West Coast Bancorp issued 1.43 million shares of Series A Mandatorily Convertible Participating Preferred Stock and 0.12 million shares of Series B Convertible Participating Preferred Stock.
The Series A stock is convertible into 71.4 million shares of West Coast Bancorp at a price of $2.00 per share. The Series B stock is convertible into 6.1 million shares of West Coast Bancorp also at a price of $2.00 per share. The investors who purchased the newly issued preferred stock are also entitled to two seats on the board of directors.
West Coast Bancorp is a bank holding company that owns West Coast Bank. West Coast Bank has 65 branches located in Oregon and Washington, with total assets of $2.7 billion.