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Six Financial Institutions Repay TARP Funds, Deliver $626 Million in Proceeds for Taxpayers

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that the following six financial institutions have repurchased Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program (CPP) investments, delivering a total of $626.0 million in proceeds today for taxpayers.
  • East West Bancorp (Pasadena, CA): Repurchased all outstanding CPP preferred shares from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $306.5 million and paid accrued dividends totaling $1.9 million (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $308.4 million)
  • Webster Financial Corporation (Waterbury, CT): Repurchased all remaining outstanding CPP preferred shares from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $200.0 million and paid accrued dividends totaling $1.2 million (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $201.2 million) Note: Treasury’s full original CPP preferred share investment in Webster Financial Corporation had totaled $400 million. Webster Financial Corporation previously repurchased preferred shares totaling $100 million in March 2010 and $100 million in October 2010.
  • 1st Source Corporation (South Bend, IN): Repurchased all outstanding CPP preferred shares from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $111.0 million and paid accrued dividends totaling $678,333. (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $111.7 million)
  • Surrey Bancorp (Mount Airy, NC): Repurchased all outstanding CPP preferred shares from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $2.0 million and paid accrued dividends totaling $12,222. Surrey Bancorp also repurchased additional preferred shares that Treasury obtained from exercising warrants totaling $100,000 and paid accrued dividends on those additional preferred shares totaling $1,100. (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $2.1 million)
  • Nationwide Bankshares (West Point, NE): Repurchased all outstanding CPP subordinated debentures from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $2.0 million and paid accrued interest totaling $18,822. Nationwide Bankshares also repurchased additional subordinated debentures that Treasury obtained from exercising warrants totaling $100,000 and paid accrued dividends on those additional subordinated debentures totaling $1,687. (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $2.1 million)
  • Haviland Bancshares, Inc. (Haviland, KS): Repurchased all outstanding CPP preferred shares from Treasury’s original investment in the institution totaling $425,000 and paid accrued dividends totaling $2,597. Haviland Bancshares, Inc. also repurchased additional preferred shares that Treasury obtained from exercising warrants totaling $21,000 and paid accrued dividends on those additional preferred shares totaling $231. (Total Proceeds Today for Taxpayers: $448,828)
Treasury has made overall TARP disbursements of $389 billion. With today’s proceeds, TARP repayments ($235 billion) and income from dividends, interest, and the sale of other securities ($35 billion) now total $270 billion.