Top 25 Branch Sales Announced

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(Dollars in millions)

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Rank Seller

1 Sovereign Bancorp, Wyomissing, Pa.

2 Union Planters Corp., Memphis

3 Union Planters Corp., Memphis

4 Star Banc Corp., Cincinnati

5 Golden State Bancorp Inc., Glendale Calif.

6 Sterling Financial Corp., Spokane, Wa.

7 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, Okla.

8 ISB Financial Corp., New Iberia, La.

9 Hibernia Corp., New Orleans

10 Compass Bancshares Inc., Birmingham, Ala.

11 First Western Bancorp Inc., New Castle, Pa.

12 Coastal Bancorp Inc., Houston

13 Hubco Inc., Mahwah, N.J.

14 Bangor Savings Bank, Me.

15 BankNorth Group Inc., Burlington, Vt.

16 Capital City Bank Group Inc., Tallahassee, Fla.

17 SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta

18 Republic Bancshares Inc., Tampa, Fla.

19 Northwest Bancorp, Warren, Pa.

20 Community Trust Bancorp, Pikeville, Ky.

21 Sun Bancorp Inc., Vineland, N.J.

22 First Essex Bancorp Inc., Lawrence, Mass.

23 Trans Financial Inc., Bowling Green, Ky.

24 Whitney Holding Corp., New Orleans

25 Indiana United Bancorp, Greensburg

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Top 25 Branch Sales Announced Announced

(Dollars in millions) Dates

Rank Date Status Sold Sold Deposits

1 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Apr. 27

2 First Chicago NBD Corp. Sept. 8

3 California Federal Bank, San FranciscMar. 30

4 Bank One Corp., Columbus, Ohio Feb. 17

5 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco Nov. 2

6 KeyCorp, Cleveland Feb. 4

7 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 27-Jul

8 Bank One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 5-Jun

9 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York Dec. 1

10 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco Nov. 2

11 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh Feb. 23

12 Pacific Southwest Bank, Corpus Christ 4-May

13 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Mar. 2

14 Fleet Financial Group Inc., Boston Apr. 3

15 BankBoston Corp. 1-Jul

16 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Aug. 27

17 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Oct. 7

18 Dime Bancorp, New York Apr. 16

19 National City Corp., Cleveland Aug. 14

20 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 27-May

21 Household International Inc., Chicago 20-Jul

22 Peoples Heritage Finl. Group, PortlanMar. 30

23 Bank One Corp., Columbus, Ohio Mar. 6

24 Bank One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 5-Jun

25 Bank One Corp., Columbus, Ohio Oct. 21

Totals and averages for the top 25 branch sale transactions

Totals and averages for all 152 branch sale transactions

Source: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Tex.

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Top 25 Branch SaCompleted

(Dollars in millDate or No. of Total

Status Branches Deposit Premium

Rank sold Sold Deposits

1 First UnioSept. 4 95 $2,100.00 15.14%

2 First ChicPending 51 1,800.00 16.33

3 CaliforniaSept. 11 24 1,500.00 7.33

4 Bank One C 19-Jun 49 1,100.00 10.55

5 Wells FargPending 12 637 N/A

6 KeyCorp, C 15-Jun 33 518 11

7 BankAmeric Dec. 7 17 500 N/A

8 Bank One CSept. 11 17 478 6.45

9 Chase ManhPending 4 452 19.25

10 Wells FargPending 15 442 N/A

11 PNC Bank C 19-Jun 16 384 15.36

12 Pacific SoAug. 17 12 355.4 N/A

13 First Unio 25-Jun 22 310 N/A

14 Fleet Fina 26-Jun 31 292.8 N/A

15 BankBostonNov. 13 11 285 18.42

16 First UnioDec. 78 220 8.73 N/A

17 First UnioPending 7 220 N/A

18 Dime Banco 13-Aug 1 209.5 4.68

19 National CDec. 14 8 198 N/A

20 PNC Bank CSept. 21 5 195 13.4

21 Household Dec. 18 8 168 13.69

22 Peoples He 30-Jun 5 159 N/A

23 Bank One CAug. 21 8 154 N/A

24 Bank One CSept. 11 8 149 15.25

25 Bank One CPending 4 126 N/A

Totals and average 471 $12,952.70 12.82%

Totals and average 739 $17,001.30 12.18%

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Top 25 Branch Sales Announced

(Dollars in millions)

Rank Branch Sale Locations

1 12 in N.J. & 83 in Philadelphia/central Pa.

2 All in Ind. (largely Indianapolis and Lafayette)

3 All in Fla. (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-W. Palm Bch.)

4 All in Ohio (no major metropolitan areas)

5 All in Nev. (Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe)

6 2 in Ore., 10 in Idaho, and 19 in Wash.

7 All in New Mexico (Albuquerque)

8 All in Louisiana (Lafayette-Monroe)

9 All in Texas (Beaumont)

10 All in Arizona (Phoenix primarily)

11 All in Western Pennsylvania

12 All in South Texas

13 8 in Conn., 2 in N.Y., and 12 in N.J.

14 All in Maine

15 All in Western Massachussets

16 All in Florida

17 All in Florida

18 Deerfield Beach, Fla.

19 All in Northwest Pennsylvania

20 All in Kentucky

21 All in Del. (Wilmington-Newark)

22 All in New Hamshire

23 All in Kentucky

24 All in Southwest Louisiana

25 All in Indiana ===

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