April 20, 2017

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Named to 2016 KBW Bank Honor Roll

Birmingham, AL -

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFBS) announced today that it has been added to the 2016 KBW Bank Honor Roll which recognizes banking institutions that achieved positive earnings per share growth trends over the last decade. This is the second year ServisFirst Bank has been named to this list of banking institutions. Only fifteen out of nearly 400 evaluated banking institutions nationwide qualified for this year’s list.

To be eligible for the KBW Bank Honor Roll, banks with more than $500 million in total assets must have:

No annual loss reported in net income per share before extraordinary items over the past 10 years;

2016 annual reported net income per share before extraordinary items equal to or greater than peak net income per share over the past 10 years;

Consecutive increases in net income per share before extraordinary items since 2009.

For more information about ServisFirst Bank, please contact Krista Conlin at 205-937-3777. To learn more about ServisFirst Bank, please visit us at www.servisfirstbank.com.

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