LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. Announces Corporate Governance Initiatives to be Proposed at Annual Meeting of Shareholders

PLANO, Texas, March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. LTXB (the "Company"), the holding company for LegacyTexas Bank, today announced that its Board unanimously voted to approve corporate governance initiatives to declassify the Board of Directors and adopt a majority vote standard for the election of Directors in uncontested elections.

The Board unanimously voted to submit a proposal to amend the Company's articles of incorporation to eliminate the classification of the Board to shareholders at the 2017 annual meeting, which will be held on May 22, 2017 ("2017 Annual Meeting").  If shareholders approve the proposal by the requisite vote, all directors would stand for election or re-election each year beginning at the Company's annual meeting held after the 2017 Annual Meeting. The full text of the proposal will be included in the Company's proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2017.

The Company also announced today that promptly following the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting, the Board intends to amend the Company's bylaws to adopt a majority vote standard for the election of directors, beginning with the next election in May 2018.  In the case of contested elections, directors will continue to be elected by a plurality vote.

The Company announced that March 31, 2017 has been set as the record date for determining who may vote at the 2017 Annual Meeting.  More information about the 2017 Annual Meeting will be sent to Company shareholders in April 2017.

About LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.

LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. is the holding company for LegacyTexas Bank, a commercially oriented community bank based in Plano, Texas. LegacyTexas operates 44 banking offices in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding counties. For more information, please visit www.LegacyTexasFinancialGroup.com or www.LegacyTexas.com.

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