” – the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

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1.6 “Certificates” – the certificates representing shares of CMBC Common Stock on or prior to the Effective Date.

1.7 “Closing” – the closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder as described in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

1.8 “CMBC” – Cameron Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.

1.9 “CMBC Common Stock” – the common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of CMBC.

1.10 “Code”– the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.11 CSB” – Cameron State Bank, a Louisiana banking corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CMBC.

1.12 “Effective Date” – the date and time at which the Merger becomes effective, as described in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.

1.13 “ERISA” – the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

1.14 “Exchange Agent” – IBKC’s stock transfer agent or such other third party experienced in the stock transfer business reasonably acceptable to CMBC which shall act as the exchange agent pursuant to Section 2.2(f) hereof.

1.15 “Exchange Ratio” – means shares of IBKC common stock, as may adjusted in accordance with Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

1.16 “Federal Reserve” – the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

1.17 “Financial Statements” – (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets (including related notes and schedules, if any) of a Warrantor as of September 30, 2010 and the audited consolidated balance sheets (including related notes and schedules, if any) of CMBC as of December 31, 2009 and of IBKC as of December 31, 2010, and (ii) the related consolidated statements of income (or statements of income and comprehensive income), changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) for the respective periods then ended.

1.18 “GAAP” – generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

1.19 “IBERIABANK” – IBERIABANK, a Louisiana banking corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of IBKC.

1.20 “IBKC” – IBERIABANK Corporation, a Louisiana corporation.

1.21 “IBKC Common Stock” – the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of IBKC.

1.22 “Market Value” – the average of the daily weighted average trading prices of the IBKC Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (as calculated by Bloomberg Screen AQR) on each of the fifteen (15) trading days ending one (1) Business Day prior to the Effective Date.

1.23 “Material Adverse Effect” – with respect to a Warrantor, means any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts that (a) is materially adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of such Warrantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) materially and adversely affects the ability of the Warrantor to perform its obligations hereunder or materially and adversely affects the timely consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the impact of (i) any change in the value of the securities portfolio or loan portfolio of the Warrantor, whether held

 

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as available for sale or held to maturity; (ii) any change, effect, event or occurrence relating to the announcement or performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the expenses incurred by the Warrantor in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) with respect to CMBC and its Subsidiaries, any change, effect, event or occurrence resulting from any action or omission taken with the prior consent of IBKC; (iv) any change in banking, or other laws, rules or regulations of general applicability or interpretations thereof by courts or governmental authorities; (v) any change in GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements applicable to banks or their holding companies generally; and (vi) any change in political conditions or in general economic or market conditions affecting banks or their holding companies generally except to the extent that such changes in general economic or market conditions have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Warrantor; or (vii) the payment of any amounts due to, or the provision of any other benefits to, any directors, officers or employees of CMBC and its Subsidiaries pursuant to employment agreements, plans and other arrangements described in this Agreement.

1.24 “Merger” – the merger of CMBC with and into IBKC.

1.25 “Merger Agreement” – the Merger Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, providing for the Merger.

1.26 “Merger Consideration” – the aggregate of the IBKC Common Stock plus that amount of cash paid in lieu of issuing any fractional share of IBKC Common Stock which would otherwise be distributable to a CMBC shareholder as determined under Section 2.2 hereof.

1.27 “NASDAQ Close” – the close of trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market pursuant to applicable NASDAQ Stock Market rules.

1.28 “1933 Act” – the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1.29 “1934 Act” – the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

1.30 “Person” – any individual, bank, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, business trust, limited liability company or unincorporated association.

1.31 “Proxy Statement” – the proxy or information statement to be used by CMBC in connection with the Shareholders Meeting to consider and vote upon the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, together with any and all amendments or supplements thereto.

1.32 “Registration Statement” – the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or other appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements thereto filed with the SEC by IBKC under the 1933 Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

1.33 “Regulatory Authorities” – collectively, any federal or state banking, insurance, securities or other governmental or regulatory authority whose approval is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

1.34 “SEC” – the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

1.35 “SEC Documents” – all reports, proxy statements, registration statements and other documents filed by any Warrantor pursuant to the Securities Laws.

1.36 “Securities Laws” – the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and the rules and regulations of the SEC under each of such acts.

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1.38 “Subsidiaries” – all those corporations, banks, savings banks, associations and other entities of which the Person in question owns or controls 100% or more of the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which 100% or more of the outstanding equity securities is owned directly or indirectly by such Person; provided, however, there shall not be included any such entity acquired in good faith through foreclosure, or any such entity to the extent that the equity securities of such entity are owned or controlled in a bona fide fiduciary capacity, through a small business investment corporation or otherwise as an investment by an entity that invests in unaffiliated companies in the ordinary course of business.

1.39 “Warrantor” – IBKC or CMBC, as the case may be.

1.40 “Warrantor Benefit Plans” – the benefit plans of IBKC or CMBC, as defined in Section 5.11(a) of this Agreement and as the context shall require, which shall depend on whether the Warrantor is IBKC or CMBC.

1.41 “Warrantor Common Stock” – the IBKC Common Stock or the CMBC Common Stock, as the context shall require, which shall depend on whether the Warrantor is IBKC or CMBC.

1.42 “Warrantor Companies” – collectively, CMBC and all CMBC Subsidiaries or, collectively, IBKC and all IBKC Subsidiaries, as the context shall require.

1.43 “Warrantor Financial Statements” – the Financial Statements of Warrantor.

1.44 “Warrantor’s knowledge” – the actual knowledge of the executive management of such Warrantor after due inquiry.

1.45 “Warrantor Real Property” – the real property owned by IBKC, and the real property owned by CMBC a list of which is set forth on Schedule 1.45 attached hereto, and used in the conduct of its ordinary course of business as a financial institution.

1.46 “Warrantor Subsidiaries” – the Subsidiaries of CMBC or IBKC, as the context shall require, which shall include the Subsidiaries described in Section 1.38 of this Agreement and any corporation, bank, savings bank, association or other entity that becomes or is acquired as a Subsidiary of a Warrantor in the future.

Other terms are defined as set forth below.

SECTION II.

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER

2.1 Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Date, CMBC will be merged with and into IBKC in accordance with the Merger Agreement, this Agreement, and the LBCL.

2.2 Conversion of CMBC Common Stock.

(a) Except for shares of CMBC Common Stock as to which dissenters’ rights have been perfected and not withdrawn or otherwise forfeited (“Dissenters’ Shares”) under the LBCL, and as otherwise provided herein, at the Effective Date each outstanding share of CMBC Common Stock will be converted into the “Merger Consideration” pursuant to the Exchange Ratio set forth below:

 

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  (i) 3.464 shares of IBKC Common Stock (to the nearest thousandth of a share) to be exchanged for each share of CMBC Common Stock and cash (without interest) payable with respect to any fractional share of IBKC Common Stock (as determined below); or

 

  (ii) if the Market Value is greater than $61.81 per share, the adjusted Exchange Ratio shall equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $214.11 by the Market Value; or

 

  (iii) if the Market Value is less than $50.57 per share, the adjusted Exchange Ratio shall equal the quotient (to the nearest thousandth of a share) obtained by dividing $175.17 by the Market Value; plus

 

  (iv) in lieu of issuing any fractional share of IBKC Common Stock which would otherwise be distributable to a CMBC shareholder as determined following application of Section 2.2(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) above, each holder of CMBC Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled thereto, after aggregating into whole shares all fractional shares of IBKC Common Stock to which such holder is entitled by virtue of the Merger, upon surrender of the certificate(s) which represented CMBC Common Stock, will receive, without interest, cash equal to such fractional share multiplied by the Market Value.

(b) Shares of CMBC Common Stock that are held by CMBC and any CMBC Subsidiary (other than shares held in a fiduciary capacity) shall not be considered to be outstanding and shall be cancelled (and not converted) by virtue of the Merger at the Effective Date and without any further action by any party.

(c) If, before the Effective Date, IBKC should split, reclassify, recapitalize or combine the IBKC Common Stock, or pay a stock dividend in IBKC Common Stock, or otherwise change the IBKC Common Stock into any other securities, or make any other dividend or distribution in respect of the IBKC Common Stock (other than normal cash dividends consistent with past practices as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with or not in violation of this Agreement), and the record date therefore is prior to the Effective Date, then the Exchange Ratios will be appropriately and proportionately adjusted to reflect such split, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, stock dividend or other distribution or change.

(d) No later than the Effective Date, IBKC shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of CMBC Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Section 2.2, certificates and cash (in immediately available funds) representing the Merger Consideration to be paid. After the Effective Date, each holder of CMBC Common Stock (other than Dissenters’ Shares), upon surrender of such holder’s Certificates in accordance herewith, will be entitled promptly to receive the Merger Consideration into which such holder’s shares have been converted. Until then, each Certificate for CMBC Common Stock will represent the Merger Consideration into which the shares of CMBC Common Stock represented thereby were converted, except that IBKC may refuse to pay any dividend or other distribution payable to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate for CMBC Common Stock (without any interest thereon) until surrender, following which such dividend or other distribution will be promptly paid, or if such dividend or distribution has reverted in full ownership to IBKC under its Articles of Incorporation. Whether or not a Certificate for CMBC Common Stock is surrendered, after the Effective Date it will not represent any interest in any Person other than IBKC.

(e) Prior to the Effective Date, IBKC or the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Certificates a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates, or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent, to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration into which the shares of CMBC Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Certificates shall have been converted pursuant to this Section 2.2. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive promptly in exchange therefore (i) a certificate representing that number of shares of IBKC Common Stock to which such former holder of CMBC Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to this

 

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Agreement and (ii) a check representing that amount of cash to which such former holder of CMBC Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to this Agreement.

(f) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as IBKC may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof. CMBC may, after prior notice to IBKC, issue replacement Certificates for any lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates prior to the Effective Date upon receipt of affidavits of loss and/or other documents reasonably satisfactory to CMBC, without, if appropriate, the posting of a bond and subject to Section 6.1(c).

(g) If the Person surrendering a Certificate and signing the accompanying letter of transmittal is not the record holder thereof, then it shall be a condition of the payment of the Merger Consideration that: (i) such Certificate is properly endorsed to such Person or is accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name of the record holder appears on such Certificate, and is otherwise in proper form for transfer, or is accompanied by appropriate evidence of the authority of the Person surrendering such Certificate and signing the letter of transmittal to do so on behalf of the record holder; and (ii) the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other similar taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

(h) If necessary, IBKC shall prepare and file with the SEC, promptly after the Effective Date, a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) registering a number of shares of IBKC Common Stock necessary to exchange shares of CMBC Common Stock held in the Plan (as defined below) into shares of IBKC Common Stock.

2.3 Employee Agreements.

(a) Schedule 2.3(a) sets forth a list of all of the CMBC employment agreements (collectively, the “Employment Agreements”) between CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary), and their respective employees, and the estimated amounts to be paid by CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) to the employees as set forth on Schedule 2.3(a) assuming such Employment Agreements are terminated at or immediately prior to the Effective Date. Upon the request of IBKC, which request shall be provided no less than twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Date, CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) shall use its best efforts to terminate the Employment Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(a) that are designated in writing by IBKC, provided that the Employment and Change of Control Agreement identified as Item Number 1 on Schedule 2.3(a) (the “Employment COC Agreement”) will not be designated by IBKC as an agreement to be terminated. At or prior to the Effective Date, upon such termination, CMBC shall pay to the employees listed on Schedule 2.3(a) whose Employment Agreements are terminated the amounts, without material deviation, as set forth on Schedule 2.3(a) against delivery by each listed employee of an instrument in writing signed by the employee acknowledging (i) receipt of said payment as full payment for all amounts due and payable to such employee thereunder and (ii) the termination of said Employment Agreement, effective immediately upon the execution and delivery of said acknowledgment. If, notwithstanding its best efforts, CMBC is unable to terminate one or more Employment Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(a) and specified by IBKC, IBKC will assume such Employment Agreement(s) and comply with the terms thereof. At or prior to the Effective Date, CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) shall use its reasonable efforts to amend the Employment COC Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date, to provide that any payment due to the employee thereunder as a result of termination of her employment within twelve (12) months after the Effective Date will be conditioned on her not resigning or being terminated for Cause (as defined in such agreement) prior to the earlier of (i) substantial completion of conversion of CMBC systems to IBKC systems or (ii) six (6) months from the Effective Date. If, notwithstanding its reasonable efforts, CMBC is unable to terminate the Employment COC Agreement, IBKC will assume such Employment COC Agreement and comply with the terms thereof.

