Busey completes balance sheet repositioning: $5.5M Visa gain, $110M securities sale, $4.3M annual NII boost
FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/
- Sold all 16,878 Visa Class B shares for pre-tax gain of ~$5.5 million.
- Sold AFS securities with carrying value ~$110M yielding 1.56%, resulting in pre-tax loss of ~$5.3M.
- Proceeds deposited into Fed account yielding 5.40%, boosting net interest spread.
- Expected to increase net interest income by ~$4.3M annualized and improve NIM run rate by 4 bps.
- Transactions immediately accretive to equity, book value, and regulatory capital ratios.