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The $840 million-asset company will take a third-quarter charge of about $10 million on the sale of the loans, which have a book value of $33 million, it said.

The $979 million-asset company plans to offer up to 1.4 million shares of common stock at $19 per share, according to a Sept. 12 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Treasury Department will receive $91 million from its latest auction. The agency announced plans last week to auction nearly $118 million of securities from several small banks.

Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has raised $12 million through a private placement.

Activist investor Lawrence Seidman is pressuring OBA Financial Services to find a buyer, saying its poor asset growth, lagging efficiency and "abysmal" returns on average assets and average equity make it necessary.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., is setting up a regional headquarters in downtown Baltimore.

Dwight Utz, who is leaving VantageSouth in North Carolina five months after it bought his bank, says he is looking for CEO jobs Virginia, Maryland or Pennsylvania.

Independence Federal Savings Bank (IFSB) in Washington, D.C., is taking a second shot at buying Colombo Bancshares in Rockville, Md., three years after the companies called off plans to merge.

Delmar Bancorp in Salisbury, Md., has worked out an arrangement to redeem preferred stock from an outside investor.

First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) in Baltimore swung to a loss as professional fees rose and mortgage banking income cratered.

Congressional Bancshares of Bethesda, Md., has promoted to chief executive the former president of its Congressional Bank subsidiary.

Patapsco Bancorp (PATD) in Baltimore has appointed Phil Phillips its new chief executive after recording a quarterly loss.

Tri-County Financial Corp. in Waldorf, Md., will change its name to Community Financial Corp.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., has agreed to buy BCSB Bancorp in Baltimore in a stock transaction valued at $79 million, or $23.77 a share. The acquisition is the company's third in less than eight months.

The cost of shedding troubled loans weighed on First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) in the first quarter, with the $1.3 billion-asset parent of First Mariner Bank in Baltimore losing $2.3 million in the three months that ended March 31.

Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has appointed Mark Semanie as its chief operating officer to help manage its recent growth.

Jefferson Bancorp in Lutherville, Md., has received regulatory approval to buy Carrollton Bancorp (CRRB) in Columbia, Md.

F.N.B. Corp. (FNB) in Hermitage, Pa., said late Monday it had agreed to buy Annapolis Bancorp (ANNB), which owns the Bank of Annapolis, for $51 million in stock.

Old Line Bancshares has agreed to buy WSB Holdings in a deal that will combine two banks based in Bowie, Md.

Two businessmen, including a former Wachovia banker, were sentenced to federal prison for a $3 million bank fraud Thursday.