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by CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary), upon termination of such COC Agreements at or immediately prior to the Effective Date, to the employees as set forth on Schedule 2.3(b) pursuant to said COC Agreements. At or prior to the Effective Date, CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) shall use its best efforts to terminate the COC Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(b), and, upon such termination, pay to the employees listed on Schedule 2.3(b) the amounts, without material deviation, as set forth on Schedule 2.3(b) against delivery by each listed employee of an instrument in writing signed by the employee acknowledging (i) receipt of said payment as full payment for all amounts due and payable to such employee thereunder and (ii) the termination of said COC Agreement, effective immediately upon the execution and delivery of said acknowledgment. If, notwithstanding its best efforts, CMBC is unable to terminate one or more COC Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(b), IBKC will assume such COC Agreement(s) and comply with the terms thereof.

(c) Schedule 2.3(c) sets forth a list of all of the Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreements (collectively, the “SERP Agreements”) which CMBC has or expects to enter into between CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) and their respective employees and the estimated net present value of the fully vested benefits as of the Effective Date, assuming the following: (i) full vesting of all participants; (ii) a lump sum payment as of March 1, 2011 equal to the present value of all benefits accrued as of such date; and (iii) a present value calculation based on the ten (10)-year U.S. Government bond rate as established in the Wall Street Journal on the last day of the month prior to the month for which the present value calculation is performed. At or prior to the Effective Date CMBC or its applicable Subsidiary shall amend each of the SERP Agreements effective as the Effective Date as follows: (I) to freeze each of the SERP Agreements (other than the SERP Agreement identified as Item Number 8 on Schedule 2.3(c)(“SERP Agreement No. 8”), which, by its terms, does not provide for any further increase in benefits), effective at or prior to the Effective Date (so that the benefits provided for thereunder will no longer increase over time); (II) to delete any SERP Agreement provisions requiring mutual consent to amend the SERP Agreement (including but not limited to the first sentence of Section XIII.B. of SERP Agreement No. 8), and replace such provisions with a provision substantially similar to Section 8.1 of the SERP Agreement identified as Item No. 1 on Schedule 2.3(c)(“SERP Agreement No. 1”); (III) to provide that, upon termination of the SERP Agreement on or after the ninth (9th) anniversary of the Effective Date (or, if earlier, the date on which all of the benefits under SERP Agreement No. 1 have been paid to the executive thereunder or his beneficiaries), the benefits under such SERP Agreement shall be paid to the participant or beneficiary no less than 12 months, and no more than 24 months, after termination of the SERP Agreement (i.e. in accordance with Section 409A); and (IV) to provide for a method of determining the lump sum benefit noted in Section 2.3(c)(III) above that is substantially similar to the method of determining the lump sum payment under the SERP Agreement in the event of death of the participant. IBKC will assume the SERP Agreements as of the Effective Date, at which time IBKC shall have discretion to terminate the SERP Agreements in accordance with their terms and Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”); provided that no SERP Agreement will be terminated if the payment to be made upon the termination would trigger an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code that would not be triggered in the case of payment under the current terms of the SERP Agreement and provided further that no SERP Agreement will be terminated before the ninth (9th) anniversary of the Effective Date or the date on which all of the SERP Agreement benefits owed to the executive under SERP Agreement No. 1 or his beneficiaries have been paid, whichever is earlier. In the event of termination of the SERP Agreements, IBKC shall pay the benefits due under the SERP Agreements in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4).

(d) Schedule 2.3(d) sets forth a list of any Deferred Compensation Agreements (other than the SERP Agreements) (collectively, the “Deferred Comp Agreements”) which CMBC has or expects to enter into between CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) and their respective employees and the estimated amounts to be paid by CMBC or its applicable Subsidiary, upon termination of such Deferred Comp Agreements (other than the Severance Plan effective June 20, 2007, as amended (the “Severance Plan”)) at or immediately prior to the Effective Date to the employees as set forth on Schedule 2.3(d) pursuant to said Deferred Comp Agreements. At or prior to the Effective Date, CMBC or its applicable Subsidiary shall use its best efforts to terminate the Deferred Comp Agreements (other than the Severance Plan), and, upon such termination, to pay to the employees listed on Schedule 2.3(d) the amounts, without material deviation, as set forth on Schedule 2.3(d) against delivery by each listed employee of an instrument in writing signed by the employee acknowledging (i) receipt of said payment as full payment for all amounts due and payable to such employee thereunder and (ii) the termination of said Deferred Comp Agreement, effective immediately upon the execution and delivery of said acknowledgment. If, notwithstanding its best efforts, CMBC is unable to terminate one or more Deferred Comp Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(d) (other than the Severance Plan), IBKC will assume such Deferred Comp Agreement(s) and comply with the terms thereof. With

 

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respect to the Severance Plan, IBKC will assume such plan and either comply with the terms thereof or terminate the Severance Plan and provide to the employees covered thereunder coverage under a plan of IBKC that provides an equivalent or greater benefit.

(e) Schedule 2.3(e) sets forth a list of all of the Retention Agreements which CMBC has or expects to enter into between CMBC (or its applicable Subsidiary) and their respective employees.

(f) Any action (including but not limited to any payment) under this Section 2.3 shall be subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”), provided that the timing of any payment under this Section 2.3 may be delayed only if such delay is necessary to comply with Section 409A. With respect to any action required under this Section 2.3 to be taken or any payment to be made by CMBC, in the event that compliance with Section 409A requires that the action be taken or the payment be made after the Effective Date, IBKC will assume the obligation to take such action or make such payment, and will make such payment at the earliest possible date that is in compliance with Section 409A.

SECTION III.

CLOSING AND EFFECTIVE DATE

3.1 Time and Place of Closing.

(a) The Closing will take place on a mutually agreed upon Business Day as soon as is reasonably practical subsequent to the last to occur of: (i) the date of receipt of all required Regulatory Authories’ approvals of the Merger and the expiration of all required waiting periods, and (ii) the date on which the shareholders of CMBC approve this Agreement and the Merger at the Shareholders Meeting to be held pursuant to Section 7.1(b) of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Closing shall be held not later than thirty (30) days from the date on which the last such condition to Closing is satisfied and may be held on the last Business Day of the month in which such condition is satisfied; or may be held on such other date as the parties hereto may mutually agree. If all conditions in Section VIII hereof are satisfied, or waived by the party entitled to grant such waiver, at the Closing (i) the parties shall each provide to the other such proof of satisfaction of the conditions in Section VIII as the party whose obligations are conditioned upon such satisfaction may reasonably request, (ii) the certificates, letters and opinions required by Section VIII shall be delivered, (iii) the directors and appropriate officers of the parties shall authorize, execute, deliver and acknowledge the articles and certificate of merger, and (iv) the parties shall take such further action, including (without limitation) filing the Merger Agreement and any other necessary filings with the Secretary of State of Louisiana to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) If on any date established for the Closing all conditions in Section VIII hereof have not been satisfied or waived by each Warrantor entitled to grant such waiver, then either Warrantor, on one or more occasions, may declare a delay of the Closing of such duration, not exceeding ten (10) days, as the declaring Warrantor shall select, but no such delay shall extend beyond the last date set forth in Section 9.1(c) without the written consent of the non-declaring party, whose consent may be withheld for any or no reason, and no such delay shall interfere with the right of either Warrantor to declare a termination pursuant to Section IX. The place of Closing shall be at the office of IBKC set forth in Section 10.7.

3.2 Effective Date. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII, the Merger shall become effective upon the approval of the Merger by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and necessary filings with the Louisiana Secretary of State in accordance with the LBCL or such later date and time as may be set forth in such filings (the time the Merger becomes effective being referred to as the “Effective Date.”).

 

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SECTION IV.

MANAGEMENT AND RELATED MATTERS FOLLOWING MERGER

4.1 Board of Directors and Officers of IBKC. At the Effective Date, the board of directors and officers of IBKC shall consist of those persons serving as directors and officers of IBKC immediately prior to the Effective Date.

4.2 Board of Directors and Officers of CMBC Subsidiaries. At the Effective Date, the directors and officers of the CMBC Subsidiaries shall consist of those persons serving as directors and officers of IBKC prior to the Effective Date.

4.3 Employees and Benefits.

(a) The employees of CMBC and its Subsidiaries who remain employed after the Effective Date (“Continuing Employees”) shall be given credit under each employee benefit plan, policy, program and arrangement maintained by IBERIABANK after the Closing for their service with CMBC or its Subsidiary (or with any predecessor for whom CMBC or its Subsidiary gave them credit) prior to the Closing for all purposes, including severance, vacation and sick leave, eligibility to participate, vesting, satisfying any waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements in accordance with IBKC’s plan, seniority, or the application of any pre-existing condition limitations, other than benefit accrual under a defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA); provided, however, that accrued vacation taken subsequent to the Effective Date may be subject to such limitations as IBKC or IBERIABANK may reasonably require and that apply generally to all employees of IBKC and IBERIABANK.

(b) Any employee of CMBC or its Subsidiaries who does not remain employed by IBKC or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Date and who does not receive a severance payment in connection with the Merger shall receive a severance payment from IBKC as if he or she were an employee of IBKC for the entire time he or she were an employee of CMBC. No former employee of CMBC shall receive a change of control or severance payment from IBKC if he or she received a change of control payment from CMBC, unless provided otherwise pursuant to an agreement entered into between IBKC and such employee, and CMBC shall, prior to the Effective Date, use best efforts to take all steps, and obtain such consents, as may be necessary to effectuate this Section 4.3(b).

(c) In the event of any termination of any CMBC or CMBC Subsidiary health plan (a “CMBC health plan”), IBKC and IBERIABANK shall make available to Continuing Employees and their dependents, employer-provided health care coverage under health plans provided by IBKC and IBERIABANK. Unless a Continuing Employee affirmatively terminates coverage under a CMBC health plan prior to the time that such Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate in the IBKC health plan, no coverage of any of the Continuing Employees or their dependents shall terminate under any of the CMBC health plans prior to the time such Continuing Employees and their dependents become eligible to participate in the health plans, programs and benefits common to all employees and their dependents of IBKC and IBERIABANK. In the event IBKC terminates any CMBC health plan or consolidates any CMBC health plan with any IBKC health plan, individuals covered by the CMBC health plan shall be entitled to immediate coverage under the IBKC health plan in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder, including limitations on pre-existing condition exclusions, nondiscrimination and special enrollment rights.

4.4 Indemnification and Insurance.

(a) IBKC agrees that all rights to indemnification and all limitations of liability existing in favor of any director or officer of CMBC or any CMBC Subsidiary (the “Indemnified Parties”) as provided in CMBC’s or the CMBC Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation or bylaws (including without limitation the right to the advancement of expenses) with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Effective Date shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect, without any amendment thereto, for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Date; provided, however, that all rights to indemnification in respect of any claim, suit, proceeding, investigation, or other action (“Claim”) asserted or made within such period shall continue until the final disposition of such Claim; provided further, however, that nothing contained in this Section 4.4(a) shall be deemed to preclude

 

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the liquidation, consolidation or merger of CMBC or any CMBC Subsidiary, in which case all of such rights to indemnification and limitations on liability shall be deemed to so survive and continue notwithstanding any such liquidation, consolidation or merger and shall constitute rights which may be asserted against IBKC. Nothing contained in this Section 4.4(a) shall be deemed to preclude any rights to indemnification or limitations on liability provided in CMBC’s or any CMBC Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation with respect to matters occurring subsequent to the Effective Date.

