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| We are very proud of the PacWest team members who bring passion to work every day as we serve our loyal customers and communities |
| We are very excited to discuss the tremendous benefits to stockholders, clients, communities and colleagues that this merger will bring |
| I mean we're both not having the fee side, right? And PacWest did a better job than we did in terms of making up for it because they had -- they were earning a lot more than we were |
| And I mean I can just go down the list because I can go down to the individual people, but also, I would say that Matt and John have just really done an exceptional job over many, many years to build what I think was an exemplary franchise |
| What's really exciting about this opportunity to combined is the businesses that PacWest have are going to thread really nicely with Deepstack |
| Based on the prospects that I have looked at with them, and I've talked to many of the leaders at PacWest, who I know well, I think we both believe deposit growth is something we're going to be able to do well |
| I mean the HOA business that they've pulled together is really a strong business, and I think it's going to do very well |
| PacWest has always had an excellent franchise in terms of building a core deposit base |
| So we feel good about that |
| So I think they've done an excellent job of reducing that risk, and the remaining loan portfolio is far more granular than it was before they started engaging in that |
| First of all, I would say that PacWest has done an excellent job of de-risking their balance sheet |
| This is a great deal with very compelling economics, the ability to reposition the combined balance sheet and set the stage for growth |
| And with the low wholesale funding ratio that we have, the capital we have, the excess liquidity, we're going to be well positioned to do that |
| I believe this merger will be beneficial for all of our stakeholders, with clients having access to an expanded set of products and services, employees having more opportunities for career advancement as part of a larger institution |
| The merger creates a premier California banking franchise which will be well positioned to capitalize on market opportunities and broaden the channels and customers and serves through increased scale and expanded product offerings |
| And I think it's going to be a very strong franchise |
| So these two franchise together are going to make a really strong partnership in California in the markets that we continue to serve |
| Simply put, we believe this merger will be beneficial for all stakeholders, with clients having access to an expanded set of products and services, employees having more opportunities for career advancement as part of a stronger institution and most importantly, long-term shareholder value being created to a greater extent than what we believe we could create as a stand-alone PacWest |
| With the increased scale, expanded capabilities and robust capital and liquidity, we will be able to better serve the needs of our clients |
| This merger meaningfully accelerates our stand-alone plan while putting the combined company into a position of strength within the market |
| Having spent my entire career at much larger organizations, I've been highly impressed with the caliber of talent at Banc of California as well as the culture that exists that is well grounded in banking fundamentals and delivering high-quality service to clients |
| It has been a fantastic and exciting start |
| Overall, our second quarter performance was fairly straightforward with loan growth in core C&I and warehouse and improved asset margins driven by loan and securities repricing in the higher rates and our deposit balances remained stable |
| The cost of the excess liquidity in the quarter was 12 basis points, and we saw a strong NIM recovery in June, subsequent repayment of the associated FHLB and FRB advances |
| Over the past few months, we have spent a great deal of time evaluating the best path forward for PacWest, and we believe this merger is a tremendous opportunity for the company, our clients, our employees and our shareholders |
| We believe the high degree of familiarity and the foundation of trust will lead to a very smooth integration and enable us to effectively capitalize on the projected synergies for this merger that will enhance our ability to serve commercial clients and create additional value for shareholders of the combined company |
| The merger and concurrent capital raise will enable us to take advantage of several strategic actions designed to create a very strong balance sheet, and enhance the capital and liquidity profile of the combined institution |
| The combined company will be well positioned to do this |
| As a result, there is a sizable opportunity for a skilled commercial bank with a high level of service and expertise to capitalize on this disruption, by adding clients and increasing market share |
| As both Banc of California and PacWest have demonstrated, providing superior treasury management services paired with lending expertise will enable us to attract low-cost commercial deposits that we utilize to fund high-quality lending opportunities |
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| And due to our liquidity issues we've had this year, I mean, just to sort of reiterate what Jared already said is that, our growth is well below our demand |
| The diluted earnings per share was a loss of $1.75 in the quarter |
| However, our net interest margin decreased 30 basis points from the prior quarter to 3.11%, largely due to the impact of the higher levels of cash that we carry during the first two months of the quarter in response to the recent banking turmoil |
| They're just losses on sales that happen to be in that geography |
| We just think that the economy is going to be slow |
| And it wasn't because they had credit problems |
| Our noninterest income decreased $1.8 million from prior quarters, primarily due to the inclusion of certain nonrecurring items in the first quarter, including recovery of a loan acquired in the Pacific Mercantile transaction and the timing of games recognized on CRA investments |
| Total assets were $9.4 billion at June 30, a decrease of approximately 7% from the end of the prior quarter, which was largely due to the reduction in excess liquidity held in cash and a corresponding reduction in FHLB and FRP borrowings |
| Since the beginning of the year, we also wound down our CIVIC operations |
| Looking ahead, I don't like pressing on the gas where I'm seeing brake lights and the economy right now is slow |
| We're going slow |
| And there's no reason why this franchise can't do that, but we projected much lower growth |
| During this time period, we have seen many other banks either completely exit or significantly pull back from California |
| We accelerated these efforts during the second quarter in light of the turmoil in the banking market |
| It wasn't because they were bad managers |
| And through the sales that they undertook, not to say that those portfolios were necessarily risky, but they were the national lending portfolios that I think where larger loans didn't generate deposits and put some pressure on the balance sheet and had the -- they had exposure even if there was no loss content |
| They're very low loan-to-deposit businesses with low credit |
| It's been a truly collaborative process, and we couldn't be more excited to bring our two organizations together and begin realizing the benefits that we all anticipate for our stakeholders |
| But concentration is an issue in banking across all banks |
| I mean there's going to be a little bit |
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