ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enterprise Financial Services Corp (Nasdaq: EFSC) (the "Company," "EFSC," or "Enterprise"), the holding company of Enterprise Bank & Trust ("EB&T"), announced today that it has received regulatory approval or received a regulatory waiver from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, as applicable, and preliminary approval from the Missouri Division of Finance, for First Choice Bank to be merged into EB&T on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 26, 2021, by and among EFSC, EB&T, First Choice Bancorp ("FCBP") and First Choice Bank ("First Choice"). The consummation of the merger remains subject to the approval by FCBP's shareholders of the merger, the approval by EFSC's shareholders of the merger and the issuance of shares of EFSC's common stock to holders of FCBP common stock in connection with the merger, and the satisfaction of other closing conditions.