NEW YORK, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced Heritage Bankshares, Inc. (OTCQX: HBKS), the holding company for Heritage Bank in Hampton Roads, VA, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Marketplace.

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Heritage Bankshares begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "HBKS."  U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

"We are pleased to welcome Heritage Bankshares to our growing family of community banks on OTCQX," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group.  "Trading on OTCQX will provide Heritage Bankshares' shareholders transparent trading and convenient access to its news and financial disclosure so they can more easily analyze, value and trade its securities.  We look forward to supporting the company in its continued growth and success."

Anne F. Vanderberry, Senior Vice President and CFO of Heritage Bankshares, Inc., said, "Heritage Bankshares is a bank whose profile is quite different from other community banks.   Because our unwavering focus is on credit quality, our target markets are small businesses and professional corporations – companies that are typically well-managed, profit oriented and with sufficient resources to support their growth.  With exposure on OTCQX, we are excited to be able to highlight our business strategy to a wider range of investors."

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. serves as Heritage Bankshares' Corporate Broker on OTCQX.

Heritage Bankshares, located in Hampton Roads, VA, is the holding company for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Heritage Bank, which engages in general community and commercial banking business, targeting the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses and professional corporations.  Heritage Bank has two full-service branches in the city of Norfolk, two full-service branches in the city of Virginia Beach, and one full-service branch in the city of Chesapeake.

About OTC Markets Group Inc.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities.  Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities.  We organize these securities into marketplaces to inform investors of opportunities and risks: the OTCQX® Best Marketplace; the OTCQB® Venture Marketplace; and the OTC Pink® Open Marketplace.  Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors.  To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

OTC Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC regulated ATS.

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Saskia Sidenfaden, OTC Markets Group Inc., +1 (212) 896-4428, saskia@otcmarkets.com

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