Financial Advisers and Legal Counsel for the Top 75 Deals

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Buyer Seller

part 1 of 5

1 Fleet Financial Group Inc., Boston

2 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee

3 HSBC USA, New York

4 Amsouth Bancorp, Birmingham, Ala.

5 Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City

6 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati

7 E*Trade Group, Palo Alto, Calif.

8 Citizens Financial Group, Providence, R.I.

9 Charter One Financial, Cleveland

10 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis

11 Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, Mich.

12 Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Portland, Me.

13 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.

14 Union Planters Corp., Memphis

15 Hudson United Bancorp., Mahwah, N.J.

16 Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, Utah

17 Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, Ohio

18 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J.

19 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis

20 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.

21 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich.

22 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich.

23 Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, Conn.

24 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati

25 BancWest Corp., Honolulu

26 Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Madison

27 Independence Community Bank Corp., New York

28 Southwest Sec. Group, Dallas

29 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.

30 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.

31 Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, Ga.

32 Independence Community Bank Corp., New York

33 Associated Banc-Corp., Green Bay, Wis.

34 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.

35 Compass Bancshares Inc., BIrmingham, Ala.

36 California Finl. Bancorp., Newport Beach, Calif.

37 Carolina First Corp., Greenville, S.C.

38 CVB Financial Corp., Ontario, Calif.

39 National Commerce Bancorp., Memphis

40 Community First Bankshares, Fargo, N.D.

41 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City

42 Independent Bank Corp., Ionia, Mich.

43 Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, Utah

44 Premier Bancshares, Atlanta

45 Hudson United Bancorp., Mahwah, N.J.

46 FirstFed Financial Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.

47 MidCity Financial Corp., Chicago

48 Hudson United Bancorp., Mahwah, N.J.

49 NBC Capital Corp., Starkville, Miss.

50 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco

51 Greater Bay Bancorp, Palo Alto, Calif.

52 BSB Bancorp, Binghamton, N.Y.

53 Cullen/Frost Bankers, San Antonio

54 Premier Bancshares, Atlanta

55 Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, Mo.

56 FCNB Corp., Frederick, Md.

57 Bremer Financial Corp., St. Paul

58 Mid-State Bancshares, Arroyo Grande, Calif.

59 First Financial Bancorp., Hamilton, Ohio

60 CCB Financial Corp., Durham, N.C.

61 Texas Regional Bancshares, McAllen, Tex.

62 First National Corp., Orangeburg, S.C.

63 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, Okla.

64 Hudson River Bancorp., Hudson, N.Y.

65 Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, Mo.

66 First Banks, St. Louis

67 Capital City Bank Group, Tallahassee, Fla.

68 Citizens Bancshares Co., Chillicothe, Mo.

69 Greater Bay Bancorp., Palo Alto, Calif.

70 Harbor Bancorp, Aberdeen, Wash

71 Bank United Corp., Houston

72 First Busey Corp., Urbana, Ill.

73 PBOC Holdings, Los Angeles

74 State Financial Svcs. Corp., Hales Corners, Wis.

75 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, Okla.

