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Merchants & Farmers Bancshares, Inc. to acquire Vernon Bancshares, Inc.

January 19, 2015

Merchants & Farmers Bancshares, Inc. ("M&F Bancshares"), holding company for Merchants & Farmers Bank and Trust Company, ("M&F Bank") announced Thursday, Jan. 15, the signing of a definitive merger agreement, under which M&F Bancshares has agreed to acquire Vernon Bancshares, Inc. ("VBI"). The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC, with Jonathan W. Briggs as lead investment banker, acted as financial advisor to M&F Bancshares, and Jones Walker LLP, with lead attorneys Ron Snider and Rob Carothers, acted as its legal advisors.

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