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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31,
2016 (Reg. No. 333-______)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of
1933
Vermont
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03-0284070
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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of
incorporation or organization)
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4811 US Route 5, Derby, Vermont
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05829
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s Telephone Number: (802) 334-7915
Stephen P. Marsh,
President & CEO
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With a
copy to:
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Community
Bancorp.
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Denise
J. Deschenes, Esq.
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4811
US Route 5
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Primmer Piper
Eggleston & Cramer PC
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Derby,
VT 05829
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P.O.
Box 1309
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(802)
334-7915
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Montpelier, VT
05601
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(802)
223-2102
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(Name, address, and telephone number of agent for
service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time, after this Registration Statement becomes
effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box. [X]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, 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, please
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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effective registration statement for the same offering.
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Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall
become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(e) under Securities Act, check the following box.
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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 [ ]
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer [ ]
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Smaller reporting
company [ X ]
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not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Calculation of Registration Fee
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Proposed
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Proposed
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Title
of each
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Amount
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maximum
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maximum
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class
of securities
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to
be
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offering
price
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aggregate
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Amount
of
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to be
registered
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registered(1)
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per
share(2)
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offering
price(2)
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registration
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Common
Stock, $2.50 par value
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300,000
shares
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$14.50
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$4,350,000
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$505
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(1)
Pursuant to Rules 416(a) and (b), this Registration Statement is
intended to cover such number of additional shares of the Company's
common stock as may be necessary to prevent dilution of the shares
initially registered hereby resulting from stock splits or stock
dividends, if any, occurring after the effective date of this
registration statement.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration
fee and, pursuant to Rule 457(c), based on the average of the bid
and asked prices for the Company's Common Stock on October 28,
2016, as reported on the OTS Link ATS interdealer quotation system
maintained by the OTC Markets Group Inc.
The prospectus contained in this registration statement also
relates to the shares of the registrant’s common stock
registered on Form S-3D under Reg. No. 333-181038 remaining unsold
on the date hereof.
In accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Rule 462(a) thereunder, this registration statement
shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
4811 US Route 5
Derby, VT 05829
(802) 334-7915
www.communitybancorpvt.com
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
300,000 Shares of Common Stock
_________________________
The Dividend Reinvestment Plan of Community
Bancorp. (the “Company,”
“we,” “our”) provides a simple and convenient
way for shareholders to purchase additional shares of the
Company’s common stock through reinvestment of cash
dividends, without payment of brokerage commissions or service
charges. The shares purchased with reinvested dividends under the
plan may consist of (1) newly-issued or treasury shares, (2) shares
purchased by the Company or our agent on the open market or in
privately negotiated transactions, or (3) a combination of such
shares. Participants have voting rights as to all shares of common
stock purchased for them under the plan. The Company has designated
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”
or the “Administrator”),
as the plan administrator, but may name a different administrator
at any time.
The Company's common stock is not traded on
any exchange. However, our common stock is traded under the trading
symbol “CMTV” in the over-the-counter market and
is included in the OTCQX® marketplace tier maintained by the
OTC Markets Group Inc. Bid and ask and trade price information for
our stock is processed by participating brokers through the OTC
Markets Group’s interdealer quotation and broker messaging
system, OTC Link ATS®.
The purchase price of shares under the plan is
●
for newly-issued and treasury shares,
the greater of
(A) the book value of the
Company’s stock as of the end of the preceding fiscal
quarter, or (B) the weighted average of the trading prices in
trades of the Company’s stock reported on the OTC Link
ATS® for the preceding fiscal quarter, other than purchases
(if any) made on behalf of the plan; or
●
for shares purchased on the open market or in privately negotiated
transactions, the actual purchase price paid, but not including any
brokerage commissions or other fees or charges, which will be
absorbed by the Company. (See “DESCRIPTION OF THE
PLAN,” question 14).
Investment in our shares entails risks. Before investing, you
should read this prospectus carefully, including the information
referenced below under “RISK FACTORS” “WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION” and “FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS.”
This prospectus relates to 300,000 shares of the Company’s
$2.50 par value common stock (subject to standard anti-dilution
adjustments) registered for purchase under the plan.
This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities and it is not
soliciting an offer to buy securities in any state or country where
the offer or sale is not permitted. Neither the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. These shares
are not deposits, are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other governmental agency, and are subject to
investment risk, including the possible loss of
principal.
The date of this prospectus
is October 31, 2016.
You should retain this prospectus for future
reference.
THE COMPANY
Community Bancorp. (the
“Company,”
“we,” “us,” “our”) is a Vermont corporation that was
organized in 1982 as a registered bank-holding company for
Community National Bank (the “Bank”) under the federal Bank Holding
Company Act. We and the Bank are headquartered in Derby, Vermont.
Substantially all of our business operations are conducted through
the Bank, which provides a full range of retail banking services to
the residents and businesses in northern and central Vermont. These
services include checking, savings and time deposit accounts,
mortgage, consumer, municipal and commercial loans, safe deposit
and night deposit services, 24 hour telephone banking, mobile
banking and internet banking. In addition, we have a
non-controlling interest in Community Financial Services Group,
LLC, a Vermont-chartered nondepository trust and investment
management company (“CFSG”).
As of the date of this prospectus, our common stock, $2.50 par
value per share, is registered with the SEC under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and we file reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. (See “WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION” below.)
