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Community Bank Options for Raising Capital ABA Telephone Briefing Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET. Speakers. Robert P. Hutchinson, Head of Depository Institutions, Investment Banking, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., Boston, MA - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Community Bank Options for Raising Capital
ABA Telephone BriefingTuesday, January 25, 20112:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
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Speakers
Robert P. Hutchinson, Head of Depository Institutions, Investment Banking, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., Boston, MA
Dave M. Muchnikoff, Partner, Silver Freedman and Taff, LLP, Washington, DC
Keary Colwell, Chief Financial Officer, Bay Commercial Bank, Walnut Creek, CA
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Discussion Items
Section
Executive Summary 1
Current Bank Equity Valuations 2
The Migration of Capital Raising 3
Capital Raising Options 4
Capital Raising Process 5
Investor Profiles & Requirements 6
Appendix:Sample Term Sheets 7
Presenter Profiles 8
Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
Bank valuations have improved, but are still trading primarily off of tangible book value as it relates to balance sheet strength
Offering types and structures have varied widely and evolved since the credit crunch began in 2007
Bias has shifted to common equity: from the perspective of the regulators and investors
Investor requirements are ever evolving and demanding
Current Bank Equity Valuations
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Recent Market Developments
Confidence has returned to the market place
Unemployment has peaked
Inflation remains low
Consumer spending has increased at a rapid pace
Stocks have reached their highest closing levels in 2.5 years
Investors have sought out discounted bank stocks with strong fundamentals
Earnings are improving
Companies are flush with cash on their balance sheets
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Structural Headwinds Remain
High unemployment, budget deficits and subdued housing market remain a drag on recovery
Housing prices: Where is the bottom?
Many more bank failures expected At September 30, 2010, “Problem List” consisted of 860 institutions with total assets of
$379.2 billion
Many banks are facing slow balance sheet growth, flat fee revenue and rising regulatory expense burden
Significant industry-wide capital need
Regulatory reform has injected further uncertainty
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12/1/2010 12/16/2010 12/31/2010 1/15/2011
SNL Bank SNL Thrift S&P 500
Recent Market Performance
Relative Price Performance Since December 1, 2010
Index %∆
SNL Bank 17.9
SNL Thrift 13.1
S&P 500 7.4
Source: SNL FinancialSNL Bank Index: All major exchange banks in SNL’s coverage universeSNL Thrift Index: All major exchange thrifts in SNL’s coverage universe
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Pricing Drivers for Bank Stock Valuations
Asset Quality
Capital Levels
Size and Liquidity
Profitability
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Bank & Thrift Valuations: Landscape
Includes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
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177
260
225
138
96
153
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Price/ Tangible Book Value
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Valuation Drivers: Asset Quality
Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
10.8%
5.8%
3.1%2.1% 1.9% 1.9%
1.4%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
NP
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/ A
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Price/ Tangible Book Value
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Valuation Drivers: Capital Levels
6.0%
7.2%
8.8% 9.0% 8.9% 8.8%8.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
9.0%
10.0%
TC
E /
TA
Price/ Tangible Book Value
Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
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128.5%
56.2%
30.6%21.5% 18.4% 19.0% 16.4%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
140.0%
Tex
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Price/ Tangible Book Value
Valuation Drivers: Balance Sheet Strength
100% P / TB
20% TX Ratio
Note: Texas Ratio = (NPAs + Loans 90+) / (TCE + LLR)Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
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Valuation Drivers: Size & Liquidity
68.583.0
121.2
154.9
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Pri
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Assets
Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
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Valuation Drivers: Size & Liquidity
1.8 9.4 15.432.7
63.5
163.3
347.0
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Price/ Tangible Book Value
Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
