Mississippi Business Journal » Paul B. Murphy Jr. http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Still in acquisition mode, Cadence set to buy Houston’s Encore Bancshares Inc. http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/still-in-acquisition-mode-cadence-set-to-buy-houston%e2%80%99s-encore-bancshares-inc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-in-acquisition-mode-cadence-set-to-buy-houston%25e2%2580%2599s-encore-bancshares-inc http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/still-in-acquisition-mode-cadence-set-to-buy-houston%e2%80%99s-encore-bancshares-inc/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:14:32 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=53892 Birmingham’s Cadence Bancorp, formerly headquartered in Starkville, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Houston-based Encore Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBTX) in an all-cash transaction of $20.62 per share. Under the deal, Cadence would pay approximately $250 million for the approximately 12.1 million outstanding shares of Encore, a $1.6 billion banking company with 12 locations in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/still-in-acquisition-mode-cadence-set-to-buy-houston%e2%80%99s-encore-bancshares-inc/feed/ 0 Mallory exit to carry out earlier agreement on Cadence retirement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/mallory-exit-to-carry-out-earlier-agreement-on-cadence-retirement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mallory-exit-to-carry-out-earlier-agreement-on-cadence-retirement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/mallory-exit-to-carry-out-earlier-agreement-on-cadence-retirement/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:57 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=37548 The early March closing of an acquisition by Houston banking investment company Community Bancorp, LLC, will mark the end of Cadence Financial Corp. chairman and CEO Lewis Mallory Jr.’s 47 years with the Starkville-based regional bank. Mark Abernathy, Cadence’s president, is expected to be elected CEO and Paul B. Murphy Jr., Community Bancorp president, chairman, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/mallory-exit-to-carry-out-earlier-agreement-on-cadence-retirement/feed/ 0 Mallory carrying out 3-year-old agreement to retire as Cadence Bank CEO & chairman http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/18/mallory-carrying-out-3-year-old-agreement-to-retire-as-cadence-bank-ceo-chairman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mallory-carrying-out-3-year-old-agreement-to-retire-as-cadence-bank-ceo-chairman http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/18/mallory-carrying-out-3-year-old-agreement-to-retire-as-cadence-bank-ceo-chairman/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:00:07 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=37221 By Ted Carter The early March closing of an acquisition by Houston banking investment company Community Bancorp LLC will mark the end of Cadence Financial Corp. Chairman & CEO Lewis Mallory Jr.’s 47 years with the Starkville-based regional bank. Mark Abernathy, Cadence’s president, is expected to be elected CEO and Paul B. Murphy Jr., Community [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/18/mallory-carrying-out-3-year-old-agreement-to-retire-as-cadence-bank-ceo-chairman/feed/ 0 ‘Tarnished franchise?’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/17/%e2%80%98tarnished-franchise%e2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25e2%2580%2598tarnished-franchise%25e2%2580%2599 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/17/%e2%80%98tarnished-franchise%e2%80%99/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:00:47 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=32013 Cadence battles public opinion after backing out of Trustmark deal; claims it saved 125 jobs in Starkville area because of the move Cadence Bank’s shareholders — especially the “insiders” who own nearly11 percent of the bank holding company’s stock — get an appealing payday from last week’s decision to scrap an acquisition deal with Trustmark [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/17/%e2%80%98tarnished-franchise%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 So much for a handshake http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/so-much-for-a-handshake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-much-for-a-handshake http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/so-much-for-a-handshake/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:00:19 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=31745 Cadence spurns Trustmark for upstart Houston investment group In the end, Starkville-based Cadence Bank’s handshake and “definitive agreement” with Trustmark National Bank went by the wayside last Wednesday in exchange for an attractive sale price and immediate capital injection of upwards of $200 million from a Houston banking investment group. The prospect of keeping intact [...]

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