RISK FACTORS
Investing in our
common stock involves risk, including the possible decline in the
value of your investment. Before making an investment decision, you
should read carefully and consider the risk factors described in
our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2016 filed with the SEC under the heading “Item 1A. Risk
Factors,” as well as any updated disclosure about risk
factors contained in any periodic or current reports that we file
with the SEC after the date of this prospectus, all of which
reports will be incorporated by reference in this prospectus when
they are filed with the SEC. (See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION” below.)
Shareholders
considering participating in the plan should also consider the
information about the plan, the Company and the Company’s
common stock contained in this prospectus, including the
information regarding the absence of an active, liquid trading
market set forth in questions 14, 19 and 29 and under the caption
“NATURE OF TRADING MARKET; BOOK VALUE; CASH
DIVIDENDS.”
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
Purpose
1. What is the purpose of the plan?
The plan provides a convenient and economical way for our
shareholders to purchase additional shares of our common stock,
without payment of brokerage commissions or service charges. In
addition, when newly-issued or treasury shares are sold to
participants in the plan, the share purchases provide funding for
our continuing operations and general corporate
purposes.
Benefits
2. What are the benefits of the plan?
The plan offers participants a number of benefits. Participants
reinvest their cash dividends automatically in additional shares of
our common stock without payment of any brokerage commissions or
service charges. In addition, because the plan provides for the
purchase of fractions of shares (up to six decimal places) and for
reinvestment of dividends on fractional, as well as whole, shares,
participants obtain full investment use of funds. Participants also
avoid the risk of theft, loss or accidental destruction of stock
certificates because shares purchased under the plan are held in
book entry form through the Direct Registration System (DRS) (see
question 18). And the regular statement of account furnished to
participants (see question 15) facilitates simplified record
keeping. Participants are also able to sell their book-entry shares
through the plan, without first having to convert the shares to
certificate form or having to maintain a brokerage account of their
own, although they will still incur sales charges (see question
19).
3. What are the disadvantages of the plan?
As described in question 14, the purchase
price of newly-issued or treasury shares under the plan is equal to
the greater of
(i) book value as of the end of
the previous calendar quarter or (ii) the weighted average trading
price in trades in the over-the-counter market for the previous
calendar quarter, and the purchase price of shares acquired on the
open market or in privately negotiated transactions will be the
actual prices paid for such shares, excluding any purchase-related
fees or commissions. Trade price information for our common stock
is not readily available or compiled for public disclosure (see
question 14). Therefore, participants will not know the actual
price paid per share or the number of shares purchased, until they
receive their regular quarterly plan account statement. Further,
because there is no active public trading market in our common
stock and the trading volume in our stock is low, the purchase
price paid by participants may not represent the intrinsic value of
the shares. (see “NATURE OF TRADING MARKET; BOOK VALUE; CASH
DIVIDENDS”).
In addition, participants cannot pledge shares held in book entry
for their plan account (see question 26).
There is a charge to participants who have their book entry plan
shares converted from book entry to certificated form (see question
27) and a charge for participants who wish to sell some or all of
the shares in their plan account (see question 19).
Participation
4. Who is
eligible to participate?
Except as otherwise provided in the response to question 6 below,
all shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock are
eligible to participate in the plan. You are a “shareholder
of record” if your shares of our common stock are registered
in your own name rather than in the name of a third party, such as
your bank or broker.
5. How do I participate if my shares are held by my bank
or broker and registered in “street name” or in the
name of a trustee or other nominee?
If your Company stock is held on your behalf in the name of your
bank or broker (held in “street name”), or by a trustee
or other nominee holder, in order to participate in the plan you
will need to arrange with your bank, broker, trustee or other
nominee, as the shareholder of record, to participate in the plan
on your behalf.
6. Are there limitations on participation in the plan
other than those described above?
The Company retains the right to decide, for any reason, not to
allow a shareholder to participate in the plan even if the
shareholder otherwise qualifies for participation.
For example, some shareholders may be residents of certain states
or foreign jurisdictions in which the Company determines that it
may not be legally or economically practicable to offer our stock
under the plan, and accordingly residents of those states or other
jurisdictions may be precluded from participating in the
plan.
A shareholder’s right to participate in the plan is not
transferable.
7. Is there an enrollment fee?
There is no set-up or other fee for enrolling in the
plan.
8. Who administers the plan?
The Company has designated Computershare
Trust Company, N.A., (“Computershare”)
as plan administrator (the “Administrator”).
Computershare is also the transfer agent for our common stock. The
Administrator is responsible for plan recordkeeping and reporting
and other administrative duties relating to the plan. Contact
information for Computershare is set forth below under the caption
“CORRESPONDENCE.”
The Company reserves the right to designate a successor
administrator or co-administrator at any time. The Administrator
may delegate some or all of its duties to one or more affiliated or
unaffiliated service providers. The Company and the Administrator
may make these designations at any time, and without notice or
consent of the plan participants.
9. How do eligible shareholders enroll in the
plan?
Eligible shareholders may enroll in the plan
at any time through Computershare’s website,
www.computershare.com/investor
or by completing and signing an
enrollment form and returning it to the address listed below under
“CORRESPONDENCE.” (See question
10.)