(b) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 4.4, upon learning of any claim, shall notify IBKC thereof in writing as promptly as is practicable; provided, however, that failure to so notify IBKC shall not relieve IBKC from any liability that would otherwise arise under this Section 4.4 except to the extent such failure prejudices IBKC. IBKC shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and shall not be liable for any expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if IBKC does not assume or continue to pursue such defense, or counsel for the Indemnified Party advises in writing that issues raise conflicts of interest between IBKC and the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnified Party may retain counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (and reasonably satisfactory to IBKC) at IBKC’s expense; provided, however, that (i) IBKC shall not be obligated to pay for more than one counsel for all Indemnified Parties in any jurisdiction except as may be required due to conflicts of interest; (ii) the Indemnified Parties will cooperate (to the extent reasonably appropriate under the circumstances) in the defense of any such claim; and (iii) IBKC shall not be liable for any settlement effected without the prior written consent of IBKC, which consent may be withheld unless such settlement is reasonable in light of such claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations against, and defenses available to, such Indemnified Party.

(c) CMBC will, for total premiums not to exceed $85,000 (the “Maximum Amount”), purchase a continuation of their current directors and officers liability insurance for a coverage period of three (3) years after the Merger, provided that if the amount of the annual premiums necessary to maintain or procure such insurance coverage exceeds the Maximum Amount, IBKC shall maintain the most advantageous policies of directors’ and officers’ insurance obtainable for an aggregate annual premium not to exceed the Maximum Amount.

(d) If IBKC or any of its successors or assigns (i) reorganizes or consolidates with or merges into or enters into another business combination transaction with any other Person or entity and is not the resulting, continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such reorganization, consolidation, merger or transaction or (ii) liquidates, dissolves or transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or entity, then, and in each such case, proper provisions will be made so that such surviving corporation or transferee and its successors and assigns assume the obligations of IBKC set forth in this Agreement. The obligations of IBKC under this Section 4.4 are intended to be for the benefit of, and enforceable against IBKC directly by, the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and representatives and shall be binding on all respective successors and permitted assigns of IBKC. IBKC shall pay all reasonable costs, including attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by any Indemnified Party in successfully enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided for in this Section 4.4 to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. The rights of each Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights such Indemnified Party may have under applicable law. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall survive the Effective Date.

SECTION V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IBKC AND CMBC

IBKC and CMBC hereby represent and warrant to the other Warrantor, subject to the standard set forth in Section 5.21 hereof, that:

5.1 Organization, Standing, and Authority. Warrantor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state of Louisiana, and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing in the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Warrantor has corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted in all material respects, to own, lease and operate its assets, properties and business, and to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Agreement. Warrantor is duly registered with the Federal

 

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Reserve as a bank holding company under the BHC Act. Warrantor has in effect all federal, state, local and foreign governmental authorizations necessary for it to own or lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now conducted in all material respects. Each of IBERIABANK and CSB is an “insured depository institution” as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and applicable regulations thereunder.

5.2 Capital Stock.

(a) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of Warrantor as of the date of this Agreement, the number of shares of Warrantor Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Warrantor Benefit Plans as of such date and the number of shares of Warrantor Common Stock that are subject to outstanding stock options under such Warrantor Benefit Plans as of such date, are set forth in Schedule 5.2(a) that pertains to Warrantor. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Warrantor are duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of Warrantor has been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of the current or past shareholders of Warrantor. All of the IBKC Common Stock to be issued in exchange for CMBC Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly authorized and fully paid and non-assessable.

(b) Except as set forth in Section 5.2(a), Section 6.1(e) or Schedule 5.2(a), there are, as of the date of this Agreement and will be, at the Effective Date, no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of CMBC outstanding and no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of the capital stock of CMBC or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which CMBC is or may be bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase or acquire any additional shares of its capital stock.

5.3 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.3 lists all of the Subsidiaries of Warrantor as of the date of this Agreement. Except as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:262, all of the shares of capital stock of IBERIABANK held by IBKC are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by IBKC free and clear of any claim, lien or encumbrance. Each Subsidiary of Warrantor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing in the jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of CSB and IBERIABANK has the corporate power and authority necessary for it to own or lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and has all federal, state, local and foreign governmental authorizations necessary for it to own or lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted in all material respects.

5.4 Authority.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Warrantor, subject, with respect to this Agreement, to the approval of the shareholders of CMBC. This Agreement, subject to any requisite approval by CMBC’s shareholders (and assuming in each case the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Warrantor), represents the valid and legally binding obligation of Warrantor, enforceable against Warrantor, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought.

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provision of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration with respect to, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Warrantor, pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, agreement, lease or other instrument or obligation to which any of them is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties or assets may be subject, except such as individually or in the aggregate will not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite approvals, authorizations, filings, registrations and notifications referred to in Section 8.5 of this Agreement, violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Warrantor, or any of its properties or assets.

(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of applicable state corporate and securities laws, the Securities Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and other than consents, authorizations, approvals or exemptions required from Regulatory Authorities, no notice to, filing with, authorization of, exemption by or consent or approval of any public body or authority is necessary for the consummation by Warrantor of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d) The Board of Directors of each of the parties hereto (at a meeting duly called and held prior to the execution of this Agreement) has by requisite vote (i) determined that the Merger is in the best interests of such party and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and (iii) in the case of CMBC’s Board of Directors only, has directed that the Merger be submitted for consideration to CMBC’s shareholders at the Shareholders Meeting.

5.5 Financial Statements; Accounting. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Warrantor has delivered to the other Warrantor its Warrantor Financial Statements through the period ended September 30, 2010, and each Warrantor will promptly deliver when available copies of such Warrantor Financial Statements in respect of periods ending after September 30, 2010. Each of the Warrantor Financial Statements (as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby): (i) is (and, in the case of Warrantor Financial Statements in respect of periods ending after September 30, 2010, will be) in accordance with the books and records of the Warrantor, and have been and will continue to be maintained in accordance with GAAP (except as permitted by Regulation S-X of the SEC), in all material respects, and (ii) except as permitted by Regulation S-X of the SEC, presents (and, in the case of Warrantor Financial Statements in respect of periods ending after September 30, 2010, will present) fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations, changes in Shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Warrantor as of the dates and for the periods indicated, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP applicable to financial institution holding companies applied on a basis consistent with prior periods, except as otherwise described (subject in the case of interim financial statements to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes).

5.6 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.6, neither Warrantor has any obligation or liability (contingent or otherwise) that is material, either individually or in the aggregate, to the financial condition, results of operations or, to the Warrantor’s knowledge, business prospects of the Warrantor on a consolidated basis, or that when combined with all similar obligations or liabilities would, either individually or in the aggregate, be material to the financial condition, results of operations or, to the Warrantor’s knowledge, business prospects of the Warrantor on a consolidated basis, except (i) as reflected in the Warrantor Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) as reflected by this Agreement, or (iii) for commitments and obligations made, or liabilities incurred, since September 30, 2010, with respect to CMBC, and December 31, 2010, with respect to IBKC, in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices.

5.7 Tax Matters.

(a) All material federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by or on behalf of Warrantor have been timely filed or requests for extensions have been timely filed, granted and have not expired. All taxes shown on filed returns have been paid, except for taxes which are being contested in good faith or have not yet been fully determined. There is no audit examination, deficiency, refund litigation or matter in controversy with respect to any taxes, except as reserved against in the Warrantor Financial Statements or as set forth on Schedule 5.7(a). All taxes, interest, additions and penalties which are material in amount and which are due with respect to completed and settled examinations or concluded litigation have been paid or adequately reserved for.

 

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(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7(b), Warrantor has not executed an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any tax due that is currently in effect.

(c) Adequate provision for any federal, state, local or foreign taxes due or to become due for Warrantor for any period or periods through and including December 31, 2010 has been made and is reflected in the Warrantor Financial Statements, and will be made through and including the Closing.

(d) Deferred taxes of the Warrantor Companies have been provided for in accordance with GAAP.

5.8 Loans, Reserves, and Investments.

(a) All loans (including discounts) and financing leases in which Warrantor is lessor (collectively, “Credits”) reflected in the Warrantor Financial Statements were (i) made for adequate consideration in the ordinary course of business, (ii) evidenced by instruments that were true and genuine, and (iii) if secured, secured by valid perfected security interests. An accurate trial balance of all such Credits of CMBC and of the investment portfolio as of January 31, 2011 has been previously delivered to IBKC.

(b) The aggregate allowances for losses on Credits and other real estate and foreclosed assets owned reflected on the latest Warrantor Financial Statement delivered on or prior to the date of this Agreement were, as of the date of such Financial Statements and will be, at the Closing, adequate, as of the respective dates of the Financial Statements, in accordance with regulatory guidelines and GAAP in all material respects.

5.9 Properties and Insurance. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9 or as reserved against in the Warrantor Financial Statements, Warrantor, has good and, as to real property, marketable title, free and clear of all material liens, encumbrances, charges or defaults of any character, to all of the material properties and assets, tangible or intangible, reflected in the Warrantor Financial Statements as being owned by the Warrantor as of the dates thereof. For purposes of the Warrantor’s representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.9, any reference to real property shall only relate to the Warrantor Real Property. To Warrantor’s knowledge, (i) all buildings and all fixtures, equipment and other property and assets which are material to its business on a consolidated basis and are held under leases or subleases by the Warrantor are held under valid leases or subleases enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings may be brought); and (ii) the policies of fire, theft, liability, fidelity and other insurance maintained with respect to the assets or businesses of the Warrantor provide adequate coverage against loss.

5.10 Compliance with Laws. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10, each Warrantor and the Warrantor Subsidiaries:

(a) Is, to Warrantor’s knowledge, in compliance in all material respects with all laws, regulations, reporting and licensing requirements and orders necessary for it to own or lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now conducted in all material respects;

(b) Has received no notification or communication from any Regulatory Authority (i) threatening to revoke any license, franchise, permit or governmental authorization which is material, either individually or in the aggregate, to the financial condition, results of operations or, to the Warrantor’s knowledge, business prospects of the Warrantor on a consolidated basis or the ability of the Warrantor to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, under the terms hereof, or (ii) requiring Warrantor (or any of its officers, directors or controlling Persons) to enter into a cease and desist order, agreement or memorandum of understanding (or requiring the board of directors thereof to adopt any resolution or policy); and

(c) Has complied in all material respects with the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) and the rules and regulations thereunder, and has a CRA rating of not less than “satisfactory”.

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(a) (i) Warrantor has delivered or made available to the other Warrantor, prior to the execution of this Agreement, copies of each pension, retirement, profit sharing, supplemental or excess retirement, stock option, stock purchase, savings, employee stock ownership, restricted stock, phantom stock, stock ownership, life insurance, disability, vacation pay, severance pay (including, without limitation change of control or golden parachute arrangements), incentive, deferred compensation, bonus or benefit arrangement, health or hospitalization program, fringe benefit or perquisite arrangement or other similar plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any “employee benefit plan”, as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, in respect of any of the present or former directors, officers, other employees or independent contractors of, or dependents, spouses or other beneficiaries of any of such directors, officers, other employees or independent contractors of, any of the Warrantor Companies (collectively, the “Warrantor Benefit Plans”), and (ii) CMBC and the CMBC Subsidiaries have delivered or made available to IBKC, prior to the execution of this Agreement, copies of each employment or consulting agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement which provides any benefit or perquisites to or in respect of any of the present or former directors or officers of, or dependents, spouses or other beneficiaries of any of such directors or officers of, CMBC and the CMBC Subsidiaries, which employment and consulting agreements are, with respect to CMBC and the CMBC Subsidiaries, included in the term “Warrantor Benefit Plans” as defined above. Any of the Warrantor Benefit Plans which is an “employee pension benefit plan,” as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, is referred to herein as a “Warrantor ERISA Plan”. No Warrantor has participated in or been a member of, and no Warrantor Benefit Plan is or has been, a multi-employer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11(a), the Warrantor Benefit Plans of CMBC and the CMBC Subsidiaries are terminable on their terms without penalty or payment except for accrued and vested benefits thereunder.

