Note 3 - Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

3. ACQUISITION

On October 1, 2015, the Company completed its acquisition of Metropolitan National Bank (“Metropolitan”) of Springfield, Missouri from Marshfield Investment Company (“Marshfield”). Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Metropolitan and Marshfield received proceeds of approximately $70 million, consisting of 4,610,317 shares of Company common stock valued at approximately $42 million and $28 million in cash. The Company paid $10.1 million of the total cash consideration and Metropolitan paid $17.9 million of the total cash consideration in conjunction with the closing of the acquisition. The acquisition expanded the Company’s market into Southern Missouri and further diversified the Company’s loan, customer and deposit base.

Prior to the acquisition, Metropolitan conducted business from twelve full service locations and one loan production office throughout Southwest Missouri. Including the effects of purchase accounting adjustments, the Company acquired total assets of $450.5 million, total loans of $365.0 million, net of loan discounts, and deposits of $370.6 million. See Note 2 “Acquisitions” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for further information regarding the acquisition of Metropolitan.