10. When may a shareholder join the plan?
An eligible shareholder may join the plan at any time. In general,
the Administrator will process enrollment forms within five
business days of receipt. If an enrollment form is received and
processed before the record date established for a particular cash
dividend, reinvestment will commence with that dividend. If
processing of an enrollment form is completed after the record date
for payment of a dividend, reinvestment of dividends will not begin
until the dividend payment date following the next record date. The
record dates for determining shareholders entitled to payment of
quarterly dividends on our common stock generally fall on the
fifteenth day of the months of January, April, July and October. As
noted in question 6, the Company has the right in its discretion to
decline to offer the plan to any shareholder or to decline to
accept an enrollment from any shareholder.
11. Do participants bear any expenses in connection with
purchases under the plan?
Participants will not incur any brokerage commissions or service
charges for share purchases made under the plan. The Company will
bear all costs of administering the plan and of issuing new or
treasury shares to plan participants, as well as all
purchase-related fees or commissions for acquiring shares in the
open market or in privately negotiated transactions. However, a
participant who directs the Administrator to sell shares of common
stock held in his or her plan account will be responsible for any
brokerage fees or other charges incurred in connection with such
sale (see question 19) and a participant who requests a certificate
for shares and removal of such shares from book entry, will incur a
certificate fee (see question 18).
12. How many shares of common stock will be purchased
for participants?
The number of shares purchased for a participant depends on the
amount of the cash dividends reinvested and the purchase price of
the common stock. Each participant’s account will be credited
with that number of shares of our common stock, including fractions
computed up to six decimal places, equal to the total amount of
cash dividends to be invested, divided by the purchase price per
share (see question 14). In the case of those foreign holders whose
dividends are subject to United States income tax withholding or in
the case of those participants who are subject to withholding of
payment of dividends because of (1) failure to provide proper
taxpayer identification numbers or (2) under-reporting of income on
tax filings with the Internal Revenue Service, the amount of
dividends invested will be less the amount required to be
withheld.
13. When will shares of common stock be purchased under
the plan?
Purchases under the plan will be made on the applicable dividend
payment date or as soon thereafter as practicable, but no later
than thirty (30) days thereafter, unless necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws. In general, if the source of the shares
is newly-issued or treasury shares, the shares will be purchased
and allocated to participants on the applicable dividend payment
date. If there is a delay for any reason in the purchase date,
interest will not be paid on cash dividends pending the purchase.
Cash dividends on the Company’s common stock are ordinarily
paid on or about the first day of the months of February, May,
August and November.
14. What is the purchase price of shares under the
plan?
The price at which shares are purchased under the plan depends on
the source of the shares, as follows:
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Newly-Issued or Treasury
Shares: The purchase
price will be the greater of
(A) the book value of the
Company’s common stock as of the end of the preceding
calendar quarter, or (B) the weighted average of the trading prices
of the Company’s shares in all trades made in the
over-the-counter market (subject to adjustment, in some cases, as
described in this paragraph) during the preceding calendar quarter,
as reported on the OTC Link ATS®
interdealer quotation and
messaging system maintained by OTC Markets Group Inc. The
“weighted average” price takes into account the number
of shares purchased at a particular price. The calculation of the
weighted average quarterly price will be adjusted to exclude
purchases reported on the OTC Link ATS®
that were made on behalf of the
plan (if any).
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Shares Acquired in the
Open Market or in Privately Negotiated Transactions:
The purchase price will be the
actual price paid for such shares, but not including any brokerage
commissions, fees or other purchase expenses, which will be borne
by the Company. The Administrator, or its agent, or an agent
designated by the Company, will purchase the shares for the
plan.
There is currently no established public
trading market for the Company’s common stock. Shares of the
Company’s common stock are not traded on any national or
regional stock exchange, and no dealer makes a market in our common
stock. Various brokerage firms ordinarily attempt to match buyers
and sellers of our stock when they receive buy or sell orders from
their customers, but trading is not active. In addition to
transactions through brokerage firms, there are occasionally trades
made in private transactions not involving any broker. As discussed
below under “NATURE OF TRADING MARKET; BOOK VALUE; CASH
DIVIDENDS,” limited information on bid and ask price
quotations posted by participating brokerage firms is published on
the OTC Markets Group’s website (www.otcmarkets.com)
under the Company’s trading symbol “CMTV”. In
addition, information on actual trades by participating brokers
through the OTC Link ATS®,
including price and volume information, is available from the OTC
Markets Group on a subscription basis. The
Company utilizes trade price and volume information compiled and
reported by the OTC Link ATS®
in calculating the purchase
price for newly-issued or treasury shares sold to participants
under the plan, as described above.
Reports to Participants
15. What kind of reports and other information do
participants receive?
Participants receive a statement of account for each quarter in
which dividends are reinvested. Each statement contains the date of
the purchase, the amount of dividends reinvested, the purchase
price per share, the number of shares acquired (including
fractional shares up to six decimal places) and the total number of
shares held before and after the purchase. These statements provide
participants with a record of the cost of purchases and should be
retained for tax purposes.
Like other Company shareholders, plan participants also receive
copies of the Company’s annual and quarterly reports to
shareholders, proxy statements and other shareholder information.
Because statements of account and other shareholder mailings are
furnished to shareholders of record, beneficial owners who
participate in the plan through a nominee holder should make
appropriate arrangements with their nominee holder for forwarding
such materials to them (see question 5).
Dividends
16. Are participants credited with dividends on all
whole and fractional shares held in their plan
account?
Yes. Cash dividends on both whole and fractional shares held by
participants on the dividend record date are credited to their plan
account and automatically reinvested to purchase additional shares
of common stock. Share purchase allocations under the plan are made
to six decimal places.
