Stockholders of LBC Bancshares, Inc. Approve Merger With Colony Bankcorp, Inc.

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. announced that the shareholders of LBC Bancshares, Inc. ("LBC"), parent company of Calumet Bank, a Georgia state-chartered bank, have voted to approve Colony's proposed acquisition of 100% of the common stock of LBC in a combined stock-and-cash transaction valued at approximately $34.1 million (the "Merger"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into on December 18, 2018 (the "Merger Agreement").  The transaction remains subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals, which is anticipated by mid-April, and is expected to be completed on May 1, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions contained in the Merger Agreement.