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Pending Acquisition
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Pending Acquisition Note 2 - Pending Acquisition
Pending Acquisition of Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc.
On March 27, 2024, the Company and Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“IFHI”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and conditions thereof, IFHI will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger. IFHI is a financial holding company based in Raleigh, North Carolina with total assets of approximately $548 million at December 31, 2023. IFHI is the holding company for West Town Bank & Trust, an Illinois state-chartered bank. West Town Bank & Trust provides banking services through its full-service office located in the greater Chicago area and is a nationwide lender in government guaranteed lending across both U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) and U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) government guaranteed lending. IFHI is also the parent company of Windsor Advantage, LLC, a loan service provider that offers community banks and credit unions with a comprehensive outsourced SBA 7(a) and USDA lending platform. IFHI is registered with and supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (“Federal Reserve”). West Town Bank & Trust’s primary regulators are the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the FDIC. Following the Merger, West Town Bank & Trust, will merge with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving bank.
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred merger-related expenses related to the planned acquisition of IFHI totaling $0.7 million. The Merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2024 subject to regulatory approval.