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By Staff Report / 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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By Staff Report / 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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