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Feds lift Pacific Capital order

By   /  Monday, June 4th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Feds lift Pacific Capital order

The parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust has walked away from a consent order place on it by regulators two years ago, it said June 4. Pacific Capital Bancorp, the region’s largest bank, said that its agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco was terminated effective May 23. That frees the $5.8 Read More →

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Uncle Sam might sell off stake in Heritage Oaks

By   /  Friday, June 1st, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Uncle Sam might sell off stake in Heritage Oaks

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First California faces more shareholder dissent

By   /  Tuesday, May 29th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on First California faces more shareholder dissent

Investors who own 5.4 percent of First California Financial Group’s shares have joined the ranks of disgruntled stockholders after the bank snubbed a buyout offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp. A letter dated May 23 from Loeb Offshore Management out of New York came through in the bank’s regulatory filings on May 29. Addressing Westlake Read More →

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Minority group opposes PCBC-Union deal

By   /  Friday, May 25th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Minority group opposes PCBC-Union deal

The San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce has told banking regulators that it opposes Union Bank’s $1.5 billion acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Pacific Capital Bancorp, according to the business newspaper for that region. The San Francisco Business Times reports that the chamber has told regulators it opposed the deal because it feels San Francisco-based Read More →

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Shareholder threatens to oust board after First California rejects offer

By   /  Monday, May 14th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Shareholder threatens to oust board after First California rejects offer

An aggressive major shareholder in First California Financial Group has threatened to move to oust the company’s board after the bank rejected a buyout offer from PacWest Bancorp. New York-based Basswood Capital Management, which said in a regulatory filing that it owns 5.2 percent of the common stock of First California, issued the sternly worded Read More →

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Spurned bid for First California sets off battle of the banks

By   /  Friday, May 11th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry  /  Comments Off on Spurned bid for First California sets off battle of the banks

Westlake Village-based First California Bank has rejected an unsolicited all-stock takeover offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp at $7.25 a share, 32 percent higher than First California’s recent trading price. For its part, PacWest has signaled publicly that it now wants to enlist the energy of disgruntled First California shareholders to help push through a Read More →

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First California rejects PacWest takeover bid

By   /  Wednesday, May 9th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on First California rejects PacWest takeover bid

Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group has spurned an unsolicited takeover offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp. First California, a $2 billion bank whose profits dropped drastically in the first quarter, is under pressure from three major shareholders to sell itself and has hired an investment banking firm to help evaluate its options. The company Read More →

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