1. Union Bankshares Corp. in Bowling Green, Va., is buying First Market Bank in Richmond for $105.4 million in stock. As of April 7, it was the largest deal announced in 2009.
2. The $4 Four billion-asset Great Western Bank of Watertown, S.D., nabbed 20 branches in Colorado and $477 in deposits from First Community Bank for a reported $28 million.
3. Discovery Bank in San Marcos, Calif., which has $171 million of assets, is being acquired by the $255 million-asset CommerceWest Bank in Irvine for $10.5 million in stock.
4. Bluefield, Va.-based First Community Bancshares is acquiring TriStone Community Bank of Winston-Salem, N.C., for $10 million in stock. TriStone has $152 million of assets.
5. Hantz Holdings of Southfield, Mich., agreed to purchase neighboring Davison State Bank, which has $46 million in total assets. A deal price was not disclosed.
