Heritage Bankshares, Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval of Merger with Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Bankshares, Inc. ("Heritage") (OTCQX: HBKS), today announced that its shareholders have approved the merger between Heritage Bankshares, Inc. and Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. at a Special Shareholders' Meeting held today.  Of the 2,305,304 shares eligible to vote as of the record date, 1,883,811 affirmative votes, or 81.7%, were cast in favor of the merger, exceeding the requirement for approval of 1,544,554 votes, or 66.7%, by 339,257 votes.  A tabulation of voted and nonvoted shares is listed in the table below. 

Of the shares voted, 93.8% were cast in favor of the merger.

About Heritage

Heritage is the parent company of Heritage Bank (www.heritagebankva.com).  Heritage Bank has two full-service branches in the city of Norfolk, two full-service branches in the city of Virginia Beach, and one full-service branch in the city of Chesapeake.

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SOURCE Heritage Bankshares, Inc.

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