Exhibit 99.3
October 1, 2021
On behalf of all Opportunity Bank of Montana employees, I would like to personally welcome you to the Opportunity Bank team. We are excited to join First Community Bank with our company. I would like to congratulate all of you for the great job you’ve done, your performance is an important factor in making this transaction so attractive to us at Opportunity Bank.
Like you, Opportunity Bank of Montana has a long history of serving our customers as a trusted, local, Montana-based community bank. We are pleased to announce we will be paying a welcome bonus to you shortly after the purchase closes to thank you for staying with First Community Bank through this transition and coming on board with us.
I recognize you will have many questions over the next few days and weeks as we prepare for the closing of the transaction later this year. I plan to meet with you in the coming weeks to introduce myself. Our leadership team is committed to keeping you informed throughout this transition and communicating with you in a timely manner. Enclosed with this letter is a brief overview of some of the benefits provided to full-time employees. Our team will be visiting with you to provide more detailed information about employment with Opportunity Bank of Montana, and our plans to help you become familiar with Opportunity Bank’s products, services, and operating systems.
The management of First Community Bank and Opportunity Bank of Montana are committed to making this integration as seamless and positive as possible. Please feel free to contact our Human Resources Executive, Alana Binde, at ABinde@oppbank.com with any benefits-related questions.
Thank you, and welcome to Opportunity Bank of Montana. I look forward to working together with all of you to continue to meet the banking needs of our Montana communities.
Sincerely,
Pete Johnson
President/CEO
Important Information for Shareholders
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there by any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. (“Eagle”) will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a joint proxy statement of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. and First Community Bancorp, Inc. and a prospectus of Eagle, and Eagle will file other documents with respect to the proposed merger. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. and First Community Bancorp, Inc. Security holders of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. and First Community Bancorp, Inc. are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents that will be filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information. Security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus (when available), and other documents filed with the SEC by Eagle through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Eagle will be available free of charge on Eagle’s internet website http://www.opportunitybank.com or by contacting Eagle.
Eagle, First Community Bancorp, Inc., their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Eagle is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 10, 2021, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holding or otherwise, will be contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.