Jan 16 (Reuters) - Firstsun Capital Bancorp FSUN.PK :
* FIRSTSUN CAPITAL BANCORP AND HOMESTREET, INC. ANNOUNCE
TRANSFORMATIONAL STRATEGIC MERGER AND $175 MILLION EQUITY RAISE
* HOMESTREET INC: HOMESTREET SHAREHOLDERS WILL RECEIVE
0.4345 OF A
SHARE OF FIRSTSUN COMMON STOCK FOR EACH SHARE OF HOMESTREET
COMMON STOCK
* HOMESTREET INC: PROPOSED DEAL FOR $14.75 PER SHARE
* HOMESTREET INC - DEAL RESULTS IN 30%+ ACCRETION TO FSUN'S
2025
ESTIMATED EPS
* HOMESTREET: MOLLIE HALE CARTER, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF
FIRSTSUN,
& NEAL ARNOLD, CEO OF FIRSTSUN, WILL RETAIN CURRENT ROLES AT
COMBINED CO
* HOMESTREET: MARK MASON, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT &
CEO OF
HOMESTREET, WILL SERVE AS EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN AT COMBINED CO
* HOMESTREET INC - THREE CURRENT HOMESTREET DIRECTORS,
INCLUSIVE
OF MASON, WILL JOIN COMBINED COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT
CLOSING
* HOMESTREET- IN EQUITY CAPITAL RAISE TRANSACTION, FIRSTSUN
WILL
SELL ABOUT 2.46 MILLION SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT $32.50 PER
SHARE AT DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT
* HOMESTREET INC -IN EQUITY CAPITAL RAISE TRANSACTION,
FIRSTSUN
WILL SELL ABOUT 2.92 MILLION SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT
$32.50 PER SHARE AT DEAL CLOSING
* HOMESTREET INC - COMBINED ENTITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LISTED
ON
NASDAQ UPON CLOSING
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