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| CONTACT: | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
| John K. Schmidt | December 10, 2012 |
| Chief Operating Officer | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (563) 589-1994 | |
jschmidt@htlf.com
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HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA, INC. COMPLETES PURCHASE OF
HERITAGE BANK, N.A. IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Dubuque, Iowa, December 10, 2012-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 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 billion 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.
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