In Brief: Sterling of Spokane to Redeem Preferred Stock

Sterling Financial Corp. has announced that it will redeem on Sept. 5 all of the one million outstanding shares of its $1.8125 Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.

The company will pay $25.75 per share, plus 32 cents in unpaid dividends through Sept. 4. Shareholders may also convert each share of preferred into 1.9516 shares of common stock, which means the common is worth $13.37 per share.

Officials said in a statement that they believe most shareholders will convert their shares as long as the company's stock is trading above the $13.37 conversion price. It was trading at $17.50 at midday Friday.

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