September 25, 2020
On September 23, 2020, Heritage State Bank, an Illinois-chartered commercial bank and wholly owned subsidiary of HBancorporation, Inc., Lawrenceville, Illinois, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with The First National Bank of Carmi, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Illinois Bancorp, Inc., Carmi, Illinois, pursuant to which Heritage State Bank will merge with and into The First National Bank of Carmi.
Luse Gorman is serving as legal counsel to Heritage State Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consists of Gary A. Lax, Michael J. Brown and Max Seltzer.
Luse Gorman has served as counsel on more than 100 financial institution mergers and acquisitions during the past five years, which is more than any other legal advisor during that time period. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.
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September 21, 2020
On September 17, 2020, Greene County Bancorp, Inc., Catskill, New York, the holding company for The Bank of Greene County, successfully completed a private placement of $20.0 million of its 4.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.
Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Greene County Bancorp, Inc. in the offering. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Steven Lanter, Michael Brown and Ellie Cook.
Luse Gorman has extensive experience representing issuers in public offerings and private placements of capital stock, debt, and other securities. To learn more about our Capital Markets and Corporate Finance practice, please visit our website.
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September 17, 2020
To our clients and friends:
The SEC recently issued a release revising certain disclosure requirements for periodic reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. Our Alert regarding this release is available here.
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September 15, 2020
On September 11, 2020, Martinsville First Savings Bank, a savings bank headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia (“Martinsville”), and First Mutual Holding Co., a mutual holding company headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio (“First Mutual”), announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which First Mutual will acquire Martinsville and hold it as a separate bank subsidiary.
Luse Gorman is serving as legal counsel to Martinsville in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consists of Kip A. Weissman, Benjamin M. Azoff and Max Seltzer.
Martinsville is a federal mutual savings bank with approximately $40.0 million in total assets.
First Mutual is the federal mutual holding company of First Federal Lakewood, First Mutual Bank, Warsaw Federal Savings and Loan Association and Blue Grass Federal Savings and Loan Association with approximately $2.3 billion in total assets.
Luse Gorman has served as counsel on more than 100 financial institution mergers and acquisitions during the past five years, which is more than any other legal advisor during that time period. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.
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September 14, 2020
On September 9, 2020, Northwest Bancshares, Inc., Warren, Pennsylvania, the holding company for Northwest Bank, successfully completed a public offering of $125.0 million of its 4.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.
Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Northwest Bancshares, Inc. in the offering. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Marc Levy, Ned Quint and Ellie Cook.
Luse Gorman has extensive experience representing issuers in public offerings and private placements of capital stock, debt, and other securities. To learn more about our Capital Markets and Corporate Finance practice, please visit our website.
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