Habersham Bancorp Announces Intrastate Public Offering of Up to $25,000,000

CORNELIA, Ga., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Habersham Bancorp (OTC Bulletin Board: HABC) announced today that it is commencing an intrastate public offering of Units to raise a minimum of $5,000,000 and a maximum of $25,000,000.  Each Unit shall be offered for $1.30 and consist of one share of our common stock and one warrant to purchase an additional share of our common stock at the exercise price of $1.95 for a period of five years from the date of issuance of the warrant.  If the entire offering is placed, the expected net proceeds to the Company after fees and expenses are estimated to be $22,700,000.  Only residents of the State of Georgia may participate in the offering.

The common stock and warrants being offered will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the common stock and warrants may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.  The offering shall only be made pursuant to a prospectus. A registration statement relating to the shares of common stock and warrants issued in the offering (and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants) has been filed with the Georgia Securities Commissioner and has been declared effective. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of our shares of common stock or warrants. No offer, solicitation or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

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SOURCE Habersham Bancorp