Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was organized under Virginia law on November 5, 1999 to become the holding company for Virginia Commerce Bank (the "Bank"). The Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of the Bank on December 22, 1999 upon the effectiveness of the Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange dated September 22, 1999 between the Company and the Bank. As a result of the Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, each shares of the Bank's common stock was automatically exchanged for and converted into one share of the Company's common stock.

The Bank was organized as a national banking association and commenced operations...