In top 75 transactions announced in the first half of 1997
1 First Bank System, Inc., MN U.S. Bancorp, OR
2 Washington Mutual, Inc., WA Great Western Financial Corp., CA
3 H.F. Ahmanson & Company, CA Great Western Financial Corp, CA
4 Wachovia Corporation, NC Central Fidelity Banks, Inc., VA
5 First Maryland Bancorp, MD Dauphin Deposit Corporation, PA
6 Associated Banc-Corp., WI First Financial Corporation, WI
7 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., WI Security Capital Corporation, WI
8 Huntington Bancshares Inc., OH First Michigan Bank Corp., MI
9 Summit Bancorp, NJ Collective Bancorp, Inc., NJ
10 Charter One Financial, Inc., OH RCSB Financial, Inc., NY
11 Wachovia Corporation, NC Jefferson Bankshares, Inc., VA
12 TCF Financial Corporation, MN Standard Financial, Inc., IL
13 Barnett Banks, Inc., FL Republic Banking Corp. of FL, FL
14 CCB Financial Corporation, NC American Federal Bank, FSB, SC
15 Astoria Financial Corp., NY Greater New York Svgs Bk, NY
16 Union Planters Corporation, TN Magna Bancorp, Inc., MS
17 Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., PA Bankers Corp., NJ
18 Bay View Capital Corporation, CA America First Eureka Holding, CA
19 Pacific Century Financial CorporaCU Bancorp, CA
20 Barnett Banks, Inc., FL First of America Bk-Florida, FL
21 BB&T Corporation, NC Virginia First Finc Corp, VA
22 Community First Bankshares, ND Key Bk of Wyoming, WY
23 Citizens Banking Corporation, MI CB Financial Corporation, MI
24 Norwest Corporation, MN International Bancorporation, MN
25 Western Bancorp, CA SC Bancorp, CA
26 CFX Corporation, NH Portsmouth Bank Shares, Inc., NH
27 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., IL SparBank, Incorporated, IL
28 Area Bancshares Corporation, KY Cardinal Bancshares, Inc., KY
29 Provident Bankshares Corporation,First Citizens Financial, MD
30 CFX Corporation, NH Community Bankshares, Inc., NH
31 HUBCO, Inc, NJ Broad National Bancorp., NJ
32 First Security Corporation, UT American Bancorp of Nevada, NV
33 Norwest Corporation, MN First Valley Bank Group, Inc., TX
34 Crestar Financial Corp., VA American National Bancorp, MD
35 Peoples Heritage Financial Group,Atlantic Bancorp, ME
36 Webster Financial Corp., CT Peoples Savings Fin Corp, CT
37 Regions Financial Corp, AL New Iberia Bancorp, Inc., LA
38 Union Planters Corporation, TN Sho-Me Financial Corp, MO
39 First United Bancshares, Inc., ARFredonia Bancshares, Inc., TX
40 First Commercial Corporation, AR First Central Corporation, AR
41 First United Bancshares, Inc, AR Citizens National Bancshares, AR
42 Century South Banks, Inc., GA Bank Corporation of Georgia, GA
43 Citizens Financial Group, RI BNH Bancshares, Inc., CT
44 Granite State Bankshares, NH Primary Bk, NH
45 Republic Security Fncl Corp, FL Family Bank, FL
46 Simmons First National Corp., AR First Bank of AR, Russellville &
47 Carolina First Bancshares, NC Peoples Bk, NC
48 Charter One Financial, Inc., OH Haverfield Corporation, OH
49 First Alliance/Premier BancsharesCentral & Southern HC, GA
50 Eagle Financial Corp., CT Midconn Bk, CT
51 Southtrust Corporation, AL Barnett Bk-SW GA, GA
52 Indiana United Bancorp, IN P.T.C. Bancorp, IN
53 Commerce Bancshares, Inc., MO Shawnee Bank Shares, Inc., KS
54 Pinnacle Financial Services, MI CB Bank Corp, Inc., IN
55 Triangle Bancorp, Inc., NC Bank of Mecklenburg, NC
56 Coal City Corporation, IL U. S. Bancorp, Inc., IL
57 Compass Bancshares, AL Central Texas Bancorp, Inc., TX
58 Suburban Illinois Bancorp, IL Southwest Financial Corp., IL
59 United Bankshares, Inc., WV First Patriot Bkshrs Corp, VA
60 First Charter Corporation, NC Carolina St Bk, NC
61 Republic Bancshares, Inc., FL F.F.O. Financial Group, Inc., FL
62 Parkway Bancorp, Inc., IL Jefferson Holding Corp., IL
Colonial Bancgroup, Inc., AL Dadeland Bancshares, Inc., FL
64 Zions Bancorporation, UT Sun State Capital Corp., NV
65 Provident Financial Group, Inc., Florida Gulfcoast Bancorp, FL
66 Southwest Bancorporation, TX Pinemont Bk, TX
67 Premier Bancshares, Inc., GA Citizens Gwinnett Bankshares, GA
68 Fifth Third Bancorp, OH Suburban Bancorporation, OH
69 LSB Bancshares, Inc., NC Old North St Bk, NC
70 Hibernia Corporation, LA Unicorp Bancshares-Texas, TX
71 Sterling Bancshares, Inc., TX First Houston Bancshares, TX
72 Seacoast Banking Corporation, FL Port St. Lucie National Bank
Holding Corporation, FL
73 Heritage Bancorporation, MT United Financial Corp., MT
74 BankBoston Corporation, MA Pacific National Corporation, MA
75 Reliance Bancorp, Inc., NY Continental Bk, NY
Announcement
1 3/20/97 Merrill Lynch & Co.