17. May dividends be reinvested on less than all shares
owned?
A shareholder may not choose to have
dividends reinvested on less than all shares registered in the same
name. However, if a shareholder owns shares registered in more than
one name (such as, for example, shares registered in the name
“John Doe” and others registered in the name “J.
Doe”) then the shareholder may choose to participate in the
plan as to the shares registered in one name but not in the
other. Shareholders are reminded
that dividends on all shares registered in the name in which their
plan account is maintained will be reinvested, even shares
purchased outside the plan, and regardless of whether the shares
are represented by certificates or held in book
entry.
Certificates for Shares
18. Are certificates issued for shares of common stock
purchased under the plan?
Unless requested, certificates for shares of common stock purchased
under the plan are not ordinarily issued. Rather, shares purchased
under the plan are credited in book entry form to the
participant’s account. The total number of shares registered
to a participant in the name in which the plan account is
maintained are shown on the quarterly account statement, whether
those shares are represented by certificates or are held in book
entry.
Certificates for any number of whole shares credited to a
participant’s account will be issued by Computershare, our
transfer agent, upon request and payment of Computershare’s
certificate fee (currently $25 per certificate, but subject to
change). Fractional shares will be settled in cash; certificates
representing fractional shares will not be issued under any
circumstances. Cash settlement of fractional shares is based on the
most recent purchase price for newly-issued or treasury stock under
the plan. Even if a certificate is issued representing shares
previously held in book entry form, as long as the share
certificate(s) are registered in the same name in which the plan
account is maintained, dividends paid on the shares represented by
those certificates will continue to be reinvested under the
plan.
Sale and Withdrawal of Shares
19. May a participant sell or transfer shares purchased
under the plan?
A participant who wishes to sell or transfer all or a portion of
the whole shares credited to his or her plan account must either
(i) request that certificates be issued representing such shares
(see question 18) or request that Computershare transfer the shares
through the DRS to the participant’s broker and then make his
or her own arrangements for sale through the broker; or (ii) direct
the Administrator to arrange for sale of the shares.
The following option is available through the administrator when
requesting a sale (subject to applicable market
conditions):
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Batch
Order. A batch order is
an accumulation of multiple sale requests for a security submitted
together as a collective request. You can sell shares by batch
order through the plan online through Investor Center at
www.computershare.com/investor,
by calling the Administrator at 1-800-368-5948 during normal
business hours or by completing and returning the form located on
the back of your Dividend Reinvestment Plan statement. Batch orders
are submitted on each market day, assuming there are sale requests
to be processed. Sale instructions for batch orders received by the
Administrator will be processed no later than five business days
after the date on which the order is received (except where
deferral is required under applicable federal or state laws or
regulations), assuming the applicable market is open for trading
and sufficient market liquidity exists. For a batch order sale, the
price to each selling plan participant shall be the weighted
average sale price obtained by the Administrator’s broker for
the aggregate order placed by the Administrator and executed by the
broker, less a transaction fee of $15 plus a trading fee of $0.12
per share* sold.
*All per share fees include any brokerage commissions the
Administrator is required to pay. Any fractional share will be
rounded up to a whole share for purposes of calculating the per
share fee. All sales requests processed over the telephone by a
customer service representative entail an additional fee of $15.
Fees are deducted from the proceeds derived from the sale. The
Administrator may, under certain circumstances, require a
transaction request to be submitted in writing. Please contact the
Administrator to determine if there are any limitations applicable
to your particular sale request.
20. What happens if a participant sells or transfers all
shares of common stock that are registered in the name in which the
plan account is maintained?
If a participant disposes of all of his or her whole shares of
common stock registered in the name in which the plan account is
maintained, the plan account will be terminated and the shareholder
will be paid in cash for any remaining fractional share. Cash
settlement of fractional shares is based upon the purchase price of
newly-issued or treasury stock under the plan for the most recent
completed calendar quarter.
Termination of Participation
21. How does a participant terminate his participation
in the plan?
A participant may terminate his or her
participation in the plan at any time by notifying the
Administrator through Computershare Investor Center accessible
at www.computershare.com/investor,
by phone at 1-800-368-5948 or in writing. Following receipt of
notification, the Administrator, in accordance with your
instructions, will either (i) discontinue the reinvestment of the
dividends paid on the shares enrolled and/or held in your plan
account, but continue to hold those shares in book form on your
behalf; (ii) issue a certificate for the whole shares credited to
your plan account and issue a cash payment for any cash in lieu of
a fractional share, less a transaction fee (currently $15.00, but
subject to change) and trading fee (currently $0.12 per share, but
subject to change).
As noted in question 20, participation in the plan terminates
automatically if the participant disposes of all of his or her
whole shares registered in the name in which the plan account is
maintained.
Other Information
22. What shares are offered under the plan?
The Company has registered 300,000 shares of $2.50 par value common
stock with the SEC for issuance under the plan. The number of
shares registered and available for sale under the plan is subject
to anti-dilution adjustments to reflect any stock splits or stock
dividends. The shares issued from time to time under the plan will
be newly-issued shares of the Company’s common stock or
treasury shares (shares of common stock previously issued and later
reacquired by the Company), or shares purchased in the open market
or in privately negotiated transactions, or a combination of such
shares, as the Company may determine from time to time in its
discretion.
23. What happens if the Company issues a stock dividend
or declares a stock split or has a rights offering?
