Item 8.01 Other Events.
Sales of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, by the United States Department of Treasury
On January 30, 2013, the United States Department of Treasury (Treasury), the holder of all 26,000 shares of outstanding Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the
Securities), issued by HMN Financial, Inc. (the Company), announced that it had auctioned the Securities in a private transaction with unaffiliated third party investors. The Company received no proceeds from this
transaction. The clearing price in the auction was $721.50 per share of the Securities (which have a $1,000 liquidation preference). The closing of the sale of the Securities offered in the auction is expected to occur on or about February 8,
2013.
The sale of the Securities has no effect on the terms of the outstanding Securities, including the Companys
obligation to satisfy accrued and unpaid dividends (aggregating approximately $2.7 million) prior to payment of any dividend or other distribution to holders of junior stock, including the Companys common stock, and an increase in the dividend
rate from 5% to 9%, commencing with the dividend payment date of February 15, 2014. Further, the sale of the Securities will have no effect on the Companys capital, financial condition or results of operations. Upon the closing of the
sale of the Securities, the Company generally will not be subject to various executive compensation and corporate governance requirements to which participants in Treasurys Capital Purchase Program were subject while Treasury held the
Securities.
The sale of Securities did not include the sale of a warrant to purchase 833,333 shares of the Companys
common stock at an exercise price of $4.68, which Treasury will continue to hold and may sell in its discretion, subject to applicable securities laws and the Companys right to repurchase the warrant at fair market value under the terms of the
Companys agreements with Treasury.
Potential Sales of Common Stock by Certain Persons to Pay Taxes on Vested Stock Awards
The Company has been advised by certain employees, including its executive officers, that they may sell shares of
Company common stock held by them to cover applicable federal and state income tax withholding obligations which have been incurred as a result of the vesting of certain previous grants of restricted stock. By reason of Treasurys ownership of
the Securities described above, any award of long-term restricted stock made to the Companys then five most highly compensated employees at the time Treasury owned the Securities is, and following the closing of the sale of Securities will
continue to be, subject to certain restrictions relating to the transfer of vested shares. These restrictions do not apply to shares transferred in the same calendar year in order to satisfy income taxes arising under federal, state and foreign law
upon vesting of the stock awards. The number of shares of the Companys common stock subject to these restricted stock awards that may be sold to satisfy an employees tax obligations will depend on the price at which such shares may be
sold in the
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future, but based on the closing price of the Companys common stock on January 30, 2013, would aggregate approximately 20,100 shares for all these persons. Sales of common stock by our
executive officers will be disclosed publicly as required through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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