PB Financial Corporation Completes Merger with Coastal Bank & Trust - Seite 2

Richard G. Jefferson, former President & CEO of Coastal, will remain with Providence. He shared, "Providence and Coastal shared a similar culture. We have seasoned bankers who excel at building relationships with customers who want what community banks offer-personal service and local decision-making by people who know and care about the community. This merger benefits our team, our customers, and our shareholders."

PB Financial completed a private placement of $17.9 million of preferred stock in March 2024 that will be used to support future growth, the combined bank's regulatory capital position, and for other general corporate purposes.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC served as PB Financial's financial advisor and Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP served as its legal counsel. Burke Stelling Group, LLC served as Coastal's financial advisor and Ward and Smith, P.A. served as its legal counsel.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

About PB Financial Corporation.
PB Financial Corporation is the holding company for Providence Bank, a state-chartered community bank headquartered at 450 N. Winstead Avenue in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Bank opened its doors to customers in 2006 and has since been dedicated to serving its communities by offering a full suite of banking services to individuals and businesses. With the completion of the Coastal merger, the combined bank operates ten full-service offices serving North Carolina communities from the capital to the coast: Holly Ridge, Jacksonville, Morehead City, Nashville, Raleigh, Richlands, Rocky Mount (2 locations), Tarboro and Wilson, with a loan production office in New Bern. For more information and additional financial data, please visit www.pbknc.com.

Cautionary Language regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
Statements made in this release, other than those concerning historical financial information, may be considered forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions. These include statements as to the anticipated benefits of the merger, including future financial and operating results and expectations on earnings accretion, as well as other statements of expectations regarding the merger and any other statements regarding future results or expectations. Caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. PB Financial's ability to predict results, or the actual effect of future plans or strategies, is inherently uncertain. Factors which could have a material effect on the operations and future prospects of PB Financial and such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: the businesses of Providence and Coastal may not be integrated successfully or such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; the timeline for system's conversion may take longer than anticipated; expected revenue synergies and cost savings from the merger may not be fully realized or realized within the expected timeframe; revenues following the merger may be lower than expected; customer and employee relationships and business operations may be disrupted by the merger and the integration of the two banks; changes in interest rates, general economic and business conditions; legislative/regulatory changes; the monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; the quality and composition of the loan and securities portfolios; demand for loan products; deposit flows; competition; demand for financial services in the company's market areas; implementation of new technologies and our ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic systems; changes in the securities markets; and changes in accounting principles, policies and guidelines. PB Financial Corporation undertakes no obligation to update or clarify these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.