Source: Sheshunoff Information Services, a Thomson Financial company

part 2 of 5

1 BankBoston Corp.

2 Mercantile Bancorp, St. Louis

3 Republic New York Corp.

4 First American Corp., Nashville

5 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City

6 CNB Bancshares, Evansville, Ind.

7 Telebanc Financial Corp., Arlington, Va.

8 UST Corp., Boston

9 St. Paul Bancorp, Chicago

10 Western Bancorp., Newport Beach, Calif.

11 F & M Bancorp., Kaukauna, Wis.

12 Banknorth Group, Burlington, Vt.

13 First Liberty Financial Corp., Macon, Ga.

14 Republic Banking Corp. of Florida, Coral Gables

15 JeffBanks Inc., Philadelphia

16 Pioneer Bancorp, Reno

17 Mahoning National Bancorp., Youngstown, Ohio

18 Prime Bancorp, Fort Washington, Pa.

19 Bank of Commerce, San Diego

20 Mason-Dixon Bancshares Inc., Westminster, Md.

21 CFSB Bancorp, Lansing, Mich.

22 Pinnacle Banc Group, Oak Brook, Ill.

23 New England Comm. Bancorp Inc., Windsor, Conn.

24 Emerald Financial Corp., Strongsville, Ohio

25 SierraWest Bancorp., Truckee, Calif.

26 FCB Financial Corp., Oshkosh, Wis.

27 Broad National Bancorp., Newark, N.J.

28 ASBI Holdings, Arlington, Tex.

29 Matewan BancShares, Williams, W. Va.

30 First Citizens Corp., Newnan, Ga.

31 Merit Holding Corp., Tucker, Ga.

32 Statewide Financial Corp., Jersey City

33 Riverside Acquisition Corp., Minneapolis

34 American Pacific State Bank, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

35 Hartland Bank, Austin, Tex.

36 Placer Savings Bank, Roseville, Calif.

37 Citrus Bank, Orlando

38 Orange National Bancorp, Orange, Calif.

39 First Financial Corp., Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

40 Valley National Corp., El Cajon, Calif.

41 Comstock Bancorp, Reno

42 Mutual Savings Bank, Bay City, Mich.

43 Regency Bancorp, Fresno, Calif.

44 Farmers & Merchants Bank, Summerville, Ga.

45 Little Falls Bancorp, N.J.

46 Professional Bancorp, Santa Monica, Calif.

47 Damen Financial Corp., Schaumberg, Ill.

48 Southern Jersey Bancorp, Bridgeton, N.J.

49 FFBS Bancorp, Columbus, Miss.

50 Mustang Financial Corp., Rio Vista, Tex.

51 Bay Area Bancshares, Redwood City, Calif.

52 Skaneateles Bancorp Inc., Schnectady, N.Y.

53 Commerce Financial Corp., Fort Worth

54 North Fulton Bancshares, Roswell, Ga.

55 Mid-Continent Bancshares, Blue Springs, Mo.

56 First Frederick Financial Corp., Md.

57 Dean Financial Services, St. Paul

58 City Commerce Bank, Santa Barbara, Calif.

59 Hebron Bancorp, Hebron, Ky.

60 Stone Street Bancorp, Macksville, N.C.

61 Harlingen Bancshares, Tex.

62 FirstBancorp, Beaufort, S.C.

63 Swiss Avenue State Bank, Dallas

64 SFS Bancorp, Schenectady, N.Y.

65 Fulton Bancorp Inc., Fulton, Mo.

66 Century Bank, Beverly Hills, Calif.

67 Grady Holding Co., Cairo, Ga.

68 MBLA Financial Corp., Macon, Ga.

69 Bay Commercial Services, San Leandro, Calif.

70 Bank of the Pacific, Long Beach, Wash.

71 Texas Central Bancshares, Dallas

72 Eagle BancGroup Inc., Bloomington, Ill.

73 Bank of Hollywood, Calif.

74 First Waukegan Corp., Glenview, Ill.

75 Chaparral Bancshares, Richardson, Tex.

part 3 of 5

1 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Sec.

2 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

3 J.P. Morgan Sec.

4 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Sec.

5 Goldman, Sachs & Co.

6 Salomon Smith Barney

7 BancBoston Robertson Stephens

8 Goldman, Sachs & Co.

9 Salomon Smith Barney

10 Not available

11 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

12 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

13 Not available

14 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

15 In House

16 Not available

17 Sandler O'Neill & Partners

18 Not available

19 Not available

20 Not available

21 Not available

22 Not available

23 Not available

24 Not available

25 Not available

26 McDonald Investments

27 Merrill Lynch & Co.

28 Not available

29 Not available

30 Not available

31 Not available

32 Merrill Lynch & Co.

33 Sandler O'Neill & Partners

34 Not available

35 Not available

36 Not available

37 Not available

38 Bank Advisory Group

39 Not available

40 Not available

41 Not available

42 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

43 Not available

44 Not available

45 Not available

46 Not available

47 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

48 In house

49 Southard Financial

50 Not available

51 Hoefer & Arnett

52 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

53 Not available

54 Not available

55 Not available

56 Feldman Financial Advisors

57 Not available

58 First Security Van Kasper

59 Not available

60 Not available

61 Hoefer & Arnett

62 Robinson-Humphrey Co.

63 Not available

64 Sandler O'Neill & Partners

65 Not available

66 Not available

67 McConnell, Budd & Downes

68 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

69 Hovde Financial

70 Alex Sheshunoff & Co.

71 Not available

72 Not available

73 Not available

74 Not available

75 Not available

part 4 of 4

Buyer Seller's primary financial adviser

1 Edwards & Angell

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Foley & Lardner

3 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

4 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Sullivan & Cromwell

5 Sullivan & Cromwell

6 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

7 Brobeck Phleger & Harrison

8 Goodwin, Procter & Hoar

9 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Silver, Freedman & Taff

10 Dorsey & Whitney

11 Dykema Gossett

12 Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell

13 Arnold & Porter

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

14 Alston & Bird

15 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch

16 Not available

17 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

18 Thompson Coburn

19 Dorsey & Whitney

20 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Arnold & Porter

21 Warner Norcross & Judd

22 Warner Norcross & Judd

23 Hogan & Hartson

24 Not available

25 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

26 Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.

