MIDBEST BANCOMPANY Purchases Bank Star One

"The time was right, we felt, to pass the baton to another great organization in MIDBEST BANCOMPANY. We know they will extend their abundant array of banking services to our customers in mid-Missouri in their usual highly professional manner. Our customers will be pleased, I'm sure, and we wish MIDBEST BANCOMPANY the very best."

MIDBEST BANCOMPANY Chairman Bob Robuck reflected on the acquisition. "We are excited to welcome the employees and customers of Bank Star One to the MIDBEST BANCOMPANY family. We are already working diligently to make this transition as smooth as possible and can't wait to show our new customers that our customer service will make their banking experience second to none."

Bank Star One's locations will continue to operate under their current name until MIDBEST BANCOMPANY performs a complete technical evaluation and integration of the Bank Star One systems. This integration is expected to be complete in mid-2017, at which point all Bank Star One facilities will be combined with existing MIDBEST BANCOMPANY affiliate banks.

MIDBEST BANCOMPANY is a $12 billion, Missouri-based bank holding company with 13 full-service community banks and more than 250 locations in 66 communities serving consumers and businesses in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Oklahoma. The MIDBEST BANCOMPANY family of banks are MidBest Bank, MidBest Bank of Boone County, MidBest Bank of Lake of the Ozarks, MidBest Bank of Moberly, MidBest Bank of the Ozarks, MidBest Bank of Warrensburg, MidBest Bank of Audrain County, MidBest Bank of St. Louis, Jefferson Bank of Missouri, MidBest Bank of the Midwest, MidBest Bank of Oklahoma, MidBest Bank of Branson, and MidBest Bank of Sedalia. Affiliate companies include MidBest Trust Company, Central Technology Services, Central Investment Advisors, Central Mortgage Services and Central Travel.