Community Bank Shares in Indiana to Sell Stock for Investors

By Colin Wilhelm March 23, 2015, 5:39 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

M&A

Community Bank Shares to Buy First Financial Service in Kentucky

Community Bank Shares of Indiana (CBIN) in New Albany has agreed to buy First Financial Service (FFKY) in Elizabethtown, Ky.

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Community banking

Northwest Indiana Bancorp Has a New President: the Chairman's Son

The president's job at Northwest Indiana Bancorp of Munster, Ind., has been passed on to a fourth generation of Bochnowski. The company said Benjamin Bochnowski, who remains the company's chief operating officer, will have the same posts at its bank.

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Community Bank Shares of Indiana in New Albany has registered to sell stock on behalf of several investors.

The $1.7 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that it will sell about 1.1 million shares at $27.50 a share, raising nearly $31 million for certain investors.

Funds tied to EJF Financial will sell at least 140,000 shares, while a fund associated with Bridge Equities will sell more than 134,000 shares. Funds tied to Bay Pond Partners plan to sell more than 180,000 shares. All of those entities will be cashing out of the company with the offering.

Community Bank Shares conduced a private offering to help fund its purchase of Kentucky's First Financial Service in a deal that closed earlier this year.

Colin Wilhelm

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