MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2014--
BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU) today announced the results of the election
of its board of directors during the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders
held in Opa Locka, Fla.
“As we prepare to celebrate our fifth anniversary later this month, we
welcome three exceptional business people whose comprehensive knowledge
of current industry conditions coupled with their vision for future
opportunities will make a powerful addition to our board of directors,”
said John A. Kanas, BankUnited’s chairman, president and chief executive
officer.
In addition, stockholders also ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as
the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014,
and approved the BankUnited, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
The elections retained the following current board members: BankUnited
Chairman, President and CEO John A. Kanas; BankUnited COO and one of the
founding organizers of the company Rajinder P. Singh; founder, President
and CEO of Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc.Tere Blanca; Sue M. Cobb,
principal of Florida-based investment firm Cobb Partners, Inc.; Eugene
F. DeMark, independent consultant and retired Advisory Northeast Area
Managing Partner at KPMG LLP; and North Shore LIJ Health System CEO
Michael J. Dowling.
Two new directors joined one director who was added to the board in
April:
Douglas J. Pauls served as CFO of BankUnited from September 2009
to February 2013 and continued to serve as a senior advisor through
2013. In December 2013, he joined the board of directors, risk committee
and audit committee of Essent Group Ltd., where he serves as chairman of
the audit committee. Pauls served for six years as chief financial
officer of Commerce Bancorp, a company he joined in 1995. When the
company was acquired by TD Bank in 2008, he served as executive vice
president of finance for TD Bank, NA for another year. Pauls received a
B.A. in economics magna cum laude from Dickinson College where he
currently serves on the board of trustees and as a member of the
committee on finance, budget and audit, as well as the campaign steering
committee.
Sanjiv Sobti, Ph.D. has led an independent consulting business
since 2007 and has served as a senior advisor to Credit Suisse since
2008. In 2006, he co-founded FIRE Capital Fund Management Mauritius
Private Limited, the manager for a private equity fund, and served as
the chairman of its board of directors until 2011. He continues to serve
on the Board of Directors of several investee companies of FIRE Capital
Fund. From 2001 through 2008, Sobti was a senior managing director of
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. where he was appointed to the President's
Advisory Council and Fairness Opinion Committee. Additional experience
includes serving as a managing director at J.P. Morgan & Co. where he
was recruited as head of mergers and acquisitions for financial
institutions and as managing director and co-head of mergers and
acquisitions for financial institutions for Lehman Brothers Inc. Sobti
is co-Chair of the international advisory board of the University of
Pennsylvania's Center for the Advanced Study of India. He holds a B.A.
from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and an M.B.A. and Ph.D.
in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Robert Towbin, who joined the board in April 2014, has served as
executive vice president of Stephens, Inc. since 2003 having held the
post of managing director for two years prior. From 1997 until 2013,
Towbin served as a member of the board of directors of Globecomm Systems
Inc. Before serving as senior managing director and later co-chairman of
C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, he was president and CEO of the Russian-American
Enterprise Fund, a U.S. government-owned investment company with
headquarters in Moscow and New York. He was later vice chairman of its
successor fund, The U.S. Russia Investment Fund. Additional experience
includes serving as co-head of technology investment banking for Lehman
Brothers and as vice chairman and a director of L.F. Rothschild,
Unterberg, Towbin Holdings Inc. and its predecessor companies. Towbin
received his B.A. from Dartmouth College.
About BankUnited, Inc. and the FSB Acquisition
BankUnited, Inc., with total assets of $15.8 billion at March 31, 2014,
is the bank holding company of BankUnited, N.A., a national bank
headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with 99 branches in 15 Florida
counties and 6 banking centers in the New York metropolitan area at
March 31, 2014.
The Company was organized by a management team led by its Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer, John A. Kanas in 2009. On May 21,
2009, BankUnited acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed
all of the non-brokered deposits and substantially all other liabilities
of BankUnited, FSB from the FDIC, in a transaction referred to as the
FSB Acquisition. Concurrently with the FSB Acquisition, BankUnited
entered into two loss sharing agreements, or the Loss Sharing
Agreements, which covered certain legacy assets, including the entire
legacy loan portfolio and OREO, and certain purchased investment
securities. Assets covered by the Loss Sharing Agreements are referred
to as “covered assets” (or, in certain cases, “covered loans”). The Loss
Sharing Agreements do not apply to subsequently purchased or originated
loans (“new loans”) or other assets. Pursuant to the terms of the Loss
Sharing Agreements, the covered assets are subject to a stated loss
threshold whereby the FDIC will reimburse BankUnited for 80% of losses,
including certain interest and expenses, up to the $4.0 billion stated
threshold and 95% of losses in excess of the $4.0 billion stated
threshold. The Company’s current estimate of cumulative losses on the
covered assets is approximately $4.3 billion. The Company has received
$2.5 billion from the FDIC in reimbursements under the Loss Sharing
Agreements for claims filed for incurred losses as of March 31, 2014.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that
reflect the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things,
future events and financial performance. The Company generally
identifies forward-looking statements by terminology such as “outlook,”
“believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “could,”
“should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,”
“estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of those words or
other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this
press release are based on the historical performance of the Company and
its subsidiaries or on the Company’s current plans, estimates and
expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should
not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the future
plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by the Company will be
achieved. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks
and uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company’s operations,
financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth
strategy and liquidity. If one or more of these or other risks or
uncertainties materialize, or if the Company’s underlying assumptions
prove to be incorrect, the Company’s actual results may vary materially
from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be
construed as exhaustive. The Company does not undertake any obligation
to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future developments or otherwise. A number of
important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from
those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Information on these
factors can be found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2013 available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).
Source: BankUnited, Inc.
BankUnited, Inc.
Mary Harris, 305-817-8117
MHarris@BankUnited.com
or
Savannah
Whaley, 954-776-1999, ext. 225
swhaley@piersongrant.com
