SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Subordinated Borrowings [Abstract]
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES	SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES As of March 31, 2015, the Company had 13 affiliated Delaware or Connecticut statutory and business trusts (collectively, “the Trusts”) that were created for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities. The trust preferred securities were issued in private placements, with the exception of First Preferred Capital Trust IV, which was issued in a publicly underwritten offering. The Company’s distributions accrued on the junior subordinated debentures were $3.0 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and are included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. The structure of the trust preferred securities currently satisfies the regulatory requirements for inclusion, subject to certain limitations, in the Company’s capital base, as further discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements. The terms of the junior subordinated debentures and the related trust indentures allow the Company to defer payments of interest for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods without triggering a payment default or penalty. Such interest payments are primarily funded through dividends from First Bank. In addition, during a deferral period, the Company may not, among other things and with limited exceptions, pay cash dividends on or repurchase its common stock or preferred stock nor make any payment on outstanding debt obligations that rank equally with or junior to the junior subordinated debentures. In March 2014, the Company paid all of the cumulative deferred interest on its junior subordinated debentures (which had been deferred for 18 quarterly periods), which was subsequently distributed to the trust preferred securities holders on the respective interest payment dates in March and April, 2014. Since that time, the Company has continued to pay interest on its junior subordinated debentures to the respective trustees on the regularly scheduled quarterly payment dates. Under its Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (“FRB”), as further discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, First Bank has agreed not to declare or pay any dividends, without the prior consent of the FRB, that would cause First Bank to pay dividends in excess of its earnings or make a capital distribution that would cause First Bank's Tier 1 Leverage Ratio to fall below 9.0%. Furthermore, pursuant to Missouri Revised Statutes, First Bank is required to obtain approval from the Missouri Division of Finance (“MDOF”) prior to paying any dividends to the Company, as further described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company is unable to predict whether or when the FRB and/or the MDOF will grant such consent in the future. Without the payment of dividends from First Bank, the Company currently lacks the source of income and the liquidity to make future interest payments on the junior subordinated debentures associated with its trust preferred securities. Given restrictions placed upon First Bank, including regulatory restrictions, it may not be able to provide the Company with dividends in an amount sufficient to pay the future interest on the trust preferred securities. In such case, the Company would have to pursue alternative funding sources, but there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to identify and obtain alternative funding due to the uncertainty that such alternative funding sources would be available to the Company on terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Company.

SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had 13 affiliated Delaware or Connecticut statutory and business trusts (collectively, “the Trusts”) that were created for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities. The trust preferred securities were issued in private placements, with the exception of First Preferred Capital Trust IV, which was issued in a publicly underwritten offering.

The Company’s distributions accrued on the junior subordinated debentures were $3.0 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and are included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. The structure of the trust preferred securities currently satisfies the regulatory requirements for inclusion, subject to certain limitations, in the Company’s capital base, as further discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.

The terms of the junior subordinated debentures and the related trust indentures allow the Company to defer payments of interest for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods without triggering a payment default or penalty. Such interest payments are primarily funded through dividends from First Bank. In addition, during a deferral period, the Company may not, among other things and with limited exceptions, pay cash dividends on or repurchase its common stock or preferred stock nor make any payment on outstanding debt obligations that rank equally with or junior to the junior subordinated debentures. In March 2014, the Company paid all of the cumulative deferred interest on its junior subordinated debentures (which had been deferred for 18 quarterly periods), which was subsequently distributed to the trust preferred securities holders on the respective interest payment dates in March and April, 2014. Since that time, the Company has continued to pay interest on its junior subordinated debentures to the respective trustees on the regularly scheduled quarterly payment dates.

Under its Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (“FRB”), as further discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, First Bank has agreed not to declare or pay any dividends, without the prior consent of the FRB, that would cause First Bank to pay dividends in excess of its earnings or make a capital distribution that would cause First Bank's Tier 1 Leverage Ratio to fall below 9.0%. Furthermore, pursuant to Missouri Revised Statutes, First Bank is required to obtain approval from the Missouri Division of Finance (“MDOF”) prior to paying any dividends to the Company, as further described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company is unable to predict whether or when the FRB and/or the MDOF will grant such consent in the future.

Without the payment of dividends from First Bank, the Company currently lacks the source of income and the liquidity to make future interest payments on the junior subordinated debentures associated with its trust preferred securities. Given restrictions placed upon First Bank, including regulatory restrictions, it may not be able to provide the Company with dividends in an amount sufficient to pay the future interest on the trust preferred securities. In such case, the Company would have to pursue alternative funding sources, but there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to identify and obtain alternative funding due to the uncertainty that such alternative funding sources would be available to the Company on terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Company.