Lawsuits

June 17, 2013, Hollywood, FL – Komlossy Law, P.A. has filed a lawsuit against Sterling Bancorp (“Sterling” or the “Company”)(NYSE:STL) and its Board of Directors (“Board”) in the Southern District of New York. On April 4, 2013, Sterling and Provident issued a joint press release announcing that the Company had entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 3, 2013 (“Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Provident will acquire all of the outstanding stock of Sterling in an all stock transaction. Sterling stockholders will receive 1.2625 shares of Provident common stock for each share of Sterling common stock they own (the “Exchange Ratio”); the transaction is valued at approximately $360 million.

The lawsuit alleges that the Proposed Transaction does not offer a meaningful premium to Sterling’s public shareholders. Based on Sterling’s closing stock price on April 3, 2013, the day before the announcement of the Proposed Transaction, the approximate […]