National Bank Holdings Corporation (NBHC)MergerAgreementWithVistaBancshares (Transcript)

Operator

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the National Bank Holdings Corporation Conference Call. I will be your conference operator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes.

This conference call will contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the transaction being announced today and the transaction’s impact on the company’s future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed today. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are disclosed in more detail in the company’s presentation materials prepared in connection with this call and its most recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

These statements speak only as of the date of this call and National Bank Holdings Corporation undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements.

It is now my pleasure to turn the call over and introduce National Bank Holdings Corporation’s Founder, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Tim Laney.

Tim Laney
Founder, Chairman & CEO

Thank you, Jen. Good morning, and thank you so much for joining today’s call. I’m joined by NBH’s President, Aldis Birkans; and our Chief Financial Officer, Nicole Van Denabeele. Needless to say, we are delighted to be with you this morning to discuss the definitive agreement to merge NBH and Vista Bancshares. Simply put, this merger is almost perfect.

With this action, we continue to build a franchise in a number of the most attractive and high-growth