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 "FFBT" on the OTC Bulletin Board. Shareholders are advised to take note of this change from the Company's former OTC Bulletin Board ticker symbol "ETFS." Shareholders are not required to take any action with respect to this change.
"The Company was recently approached by another firm with interest in obtaining the 'ETFS' symbol," stated Derrell W. Chapman, President and CEO. "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."
Contacts:
East Texas Financial Services, Inc.
Derrell W. Chapman, 903-593-1767
President,
and CEO
www.ffbtx.com