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Line-of-Business Deals Announced in First Half of 2004

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Line-of-Business Deals Announced in First Half of 2004

Top Lead Financial Advisers
Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in first half of 2004*
Published August 10, 2004
  Rank by value of deals Deal value (millions) Deals
1 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. $72,860.20 5
2 Lazard Freres & Co. LLC 59,239.70 1
3 UBS Securities LLC 30,008.20 5
4 Merrill Lynch & Co. 26,890.40 3
5 Lehman Brothers 18,929.40 5
6 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 18,653.80 3
7 Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP 12,046.40 26
8 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.1 9,653.40 31
9 Morgan Stanley 7,225.40 2
10 Ryan Beck & Co. 2,952.20 6
11 Secura Group 2,094.20 1
12 Citigroup Global Markets 2,080.40 2
13 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 1,478.80 3
14 Hovde Financial LLC 796.7 9
15 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. 420.8 1
16 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 389.5 2
17 Wells Fargo Securities LLC 338.2 1
18 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. 310.30 2
19 RBC Capital Markets 292 2
20 Samco Capital Markets 271.2 6
21 McDonald Investments2 265 4
22 Castle Creek Financial 206.3 2
23 Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. 168.4 3
24 Griffin Financial Group LLC 164.6 3
25 Alex Sheshunoff & Co.1 163.1 5
26 RP Financial 153.4 1
27 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. 133.8 3
28 Hoefer & Arnett Inc. 132 4
29 Advest Inc. 123.4 1
30 Austin Associates Inc. 97.3 1
31 Danielson Associates Inc. 73.9 1
32 McConnell, Budd & Romano Inc. 66.5 1
33 Burke Capital Group, LLC 58.2 3
34 Howe Barnes Investments Inc. 55.7 2
35 David A. Noyes & Co. 54.80 2
36 Orr Group 50.9 1
37 William Blair & Co. 47.6 1
38 Edelman and Co. 42.5 2
39 Empire Valuation Consultants Inc. 41.9 1
40 Cedar Hill Advisors LLC 41.4 1
41 DD&F Co.nsulting Group 39.8 1
42 Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. 36.9 1
43 D.A. Davidson & Co. 34.5 1
44 Columbia Financial Advisors Inc. 34.4 1
45 Findley Group 32.9 1
46 Carson Medlin Co. 30.6 1
47 Gerrish and McCreary LLC 28.3 1
48 Professional Bank Services Inc. 27.4 2
49 Crowe Chizek and Co. 22.6 1
50 Bank Advisory Group Inc. 22.4 1

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