Banking & Finance  September 28, 2018

Shareholders approve Guaranty Bancorp acquisition

DENVER — Guaranty Bancorp stockholders have approved a $1-billion acquisition by Independent Bank Group Inc., according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission document filed this week.

Denver-based Guaranty has more than 30 branches in Colorado, with locations in Berthoud, Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont and Loveland. Independent operates throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas of Texas, along with operations along Colorado’s Front Range after its April 2017 acquisition of 18 Northstar Bank locations.

In addition to approving the acquisition, Guaranty stockholders approved a golden parachute compensation package totaling more than $14.2 million for five Guaranty Bancorp executives.

Those executives are Paul Taylor, Christopher Treece, Michael Hobbs, Cathy Goss and Anthony Pizzichini.

DENVER — Guaranty Bancorp stockholders have approved a $1-billion acquisition by Independent Bank Group Inc., according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission document filed this week.

Denver-based Guaranty has more than 30 branches in Colorado, with locations in Berthoud, Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont and Loveland. Independent operates throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas of Texas, along with operations along Colorado’s Front Range after its April 2017 acquisition of 18 Northstar Bank locations.

In addition to approving the acquisition, Guaranty stockholders approved a golden…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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