** Bank holding co's shares MFNC.O soar 52.6% to $20.08
after ~$248 mln buyout deal
** Nicolet Bankshares Inc NCBS.O to buy co and its
wholly-owned banking subsidiary, mBank, in a cash and stock deal
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** NCBS's implied offer price of $23.21/shr, represents a
69.4% premium of MFNC's close on Friday
** Combined co will have pro forma total assets of $6.1 bln,
deposits of $5.2 bln and loans of $3.9 bln
** NCBS shares plummet 11.6% to $74.8
** MFNC has jumped ~58.8% YTD, while NCBS gained 15.2%
(Reporting by Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
((sahil.shaw@thomsonreuters.com))