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Dividends on Series A Preferred Stock Issued to the Treasury
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
Dividends on Series A Preferred Stock Issued to the Treasury

At the request of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Company deferred the quarterly dividend payment on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program (the “CPP”) which was due May 15, 2011.  This payment was the first dividend payment deferred.  As part of the CPP, the Company entered into a letter agreement with the Treasury on January 23, 2009, which includes a Securities Purchase Agreement-Standard Terms.  The Company also amended its articles of incorporation to set forth the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock.  Under the Company’s amended articles of incorporation, dividends compound if they accrue and are not paid.  A failure to pay a total of six such dividends, whether or not consecutive, gives the Treasury the right to elect two directors to the Company’s Board of Directors.  That right would continue until the Company pays all dividends in arrears.  As of the date of this report, the total arrearage was $43,750. The Company anticipates paying the accrued dividends in the future to avoid triggering the Treasury’s ability to elect directors to the Company’s Board of Directors.