M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.90
UMB Financial to acquire Heartland Financial in stock merger; exchange ratio 0.55
UMB FINANCIAL CORP
- UMB Financial to acquire Heartland Financial in a stock merger; each HTLF share exchanged for 0.55 UMBF shares.
- Combined board expands to 16 directors, with 5 from HTLF.
- To fund the deal, UMBF entered a forward sale agreement for 2.8M shares at $72 each, with an option for 420k more.
- Transaction subject to regulatory approvals (Fed, OCC), shareholder votes, and termination fee of $70M.
- HTLF CEO Bruce K. Lee (0.02% stake) agreed to vote his shares in favor.