(b) All Warrantor Benefit Plans comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and any other applicable laws, rules and regulations the breach or violation of which could result in a liability, either individually or in the aggregate, material to the financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Warrantor on a consolidated basis. With respect to the Warrantor Benefit Plans, no event has occurred and, to Warrantor’s knowledge, there exists no condition or set of circumstances, in connection with which the Warrantor could be subject to any liability (except liability for severance payments, benefit claims, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums, and funding obligations payable in the ordinary course). No notice of a “reportable event,” as that term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived has been required to be filed for any Warrantor ERISA Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA within the 12-month period ending on the date of this Agreement. No Warrantor has provided, or is required to provide, security to any Warrantor ERISA Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA pursuant to Section 401(a)(20) of the Code.

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11(c), no Warrantor ERISA Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA has any “unfunded current liability,” as that term is defined in Section 302(d)(8)(A) of ERISA, and the present fair market value of the assets of each such plan exceeds the plan’s “benefit liabilities”, as that term is defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, when determined under actuarial factors that would apply if the plan terminated as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with all applicable legal requirements.

5.12 Material Contracts. Except, with respect to CMBC, as set forth on Schedule 5.12, and except, with respect to IBKC, as filed as an exhibit to its most recent Form 10-K, none of the Warrantor Companies, nor any of their respective assets, businesses or operations, as of the date of this Agreement, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits under, any contract or agreement or amendment thereto that in each case would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a Form 10-K filed by Warrantor as of the date of this Agreement (each such contract, agreement or amendment, a “Warrantor Material Contract”). No Warrantor Company is in default in any material respect under any Warrantor Material Contract, and there has not occurred any event that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute such a default.

5.13 Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.13, there are no actions, suits or proceedings instituted or pending or, to Warrantor’s knowledge, threatened against a Warrantor Company, or affecting any property, asset, interest or right of any of them.

 

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5.14 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 2009, the Warrantor Companies, taken as a whole on a consolidated basis, have not suffered any change in any respect that has had or, to Warrantor’s knowledge, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.15 Reports. Since December 31, 2007, each of the Warrantor Companies has filed all reports and statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file with (i) the SEC, including, but not limited to, Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K and proxy statements, (ii) the Federal Reserve, (iii) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and (iv) any applicable state banking, insurance, securities or other regulatory authorities. As of their respective dates (and without giving effect to any amendments or modifications filed after the date of this Agreement with respect to reports and documents filed before the date of this Agreement), each of such reports and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, complied in all material respects with all of the statutes, rules and regulations enforced or promulgated by the authority with which they were filed and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.

5.16 Statements True and Correct. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Warrantor for inclusion in (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Proxy Statement, and (iii) any other documents to be filed with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the respective times such documents are filed, and, in the case of the Registration Statement, when it becomes effective and, with respect to the Proxy Statement, when first mailed to the shareholders of CMBC be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of the Proxy Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, at the time of the Shareholders Meeting, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading. All documents that Warrantor is responsible for filing with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply in all material respects with the provisions of applicable law including applicable provisions of the Securities Laws.

5.17 Environmental Matters.

(a) To Warrantor’s knowledge, Warrantor and each Warrantor Subsidiary (for purposes of this Section 5.17, the term “Warrantor Subsidiary” shall include small business investment corporations and entities that invest in unaffiliated companies in the ordinary course of business in which Warrantor owns or controls 5% or more of the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which 5% or more of the outstanding equity securities is owned directly or indirectly by Warrantor), except as set forth in Schedule 5.17(a), the Warrantor Real Property and the Participation Facilities (as defined below) are, and have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and standards, and all requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and of state and local agencies with jurisdiction over pollution or protection of health or the environment.

(b) To Warrantor’s knowledge, except as set forth in Schedule 5.17(b), there is no suit, claim, action or proceeding, pending or threatened, before any court, governmental agency, board or other forum pursuant to which Warrantor or any of the Warrantor Subsidiaries or any Warrantor Real Property or Participation Facility (or in respect of such Warrantor Real Property or Participation Facility) has been or, with respect to threatened proceedings may be, named as a defendant (i) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor) with any environmental law, rule or regulation or (ii) relating to the release into the environment of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) or oil, whether or not occurring at or on any site owned (including as trustee), leased or operated by it or any of its subsidiaries or any Warrantor Real Property or Participation Facility.

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the management of any Participation Facility, to Warrantor’s knowledge, there has been no release of Hazardous Material or oil in, on, under or affecting such property or Participation Facility.

(e) For purposes of this Section 5.17: (i) “Participation Facility” means any property in which Warrantor (or a Warrantor Subsidiary) participates in the management of such property; and (ii) “Hazardous Material” means any pollutant, contaminant or hazardous substance within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., or any similar federal, state or local law.

5.18 Knowledge as to Conditions. On the date of this Agreement, Warrantor knows of no reason why the regulatory approvals, authorizations, filings, registrations and notices contemplated by Section 8.5 should not be obtained without the imposition of any material and adverse condition or restriction.

5.19 Labor Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19, neither Warrantor is a party to, or is bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other agreement or understanding with a labor union or labor organization, nor is Warrantor the subject of any proceeding asserting that Warrantor has committed an unfair labor practice or seeking to compel Warrantor to bargain with any labor union or labor organization as to wages and conditions of employment; nor is there any strike or other labor dispute involving Warrantor pending or threatened.

5.20 Fairness Opinion. CMBC shall have received an opinion from Sheshunoff & Co., CMBC’s financial advisor, dated as of or within two (2) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement, to the effect that, as of such date, the Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of CMBC Common Stock is fair to CMBC’s shareholders from a financial point of view.

5.21 Materiality. No representation or warranty by a Warrantor contained in this Section V shall be deemed untrue or incorrect, and no party hereto shall be deemed to have breached a representation or warranty, on account of the existence of any fact, circumstance or event unless, as a direct or indirect consequence of such fact, circumstance or event, individually or taken together with all other facts, circumstances or events inconsistent with any paragraph of Section V, as applicable, there is or is reasonably likely to be a Material Adverse Effect, except that the representations and warranties in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 shall be true and correct in all respects. CMBC’s representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be untrue or breached as a result of effects arising solely from actions taken in compliance with this Agreement or a written request of IBKC.

5.22 CMBC Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.22, there is no person other than CMBC’s executive officers, directors and Subsidiaries whom CMBC reasonably believes is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of CMBC.

SECTION VI.

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby covenants and agrees with the other parties as follows:

6.1 Conduct of Business—Negative Covenants. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 6.1, CMBC will not do, and will not agree or commit to do, and CMBC will cause each of its Subsidiaries not to do and not to agree to commit to do, any of the following without the prior written consent of a duly authorized officer of IBKC:

(a) Amend its articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other governing instruments, or

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(c) Repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or exchange, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible into any shares of its capital stock, or issue Certificates representing more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of CMBC Common Stock to replace lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates in accordance with Section 2.2(f), or

(d) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, acquire direct or indirect control over any corporation, association, firm or organization, other than in connection with (i) internal reorganizations or consolidations involving existing Subsidiaries, (ii) good faith foreclosures in the ordinary course of business, (iii) acquisitions of control by a banking Subsidiary in a bona fide fiduciary capacity, (iv) investments made by small business investment corporations or by Subsidiaries that invest in unaffiliated companies in the ordinary course of business, or (v) the creation of new Subsidiaries organized to conduct or continue activities otherwise permitted by this Agreement, or

(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(e), issue, sell, pledge, encumber, authorize the issuance of, or otherwise dispose of: (i) any shares of its capital stock, including any agreement to issue, sell, pledge, encumber, or authorize the issuance of its capital stock; (ii) any substantial part of its assets or earning power; or (iii) any asset other than in the ordinary course of business for reasonable and adequate consideration, or

(f) Adjust, split, combine, or reclassify any capital stock of CMBC or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of or in substitution for CMBC Common Stock, or

(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(g), incur any additional material debt obligation or other material obligation for borrowed money, except in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices (and such ordinary course of business shall include, but shall not be limited to, the creation of deposit liabilities, purchases of federal funds, sales of certificates of deposit and entry into repurchase agreements), or

(h) Grant any increase in compensation or benefits to its officers or other employees; pay any bonus, enter into any severance agreements with any of its directors or officers; grant any increase in fees or other increases in compensation or other benefits to any of its present or former directors; or effect any change in retirement benefits for any class of its employees or officers (unless such change is required by applicable law or, in the opinion of counsel, is necessary or advisable to maintain the tax qualification of any plan under which the retirement benefits are provided) that would increase the retirement benefit liabilities of CMBC and its Subsidiaries.

(i) Except as contemplated by this Agreement, or any of the agreements, documents or instruments contemplated hereby, or as set forth on Schedule 6.1(i), amend any existing employment, severance or similar contract or other arrangement between it or any of its Subsidiaries (unless such amendment is required by law), or enter into any new such contract or other employment arrangement with, any person, or

(j) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or any of the agreements, documents or instruments contemplated hereby, or set forth in Schedule 6.1(j), adopt any new employee benefit plan or make any material change in or to any existing employee benefit plan, other than any such change that is required by law or that, in the opinion of counsel, is necessary or advisable to maintain the tax qualified status of any such plan, or

(k) Place or suffer to exist on any of it assets or properties any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or as disclosed in Schedule 6.1(k), cancel any material indebtedness to it or any material claims which it may have had, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability, or

(l) Charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by Regulatory Authorities or by GAAP consistently applied) any material Credit, or make or enter into any commitments to make any Credit which varies materially from its written credit policies, copies of which have been made available to IBKC, or

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(n) Other than in the normal course of providing credit to customers as part of its banking business, accepting deposits and making investments, enter into any contract or series of related contracts involving a payment of more than $50,000.

(o) Commit to do any of the foregoing.

6.2 Conduct of Business—Affirmative Covenants. Unless the prior written consent of the other Warrantor shall have been obtained, except as otherwise contemplated or permitted hereby or as set forth on Schedule 6.2, each Warrantor shall operate its business only in the ordinary course of business of such Warrantor consistent with past practices, shall preserve intact its business organizations and assets and maintain its rights and franchises, and shall voluntarily take no action which would (i) adversely affect the ability of any of them to obtain any necessary approvals of Regulatory Authorities required for the transactions contemplated hereby without imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the second sentence of Section 8.5 of this Agreement, (ii) adversely affect the ability of such Warrantor to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) cause or permit a breach of any of its covenants or cause or permit any representation or warranty of it to become untrue in any material respect, as if each such representation and warranty were continuously made from the date hereof.

6.3 Adverse Changes in Condition. Each Warrantor shall give written notice promptly to the other Warrantor concerning (i) any event which has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect on such Warrantor, or (ii) the occurrence or impending occurrence of any event or circumstance known to such Warrantor which would have needed to be reported in a disclosure schedule hereunder if it had occurred or been pending on or prior to the date of this Agreement, or which would cause or constitute a material breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of such Warrantor contained herein or that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the timely consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Warrantor shall use its reasonable efforts to prevent or to promptly remedy the same.

