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Bank and Thrift Deals Completed in Fourth Quarter 2000

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Bank and Thrift Deals Completed in Fourth Quarter 2000
Bank and Thrift Deals Completed in Fourth Quarter 2000

Ranked by total price paid at completion 
Published January 11, 2001

  Purchase price ($000)    Completion price/ Total assets (000)
  Buyer Target Announced date Completed date At announcement At completion equity (x) LTM net inc. Target no. of branches Buyer Target
1 Chase Manhattan New York, N.Y. J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. New York, N.Y. 9/13/00 12/31/00 $34,464,551 $29,524,804 2.31 12.58 3 $396,045,000 $266,323,000
2 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco, Calif. First Security Salt Lake City, Utah 4/10/00 10/25/00 2,778,512 2,997,025 1.71 17.19 330 222,276,000 23,336,582
3 M&T Bank Buffalo, N.Y. Keystone Financial Harrisburg, Pa. 5/17/00 10/6/00 1,028,142 1,186,476 2.1 26.6 180 22,761,554 7,012,346
4 New York Community Bancorp Flushing, N.Y. Haven Bancorp Westbury, N.Y. 6/27/00 11/30/00 187,296 324,764 2.44 16.84 70 1,985,648 2,965,912
5 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco, Calif. Brenton Banks Inc Des Moines, Iowa 7/7/00 12/1/00 264,500 269,148 1.87 14.39 44 234,159,000 1,984,418
6 Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati, Ohio Ottawa Financial Holland, Mich. 8/31/00 12/8/00 168,718 218,193 2.46 21.82 24 44,723,932 1,084,624
7 BB&T Winston-Salem, N.C. BankFirst Knoxville, Tenn. 8/23/00 12/27/00 147,024 210,061 2.18 21.5 32 48,796,118 848,807
8 Southwest Bancorp of Texas Houston, Tex. Citizens Bankers Baytown, Tex. 10/17/00 12/29/00 135,000 171,753 4.01 30.69 15 3,264,452 413,744
9 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis, Minn. Scripps Financial San Diego, Calif. 6/27/00 10/13/00 155,229 162,733 3.31 33.19 10 83,072,000 643,322
10 Waypoint Financial Harrisburg, Pa. York Financial York, Pa. 3/28/00 10/16/00 178,759 157,992 1.4 16.56 22 2,691,400 1,650,655
11 Mutual Savings Bank Milwaukee, Wis. First Northern, Capital Green Bay, Wis. 2/22/00 11/1/00 132,811 129,843 1.66 17.67 19 1,769,506 839,623
12 Jackson Federal Bank San Bernardino, Calif. Highland Bancorp Burbank, Calif. 4/25/00 10/2/00 113,510 113,510 2.05 9.81 7 337,702 667,196
13 Troy Financial Troy, N.Y. Catskill Financial, Catskill, N.Y. 6/8/00 11/10/00 89,949 89,949 1.61 N.M. 6 910,095 346,102
14 First Place Financial Warren, Ohio FFY Financial Youngstown, Ohio 5/24/00 12/22/00 72,929 81,332 1.17 11.13 11 796,796 667,684
15 First Niagara Financial Group Lockport, N.Y. Iroquois Bancorp Auburn, N.Y. 3/27/00 11/3/00 80,273 80,273 1.92 19.18 13 1,711,712 595,126
16 Seacoast Financial Services New Bedford, Mass. Home Port Bancorp Nantucket, Mass. 7/21/00 12/31/00 68,487 68,487 2.26 13.44 4 2,341,210 339,335
17 Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. Bank of Petaluma Petaluma, Calif. 3/21/00 10/13/00 39,688 61,357 3.44 22.67 4 2,624,965 194,739
18 First Banks America Inc Clayton, Mo. The San Francisco Company Calif. 9/22/00 12/31/00 60,654 60,654 2 9.32 3 1,074,157 203,029
