Business Description
American National Bankshares Inc. is a one-bank holding company organized under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1984. On September 1, 1984, the
Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of American National Bank
and Trust Company, a national banking association chartered in 1909 under the
laws of the United States. American National Bank and Trust Company is the only
banking subsidiary of the Company.
On July 1, 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of MidCarolina Financial
Corporation ("MidCarolina") pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 15, 2010, between the
Company and MidCarolina. MidCarolina was headquartered in Burlington, North
Carolina, and engaged in banking operations through its subsidiary bank, MidCarolina
Bank. The transaction has expanded the Companys footprint in North Carolina,
adding eight branches in Alamance and Guilford Counties.
The Company has two reportable segments, (i) community banking and (ii) trust
and investment services.
The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994, as
amended (the "Interstate Banking Act"), generally permits well capitalized
bank holding companies to acquire banks in any state, and preempts all state
laws restricting the ownership by a bank holding company of banks in more than
one state. The Interstate Banking Act also permits a bank to merge with an out-of-state
bank and convert any offices into branches of the resulting bank if both states
have not opted out of interstate branching; and permits a bank to acquire branches
from an out-of-state bank if the law of the state where the branches are located
permits the interstate branch acquisition. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, a bank
holding company or bank must be well capitalized and well managed to engage
in an interstate acquisition. Bank holding companies and banks are required
to obtain prior FRB approval to acquire more than 5% of a class of voting securities,
or substantially all of the assets, of a bank holding company, bank or savings
association. The Interstate Banking Act and the Dodd-Frank Act permit banks
to establish and operate de novo interstate branches to the same extent a bank
chartered by the host state may establish branches.