Any stock dividend or common shares resulting from stock splits
with respect to full shares and fractional shares credited to a
participant’s account will be added to the account. If the
Company issues to its shareholders rights to purchase additional
shares or other securities, the rights will be distributed to
participants, or the Administrator will seek instructions from the
participants as to whether to exercise such rights on their
behalf.
24. Do participants have the right to vote the shares
held in their plan account at meetings of the Company’s
shareholders?
Participants are furnished a proxy card and proxy statement for
shareholder meetings and are entitled to vote any shares held in
their plan account, including fractional shares.
Beneficial owners who participate in the plan indirectly should
make appropriate arrangements with their nominees to vote their
shares through the nominee as the shareholder of
record.
25. What are the federal income tax consequences of
participation in the plan?
As of the date of this prospectus, the federal income tax
consequences of participation in the plan for shareholders are
summarized below.
In general, participants will have the same federal income tax
obligations with respect to reinvested dividends as they would with
dividends not so reinvested.
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A participant will be treated as having received, on the dividend
payment date, a distribution equal to the amount of the cash
dividend payable on that date and reinvested under the
plan.
●
In the case of corporate shareholders, the amount of dividends
received will be eligible for the dividends received deduction
available under the Internal Revenue Code.
●
The tax basis of shares acquired through the plan will generally be
the purchase price of the shares on the purchase date.
●
If the source of shares purchased under the plan is shares
purchased by the Administrator or its agent on the open market or
in privately negotiated transactions, any brokerage fees, service
charges or other fees that the Company pays or absorbs will be
treated as additional dividend income to the participants for
federal income tax purposes and may be added to the tax basis of
the shares acquired.
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The holding period for shares acquired through the plan will begin
on the day after the dividend payment date.
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A participant will not realize taxable income upon receipt of
certificates for whole shares credited to his or her plan account,
either upon request for such certificates or upon withdrawal from
the plan.
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A participant will recognize gain or loss upon the sale or exchange
of whole shares measured by the difference between the amount he or
she receives for the shares and his or her tax basis in such
shares.
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The receipt of cash for any fractional share upon withdrawal from
the plan will be treated as a redemption of such fraction. In
general, this means that a participant will recognize gain or loss
measured by the difference between the amount of cash received in
redemption of the fractional share and the participant’s tax
basis in such fractional share.
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Purchases and sales of shares through the plan are not exempt from
Internal Revenue Service “wash sale” rules (which apply
generally to purchases and sales made within 30 days of each
other).
The tax consequences of participating in the Dividend Reinvestment
Plan will vary depending on your specific circumstances, including
your state or other jurisdiction of residence. You are therefore
urged to consult your own tax advisor for further information as to
the particular tax consequences -federal, state and local- which
may result from your participation in the plan and subsequent
disposition of shares purchased under the plan. The income tax
consequences for participants who do not reside in the United
States will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
26. May participants pledge shares purchased for their
plan accounts?
Participants may not pledge any shares of stock held in book entry
form in their plan account. Any attempted pledge of such book entry
shares will be null and void. If you wish to pledge shares that are
held in your plan account in book entry form under the plan or held
in safekeeping under the DRS, you must first withdraw them from
book entry by obtaining a certificate representing those shares
(see questions 18 and 27).
27. May plan participants submit their certificates to
Computershare for safekeeping?
Yes, Company shareholders, including plan participants, may tender
any certificates for Company common stock to Computershare for
safekeeping. Certificates tendered for safekeeping will be
cancelled by our transfer agent and the shares recorded in book
entry form through the DRS. There is currently no fee for
converting certificated shares to book entry for safekeeping, but
our transfer agent will charge a fee to re-convert the book entry
shares to certificate form (currently $25 per certificate, but
subject to change). Holding shares in book entry form protects
participants against loss, theft or destruction of stock
certificates.
If you wish to deposit your stock certificates, you must mail your
request and your certificates to Computershare as shown under
“CORRESPONDENCE” below. The certificates should not be
endorsed. Certificates mailed to the Administrator should be
insured for possible mail loss for 3% of the market value (minimum
of $20.00); this represents your replacement cost if the
certificates are lost in transit to Computershare.
28. What is the responsibility of the Company and the
plan Administrator?
In administering the plan, neither the Company nor its agents
(including the Administrator) will be liable for any act done in
good faith or for any good faith omission to act, including,
without limitation, any claim of liability arising out of any of
the following: (i) failure to terminate a participant’s
account upon participant’s death or adjudicated incompetency
prior to receipt of written notice of such event and passage of a
reasonable time on which to act upon such notice; (ii) the prices
at which shares are purchased or sold for the participant’s
account; (iii) the times when purchases or sales are made; (iv)
fluctuations in the book value of the Company’s common stock
or in the trading prices or trading volume of the stock in trades
made in the over-the-counter market; or (v) the amount of any bid
or ask price quotations or the available share volume published in
the over-the-counter market.
PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE COMPANY CANNOT ASSURE A PROFIT OR
PROTECT AGAINST A LOSS ON THE COMMON STOCK PURCHASED UNDER THE
PLAN.
FURTHER, WHILE THE COMPANY HAS HISTORICALLY PAID REGULAR QUARTERLY
CASH DIVIDENDS TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS, THE COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE
THAT CASH DIVIDENDS ON SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK MIGHT NOT BE
REDUCED, SUSPENDED OR ELIMINATED IN THE FUTURE.
