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- References

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The total amount transferred during the period from retained earnings to the statutory reserve account as required by the Banking Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The amount to be transferred should be a minimum of 10% of the banks net income until the reserve account equals the total of paid-in-capital on common and preferred stock

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 04
-Article 3

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Disclosure of the amount of equity that is restricted to use by regulation or agreement.

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