Signature Bank Completes $730 Million Preferred Stock Offering
Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY) has completed a public offering of 29.2 million depositary shares, each representing 1/40th interest in its 5.000% Noncumulative Perpetual Series A Preferred Stock. The shares were offered at $25.00 each, generating net proceeds of approximately $708 million for general corporate purposes. Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, and others served as underwriters for this offering. Signature Bank, with $63.7 billion in assets, continues to grow its private client banking services across the U.S. and is notable for its blockchain-based payment platform.
- Successfully raised approximately $708 million through a public offering.
- Increased capital can enhance liquidity and support growth initiatives.
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Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a New York-based full service commercial bank, announced today the completion of its underwritten public offering of 29.2 million depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of
The net proceeds to Signature Bank from the offering were approximately
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. acted as the underwriters in the offering.
About Signature Bank
Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), member FDIC, is a New York-based, full-service commercial bank with 36 private client offices throughout the metropolitan New York area, including those in Connecticut as well as California and North Carolina. Through its single-point-of-contact approach, the Bank’s private client banking teams primarily serve the needs of privately owned businesses, their owners and senior managers.
The Bank has two wholly owned subsidiaries: Signature Financial, LLC, provides equipment finance and leasing; and, Signature Securities Group Corporation, a licensed broker-dealer, investment adviser and member FINRA/SIPC, offers investment, brokerage, asset management and insurance products and services.
Since commencing operations in May 2001, Signature Bank, with
Signature Bank was the first FDIC-insured bank to launch a blockchain-based digital payments platform. Signet™ allows commercial clients to make real-time payments in U.S. dollars, 24/7/365 and was also the first solution to be approved for use by the NYS Department of Financial Services.
For more information, please visit https://www.signatureny.com/.
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