Western Alliance Bancorporation ("Western Alliance" or the "Bank") (NYSE:WAL), the holding company for Western Alliance Bank, today issued the following statement in response to an article published by the Financial Times.
The Financial Times' report today that Western Alliance is considering a potential sale of all or part of its business is categorically false in all respects. There is not a single element of the article that is true. Western Alliance is not exploring a sale, nor has it hired an advisor to explore strategic options.
It is shameful and irresponsible that the Financial Times has allowed itself to be used as an instrument of short sellers and as a conduit for spreading false narratives about a financially sound and profitable bank.
We are considering all of our legal options in response to today's article.