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WAYCROSS, GA -- Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. here, the holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank, will restate its historical financial statements for the years ended Dec. 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and for the individual quarter ended March 31, 2007.
The restatements involve the company's accounting for two interest rate swaps under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," entered into in connection with the company's Federal Home Loan Bank advances.
"Our hedging activities have always focused on reducing interest rate risk and volatility, and in fact these particular transactions were deemed to be economically effective cash-flow hedges," said Robert J. Larison Jr., president and CEO. "Upon further review of the underlying facts and circumstances of the transactions, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Atlantic Coast Restates Results.(Atlantic Coast Federal...