litigation
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.70
FCF shareholder lawsuit alleges proxy deficiencies for Centric merger; supplemental disclosures filed
FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA/
- Lawsuit filed Jan 17, 2023 in PA by Charles Reinhardt against Centric Directors alleging proxy statement deficiencies.
- FCF and Centric deny merit but voluntarily supplement proxy with additional DCF and financial projections.
- Supplemental DCF shows terminal value $221.5M at 10.0x multiple; NPV per share range $11.32-$16.18.
- Cost savings 35% phased in 2023-2024, $14.6M pre-tax one-time charges, pro forma Tier 1 Leverage 9.8%, CET1 11.2%.