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Common Stock and Dividends
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Common Stock and Dividends  
Common Stock and Dividends

Note 9 — Common Stock and Dividends

 

The Company had outstanding 216,000 shares of Series A cumulative perpetual preferred stock (the “Senior Preferred Stock”), issued to the US Treasury under the Company’s participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program (the “TARP Capital Purchase Program”).  The Company redeemed all of the Senior Preferred Stock in 2012.  In conjunction with the purchase of the Senior Preferred Stock, the US Treasury received a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 1,326,238 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at $24.43 per share, which would represent an aggregate common stock investment in the Company on exercise of the warrant in full equal to 15% of the Senior Preferred Stock investment.  The term of the Warrant is ten years and was immediately exercisable.  The Warrant is included as a component of Tier 1 capital.  On June 12, 2013, the U. S. Treasury sold the Warrant to a third party.  As of June 30, 2013, none of the Warrant had been exercised.

 

The Company paid cash dividends to the common shareholders of $.20 per share on April 19, 2013 to all holders of record on April 1, 2013.  Cash dividends of $.20 per share were paid to common shareholders on April 20, and October 15, 2012 to all holders of record on April 2 and September 28, 2012, respectively.

 

In April 2009, following receipt of the Treasury Department’s consent, the Board of Directors re-established a formal stock repurchase program that authorized the repurchase of up to $40 million of common stock within the following twelve months and on February 28, 2013, the Board of Directors extended the repurchase program and again authorized the repurchase of up to $40 million of common stock during the twelve month period commencing on April 9, 2013, which repurchase cap the Board is inclined to increase over time.  Stock repurchases may be made from time to time, on the open market or through private transactions.  Shares repurchased in this program will be held in treasury for reissue for various corporate purposes, including employee stock option plans.  As of July 31, 2013, a total of 7,843,293 shares had been repurchased under all programs at a cost of $237,536,000.