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Bank Failure: The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, Georgia
FDIC Press Release PR-79-2011
April 29, 2011
Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, Arkansas, Acquires All the Deposits of Two Georgia Banks First Choice Community Bank, Dallas and The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta
Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, Arkansas, acquired the banking operations, including all the deposits, of two Georgia-based banks. To protect
depositors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) entered into purchase and assumption agreements with Bank of the Ozarks. First Choice Community Bank, Dallas, Georgia, and The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, Georgia, were closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which
appointed the FDIC as receiver.
The FDIC and Bank of the Ozarks entered into loss-share transactions on the failed banks' assets. The loss-share transaction for First Choice Community Bank was $260.7 million; and the loss-share
transaction for The Park Avenue Bank was $514.1 million. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) for First Choice Community Bank will be $92.4 million; and for The Park
Avenue Bank, $306.1 million. Bank of the Ozarks' acquisition of all the deposits of the two institutions was the "least costly" option for the DIF compared to all alternatives.
FDIC Failed Bank Information for The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, GA
On Friday, April 29, 2011, The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, GA was closed by
the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is
closed.
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Park Avenue Bankshares,
Inc.
3250 North Valdosta Road
Valdosta, GA 31604-3460
Attention: Donald J. Torbert, Jr.
1-229-241-2775
Link to The Park Avenue Bank Yahoo Finance
The books and records of The Park Avenue Bank reflect that it issued $20,000,000 in FDIC-guaranteed debt under the Debt Guarantee Program component of the FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas was designated as the duly authorized representative for the purpose of making claims and taking other permitted or required actions under the Debt Guarantee Program. For more information on the FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, please refer to the FDIC's web site at: www.fdic.gov/regulations/resources/TLGP.
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Georgia Department of Banking and Finance
The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia - The Georgia Department of
Banking and Finance ("Department") took possession of The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, Georgia on April 29, 2011. The Superior Court of Lowndes County issued an Order appointing the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") as Receiver of the Bank effective upon the Department taking possession of The Park Avenue Bank.
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Bank of the Ozarks acquires Valdosta bank; FDIC assures deposits safe
The Valdosta Daily Times
by Dean Poling, April 30, 2011
VALDOSTA — After more than 50 years of business, Park Avenue Bank closed its doors Friday afternoon. It is
scheduled to reopen today as part of Bank of the Ozarks, which is headquartered out of Little Rock, Ark. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has insured all deposits and all Park Avenue Bank
depositors automatically become depositors of the Bank of the Ozarks, according to the FDIC.
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Sophisticated Bank Robbery, or
Legitimate Executive Compensation?
The Park Avenue Bank failed April 29, 2011. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) for bank’s failure is $306.1 million.
However R. Bradford Burnette did much better, he walked away with at least $1,422,831 from the bank’s holding company in 2009 at a time when the bank was losing
millions.
Is this sophisticated bank robbery, or legitimate bank executive compensation? See my letter to Allen Stanley, Assistant Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the response
by Fed Counsel Rebecca F. Wasserman January 26, 2011.
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Ms. Wasserman wrote "Regulatory information that the Federal Reserve receives about the institutions that it examines is legally protected by the bank examiner privilege. This privilege extends to the information you have requested concerning the Federal Reserve's reasoning behind certain supervisory actions and consideration of possible future supervisory actions. Therefore, the Federal Reserve cannot respond to the questions posed in your letter."
The Park Avenue Bank was loosing millions of dollars in July 2009 when the Federal Reserve and the Georgia Banking Commissioner entered into a Written Agreement with Park Avenue Bank, PAB Bankshares, and their institution-affiliated parties to strengthen credit risk management practices and improve assets, etc., Docket Nos. 09-084-WA/RB-HC and 09-084-WA/RB-SM. See the Written Agreement below in PDF.
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Reuters reported that R. Bradford Burnette was paid $1,809,870 in 2009 by PAB Bankshares, Inc., the bank’s holding company. Mr. Burnette is described in PAB Bankshares’ Annual Report as a Retired Bank Executive. According to the 2009 Director Compensation Table, Mr. Burnette was paid $202,292, as follows: Fees earned $32,556; Option awards $4,649; all other $165,087. The 2009 Director Compensation Table is below in PDF, and is page 127 in the 2009 Annual Report.
According to the 2009 Director Compensation Table, the Company entered into a salary continuation agreement with Mr. Burnette while he was employed as an executive of the Company that would provide Burnette with $165,087 per year for 15 years commencing when he turned age 65. At December 31, 2009, the net present value of the remaining payments due to Mr. Burnette was $1,220,539 using a discount rate of 6.36%. Still, that leaves $387,039 not accounted for from the Reuters story:
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As of December 30, 2009
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Salary continuation agreement with Mr. Burnette
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$202,292 - 2009 earnings
$1,220,539 - salary continuation agreement
$1,422,831 - subtotal
$1,809,870 - Reuters compensation number
$387,039 - not accounted for
On December 13, 2010 the Federal Reserve found the bank was significantly undercapitalized and ordered it to raise investor cash or sell itself within 90 days. See the Federal Reserve Prompt Corrective Action Directive (Docket No. 10-231-PCA-SM), especially paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 restricting payments.
Park Avenue Bank, December 13, 2010
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Once again, the FDIC estimates the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund for failure the of The Park Avenue Bank is $306.1 million. Below is the board of PAB Bankshares, Inc.
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