Article: First Banks, Inc. and Pittsfield Community Bancorp, Inc. Announce Signing of Agreement for Acquisition of Pittsfield Community Bancorp, Inc.

ST. LOUIS -- First Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBNKM) (NYSE: FBSPrA) ("First Banks") and Pittsfield Community Bancorp, Inc. ("Bancorp") jointly announce the previous signing on December 19, 2005 of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that provides for First Banks to acquire Bancorp and its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Community Bank of Pittsfield ("Pittsfield"). Pittsfield, a state chartered bank with its headquarters in Pittsfield, Illinois, operates two banking offices with one in Pittsfield, Illinois and one in Mount Sterling, Illinois. Under the terms of the agreement, Pittsfield will merge with and into First Bank, a Missouri state chartered bank and wholly owned ...

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