Announcement • Jan 13
TowneBank (NasdaqGS:TOWN) completed the acquisition of Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX). TowneBank (NasdaqGS:TOWN) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) for approximately $500 million on August 18, 2025. Under the terms of the merger agreement, common shareholders of Dogwood will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.700 shares of TowneBank common stock for each outstanding share of Dogwood common stock. This implies a deal value per share of $25.04 or approximately $476.2 million. Steve Jones will continue in a key leadership role within the combined company and will join TowneBank as President of its North Carolina and South Carolina banking operations, and be a member of the TowneBank Corporate Management team.
Steven W. Jones, the former chief executive officer of Dogwood, will continue in a key leadership role with the combined company and join TowneBank as President of the Carolinas, serving as a member of the TowneBank Corporate Management Group. Mr. Jones and George (Robin) Perkins, a former director of Dogwood, were appointed to the TowneBank Board of Directors.
The definitive agreement was approved by the boards of directors of TowneBank and Dogwood. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approval, as well as the approval of Dogwood’s shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. As on January 12, 2026, the transaction has been approved by the TowneBank shareholders and received regulatory approval.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. served as the financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as legal counsel to TowneBank. Piper Sandler & Co. served as the financial advisor and David F. Paulson, Benjamin A. McCall, Scott H. Richter, Nona K. Massengill, Lee G. Lester, Anna K. Derewenda and J. Conrad Garcia of Williams Mullen served as legal counsel to Dogwood. Mark Kanaly, Stuart Rogers of Alston & Bird, LLP represented Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as financial advisor.
TowneBank (NasdaqGS:TOWN) completed the acquisition of Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) on January 12, 2026. As a part of acquisition Dogwood locations will operate as "Dogwood State Bank, a Division of TowneBank" until November 2026, when the core systems and operations of Dogwood are scheduled to be converted into those of TowneBank. Announcement • Aug 19
TowneBank (NasdaqGS:TOWN) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) for approximately $500 million. TowneBank (NasdaqGS:TOWN) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) for approximately $500 million on August 19, 2025. Under the terms of the merger agreement, common shareholders of Dogwood will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.700 shares of TowneBank common stock for each outstanding share of Dogwood common stock. This implies a deal value per share of $25.04 or approximately $476.2 million. Steve Jones will continue in a key leadership role within the combined company and will join TowneBank as President of its North Carolina and South Carolina banking operations, and be a member of the TowneBank Corporate Management team. The definitive agreement was approved by the boards of directors of TowneBank and Dogwood. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approval, as well as the approval of Dogwood’s shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in early 2026. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. served as the financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as legal counsel to TowneBank. Piper Sandler & Co. served as the financial advisor and Williams Mullen served as legal counsel to Dogwood. Announcement • Feb 02
Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) entered into definitive merger agreement to acquire Community First Bancorporation (OTCPK:CFOK) for $54.7 million. Dogwood State Bank (OTCPK:DSBX) entered into definitive merger agreement to acquire Community First Bancorporation (OTCPK:CFOK) for $54.7 million on February 1, 2024. Under the agreement, Dogwood State Bank to acquire Community First Bancorporation, and its subsidiary, Community First Bank in an all-stock merger. The merger agreement provides that each Community First Bancorporation common shareholder receive 0.5875 shares and each preferred shareholder will receive 64.7719 shares of Dogwood’s voting common stock. The transaction is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and to provide a tax-free exchange for Community First Bancorporation stockholders. Based on Dogwood’s most recent capital raise of $16.4 million in March 2023 at $20.00 per share, this would imply a transaction value per share of $11.75 for each Community First Bancorporation common share.
The transaction is anticipated to close in the second half of 2024, subject to customary closing requirements, including Community First shareholder, Dogwood shareholder and regulatory approvals. Following the closing, two directors of Community First Bancorporation will join the Dogwood Board of Directors. Additionally, Dogwood will create an advisory board for the Upstate consisting of members of the Community First Bancorporation Board of Directors. The boards of directors of both businesses have unanimously approved the merger agreement. The transaction is expected to be over 65% accretive to Dogwood’s earnings on a per share basis in 2025.
Jonathan Doyle, Scott Clark, Alex Bondroff and Tom Sullivan of Piper Sandler & Co. acted as financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to Dogwood State Bank and Williams Mullen served as Dogwood State Bank’s legal advisor. D.A. Davidson & Co. acted as financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to Community First Bancorporation and Brooks Pierce LLP served as Community First Bancorporation’s legal advisor. 
