Territorial Bancorp Inc. Announces Approval of State Savings Bank Charter for Territorial Savings Bank
February 28 2014 - 7:35PM
Territorial Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:TBNK) (the "Company"),
headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, the holding company parent of
Territorial Savings Bank ("the Bank"), is pleased to announce that
the Hawaii Commissioner of Financial Institutions has approved the
Bank's application to become the State's first state chartered
savings bank. The Bank expects to file its application with the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to become a member bank of
the Federal Reserve. The Bank is taking these steps to lower its
overall regulatory costs and to take advantage of the Division of
Financial Institutions' expertise with the regulation of financial
institutions operating in the State of Hawaii.
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- statements of our goals, intentions and expectations;
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- statements regarding the asset quality of our loan and
investment portfolios; and
- estimates of our risks and future costs and benefits.
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beliefs and expectations and are inherently subject to significant
business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond our control. In addition, these
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to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to
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update any forward-looking statements after the date of this
release.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results
to differ materially from the anticipated results or other
expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements:
- general economic conditions, either nationally, internationally
or in our market areas, that are worse than expected;
- competition among depository and other financial
institutions;
- inflation and changes in the interest rate environment that
reduce our margins or reduce the fair value of financial
instruments;
- adverse changes in the securities markets;
- changes in laws or government regulations or policies affecting
financial institutions, including changes in regulatory fees and
capital requirements;
- our ability to enter new markets successfully and capitalize on
growth opportunities;
- our ability to successfully integrate acquired entities, if
any;
- changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings
habits;
- changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted
by the bank regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board;
- changes in our organization, compensation and benefit
plans;
- changes in our financial condition or results of operations
that reduce capital available to pay dividends; and
- changes in the financial condition or future prospects of
issuers of securities that we own.
Because of these and a wide variety of other uncertainties, our
actual future results may be materially different from the results
indicated by these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Walter Ida
(808) 946-1400
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