California’s Simplicity Bancorp to Merge with HomeStreet, Inc.HomeStreet, Inc. • September 29th, 2014 • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
Company FiledSeptember 29th, 2014 IndustrySEATTLE, Wash. & COVINA, Calif.-September 29, 2014-HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST) (“HomeStreet”) has entered into a definitive agreement under which Simplicity Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMPL) (“Simplicity”), a Maryland corporation and savings and loan holding company, will merge with HomeStreet, and Simplicity Bank, a federally chartered savings bank institution, will merge with HomeStreet’s subsidiary, HomeStreet Bank. The merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including shareholder and regulatory approvals.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 BETWEEN HOMESTREET, INC. a Washington corporation; AND SIMPLICITY BANCORP, INC. a Maryland corporationAgreement and Plan of Merger • September 29th, 2014 • HomeStreet, Inc. • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Washington
Contract Type FiledSeptember 29th, 2014 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 27, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is by and between HomeStreet, Inc. (“HomeStreet”), a Washington corporation and registered savings and loan holding company, and Simplicity Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation and registered savings and loan holding company (“Simplicity”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned in Section 1.1.