• Centra Financial Holdings, Inc.’s $200 million sale to United Bankshares, Inc.
• T. Rowe Price’s sale of T. Rowe Price Banking Bank.
• First Union Corporation’s (prior to its merger with Wachovia Corporation) $16.63 billion acquisition of CoreStates Financial Corp. and $5.725 billion acquisition of First Fidelity Bancorporation.
• C&S/Sovran Corporation’s acquisition of over 40 publicly traded depository institutions; merger of Citizens and Southern Georgia Corporation with The Citizens and Southern Corporation to create The Citizens and Southern Corporation; $4 billion merger with Sovran to create C&S/Sovran; and $4.5 billion sale to NCNB Corporation to create NationsBank Corporation.
• Regions Financial Corporation’s acquisition of approximately 50 publicly traded depository institutions; $800 million acquisition of Morgan Keegan, Inc.; and $6 billion merger with Union Planters Corporation.
• Centura Banks, Inc.’s acquisition of 10 mutual thrift institutions.
• Union Planters Corporation’s acquisition of over 30 publicly traded depository institutions.
• IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.’s acquisition of SGV Bancorp (de-REITing of IndyMac and creation of IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. as an S&L holding company); $300 million acquisition of Financial Freedom; and $100 million acquisition of New York Mortgage Trust.
• Bank South Corporation’s $1.8 billion sale to NationsBank Corporation.
• Dominion Bankshares Corporation’s $2 billion sale to First Union Corporation.
• United Bankshares Corporation’s $1 billion sale to BB&T Corporation.
• Anchor Savings Bank, F.S.B.’s sale of Southeastern Franchise to several acquirers.

Recent Capital Markets Transactions

• National Commerce Corporation’s $38.1 million initial public offering of Common Stock.
• Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc.’s $31.6 million initial public offering of Common Stock and $20 million private placement of Subordinated Debt.
• TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.’s $35 million private placement of Subordinated Debt and $75.3 million initial public offering of Common Stock.
• Bankwell Financial Group’s $48.6 million initial public offering of Common Stock.
• Fidelity Southern Corporation’s $69 million offering of Common Stock.
• HomeBancorp, Inc.’s $20 million private placement of Senior Debt and Preferred Stock.
• 1st United Bancorp’s $80.5 million offering and $32.5 million initial public offering of Common Stock.
• BancorpSouth, Inc.’s $115 million offering of Common Stock.
• Citizens South Banking Corporation’s $15 million offering of Common Stock and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock.
• IBERIABANK Corporation’s multiple offerings of Common Stock with an aggregate value of $632.7 million.
• IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.’s $500 million offering of Fixed Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock and $106 million offering of Common Stock.
• Regions Financial Corporation’s multiple offerings of debt securities with an aggregate value of $4.25 billion.
• First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.’s $75 million offering of Fixed Rate Trust Preferred Securities and $50 million offering of Fixed Rate Subordinated Debt.
• Park Sterling Bank’s $115 million offering of Common Stock.
• Sterling Bancshares, Inc.’s $92 million offering of Common Stock.
• Union Planters Corporation’s multiple offerings of debt securities with an aggregate value of $1.1 billion.
• WSFS Financial Corporation’s $50 million offering of Common Stock and $55 million offering of Fixed Rate Senior Debt.