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Fremont General Corporation Provides Update on Matters Pertaining to Recently Announced Transactions as Well as Future Plans
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Because of the regulatory prohibitions that the Company and FIL are operating under and due to lack of other viable alternatives available to FGC, which is described in more detail in a Form 8-K which is concurrently being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Board of Directors of FGC believes that it should take all actions necessary and appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated by the P&A Agreement in order to (1) comply with the terms of the Supervisory Prompt Corrective Action Directive (the "Directive") issued on
The Company has determined that it is not in a position to provide in any type of realistic time frame current and complete consolidated financial information of FGC that would be required by the SEC proxy rules to solicit shareholders for approval of the transaction with CapitalSource. Accordingly, absent the occurrence of another viable transaction for the remaining assets and liabilities of the Company and FIL, or of a transaction for the entire consolidated company or an alternative transaction with respect to FIL, which in the case of a transaction for the entire consolidated Company or for FIL would require the board of directors of the Company or FIL to determine that the failure to pursue such alternative transaction would be a breach of the respective boards' fiduciary duties under applicable laws, it is the expectation of the board of directors of FGC that it will cause FGC to file a petition for a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding solely with respect to FGC under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code following the receipt of all requisite approvals of the Regulatory Authorities of the CapitalSource transaction. Under such circumstances, the Company would request approval of the CapitalSource transaction in accordance with federal bankruptcy laws. The bankruptcy filing will not impact the operation of FIL or affect the FDIC insurance of its deposits. Information related to the various efforts of the Company's new management to resolve the various legacy issues confronting the Company and FIL which leads to the decision to file for bankruptcy is described in the referenced Form 8-K concurrently filed today with the SEC.
If the Company is able to close on the CapitalSource transaction and the Servicing Asset Sale as contemplated, the FIL board of directors would provide certification to the FDIC that all deposit liabilities were assumed by the newly formed, FDIC insured CapitalSource industrial bank, resulting in termination of its FDIC insured status, and then file application with the DFI to surrender its banking charter. Completion of the CapitalSource transaction and of the Servicing Asset Sale, and termination of the Bank's insurance of accounts and surrender of the Bank's charter would effectively end the Bank's supervision by the Regulatory Authorities. At that time, the FIL's board of directors expects to begin the process of an orderly liquidation of FIL. Notwithstanding a bankruptcy filing by FGC, FIL's objective during such a liquidation process will be to continue to work to resolve FIL's liabilities as new management has been doing, with the goal of providing as much liquidity as possible to be available to satisfy, in whole or in part, the claims of FGC's creditors and, to the extent any liquidity remains, FGC's shareholders. FGC can give no assurance that it will be successful in such efforts. FGC management expects to continue to publicly report on its continuing efforts to resolve legacy claims at FGC and FIL.
About Fremont General
Fremont General Corporation is a financial services holding company with
The Retail Banking Division of the Bank continues to offer a variety of savings and money market products as well as certificates of deposits across its 22 branch network. Customer deposits remain fully insured by the FDIC up to at least
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and beliefs of the Company and its subsidiaries. These statements and the Company's reported results herein are not guarantees of future performance or results and there can be no assurance that actual developments and economic performance will be those anticipated by the Company. Actual developments and/or results may differ significantly and adversely from historical results and those anticipated by the Company for the fiscal year ending
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