Exhibit
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Guaranty Bank & Trust to Sell
Atlanta Location
MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, October 16, 2018 / GlobeNewswire/ -- Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: GNTY), the parent company of Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A., announced today that it has entered into a Branch Purchase and Assumption Agreement with State Bank of De Kalb to sell its Atlanta, Texas location.
The sale is expected to close near the end of the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Guaranty’s Atlanta customers will be receiving additional information related to the sale in the near future. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Upon completion of the transaction, Guaranty will operate 31 locations throughout 16 markets in Texas.
Guaranty Bank & Trust was advised in the transaction by Fennimore, Kay, and Harrison and Ford, LLP as legal counsel and Commerce Street Capital as financial advisor.
About Guaranty Bancshares
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that conducts commercial banking activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. One of the oldest regional community banks in Texas, Guaranty Bank & Trust provides its customers with a full array of relationship-driven commercial and consumer banking products and services, as well as mortgage, trust, and wealth management products and services. Guaranty Bank & Trust has 32 banking locations across 24 Texas communities located within the East Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, greater Houston and Central Texas regions of the state. As of June 30, 2018, Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. had total assets of $2.2 billion, total loans of $1.6 billion and total deposits of $1.8 billion. Visit www.gnty.com for more information.
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laws and regulations applicable to our business; our ability to achieve organic loan and deposit growth and the composition of such growth; increased competition in the financial services industry, nationally, regionally or locally; our ability to maintain our historical earnings trends; our ability to raise additional capital to execute our business plan; acquisitions and integrations of acquired businesses; systems failures or interruptions involving our information technology and telecommunications systems or third-party servicers; the composition of our management team and our ability to attract and retain key personnel; the fiscal position of the U.S. federal government and the soundness of other financial institutions; and the amount of nonperforming and classified assets we hold. We can give no assurance that any goal or plan or expectation set forth in forward-looking statements can be achieved and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this communication, and we do not intend, and assume no obligation, to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.
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Contact Information:
Cappy Payne
Senior Executive Vice President & CFO
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
(888) 572-9881
Investors@gnty.com