JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

At December 31, 2012, six wholly-owned subsidiary grantor trusts, Banner Capital Trust II, III, IV, V, VI and VII (BCT II, BCT III, BCT IV, BCT V, BCT VI and BCT VII (collectively, the Trusts)), established by the Company had issued $120 million of trust preferred securities to third parties, as well as $3.7 million of common capital securities, carried among other assets, which were issued to the Company.  Trust preferred securities and common capital securities accrue and pay distributions periodically at specified annual rates as provided in the indentures.  The Trusts used the proceeds from the offerings to purchase a like amount of junior subordinated debentures (the Debentures) of the Company.  The Debentures are the sole assets of the Trusts.  The Company’s obligations under the debentures and related documents, taken together, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company of the obligations of the Trusts.  The trust preferred securities are mandatorily redeemable upon the maturity of the Debentures, or upon earlier redemption as provided in the indentures.  The Company has the right to redeem the Debentures in whole on or after specific dates, at a redemption price specified in the indentures plus any accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date.  All of the trust preferred securities issued by the Trusts qualified as Tier 1 capital as of December 31, 2012, under guidance issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  At December 31, 2012, the Trusts comprised $69.3 million, or 11.9% of the Company’s total risk-based capital.

The following table is a summary of trust preferred securities at December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

Name of Trust	Aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Preferred Securities		Aggregate Liquidation Amount of Common Capital Securities		Aggregate Principal Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures			Stated Maturity	Current Interest Rate		Reset Period	Interest Rate Spread	Interest Deferral Period	Redemption Option
Banner Capital Trust II	$	15,000	$	464	$	15,464		2033	3.69	%	Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 3.35%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after January 7, 2008
Banner Capital Trust III	15,000		465		15,465			2033	3.24		Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 2.90%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after October 8, 2008
Banner Capital Trust IV	15,000		465		15,465			2034	3.19		Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 2.85%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after April 7, 2009
Banner Capital Trust V	25,000		774		25,774			2035	1.88		Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 1.57%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after November 23, 2010
Banner Capital Trust VI	25,000		774		25,774			2037	1.93		Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 1.62%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after March 1, 2012
Banner Capital Trust VII	25,000		774		25,774			2037	1.74		Quarterly	Three-month LIBOR + 1.38%	20 Consecutive Quarters	On or after July 31, 2012
Total TPS liability at par	$	120,000	$	3,716	123,716				2.42
Fair value adjustment					(50,653		)
Total TPS liability at fair value					$	73,063