6.4 Investigation and Confidentiality. Prior to the Effective Date, each Warrantor will keep the other Warrantor promptly advised of all material developments relevant to its business and to the consummation of the Merger and may make or cause to be made such investigation, if any, of the business, properties, operations and financial and legal condition of the other Warrantor and its Subsidiaries as such Warrantor reasonably deems necessary or advisable to familiarize itself and its advisors with such business, properties, operations and condition; provided, however, that such investigation shall be reasonably related to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not interfere unnecessarily with normal operations. Each Warrantor agrees to furnish the other Warrantor and the other Warrantor’s respective advisors with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to its business, properties and employees as the other Warrantor shall from time to time reasonably request. No investigation by one Warrantor shall affect the representations and warranties of the other Warrantor and, subject to Section 9.3 of this Agreement, each such representation and warranty shall survive any such investigation. Each Warrantor agrees to furnish the other Warrantor with all information necessary to expedite pre-conversion planning and implementation, including, but not limited to, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to plan, make effective and consummate systems and branch conversions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither party hereto shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate its attorney-client privilege or violate or prejudice the rights of any customer or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order or judgment, nor to disclose board minutes of any confidential discussion of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Warrantor shall maintain the confidentiality of all confidential information furnished to it by the other Warrantor in accordance with the terms of the confidentiality agreement dated January 17, 2011 between the Warrantors (the “Confidentiality Agreement”).

6.5 Reports. From the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement, each Warrantor shall, IBKC shall cause IBERIABANK to, and CMBC shall cause CSB to, file all reports required to be filed by such Warrantor, CSB and IBERIABANK with any Regulatory Authority, and shall deliver to the other Warrantor copies of all such reports promptly after the same are filed.

6.6 Dividends. From the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement, CMBC shall not declare or pay any dividend or other distribution to its shareholders; provided, however, if the Effective Date is after the NASDAQ Close on June 30, 2011, CMBC may pay an aggregate cash

 

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dividend to its shareholders of up to $811,000. If the Effective Date is prior to the NASDAQ Close on June 30, 2011, the former shareholders of CMBC who receive IBKC Common Stock in the Merger shall receive any dividend declared and paid by IBKC in respect of the second quarter of 2011.

6.7 Capital Stock. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement (including Section 6.1(e) hereof), or as set forth on Schedule 6.7, without the prior written consent of IBKC, from the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement, CMBC shall not, and shall not enter into any agreement to, issue, sell, or otherwise permit to become outstanding any additional shares of CMBC Common Stock or any other capital stock of CMBC and any Subsidiary of CMBC, or any stock appreciation rights, or any option, warrant, conversion or other right to acquire any such stock, or any security convertible into any such stock.

6.8 Certain Actions.

(a) Subject to Section 6.8(d) of this Agreement, CMBC agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of the officers and directors of it or its Subsidiaries shall, and that it shall cause its and its Subsidiaries’ employees, agents and representatives (including any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) have any discussion with or provide any confidential information or data to any Person relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or engage in any negotiations concerning an Acquisition Proposal, or knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal or (iv) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement or propose publicly or agree to do any of the foregoing related to any Acquisition Proposal.

(b) CMBC agrees that it will, and will cause its officers, directors and representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any activities, discussions or negotiations existing as of the date of this Agreement with any parties conducted heretofore (other than IBKC) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal informing them that the Board of Directors no longer seeks the making of any Acquisition Proposals.

(c) CMBC agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to promptly inform its directors, officers, key employees, agents and representatives of the obligations undertaken in this Section 6.8.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.8(a) of this Agreement, if any Person after the date of this Agreement submits to CMBC’s board of directors an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal, and CMBC’s board of directors reasonably determines in good faith, after receipt of advice from outside legal counsel, that the failure to engage in discussions with such Person concerning such Acquisition Proposal may cause CMBC’s board of directors to breach its fiduciary duties to CMBC and its shareholders, and after consultation with its financial advisor, then, in such case, (i) CMBC may (A) furnish information about its business to such Person under protection of an appropriate confidentiality agreement containing customary limitations on the use and disclosure of all non-public written or oral information furnished to such Person, provided that CMBC must contemporaneously furnish to IBKC all such non-public information furnished to such Person, and (B) negotiate and participate in discussions and negotiations with such Person; and (ii) if CMBC’s board of directors determines that such an Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal (defined below), CMBC’s board of directors may (subject to the provisions of this Section 6.8) (A) withdraw or adversely modify its approval or recommendation of the Merger and recommend such Superior Proposal or (B) terminate this Agreement, in each case, (i) at any time after five (5) Business Days following IBKC’s receipt of written notice (a “Notice of Superior Proposal”) advising IBKC that CMBC’s board of directors has received a Superior Proposal and enclosing a copy of the Acquisition Proposal, identifying the Person submitting the Superior Proposal, specifying the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal, and (ii) subject to IBKC’s Right of First Refusal (defined below). In the event IBKC elects not to exercise the Right of First Refusal, CMBC shall provide IBKC with a final written notice of acceptance before or simultaneous with accepting any Superior Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” means any unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal for consideration consisting of cash and/or securities, and otherwise on terms which CMBC’s board of directors determines, after consultation with its financial advisor, are more favorable to CMBC’s shareholders (in their capacities as shareholders) from a financial point of view than the

 

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Merger after giving effect to the provisions of Section 9.2 (or other revised proposal submitted by IBKC). For the purposes of this Section 6.8(d), an Acquisition Proposal shall be “bona fide” if the board of directors of CMBC reasonably determines that the Person submitting such Acquisition Proposal is capable, from a financial, regulatory and other appropriate perspectives, of consummating such Acquisition Proposal on the terms proposed.

(e) IBKC shall have the right (“Right of First Refusal”) for five (5) Business Days after receipt of Notice of Superior Proposal to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement as would enable CMBC to proceed with the Merger on the basis of such adjusted terms. If IBKC fails to exercise such Right of First Refusal within the time herein specified, CMBC shall be at liberty to accept the Superior Proposal, subject to the obligations of CMBC pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof.

6.9 Agreement as to Efforts to Consummate. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and its fiduciary duties under applicable law, each Warrantor agrees to use, and to cause its Subsidiaries to use, its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things, necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, using its reasonable efforts to lift or rescind any injunction or restraining order or other order adversely affecting the ability of any party hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Warrantor shall use, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use, its reasonable efforts to obtain consents of all third parties and governmental bodies necessary or desirable for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Section 6.9 shall not require either Warrantor to waive any condition to such Warrantor’s obligation to consummate the Merger.

6.10 Operating Functions. CMBC and CSB shall cooperate with IBKC and IBERIABANK in connection with planning for the efficient and orderly combination of the parties and the operation of CSB after the Merger, and in preparing for the consolidation of appropriate operating functions to be effective on the Effective Date.

6.11 Preservation of Business. CMBC shall use its reasonable efforts to preserve the possession and control of all of CMBC’s and CSB’s assets (other than those consumed or disposed of for value in the ordinary course), and the goodwill of customers and others having business relations with them, and will do nothing knowingly to impair their ability keep and preserve their businesses as they exist on the date hereof. From the date hereof until the Effective Date, CSB (i) shall notify IBERIABANK prior to establishing the rates to be paid by CSB on its deposit accounts if such rate change is not in the ordinary course of business and consistent with CMBC’s past practices as disclosed on Schedule 6.12 hereof, (ii) shall confer with IBERIABANK not less than once every two weeks to review the conduct of CMBC’s loan approval process, and (iii) shall notify IBERIABANK promptly of any change that may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Credits identified in Section 5.8(a) of which it becomes aware.

6.12 Issuance of IBKC Common Stock. IBKC shall, prior to the Closing, take such action as is required to authorize and reserve for issuance the IBKC Common Stock to the shareholders of CMBC pursuant to the Merger, and to permit such IBKC Common Stock to be approved for listing and quotation on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

6.13 Support Agreements. CMBC shall use its reasonable efforts to deliver to IBKC within five (5) days of the date hereof a Support Agreement executed by each CMBC director substantially in the form of Exhibit II.

6.14 Agreement Regarding Certain Credits. Except in the case of fraud, no deterioration or adverse change to any nonaccrual or substandard Credit that was reviewed by IBKC or IBERIABANK during their due diligence examination of CMBC prior to the date of this Agreement will result in any breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder or will constitute a basis for the termination of this Agreement or a change to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

6.15 Bank Merger. CMBC will, and will cause CSB to, take such action as IBKC shall reasonably deem necessary or advisable so that, on or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date as determined by IBKC, CSB will merge into IBERIABANK (the “Bank Merger”).

 

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SECTION VII.

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

7.1 Registration Statement; Shareholder Approval.

(a) The Warrantors shall cooperate in the preparation of the Registration Statement. IBKC shall, as soon as practicable, file the Registration Statement with the SEC, and the Warrantors shall use their best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective under the 1933 Act as promptly as practicable after filing. IBKC shall provide CMBC and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement, and shall incorporate all appropriate comments thereto, prior to the time it is initially filed with the SEC or any amendments are filed with the SEC. IBKC shall take, and CMBC shall cooperate with IBKC in connection with, any action required to be taken under the applicable state Blue Sky or securities laws in connection with the issuance of shares of IBKC Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger. Each Warrantor shall furnish all information concerning it and the holders of its capital stock as the other Warrantor may reasonably request in connection with such action. CMBC and IBKC shall promptly notify the other party if at any time it becomes aware that the Registration Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such event, CMBC shall cooperate with IBKC in the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement that corrects such misstatement or omission, and IBKC shall file an amended Registration Statement with the SEC, and each of CMBC and IBKC shall mail an amended Proxy Statement to CMBC’s shareholders.

(b) CMBC shall call a Shareholders Meeting for the purpose of considering and voting upon the Merger. In connection with the Shareholders Meeting, (i) CMBC shall mail the Proxy Statement to its shareholders, (ii) each Warrantor shall furnish to the other Warrantor all information concerning it and its Subsidiaries that the other Warrantor may reasonably request in connection with the Proxy Statement, and (iii) the Board of Directors of CMBC, subject to its fiduciary duties under applicable law, recommend to its shareholders the approval of this Agreement and cause CMBC to use its reasonable efforts to obtain such shareholder approval.

7.2 Tax Opinion. IBKC agrees to use its reasonable efforts to obtain a written opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, LLP, addressed to the Warrantors and reasonably satisfactory to CMBC’s counsel, dated the date of the Closing, subject to customary representations and assumptions, and substantially to the effect that:

(i) the Merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code, and IBKC and CMBC will each be a party to the reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

(ii) no gain or loss will be recognized by IBKC or CMBC as a result of the Merger;

(iii) a shareholder of CMBC who receives IBKC Common Stock and cash in exchange for such shareholder’s shares of CMBC Common Stock generally will recognize gain, but not loss, to the extent of the lesser of: (1) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the aggregate fair market value of the IBKC Common Stock received (including any fractional share of IBKC Common Stock deemed to be received and exchanged for cash) and the amount of cash received (including any cash received in lieu of a fractional share of IBKC Common Stock) over (b) the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis in the shares of CMBC Common Stock exchanged in the Merger; and (2) the amount of cash received;

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share interest of IBKC Common Stock for which cash is received and by the amount of any cash consideration received, and increased by the amount of taxable gain, if any recognized by such shareholder in the Merger; and

(v) the holding period of the shares of IBKC Common Stock received in the Merger will include the period during which the shares of CMBC Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefore were held, provided such shares of CMBC Common Stock were held as capital assets at the Effective Date.

7.3 Press Releases. IBKC and CMBC shall cooperate with each other in the development and distribution of all news releases and other public disclosures with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and except as may be otherwise required by law, neither IBKC nor CMBC shall issue any news release, or other public announcement or communication with respect to this Agreement without first consulting with the other party and using its reasonable efforts to provide the other party with the proposed news release, public announcement or communication prior to its distribution. It is understood that IBKC shall assume primary responsibility for the preparation of joint press releases relating to this Agreement.

