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): | January 23, 2015 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Federally Chartered Corporation | 000-51395 | 25-6001324 |
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of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
601 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 15219 | |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: | 412-288-3400 |
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 23, 2015 the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh ("Bank") elected Pamela C. Asbury, Vice President, Genworth Life Insurance Company, to fill the vacant Delaware Member Director position. Ms. Asbury was elected to serve the remainder of former Delaware Member Director Gary T. Prizzia’s term which expires on December 31, 2015.
The Bank’s Board selected Ms. Asbury in accordance with the rules of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, requiring the Board to select an officer or director of a Delaware member of the Bank to fill the vacant position for the remainder of the term. Ms. Asbury will serve on the Audit Committee and Government Relations and Public Policy Committee of the Board and will be compensated in accordance with the Bank’s 2015 Directors’ Compensation Policy.
The Bank is a cooperative and most of the Bank’s business is conducted with its members. In the normal course of its business, the Bank extends credit to and transacts other business with members whose officers or directors may serve as member directors of the Bank. It is the Bank’s policy to extend credit to and transact other business with members having directors or officers serving on the Bank’s Board on terms and conditions that are no more favorable than the terms of comparable transactions with similarly situated members having no Board representation.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is a copy of the Bank’s press release regarding Director Asbury’s election. The information being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 on this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information contained in Exhibit 99.1shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit Number
99.1 Press Release dated January 29, 2015 issued by the Bank
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.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh | ||||
January 29, 2015 | By: |
/s/ Dana A. Yealy
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Name: Dana A. Yealy | ||||
Title: Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit Index
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99.1
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Press Release dated January 29, 2015 issued by the Bank |
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Contact: Terri McKay, FHLBank Pittsburgh: 412-288-2830; cell 412-523-8511
Tmckay@fhlb-pgh.com
FHLBank Pittsburgh Announces Results in Board Election
PITTSBURGH, January 29, 2015 The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) has selected a new director, Pamela C. Asbury, Vice President of FHLBank member Genworth Life Insurance Company, to fill an open Delaware director seat on the Board. The Banks Board selected Ms. Asbury in accordance with the rules of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, requiring the Board to select an officer or director of a Delaware member of the Bank to fill the remaining unexpired term of the vacant position. Ms. Asburys term expires December 31, 2015.
In addition to serving as Vice President of Genworth Life Insurance Company, Ms. Asbury is also Vice President of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York. With 28 years of experience in the insurance industry, Ms. Asbury currently leads Genworths Institutional Markets Group, which develops and manages products and programs, including guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements, funding agreement-backed notes and various accident and health policies. She led the development of the funding agreement program designed for use with FHLBank advances. Genworth has FHLBank memberships in Atlanta, New York and Pittsburgh and has been part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System since 2008.
Ms. Asbury is a member of the American Council of Life Insurers Federal Home Loan Bank Working Group. She received her undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth Universitys School of Business and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt under the GE Capital Project Management Program. Her diverse skill set includes investment strategies, risk management, portfolio management and financial risk management.
As an intermediary between global capital markets and local lenders, FHLBank Pittsburgh provides readily available liquidity, as well as affordable housing and community development opportunities, to member financial institutions of all sizes in Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Bank is one of 12 banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which was established by Congress in 1932 and serves as a reliable source of funds for housing, jobs and economic growth in all economic cycles.
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