Top 25 Commercial Bank and Savings & Loan Mergers Announced in the 3d

+++ Financial Advisers and Legal Counsel representing buyer and seller in transaction part 1 of 4

Buyer Seller 1 Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, N.J. Dime Bancorp, New York 2 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. Premier Bancshares Inc., Atlanta 3 Centura Banks Inc., Rocky Mount, N.C. Triangle Bancorp Inc., Raleigh, N.C. 4 North Fork Bancorp, Mattituck, N.Y. JSB Financial Inc., Lynbrook, N.Y. 5 Old Kent Finl. Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Premier Financial, Wauconda, Ill. 6 North Fork Bancorp, Mattituck, N.Y. Reliance Bancorp Inc., Garden City, N.Y. 7 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco Prime Bancshares Inc., Houston 8 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati Peoples Bank Corp., Indianapolis 9 Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Ind. ANB Corp., Muncie, Ind. 10 Provident Financial Group Inc., CincinnatiFidelity Financial of Ohio, Cincinnati 11 Old Kent Finl. Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich. Merchants Bancorp Inc., Aurora, Ill. 12 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco First Place Finl. Corp., Farmington, N.M. 13 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif. Pacific Bank NA, San Francisco 14 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco North County Bancorp, Escondido, Calif. 15 BankIllinois Financial Corp., Champaign First Decatur Bancshares, Ill. 16 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis Peninsula Bank of San Diego 17 Gold Banc Corp. Inc., Leawood, Kan. American Bancshares Inc., Bradenton, Fla. 18 NBT Bancorp Inc., Norwich, N.Y. Lake Ariel Bancorp Inc., Pa. 19 Compass Bancshares Inc., Birmingham, Ala. Western Bancshares, Albuquerque, N.M. 20 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, Ala. Minden Bancshares Inc., La. 21 Staten Island Bancorp Inc., New York First State Bancorp, Howell, N.J. 22 Tompkins Trustco Inc., Ithaca, N.Y. Letchworth Indep. Bancshares, Castile, N.Y. 23 First M & F Corp., Kosciusko, Miss. Community Federal Bancorp, Tupelo, Miss. 24 Gold Banc Corp. Inc., Leawood, Kan. Union Bankshares Ltd., Denver 25 Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Ind. Heritage Finl. Services, Clarksville, Tenn. part 2 of 4

Buyer Primary Adviser Seller Primary Adviser 1 Goldman, Sachs & Co. CS First Boston 2 Not available or not disclosed Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Sec. 3 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. Wheat First Union 4 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette SecNortheast Capital & Advisory Inc. 5 Not available or not disclosed CS First Boston 6 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette SecSandler O'Neill & Partners LP 7 Not available or not disclosed Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 8 Not available or not disclosed McDonald Investments 9 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP 10 Not available or not disclosed Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP 11 Not available or not disclosed McDonald Investments 12 Not available or not disclosed Hovde Financial Inc. 13 Not available or not disclosed Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 14 Not available or not disclosed Not available or not disclosed 15 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. ABN Amro Inc. 16 Not available or not disclosed Banc of America Securities 17 Not available or not disclosed Advest Inc. 18 Not available or not disclosed Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. 19 Not available or not disclosed Hovde Financial Inc. 20 Not available or not disclosed Hovde Financial Inc. 21 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. Ryan, Beck & Company 22 Not available or not disclosed Not available or not disclosed 23 Morgan Keegan & Company Trident Securities 24 Advest Inc. Wallach Company 25 Not available or not disclosed Not available or not disclosed part 3 of 4

Buyer Legal Counsel 1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch 2 Arnold & Porter; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC 3 Alston & Bird LLP 4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 5 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 6 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 7 Not available or not disclosed 8 Graydon, Head, & Richey 9 Not available or not disclosed 10 Keating, Muething & Klekamp 11 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 12 Not available or not disclosed 13 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 14 Not available or not disclosed 15 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg 16 Not available or not disclosed 17 Stinson, Mag & Fizzell PC 18 Not available or not disclosed 19 Locke Liddell & Sapp 20 Not available or not disclosed 21 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 22 Not available or not disclosed 23 Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA 24 Stinson, Mag & Fizzell PC 25 Not available or not disclosed part 4 of 4

Seller Legal Counse 1 Sullivan & Cromwell 2 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Alston & Bird LLP 3 Arnold & Porter 4 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 5 Schiff Hardin & Waite 6 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette 7 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 8 Barnes & Thornburg 9 Sullivan & Cromwell 10 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 11 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg 12 Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC 13 Not available or not disclosed 14 Not available or not disclosed 15 Howard & Howard Attorneys 16 Reitner & Stuart 17 Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel et al 18 Not available or not disclosed 19 Not available or not disclosed 20 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 21 Not available or not disclosed 22 Not available or not disclosed 23 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 24 Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP 25 Not available or not disclosed Source: Sheshunoff Information Services, a Thomson Financial co. ===

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