7.4 Applications. The Warrantors shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, as soon as practicable, prepare and file applications with the appropriate Regulatory Authorities seeking the approvals necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Warrantor shall have the right to review and approve in advance all characterizations of the information relating to that party and any of its Subsidiaries that appear in any filing made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with any Regulatory Authority. In addition, each Warrantor shall furnish to the other party for review a copy of each such filing made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with any Regulatory Authority prior to its filing. The Warrantors shall provide copies of all such filings to each other within two (2) business days after such filings are made and shall promptly inform each other of all substantive regulatory contacts concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

7.5 Medical Claims. In the event that IBKC determines that at or subsequent to Closing, it will terminate or consolidate any CMBC or CMBC Subsidiary health plans, upon the request of IBKC, CMBC and its Subsidiaries will, prior to the Effective Date, encourage their employees to submit promptly all bills and receipts representing claims for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred prior to the effective date of such termination or consolidation.

7.6 CSB Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan. Prior to the Effective Date, the CMBC Board of Directors shall adopt a resolution providing that the CSB Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) shall terminate as of the Effective Date. All outstanding Plan indebtedness shall be repaid as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, and the balance of the shares and any other assets remaining in any loan suspense account shall be allocated and distributed to Plan participants (subject to the receipt of a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service), as provided for in the Plan and unless otherwise required by applicable law. Prior to the Effective Date, CSB, and following the Effective Date, IBERIABANK, shall use their respective best efforts in good faith to obtain such favorable determination letter (including, but not limited to, making such changes to the Plan and the proposed allocations as may be requested by the Internal Revenue Service as a condition to its issuance of a favorable determination letter). Prior to the Effective Date, CSB, and following the Effective Date, IBERIABANK, will adopt such amendments to the Plan as may be reasonably required by the Internal Revenue Service as a condition to granting such favorable determination letter on termination. Following the effective date of the Plan’s termination, neither CSB, prior to the Effective Date, nor IBERIABANK, following the Effective Date, shall make any distribution from the Plan except as may be required by applicable law until receipt of such favorable determination letter. Any distributions may, at the recipient’s option, be rolled into a defined contribution plan of IBERIABANK (or IBKC, as the case may be), subject to IBKC’s discretion: (i) to reject any such rollover if it may reasonably jeopardize the qualified status of such IBERIABANK or IBKC plan; and (ii) to reject non-cash rollovers or rollovers of plan loans. In the case of a conflict between the terms of this Section 7.6 and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control; provided, however, in the event of any such conflict, CSB, before the Effective Date, and IBERIABANK, after the Effective Date, shall use their best efforts to cause the Plan to be amended to conform to the requirements of this Section 7.6. Additionally, the Plan trustees shall resign and IBKC shall appoint new trustees of the Plan as of the Effective Date.

 

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7.7 Employment Agreements. As of the Effective Date, IBKC agrees that Roy M. Raftery, Jr. (the “Employee”) will enter into an Employment Agreement with IBKC substantially in the form of Exhibit III (the “Post-Merger Employment Agreement”).The Post-Merger Employment Agreement will provide upon termination thereof substantially the same medical benefit coverage as the Employee’s current Change of Control Agreement provides. The existing employment agreement, if any, of the Employee with CMBC and the CSB Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.7 (the “Pre-Merger Employment Agreement”) shall be terminated as of the Effective Date and superseded by the Post-Merger Employment Agreement. The Employee shall receive any payments that he is entitled to receive under his existing Pre-Employment Agreement on the Effective Date (and, as applicable, Schedules 2.3(a), 2.3(b), 2.3(c) and/or 2.3(d)); provided, however, that no such payments or benefits in connection with the Merger shall constitute an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code.

SECTION VIII.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE

The obligation of each Warrantor to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions, unless waived by such party pursuant to Section 10.5 of this Agreement:

8.1 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the other Warrantor set forth or referred to in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the time of the Closing with the same effect as though all such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the time of the Closing, except (i) for any such representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such date or (ii) as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, in each case subject to the standard set forth in Section 5.21 hereof.

8.2 Performance of Agreements and Covenants. Each and all of the agreements and covenants of the other Warrantor to be performed and complied with pursuant to this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby prior to the time of the Closing shall have been duly performed and complied with by it in all material respects.

8.3 Certificates. Each Warrantor shall have delivered to the other Warrantor a certificate, dated as of the time of the Closing and signed on its behalf by its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer, to the effect that the conditions of its obligations set forth in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 of this Agreement with respect to it have been satisfied, all in such reasonable detail as the other Warrantor shall reasonably request.

8.4 Shareholder Approval. The shareholders of CMBC shall have approved this Agreement, the Merger and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, as and to the extent required by law and by the provisions of the governing instruments of CMBC, and CMBC shall have furnished to IBKC certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by its shareholders evidencing the same. Holders of not more than 15% of the CMBC Common Stock shall have exercised statutory rights of dissent and appraisal pursuant to the LBCL.

8.5 Consents and Approvals. All material approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all Regulatory Authorities required for consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by law shall have expired. Any approval obtained from any Regulatory Authority which is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall not contain any material adverse non-standard term or condition which in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of IBKC so materially and adversely affects the economic or business assumptions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement so as to render inadvisable the consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger. To the extent that any lease, license, loan or financing agreement or other contract or agreement to which Warrantor is a party requires the consent of or waiver from the other party thereto as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such consent or waiver shall have been obtained, unless the failure to obtain such consent or waiver would not, following the Merger, have a Material Adverse Effect on such Warrantor.

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Agreements listed in Schedule 2.3(a) and Schedule 2.3(b), respectively, that IBKC has designated in writing at least twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Date to be terminated in accordance with this Agreement, shall not have been terminated prior to the Effective Date.

8.7 Legal Proceedings. No Warrantor shall be subject to any order, decree or injunction of a court or agency of competent jurisdiction which enjoins or prohibits consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

8.8 Tax Matters. Each Warrantor shall have received the tax opinion addressed to it referred to in Section 7.2 of this Agreement. No payments or benefits to officers of CMBC or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Merger shall constitute an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code (or, if so, CMBC may satisfy this condition by reducing the Merger Consideration by an amount equal to the additional income tax incurred by CMBC and its Subsidiaries as a result of the disallowance of the deduction applicable thereto).

8.9 Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall be effective under the 1933 Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC.

8.10 Simultaneous Transactions. The Warrantors shall have executed all documents and taken all such other action as are necessary to effectuate the Merger other than any post-Merger filings necessary to report and complete the Merger, and the Warrantors shall have irrevocably authorized their agents to make any such post-Merger filings in its behalf.

8.11 Legal Opinions. Each Warrantor shall have received an opinion from counsel for the other Warrantor, dated as of the Effective Date, with respect to such matters and in such form as shall be agreed upon between counsel for each Warrantor.

8.12 NASDAQ Listing. The shares of IBKC common stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been authorized for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

8.13 Payment of Merger Consideration. As a condition to CMBC’s obligation to consummate the Merger, IBKC shall have delivered the Merger Consideration to the Exchange Agent on or before the Closing Date and the Exchange Agent shall provide CMBC with a certificate evidencing such delivery.

8.14 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2010, no event has occurred or circumstance arisen that, individually or in the aggregate, has had a Material Adverse Effect on the other Warrantor.

SECTION IX.

TERMINATION

9.1 Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of CMBC, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:

(a) By mutual consent of the Boards of Directors of the Warrantors; or

(b) By the Board of Directors of either Warrantor (provided that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the event of a material breach by the other Warrantor of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of such other Warrantor contained herein which would result in the failure to satisfy the closing condition set forth in Section 8.1 or 8.2 of this Agreement, which breach cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) days after the giving of a written notice to the breaching Warrantor of such material breach; or

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by such date shall be due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement to perform or observe the covenants and agreements of such party set forth herein), and no consent to extend the date of the Closing beyond such twelve (12) month period has been granted; or

(d) By the Board of Directors of either Warrantor in the event any approval of any Regulatory Authority required for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall have been denied by final non-appealable action of such Regulatory Authority or if any such action taken by such Regulatory Authority is not appealed within the time limit for appeal; or

(e) By the Board of Directors of IBKC, in the event any such approval of any Regulatory Authority required for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby is conditioned upon the satisfaction of any material adverse condition or requirement that, in the reasonable opinion of IBKC, would so materially adversely affect its business or the economic benefits of the Merger as to render consummation of the Merger inadvisable or unduly burdensome, and the time period for appeals and request for reconsideration has run; or

(f) By the Board of Directors of either Warrantor, if the shareholders of CMBC fail to approve this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby at the Shareholders Meeting; or

(g) By the Board of Directors of either Warrantor (provided that the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the event that any of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such Warrantor to consummate the Merger cannot be satisfied or fulfilled within twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement; or

(h) By the Board of Directors of IBKC if the Board of Directors of CMBC shall, or shall have resolved to, withdraw, modify or change its recommendation to CMBC’s shareholders of this Agreement or the Merger, or recommend any Acquisition Proposal other than the Merger; or

(i) By the Board of Directors of either Warrantor if the other Warrantor has experienced a Material Adverse Effect, which is not remedied or cured within thirty (30) days after notice of intention to terminate is given by the Warrantor invoking this Section 9.1(i), which notice shall specify the nature of the matter or matters constituting such Material Adverse Effect and which are the basis of such intention; provided, however, that the right to terminate that is specified in such notice of intention shall itself terminate unless notice of termination is given by such Warrantor within fifteen (15) days following the end of such remedial or curative period; or

(k) By the Board of Directors of CMBC, pursuant to Section 6.8(d).

9.2 Effect of Termination.

(a) In the event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 of this Agreement, this Agreement shall become void and have no effect and the parties hereto (and the Subsidiaries of the parties and the officers and directors of the parties and their Subsidiaries) will be relieved of all obligations and liabilities under this Agreement, except that: (i) the provisions of Sections IX and X hereof shall survive any such termination and abandonment; (ii) a termination pursuant to Section 9.1(b) of this Agreement shall not relieve a breaching Warrantor from liability for any breach giving rise to such termination and the provisions of Section 9.2(c) or (d), as applicable; (iii) each Warrantor shall remain obligated under, and liable for any breach of, any of the provisions of this Agreement that survive its termination.

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shall be paid as follows: (a) $3,000,000 shall be paid not later than the fifth Business Day following the date CMBC accepts such Acquisition Proposal, and (b) $3,000,000 shall be paid on the earlier of the date of consummation of such Acquisition Proposal or six (6) months from the date of acceptance of the Acquisition Proposal. Upon payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 9.2(b), IBKC will not have any other rights or claims against CMBC or its Subsidiaries, or their respective officers and directors, under this Agreement.

(c) In the event this Agreement is terminated by CMBC (i) pursuant to Section 9.1(b) hereof because of a willful breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement by IBKC, or (ii) pursuant to Section 9.1(e) hereof, then IBKC shall pay CMBC $4,000,000 (the “Termination Fee”) not later than the fifth Business Day following the date CMBC provides notice to IBKC of its termination and the reasons for such termination. Upon payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 9.2(c), CMBC will not have any other rights or claims against IBKC or its Subsidiaries, or their respective officers and directors, under this Agreement.

(d) In the event this Agreement is terminated as a result of IBKC’s failure to satisfy any of its representations, warranties or covenants set forth herein, IBKC shall reimburse CMBC for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the Merger in an amount not to exceed $500,000; provided however, that this provision shall not apply in circumstances in which IBKC is entitled to a Termination Fee. The expense reimbursement provided for in this Section 9.2(d) shall be IBKC’s sole and exclusive remedy and shall be deemed to be liquidated damages.

(e) In the event this Agreement is terminated as a result of CMBC’s failure to satisfy any of its representations, warranties or covenants set forth herein, CMBC shall reimburse IBKC for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the Merger in an amount not to exceed $500,000; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply in circumstances in which CMBC is entitled to a Termination Fee. The expense reimbursement provided for in this Section 9.2(e) shall be CMBC’s sole and exclusive remedy and shall be deemed to be liquidated damages.

