First Preferred Capital Trust IV (FBS-A)

[Enterprising Investor]

First Banks Inc Extends Consent Solicitation Deadline

Extended to 1/21/11 at 5:00.

Approximately 663,000 of the 1,840,000 outstanding trust preferred securities of the Trust, representing over 36 percent, have responded to the solicitation, and of the total amount, nearly 73 percent have approved the consent.

The consent solicitation was previously scheduled to expire on 11/19/10 at 5:00.

http://www.firstbanks.com/About_Us/First_Bank_In_The_News/press_11222010.pdf