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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