29. Who bears the risk of fluctuations in the purchase
price or value of the common stock?
The participant bears the risk of loss and realizes the benefits of
any gain from changes in the purchase price under the plan or in
the value of shares held in the participant’s plan or
otherwise. A participant’s investment in shares acquired
under the plan is no different from investment in directly-held
shares in this regard.
30. May the plan be changed or
discontinued?
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend,
terminate or amend the plan at any time, including during the
period between a dividend record date and the related dividend
payment date. Participants will be notified in writing of any such
suspension or termination or any material amendment to the plan.
The Company also reserves the right to terminate any
participant’s plan account at any time.
31. Who interprets the plan?
The Company interprets the terms of the plan and its determinations
are final.
NATURE OF TRADING MARKET; BOOK VALUE; CASH DIVIDENDS
Trading Market
Our common stock is not traded on any national or regional stock
exchange. There is at present no active public trading market for
our common stock and we cannot provide any assurance that an active
public trading market will develop in the future. No brokerage firm
currently makes a market in our common stock. While various
brokerage firms generally attempt to match buyers and sellers of
our stock when they receive buy or sell orders from customers,
trading is not active. A public trading market having the desirable
characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends upon
the presence in the marketplace of both willing buyers and willing
sellers of the stock at any given time and such presence is, in
turn, dependent upon the individual decisions of purchasers and
sellers over which neither the Company nor any broker has control.
Because there is no active public trading market in our stock, we
cannot provide any assurance that the purchase price of the shares
under the plan (see “DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN,” question
14) reflects the intrinsic value of our stock, nor that it bears
any relationship to our assets, earnings or other established
criteria for valuation of stock.
Our common stock is traded in the
over-the-counter market under the trading symbol “CMTV”
and is included in the OTCQX marketplace tier maintained by the OTC
Markets Group. The OTC Markets Group also maintains the OTC Link
ATS®,
an interdealer quotation and messaging software platform that
facilitates trades in over-the-counter stocks by participating
FINRA-registered brokers. Certain brokerage firms post bid and ask
quotations for our common stock in the OTC Link
ATS®
and that information is publicly
available on the OTC Markets Group’s website,
(www.otcmarkets.com).
Information on actual trades in
our stock, including trade price and volume, is available on a
subscription basis from the OTC Markets Group and the Company uses
quarterly summaries of that information to calculate the purchase
price under the plan for newly issued or treasury shares.
These quarterly summaries are available from the OTC Markets Group
by purchase only and are not posted on its website.
The table below sets forth for the periods
indicated (i) the ranges of high and low prices paid per share for
the Company’s common stock, (ii) the weighted average trade
price information for the quarters presented, and (iii) the amount
of cash dividends declared in each quarter. The trade price
information in this table and bid information in the second table
is based on information reported by participating FINRA-registered
brokers in the OTC Link ATS® system and may not represent all
trades or high and low bids during the relevant periods. Such price
quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up,
mark-down or commission and bid prices do not necessarily represent
actual transactions.
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2014 Trade Price
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High
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$14.25
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$14.50
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$14.50
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$14.75
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Low
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$13.01
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$13.75
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$13.75
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$13.84
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Weighted Average
Trade Price
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$13.89
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$14.16
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$14.21
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$14.08
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Cash
Dividends Declared
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$0.16
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$0.16
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$0.16
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$0.16
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2015 Trade Price
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High
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$14.50
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$14.50
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$14.75
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$14.75
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Low
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$14.00
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$14.00
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$14.15
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$13.60
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Weighted Average
Trade Price
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$14.11
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$14.22
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$14.45
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$14.11
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Cash
Dividends Declared
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$0.16
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$0.16
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$0.16
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$0.16
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2016 Trade Price
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High
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$14.40
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$14.50
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$14.50
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Low
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$13.15
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$13.75
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$13.77
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Weighted Average
Trade Price
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$13.76
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$14.00
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$14.09
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Cash
Dividends Declared
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$0.16
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$0.16
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$0.16
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Participants are advised that the above
trading price information reflects only trades reported by
participating brokers through the OTC Link ATS®
and that management of the
Company does not know the price at which all trades were conducted
during the periods indicated. Further, past trading prices are not
necessarily indicative of future trading prices or of the intrinsic
value of our common stock, particularly since there is no active
public trading market in the Company’s
stock.
Set forth below is a summary of the high and
low quarterly bid information reported in the OTC Link
ATS®
by participating brokers for the
last two calendar years and the first three quarters of
2016:
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2014 Bid Price
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High
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$12.25
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$13.90
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$12.80
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$13.65
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Low
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$10.50
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$11.12
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$12.60
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$12.85
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2015 Bid Price
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High
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$14.40
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$14.40
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$14.50
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$14.25
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Low
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$14.00
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$14.00
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$14.15
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$14.00
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2016 Bid Price
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High
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$14.25
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$14.25
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$14.30
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Low
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$13.30
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$13.76
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$13.77
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Book Value
The table below shows the per share book value of our common stock
as of the dates indicated. Except for year-end figures, which are
based on audited financial information, the book values below are
based on unaudited quarterly financial information.
