MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of First IC Corporation
MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ: MCBS) completed its acquisition of First IC Corporation effective after the close of business on December 1, 2025.
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MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ: MCBS) completed its acquisition of First IC Corporation effective after the close of business on December 1, 2025. The combined company now reports approximately $4.8 billion in total assets, $4.0 billion in total loans, and $3.6 billion in total deposits, and operates 30 full-service branches plus 2 loan production offices across Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Virginia.
Transaction advisors included Hillworth Bank Partners and Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP for MetroCity, and Stephens Inc. and Alston & Bird LLP for First IC.
Positive
- Total assets of $4.8 billion after closing
- Total loans of $4.0 billion consolidated
- Total deposits of $3.6 billion consolidated
- 30 full-service branches and 2 loan production offices across eight states
Negative
- None.
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News Market Reaction – MCBS
On Dec 2, the day this news came out, MCBS closed 0.04% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Dec 2 session.
Key Figures
- Total assets
- $4.8 billion
- Pro forma after First IC acquisition completion
- Total loans
- $4.0 billion
- Pro forma combined loan portfolio
- Total deposits
- $3.6 billion
- Pro forma combined deposit base
- Branch count
- 30 full-service branches
- Across eight U.S. states after acquisition
- Loan production offices
- 2 offices
- Post-acquisition footprint
- Acquisition effective date
- December 1, 2025
- First IC transaction closing date
Historical Context
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Completion of First IC acquisition and disclosure of combined balance sheet size.
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Announcement of expected December 1, 2025 closing date for First IC merger.
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Q3 2025 earnings growth with strong ROA, ROE and merger progress disclosure.
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Declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share.
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Q2 2025 earnings with resilient margins, stable credit, and merger approvals.
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Key Terms
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"First IC and MetroCity have long competed with and admired one another and we are pleased to have combined our two organizations to create a better bank for our customers," said Nack Paek, Chairman and CEO of MetroCity. "This partnership strengthens our competitive position and increases the financial flexibility to continue to build the best bank possible and make a positive impact in the communities we serve."
With the completion of the acquisition, MetroCity now has approximately
Advisors
Hillworth Bank Partners acted as financial advisor to MetroCity and rendered a fairness opinion to its board of directors. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP served as legal counsel to MetroCity.
Stephens Inc. acted as financial advisor to First IC and rendered a fairness opinion to its board of directors. Alston & Bird LLP served as legal counsel to First IC.
Contact: | Lucas Stewart |
MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
678-580-6414 | |
lucasstewart@metrocitybank.bank |
About MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.
MetroCity Bankshares, Inc., headquartered in
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, financial projections, and statements about the benefits of the transaction, and the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of MetroCity. Such statements reflect the current views of MetroCity with respect to future events and financial performance, and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs, expectations, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements often, but not always, may be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believes," "can," "could," "may," "predicts," "potential," "should," "will," "estimate," "plans," "projects," "continuing," "ongoing," "expects," "intends" and similar words or phrases. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
MetroCity cautions that the forward-looking statements in this communication are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess and are subject to change based on factors which are, in many instances, beyond MetroCity's control.
Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in MetroCity's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, including in the respective "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of such report, as well as in subsequent SEC filings, each of which is on file with the SEC and available in the "SEC Filings" section of MetroCity's website, www.metrocitybank.bank/investor-relations/sec-filings, and in other documents MetroCity files with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are based on information available at that time. MetroCity assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by applicable law. As forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance on such statements. All forward-looking statements, express or implied, included in the document are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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