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Issuer:     WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (WAL)
CIK:        0001212545
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001212545-25-000113
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Alliance subsidiary BW to issue $300M of 9.5% preferred stock for tax efficiency
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- BW Real Estate issues 300K shares of 9.500% Series B Preferred, $1,000 liquidation preference; net proceeds ~$294.75M.
- Preferred automatically exchangeable for WAB Series A preferred upon Federal Reserve directive; redeemable on/after March 30, 2030.
- Joint bookrunners: J.P. Morgan, MUFG, Keefe Bruyette & Woods; closing expected March 27, 2025.
- Interest on Series B is deductible at REIT level, creating tax efficiencies for Western Alliance Bank and parent.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254525000113/0001212545-25-000113-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254525000113/wal-20250324.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-25-000113

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