Legal Counsel and Financial Advisers for Top 25 Acquisitions Announced

+++ Listed in order of deal value

part 1 of 3

Deal's

Rank Buyer Seller

1 NationsBank Corp., N.C. Boatmen's Bancshares, Mo.

2 Washington Mutual, Inc., Wash. Keystone Holdings Inc., Calif.

3 MacAndrews & Forbes Cal Fed Bancorp, Calif.

Holdings Inc., N.Y.

4 Crestar Financial Corp., Va. Citizens Bancorp., Md.

5 HSBC Holdings Plc, FO First FS&LA of Rochester, N.Y.

6 Magna Group Inc, Mo. Homeland Bankshares Corp., Iowa

7 North Fork Bancorp., N.Y. North Side Savings Bank, N.Y.

8 UST Corp, N.J. Walden Bancorp, Mass.

9 Summit Bancorp., N.J. BMJ Financial Corp., N.J.

10 Mutual Savings Bank, Wis. First Federal Bancshares

of Eau Claire, Wis.

11 Valley National Bancorp, N.J. Midland Bancorp., N.J.

12 Washington Mutual, Inc., Wash. United Western Financial

Group Inc., Utah

13 Colonial BancGroup, Ala. Jefferson Bancorp, Fla.

14 Hinsdale Financial Corp., Ill. *Liberty Bancorp, Ill. *

15 Washington Federal, Inc, Wash. Metropolitan Bancorp, Wash.

16 Fulton Financial Corp., Pa. Woodstown National Bank

& Trust Co., N.J.

17 Southern National Corp., N.C. Fidelity Financial Bankshares, Va.

18 Deposit Guaranty Corp., Miss. Jefferson Guaranty Bancorp, La.

19 City National Corp., Calif. Ventura County Natl Bancorp, Calif.

20 WesterFed Financial Corp., Mont.Security Bancorp, Mont.

21 Mercantile Bancorp., Mo. Regional Bancshares, Ill.

22 Pacific Capital Bancorp, Calif. South Valley Bancorp, Calif.

23 Colonial BancGroup, Ala. Fort Brooke Bancorp., Fla.

24 Cullen/Frost Bankers, Tex. Corpus Christi Bancshares, Tex.

25 First Essex Bancorp, Mass. Finest Financial Corp., N.H.

part 2 of 3

Deal's

Rank Buyer's Legal Counsel Buyer's Financial Adviser

1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & KatzStephens Inc.

2 Foster Pepper & Shefelman CS First Boston Corp.,

Merrill Lynch

3 Skadden Arps Slate Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Meagher & Flom

4 Hunton & Williams Morgan Stanley & Company

5 Cleary Gottlieb No Advisor

Steen & Hamilton

6 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & KatzDonaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

7 Skadden Arps Slate Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.

Meagher & Flom

8 Bingham, Dana & Gould Fox-Pitt Kelton

9 Thompson Coburn No Advisor

10 Quarles & Brady RP Financial, L.C.

11 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & SzuchNo Advisor

12 Foster Pepper & Shefelman No Advisor

13 Miller, Hamilton, Pilot Group

Snider, & Odom

14 Gomberg, Sharfman, Robert W. Baird & Co

Gold and Ostler

15 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & HerriNo Advisor

16 In House No Advisor

17 Womble Carlyle No Advisor

18 Watkins, Ludlum, & Stennis No Advisor

Sandridge & Rice

19 Munger, Tolles & Olson CS First Boston Corp.

20 Silver, Freedman, & Taff Alex Brown & Sons

21 In House No Advisor

22 Graham & James No Advisor

23 Miller, Hamilton, Snider & OPilot Group

24 Sullivan & Cromwell No Advisor

25 Sullivan & Worcester Oppenheimer & Company

part 3 of 3

Deal's

Rank Seller's Legal Counsel Seller's Financial Adviser

1 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamilGoldman, Sachs & Co.

2 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamilLehman Brothers, Friedman,

Billings, Ramsey & Co

3 Irell & Manella CS First Boston Corp.

4 Semmes, Bowen & Semmes Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

5 Shearman & Sterling Merrill Lynch

6 Nyemaster Goode Chicago Corp.

McLaughlin Voigts

7 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & HerricSandler O'Neill & Partners L.P.

8 Housley, Kantarian & BronsteiPaineWebber Group Inc.

9 Covington & Burling Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

10 Michael, Best & Friedrich Dain Bosworth

11 Rothgerber, Appel, Capital Consultants of Princeton

Powers & Johnson

12 Kimball Parr Waddoups Brown &Dain Bosworth

13 Steel Hector & Davis T Stephen Johnson & Associates

14 Rock, Fusco, Reynolds, Crowe Chicago Capital

15 Perkins, Coie Montgomery Securities

16 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette McConnell, Budd & Downes Inc.

17 Parker, Pollard, & Brown P.C.Danielson Associates, Scott

& Stringfellow Inc.

18 Correro Fishman Haygood et alNo Advisor

19 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Sandler O'Neill & Partners L.P.

20 Graham & Dunn Montgomery Securities

21 Bryan Cave No Advisor

22 Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon Hoefer & Arnett Inc.

23 Bush, Ross, Gardner, Carson Medlin Co.

Warren & Rudy

24 Not Available Not Available

25 Edwards & Angell Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. * Merger of equals. ===

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