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Valuation Drivers: Profitability
(0.15%)
0.51%
0.94%1.14%
1.36%1.46%
1.78%
(0.2%)
0.3%
0.8%
1.3%
1.8%
2.3%
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Price/ Tangible Book Value
Values represent median of each respective groupIncludes all publicly traded banks and thriftsData as of 1/14/2011Source: SNL Financial
The Migration of Capital Raising
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2008 – PresentCapital Raised by Banks & Thrifts
Source: SNL FinancialSNL Bank & Thrift Index: All major exchange banks and thrifts in SNL’s coverage universe
(90)
(80)
(70)
(60)
(50)
(40)
(30)
(20)
(10)
0
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50
100
150
200
250
1Q08 2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11
SN
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& T
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Cap
ital
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Common Equity Preferred Equity TARP Trust Preferred SNL Bank and Thrif t
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300
350
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1Q08 2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11
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Cap
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2008 – PresentCapital Raised by Banks & Thrifts
Source: SNL FinancialSNL Bank & Thrift Index: All major exchange banks and thrifts in SNL’s coverage universe
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2000 – PresentCapital Raised by Banks & Thrifts
Source: SNL Financial
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50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 YTD
Cap
ital
Rai
sed
($B
)
Common Equity Preferred Equity TARP Trust Preferred
Beginning in the 2nd Quarter of 2009, companies began shifting from TARP to common equity
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2000 – 2007Aggregate Capital Raised
Source: SNL Financial
$41.0
$21.2
$-
$122.6
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Common Equity
Preferred Equity
TARP Trust Preferred
Cap
ital
Rai
sed
($B
)
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2008 – PresentAggregate Capital Raised
Source: SNL Financial
$217.8
$152.5
$212.1
$55.5
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100
150
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250
Common Equity
Preferred Equity
TARP Trust Preferred
Cap
ital
Rai
sed
($B
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2217
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5
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76 77
23
60
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2008 2009 2010
Common Equity Raises by Asset Size:Number of Transactions
< 0.5 B 0.5 B – 1.0 B 1.0 B – 10.0 B > 10.0 B
Asset Size ($)
Values represent median of each respective groupSource: SNL Financial
76
168 165
25
(20%)
(15%)
(10%)
(5%)
0%
5%
2008 2009 2010
Common Equity Raises by Asset Size:Premium / (Discount) to Stock Price
< 0.5 B 0.5 B – 1.0 B 1.0 B – 10.0 B > 10.0 B
Asset Size ($)
Values represent median of each respective groupSource: SNL Financial
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0%
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2008 2009 2010
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2008 2009 2010
Common Equity Raises by Asset Size
Price / Tangible Book Value Offering / Market Cap
< 0.5 B 0.5 B – 1.0 B 1.0 B – 10.0 B > 10.0 B
Asset Size ($)
Small cap valuations driven by size of capital raise
Values represent median of each respective groupSource: SNL Financial
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Impact of Relative Offering Size on Valuation
Historical Financials Pro Forma Financials
Tangible Equity ($000) 15,000$ Pro Forma Tangible Equity ($000) 48,000$ Current Shares Outstanding 1,000,000 Pro Forma Shares Outstanding 4,500,000
Tg. Book Value per Share 15.00$ Tg. Book Value per Share 10.67$
Current Stock Price 12.50$ Offer Price 10.00$
Price / Tg. Book Value 83.3% Offer Price / Tg. Book Value 93.8%
Offering Assumptions
Offer Price 10.00$ Shares Offered 3,500,000 Fixed Offering Expenses ($000) 250 Gross Spread 5.0%
Gross Proceeds ($000) 35,000$ Offering Expenses ($000) (2,000) Net Proceeds ($000) 33,000$
Regulatory Considerations
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Capital is King
Collins Amendment requires regulators to apply leverage and risk-based capital requirements for holding companies and significant non-bank subsidiaries at no less than current PCA levels
Consolidated holding company capital must be at least at bank levels, certain debt/trust preferred/hybrid capital (but not REIT Preferred securities) no longer qualify as “Tier 1” capital (subject to phase-out period or grandfathered for holding companies with less than $15 billion in total consolidated assets)
