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): June 16, 2010
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Massachusetts | 0-17089 | 04-2976299 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Ten Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(617) 912-1900
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On June 16, 2010, Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (the Company) announced that it redeemed the remaining $104 million of the Companys outstanding Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (the Preferred Stock) that was issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program in November of 2008. The Company paid approximately $104.4 million to the Treasury to repurchase the Preferred Stock, which included payment for accrued and unpaid dividends for the shares of Preferred Stock.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated June 16, 2010. |
The Press Release disclosed in this Item 9.01 as Exhibit 99.1 shall be considered furnished but not filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ David J. Kaye | |||||
Name: | David J. Kaye | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Date: June 16, 2010 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated June 16, 2010. |