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Bank and Thrift Merger Deals

Bank and Thrift Merger Deals
Announced in the fourth quarter of 2005. Ranked by price
Published January 18, 2006
Related Table: Deals with Highest Announced Price to Equity/Price to Net Income
Rank Buyer Seller Announced Price (millions) Announced price to: Seller's assets (thousands)
Equity Net
1 Sovereign Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia Independence Community Bank Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y. Oct. 24 $3,591.20 1.59 16.28 $18,500,360
2 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee Gold Banc Corp. Inc. Leawood, Kan. Nov. 9 714.7 2.63 15.64 4,076,770
3 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. Main Street Banks Inc. Atlanta Dec. 14 621.4 2.13 20.56 2,473,567
4 New York Community Bancorp Westbury Atlantic Bank of New York Oct. 10 400 1.48 10.59 2,999,920
5 Rabobank Nederland Utrecht Central Coast Bancorp Salinas, Calif. Oct. 12 371.4 3.40 25.70 1,248,599
6 First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Itasca, Ill. Bank Calumet Inc. Hammond, Ind. Dec. 12 307 2.35 20.12 1,138,766
7 Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Houston SNB Bancshares Inc. Sugar Land, Tex. Nov. 16 242.7 2.75 63.94 1,120,747
8 First Community Bancorp Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Foothill Independent Bancorp Glendora, Calif. Dec. 14 238 3.48 22.16 794,070
9 East West Bancorp Inc. San Marino, Calif. Standard Bank FSB Monterey Park, Calif. Dec. 23 204 2.00 20.26 914,040
10 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee Trustcorp Financial Inc. St. Louis Dec. 21 180.1 3.56 21.74 705,359
11 Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Lititz, Pa. Minotola National Bank Vineland, N.J. Nov. 14 166.1 2.06 25.48 623,434
12 Cascade Bancorp Bend, Ore. F and M Holding Co. Boise, Idaho Dec. 27 147.1 3.90 26.27 563,422
13 Wintrust Financial Corp. Lake Forest, Ill. Hinsbrook Bancshares Inc. Willowbrook, Ill. Dec. 5 114.8 3.01 19.08 506,212
14 Alabama National BanCorp. Birmingham Florida Choice Bankshares Inc. Mount Dora Oct. 27 108.9 2.86 53.97 293,884
15 Western Alliance Bancorp Las Vegas Intermountain First Bancorp Las Vegas Dec. 29 104.4 3.68 22.85 413,169
16 UCBH Holdings Inc. San Francisco Great Eastern Bank New York Oct. 13 103.6 3.37 44.16 309,912
17 Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio Alamo Corp. of Texas Nov. 10 87 3.40 23.38 309,085
18 Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga. Banking Corp. of Florida Naples Oct. 24 82.6 3.24 19.68 322,398
19 F.N.B. Corp. Hermitage, Pa. Legacy Bank Harrisburg, Pa. Dec. 21 73 1.78 35.53 382,139
20 Bay View Capital Corp. San Mateo, Calif. Great Lakes Bancorp Inc. Buffalo Oct. 26 67.7 1.78 21.57 745,003
21 Marquette National Corp. Chicago Hemlock Federal Financial Corp. Oak Forest, Ill. Dec. 29 49.3 2.88 24.06 292,330
22 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida Stuart Big Lake Financial Corp. Okeechobee, Fla. Nov. 22 43 2.07 18.63 311,530
23 GBank and Trust Bancshares Inc. Gainesville, Ga. Mountain Bancshares Inc. Dawsonville, Ga. Dec. 19 41.8 3.49 37.84 124,346
24 Flushing Financial Corp. Lake Success, N.Y. Atlantic Liberty Financial Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y. Dec. 20 40.8 1.42 23.90 177,111
25 Commercial Capital Bancorp Irvine, Calif. CalNet Business Bank Sacramento Calif. Oct. 20 40.2 1.87 23.17 147,492
26 American Founders Bank Inc. Frankfort, Ky. First Security Bancorp Inc. Lexington, Ky. Dec. 12 38.3 1.78 25.71 203,515
27 IBT Bancorp Inc. Mount Pleasant, Mich. Farwell State Savings Bank Mich. Dec. 22 38.1 2.79 24.76 90,932
28 AmericanWest Bancorp. Spokane Columbia Trust Bancorp Pasco, Wash. Nov. 29 37.7 2.58 30.30 194,833
29 MainSource Financial Group Greensburg, Ind. HFS Bank FSB Hobart, Ind. Oct. 26 36.1 1.75 23.19 237,979
30 Union Bankshares Corp. Bowling Green, Va. Prosperity Bank and Trust Co. Springfield, Va. Oct. 31 36 3.36 24.48 127,865
31 Alpine Banks of Colorado Glenwood Springs First Colorado Bankshares Inc. Telluride Oct. 19 35.6 3.54 17.15 143,736
