ALERT: The M&A Class Action Firm Continues Investigating the Merger - SMMF, AMTI, SPLK, AVTA

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2023

• Summit Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMMF), relating to its proposed merger with Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, SMMF shareholders are expected to own 50% of the combined company. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/summit-financial-group-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
• Applied Molecular Transport Inc. (Nasdaq: AMTI), relating to its proposed sale to Cyclo Therapeutics, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, AMTI shareholders are expected to receive 0.174 shares of Cyclo per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/applied-molecular-transport-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
• Splunk Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLK), relating to its proposed sale to Cisco Systems, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, SPLK shareholders are expected to receive $157.00 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://monteverdelaw.com/case/splunk-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
• Avantax, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVTA), relating to its proposed acquisition by Aretec Group, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, AVTA shareholders are expected to receive $26.00 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/avantax-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.

About Monteverde & Associates PC

We are a national class action securities and consumer litigation law firm that has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is committed to protecting investors and consumers from corporate wrongdoing. Monteverde & Associates lawyers have significant experience litigating Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Class Actions, whereby they protect investors by recovering money and remedying corporate misconduct. Mr. Monteverde, who leads the legal team at the firm, has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Securities Litigation in 2013, 2017-2019 and a Super Lawyers Honoree in Securities Litigation in 2022-2023. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a 2017-2023 Top Rated Lawyer. Our firm's recent successes include changing the law in a significant victory that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, our firm successfully preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court. Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019). Also, over the years the firm has recovered or secured over a dozen cash common funds for shareholders in mergers & acquisitions class action cases.

If you own common stock in any of the above listed companies and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please visit our website or contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via e-mail at jmonteverde@monteverdelaw.com or by telephone at (212) 971-1341.

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