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Represents the amortization period of the fair value discount related to subordinated debentures of assumed business trusts.

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The number of trusts for which debt assumed in a business combination are payable to.

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Represents the fair value discount of subordinated debentures related to assumed business trusts at the time of the merger.

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Represents the Company's business trusts.

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Trust preferred securities possesses characteristics of both equity and debt issues and are generally issued by bank holding companies.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The cash outflow to reacquire preferred stocks issued by a business trust or other special purpose entity, mainly established by a bank holding entity, to third party investors. The trust's assets are deeply subordinated debentures of the bank holding entity. Most trust preferred securities are subject to a mandatory redemption upon the repayment of the debentures.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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