Bear State Financial, the parent of Bear State Bank, has secured the regulatory nod to acquire Metropolitan National Bank.
Under the deal terms, Bear State will purchase 100% of the stock of Metropolitan, while shareholders of Metropolitan parent Marshfield Investment Company will secure proceeds worth about $70m comprising about $42m in Bear State common stock and $28m in cash.
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The combined enterprise would operate with 55 branches including 41 branches across Arkansas, 2 in Southeast Oklahoma and 12 in Southwest Missouri.
In addition, it would consist of three loan production offices in Arkansas and one in Missouri.
Metropolitan National Bank managed about $442m in total assets, $340m in net loans and $375m in deposits as of 31 March 2015. The combined enterprise would include nearly $2bn in total assets.
The deal is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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