Investment Summary

Patriot Financial Partners and Castle Creek Capital Invest In Primis Financial

On November 1, 2009, private equity firm Patriot Financial Partners and asset manager Castle Creek Capital invested in financial services company Primis Financial

Investment Highlights
  • This is Patriot Financial Partners’ 5th and Castle Creek Capital’s 7th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Patriot Financial Partners’ 5th and Castle Creek Capital’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Patriot Financial Partners’ 1st and Castle Creek Capital’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

Investment Summary

Date 2009-11-01
Target Primis Financial
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Patriot Financial Partners
Castle Creek Capital
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Primis Financial

McLean, Virginia, United States
Primis Financial is a provider of commercial banking services, making loans secured primarily by commercial real estate and other types of commercial loans to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as loans to individuals for a variety of purposes. Primis Financial was founded in 2004 is based in McLean, Virginia.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Patriot Financial Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Patriot Financial Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in community based banks, thrifts, and other related financial services companies throughout the US. Patriot is a hands-on investor and seeks businesses with assets between $500 million and $5 billion. Patriot Financial Partners was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 32
Sector: Financial Services M&A 5 of 31
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 3 of 15
State: Virginia M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 32
Year: 2009 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-01 1st United Bancorp

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

1st United Bank, is a Florida chartered commercial bank, which operates 21 branches in southeast and central Florida, including Brevard, Broward, Hillsborough, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, and Pinellas Counties.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-01 Community West Bancshares

Fresno, California, United States

Community West Bancshares is a regional bank serving the agriculture sector. Community West Bancshares was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Fresno, California.

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Investor

Castle Creek Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 750M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Castle Creek Capital is a private investment firm that makes control investments in U.S.-based community banks with less than $10 billion of assets. The firm specializes in operating, recapitalizing and strategically refocusing US based banks. Castle Creek targets smaller, healthier banks that are under-performing or lack critical mass. Castle Creek offers the resources to then implement a roll-up acquisition program. Castle Creek Capital LLC was founded in 1992 and is based in Rancho Santa Fe, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 23
Sector: Financial Services M&A 7 of 22
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 3 of 10
State: Virginia M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 7 of 23
Year: 2009 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-01 West Coast Bancorp.

Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States

West Coast Bancorp is a Northwest bank holding company headquartered in Oregon with $2.4 billion in assets, and the parent company of West Coast Bank and West Coast Trust Company, Inc. West Coast Bank operates 58 branches in Oregon and Washington. The Company offers a broad range of banking, investment, fiduciary and trust services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-12 Heritage Oaks Bancorp.

Paso Robles, California, United States

Heritage Oaks Bancorp. is a holding company for Heritage Oaks Bank which provides personal and business banking solutions. With $2.0 billion in assets, Heritage Oaks Bancorp is headquartered in Paso Robles, California and is the holding company for Heritage Oaks Bank. Heritage Oaks Bank operates two branch offices each in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo; single branch offices in Atascadero, Templeton, Cambria, Morro Bay, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, Goleta and Santa Barbara; as well as a single loan production office in Ventura/Oxnard. Heritage Oaks Bank conducts commercial banking business in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.

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