Bank Short Interest Highlights: Month Ending April13

+++ Most Shares Sold Short

Institution Position 1 West One Bancorp 2,177,267 2 Rochester Community SB 1,460,582 3 Roosevelt Financial Group 1,442,206 4 First Commerce Corp 1,307,380 5 Wash. Mutual Savings Bank 1,279,413 6 Boatmen's Bancshares 1,122,700 7 Peoples Bank (CT) 1,119,975 8 Huntington Bancshares 1,028,951 9 Meridian Bancorp 998,930 10 Bank South Corp. 852,636 Most Days to Cover

Institution Days 1 Piedmont BankGroup 87.9 2 Ameriana Bancorp 75 3 Old National Bancorp 42.7 4 Trust Co of New Jersey 30.3 5 First Oak Brook Bancshares 27.2 6 CBT Corporation 26.6 7 FNB Corp 23.2 8 West One Bancorp 21.8 9 Rochester Community SB 21.7 10 Barrington Bancorp 18.8 Largest Unit Increases

Institution Unit Cng. 1 Home Federal Bancorp 758,248 2 Wash. Mutual Savings Bank 411,249 3 Bank South Corp 301,516 4 Long Island Bancorp 249,562 5 Peoples Bank (CT) 177,606 6 Commercial Federal Corp 121,641 7 Advanta Class A 116,501 8 U.S. Trust Corp 110,694 9 Roosevelt Financial Group 110,614 10 Regions Financial Corp 109,513 Largest Unit Decreases

Institution Unit Cng. 1 Huntington Bancshares -444,164 2 Michigan National Corp -235,571 3 First Tennessee National Corp -189,438 4 Fifth Third Bancorp -134,952 5 Bay Ridge Bancorp -114,617 6 Carolina First Corp -107,616 7 St. Paul Bancorp -86,463 8 First Commerce Corp -75,422 9 Advanta Class B -63,029 10 Boatmen's Bancshares -49,537 Largest Percent Increases*

Institution Pct Chg. 1 1st Bancorp (IN) 7273.90% 2 Capitol Bancorp Ltd 5263.70% 3 Citizens Bancorp 4282.20% 4 Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 4116.00% 5 Foothill Independent Bancorp 3525.90% 6 Putnam Trust Co. Greenwich 2019.90% 7 Webster Financial Corp 1774.10% 8 Columbia First Bank 1555.30% 9 Hawkeye Bancorporation 1157.60% 10 Western Ohio Financial Corp 515.40% Largest Percent Decreases*

Institution Pct Chg. 1 One Valley Bancorp of WV -98.40% 2 Ramapo Financial Corp -96.70% 3 Michigan National Corp -69.10% 4 Coastal Bancorp -66.80% 5 Carolina First Corp -65.60% 6 Transworld Bancorp -65.50% 7 BankAtlantic Bancorp -65.10% 8 BFS Bancorp -63.20% 9 Queens County Bancorp -59.50% 10 JSB Financial -58.40% ===

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