Does not apply to small bank holding companies (assets under $500 million) not engaged in significant nonbanking activities, do not conduct significant off-balance sheet activities (including securitization and asset management), and do not have a material amount of debt or equity securities outstanding (other than trust preferred securities)
Regulators to establish “countercyclical capital principles” so that the amount of capital required to be maintained increases in times of economic expansion and decreases in times of economic contraction
Perpetual non-cumulative preferred and REIT Preferred still qualify as Tier 1 capital – rarely issued in the past because its terms were less attractive than previously-viable hybrids such as trust preferred securities
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Basel III
Significantly increases Tier 1 Capital requirements for banks Tier 1 raised from 4% to 6%
New capital conservation buffer calibrated at 2.5%
Countercyclical buffer: 0-2.5%
Final implementation deferred many years: Tier 1 minimums phased in by January 1, 2015, however, regulators may impose earlier deadlines
New requirements for large US banks will be stricter than Basel III – Sheila Bair, FDIC, 10/20/10
FRB to adopt capital standard for Large BHCs/Significant Non-banks in consultation with Financial Stability Oversight Council
These may trickle down to all
Higher than normal minimum capital requirements already being imposed through examination/application process – most regulators want 8 – 10% Tier 1 and 10 – 12% (Risk-based)
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Significance of Small BHC Policy
Permits debt levels at small BHCs that are far higher than those permitted for larger BHCs
Policy permits a small BHC (at $500 million or less in assets) to incur debt and to downstream proceeds to its subsidiary banks as low cost, non-dilutive Tier 1 capital to fund acquisitions or critical ownership restructuring transactions
BHC debt incurred to acquire original bank or additional banks cannot exceed 75% of purchase price
BHC debt must be retired in 25 years
BHC debt to equity ratio must be reduced to .30 to 1.0 within 12 years
Each subsidiary bank must be well capitalized or expected to be soon
BHC may not pay dividends if BHC debt to equity ratio is greater than 1.0 to 1.0
Small BHC policy does not apply to BHCs if the BHC Is engaged in significant non-banking activities directly or through a subsidiary; conducts significant off-balance sheet activities, including securitizations or asset management, directly or through a subsidiary; or has a significant amount of debt or equity securities (other than trust preferred securities) that are registered with the SEC
Capital Raising Options
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Reasons for Raising Capital
Increased Capital Requirements
Structural Regulatory Changes
Liquidity
Growth Opportunities
Organic
Acquisitions
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50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 YTD
Common Equity Preferred Equity TARP Trust Preferred
Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2000 – Present Capital Raises of Less than $50 MM
Number of Transactions
Source: SNL Financial
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Equity Capital Raising Trends: 2000 – PresentCapital Raises of Less than $50 MM
Capital Raised by Banks & Thrifts ($B)
Source: SNL Financial
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 YTD
Common Equity Preferred Equity TARP Trust Preferred
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Types and Sources of Capital
Sources:Rights OfferingPrivate OfferingRegulation D or Rule 144AUnderwrittenPublic MarketsPrivate Equity InvestorsInstitutional InvestorsCorrespondent BanksStockholdersCustomersDirectors
Sources
Common StockPreferred StockDebt
Types
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Capital Structure Influences
How much additional capital is needed?
Regulatory requirements: What type of “qualified capital” do you need and at what level?
Corporate structure
Financial condition
Capital structure
Market demand: Who is investing?
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Summary of Types of Capital
Pros Cons
Senior Debt
Unregistered Offering
Non-dilutive to ownership
Down-streamed as Tier 1 capital
Interest payments tax deductible
Sub Debt
Preferred
Common
Sub Debt
Preferred
Common
Non-dilutive to ownership
Down-streamed as Tier 1 capital
Interest payments tax deductible
Tier 1 capital at holding company
Flexible structure
Non-dilutive to common ownership
Permanent capital
Not permanent capital
Not treated as capital
Not permanent capital
Cost
Dividends are after-tax
Dilutive to ownership
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Senior Debt
Benefits
Registered Offering
Issued by holding company with proceeds down-streamed to subsidiary bank
Maturity typically up to 10 years
Down-streamed proceeds count as Tier 1 capital at bank level, no capital treatment at holding company level
Interest payments are tax-deductible
No change to ownership structure
Considerations Can you raise enough?
