ABILENE, Texas, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First FinancialBankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FFIN) announced plans today to host investorinformational meetings for shareholders, stockbrokers and other interestedparties in several Texas cities where it owns banks. Investor meetings areplanned for Stephenville, San Angelo, Southlake and Weatherford during thefirst quarter of 2008. Similar meetings were held in Hereford and Cleburnein 2007. F. Scott Dueser, President and CEO, and J. Bruce Hildebrand, ChiefFinancial Officer, will make investor presentations at the meetings anddiscuss the Company's financial and operational results.
The schedule of meetings is as follows: -- First Financial Bank, N.A., Stephenville -- The investor meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on January 16, 2008, at the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Theatre at Tarleton State University. To R.S.V.P., call Mindy Wooley at 254-918-6218 or e-mail mwooley@ffinbank.com. -- San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo -- The investor meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on February 12, 2008, at the bank's downtown location, 301 W. Beauregard. To R.S.V.P., call Mindy Davis at 325-659-5974 or e-mail mcdavis@sanb-tx.com. -- First Financial Bank, N.A., Southlake -- The investor meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on February 20, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel at the Southlake Town Square, 1400 Plaza Place. To R.S.V.P., call Sue Fuller at 817-410-2921 or e-mail sfuller@firstfinbank.com. -- Weatherford National Bank, Weatherford -- The investor meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on March 12, 2008, at Chandor Gardens in Weatherford. To R.S.V.P., call Wendy Davis at 817-598-2502 or e-mail wdavis@wnbk.com. Individuals interested in attending one of the planned investormeetings are requested to R.S.V.P. per the above phone numbers or e-mailaddresses. The Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under thetrading symbol FFIN. For more information about First Financial Bankshares,please visit our Web site at http://www.ffin.com. This site includes a copyof the slide presentation used at the most recent investor meeting. Inaddition, interested parties may sign-up for e-mail notification to receivethe Company's daily stock prices, news releases, SEC filings and otherinformation. To sign up, visit the investor relations section of theCompany's Web site at http://www.ffin.com/invrel.asp?req=email or call theCompany's investor relations department at 325-627-7155. Headquartered in Abilene, Texas, First Financial Bankshares is afinancial holding company that operates ten separately chartered banks with45 locations in Texas. The bank subsidiaries are First Financial Bank,N.A., Abilene, Clyde, Moran and Albany; First Financial Bank, N.A.,Eastland, Ranger and Rising Star; First Financial Bank, N.A., Cleburne,Burleson, Alvarado and Midlothian; Hereford State Bank, Hereford; FirstFinancial Bank, N.A., Mineral Wells; San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo;First Financial Bank, N.A., Southlake, Trophy Club, Keller, Bridgeport,Decatur and Boyd; First Financial Bank, N.A., Stephenville, Granbury andGlen Rose; First National Bank, Sweetwater, Roby and Trent; and WeatherfordNational Bank, Weatherford, Willow Park and Aledo. The Company alsooperates First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, N.A., with fivelocations and First Technology Services, Inc., a technology operatingcompany. Certain statements contained herein may be considered "forward-lookingstatements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of1995. These statements are based upon the belief of the Company'smanagement, as well as assumptions made beyond information currentlyavailable to the Company's management, and may be, but not necessarily are,identified by such words as "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "target","forecast" and "goal". Because such "forward-looking statements" aresubject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materiallyfrom those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factorsthat could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company'sexpectations include competition from other financial institutions andfinancial holding companies; the effects of and changes in trade, monetaryand fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of theFederal Reserve Board; changes in the demand for loans; fluctuations invalue of collateral and loan reserves; inflation, interest rate, market andmonetary fluctuations; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savingshabits; and acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses, andsimilar variables. Other key risks are described in the Company's reportsfiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be obtainedunder "Investor Relations-Documents/Filings" on the Company's Web site orby writing or calling the Company at 325.627.7155. Except as otherwisestated in this news announcement, the Company does not undertake anyobligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statementsbecause of new information, future events or otherwise.
