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The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">standard closing documents</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">completion. The transaction</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">was part of the Troubled Asset</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">Relief Program, in which the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">US Treasury announced that it</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">would invest up to $250 bil in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">senior preferred equity in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">qualifying US controlled</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">banks, savings associations,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">and certain bank and savings</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">and loan holding companies.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="21">Under the terms of the plan,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="22">the senior non-voting,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="23">non-convertible preferred</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="24">shares will pay a 5% dividend</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="25">for the first five years and a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="26">9% dividend thereafter and the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="27">US Treasury will receive the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="28">right to purchase common stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="29">equal to 15% of its preferred</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="30">equity investment in each firm</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="31">in the form of common share</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="32">purchase warrants.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>US - State-owned United States Department of Treasury planned to acquire warrants convertible to undisclosed minority stake, in Citizens South Banking Corp, Gastonia, North Carolina, a bank holding company, in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction was subject to standard closing documents completion. The transaction was part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, in which the US Treasury announced that it would invest up to $250 bil in senior preferred equity in qualifying US controlled banks, savings associations, and certain bank and savings and loan holding companies. Under the terms of the plan, the senior non-voting, non-convertible preferred shares will pay a 5% dividend for the first five years and a 9% dividend thereafter and the US Treasury will receive the right to purchase common stock equal to 15% of its preferred equity investment in each firm in the form of common share purchase warrants.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - State-owned United States Department of Treasury planned to acquire warrants</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">convertible to undisclosed minority stake, in Citizens South Banking Corp, Gastonia, North</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Carolina, a bank holding company, in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">was subject to standard closing documents completion. The transaction was part of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">Troubled Asset Relief Program, in which the US Treasury announced that it would invest up</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">to $250 bil in senior preferred equity in qualifying US controlled banks, savings</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">associations, and certain bank and savings and loan holding companies. Under the terms of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">the plan, the senior non-voting, non-convertible preferred shares will pay a 5% dividend</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">for the first five years and a 9% dividend thereafter and the US Treasury will receive the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">right to purchase common stock equal to 15% of its preferred equity investment in each</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">firm in the form of common share purchase warrants.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - State-owned United States Department of Treasury planned to acquire warrants convertible to undisclosed minority stake, in Citizens South Banking Corp, Gastonia, North Carolina, a bank holding</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">company, in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction was subject to standard closing documents completion. The transaction was part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, in which the US</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Treasury announced that it would invest up to $250 bil in senior preferred equity in qualifying US controlled banks, savings associations, and certain bank and savings and loan holding companies.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Under the terms of the plan, the senior non-voting, non-convertible preferred shares will pay a 5% dividend for the first five years and a 9% dividend thereafter and the US Treasury will receive the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">right to purchase common stock equal to 15% of its preferred equity investment in each firm in the form of common share purchase warrants.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - State-owned United States Department of Treasury planned to acquire warrants convertible to undisclosed minority stake, in Citizens</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">South Banking Corp, Gastonia, North Carolina, a bank holding company, in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction was subject</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">to standard closing documents completion. The transaction was part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, in which the US Treasury</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">announced that it would invest up to $250 bil in senior preferred equity in qualifying US controlled banks, savings associations, and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">certain bank and savings and loan holding companies. 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