PREFERRED STOCK	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
PREFERRED STOCK [Abstract]
PREFERRED STOCK	NOTE 5 – PREFERRED STOCK On October 2, 2009, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) Capital Purchase Program, the Company entered into a Letter Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Purchase Agreement”) with the United States Department of the Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to the U.S. Treasury 22,252 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value, with a liquidation preference of one thousand dollars per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and a ten-year warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 628,588 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value, at an exercise price of $5.31 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $22,252,000 in cash. Under standardized TARP Capital Purchase Program terms, cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue on the liquidation preference at a rate of 5% per annum until November 14, 2014, and at a rate of 9% per annum thereafter. These dividends will be paid only if, as and when declared by Premier’s Board of Directors. The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up of Premier. Subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which for Premier is the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), the Series A Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of Premier at 100% of its liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, without penalty, delay or the need to raise additional replacement capital. Premier sought and obtained regulatory permission to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s auction to sell its investment in Premier’s Series A Preferred Stock. In the auction, Premier successfully bid to repurchase 10,252 shares of the 22,252 outstanding shares and on August 10, 2012 the 10,252 shares were repurchased at the auction closing price of $901.03. Premier sought and obtained regulatory permission to redeem 7,000 of the 12,000 outstanding shares at the $1,000.00 per share face value plus any accrued dividends due through but not including the redemption date. The redemption date was set by the board of directors to be September 26, 2014 and the redemption occurred on that date. The redemption payment included $39,861.10 of accrued and unpaid dividends to the Series A Preferred holders. Premier sought and in October 2014 obtained regulatory permission to redeem the final 5,000 outstanding shares at the $1,000.00 per share face value plus any accrued dividends due through but not including the redemption date. The redemption date was set by the board of directors to be November 14, 2014. The redemption payment will include $62,500.00 of accrued and unpaid dividends to the Series A Preferred holders. The Series A Preferred Stock is non-voting, but has class voting rights on (i) any authorization or issuance of shares ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) any amendment to the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; or (iii) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, reclassification or similar transaction which would adversely affect the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event that the cumulative dividends described above are not paid in full for an aggregate of six dividend periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of Premier would automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock would have the right to elect two directors. The right to elect directors would end when dividends have been paid in full for four consecutive dividend periods. As previously disclosed, Premier has already deferred two dividend payments on the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of the Federal Reserve Board’s refusal to initially approve the November 15, 2010 and February 15, 2011 dividends under the Written Agreement dated July 29, 2010, among CB&T, a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier; the FRB, and the Virginia Bureau. These deferred dividends were paid along with the regularly scheduled May 15, 2011 Series A Preferred Stock quarterly dividend. The U.S. Treasury has agreed not to exercise voting power with respect to any common stock issued to it upon exercise of the Warrant. The common stock will be issued from authorized but unissued common stock and thus will dilute the interests of existing Premier common shareholders. Under terms of the Warrant, the exercise price and the number of shares that can be purchased are adjusted based upon certain events including common stock dividends paid to shareholders that exceed the $0.11 per share regular quarterly dividend paid by Premier at the time the Warrant was issued. Due to dividends paid in 2014 that were either special cash dividends or dividends that exceeded the $0.11 regular quarterly cash dividend per share defined in the terms of the Warrant, the Warrant has been adjusted as of September 30, 2014 to permit the purchase of 634,684 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.26 per share. As of September 30, 2014, the Warrant has not yet been exercised. Since the Series A Preferred Stock was disposed of by the U.S. Treasury, Premier has the right to repurchase the Warrant at its appraised value. If Premier chooses not to repurchase the Warrant, the U.S. Treasury may liquidate the Warrant at its current market price.

NOTE 5 – PREFERRED STOCK

On October 2, 2009, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) Capital Purchase Program, the Company entered into a Letter Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Purchase Agreement”) with the United States Department of the Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to the U.S. Treasury 22,252 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value, with a liquidation preference of one thousand dollars per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and a ten-year warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 628,588 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value, at an exercise price of $5.31 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $22,252,000 in cash.

Under standardized TARP Capital Purchase Program terms, cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue on the liquidation preference at a rate of 5% per annum until November 14, 2014, and at a rate of 9% per annum thereafter. These dividends will be paid only if, as and when declared by Premier’s Board of Directors. The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up of Premier. Subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which for Premier is the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), the Series A Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of Premier at 100% of its liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, without penalty, delay or the need to raise additional replacement capital.

Premier sought and obtained regulatory permission to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s auction to sell its investment in Premier’s Series A Preferred Stock. In the auction, Premier successfully bid to repurchase 10,252 shares of the 22,252 outstanding shares and on August 10, 2012 the 10,252 shares were repurchased at the auction closing price of $901.03.

Premier sought and obtained regulatory permission to redeem 7,000 of the 12,000 outstanding shares at the $1,000.00 per share face value plus any accrued dividends due through but not including the redemption date. The redemption date was set by the board of directors to be September 26, 2014 and the redemption occurred on that date. The redemption payment included $39,861.10 of accrued and unpaid dividends to the Series A Preferred holders.

Premier sought and in October 2014 obtained regulatory permission to redeem the final 5,000 outstanding shares at the $1,000.00 per share face value plus any accrued dividends due through but not including the redemption date. The redemption date was set by the board of directors to be November 14, 2014. The redemption payment will include $62,500.00 of accrued and unpaid dividends to the Series A Preferred holders.

The Series A Preferred Stock is non-voting, but has class voting rights on (i) any authorization or issuance of shares ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) any amendment to the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; or (iii) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, reclassification or similar transaction which would adversely affect the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event that the cumulative dividends described above are not paid in full for an aggregate of six dividend periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of Premier would automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock would have the right to elect two directors. The right to elect directors would end when dividends have been paid in full for four consecutive dividend periods. As previously disclosed, Premier has already deferred two dividend payments on the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of the Federal Reserve Board’s refusal to initially approve the November 15, 2010 and February 15, 2011 dividends under the Written Agreement dated July 29, 2010, among CB&T, a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier; the FRB, and the Virginia Bureau. These deferred dividends were paid along with the regularly scheduled May 15, 2011 Series A Preferred Stock quarterly dividend.

The U.S. Treasury has agreed not to exercise voting power with respect to any common stock issued to it upon exercise of the Warrant. The common stock will be issued from authorized but unissued common stock and thus will dilute the interests of existing Premier common shareholders. Under terms of the Warrant, the exercise price and the number of shares that can be purchased are adjusted based upon certain events including common stock dividends paid to shareholders that exceed the $0.11 per share regular quarterly dividend paid by Premier at the time the Warrant was issued. Due to dividends paid in 2014 that were either special cash dividends or dividends that exceeded the $0.11 regular quarterly cash dividend per share defined in the terms of the Warrant, the Warrant has been adjusted as of September 30, 2014 to permit the purchase of 634,684 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.26 per share. As of September 30, 2014, the Warrant has not yet been exercised. Since the Series A Preferred Stock was disposed of by the U.S. Treasury, Premier has the right to repurchase the Warrant at its appraised value. If Premier chooses not to repurchase the Warrant, the U.S. Treasury may liquidate the Warrant at its current market price.