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March 31
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$9.04
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$9.53
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$9.92
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June 30
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$9.16
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$9.57
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$10.04
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September 30
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$9.28
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$9.73
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$10.18
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December 31
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$9.43
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$9.79
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Reinvested dividends used to purchase newly-issued or treasury
shares for participants will be retained by the Company and those
funds will be available for use in our continuing operations and
for our general corporate purposes. The Company will not receive
the proceeds of any shares that are purchased on the open market or
in privately negotiated transactions, and we may incur expenses in
connection with such purchases (see “DESCRIPTION OF THE
PLAN,” questions 11 and 14). The Company has no basis for
estimating either the number of shares of common stock that will
ultimately be sold pursuant to the plan, the amount of dividends
that will be reinvested, or the source of the shares.
INDEMNIFICATION
Our officers and directors are entitled to indemnification under
the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association
and By-laws against expenses and liability incurred in connection
with any suit, action or proceeding to which they are made a party
by reason of their position with the Company. Under the Vermont
Business Corporation Act and the Company’s Amended and
Restated Articles of Association and By-laws, the standard for
indemnification is generally that the individual must have acted in
good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in
the best interests of the Company. Employees and agents of the
Company may also be indemnified under the same standards applicable
to directors and officers, in the Company’s
discretion.
Management is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation
that might result in claims for indemnification against the
Company.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to the officers or
directors of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
Company has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is therefore unenforceable.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file proxy statements, annual, quarterly
and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may
read and copy documents we file with the SEC at the SEC’s
public reference facilities located at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the public reference room. The SEC maintains
an Internet website, at http://www.sec.gov,
that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information about companies, like Community Bancorp., that file
electronically with the SEC. Copies of documents we file
electronically with the SEC are available through commercial
document retrieval services or by accessing the SEC’s
internet website.
This prospectus is a part of a registration statement that we filed
with the SEC covering the shares offered for purchase under the
plan. As permitted under SEC rules, this prospectus does not
contain all of the information you can find in the registration
statement. The complete registration statement is available for
inspection and copying at the SEC’s public reference
facilities and on the SEC’s internet website as set forth
above.
We are allowed to “incorporate by reference” into this
prospectus the information in various documents we file with the
SEC. That means that we can disclose important information to you
by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC.
The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part
of this prospectus and should be read with the same care. When we
update the information contained in documents that have been
incorporated by reference by making future filings with the SEC,
the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is
considered to be automatically updated and superseded. If you are
considering whether to rely on information contained in this
prospectus or information incorporated by reference into this
prospectus, you should rely on the updated information contained in
the document that was filed later.
We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents
listed below that have been filed with the SEC, as well as any
future filings we make with the SEC after the date of this
prospectus under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the termination of this
offering:
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The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2015;
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The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31 and June 30, 2016;
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The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January
27, March 14, April 18, May 18, June 10, July 15, October 3, and
October 19, 2016 (excluding, in each case, any information or
documents furnished but not filed therewith); and
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The description of the Company’s common stock contained in
its amended Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed on August
04, 2016, and any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
You may request a copy of any of our filings
with the SEC, at no cost, by writing or calling: Community
Bancorp., 4811 US Route 5, Derby, Vermont 05829, (802) 334-7915,
Attention: Melissa Tinker, Assistant Corporate
Secretary.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, including the documents we incorporate by
reference, contains forward-looking information about the Company
that is intended to be covered by the safe harbor for
forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are
statements that are not historical facts. These statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“believe,” “expect,” “may,”
“will,” “should,” “project,”
“plan,” “seek,” “intend,” or
“anticipate” or comparable terminology, and include
discussions of strategy, financial projections and estimates and
their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans,
objectives, expectations or consequences of announced transactions,
known trends, and statements about the future performance,
operations, products and services of the Company and the
Bank.
Discussions containing forward-looking statements may be found,
among other places, in this prospectus and our Annual Report on
Form 10-K, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q filed with the SEC from time to time. These
forward-looking statements are or will be, as applicable, based
largely on our expectations and projections about future events and
future trends affecting our business. You should not rely on our
forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond our control (see
“RISK FACTORS” above), that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements.
We qualify all our forward-looking statements by these cautionary
statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date of this prospectus or the date of the document in which they
appear. Except as required by applicable laws or regulations, we do
not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. When considering these forward-looking
statements, you should keep in mind these risks and uncertainties
(see “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION”
above).
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedules of Community
Bancorp. and Subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 2015,
appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year then
ended, have been audited by Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC,
independent registered public accountants, as set forth in their
report with respect thereto dated March 25, 2016, and are
incorporated in this prospectus in reliance upon the authority of
said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL OPINION
The validity of the shares of common stock offered under the plan
will be passed upon for Community Bancorp. by the law firm of
Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC, Montpelier, Vermont.
Certain members of the firm, of counsel attorneys and employees
beneficially own shares of the Company’s common
stock.
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence concerning the plan, including enrollments,
terminations and certificate safekeeping requests, should be
addressed to the plan Administrator at:
By mail:
Computershare
P.O. Box 30170
College Station, TX 77842-3170
Be sure to reference Community Bancorp and your plan account number
in all correspondence.
By telephone (toll free):
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.: 1-800-368-5948. An automated
phone system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customer
service representatives are available from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Eastern time each business day.
Via the Internet:
www.computershare.com.
