Basically, our board's philosophy has always been we are not for sale. But not only are they offering us a very attractive price for our shareholders, our customers will continue to be served by the same employees and officers that have built this bank. |
The community should not be apprehensive of this change. |
The larger a bank gets, by necessity controls have to increase. You can't operate hundreds of branches and let each branch do their own thing. Some things will have to be adjusted. |