19 Umpqua Holdings Roseburg, Ore. VRB Bancorp Rogue River, Ore. 8/15/00 12/1/00 55,714 51,997 1.49 10.57 15 411,626 326,595
20 Mercantile Bankshares Baltimore, Md. Bank of Fruitland Fruitland, Md. 6/2/00 11/30/00 37,538 42,213 2.96 33.11 7 8,071,032 139,561
21 Old Kent Financial Grand Rapids, Mich. Home Bancorp Fort Wayne, Ind. 6/16/00 10/13/00 40,361 38,808 0.98 12.93 10 19,664,874 403,492
22 Shore Bancshares Centreville, Md. Talbot Bancshares Easton, Md. 7/26/00 11/30/00 50,380 37,603 1 N.M. 7 201,411 324,601
23 BancorpSouth Tupelo, Miss. Texarkana First Financial Texarkana Ark. 5/15/00 10/31/00 37,513 37,513 1.31 11.21 6 5,844,696 206,487
24 Heritage Commerce San Jose, Calif. Western Holdings Bancorp Los Altos, Calif. 5/9/00 10/1/00 39,335 36,491 2.56 15.44 4 505,605 230,074
25 MutualFirst Financial Muncie, Ind. Marion Capital Holdings Marion, Ind. 6/8/00 12/8/00 27,534 34,159 1.05 13.84 3 543,457 199,194
26 Farmers National Banc, Canfield, Ohio Security Financial Niles, Ohio 5/30/00 11/30/00 32,560 30,108 2.11 65.59 6 436,910 171,155
27 North Valley Bancorp Redding, Calif. Six Rivers National Bank Eureka, Calif. 10/4/99 10/11/00 23,569 25,963 1.34 25.5 7 304,355 206,187
28 Allegiant Bancorp St. Louis, Mo. Equality Bancorp St Louis, Mo. 7/26/00 11/15/00 25,563 25,873 1.14 83.53 7 827,182 329,135
29 First Banks America Inc Clayton, Mo. Commercial Bank of San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. 6/28/00 10/31/00 29,500 25,800 1.55 16.65 1 1,062,288 176,564
30 SouthTrust Birmingham, Ala. First Bank Holding Company Tallahassee, Fla. 9/28/00 12/15/00 22,280 24,675 2.78 21.63 5 44,344,503 99,782
31 Whitney Holding New Orleans, La. First Ascension Bancorp Gonzales, La. 9/5/00 11/2/00 22,100 24,100 2.67 21.93 4 5,901,319 92,886
32 Northeast Pennsylvania Fin’l Hazelton, Pa. Security of Pennsylvania Financial Hazleton, Pa. 6/2/00 11/10/00 23,745 23,745 1.57 26.18 3 669,576 131,650
33 First Banks America Inc Clayton, Mo. Millennium Bank San Francisco, Calif. 8/24/00 12/29/00 20,700 20,700 1.71 15.8 2 1,074,157 104,501
34 Citco Community Bancshares Elizabethton, Tenn. Twin City Bancorp Bristol, Tenn. 7/19/00 11/20/00 20,186 20,186 1.36 20.9 4 405,999 123,911
35 NewMil Bancorp New Milford, Conn. Nutmeg Federal S&L Assoc. Danbury, Conn. 5/31/00 11/10/00 19,844 19,234 1.7 13.89 4 383,719 121,889
36 Bank of Montreal Montreal FF Century Bank Scottsdale AZ 9/14/00 12/15/00 16,207 16,207 2.6 47.11 3 28,674,001 60,732
37 BancFirst Oklahoma City, Okla. First Southwest Frederick, Okla. 5/25/00 10/1/00 12,239 12,906 1.19 10.02 4 2,378,184 119,945
38 Marathon Financial Winchester, Va. Rockingham Heritage Harrisonburg, Va. 4/20/00 11/20/00 15,341 12,276 0.99 8.79 6 112,474 105,590
39 German American Bancorp Jasper, Ind. Holland Bancorp Holland, Ind. 3/24/00 10/1/00 15,164 12,262 1.92 22.62 3 992,635 64,000
40 Northwest Financial Spencer, Iowa Plymouth Bancorporation Le Mars, Iowa 9/5/00 11/28/00 10,250 10,250 1.64 N.M. 3 540,992 88,493
41 Patapsco Bancorp Dundalk, Md. Northfield Bancorp Baltimore, Md. 5/16/00 11/13/00 8,796 8,796 1.25 38.41 2 100,789 54,166
