Community First Bancshares, Inc. | Stephens

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Community First Bancshares, Inc.

$69 Million 07/14/2016 Depository Complete
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Transaction Details

  • Announcement Date: July 14, 2016
  • Expected Closing: Q4’2016
  • Announced deal value of approximately $69 million
  • Transaction consideration consists of 2.69 million shares of Equity common stock and approximately$10.1 million in cash
  • At the close of the transaction, Equity will be comprised of approximately $2.1 billion in assets and 34 branch offices across its three-state footprint of Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri
  • 1.53x price to adjusted tangible book value(a)
  • Upon completion of the transaction, EQBK would become the third largest bank headquartered in Kansas based on total assets
Sources: Company filings, SNL Financial and publicly available information.
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