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EX-99.1 - TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE DATED AUGUST 27, 2014 - PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP INCpressreleasetext082714.htm


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 27, 2014


 
PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number 000-20908

Kentucky
 
61-1206757
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
2883 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia
 
 
25702
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number    (304) 525-1600

Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changes since last report)

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PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC,

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT


Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On August 27, 2014, Premier issued a press release announcing a plan to redeem 7,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock ($1,000 per share liquidation preference) outstanding by the end of September 2014.  The Series A Preferred Stock was issued in October 2009 as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program – Capital Purchase Program (TARP) of the U.S. Treasury.  In August 2012, Premier repurchased 10,252 of the 22,252 originally issued shares, leaving 12,000 shares outstanding.  Premier applied for and received regulatory consent to redeem an additional 7,000 shares.  The board has set a redemption date of September 26, 2014, giving shareholders the required 30 day advance notice for the redemption.  On that date, Series A shareholders will be entitled to a pro rata portion of the $7,000,000 total redemption value plus accrued dividends from August 15, 2014 through September 25, 2014 at 5.00% per annum.  After the redemption date, 5,000 of Premier’s Series A Preferred stock will remain outstanding.. The full text of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated August 27, 2014.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                      PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.
                            (Registrant)

 
                      /s/ Brien M. Chase                                       
Date: August 27, 2014                                     Brien M. Chase, Senior Vice President
                       and Chief Financial Officer




 
 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated August 27, 2014 captioned “Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. Announces $7.0 Million Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock.”