First Niagara Recognizes Pretax Adjustment on CMO Portfolio

First Niagara Financial Group Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., will recognize a pretax adjustment of $16 million, or $0.03 per share, in 2012 to accelerate premium amortization on its portfolio of collateralized mortgage obligations.

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Except for this adjustment, the company expects to record non-GAAP operating earnings per share consistent with recent consensus analyst expectations.

First Niagara made the adjustment to reflect the impacts of a substantial level of prepayments on the CMOs in recent months.


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