Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. Repays TARP Funds

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (Susquehanna) SUSQ announced today that it has redeemed the remaining $100 million of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, issued to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program in December 2008. The financial services holding company, which originally received a $300 million investment through the program, repaid $200 million in April 2010.