No. 17-1702 ___________________________

Hildene Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd.

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Arvest Bank, et al.

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________

Submitted: February 14, 2018 Filed: July 30, 2018 ____________ Before LOKEN, BENTON, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In 2012, Arkansas-based Arvest Bank (Arvest) purchased assets and assumed liabilities of Union Bank, a subsidiary of Bannister Bancshares, Inc. (Bannister), a Missouri bank holding company. Hildene Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. (Hildene), a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund, sued Bannister and Arvest, a