27 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick

28 Not available

29 Arnold & Porter

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

30 Arnold & Porter

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

31 Not available

32 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick

33 Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach

34 Not available

35 Locke Liddell & Sapp

36 Not available

37 Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

38 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips,

39 Not available

40 Not available

41 Kolesar & Leatham

Ray, Quinney & Nebeker

42 Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett

43 Sullivan & Cromwell

44 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

45 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch

46 Not available

47 Not available

48 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch

49 Gholson, Hicks & Nichols

50 Not available

51 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips,

52 Hogan & Hartson

53 Jenkens & Gilchrist

54 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

55 Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr

56 Kennedy, Baris & Lundy

57 Winthrop & Weinstine

58 Reitner & Stuart

59 Frost & Jacobs

60 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey et al

61 Not available

62 Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson

63 Frederic Dorwart, Esquire

64 Silver, Freedman & Taff

65 Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr

66 John S. Daniels

67 Ausley & McMullen

Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart

68 Stinson, Mag & Fizzell

69 Not available

70 Not available

71 Bracewell & Patterson.

72 Not available

73 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick

74 Foley & Lardner

75 Frederic Dorwart, Esquire

part 5 of 5

Financial Advisers and Legal Counsel for the Top 75 Deals

Buyer Seller's legal counsel

1 Merrill Lynch & Co. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

2 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette SGibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

3 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

4 Merrill Lynch & Co. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

5 J.P. Morgan Sec. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

6 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette SLewis, Rice & Fingersh

7 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Hogan & Hartson

8 Fox, Pitt & Kelton Bingham, Dana

9 Merrill Lynch & Co. Mayer, Brown & Platt

10 Credit Suisse First Boston CoSimpson Thacher & Bartlett

Irell & Manella

11 Hovde Financial Quarles & Brady

McCarty, Curry, Wydeven, Peeters & Haak

12 CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. Peabody & Brown

13 Sandler O'Neill & Partners Long, Aldridge & Norman

14 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno

15 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ledgewood Law Firm

16 Not available Not available

17 Danielson Associates Werner & Blank Co.

18 Fox, Pitt & Kelton Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young

Blank Rome Comisky & McCa

19 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Higgs, Fletcher & Mack

20 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander

21 Feldman Financial Advisors Housley Kantarian & Bronstein

22 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette SBurke, Warren, Mackay & Serritella

23 HAS Associates Not available

24 McDonald Investments Grady & Associates

Graydon, Head, & Richey

25 Banc of America Sec. McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen

26 Hovde Financial Foley & Lardner

27 Ryan, Beck & Co. Stinson, Mag & Fizzell

28 Not available Not available

29 Baxter Fentriss & Co. Jackson & Kelly

30 Morgan Keegan & Co. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy

31 T. Stephen Johnson & AssociatNot available

32 Sandler O'Neill & Partners McCarter & English

33 Not available Kaplan, Strangis & Kaplan

34 Not available Gary Steven Findley & Associates

35 Hovde Financial Alston & Bird

36 Baxter Fentriss & Co. McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen

37 Allen C. Ewing & Co. Smith, Mackinnon, Greeley, Bowdoin & Edwards

38 First Security Van Kasper Brobeck Phleger & Harrison

39 Morgan Keegan & Co. Daniel W. Small

40 Hovde Financial Not available

41 Hovde Financial Grady & Associates

42 McConnell, Budd & Downes Schiff Hardin & Waite

43 Belle Financial Coudert Brothers

44 Not available Kilpatrick Stockton

45 FinPro Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & Fisch

46 Hovde Financial Not available

47 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Hinshaw & Culbertson

48 First Capital Group Block & Balestri

49 Trident Sec. Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & Fisch

50 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. Thompson & Knight

51 Findley Group Haines, Brydon & Lea

52 McConnell, Budd & Downes Harter, Secrest & Emery

53 Stephens Kelly, Hart & Hallman

54 Brown, Burke Capital PartnersPowell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy

55 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Morrison & Hecker

56 Not available Not available

57 Not available Briggs and Morgan

Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren

58 Findley Group Knecht & Hansen

59 Professional Bank Services Stites & Harbison

60 Orr Management Co. Poyner & Spruill

61 Not available Koppel, Ezell, Jackson & Kimball

62 RP Financial Silver, Freedman & Taff

Breyer & Associates

63 Not available Not available

64 Charles Webb & Co. Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick

65 Manchester Partners Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette

66 Not available Not available

67 Carson Medlin Co. Alston & Bird

68 Manchester Partners Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette

69 First Security Van Kasper Lillick & Charles

70 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. Not available

71 Service Asset Management CorpFord, Fritz, Byrne & Head

72 Trident Sec. Schiff Hardin & Waite

73 Hovde Financial Fried Bird & Crumpacker

74 Hovde Financial Hinshaw & Culbertson

75 Not available Jenkens & Gilchrist ===

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