9.3 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The respective representations, warranties, obligations, covenants and agreements of the Warrantors shall not survive the Effective Date, except for those covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement which by their terms apply in whole or in part after the Effective Date; provided, however, that no such representations, warranties or covenants shall be deemed to be terminated or extinguished so as to deprive any Warrantor (or any director, officer or controlling Person thereof) of any defense in law or equity which otherwise would be available against the claims of any Person, the aforesaid representations, warranties and covenants being material inducements to consummation by the Warrantors of the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION X.

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Expenses.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall bear and pay all costs and expenses, incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including fees and expenses of its own financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and counsel.

(b) Final settlement with respect to payment of fees and expenses by one party to the other hereunder shall be made within thirty (30) days of the termination of this Agreement (except to the extent provided otherwise in Section 9.2(b)).

10.2 Brokers and Finders. Except as set forth on Schedule 10.2, CMBC represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or Subsidiaries has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, investment bankers’ fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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10.3 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules hereto, and the Confidentiality Agreement contain the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, and such agreements supersede all prior arrangements or understanding with respect thereto, written or oral. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement except for (i) the rights of shareholders of CMBC to receive the Merger Consideration following the Effective Date and (ii) the provisions of Section 4.4, which shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Persons referenced therein.

10.4 Amendments. To the extent permitted by law, this Agreement may be amended by a subsequent writing signed by each of the parties hereto upon the approval of the boards of directors of such parties; provided, however, that the provisions of this Agreement relating to the manner or basis in which shares of CMBC Common Stock will be exchanged for the Merger Consideration shall not be amended after the CMBC Shareholders Meeting without the requisite approval of the holders of the issued and outstanding shares of CMBC Common Stock entitled to vote thereon. The parties hereto may, without approval of their respective boards of directors, make such technical changes to this Agreement, not inconsistent with the purposes hereof, as may be required to effect or facilitate any governmental approval or acceptance of the Merger or of this Agreement or to effect or facilitate any filing or recording required for the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. CMBC agrees to take such reasonable actions requested by IBKC as may be reasonably necessary to modify the structure of, or to substitute parties to (so long as such substitute is a Subsidiary of IBKC) the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that such modification shall not change the amount, kind, manner or basis in which shares of CMBC Common Stock will be exchanged for IBKC Common Stock or abrogate the covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement, result in adverse tax consequences to the shareholders of CMBC, materially delay consummation of the Merger or jeopardize the timely receipt of Regulatory Approvals.

10.5 Waivers. Prior to the Effective Date, each party hereto, acting through its Board of Directors or chief executive officer or other authorized officer, shall, as to such party’s rights hereunder, have the right (i) to waive any default in the performance of any term of this Agreement by any other party, (ii) to waive or extend the time for the compliance or fulfillment by any other party of any and all of the obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) to waive any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such party under this Agreement. No waiver or modification of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, or limitation herein contained shall be valid unless in writing and duly executed by the party to be charged therewith. No evidence of any waiver or modification shall be offered or received in evidence at any proceeding, arbitration, or litigation between the parties hereto arising out of or affecting this Agreement, or the rights or obligations of the parties hereunder, unless such waiver or modification is in writing, duly executed as aforesaid.

10.6 No Assignment. No party hereto may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any other Persons, without the express written consent of the other parties and any such purported assignment without such requisite consent shall be null and void.

10.7 Notices. All notices or other communications which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid, or by overnight courier, to the Persons at the addresses set forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so delivered:

If to IBKC and/or IBERIABANK:

 

IBERIABANK Corporation
200 West Congress Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
Attention:   Daryl G. Byrd
  President and Chief Executive Officer

With a copy to:

 

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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.

499 South Capitol Street, SW, Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20003

Attention: Edward B. Crosland, Jr., Esq.

If to CMBC and/or CSB:

 

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.
2901 Ryan Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
Attention:   Roy M. Raftery, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer

With a copy to:

Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan LLC

1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1800

Houston, Texas 77056

Attention: Cathy E. Chessin, Esq.

10.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

10.9 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile signature.

10.10 Captions. The captions contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this Agreement has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf and attested by officers thereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.

 

IBERIABANK CORPORATION     CAMERON BANCSHARES, INC.
By:  

 

    By:  

 

  Daryl G. Byrd       Roy M. Raftery, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer       President and Chief Executive Officer


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Appendix B

LOGO

March 10, 2011

Board of Directors

Cameron Bancshares, Inc.

4440 Nelson Road

Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605

Members of the Board:

You have requested Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking, LP (“Sheshunoff”) to render its opinion as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the shareholders of the outstanding shares of common stock of Cameron Bancshares, Inc., Lake Charles, Louisiana (“Cameron”) of the Consideration, as defined below, in the proposed merger between Cameron and IBERIABANK Corporation, a Louisiana corporation, based in Lafayette, Louisiana (the “Company”) (the “Merger”).

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated on or about March 7, 2011 between the parties (the “Merger Agreement”), the Company has agreed to exchange its common stock in the amount of approximately $133.7 million for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Cameron. Collectively, the exchange of Company stock for Cameron stock is defined herein as the Consideration. The Consideration consists of a fixed number of shares of the Company’s common stock with a fixed exchange ratio of 3.464 shares of Company common stock for each share of Cameron common stock. The exchange ratio may be adjusted if Company’s 15 trading day stock price average ending one day prior to the Effective Date trades above $61.81 per share or below $50.57 per share.

Sheshunoff is regularly engaged in the valuation of securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions and valuations for estate, corporate and other purposes. Sheshunoff is experienced in these activities and has performed assignments similar in nature to that requested by Cameron on other occasions.

In connection with its opinion, Sheshunoff, among other things:

 

  1. Reviewed a draft of the Merger Agreement dated March 7, 2011;

 

  2. Evaluated Cameron’s consolidated results based upon a review of its regulatory reports for the five-years ending December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2010;

 

  3. Evaluated Cameron’s consolidated results based upon review of its general ledger as of February 28, 2011;

 

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  4. Reviewed publicly available financial statements and other business and financial information regarding the Company;

 

  5. Reviewed certain internal business and other operating data of the Company;

 

  6. Conducted conversations regarding recent and projected financial performance of Cameron and the Company with respective members of executive management;

 

  7. Compared the Company’s recent operating results and pricing multiples with those of certain publicly traded banks in the United States that Sheshunoff deemed relevant;

 

  8. Compared Cameron’s recent operating results with those of certain other banks in the United States that have recently been acquired;

 

  9. Compared the pricing multiples for Cameron in the Merger to those of certain other banks in the United States that have recently been acquired;

 

  10. Analyzed the present value of the after-tax cash flows Cameron could produce through the year 2015 based on projections provided by Cameron’s management;

 

  11. Reviewed the potential pro forma impact of the Merger on the combined company’s results and certain financial performance measures of Cameron and the Company;

 

  12. Reviewed the historical stock price data and trading volume of the Company’s common stock; and

 

  13. Performed such other analyses as Sheshunoff deemed appropriate.

Sheshunoff assumed and relied upon, without assuming any responsibility for independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of the information provided to it by Cameron for the purposes of this opinion. Sheshunoff assumed that any projections provided by Cameron were reasonably prepared on a basis reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of Cameron management. In addition, where appropriate, Sheshunoff relied upon publicly available information that it believes to be reliable, accurate, and complete; however, Sheshunoff cannot guarantee the reliability, accuracy, or completeness of any such publicly available information.

Sheshunoff did not make an independent evaluation of the assets or liabilities (including contingent, derivative, or off-balance sheet assets and liabilities) of Cameron or the Company, nor was it furnished with any such appraisals. Sheshunoff is not an expert in the evaluation of loan portfolios for the purposes of assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses and assumed that such allowances for Cameron and the Company, respectively, are, in the aggregate, adequate to cover such losses.

Sheshunoff assumed that all required regulatory and third-party approvals will be received in a timely fashion and without any conditions or requirements that could adversely affect Cameron, the Company, the Merger or the Company’s operations following the Merger. Sheshunoff has also assumed that the executed Merger Agreement will conform in all material respects to the

 


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latest draft dated on or about March 3, 2011 of the Merger Agreement as provided to Sheshunoff.

Sheshunoff’s opinion is necessarily based on economic, regulatory, market, and other conditions as they existed on the date hereof, and the information made available to it as of the date hereof. Events occurring after the date hereof could materially affect the assumptions used in preparing this opinion and the resulting conclusion. Cameron’s management has informed Sheshunoff that it knows of no additional information that would have a material effect on the opinion. Other than for the proxy statement Sheshunoff is not obligated to update, revise, or affirm this opinion.

Sheshunoff’s opinion is not an appraisal or opinion of value but is limited to the fairness of the Consideration, from a financial point of view, to all shareholders of Cameron stock. We do not express any view, nor does this opinion, on any other term or aspect of the Merger, including, without limitation, (i) the fairness of the Merger to any class of securities, creditors or constituencies of Cameron other than the Cameron common shareholders or (ii) the fairness of the amount or nature of any compensation to be paid or payable to any of the officers, directors, or employees of Cameron resulting directly or indirectly from the completion of the Merger as contemplated.

Sheshunoff expresses no opinion on the underlying decision by Cameron to engage in the Merger or the relative merits of the Merger as compared to the other transactions or business strategies that might be available to Cameron. Moreover, this letter and the opinion expressed herein do not constitute a recommendation to any shareholder as to any approval of the Merger or the Merger Agreement. Sheshunoff is not expressing any opinion as to the prices at which the shares of the Company will trade at any time.

Sheshunoff is acting as financial advisor to Cameron in the Merger and will receive compensation for our services, a substantial portion of which is contingent upon the closing of the Merger. A portion of our fee, which is not contingent upon the closing of the Merger, is also payable upon the rendering of this opinion. In addition, Cameron has agreed to reimburse our expenses and to indemnify us for certain liabilities that may arise out of this engagement.

We may also provide other investment banking services to Cameron in connection with the Merger for which we may receive compensation. In addition, we, our affiliates or other unrelated companies from which we may have received or may receive compensation may have provided or may provide other services to Cameron (or the Company).

It is understood that this opinion is for the information of the Board of Directors of Cameron and may not be used for any other purpose without Sheshunoff’s prior written consent, except as may be required by law or by a court of competent jurisdiction and except that this opinion may be included in its entirety in any filing, if required, with respect to the Merger with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in the proxy statement sent to Cameron shareholders.

 


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Based on the foregoing and such other matters Sheshunoff has deemed relevant, it is of the opinion, as of the date hereof, that the Consideration to be received by the Cameron shareholders pursuant to the Merger is fair, from a financial point of view.

 

Very truly yours,
LOGO
SHESHUNOFF & CO.
INVESTMENT BANKING, LP

 


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Appendix C

Section 131 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, if a corporation has, by vote of its shareholders, authorized a sale, lease or exchange of all of its assets, or has, by vote of its shareholders, become a party to a merger or consolidation, then, unless such authorization or action shall have been given or approved by at least eighty per cent of the total voting power, a shareholder who voted against such corporate action shall have the right to dissent. If a corporation has become a party to a merger pursuant to R.S. 12:112(G), the shareholders of any subsidiaries party to the merger shall have the right to dissent without regard to the proportion of the voting power which approved the merger and despite the fact that the merger was not approved by vote of the shareholders of any of the corporations involved.

B. The right to dissent provided by this Section shall not exist in the case of:

(1) A sale pursuant to an order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises.

(2) A sale for cash on terms requiring distribution of all or substantially all of the net proceeds to the shareholders in accordance with their respective interests within one year after the date of the sale.

