The following press release was published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Sept. 5. It is reproduced in full below.

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by R. Dean Phillips Bank Trust Dated 11-19-2004, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and its subsidiary, HNB Bancorp, Inc., of Hannibal, Missouri, to acquire Northeast Missouri Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, The Mercantile Bank of Louisiana, Missouri, both of Louisiana, Missouri.

Attached is the Board's order relating to this action.

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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System