Heritage Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for HeritageBank of the South, today announced that its shareholders voted to approve the merger of Heritage Financial Group, Inc. with and into Renasant Corporation. On March 13, 2015, Renasant announced that it had received all regulatory approvals, including approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve, necessary to complete the proposed merger of Heritage with and into Renasant pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 10, 2014, by and among Renasant, Renasant Bank, Heritage and HeritageBank of the South. Subject to the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions contained in the merger agreement, the merger is expected to be completed on July 1, 2015.