(3) Shareholders holding shares of any class of stock which, at the record date fixed to determine shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of shareholders at which a merger or consolidation was acted on, were listed on a national securities exchange, or were designated as a national market system security on an inter-dealer quotation system by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, unless the articles of the corporation issuing such stock provide otherwise or, except in the case of shareholders of a corporation surviving the merger or consolidation in which each share of such corporation outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation is an identical outstanding or treasury share of such corporation after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the shares of such shareholders were not converted by the merger or consolidation solely into shares of the surviving or new corporation.

C. (1)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, any shareholder electing to exercise such right of dissent shall file with the corporation, prior to or at the meeting of shareholders at which such proposed corporate action is submitted to a vote, a written objection to such proposed corporate action, and shall vote his shares against such action. If such proposed corporate action be taken by the required vote, but by less than eighty percent of the total voting power, and the merger, consolidation or sale, lease or exchange of assets authorized thereby be effected, the corporation shall promptly thereafter give written notice thereof to each shareholder who filed such written objection to, and voted his shares against, such action, at such shareholder’s last address on the corporation’s records.

(b) An affidavit of the secretary or assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the corporation that such notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(2) Each such shareholder may, within twenty days after the mailing of such notice to him, but not thereafter, file with the corporation a demand in writing for the fair cash value of his shares as of the day before such vote was taken; provided that he state in such demand the value demanded, and a post office address to which the reply of the corporation may be sent, and at the same time deposit in escrow in a chartered bank or trust company located in the parish of the registered office of the corporation, the certificates representing his shares, duly endorsed and transferred to the corporation upon the sole condition that said certificates shall be delivered to the corporation upon payment of the value of the shares determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section. With his demand the shareholder shall deliver to the corporation, the written acknowledgment of such bank or trust company that it so holds his certificates of stock.

(3) Unless the objection, demand, and acknowledgment are made and delivered by the shareholder within the period limited in Paragraph (1) and (2), he shall conclusively be presumed to have acquiesced in the corporate action proposed or taken.


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(4) In the case of a merger pursuant to R.S. 12:112(G), the dissenting shareholder need not file an objection with the corporation nor vote against the merger, but need only file with the corporation within twenty days after a copy of the merger certificate was mailed to him, a demand in writing for the cash value of his shares as of the day before the certificate was filed with the secretary of state, state in such demand the value demanded and a post office address to which the corporation’s reply may be sent, deposit the certificates representing his shares in escrow as provided in Paragraph (2), and deliver to the corporation with his demand the acknowledgment of the escrow bank or trust company as prescribed in Paragraph (2).

D. If the corporation does not agree to the value so stated and demanded, or does not agree that a payment is due, it shall, within twenty days after receipt of such demand and acknowledgment, notify in writing the shareholder, at the designated post office address, of its disagreement, and shall state in such notice the value it will agree to pay if any payment should be held to be due; otherwise it shall be liable for, and shall pay to the dissatisfied shareholder, the value demanded by him for his shares.

E. In case of disagreement as to such fair cash value, or as to whether any payment is due, after compliance by the parties with the provisions of subsections C and D of this section, the dissatisfied shareholder, within sixty days after receipt of notice in writing of the corporation’s disagreement, but not thereafter, may file suit against the corporation, or the merged or consolidated corporation, as the case may be, in the district court of the parish in which the corporation or the merged or consolidated corporation, as the case may be, has its registered office, praying the court to fix and decree the fair cash value of the dissatisfied shareholder’s shares as of the day before such corporate action complained of was taken, and the court shall, on such evidence as may be adduced in relation thereto, determine summarily whether any payment is due, and, if so, such cash value, and render judgment accordingly. Any shareholder entitled to file such suit may, within such sixty-day period but not thereafter, intervene as a plaintiff in such suit filed by another shareholder, and recover therein judgment against the corporation for the fair cash value of his shares. No order or decree shall be made by the court staying the proposed corporate action, and any such corporate action may be carried to completion notwithstanding any such suit. Failure of the shareholder to bring suit, or to intervene in such a suit, within sixty days after receipt of notice of disagreement by the corporation shall conclusively bind the shareholder (1) by the corporation’s statement that no payment is due, or (2) if the corporation does not contend that no payment is due, to accept the value of his shares as fixed by the corporation in its notice of disagreement.

F. When the fair value of the shares has been agreed upon between the shareholder and the corporation, or when the corporation has become liable for the value demanded by the shareholder because of failure to give notice of disagreement and of the value it will pay, or when the shareholder has become bound to accept the value the corporation agrees is due because of his failure to bring suit within sixty days after receipt of notice of the corporation’s disagreement, the action of the shareholder to recover such value must be brought within five years from the date the value was agreed upon, or the liability of the corporation became fixed.

G. If the corporation or the merged or consolidated corporation, as the case may be, shall, in its notice of disagreement, have offered to pay to the dissatisfied shareholder on demand an amount in cash deemed by it to be the fair cash value of his shares, and if, on the institution of a suit by the dissatisfied shareholder claiming an amount in excess of the amount so offered, the corporation, or the merged or consolidated corporation, as the case may be, shall deposit in the registry of the court, there to remain until the final determination of the cause, the amount so offered, then, if the amount finally awarded such shareholder, exclusive of interest and costs, be more than the amount offered and deposited as aforesaid, the costs of the proceeding shall be taxed against the corporation, or the merged or consolidated corporation, as the case may be; otherwise the costs of the proceeding shall be taxed against such shareholder.

H. Upon filing a demand for the value of his shares, the shareholder shall cease to have any of the rights of a shareholder except the rights accorded by this section. Such a demand may be withdrawn by the shareholder at any time before the corporation gives notice of disagreement, as provided in subsection D of this section. After such notice of disagreement is given, withdrawal of a notice of election shall require the written consent of the corporation. If a notice of election is withdrawn, or the proposed corporate action is abandoned or rescinded, or a court shall determine that the shareholder is not entitled to receive payment for his shares, or the shareholder shall


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otherwise lose his dissenter’s rights, he shall not have the right to receive payment for his shares, his share certificates shall be returned to him (and, on his request, new certificates shall be issued to him in exchange for the old ones endorsed to the corporation), and he shall be reinstated to all his rights as a shareholder as of the filing of his demand for value, including any intervening preemptive rights, and the right to payment of any intervening dividend or other distribution, or, if any such rights have expired or any such dividend or distribution other than in cash has been completed, in lieu thereof, at the election of the corporation, the fair value thereof in cash as determined by the board as of the time of such expiration or completion, but without prejudice otherwise to any corporate proceedings that may have been taken in the interim.


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 83 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law (the “LBCL”) gives Louisiana corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors, officers, agents and employees and those of affiliated corporations against expenses incurred in the defense of any lawsuit to which they are, or might be, made parties by reason of being, or having been, such directors, officers, agents or employees; subject to specific conditions and exclusions, gives a director, officer, agent or employee who successfully defends an action the right to be so indemnified, and in some cases permits even those who unsuccessfully defend actions to be so indemnified; and authorizes Louisiana corporations to buy liability insurance on behalf of any current or former director, officer, agent or employee. Such indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, authorization of shareholders or otherwise.

In accordance with LBCL, Article 8 of the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation provides as follows:

Article 8. Personal Liability, Indemnification, Advancement of Expenses and Other Rights of Officers, Directors, Employees and Agents.

A. Personal Liability of Directors and Officers. A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director or officer except to the extent that by law a director’s or officer’s liability for monetary damages may not be limited.

B. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, including actions by or in the right of the Corporation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permissible under Louisiana law.

C. Advancement of Expenses. Reasonable expenses incurred by an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation in defending an action, suit or proceeding described in Section B of this Article 8 may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if authorized by the board of directors (without regard to whether participating members thereof are parties to such action, suit or proceeding), upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

D. Other Rights. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or pursuant to this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, insurance or other agreement, vote of stockholders or directors (regardless of whether directors authorizing such indemnification are beneficiaries thereof) or otherwise, both as to actions in their official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding an office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

E. Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance or other similar arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article 8.


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F. Security Fund; Indemnity Agreements. By action of the Board of Directors (notwithstanding their interest in the transaction), the Corporation may create and fund a trust fund or other fund or form of self-insurance arrangement of any nature, and may enter into agreements with its officers, directors, employees and agents for the purpose of securing or insuring in any manner its obligation to indemnify or advance expenses provided for in this Article 8.

G. Modification. The duties of the Corporation to indemnify and to advance expenses to any person as provided in this Article 8 shall be in the nature of a contract between the Corporation and each such person, and no amendment or repeal of any provision of this Article 8, and no amendment or termination of any trust or other fund or form of self-insurance arrangement created pursuant to Section F of this Article 8, shall alter to the detriment of such person the right of such person to the advance of expenses or indemnification related to a claim based on an act or failure to act which took place prior to such amendment, repeal or termination.

H. Proceedings Initiated by Indemnified Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 8, the Corporation shall not indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent for any liability incurred in an action, suit or proceeding initiated (which shall not be deemed to include counter-claims or affirmative defenses) or participated in as an intervenor or amicus curiae by the person seeking indemnification unless such initiation of or participation in the action, suit or proceeding is authorized, either before or after its commencement, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office.

The foregoing discussion of our Articles of Incorporation and the LBCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation and the LBCL, respectively.

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with three of its executive officers, Daryl G. Byrd, Michael J. Brown and Michael A. Naquin, providing for indemnification and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law with respect to pending or threatened claims against them in their capacities as officers. Following a change in control, as defined, all determinations regarding a right to indemnity and advancement of expenses are to be made by an independent legal counsel. In the event of a potential change in control, the Registrant must create a trust for the benefit of the indemnitees, which upon a change in control may not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the indemnitees’ written consent. While not requiring the maintenance of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, the indemnification agreements require that the indemnitees be provided with maximum coverage if there is such insurance.

 

Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 22. Undertakings.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes as follows:

(1) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement through the date of responding to the request.

(2) To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the Registration Statement when it became effective.

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(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(5) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(6) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement related to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7) That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this Registration Statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the Registrant undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other Items of the applicable form.

(8) That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (7) immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the Registration Statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(9) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction


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the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on April 28, 2011.

 

IBERIABANK CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Daryl G. Byrd
 

Daryl G. Byrd

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints each of Daryl G. Byrd and Anthony J. Restel his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all supplements and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Signatures

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Daryl G. Byrd

Daryl G. Byrd

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

  April 28, 2011

/s/ Anthony J. Restel

Anthony J. Restel

  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

  April 28, 2011

/s/ Jeffrey A. Powell

Jeffrey A. Powell

  

Controller and Principal

Accounting Officer

 

April 28, 2011

*

Elaine D. Abell

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

Harry V. Barton, Jr.

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

Ernest P. Breaux, Jr.

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

John N. Casbon

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

William H. Fenstermaker

  

Chairman of the Board

 

April 28, 2011


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O. Miles Pollard, Jr.

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

E. Stewart Shea, III

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

*

David H. Welch

  

Director

 

April 28, 2011

 

* /s/ Daryl G. Byrd
Attorney in Fact


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

    2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 10, 2011, by and between the Registrant and Cameron Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement-prospectus)
    3.1   Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, filed on November 9, 2009)
    3.2   Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 2009, filed on October 22, 2009)
    5   Opinion of Jones Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
    8   Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. on certain tax matters
    10   Employment Agreement dated as of March 10, 2011 by and between Roy M. Raftery, Jr. and IBERIABANK*
    23.1   Consent of Jones Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5)
    23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
    23.3   Consent of Sheshunoff & Co.
    23.4   Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 8)
    24   Powers of Attorney of directors of the Registrant (included on page S-1 of this Registration Statement)
    99.1   Form of Proxy of Cameron Bancshares, Inc.*
    99.2   Form of Notice and Instruction Card to direct how shares of Cameron Bancshares’ stock held in Cameron State Bank’s 401(k) Plan should be voted*

 

* Previously filed.