Summit Financial Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of Jeffrey E. Hott from Board of Directors and Member the Profit Sharing Committee, Effective January 24, 2017

Summit Financial Group, Inc. is the financial holding company for Summit Community Bank, Inc (the Bank). The Company provides a range of banking and other financial services to individuals and businesses. It has a trust and wealth management division offering trust services and other non-bank financial products within its community bank's market area. It provides a range of community banking services, including demand, savings and time deposits; commercial, real estate and consumer loans; trust and wealth management services, and cash management services. Under its commercial banking, it is focused on offering a broad line of financial products and services to small and medium-sized businesses through full service banking offices. Its bankers serve commercial and individual clients throughout West Virginia, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Virginia, Kentucky, Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. The Bank operates approximately 54 banking offices.