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part 1 of 5
Rank Buyer
1 Roslyn Bancorp, Inc., Roslyn, N.Y.
2 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C.
3 FirstMerit Corp., Akron, Ohio
4 Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Portland, Me.
5 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco
6 Centura Banks Inc., Rocky Mount, N.C.
7 National Penn Bancshares Inc., Boyertown, Pa.
8 United National Bancorp, Bridgewater, N.J.
9 Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha, Neb.
10 Commerce Bancorp Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J.
Averages for the top 10 completed deals
part 2 of 5
Rank Seller
1 T R Financial Corp., Garden City, N.Y.
2 MainStreet Financial Corp., Martinsville, Va.
3 Signal Corp., Wooster, Ohio
4 SIS Bancorp Inc., Springfield, MA.
5 Hemisphere Financial Ltd., Brownsville, Tex.
6 First Coastal Bankshares, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.
7 Elverson National Bank, Elverson, Pa.
8 Raritan Bancorp Inc., Raritan, N.J.
9 Midland First Financial Corp., Lee's Summit, Mo.
10 Prestige Financial Corp., Flemington, N.J.
part 3 of 5
Buyer Buyer
Adviser Fee Return on
Buyer's primary Basis Pts. Equity
Rank Financial Advise Deal Value Last 12 Month
1 Sandler O'Neill & Partners 74.6 8.61
2 Not available N/A 19.61
3 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 77.7 15.14
4 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, I N/A 14.59
5 Not available N/A 15.71
6 Not available N/A 15.75
7 LSC Financial, Inc. 2.9 17.1
8 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, I 42.1 13.2
9 Merrill Lynch & Co. N/A 9.87
10 Not available N/A 17.7
Averages 49.3 14.73
part 4 of 5
Buyer Seller
Adviser Fee in Adviser Fee in
Fee as a % Seller Primary Basis Pts. of
Rank of Equit Financial Adviser Deal Value
1 0.84 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 87.4
2 N/A Scott & Stringfellow, Inc 45.4
Sandler O'Neill & Partners , 4.5
3 0.43 Sandler O'Neill & Partner 70.7
4 N/A Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. 67
5 N/A Alex Sheshunoff & Co. N/A
6 N/A Trident Financial Corp. 76.1
7 0.02 Berwind Financial Group, 20
8 0.32 Endicott Financial Advise 104.4
9 N/A U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffra N/A
10 N/A Endicott Financial Advise 73.2
Averages 60.9
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Seller Seller
Return onAdviser Fee in
Equity Fee as a %
Rank Last 12 Mof Equity
1 16.99 2.18
2 12.32 1.71
4.5 N/M
3 7.56 2.36
4 13.36 1.65
5 9.11 N/A
6 9.67 1.81
7 12.44 0.73
8 13.43 2.95
9 26.72 N/A
10 16.22 2.76
11 13.78 2.02
Source: Sheshunoff Information Services , a Thomson Financial
