Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. (Eagle) announced that it completed, effective January 1, 2019, its previously announced acquisition of Big Muddy Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, The State Bank of Townsend, Townsend, Montana ("Townsend"), in a transaction valued at $16.4 million based on Eagle's closing price as of December 31, 2018. Effective at the time of the merger, Eagle appointed Benjamin G. Ruddy, the former director and President of Big Muddy Bancorp and Townsend, to serve on the Boards of Eagle.