AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC., PRAIRIE MERGER SUB, INC. AND PRAIRIE STATE BANCSHARES, INC. Dated as of October 20, 2016Merger Agreement • October 20th, 2016 • Equity Bancshares Inc • State commercial banks • Kansas
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is effective as of October 20, 2016, by and among Equity Bancshares, Inc. (“EQBK”), a Kansas corporation and registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”), Prairie Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Kansas corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of EQBK, and Prairie State Bancshares, Inc. (“Prairie”), a Kansas corporation and registered bank holding company under the BHCA.
