EXHIBIT 99.1
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Regions Announces Redemption of Certain Trust Preferred Securities
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – November 1, 2012 – Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) announced today that it will redeem all issued and outstanding 8.875% Trust Preferred Securities issued by Regions Financing Trust III: CUSIP—7591EM107 (“trust preferred securities”). The aggregate principal amount of trust preferred securities outstanding is approximately $345 million.
The determination to redeem the trust preferred securities follows a notice of proposed rulemaking, approved for publication in the Federal Register by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) on June 7, 2012, which would phase-out the Tier 1 capital treatment of the trust preferred securities. Regions has determined that the Federal Reserve’s approval for publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking constituted a “capital treatment event” (as defined in the indenture related to the trust preferred securities), which allows Regions to redeem the trust preferred securities pursuant to the terms of such securities.
The redemption price will be $25 per trust preferred security, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date of December 3, 2012. The complete terms and conditions of the redemption are set forth in Regions’ notice to the holders of the trust preferred securities. The redemption will be funded with the proceeds of Regions recently completed preferred stock offering.
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation, with $122 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,700 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
Forward-looking statements
This presentation may include forward-looking statements which reflect Regions’ current views with respect to future events and financial performance. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“the Act”) provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements which are identified as such and are accompanied by the identification of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. For these statements, we, together with our subsidiaries, claim the protection afforded by the safe harbor in the Act. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information, but rather are related to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations as well as certain assumptions and estimates made by, and information available to, management at the time the statements are made. Those statements are based on general assumptions and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results to differ materially from the views, beliefs and projections expressed in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, those described below:
| • | The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) became law in July 2010, and a number of legislative, regulatory and tax proposals remain pending. Additionally, the U.S. Treasury Department and federal banking regulators continue to implement, but are also beginning to wind down, a number of programs to address capital and liquidity in the banking system. Future and proposed rules, including those that are part of the Basel III process, are expected to require banking institutions to increase levels of capital. All of the foregoing may have significant effects on Regions and the financial services industry, the exact nature and extent of which cannot be determined at this time. |
| • | Possible additional loan losses, impairment of goodwill and other intangibles, and adjustment of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets and the impact on earnings and capital. |
| • | Possible changes in interest rates may increase funding costs and reduce earning asset yields, thus reducing margins. Increases in benchmark interest rates would also increase debt service requirements for customers whose terms include a variable interest rate, which may negatively impact the ability of borrowers to pay as contractually obligated. |
| • | Possible changes in general economic and business conditions in the United States in general and in the communities Regions serves in particular, including any prolonging or worsening of the current unfavorable economic conditions including unemployment levels. |
| • | Possible changes in the creditworthiness of customers and the possible impairment of the collectability of loans. |
| • | Possible changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies, laws and regulations and other activities of governments, agencies, and similar organizations, may have an adverse effect on business. |
| • | Possible regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or other regulators which might adversely impact Regions’ business model or products and services. |
| • | Possible stresses in the financial and real estate markets, including possible continued deterioration in property values. |
| • | Regions’ ability to manage fluctuations in the value of assets and liabilities and off-balance sheet exposure so as to maintain sufficient capital and liquidity to support Regions’ business. |
| • | Regions’ ability to expand into new markets and to maintain profit margins in the face of competitive pressures. |
| • | Regions’ ability to develop competitive new products and services in a timely manner and the acceptance of such products and services by Regions’ customers and potential customers. |
| • | Regions’ ability to keep pace with technological changes. |
| • | Regions’ ability to effectively manage credit risk, interest rate risk, market risk, operational risk, legal risk, liquidity risk, reputational risk and regulatory and compliance risk. |
| • | Regions’ ability to ensure adequate capitalization which is impacted by inherent uncertainties in forecasting credit losses. |
| • | The cost and other effects of material contingencies, including litigation contingencies, and any adverse judicial, administrative or arbitral rulings or proceedings. |
| • | The effects of increased competition from both banks and non-banks. |
| • | The effects of geopolitical instability and risks such as terrorist attacks. |
| • | Possible changes in consumer and business spending and saving habits could affect Regions’ ability to increase assets and to attract deposits. |
| • | The effects of weather and natural disasters such as floods, droughts, wind, tornados and hurricanes, and the effects of man-made disasters. |
| • | Possible downgrades in ratings issued by rating agencies. |
| • | Possible changes in the speed of loan prepayments by Regions’ customers and loan origination or sales volumes. |
| • | Possible acceleration of prepayments on mortgage-backed securities due to low interest rates and the related acceleration of premium amortization on those securities. |
| • | The effects of problems encountered by larger or similar financial institutions that adversely affect Regions or the banking industry generally. |
| • | Regions’ ability to receive dividends from its subsidiaries. |
| • | The effects of the failure of any component of Regions’ business infrastructure which is provided by a third party. |
| • | Changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other regulatory agencies. |
| • | The effects of any damage to Regions’ reputation resulting from developments related to any of the items identified above. |
| • | The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. For discussion of these and other factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, look under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Regions’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the “Foward-Looking Statements” section of Regions’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 |
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