Community First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), the proposed holding company for Newton Federal Bank (the “Bank”), is expected to close its stock offering on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The Company’s common stock is expected to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “CFBI” beginning on Friday, April 28, 2017. The stock offering is being conducted in connection with the Bank’s reorganization into the mutual holding company structure.

A total of 3,467,595 shares of common stock are expected to be issued in the subscription offering at a price of $10.00 per share. The offering was oversubscribed by eligible account holders who had a first-tier priority (those depositors having a qualifying deposit as of September 30, 2015) in the subscription offering, and the employee stock ownership plan (the “ESOP”). Accordingly, shares will be allocated to first tier subscribers and the ESOP in accordance with the Bank’s Plan of Reorganization from a Mutual Savings Association to a Mutual Holding Company and Stock Issuance Plan, as amended, as described in the Company’s Prospectus. No shares will be sold to other subscribers in the subscription offering.

At the closing of the reorganization and offering, the Bank will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the Company will issue and sell 46% of its to be outstanding shares to subscribers in the offering, and will issue 54% of its to be outstanding shares to Community First Bancshares, MHC, the Company’s proposed federally-chartered mutual holding company, which will own a majority of the Company’s shares.

Some eligible account holders may not receive all shares for which they subscribed. Eligible account holders wishing to confirm their allocations may do so by contacting the Stock Information Center at (678) 729-9788. The Stock Information Center is open Monday through Friday, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

This current report contains certain forward-looking statements about the reorganization and stock offering. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding anticipated future events and can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” and “intend” or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or “may”. Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include delays in consummation of the offering, increased competitive pressures, changes in the interest rate environment, general economic conditions or conditions within the securities markets, and legislative and regulatory changes that could adversely affect the business in which the Company and the Bank are engaged.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This current report is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy common stock. The offer is made only by means of the written prospectus forming part of the registration statement.

The shares of common stock are not savings accounts or savings deposits, may lose value and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

About COMMUNITY FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. (NASDAQ:FCBC)

First Community Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company provides commercial banking products and services through its subsidiary First Community Bank (the Bank). The Bank operates as First Community Bank in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina and People’s Community Bank, a Division of First Community Bank, in Tennessee. It provides insurance services through its subsidiary First Community Insurance Services, and offers wealth management and investment advice through its Trust Division and subsidiary First Community Wealth Management. Its products include demand deposit accounts, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement arrangements; commercial, consumer, and real estate mortgage loans and lines of credit; various credit card, debit card, and automated teller machine card services; corporate and personal trust services; investment management services, and life, health, and property and casualty insurance products.

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