Not permanent capital, must have ability to repay or refinance
Must be able to dividend funds from bank to service debt
Will not solve capital issued at the holding company level
Earnings dilutive unless leveraged to break even or better
Usually obtained as a loan from another financial institution
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Subordinated Debt
Benefits
Registered Offering
May be issued by holding company or bank
Maturity must be minimum of 5 years, typically 10-15 years
If issued by holding company, is generally considered Tier 2 capital at holding company level; proceeds can be contributed to bank as Tier 1 capital
If issued by bank, is considered Tier 2 capital
Interest payments are tax-deductible
No change to ownership structure
Considerations Can you raise enough?
Not permanent capital, must have ability to repay or refinance
If Tier 2 capital, sub debt limit equals 50% of Tier 1 capital; capital qualification is reduced 20% annually during last 5 years to maturity
Impact on earnings of interest cost; must be able to service debt at issuer level
Usually privately placed with stockholders, another community financial institution or private investors
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Preferred Stock
Benefits
Registered Offering
Increases tangible equity without increasing common shares
Non-cumulative perpetual preferred counts as Tier 1 capital
Can structure to be convertible into common stock, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder
Fixed or floating rate coupon
Considerations Higher current cash cost relative to
issuance of common stock
Dividends are paid in after-tax dollars except REIT Preferred is paid from pre-tax earnings
Less dilutive to shareholders than common stock
Not available to Subchapter S corporations; usually privately placed with stockholders, another community financial institution or a private investor
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Common Stock
Benefits
Registered Offering
All proceeds count as Tier 1 capital
Represents permanent capital
Considerations Concerns about dilution to existing
shareholders
Typically priced at a discount to market
Potential concerns over ability to effectively deploy “excess” capital
Negative impact on performance ratios
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Alternative Sources of Capital Creation
Branch Sales
Securitizations (Denominator Trade)
Sale/Leaseback Transactions
Cut Dividends
Constrain Balance Sheet Growth
Capital Accretive Stock Transactions
The Capital Raising Process
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Registered vs. Unregistered Offering
Pros Cons
Registered Offering
Unregistered Offering
Pricing
Broader distribution
Greater liquidity
Less reporting
Less expensive
Flexibility
More reporting
More expensive
Lack of liquidity
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Weeks
Discussions with Advisers (Investment Banker, Attorney)
Establish Terms of Instrument
Establish Terms of Offering
Board Approval of Offering
Prepare Prospectus / Private Placement Memo
Regulatory Filings (Banking and Securities)
Roadshow Dry-Runs with Investment Banker
Coordination of Roadshow
Roadshow
Closing
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Capital Raising Process
Pre-Offering Marketing
Investor Profiles and Requirements
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Who Are the Investors
Institutional Money Managers
Private Equity Investors
Bank Focused Hedge Funds
Insiders (Management, Board Members)
Retail Investors
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Desired Issuer Characteristics of Bank Stock Investors
Proven management teams
Strong asset quality or ability to manage asset quality issues
Demonstrated ability to execute M&A transactions and to opportunistically take advantage of assisted bank transactions
Pricing discipline
Proven ability to grow organically
Prudent capital allocation
High insider ownership
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Investor Considerations
Potential lead investors (9.9% or more) in banks are typically looking for the following investment characteristics:
20%+ internal rate of return
Discount to current trading price / peers
Board of Directors representation
Liquidity event in 3 to 7 years
IPO
Refinancing
Sale of the company
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Investor Expectations After the Offering
Open dialogue with bank management
Serve as a sounding board for all transformational ideas
Possible board positions
Aggressive deployment of excess capital
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Bay Commercial (BCML) Private Placement:Case Study
$30,000,000
PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON STOCK AND
WARRANTS
Sole Placement Agent
August 2010: $18MM ClosedPending: Contingent Capital
Company Overview Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, Bay
Commercial Bank is a DeNovo bank started in 2004 focused on the San Francisco Bay area
Company Highlights: Assets $143MM, Deposits $127MM, Tangible Equity $16MM
Offering Process/Structure
Background Bay Commercial Bank recognized an opportunity to
capitalize on the economic disruption in its marketplace via failed bank acquisitions, distressed open bank M&A and branch acquisitions
To execute its roll-up strategy, Bay Commercial chose Sterne Agee to structure a capital raise to meet it’s needs
Structure Raised $18MM at $9.00 per share in permanent capital
that immediately capitalized the balance sheet $12MM received in signed contingent subscription
agreements at a $10.00 per share price Potential to receive an additional $23MM at a $10.00 per
share price 10% immediately exercisable warrant coverage at a strike
equal to the sale price given to “Anchor Group” investors in exchange for satisfying the lock-up provision of FDIC Policy Statement regarding failed bank acquisitions
$35MM in contingent capital is callable until July 15, 2011
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Questions?
