LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Broadway Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ Capital Market: BYFC), parent company of Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. (the “Bank”), today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has consented to exchange (the “Exchange”) its Series D and E preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) in the Company for new common stock valued at a 50% discount to the Preferred Stock aggregate liquidation amount of $15 million. In addition, the Treasury has consented to exchange the accumulated, unpaid dividends on the Preferred Stock at 100% of the accrued amount.
“We are pleased to have accomplished a key component of our overall process to recapitalize the Company and raise additional capital so that the Company is positioned to resume growth.”
The Exchange is subject to various conditions, including execution of a definitive exchange agreement with the Treasury, the exchange of the Company’s other outstanding series of preferred stock at 50% of the aggregate liquidation values, the placement of at least $5 million of new common equity capital, and other terms and conditions. The Exchange is expected to close contemporaneously with the closing of the private placement and the other exchange transactions.