LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bear State Financial, Inc. (“Bear State”) (NASDAQ:BSF), the parent company of Bear State Bank and Marshfield Investment Company (“Marshfield”), the parent company of Metropolitan National Bank in Springfield, Missouri, have received all necessary approvals required to consummate the transaction and expects to close in the fourth quarter of 2015. The announcement regarding the signing of the definitive agreement for Bear State to acquire Metropolitan National