Appendix: Sample Term Sheets
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
Issuer Your Bank (or Holding Company)
Title of Securities X.XX% Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”)
Number of shares issued
10,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock
Price to Public Anticipate 100% of liquidation preference ($1,000 per share)
Aggregate liquidation preference offered
$10,000,000 of liquidation preference
Annual dividend rate (Non-Cumulative)
X.XX% on the per share liquidation preference of $1,000 per share
Dividend Payment Dates
Quarterly
Maturity Perpetual
Liquidation preference per share
$1,000 plus unpaid dividends, if any
Liquidation Rights In the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive a liquidating distribution in the amount of $1,000 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock plus any declared or unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends (before any distributions to holders of any junior securities).
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)
Voting Rights Except as otherwise required by law, a holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have voting rights only in the case of certain dividend arrearages and any proposal to (i) amend, alter, repeal or otherwise change any provision of our Articles of Incorporation or Certificate of Determination in a manner that would adversely affect the rights, preferences, powers or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock or (ii) create, authorize, issue or increase the authorized or issued amount of any class or series or equity securities that is senior or equal to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights, or rights upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up.
Ranking The Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up junior to all our existing and future debt obligations, each class of capital stock or series of preferred stock, the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock and senior to all classes of common stock or series of preferred stock, the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock.
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)
Dividends Dividends are payable semi-annually, when, as and if declared, on the last day of March and September of each year, commencing March 31, 2011. Dividends are non-cumulative and are payable if, when and as authorized by Board of Directions. Therefore, if no dividend is declared by our board of directors on the Series A Preferred Stock for a dividend period, dividends for that period will not be accrued and payable when dividends are declared for any subsequent period. Dividends may not be paid on our common stock or any other capital security which ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock for any dividend period until full dividends with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, if we declare any dividends on our common stock or make any other distribution to our common shareholders, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to participate in such distribution on an as-converted basis.
Dividend Stopper So long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding no dividend will be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution will be declared and made or set aside for payment on any junior securities (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of junior securities) and no shares of junior securities will be repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by us, directly or indirectly (other than (a) as a result of a reclassification of junior securities for or into other junior securities, or the exchange or conversion of one share of junior securities for or into another share of junior securities, (b) repurchases in support of our employee benefit and compensation programs and (c) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of junior securities), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the most recent dividend payment date on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and parity securities have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside.
Lock-ups The Issuer and each of its executive officers and directors will agree not to sell any Series A Preferred Stock or common stock for 90 days following the issuance date.
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)
Redemption With prior regulatory approval, if required, the Series A Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Bank’s option at any time, in whole or in part, on or after five years from the date of issuance, at the liquidation preference per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Conversion right at Holder’s Option
Each share of the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted at any time, at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock (which reflects an approximate initial conversion price of $XX.XX per share of common stock) plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, subject to anti-dilution adjustments.
Mandatory conversion at
Issuer’s option
On or after Month XX, 2013, the Bank may, at its option, at any time or from time to time cause some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted into shares of common stock at the then applicable conversion rate if, for 20 trading days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days, including the last trading day of such period, ending on the trading day preceding the date the Bank gives notice of mandatory conversion, the closing price of common stock exceeds 130% of the then applicable conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock.
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)
Anti-Dilution Adjustments The conversion rate may be adjusted in the event of, among other things: dividends or distributions in common stock or cash, debts or other property; certain issuances of stock purchase rights; certain self tender or exchange offers; or increases in cash dividends on our common stock; subdivisions, splits and combinations of the common stock; declines in the tangible book value of the issuer.
