-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KK+SUI9xx7+Xz3yEZ3jdJuM9LsFdgANkgpKDzpESiXsA8ikB9PMzkOlF5g8gRQ5e /xU84N4PzMZBtDDt9ojwwA== 0001072613-02-000464.txt : 20020415 0001072613-02-000464.hdr.sgml : 20020415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001072613-02-000464 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020311 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887343 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 911422237 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20288 FILM NUMBER: 02577625 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1102 BROADWAY PLAZA CITY: TACOMA STATE: WA ZIP: 98402 BUSINESS PHONE: 2533051900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1102 BROADWAY PLAZA CITY: TACOMA STATE: WA ZIP: 98402 8-K 1 form8-k_11114.txt COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. FORM 8-K ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2002 COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) WASHINGTON (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 0-20288 91-1422237 - ------------------------ --------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1301 A STREET TACOMA, WA 98402 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (253) 305-1900 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ================================================================================ FORM 8-K COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. TACOMA, WASHINGTON MARCH 18, 2002 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Columbia Banking System, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock from time to time in the open market or in private tarnsactions. A copy of Columbia's News Release containing the announcement is attached as an exhibit to this report. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (a) Financial statements - not applicable (b) Pro forma financial information - not applicable (c) Exhibits: News Release issued by Columbia Banking System, Inc. dated March 11, 2002 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. Date: March 18, 2002 By: /s/ J. James Gallagher ------------------------------- J. James Gallagher Chief Executive Officer 2 EX-99 3 exhibit99_11114.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 ---------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --------------------- MARCH 11, 2002 Contacts: J. James Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer (253) 305-0604 Gary R. Schminkey, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (253) 305-1966 COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. APPROVES STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN TACOMA, WA - Columbia Banking System, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program. Under the program, Columbia may repurchase up to 500,000 of its outstanding shares of Common Stock. Those shares represent approximately 4 percent of the 12,619,831 million common shares currently outstanding. Columbia intends to purchase the shares from time to time in the open market or in private transactions, under conditions which allow such repurchases to be accretive to earnings while maintaining capital ratios that exceed the guidelines for a well-capitalized financial institution. "The Board's decision to authorize this additional stock repurchase program illustrates our belief that Columbia common stock represents good value at recent and current prices," said J. James Gallagher, Columbia's Chief Executive Officer. Columbia is a Tacoma-based bank holding company whose wholly owned subsidiary is Columbia State Bank, a Washington state-chartered, full-service commercial bank, with 34 banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap and Thurston counties. Columbia's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol COLB. ### Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This news release includes forward looking statements, which management believes are a benefit to shareholders. These forward looking statements describe Columbia's management's expectations regarding future events and developments such as future operating results, growth in loans and deposits, continued success of Columbia's style of banking and the strength of the local economy. The words "will," "believe," "expect," "should," and "anticipate" and words of similar construction are intended in part to help identify forward looking statements. Future events are difficult to predict, and the expectations described above are necessarily subject to risk and uncertainty that may cause actual results to differ materially and adversely. In addition to discussions about risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time in Columbia's filings with the SEC, factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward looking statements include, among others, the following possibilities: (1) local and national general and economic conditions, including the impact of the events of September 11, 2001, are less favorable than expected or have a more direct and pronounced effect on Columbia than expected and adversely affect Columbia's ability to continue its internal growth at historical rates and maintain the quality of its earning assets; (2) changes in interest rates reduce interest margins more than expected and negatively affect funding sources; (3) projected business increases following strategic expansion or opening or acquiring new branches are lower than expected; (4) costs or difficulties related to the integration of acquisitions are greater than expected; (5) competitive pressure among financial institutions increases significantly; (6) legislation or regulatory requirements or changes adversely affect the businesses in which Columbia is engaged. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----