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| 8-K - TIERONE CORP | v182774_8-k.htm |
| EX-99.1 - TIERONE CORP | v182774_ex99-1.htm |
| EX-99.2 - TIERONE CORP | v182774_ex99-2.htm |
Exhibit
99.3
April 25,
2010
Edward J.
Swotek, Senior Vice President
Immediately
TierOne
Corporation Reports Resignation of KPMG LLP as Its Auditors
LINCOLN,
NE – April 25, 2010 - TierOne Corporation (NASDAQ: TONE) (“Company”),
the holding company for TierOne Bank, today reported that KPMG LLP has
orally submitted its resignation effective April 23, 2010 as the Company’s
independent auditors. In addition, KPMG has orally informed the
Company’s Audit Committee that it has withdrawn its audit opinion and internal
control assessment relating to the Company’s financial statements at and for the
year ended December 31, 2008 as well as its review of the Company’s financial
statements at and for the three months ended March 31, 2009. KPMG has
orally indicated to the Company that those financial statements contain material
misstatements and should not be relied upon by investors. The
Company’s Audit Committee is reviewing the statements made by KPMG and intends
to commence a search for new independent auditors.
The
Company intends to file a current report on Form 8−K with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to report these events within the
timeframe required by SEC regulations.
TierOne
Corporation is the parent company of TierOne Bank, a $2.9 billion federally
chartered savings bank headquartered in Nebraska. Founded in 1907,
TierOne Bank offers customers a wide variety of full-service consumer,
commercial and agricultural banking products and services through a network of
69 banking offices located in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
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CONTACT:
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Edward
J. Swotek, Senior Vice President
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Investor Relations
Department
(402)473-6250
investorrelations@tieronecorp.com
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