HomeTrust Bancshares Names Dana L. Stonestreet New Chairman

HomeTrust Bancshares

, the holding company for HomeTrust Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that Dana L. Stonestreet has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank and that Larry S. McDevitt has been appointed as Lead Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank. The appointment of Mr. Stonestreet as Chairman coincides with his becoming Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank effective today, in accordance with the Company's previously announced CEO succession plan. Pursuant to that plan, since July 1, 2013, Mr. Stonestreet had been serving as a co-Chief Executive Officer with F. Edward Broadwell, Jr., who retired as Chairman and from the CEO position effective today. Mr. Broadwell will continue as a director of the Company and the Bank until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in the fall of 2014.