First Community Bankshares, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Hometown Bancshares, Inc.

BLUEFIELD, Va., July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Community Bankshares, Inc. (“First Community”) (NASDAQ: FCBC), headquartered in Bluefield, VA, and Hometown Bancshares, Inc. (“Hometown”), headquartered in Middlebourne, WV, jointly announced today their entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to this Agreement, First Community will acquire Hometown, and First Community’s banking subsidiary, First Community Bank, will acquire Hometown’s banking subsidiary, Union Bank, Inc. As of June 30, 2025, Union Bank had total assets of approximately $402 million. Upon completion of the transaction, First Community is expected to have total consolidated assets of approximately $3.6 billion with 60 branch locations in four states.

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