SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors of an Investigation Regarding Whether the Sale of Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation to The First Bancshares, Inc. is Fair to Shareholders

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 3, 2020 / The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation ("Southwest Georgia" or the "Company") (NYSE:SGB) stock prior to December 18, 2019.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of Southwest Georgia to The First Bancshares, Inc. ("First Bancshares") (NASDAQ: FBMS). Under the terms of the agreement, each Southwest Georgia shareholder will receive 1.00 share of First Bancshares's common stock in exchange for each share of Southwest Georgia common stock. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

https://www.zlk.com/mna/georgia-financial-corporation

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500. There is no cost or obligation to you.

The Southwest Georgia merger investigation concerns whether the Board of Southwest Georgia breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction and whether First Bancshares is underpaying for Southwest Georgia shares, thus unlawfully harming Southwest Georgia shareholders.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com

SOURCE: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP

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