** Shares of regional lender Independent Bank Group IBTX.O
rise 3% to $45.28 in light premarket trading
** Peer Southstate Corp SSB.O to acquire the lender in an
all-stock deal worth about $2 bln
** As part of the deal, Independent Bank shareholders will
receive 0.60 shares of SouthState common stock
** Deal values IBTX at $48.51 per share, representing a
10.4% premium to the stock's last close
** YTD, stock is down ~13.6%
(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru)
((JaiveerSingh.Shekhawat@thomsonreuters.com;))