32 Orrstown Financial Services Shippensburg, Pa. First National Bank of Newport Pa. Nov. 21 33.6 2.47 20.83 123,155
33 Liberty Shares Inc. Hinesville, Ga. Peoples Banking Corp. Blackshear, Ga. Oct. 4 33.4 1.62 14.56 171,271
34 American National Bankshares Danville, Va. Community First Financial Corp. Lynchburg, Va. Oct. 18 33.1 2.42 31.35 164,930
35 Security Bank Corp. Macon, Ga. Neighbors Bancshares Inc. Alpharetta, Ga. Nov. 22 32.5 3.43 NM 105,490
36 Stark Bank Group Ltd. Fort Dodge, Iowa Pelican Financial Inc. Ann Arbor, Mich. Nov. 4 32.3 1.71 NM 194,488
37 First M and F Corp. Kosciusko, Miss. Columbiana Bancshares Inc. Ala. Oct. 12 31 2.15 35.18 191,242
38 Texas United Bancshares Inc. La Grange Northwest Bancshares Inc. Roanoke, Tex. Nov. 22 31 2.76 17.70 124,871
39 Gwinnett Commercial Group LLC Lawrenceville, Ga. Buford Banking Group Inc. Ga. Oct. 21 25.3 1.89 37.32 113,459
40 BankFinancial Corp. Burr Ridge, Ill. University National Bank Chicago Nov. 29 23.9 3.03 37.63 113,087
41 Summit Bank Corp. Atlanta Concord Bank Houston Dec. 8 23.7 2.01 25.90 111,965
42 Templar Fund Inc. St. Louis FFC Financial Corp. St. Louis Nov. 1 18.5 1.73 27.65 116,250
43 Northwest Bancorp Inc. Warren, Pa. Maryland Permanent Bank and Trust Co. Owings Mills Nov. 14 14.8 1.63 NM 86,466
44 Inland Community Bank Ontario, Calif. Western State Bank Duarte, Calif. Dec. 6 13.4 1.80 NM 55,755
45 Great Western Bancorp Omaha Security Bank, Madison, S.D. Nov. 4 11 NA NA 144,905
46 First Community Corp. Lexington, S.C. Dekalb Bankshares Inc. Camden, S.C. Dec. 7 9.9 1.89 NM 45,296
47 Texas United Bancshares Inc. La Grange Express Bank of Texas Round Rock Oct. 26 9.4 2.12 NM 44,725
48 First Financial Bancshares Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence Bank Kan. Oct. 3 8.9 2.35 25.12 36,351
49 Peoples Community Bancorp Inc. West Chester, Ohio Mercantile Financial Corp. Cincinnati Nov. 1 8.3 1.15 10.89 56,922
50 Nutmeg Financial MHC Inc. Naugatuck, Conn. Castle Bank and Trust Co. Meriden, Conn. Oct. 7 8 1.38 34.17 74,265
51 Waccamaw Bankshares Inc. Whiteville, N.C. Bank of Heath Springs S.C. Dec. 19 8 1.45 44.43 20,041
52 Pulaski Financial Corp. St. Louis CWE Bancorp Inc. St. Louis Oct. 25 7.6 1.75 30.65 45,458
53 First M and F Corp. Kosciusko, Miss. Crockett County Bancshares Inc. Bells, Tenn. Oct. 12 7.4 1.60 30.71 31,648
54 First Sleepy Eye Bancorp Inc. Sioux Falls, S.D. Stearns Bank Evansville Minn. Oct. 17 6 1.16 7.07 41,520
55 Milton Bancorp Inc. Wellston, Ohio Community First Financial Bancorp Inc. New Holland, Ohio Dec. 29 3.9 NA NA 29,296
56 National City Corp. Cleveland Forbes First Financial Corp. St. Louis Dec. 21 NA NA NA 505,229
57 Primetrust Bank Nashville Bank of the South Mount Juliet, Tenn. Nov. 21 NA NA NA 354,486
58 RCB Holding Co. Claremore, Okla. Pioneer Bancshares Inc. Ponca City, Okla. Dec. 27 NA NA NA 296,914
59 Bank of Choice Holding Co. Evans, Colo. First National Bank of Arvada Colo. Nov. 11 NA NA NA 201,676
60 Fishback Financial Corp. Brookings, S.D. FMB Bankshares Inc. Sioux Falls, S.D. Nov. 8 NA NA NA 160,278
61 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Fremont National Bank of Canon City Colo. Dec. 5 NA NA NA 139,144
62 First Citizens Financial Corp. Mason City, Iowa Kanabec Credit Co. Mora, Minn. Oct. 31 NA NA NA 113,641
63 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Martinius Corp. Rogers, Minn. Nov. 21 NA NA NA 83,949
64 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Centennial Bank of Pueblo Colo. Dec. 5 NA NA NA 32,790
65 DBT Financial Corp. Dewitt, Ark. Planters and Merchants Bank Gillett, Ark. Dec. 8 NA NA NA 27,402
66 Cleo Bancshares Inc. Cleo Springs, Okla. Meno Bancshares Inc. Meno, Okla. Oct. 1 NA NA NA 25,656
67 Peoples Bancorp Rock Valley, Iowa Pipestone County Bancorp Jasper, Minn. Oct. 13 NA NA NA 16,508
68 Madison Bohemian Savings Bank Forest Hill, Md. Back and Middle River Federal Savings and Loan Assn. Essex, Md. Oct. 10 NA NA NA 4,339

Notes: NA = Not Available; NM = Nominal

Source: SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va. (www.snl.com)

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