UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 18, 2017
 
TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
(Name of Registrant)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
001-34657
(Commission
File Number)
75-2679109
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
(Address of principal executive officers)
75201
(Zip Code)
214-932-6600
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
N/A
(Former address of principal executive offices)
 
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On July 18, 2017, the Board of Directors of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Jonathan E. Baliff as a member of the Board, effective July 18, 2017. Mr. Baliff will serve as a member of the Board’s Risk Committee.

Mr. Baliff currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Bristow Group Inc., positions he has held since July 2014. Mr. Baliff served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Bristow from October 2010 until June 2014. Bristow is the leading global provider of industrial aviation services offering helicopter transportation, search and rescue (SAR) and aircraft support services, including maintenance and training, to government and civil organizations worldwide. He previously held executive positions with NRG Energy and the energy finance groups of Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. Mr. Baliff served in the U.S. Air Force from 1985 to 1993 as a fighter pilot and is a decorated veteran of the first Gulf War.

In connection with his election, Mr. Baliff was granted 641 shares of restricted stock and 529 restricted stock units under the Company's 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, each of which will vest in approximately equal numbers of shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. Mr. Baliff will receive cash compensation commensurate with that received by the Company’s other non-management directors, as described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 9, 2017. The Company will enter into a standard director indemnity agreement with Mr. Baliff, a form of which was filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K on February 21, 2014.





SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:
July 20, 2017
TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Julie Anderson
 
 
 
 
 
Julie Anderson
Chief Financial Officer