TowneBank Expands Carolinas Presence Through Agreement to Acquire Dogwood State Bank

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[{"type":"text","content":"SUFFOLK, Va. and RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hampton Roads based TowneBank (NASDAQ: TOWN) and Raleigh based Dogwood State Bank (OTCQX: DSBX) (“Dogwood”), today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which TowneBank will acquire Dogwood State Bank. The proposed transaction substantially enhances TowneBank’s strategic journey down the fast-growing Interstate 85 corridor from Richmond, Virginia to Greenville and the upstate region of South Carolina. The bank’s current market position will be expanded in Raleigh, Greensboro-Winston Salem, Greenville, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Additionally, the merger will increase the bank’s footprint along the Eastern North Carolina coast from the Outer Banks to also include Morehead City, Greenville, Fayetteville, and Wilmington along with a new location in beautiful and historic Charleston, South Carolina. Pro forma for TowneBank’s pending acquisition of Old Point Financial Corporation (expected to close September 1, 2025) and the proposed acquisition of Dogwood, the combined company would have total assets of approximately $22 billion, loans of approximately $16 billion and deposits of approximately $19 billion at close of the transactions. TowneBank expects the acquisition of Dogwood to be approximately 8.0% accretive to 2027E earnings per share with fully phased-in cost savings on a GAAP basis. Under the terms of the merger agreement, common shareholders of Dogwood will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.700 shares of TowneBank common stock for each outstanding share of Dogwood common stock. This implies a deal value per share of $25.04 or approximately $476.2 million based on TowneBank’s 15-day average closing stock price of $35.77 on August 18, 2025. Steve Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Dogwood, will continue in a key leadership role within the combined company and will join TowneBank as President of its North Carolina and South Carolina banking operations, and be a member of the TowneBank Corporate Management team. “It has been my pleasure to know Steve for a number of years and we have always admired the great job he and his team have done building Dogwood State Bank. We are excited to have Steve and his talented teammates join hands and hearts with our Towne family to take our Main Street Bank forward in the fast-growing North Caro...

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