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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. Completes Purchase of Heritage Bank, N.A. in Phoenix, Arizona
DUBUQUE, Iowa --(Business Wire)--
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF) today announced that
it has closed on the purchase of Heritage Bank, National Association, a
Phoenix-based commercial bank. Heritage Bank was previously a subsidiary
of Ameri-National Corporation of Overland Park, Kansas.
Heartland acquired Heritage in an all-cash transaction valued at
approximately $15.6 million. The purchase price represents a premium of
approximately 1.24 times total equity and a premium on total deposits of
3.56 percent. Heartland expects the transaction to be accretive to
earnings in 2013.
As of September 30, 2012, Heritage had assets of
approximately $107 million, loans of $73 million and deposits of $84
million. The acquisition expands the number of Heartland banking
locations in the Phoenix, Arizona market from seven to nine.
Heartland will operate Heritage Bank as a separate charter until late in
the first quarter of 2013 when it expects to combine the Heritage
charter with Heartland's Arizona Bank & Trust subsidiary and complete
the systems conversion.
Stifel Nicolaus (News - Alert) Weisel acted as financial advisor to Heartland and The
Hovde Group acted as financial advisor to Ameri-National Corporation.
About Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is a $4.6 illion diversified financial
services company providing commercial and retail banking, residential
mortgage, wealth management, investment services, insurance and consumer
finance services. Heartland currently has 68 banking locations in 46
communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana,
Colorado and Minnesota and mortgage loan production offices in
California, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and North Dakota. Additional
information about Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is available at www.htlf.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release, and future oral and written statements of Heartland and
its management, may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 about
Heartland's financial condition, results of operations, plans,
objectives, future performance and business. Although these
forward-looking statements are based upon the beliefs, expectations and
assumptions of Heartland's management, there are a number of factors,
many of which are beyond the ability of management to control or
predict, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in its forward-looking statements. These factors, which are detailed in
the risk factors included in Heartland's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, include, among
others: (i) the strength of the local and national economy; (ii) the
economic impact of past and any future terrorist threats and attacks and
any acts of war, (iii) changes in state and federal laws, regulations
and governmental policies concerning the Company's general business;
(iv) changes in interest rates and prepayment rates of the Company's
assets; (v) increased competition in the financial services sector and
the inability to attract new customers; (vi) changes in technology and
the ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic
systems; (vii) the loss of key executives or employees; (viii) changes
in consumer spending; (ix) unexpected results of acquisitions; (x)
unexpected outcomes of existing or new litigation involving the Company;
and (xi) changes in accounting policies and practices. All statements in
this release, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the
date they are made, and Heartland undertakes no obligation to update any
statement in light of new information or future events.
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