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Investors Bancorp Inc. (ISBC) and Summit Federal Bankshares Inc. signed adefinitive merger agreement.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The companies said Summit Federal Bankshares is a unit of Summit FederalBankshares MHC, a federally chartered mutual holding company, which had assetsof $120 million as of June 30.
The companies said Summit MHC will merge into Investors Bancorp MHC, withInvestors MHC surviving, to be followed by the merger of Summit FederalBankshares into Investors Bancorp , with Investors Bancorp surviving, and themerger of Summit Federal Savings Bank into Investors Savings Bank, withInvestors Savings Bank surviving.
Investors Bancorp Inc. is the holding company for Investors Savings Bank.
Shares of Investors Bancorp were up 3 cents, or 0.2%, to $12.15 on Friday.
-Veronica Dagher; 201-938-5400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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