Jan 24 (Reuters) - National Bankshares Inc NKSH.O :
* NATIONAL BANKSHARES, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE
FRONTIER COMMUNITY BANK
* NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC - SHAREHOLDERS OF FRONTIER TO HAVE
RIGHT
TO RECEIVE EITHER 0.4250 SHARES OF CO'S COMMON STOCK
* NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC - UPON COMPLETION , FRONTIER WILL
MERGE
INTO NATIONAL BANK OF BLACKSBURG, WHOLLY OWNED BANK SUBSIDIARY
OF NATIONAL BANKSHARES
* NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC - FRONTIER WILL HAVE RIGHT TO ALSO
RECEIVE $14.48 IN CASH FOR EACH SHARE OF FRONTIER COMMON STOCK
THEY HOLD
* NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC - AGGREGATE VALUE OF TRANSACTION
IS
APPROXIMATELY $17.1 MILLION
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