Lubbock, TX-based FirstBank & Trust (FB&T), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (“Heartland”) (NASDAQ: HTLF), and Levelland, TX-based AimBank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIM Bancshares, Inc. (“ABI”), today jointly announced that their parent companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which ABI will be acquired by Heartland. Lubbock, Texas, February 11, 2020— At the time of the closing of the acquisition, FB&T and AimBank will merge. The combination of FB&T and AimBank will create Heartland’s largest bank subsidiary with assets of almost $3...