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Top 10 bank and thrift mergers completed in the third quarter of 1998
part 1 of 4
Buyer
1 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C.
2 Travelers Group Inc., New York
3 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio
4 Washington Mutual, Inc., Seattle
5 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, Ala.
6 Union Planters Corp., Memphis
7 California Federal Bank, San Francisco
8 Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, N.Y.
9 Star Banc Corp., Cincinnati
10 Mercantile Bancorp, St. Louis
part 2 of 4
Seller
1 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco
2 Citicorp, New York
3 First Chicago NBD Corp.
4 H.F. Ahmanson & Co., Irwindale, Calif.
5 First Commercial Corp., Little Rock
6 Magna Group Inc., St. Louis
7 Golden State Bancorp, Oakland, Calif.
8 Long Island Bancorp, Melville, N.Y.
9 Trans Financial Inc., Bowling Green, Ky.
10 Firstbank of Illinois Co., Springfield
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Adviser's
Buyer's fee as a %
Buyer's primary primary of final
financial adviser adviser fees deal value
1 Merrill Lynch & Co. $25.00 0.06%
2 In house N/M N/M
3 Merrill Lynch & Co. 10 0.052
4 Lehman Brothers 20 0.316
5 J.P. Morgan Securities 1.5 0.057
6 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. 1.8 0.085
7 Goldman, Sachs & Co. N/A N/A
8 Lehman Brothers 6 0.487
9 Credit Suisse First Bost N/A N/A
10 UBS Securities N/A N/A
Seller'r Seller's
Primary fee as a
Seller's primary adviser % of final
financial adviser fees deal value
1 Goldman, Sachs & Co. $27.50 0.07%
2 In house N/M N/M
3 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 13.5 0.071
4 Credit Suisse First Bos 25 0.396
5 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 7.4 0.283
6 DLJ Securities 11.3 0.535
7 Credit Suisse First Bos N/A N/A
8 Salomon Smith Barney 15 1.217
9 DLJ Securities 3.3 0.454
10 PaineWebber Group 6.1 0.859
Source: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Tex. N/A = not