Limitation on Beneficial
Ownership
No holder of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive shares of our common stock upon conversion to the extent (but only to the extent) that such receipt would cause such converting holder to become, directly or indirectly, a “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) or more than 9.9% of the shares of our common stock outstanding at such time. Any purported delivery of shares of our common stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would result in the converting holder becoming the beneficial owner of more than 9.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding at such time.
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Your Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)
Reorganization Events Upon:
(1) any consolidation or merger of us with or into another person in each case pursuant to which our common stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property;
(2) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another person of all or substantially all of our property and assets in each case pursuant to which our common stock will receive a distribution of cash, securities or other property; or
(3) certain reclassifications of our common stock or statutory exchanges of our securities;
each share of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reorganization event, without the consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, will become convertible into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property or assets that a holder (that was not the counterparty to the reorganization event or an affiliate of such other party) of a number of shares of our common stock equal to the conversion rate per share of Series A Preferred Stock prior to the reorganization event would have owned or been entitled to receive upon the reorganization event.
Preemptive Rights Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no preemptive rights.
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Your Corporation Senior Debt
Debentures Offered Convertible Senior Debentures due 2030.
Maturity Date December 1, 2030
Interest Payment Dates
June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2010.
Conversion Rights The debentures are convertible into common stock at any time prior to maturity, unless previously redeemed. The debentures are convertible into our common stock at a conversion rate of 100 shares of common stock for each $1,000 principal amount of debentures (equivalent to a conversion price of $10.00 per share), subject to adjustment in certain events described herein, unless previously redeemed.
Optional Redemption by us
Subject to any required prior regulatory approval, the debentures may be redeemed at our option, whole or in part, at any time on or after December 1, 2021 at the redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the debentures to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to by excluding the redemption date.
Mandatory Redemption
None
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Your Corporation Senior Debt (continued)
Fundamental change
If at any time after the earlier of (i) December 19, 2013 and (ii) the date on which all of the shares of the TARP Preferred Stock have been redeemed by us or transferred by Treasury to third parties, we undergo a fundamental change (as defined below), holders may require us to repurchase all or a portion of their debentures at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the debentures to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date.
Ranking The debentures will rank:Senior in right of payment to all our existing and future subordinated indebtedness;Equal in right of payment to all of our present and future unsecured indebtedness that is not expressly subordinated; andEffectively subordinated to all of our subsidiaries’ obligations (including secured and unsecured obligations) and subordinated in right of payment to our secured obligations, to the extent of the assets securing such obligations.
As of December 31, 2010, we had no indebtedness senior or equal in right of payment to the debentures. While the indentures governing the terms and conditions of the debentures prohibits us from incurring unsecured indebtedness that would be senior in right of payment to the debentures, it does not preclude us from incurring indebtedness that is collateralized, regardless of whether ranking senior in right of payment to the debentures and does not otherwise prohibit or limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness. Because the Corporation is a corporation without significant assets, other than its equity interest in the Bank, in a bankruptcy or liquidation proceeding, claims of holders of the debentures may be satisfied solely from the equity interest in the Bank remaining after satisfaction of all claims of creditors of the Bank (including depositors).
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Your Corporation Senior Debt (continued)
Sinking Fund None.
Covenants The debentures and related indenture do not contain any financial maintenance or similar covenants. However, the indenture, among its other provisions, restricts our ability to grant liens on Bank stock, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, dispose of the Bank or its assets, pay dividends on, or repurchase our common stock if debt is not current and incur non-collateralized indebtedness that ranks senior to the debentures and prohibits us from consolidating or merging with another entity unless:the other entity assumes our obligations under the indenture,immediately after the merger or consolidation takes effect, we will not be in default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default, under the indenture, andcertain other conditions are met including delivery by us to the indenture trustee of an appropriate opinion of counsel.
Rights of Acceleration If an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding debentures may declare the principal amount of all the debentures, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon, to be immediately due and payable, subject in certain circumstances to rescission or waiver by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of debentures.
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Your Corporation Senior Debt (continued)
Use of Proceeds We intend to utilize the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include future acquisitions as well as investments in or extensions of credit to the Bank and our other existing or future subsidiaries.
