BancFirst Ohio Completes $2.1M Deal for a Financial Planning Firm

Zanesville, Ohio-based BancFirst Ohio Corp. has bought a nearby financial planning firm for $2.1 million of stock.

BancFirst, a $1.2 billion-asset bank holding company, exchanged 82,000 shares for Chornyak & Associates Inc. of Worthington, Ohio. The deal, which closed April 5, is expected to be immediately accretive to BancFirst's earnings.

The deal lets BancFirst offer financial planning services to its customers for the first time.

Chornyak & Associates has retained its name and president, Joseph A. Chornyak. The firm is now a subsidiary of BancFirst's lead bank, First National Bank of Zanesville.

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