Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. (VBFC)

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Village Bank and Trust Financial Current on TruPS (3/14/16)

On February 29, 2016, after receiving regulatory approval, Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. (the “Company”), the holding company for Village Bank (the “Bank”), gave notice to the trustees of its trust preferred securities (the “TruPS”) that it intended to make the March 15, 2016 quarterly interest payment and pay the interest that has been deferred on its two junior subordinated debentures related to the TruPS. The TruPS were issued by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Southern Community Financial Capital Trust I and Village Financial Statutory Trust II.

The Company began deferring quarterly interest payments on the TruPS beginning with the payments due June 15, 2011, but continued to accrue interest expense in its consolidated financial statements. The total amount due, including the quarterly interest payment due on March 15, 2016 and the previously deferred interest, amounts to $1,332,633, which will be remitted to the trustees on March 14, 2016.

The Company believes that these actions recognize the substantial improvements that have been made by the Company, including reductions in criticized and nonperforming assets, increased capital provided through a successful rights offering completed in March 2015, and the strong support of its Board of Directors.

The payment of the deferred and current interest removes the restrictions under the terms of the TruPS indentures that prohibited the Company from making cash dividends or distributions to shareholders if the TruPS interest is not paid on a current basis. However, the Company remains under a Written Agreement (the “Written Agreement”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (the “FRB”) that restricts the Company from making cash dividends or distributions without regulatory consent.

Although the Company intends to make future regularly-scheduled quarterly interest payments on its TruPS, no assurance can be given that it will do so. The FRB’s approval was limited to the interest payments due through March 15, 2016 and, under the terms of the Written Agreement, the Company must seek approval before making any future quarterly interest payment on its TruPS.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290476/000114420416087777/v434219_8k.htm