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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,
18 Deposit Guaranty Corp., Miss. Jefferson Guaranty Bancorp, La.
19 City National Corp., Calif. Ventura County Natl Bancorp,
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.