First California Announces Repurchase of Outstanding TARP Warrant From Treasury

First California Financial Group, Inc.

, the holding company of First California Bank, today announced that it has completed the repurchase of a warrant held by the U.S. Treasury Department. The 10-year warrant was issued on December 19, 2008 as part of the Company's participation in the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program (

), and entitled the Treasury to purchase 599,042 shares of First California Financial Group Inc. stock at an exercise price of $6.26 per share. The Company paid a total of $599,042 to the Treasury to repurchase the warrant.