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Common Stock and Dividends
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
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 September 30, 2015, the Warrant is still outstanding, but expires on December 23, 2018 with no value if not exercised before that date.  Adjustments to the $24.43 per share Exercise Price of the Warrant will be made if the Company pays cash dividends in excess of 33 cents per semi-annual period or makes certain other shareholder distributions before the Warrant expires on December 23, 2018.

 

The Company paid cash dividends to the common shareholders of $.29 per share on April 17, 2015 and October 15, 2015 to all holders of record on April 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015.  The Company paid cash dividends to the common shareholders of $.25 per share on April 18, 2014 to all holders of record on April 1, 2014 and $.27 per share on October 15, 2014 to all shareholders of record on September 30, 2014.

 

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 March 6, 2015, 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, 2015, 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.  During the third quarter of 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Rule 10b5-1 plan and intends to adopt additional Rule 10b5-1 trading plans that will allow the Company to purchase its shares of common stock during certain trading blackout periods when the Company ordinarily would not be in the market due to trading restrictions in its internal trading policy.  During the term of a 10b5-1 Plan, purchases of common stock are automatic to the extent the conditions of the 10b5-1 Plan’s trading instructions are met.  Shares repurchased in this program will be held in treasury for reissue for various corporate purposes, including employee stock option plans.  As of November 2, 2015, a total of 8,791,759 shares had been repurchased under all programs at a cost of $260,340,000.  The Company is not obligated to repurchase shares under its stock repurchase program or to enter into additional Rule 10b5-1 plans.  The timing, actual number and value of shares purchased will depend on many factors, including the Company’s cash flow and the liquidity and price performance of its shares of common stock.