Top 10 Mergers Completed in the 3d Quarter Financial Advisers and Deal Fees

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Buyer Seller 1 Fleet Financial Group Inc., Boston BankBoston Corp. 2 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee Mercantile Bancorp Inc., St. Louis 3 AmSouth Bancorp, Birmingham First American Corp., Nashville 4 Charter One Financial Inc., Cleveland St. Paul Bancorp, Chicago 5 Sky Finl. Group Inc., Bowling Green, OFirst Western Bancorp Inc., New Castle, Pa. 6 Union Planters Corp., Nashville Republic Banking Corp. of Florida, Coral Gables 7 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis Bank of Commerce, San Diego, Calif. 8 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, N.J. Prime Bancorp Inc., Fort Washington, Pa. 9 Sky Finl. Group Inc., Bowling Green, OMahoning National Bancorp, Youngstown, Ohio 10 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. Mason-Dixon Bancshares Inc., Westminster, Md.

Totals and averages for the top 10 bank mergers completed in the 3rd Quarter

Totals and averages for all bank mergers completed in the 3rd Quarter part 2 of 3

Adviser Adviser Fees

Buyer Primary Financial Adviser Fees in basis pts. 1 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securi$30.00 23 2 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 15 18.1 3 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securi 17 32.8 4 Salomon Smith Barney 1 10.6 5 McDonald & Co. 0.5 11.3 6 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. N/A N/A 7 N/A N/A N/A 8 N/A N/A N/A 9 Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP N/A N/A 10 N/A N/A N/A Total 19.1 Total 19.2 part 3 of 3

Adviser Adviser Fees

Seller Primary Financial Adviser Fees in basis pts. 1 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co $40.00 30.7 2 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securi 25 30.1 3 Merrill Lynch & Co. 28.2 54.4 4 Merrill Lynch & Co. 7.5 79.3 5 Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP 3.6 81.1 6 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. N/A N/A 7 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 3 96.4 8 Fox-Pitt, Kelton 2.3 79.1 9 Danielson Associates Inc. 1.5 61 10 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 2.1 90.4 Total 67.0 Total 86.7 Source: American Banker research utilizing the M&A database of Sheshunoff Information Services, a Thomson Financial Co. ===

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