M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
FB Financial to acquire Southern States Bancshares in all-stock merger
FB Financial Corp
- Exchange ratio: 0.80 FB Financial shares per Southern States share; cash for fractional shares.
- Southern States had $2.8B assets, $2.2B loans, $2.4B deposits as of Dec 31, 2024.
- Deal adds 15 branches across Alabama and Georgia plus two loan production offices in Atlanta MSA.
- Termination fee of $15M payable by either party under specified conditions.
- Insider voting agreements cover ~5.4% of SSBK and ~1.83% of FBK shares in favor of deal.