OLSEN PALMER SPONSORS 2015 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer is pleased to sponsor the 2015 Executive Management Conference, an annual event jointly organized by the Mississippi Bankers Association and the Tennessee Bankers Association.

The 2015 Executive Management Conference, to convene this year in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, will address a range of timely strategic topics including the state of the bank regulatory landscape, keys to building a strong community bank culture, emerging competition from non-bank institutions, and tools for attractive and retaining talented bankers. This is the fourth year that the MBA and the TBA have collaborated on a joint management conference.

About Olsen Palmer

Olsen Palmer is an independent investment banking firm that advises community banks across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. We apply a community banking model to investment banking: Olsen Palmer is a nimble, high-touch firm, free of conflicts and focused solely on helping our clients realize their strategic goals. The principals of Olsen Palmer have collectively been advising financial institutions for three decades, including on over 50 completed M&A transactions with values as large as $4 billion.

OLSEN PALMER CLIENT BANKFIRST CAPITAL CORPORATION COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF NEWTON COUNTY BANCORPORATION, INC.

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer is pleased to announce that BankFirst Capital Corporation (Columbus, Mississippi) has acquired Newton County Bancorporation, Inc. (Newton, Mississippi).

Olsen Palmer LLC served as exclusive financial advisor and issued a fairness opinion to BankFirst Capital Corporation.

With the merger, BankFirst has total assets in excess of $875 million and a footprint that includes 18 total branches across 10 Mississippi counties. BankFirst becomes the 11th largest Mississippi-based banking institution and captures a top 10 share of the Mississippi state-wide deposit market. The transaction was agreed to on June 3, 2015.

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About Olsen Palmer LLC

Olsen Palmer is an independent investment banking firm that advises community banks across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. We apply a community banking model to investment banking: Olsen Palmer is a nimble, high-touch firm, free of conflicts and focused solely on helping our clients realize their strategic goals. The principals of Olsen Palmer have collectively been advising financial institutions for three decades, including on over 50 completed M&A transactions with values as large as $4 billion.

OLSEN PALMER ADVISES F&M FINANCIAL CORPORATION IN SALE TO F&M BANCORP, INC.

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer is pleased to announce that F&M Financial Corporation, parent of Clarksville, Tennessee-based F&M Bank, has agreed to be acquired by F&M Bancorp, Inc., a newly-formed bank holding company solely owned by Gaylon Lawrence Jr.

With $857 million in assets, F&M Bank ranks among the 20 largest Tennessee-based banks, operating 17 branches across 7 counties.

Upon consummation of the merger, F&M Bank will remain intact with F&M’s existing name, charter, management, employees, and board of directors remaining in place. The transaction is expected to close by or before the end of 2015.

Mr. Lawrence, through his holdings in The Lawrence Group, currently owns five other banks, including the Arkansas-based parent company of Tennessee Bank & Trust which currently serves Tennessee through branches in Cool Springs and Green Hills.

Olsen Palmer LLC served as exclusive financial advisor and issued a fairness opinion to F&M Financial Corporation.

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About Olsen Palmer LLC

Olsen Palmer is an independent investment banking firm that advises community banks across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. We apply a community banking model to investment banking: Olsen Palmer is a nimble, high-touch firm, free of conflicts and focused solely on helping our clients realize their strategic goals. The principals of Olsen Palmer have collectively been advising financial institutions for three decades, including on over 50 completed M&A transactions with values as large as $4 billion.

OLSEN PALMER LLC RANKED AS TOP 10 BANK M&A ADVISER

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer LLC was ranked by SNL Financial as a Top 10 M&A adviser to banks and thrifts, based on the year-to-date number of whole-bank M&A transactions advised on through the first half of 2015.

Among a total of 58 investment banking firms that have advised on at least one whole-bank M&A transaction in 2015, Olsen Palmer was ranked within the top 10.

A total of 140 whole-bank M&A transactions have been announced in the U.S. through the first two quarters of 2015.

About Olsen Palmer LLC

Olsen Palmer is an independent investment banking firm that advises community banks across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. We apply a community banking model to investment banking: Olsen Palmer is a nimble, high-touch firm, free of conflicts and focused solely on helping our clients realize their strategic goals. The principals of Olsen Palmer have collectively been advising financial institutions for three decades, including on over 50 completed M&A transactions with values as large as $4 billion. 

OLSEN PALMER ADVISES FIRST NATIONAL BANKERS BANK ON ACQUISITION OF INDEPENDENT BANKERS’ BANK OF FLORIDA

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer is pleased to announce that Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based First National Bankers Bank (“FNBB”), a unit of First National Bankers Bankshares, Inc., has agreed to acquire Lake Mary, Florida-based Independent Bankers’ Bank of Florida (“IBBF”) in a transaction conducted under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code pursuant to a petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando.

Olsen Palmer LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to FNBB.

Upon consummation of the transaction, FNBB will become the 2nd largest bankers bank in the U.S., with IBBF operating as the Florida division of FNBB.

The consideration in the transaction, which is expected to be completed in Q3 2015, is comprised of a combination of cash, FNBB common stock, and cancellation of outstanding debt currently owed by IBBF to FNBB.

This is the 6th announced or completed M&A transaction in the past 9 months on which Olsen Palmer LLC has served as advisor.

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About Olsen Palmer LLC

Olsen Palmer LLC is an independent investment banking firm that advises community banks across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. By design, we apply a community banking model to investment banking: we are nimble, high-touch, and free of conflicts.  We specialize in sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, valuations, fairness opinions, and Board-level assessments of strategic alternatives.