FB Financial Corporation Files Registration Statement with SEC for Proposed Initial Public Offering

Parent Company of FirstBank

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 19, 2016) – FB Financial Corporation (“FB Financial” or “The Company”), a holding company that operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, FirstBank, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. FB Financial has applied to list its common stock on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “FBK.”

J.P. Morgan, UBS Investment Bank, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., are acting as the joint book-running managers in the proposed offering. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204; from UBS Investment Bank, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling (888) 827-7275; or from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., A Stifel Company, 787 Seventh Avenue, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10019, attention: Equity Capital Markets, or by calling (800) 966-1559.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About FirstBank

Nashville-based FirstBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of FB Financial Corporation, is the third largest Tennessee-headquartered bank, with 45 full-service bank branches across Tennessee, North Alabama and North Georgia, and a national mortgage business with offices across the Southeast. The bank serves five of the largest metropolitan markets in Tennessee and has $2.9 billion in total assets.