2 3/6/97 Lehman Brothers
3 2/18/97 Montgomery Securities;
CS First Boston Corp.
4 6/24/97 CS First Boston Corp.
5 1/21/97 AIB Capital Markets
6 5/14/97 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.
7 3/15/97 Salomon Brothers Inc.
8 5/5/97 Morgan Stanley
9 2/28/97 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
10 5/21/97 Montgomery Securities
11 6/10/97 CS First Boston Corp.
12 3/17/97 Piper Jaffray Inc.
13 5/15/97 N/A
14 2/18/97 Merrill Lynch & Co.
15 3/31/97 Merrill Lynch & Co.
16 5/8/97 The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
17 2/6/97 Ryan, Beck & Company
18 5/8/97 Hovde Financial, Inc.
19 2/25/97 CS First Boston Corp.
20 6/16/97 In House
21 5/6/97 N/A
22 2/18/97 In House
23 1/27/97 Roney & Co.
24 4/17/97 In House
25 4/29/97 Castle Creek Capital
26 2/13/97 Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.
27 6/20/97 Goldman, Sachs & Co.
28 5/1/97 Bank Advisory Group, Inc.
29 3/11/97 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
30 3/24/97 Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.
31 3/10/97 N/A
32 3/17/97 In House
33 5/5/97 In House
34 6/23/97 N/A
35 6/24/97 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
36 4/4/97 Merrill Lynch & Co.
37 2/14/97 In House
38 6/24/97 In House
39 3/18/97 N/A
40 2/5/97 N/A
41 6/11/97 N/A
42 3/17/97 In House
43 4/8/97 In House
44 4/30/97 N/A
45 1/7/97 Raymond James & Associates
46 3/24/97 Stephens Inc.
47 6/1/97 N/A
48 4/23/97 N/A
49 1/15/97 Brown, Burke Capital Partners, Inc.
50 1/28/97 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
51 5/9/97 N/A
52 6/6/97 Austin Associates, Inc.
53 1/17/97 In House
54 3/3/97 PL Capital
55 3/27/97 Wheat First Securities, Inc.
56 1/14/97 In House
57 1/14/97 In House
58 6/25/97 N/A
59 2/19/97 In House
60 6/30/97 N/A
61 3/11/97 The Carson Medlin Company
62 2/7/97 N/A
6/23/97 In House
64 5/22/97 In House
65 5/22/97 N/A
66 4/28/97 N/A
67 6/24/97 Brown, Burke Capital Partners, Inc.
