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BB&T (BBT) in Winston-Salem, N.C., will eliminate 14 regional presidents as it consolidates regional markets.
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BB&T
The acquisition would allow the $188 billion-asset BB&T to expand in the northern Kentucky and Cincinnati region, where the $1.9 billion-asset Bank of Kentucky operates 32 branches. The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year.
"We are developing exciting plans for additional banking center locations in the greater Cincinnati area," Kelly King, BB&T's chairman and chief executive, said in a news release Monday. "Establishing this new banking region with such strong leadership is an important first step."
The announcement comes just one week after BB&T announced plans to further expand in Texas,
BB&T plans to create a new banking region that encompasses northern Kentucky and the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The unit will be overseen by Andrew Hawking, head of commercial lending at the Bank of Kentucky.
Additionally, Mark Exterkamp, the Bank of Kentucky's executive vice president for retail banking, will lead the new BB&T division's small-business banking group. Robert Zapp, the bank's president and chief executive officer, will join BB&T as chairman of the local advisory board.
The Bank of Kentucky has its headquarters in Crestview Hills.
The Cincinnati division would be the first regional unit created by BB&T since May 2013, when it
Deutsche Bank Securities advised BB&T on the deal, while Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provided legal counsel. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods served as financial adviser to the Bank of Kentucky, and Squire Patton Boggs served as the bank's legal counsel.
