New Jersey's Hubo Inc. To Buy Urban National For $34.7M in Stock

New Jersey's Hubco Inc., in its 10th bank acquisition in less than five years, is buying Urban National Bank, Franklin Lakes, N.J., for about $34.7 million in stock.

The acquisition follows two deals announced late last year by $1.4 billion-asset Hubco. Those included the company's first nonbank acquisition, Shoppers Charge Accounts Co.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Urban shareholders will receive 2.17 shares of Hubco stock for each of their shares. The $241 million-asset Urban will then be merged into Hubco's subsidiary, Hudson United Bank.

The price amounts to 2.4 times Urban's book value without accounting for unrealized losses of $2.5 million on the bank's securities portfolio, according to Hubco chief executive Kenneth T. Neilson. The deal is 2.9 times the stated book value of Urban including the unrealized losses.

The merger, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, is expected to close in the third quarter of 1995.

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