68 3/13/97 In House
69 1/21/97 The Carson Medlin Company
70 5/28/97 In House
71 3/18/97 In House
72 2/19/97 The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
73 6/24/97 N/A
74 5/27/97 N/A
75 5/5/97 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
1 Dorsey & Whitney LLP;
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
2 Foster Pepper & Shefelman;
Sidley & Austin;
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3 Sullivan & Cromwell;
4 Sullivan & Cromwell
5 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6 Shearman & Sterling
7 Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
8 Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
9 Thompson Coburn
10 Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
11 Sullivan & Cromwell;
Simpson Thacher & Bartlet
12 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
13 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
14 N/A
15 Thacher Proffitt & Wood
16 Alston & Bird LLP
17 Stevens & Lee
18 Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
19 Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki;
Vedder Price;
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
21 Arnold & Porter;
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
22 Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
23 Dykema Gossett PLLC
24 In House
25 Sullivan & Cromwell
26 Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.;
Arnold & Porter
27 Sullivan & Cromwell; Vedder Price
28 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
29 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette
30 Arnold & Porter
31 N/A
32 Ray, Quinney & Nebeker
33 In House
34 Hunton & Williams
35 N/A
36 Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
37 Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville;
Alston & Bird LLP
38 Alston & Bird LLP
39 Mitchell, Williams, Selig, et al
40 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
41 In House
42 N/A
43 Sullivan & Cromwell
44 N/A
45 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
46 N/A
47 N/A
48 Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
49 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
50 Hogan & Hartson
51 N/A
52 N/A
53 Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi L.C.
54 N/A
55 Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
56 Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Kraus
57 Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, L.L.P.
58 Schiff Hardin & Waite
59 In House
60 N/A
61 Holland & Knight
62 Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman
N/A
64 Duane, Morris & Heckscher
65 N/A
66 Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.;
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
67 N/A
68 Graydon, Head, & Richey; In House
69 Bell, Davis & Pitt
70 In House
71 Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.;
Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
72 Alston & Bird LLP
73 Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
74 N/A
75 Thacher Proffitt & Wood
1 CS First Boston Corp. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
2 Merrill Lynch & Co. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
3 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
4 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. N/A
5 Morgan Stanley Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz
6 McDonald & Company Securities, IHogan & Hartson
7 Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
8 Merrill Lynch & Co. Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt &
9 Merrill Lynch & Co. Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette
10 Lehman Brothers Harris Beach & Wilcox
11 Goldman, Sachs & Co. McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe,
12 Wasserstein Perella & Co. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
13 N/A N/A
14 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Alston & Bird LLP
15 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.Sullivan & Cromwell
16 Montgomery Securities Alston & Bird LLP;
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
17 Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc. Thacher Proffitt & Wood
18 Merrill Lynch & Co. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
19 Montgomery Securities Sullivan & Cromwell;
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
20 Merrill Lynch & Co. Howard & Howard Attorneys
21 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.N/A
22 N/A Thompson Hine & Flory P.L.L.
23 ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation Howard & Howard Attorneys
24 N/A Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
25 CS First Boston Corp.; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Hovde Financial, Inc.
26 Tucker Anthony Hale and Dorr
27 McDonald & Company Schiff Hardin & Waite
28 Professional Bank Services, Inc.Hogan and Hartson LLP
29 Endicott Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
30 McConnell, Budd & Downes, Inc. Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP
31 N/A N/A
32 Gary Steven Findley & AssociatesGary Steven Findley & Associates
33 Bank Advisory Group, Inc. Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
34 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Luse, Lehman, Gorman, Pomerenk &
35 M.A. Schapiro & Co., Inc. Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick;
Arnold & Porter
36 Advest, Inc. Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn
37 U.S. Banking Alliance Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis
38 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
39 Hoeffer & Arnett Incorporated Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
40 N/A Lightle, Beebe, Raney & Bell
41 N/A N/A
42 N/A Kilpatrick Stockton
43 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn
44 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.N/A
45 Ryan, Beck & Company Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman,
46 Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc. Friday, Eldredge & Clark
47 N/A N/A
48 Charles Webb & Company Hahn Loeser Parks, L.L.P.
49 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. Kilpatrick & Cody
50 Ostrowski & Company, Inc. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
51 N/A Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
52 N/A N/A
53 N/A Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C.
54 Charles Webb & Company Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette
55 Equity Research, Inc. Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson
56 N/A Vedder Price
57 Bank Advisory Group, Inc. Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee
58 N/A N/A
59 Baxter Fentriss & Company N/A
60 Orr Management Company N/A
61 Allen C. Ewing & Co. Smith, Mackinnon, Harris, Greeley,
62 N/A Vedder Price
The Carson Medlin Company N/A
64 Hoeffer & Arnett Incorporated N/A
65 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.N/A
66 Charles T. Meeks Company, Inc. Brown, Parker & Leahy L.L.P.
67 The Carson Medlin Company N/A
68 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.Housley Kantarian & Bronstein, P.C.
69 Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. Hunton & Williams
70 Service Asset Management Corp. Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
71 N/A Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White,
72 Austin Associates, Inc. Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli &
73 N/A N/A
74 Tucker Anthony N/A
75 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette
