Sept 28 (Reuters) - Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc SMBC.O :
* SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP AND FORTUNE FINANCIAL ANNOUNCE
AGREEMENT TO MERGE
* SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP -FORTUNE SHAREHOLDERS TO RECEIVE
EITHER FIXED EXCHANGE RATIO OF 0.2853 SHARES OF CO OR CASH
PAYMENT OF $12.55/FORTUNE SHARE
* SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP - SIGNING OF DEFINITIVE MERGER
AGREEMENT WHEREBY SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL ACQUIRE FORTUNE IN A
STOCK AND CASH TRANSACTION
* AS PART OF MERGER, SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL ALSO ASSUME
APPROXIMATELY $7.5 MILLION IN SUBORDINATED DEBT
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