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NCAL Bancorp in Los Angeles has agreed to a recapitalization that would give it new ownership.
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NCAL Bancorp (NCAL) in Los Angeles is selling one of its five branches to a neighboring bank.
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NCAL Bancorp in Los Angeles has raised nearly $11 million in the first stage of its stock sale.
Alex Meruelo, founder of Meruelo Group in Downey, Calif., bought nearly 20 million shares of NCAL's common stock. The investor had already paid $3.9 million for all outstanding shares of preferred stock NCAL had sold to the Treasury Department.
Meruelo can buy another $10.2 million in common shares, at 54 cents each, over the next year as part of the next stage of NCAL's recapitalization. Meruelo will own roughly 89% of NCAL's stock, though the transactions still need approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
The $340 million-asset company is recapitalizing to follow an
NCAL agreed in 2012 to sell itself to Grandpoint Capital, though that