Banner Corporation to Acquire Home Federal Bancorp in Deal Valued at $197M
September 24, 2013 at 17:31 PM EDT
Banner Corporation ("Banner") (Nasdaq: BANR ), the holding company for Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, and Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. ("Home") (Nasdaq: HOME ), the holding company for Home Federal Bank, today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Banner will acquire Home. The