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East Texas Financial Services, Inc. Changes Stock Ticker Symbol to FFBT

^{Published on 2011-09-23 14:59:31 - Market Wire}
 

TYLER, Texas--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--East Texas Financial Services, Inc. (OTCBB: ETFS) announced that the Company has obtained a new ticker symbol from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and effective September 26,2011, the stock will begin trading under the new ticker symbol aFFBTa on the OTC Bulletin Board. Shareholders are advised to take note of this change from the Companya™s former OTC Bulletin Board ticker symbol aETFS.a Shareholders are not required to take any action with respect to this change.

"We were able to reach an arrangement whereby the Company received compensation for relinquishing the old symbol and we were able to obtain a new symbol that more closely reflects the description of our core business operations in our subsidiary bank, First Federal Bank Texas."

aThe Company was recently approached by another firm with interest in obtaining the 'ETFS' symbol,a stated Derrell W. Chapman, President and CEO. aWe were able to reach an arrangement whereby the Company received compensation for relinquishing the old symbol and we were able to obtain a new symbol that more closely reflects the description of our core business operations in our subsidiary bank, First Federal Bank Texas.a