42 Northwest Financial Spencer, Iowa Marquette Bank Oelwein Oelwein, Iowa 5/18/00 10/20/00 8,335 8,335 1.36 68.88 3 528,571 72,591
43 Central Banc Geneseo, Ill. Marquette Bank Fulton Fulton, Ill. 9/6/00 12/8/00 7,829 7,829 1.52 16.18 1 201,343 64,479
44 TFS Financial Cleveland, Ohio Penfed Bancorp Falmouth KY 1/24/00 12/29/00 7,809 7,809 1.64 N.M. 1 6,209,391 37,368
45 PAB Bankshares Valdosta, Ga. Friendship Community Ocalif.la, Fla. 9/19/00 12/31/00 7,667 7,667 1.93 28.61 2 687,302 42,004
46 Flathead Holding Co. of Bigfork Bigfork, Mont. Mountain Bank System Bigfork, Mont. 8/9/00 10/24/00 7,180 7,180 2.7 10.51 2 72,201 37,981
47 American River Holdings Sacramento, Calif. North Coast Bank Windsor, Calif. 3/1/00 10/25/00 6,513 7,153 1.41 16.49 2 201,362 47,280
48 First Community Bancshares Bluefield, Va. Citizens Southern Beckley, W. Va. 6/27/00 10/31/00 6,525 6,579 1.31 24.55 2 1,115,550 64,359
49 Plains Capital Corp. Lubbock, Tex. City National Austin, Tex. 9/15/00 12/31/00 6,000 6,000 1.36 N.M. 1 1,180,249 29,617
50 Grouppella Investment, L.L.C Pella, Iowa Vermeer Investment Co. Pella, Iowa 9/26/00 11/30/00 5,741 5,741 0.93 5.62 3 N.A. 135,131
51 Inter-Mountain Bancorp Bozeman, Mont. Westbanco W Yellowstone, Mont. 8/16/00 10/10/00 5,533 5,533 1.65 16.42 1 226,733 27,858
52 Britton & Koontz, Capital Natchez, Miss. Louisiana Bancshares Baton Rouge, La. 8/25/00 12/1/00 5,255 4,979 1.13 11.93 2 238,027 42,394
53 Avant Financial, LLC Syracuse, N.Y. Reliance Bank White Plains, N.Y. 5/18/00 11/21/00 4,250 4,250 N.M. N.M. 1 N.A. 23,189
54 Inter-Mountain Bancorp Bozeman, Mont. Three Forks Bancorporation Three Forks, Mont. 3/3/00 11/6/00 3,505 3,505 2.29 12.89 0 242,681 16,920
55 Cathay Bancorp Los Angeles, Calif. Kermit State Kermit, Tex. 8/17/00 12/11/00 2,065 2,065 N.M. N.M. 1 2,144,153 58,040
56 G. S. Bancshares Goodland, Kan. Citizens State Keenesburg, Colo. 9/13/00 12/8/00 700 700 N.M. N.M. 0 88,172 38,385
57 Farmers & Merchants Fin’l Svces St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Valley Fin’l Svces Courtland, Minn. 8/1/00 10/28/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 262,250 15,276
58 First National of Nebraska Omaha, Neb. First State Bank Silverton, Tex. 9/26/00 12/15/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 8,736,247 16,724
59 Gardiner Savings Institution Gardiner, Maine Augusta Federal Savings Augusta, Maine 12/5/00 12/5/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 423,154 103,464
60 Investor Group, Ga. Bank of Lowes Lowes Ky. 12/14/00 12/14/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N.A. 982
61 National Bank of Egypt FF Arab American Bank New York, N.Y. 8/13/98 12/15/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 N.A. 589,280
62 Security Bank, N.A. Garland, Tex. Caddo Financial, Caddo Mills, Tex. 8/30/00 12/4/00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 107,005 37,429

Source: Thomson Financial Sheshunoff Information Services (www.Sheushunoff.com)
FF: Foreign Ownership
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