Messages forwarded on the internet will be responded to
promptly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The
Company
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4811 US Route 5
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Risk
Factors
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2
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Derby, VT 05829-0259
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Description of the
Plan
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2
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(802) 334-7915
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Purpose
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2
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Benefits
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2
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__________
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Participation
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3
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Reports
to Participants
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5
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
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Dividends
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5
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__________
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Certificates
for Shares
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6
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Sale
and Withdrawal of Shares
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6
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Termination
of Participation
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7
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Other
Information
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7
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Nature
of Trading Market; Book Value;
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PROSPECTUS
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Cash
Dividends
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9
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Trading
Market
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9
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Book
Value
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11
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Use of
Proceeds
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11
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Indemnification
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Dated
October 31, 2016
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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Forward-Looking
Statements
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Experts
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Legal
Opinion
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Correspondence
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
SEC registration
fee
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$505
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Printing
fees*
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3,000
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Legal fees and
expenses*
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9,000
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Accounting fees and
expenses*
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2,000
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Blue Sky filing
fees and expenses (including counsel fees)*
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4,600
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Total
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$19,105
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*Estimated, solely for purposes of this registration
statement.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Limitation
of Director Liability. As
permitted by the Vermont Business Corporation Act, codified in
Title 11A of the Vermont Statutes Annotated (the
“VBCA”), Article Ten of the Amended and
Restated Articles of Association (the “Articles”)
of Community Bancorp. (the “Company”)
provides that the Directors will not have any personal liability to
the Company or its shareholders for money damages for any act or
omission based on a failure to discharge his or her statutory
duties as a director, except for (1) the amount of any financial
gain to which he or she was not entitled; (2) an intentional
reckless infliction of harm on the Company or its shareholders, or
(3) an intentional or reckless criminal act. Any future amendment
or repeal of the liability limiting provision would apply
prospectively only and not to any act or omission occurring before
the effective date of such amendment or repeal.
Indemnification. Sections
8.50 through 8.58 of the VBCA contain provisions governing the
indemnification of corporate directors and officers. In general,
the statute permits a corporation to indemnify any person who was
or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of
the fact that he 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 or entity, against expenses (including attorney's
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner
he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation. With respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, the indemnified individual must have had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. With
respect to actions or suits by or in the right of the corporation,
such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit.
Indemnification is not permitted with respect to any claim, issue
or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in
which such action or suit 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 indemnity for such expenses that the court deems
proper. Additionally, a corporation is required to indemnify any
director or officer against reasonable expenses if he or she was
wholly successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the
action, suit or proceeding.
Indemnification may be made by a corporation only upon a
determination made in the manner prescribed by the statute that
indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the party
seeking indemnification has met the applicable standard of conduct
as set forth in the VBCA. That statutory indemnification is not
deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. A
corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person covering any liability incurred by such
person in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability. The indemnification provided by the VBCA, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continues as to a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
Article Nine of the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of
Association authorizes the Board of Directors to adopt such Bylaws
or other arrangements (including contracts) for indemnification of
officers, directors and others as they deem advisable, to the
extent not inconsistent with applicable law. The Board of Directors
has adopted an implementing Bylaw (Article Eight) pursuant to that
authority, which incorporates the standards and limitations of
Section 8.50 through 8.58 of the VBCA described above.
Insurance. As
permitted under Section 8.58 of the VBCA, the Company has purchased
Directors and Officers liability insurance.
Item 16. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with this registration
statement:
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Opinion of Primmer
Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC re legality of Common Stock to be
issued
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23.1
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Consent of Berry,
Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC, independent registered public
accountants
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23.2
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Consent of Primmer
Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC (contained in Exhibit
5)
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Letter
to Shareholders
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Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
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 thereto) 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 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; and provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i),
(a)(1)(ii) and (a) (1)(iii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement on Form S-3 by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration
statement.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
That, for the purposes 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 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement 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)
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 provisions
described in Item 15 above 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 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Derby, State
of Vermont, on this 31st day of October,
2016
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COMMUNITY
BANCORP.
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By:
/s/ Stephen P. Marsh
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Stephen P.
Marsh
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Board
Chair and Principal Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons as
of this 31st day of October, 2016.
Signature
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Title
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Signature
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Title
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/s/Thomas E.
Adams
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Director
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/s/Kathryn M.
Austin
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President, Chief
Operating
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Thomas
E. Adams
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Kathryn M.
Austin
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Officer and
Director
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/s/
Louise M. Bonvechio
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Corporate
Secretary,
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/s/David
Bouffard
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Director
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Louise
M. Bonvechio
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Treasurer
and
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David
Bouffard
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Principal
Financial
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Officer
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/s/
Charles W. Bucknam, Jr.
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Director
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/s/Aminta K.
Conant
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Director
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Charles W.
Bucknam, Jr.
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Aminta
K. Conant
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Director
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/s/
Rosemary M. Lalime
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Director
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Jacques R.
Couture
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Rosemary M.
Lalime
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Director
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/s/
Stephen P. Marsh
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Board
Chair, Principal
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Patrick
Malone
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Stephen P.
Marsh
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Executive
Officer
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and
Director
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/s/
Dorothy R. Mitchell
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Director
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/s/
Frederic Oeschger
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Director
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Dorothy R.
Mitchell
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Frederic
Oeschger
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/s/
Candace A. Patenaude
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Principal
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/s/
James G. Wheeler, Jr.
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Director
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Candace A.
Patenaude
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Accounting
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James
G. Wheeler, Jr.
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Officer
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COMMUNITY BANCORP.
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 5 &
23.2
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Opinion and
Consent of Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
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Exhibit
23.1
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Consent of Berry,
Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC, independent registered public
accountants
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Exhibit
99
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Letter
to Shareholders
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