Prosperity Bancshares completes $590 million cash and stock merger with Stellar Bancorp
Prosperity Bancshares completed its acquisition of Stellar Bancorp on July 1, 2026, with Stellar merging into Prosperity and Stellar Bank merging into Prosperity Bank. Stellar holders received 0.3803 Prosperity shares plus $11.36 in cash per share, with total consideration of about $590 million in cash and 19 million Prosperity shares, and the filing notes Prosperity assumed about $2.17 billion in Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas obligations.
Key points
- Closing effective July 1, 2026; merger agreement dated January 27, 2026
- Stellar holders received 0.3803 Prosperity shares and $11.36 cash per share; total consideration about $590 million cash and 19 million shares
- Prosperity assumed about $2.17 billion in FHLB Dallas obligations issued to Stellar Bank
- Robert R. Franklin, Jr. joined the board and became Vice Chairman; his agreement includes a $3,000,000 signing bonus and a 25,000-share restricted stock award
The filing
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