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BUSINESS COMBINATION | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
BUSINESS COMBINATION | NOTE 3 — BUSINESS COMBINATION On January 17, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of MetroCorp, parent of MetroBank, N.A. and Metro United Bank. The purchase consideration was satisfied with two thirds East West stock and one third cash. The fair value of the consideration transferred in the acquisition of MetroCorp was $291.4 million, which consisted of 5,583,093 shares of East West common stock fair valued at $190.8 million at the date of acquisition and $89.4 million in cash, $2.4 million of additional cash to MetroCorp stock option holders and a MetroCorp warrant, fair valued at $8.8 million, assumed by the Company. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. At the acquisition date, the Company recorded total fair value of assets and liabilities acquired of $1.70 billion and $1.41 billion, respectively. Goodwill from the acquisition represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes. The Company recorded $121.0 million of goodwill at the MetroCorp acquisition date. During the three months ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded additional tax and bank owned life insurance adjustments of $10.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, related to the MetroCorp acquisition, increasing goodwill to $132.0 million. Refer to Note 2 — Business Combination in Item 8 of the Company’s 2014 Form 10-K for additional details related to the MetroCorp acquisition.

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