TierOne Bank Executes Consent To Issuance Of Prompt Corrective Action Directive With Federal Regulator; Announces Board And Management Changes

TierOne Corporation (NASDAQ: TONE) (“Company”), the holding company for TierOne Bank (“Bank”), announced today that the Bank has executed a Stipulation and Consent to a Prompt Corrective Action Directive (“PCA Directive”) with the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), the Bank’s primary federal regulator, setting forth certain required recapitalization mandates and additional business and operational restrictions. The PCA Directive will become effective upon the acceptance of the Consent by the OTS and the issuance of the PCA Directive.

Under the PCA Directive, among other things, the Bank will be required to be recapitalized prior to May 31, 2010, by either merging with or being acquired by another financial institution or by the sale of all or substantially all of the Bank’s assets and liabilities to another financial institution. The PCA Directive further requires the Bank to submit a binding merger or acquisition agreement to the OTS by April 30, 2010, unless extended in writing by the OTS. The Company and the Bank cannot provide assurance that the deadlines and other terms of the PCA Directive can be satisfied. The Bank’s consent to the PCA Directive follows the OTS’ denial of the Bank’s capital restoration plan.

The Company and the Bank also announced today that Charles W. Hoskins has been named acting Chairman of the Board and James A. Laphen has been named President and acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank effective immediately. Hoskins, 73, has been serving as the Company’s lead director. Laphen, 61, had previously been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank.

The appointments of Hoskins and Laphen follow the resignation of Michael J. Falbo as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company and the Bank. Samuel P. Baird, Gilbert G. Lundstrom, James E. McClurg and James W. Strand also resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank. These resignations follow ongoing discussions with the OTS regarding the terms of the PCA Directive, particularly with respect to the deadlines for compliance set forth in the PCA Directive. The directors who resigned did not indicate any disagreement with the Company or the Bank’s operations, policies or practices.