Merchants Bancorp's Joy State Bank Completes Acquisition of Farmers-Merchants National Bank of Paxton

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Oct 01, 2018, 08:00 ET

CARMEL, Ind., Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Merchants Bancorp, Carmel, IN ("Merchants"; Nasdaq: MBIN), and its subsidiary, Joy State Bank, an Illinois charted bank located in Joy, IL ("Joy") announced today it has closed on its acquisition of FM Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company located in Paxton, Illinois ("FM Bancorp"), and FM Bancorp's subsidiary, Farmers-Merchants National Bank of Paxton, a national banking association located in Paxton, Illinois ("Farmers-Merchants"). Effective October 1, 2018, FM Bancorp has merged with and into Merchants, with Merchants as the surviving entity, and Farmers-Merchants has merged with and into Joy, with Joy as the surviving bank.

"Closing this transaction adds to our growing presence in Illinois and represents another milestone in supporting our vision of sustainable growth into new products and markets that will benefit all our stakeholders," said Michael Petrie, Chairman and CEO of Merchants. The acquisition of Farmers-Merchants, adds $112 million in assets and $98 million in total deposits, as of June 30, 2018, to Merchants.

Additionally, beginning October 22, 2018, Joy State Bank's name will change to Farmers-Merchants Bank of Illinois. "The name Farmers-Merchants Bank of Illinois will better reflect the bank's relationship as part of the Merchants family and help demonstrate to customers its presence beyond Mercer County, Illinois after closing this acquisition, but at the same time not losing the bank's roots as a community focused and agricultural lender," said Mr. Petrie.

ABOUT MERCHANTS BANCORP
Merchants Bancorp is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana operating multiple lines of business with a focus on Federal Housing Administration ("FHA") multi-family housing and healthcare facility financing and servicing, mortgage warehouse financing, retail and correspondent residential mortgage banking, agricultural lending and traditional community banking. Merchants Bancorp, with $3.8 billion in assets and $3.2 billion in deposits as of June 30, 2018, conducts its business through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Merchants Capital Corp., Joy State Bank, RICHMAC Funding LLC and Merchants Mortgage, a division of Merchants Bank of Indiana. Additional information is available at www.merchantsbankofindiana.com.

ABOUT JOY STATE BANK
Joy State Bank has served the Mercer County, IL community and the surrounding area for over 95 years. Joy currently offers Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Roth IRAs and Health Savings Accounts and is continuing to develop other products. After the closing of this transaction, Joy will operate out of five branches located in Joy, Melvin, New Boston, Paxton, and Piper City, Illinois. Additional information is available at www.joystatebank.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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