New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) stock jumped 6% on Tuesday following the completion of a $1.05 billion investment deal with strategic investors.
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) closed a much-awaited transaction on Monday, drawing in individual investments totaling around $1.05 billion from notable entities such as Liberty Strategic Capital, funds managed by Hudson Bay Capital Management, and Reverence Capital Partners, among others.
The bank announced the deal on March 6, after which its share prices dropped by 6%.
Executive Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Sandro DiNello said,
“The completion of this major equity raise demonstrates the confidence these strategic investors have expressed in the turnaround currently underway at the company and allows us to execute our strategy from a position of strength.”
DiNello added,
“Our company enters this next phase with an enhanced balance sheet and liquidity position.”
In conjunction with the transactions, the Board underwent restructuring, reducing its size to ten members while welcoming four new directors: Steven Mnuchin, former Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, Milton Berlinski of Reverence Capital, and Allen Puwalski, nominated by Hudson Bay. Existing board members include DiNello, Marshall Lux, Lawrence Savarese, Peter Schoels, David Treadwell, and Jennifer Whip.
The completion of the transactions sees NYCB issuing around 525 million shares of common stock, with investors holding roughly 39.6% of the company on a fully diluted basis.
New York Community (NYSE: NYCB) Stock Performance
NYCB stock soared 5.84% to close at $3.44 on Tuesday. The traders had exchanged hands with 50,776,992 (50.77 million) shares compared to the average daily trading volume of 35.51 million.
