OLSEN PALMER ADVISES FIRST FARMERS STATE BANK IN ITS SALE TO PONTIAC BANCORP, INC.

First Farmers State Bank, subsidiary of Minier Financial, Inc., has been acquired by Pontiac Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Bank of Pontiac.

Olsen Palmer LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to Minier Financial, Inc.

With this transaction, Olsen Palmer remains the #1 bank M&A advisor nationwide according to S&P Global, as ranked by the number of whole-bank sell-side M&A transactions advised upon over the last twelve months.

TRANSACTION ANNOUNCEMENT (PDF)