Atlantic Coast Financial To Merge With Bond Street - Quick Facts

(RTTNews.com) - Atlantic Coast Financial Corp. (ACFC), the holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Bond Street Holdings Inc. by which the company will merge into Bond Street, a community-oriented bank holding company with $3.2 billion in total assets that operates 41 community banking branches along both Florida coasts and in the Orlando area.

Following the completion of that transaction, Atlantic Coast Bank will merge into Florida Community Bank, N.A., Bond Street's banking subsidiary.

As a result of the merger agreement, the company's stockholders will receive $5.00 per share in cash for each common share owned. The $5.00 per share merger consideration to be realized by the Company's stockholders represents a premium of approximately 49% to the Company's average stock price of $3.36 over the 10-day period ended February 25, 2013.

Of the total transaction price of $5.00, $2.00 will be held in an escrow account and will be available to cover losses from stockholder claims for one year or until the final resolution of such claims, if later.

The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of Company stockholders.

When the transaction is completed, Florida Community Bank will become the fourth largest bank headquartered in Florida, with almost $4 billion in assets and 53 locations along both Florida coasts and in Southeast Georgia, the company said.

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