M&A Deal Summary

Bank OZK Acquires Community & Southern Holdings

On July 20, 2016, Bank OZK acquired financial services company Community & Southern Holdings from MSouth Equity Partners and Lightyear Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bank OZK’s 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Bank OZK’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bank OZK’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-07-20
Target Community & Southern Holdings
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Bank OZK
Sellers(s) MSouth Equity Partners
Lightyear Capital
Deal Type Merger

Target

Community & Southern Holdings

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Community & Southern Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Community & Southern Bank, is one of Georgia’s strongest banks with more than $4.0 billion in assets. Community & Southern Bank is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and operates 47 branches throughout Georgia and one office in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bank OZK

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1903
Sector Financial Services
Employees3,028
Revenue 1.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Bank OZK is a regional bank. Bank of the Ozarks conducts operations through 254 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, California, New York, and Mississippi. Bank OZK was incorporated in 1903 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 4
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-05 Bank of the Carolinas

Mocksville, North Carolina, United States

Bank of the Carolinas Corp. is a provider of financial services.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

MSouth Equity Partners

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 2.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MSouth Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized company investments and acquisitions valued between $25 and $250 million. The Firm prefers opportunities in Southern US and looks to commit $25 to $100 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include distribution, business services, media, telecom, and specialty manufacturing. MSouth is the successor to private equity firm, Cravey, Green & Wahlen, Inc. which was founded in 1984. MSouth Equity Partners is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 36
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Georgia M&A 8 of 16
Country: United States M&A 14 of 36
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-16 Southern Home Services

Maitland, Florida, United States

Southern Home Services is a residential home services provider, specializing in HVAC, plumbing and electrical maintenance, service & replacement. Southern operates multiple brands throughout central Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. Southern Home Services was founded in 2016 and is based in Maitland, Florida.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-17 USA TV MidAmerica

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

USA TV MidAmerica is a company focused on acquiring local broadcast television stations in attractive, mid-tier markets in the U.S. USA TV MidAmerica currently manages six stations that have entrenched market-leading positions in cities with attractive underlying economic fundamentals. Collectively, the USA TV MidAmerica stations reach nearly two million people daily.

Buy -
SELLER

Lightyear Capital

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 4.1B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lightyear Capital is a specialist private equity firm that pursues brand-name businesses in the financial services sector. Lightyear looks for companies with stable, recurring revenues that operate in growing markets. Transaction strategies include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings and consolidations. Lightyear Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 31
Sector: Financial Services M&A 6 of 13
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Georgia M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 14 of 25
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-26 Osaic

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Osaic provides comprehensive broker-dealer services, technology, and advisory programs through its four registered broker-dealers and Registered Investment Advisors. Osaic was founded in 1999 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-21 Yadkin Financial

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Yadkin Financial Corporation is the holding company for Yadkin Bank, a full-service statechartered community bank providing services in 100 branches across North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. Serving approximately 130,000 customers, Yadkin has assets of $7.5 billion. Yadkin Bank's primary business is providing banking, mortgage, investment and insurance services to residents and businesses across the Carolinas. Yadkin Bank provides mortgagelending services through its mortgage division, Yadkin Mortgage, headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Sell $1.4B