Shareholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Note 10—Shareholders' Equity

Preferred stock issued under the US Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund Program

On August 18, 2011, as part of the Treasury Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) program, the Corporation entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (SBLF Purchase Agreement) with the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) pursuant to which the Corporation sold to the Treasury, for an aggregate purchase price of $25 million, 25,000 shares of senior non-cumulative, perpetual preferred stock, Series B, $1,000 liquidation value, $2.50 par value. Generally, the preferred stock is non-voting and qualifies as Tier 1 regulatory capital. The SBLF agreement imposes limits on the ability of the Corporation to pay dividends and repurchase shares of common stock if it fails to declare and pay quarterly dividends on the SBLF preferred stock. The dividend rate can fluctuate on a quarterly basis during the first 10 quarters during which the SBLF preferred stock is outstanding, based upon changes in the level of "Qualified Small Business Lending" or "QSBL" (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) by the Bank. Based upon the increase in the Bank's level of QSBL over the baseline level calculated under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the dividend rate for the initial dividend period was set at 5 percent. For the second through ninth calendar quarters, the dividend rate may be adjusted between one percent (1%) and five percent (5%) per annum to reflect the amount of change in the Bank's level of QSBL. The annualized dividend rate was 1 percent for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and approximately 3 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. For the tenth calendar quarter through four and one half years after issuance, the dividend rate will be fixed at between one percent (1%) and seven percent (7%) based upon the increase in QSBL as compared to the baseline. After four and one half years from issuance, the dividend rate will increase to 9% (including a quarterly lending incentive fee of 0.5%). Additional information about SBLF preferred stock is disclosed in Note 10—Shareholders' Equity in the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Common stock dividend

Periodically, the Corporation distributes stock dividends on its common stock. The Corporation distributed a 5 percent common stock dividend on December 11, 2012 which resulted in the issuance of 211,564 additional common shares.