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PREFERRED STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
PREFERRED STOCK [Abstract]  
PREFERRED STOCK

18. PREFERRED STOCK  

 

U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S CAPITAL PURCHASE PROGRAM and CDCI

 

On June 26, 2009, the Company issued 11,735 shares of Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share ("Series A Preferred Stock") to the Treasury under the Treasury's Capital Purchase Program for a purchase price of $11,735,000 in cash. On August 20, 2010, the Company completed an exchange of the Series A Preferred Stock for an equal number of shares of Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, also having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, under the Treasury's CDCI. Neither the Series A nor Series B Preferred Stock has any mandatory redemption and/or conversion features.

 

Under the CPP, the Series A Preferred Stock carried a dividend rate of 5% for the first five years after issuance, after which the dividend rate increased to 9% until such time as the Series A Preferred Stock is repurchased or redeemed. Under the CDCI, the Series B Preferred Stock carries a dividend rate of 2% for eight years, after which time the dividend rate increases to 9% until the Series B Preferred Stock is repurchased or redeemed. The Company paid all of the dividends due on the Series A Preferred Stock up to the date of closing of the CDCI exchange on August 20, 2010, and is current in its payment of dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

SERIES C JUNIOR PATICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

 

On September 23, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of the Company's common stock, to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company at a price of $10.00 per one one-hundredth of a share of preferred stock, subject to adjustment as provided in the associated rights agreement.