Common Stock Outstanding
At December 31, 2010, there were XX shares of Your Corporation common stock issued and outstanding and YY shares of our preferred stock issued and outstanding, all of which consisted of our Series A Preferred Stock, which we issued, along with a ten-year warrant to purchase shares of our common stock, to Treasury pursuant to Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program. In addition, an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock were issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options at December 31, 2010, none of which had an exercise price less than the market price of the common stock as of that date.
Listing It is not our intention to list the debentures on any securities exchange.
Appendix: Presenter Profiles
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Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.
Broad based national full service Investment Banking and Brokerage firm founded in 1901
• Based in Birmingham, Alabama with offices in 23 states• 1,000+ employees and 250 independent financial advisors • 100% employee ownership • Member NYSE and SIPC• $100 million in capital; $300+ million in revenue
Equity Capital Markets• Headquartered in New York• Investment Banking, Research, Sales & Trading
Fixed-Income Capital Markets• 1,000+ clients (banks, insurance companies, other)• High yield, high grade, rate products
Retail Brokerage• 400+ financial advisors• 22 office locations
Public Finance• Municipal bond issuances and financial advisory services• 1,300 tax-exempt and taxable issues totaling $128.1 B in par
amount since 2004
Sterne Agee OverviewFull Service Investment Bank
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Silver Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
Washington, D.C. based law firm specializing in financial institutions:
Debt and Equity Securities Offerings
Mergers and Acquisitions
Regulatory and Enforcement Matters
Recapitalizations
Compensation and Employee Benefit Matters
Securitizations
Credit Union to Thrift Conversions
Mutual to Stock Conversions
Charter Conversions
Holding Company and MHC Formations/Reorganizations
Bank and Thrift De Novo Formations
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Presenter Biographies
Robert Hutchinson, Head of Depository Institutions, Sterne Agee
Mr. Hutchinson has over 13 years of investment banking experience working primarily with financial institutions. Bob joined Sterne Agee in August 2009 as a Managing Director and was promoted to Head of Depository Institutions in October 2010. As Head of Depository Institutions, Bob is responsible for coordinating nationwide client coverage of banks and thrifts. In addition to his role as Head of Depository Institutions, Bob leads the firm’s coverage of Mortgage REITs. Previously Mr. Hutchinson was a Managing Director with Keefe, Bruyette and Woods (“KBW”) where he spearheaded their Boston corporate finance practice. During his tenure at KBW, Mr. Hutchinson lead in the execution of mergers & acquisitions, equity offerings, trust preferred offerings and mutual to stock conversion offerings. In 2006, Mr. Hutchinson brought in the first Mortgage REIT deal to KBW, establishing that new business line. Mr. Hutchinson was formerly an Associate for RBC Capital Markets where he focused in an investment banking capacity on financial institutions to include leasing companies, specialty lenders, mortgage REITs, equity REITs and traditional banks and thrifts. Mr. Hutchinson served four years as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps achieving the rank of Captain. He holds a Masters Degree in Investment Finance from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and received his B.A. in English Literature from Boston College. He holds a Series 24, a Series 7 and 63 License.
Dave Muchnikoff, Partner, Silver Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
Mr. Muchnikoff was a Senior Attorney and Assistant Branch Chief with the Division of Corporation Finance at the SEC and specialized in overseeing real estate related entities. Mr. Muchnikoff has specialized in both public and private common and preferred stock offerings, debt offerings and asset-backed securities transactions, as well as providing guidance on mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate and securities matters. He has also spoken at various national and state seminars on the subject of capital raising and has published several related articles in industry publications. Mr. Muchnikoff was also selected to the 2005 BTI Client Service All-Star Team based on a survey of Fortune 1000 companies and the world’s largest financial services firms and is a former director of the Home Improvement Lender’s Association. Mr. Muchnikoff also formerly worked for Ernst & Young and a Fortune 500 company as a CPA.
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Contact Information
Bob HutchinsonHead of Depository Institutions
Sterne Agee617.478.5011
Dave Muchnikoff Partner
Silver Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.202.295.4513