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-MVB Financial Corp. (“MVB,” “MVB Financial”) (Nasdaq: MVBF), the holding company for MVB Bank, Inc. (“MVB Bank”), announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which MVB will acquire Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. (“IFH”) (OTCQX: IFHI) in an all-stock transaction. The strategic combination is expected to accelerate a fast track growth vehicle for MVB by expanding its government guaranteed lending business, including SBA and USDA originations and servicing.
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IFH is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., and is the parent company of five wholly owned subsidiaries, including West Town Bank & Trust (“WTBT”) and Windsor Advantage, LLC (“Windsor”). WTBT had approximately $435 million in total assets, $326 million in loans and $334 million in deposits as of June 30, 2022. Since 2018, WTBT’s Government Guaranteed Lending Team has originated more than $1 billion in loans. Windsor is a leading national lending service provider, offering financial institutions a comprehensive outsourced SBA and USDA lending platform, servicing approximately $2.1 billion in loans.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, IFH shareholders will receive 1.21 shares of MVB common stock for each share of IFH common stock. Based on the closing price of MVB stock of $34.54 on August 11, 2022, the implied per share purchase price is $41.79, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $98.0 million.
The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to tangible book value per share at closing and approximately 15% accretive to earnings per share in 2023. MVB also expects tangible common equity to tangible assets and all regulatory capital ratios to increase pro forma for the transaction.