CARV Carver Bancorp Inc New

 

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Carver Bancorp, Inc.

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Dream Chasers Capital Group LLC
Gregory Lewis
Shawn Herrera
Kevin Winters
Jeffrey Bailey
Jeffrey Anderson

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Dream Chasers to Carver Board: Shareholders are Fed Up, Time to Start Winning Again

 

Carver Reported $2.1 Million Loss in Second Quarter, up from $1.48 Million Loss in Same Quarter 2023

 

$25m in Losses Over Last Ten Years¹ Resulting in ~80% Stock Price Drop²

 

A $10,000 Investment in 2014 Would be Worth Only Approximately $2,000 today³

 

Dream Chasers Urges Institutional and Retail Shareholders to Vote for Change: Vote FOR Mr. Jeffrey “Jeff” Anderson and Mr. Jeffrey Bailey for the Board of Directors Using the BLUE Proxy Card and Vote WITHHOLD on Carver’s Non-Performing Directors

 

Carver’s Board Has Failed to Deliver for a Decade

 

New York, NY (November 20, 2024)—Dream Chasers Capital Group LLC (“Dream Chasers”) today called for urgent action from CEO Donald Felix and the Board of Directors of Carver Bancorp, Inc. (“Carver,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CARV) to drive growth and profitability at the Company. Carver reported a second quarter loss of $2.1 million in its 10-Q filed with the SEC on Thursday, November 14, 2024, up from $1.48 million in losses for the same quarter in 2023⁴.

 

Dream Chasers says the latest losses are more of the same.

 

“The Board of Directors of a public company sets the plan, and the CEO executes it,” said Greg Lewis, CEO of Dream Chasers Capital Group.  “At Carver, every ‘plan’ the Board has set for the last ten years has only led to massive shareholder value destruction. For any team – whether a professional sports team or a company – such a losing record means new talent is necessary. Electing Mr. Anderson and Mr. Bailey to the Board gives Carver shareholders the best chance of success.”  

 

Lewis continued, “I truly believe Carver’s shareholders will be fortunate to have experienced and qualified directors in Jeff Anderson, the former CFO of J.P. Morgan’s Northeast Region Retail Banking organization overseeing $100B in assets, and Jeff Bailey, a highly successful business owner and Carver’s largest individual shareholder. As Directors, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Bailey will aggressively lead initiatives to make the bank profitable and increase shareholder value.”

 

Dream Chasers highlighted Carver’s poor performance and the urgent need for change in a presentation filed with the SEC and sent shareholders a letter urging them to vote FOR Mr. Jeffrey “Jeff” Anderson and Mr. Jeffrey Bailey for election to the Board of Directors and vote WITHOLD on the Carver non-performing directors, using the BLUE proxy card. The presentation and letter are available here.

 

¹ Reflects net income attributable to Carver Bancorp for the years 2014 to 2023, according to Company SEC filings and S&P Capital IQ Pro.

² Based on share price as of October 23, 2024, one day prior to the filing of Dream Chasers Capital Group’s preliminary proxy statement.

³ Based on share price and ten year total shareholder return as of October 23, 2024, one day prior to the filing of Dream Chasers Capital Group’s preliminary proxy statement.

⁴ As disclosed in the Form 10-Q filed by the Company with the SEC on November 14, 2024, which can be found at https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001016178/000101617824000026/carv-20240930.htm

 

 

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Dream Chasers disclaims any obligation to update the information herein or to disclose the results of any revisions that may be made to any projected results or forward-looking statements herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such information, projected results or statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

 

DREAM CHASERS STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ ITS DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO SUCH PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS FILED BY DREAM CHASERS WITH THE SEC AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE SEC WEBSITE, FREE OF CHARGE, OR BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR, OKAPI PARTNERS LLC, 1212 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-1600. STOCKHOLDERS CAN CALL TOLL-FREE: (877) 629-6356.

 

 

Contacts

 

For Media:

 

Breitenbush Partners

Andrew Wilson, (773) 425-4991

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For Investors:

 

Okapi Partners

Bruce Goldfarb/Tony Vecchio

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About Dream Chasers Capital Group

 

Dream Chasers Capital Group LLC is a New York City based minority owned investment firm. More information can be found at www.dreamchaserscapitalgroup.com.

 

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