Atlantic Capital buys First Security in $160 mln deal

Atlantic Capital Bancshares agreed Wednesday to buy First Security Group for about $160 million or $2.35 a share. Atlantic Capital has also signed a stock purchase agreement with Trident IV L.P. and Trident IV Professionals Fund L.P., funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC for a $25 million private placement of Atlantic Capital common stock at $12.60 a share.

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