Stonegate Bank Completes Acquisition of Florida Shores Banks

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwired - Jan 16, 2014) -  Stonegate Bank (OTCBB: SGBK) announced today the completion of the merger with Florida Shores Bancorp and its two subsidiary banks, Florida Shores Bank -Southeast and Florida Shores Bank - Southwest, including the minority interests in the subsidiary banks held by other investors. The consolidated bank will report approximately $1.7 billion in total assets.

According to Dave Seleski, President and CEO of Stonegate, "this merger is strategically important for Stonegate in that we will be filling in some important areas of our existing footprint on both the east and west coasts of Florida."

Stonegate currently operates ten offices in Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Collier, Lee and Hillsborough Counties and will be entering Sarasota and Charlotte Counties with three offices. Florida Shores has offices in Broward, Palm Beach, Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota Counties. 

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