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Top 25 Branch Sale Deals Announced in First Half

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Top 25 Branch Sale Deals Announced in First Half
Top 25 Branch Sale Deals Announced in First Half

Ranked by deposits sold; dollars in thousands
Published August 7, 2001

  Buyer Target Announced Completed (or status) Branches Deposits Premium to deposits Branch locations
1 Bremer Financial Corp. St Paul U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Jan. 31 11-May 11 $750,000 8.00% Minn.
2 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Pacific Century Financial Corp. Honolulu 5-Jun Pending 20 640,000 NA Calif.
3 Community Bank System Inc. De Witt, N.Y. FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston 8-Jun Pending 36 484,000 NA N.Y.
4 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati 11-Apr Pending 11 450,000 NA Ariz.
5 Klamath First Bancorp Klamath Falls, Ore. Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle 29-May Pending 13 416,000 8 Ore.
6 Colonial BancGroup Inc. Montgomery, Ala. Union Planters Corporation Memphis 18-Jun Pending 13 358,000 NA Ala., Fla.
7 Fulton Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. Sovereign Bancorp Inc. Wyomissing, Pa. Jan. 29 8-Jun 18 319,000 9.4 Del, N.J., Pa.
8 Richmond County Financial Corp. New York FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston Feb. 27 22-Jun 7 300,000 NA N.J., N.Y
9 BancWest Corp. Honolulu UnionBanCal Corp. San Francisco 31-May Pending 3 216,379 NA GU, MP
10 Chemical Financial Corp. Midland, Mich. Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati 23-Mar Pending 4 150,600 10.92 Mich.
11 Exchange Bancshares Mayfield, Ky. Union Planters Corp. Memphis 8-May Pending 6 116,841 4.71 Ky.
12 Commonwealth Community Bancorp Grundy, Va. First Union Corp. Charlotte, N.C. Feb. 23 Feb. 23 2 115,505 NA Va.
13 Affinity Bank Ventura, Calif. Firstplus Bank Tustin, Calif. Jan. 3 1-Mar 1 103,100 2.5 Calif.
14 Stockmen’s Bancorp Kingman, Ariz. Community First Bankshares Fargo, N.D. 22-Mar 22-Jun 8 92,500 3.65 Ariz.
15 National Bancshares Bettendorf, Iowa Amcore Financial Inc. Rockford, Ill. 5-Mar 18-May 1 85,510 NA Ill.
16 First Farmers Financial Corp. Converse, Ind. Lakeland Financial Corp. Warsaw, Ind. 29-Jun Pending 5 80,000 NA Ind.
17 Stockman Financial Corp. Miles City, Mont. Glacier Bancorp Inc. Kalispell, Mont. 23-Mar Pending 6 79,006 NA Mont.
18 NetBank Inc. Roswell, Ga. CompuBank Houston 29-Mar 31-Mar 1 75,700 5.28 Tex.
19 Enterprise Bank of South Carolina Ehrhardt, S.C. Community Capital Corp. Greenwood, S.C. Jan. 29 14-May 5 70,000 NA S.C.
20 1st Source Corp. South Bend, Ind. Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati 23-Mar Pending 2 65,000 NA Mich.
21 First Citizens Bancorp of S.C. Columbia, S.C. South Financial Group Inc. (The) Greenville, S.C. 19-Mar Pending 4 56,000 NA S.C.
22 Gold Banc Corp. Leawood, Kan. NASB Financial Inc. Grandview, Mont. 5-Apr Pending 1 55,000 7.27 Kan.
23 Pointe Financial Corp. Boca Raton, Fla. Republic Bancshares Inc. St Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 4 20-Apr 5 53,700 4.84 Fla.
24 Sun Bancorp Selinsgrove, Pa. Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh Feb. 2 31-May 2 51,000 11.27 Pa.
25 Liberty Bancshares Arnolds Park, Iowa U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Feb. 6 8-Jun 2 48,898 NA Ind.
  Totals and averages for the top 25 deals       187 $5,231,739 6.18%  
  Totals and averages for all 120 deals       315 $6,722,261 6.74%  

Source: Thomson Financial Sheshunoff Information Services (www.sheshunoff.com)
© 2001 American Banker

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