Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
For Immediate Release
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Christopher D. Myers President and CEO
(909) 980-4030 |
CVB Financial Corp. Announces Consummation of
Public Stock Offering
Ontario, CA, July 27, 2009 CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CVBF) and its subsidiary, Citizens
Business Bank (the Company), announced the consummation of its previously announced underwritten
public offering of common stock at $5.85 per share.
The Company sold 22,655,000 in shares of its common stock, which includes the exercise by the
underwriters of their overallotment option, for gross proceeds to the Company of approximately
$132.5 million. In these difficult times, we are pleased to be able to complete this transaction
and strengthen our capital position said Chris Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer. Our
company is now better positioned to take advantage of growth opportunities.
Citizens Business Bank serves 39 cities through 41 business financial centers and five commercial
banking centers in the Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles Counties and communities throughout
the Central Valley of California. The Banks trust and asset management division, CitizensTrust,
has $1.6 billion in assets under administration
Shares of CVB Financial Corp. common stock are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of
CVBF. For more information, please visit our website at www.cbbank.com.
Safe Harbor
Certain matters set forth herein constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including forward-looking statements relating to
the Companys current business plan and expectations regarding future operating results. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those projected. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, local, regional, national and international economic
conditions and events and the impact they may have on us and our customers; ability to attract
deposits and other sources of liquidity; oversupply of inventory and continued deterioration in
values of California real estate, both residential and commercial; a prolonged slowdown in
construction activity; changes in the financial performance and/or condition of our borrowers;
changes in the level of non-performing assets and charge-offs; ability and consent to repurchase
our securities issued to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to its Capital Purchase Program; the effect of
changes in laws and regulations (including laws and regulations concerning taxes, banking,
securities, executive compensation and insurance) with which we and our subsidiaries must comply;
changes in estimates of future reserve requirements based upon the periodic review thereof under
relevant regulatory and accounting requirements; inflation, interest rate, securities market and
monetary fluctuations; political instability; acts of war or terrorism, or natural disasters, such
as earthquakes, or the effects of pandemic flu; the timely development and acceptance of new
banking products and services and perceived overall value of these products and services by users;
changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits; technological changes; the ability to
increase market share and control expenses; changes in the competitive environment among financial
and bank holding companies and other financial service providers; continued volatility in the
credit and equity markets and its effect on the general economy; the effect of changes in
accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, as well as the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and other
accounting standard setters; changes in our organization, management, compensation and benefit
plans; the costs and effects of legal and regulatory developments including the resolution of legal
proceedings or regulatory or other governmental inquiries and the results of regulatory
examinations or reviews; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items and
other factors set forth in the Companys public reports including its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within that
document. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after
the date of such statements except as required by law.
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