…US - Banco Santander SA (BS) acquired the remaining ##.##% interest, or ###.### mil common shares, which it did not already own, in Sovereign Bancorp Inc (SB), in a stock swap transaction valued at $#. ## bil. BS offered…
…US - Sovereign Benefits Consulting Inc, a wholly-owned unit of Sovereign Bancorp Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired all the outstanding stock of Hartz Consulting Group LLC, a provider of benefits consulting services. Terms were not disclosed.…
…US - Banco Santander Central Hispano SA raised its stake to ##.#% from ##.#%, by acquiring a #.#% stake, or ##.### mil common shares, in Sovereign Bancorp Inc, for $##.# in cash per share, or a…
…US - Santander Central Hispano SA (SC) acquired a ##.#% stake or ## mil common shares, in Sovereign Bancorp Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (SB) for $## in cash per share, or a total value of an estimated $#.### bil. The…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SB), acquired all the outstanding common stock of Independence Community Bank Corp, Brooklyn, New York, for $## in cash per share, or a total value of $#.### bil. The transaction was subject regulatory…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp Inc (SOV), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired Waypoint Financial Corp (WYPT), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a savings and loan holding company, in a stock swap transaction valued at $###.### mil. SOV offered a choice of $## in cash or #…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp Inc (SOV), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired all the outstanding common stock of Seacoast Financial Services Corp (SCFS), New Bedford, Massachusetts, a savings bank holding company, in a stock swap transaction valued at $###.### mil. SOV offered $##…
…US - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc acquired SIB Mortgage Corp, a provider of consumer lending services, from Staten Island Bancorp Inc (SIB), Staten Island, New York. Concurrently, Independence Community Bank Corp, Brooklyn, New York, planned to merge with SIB, a savings…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SBI) acquired all the outstanding common stock of First Essex Bancorp Inc, Andover, Massachusetts (FEB), a bank holding company, in a stock swap transaction valued at $###.### mil. SBI offered a choice of…
…US - Independence Community Bank, Brooklyn, New York, a unit of Independence Community Bank Corp, Brooklyn, New York, agreed to acquire mortgage warehouse loans from Provident Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.…
…US - Waypoint Bank acquired two bank branches, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, from First Commonwealth Bank, a commercial bank located throughout central and western Pennsylvania, and a unit of First Commonwealth Financial Corp.…
…US- Royal Bank of Scotland PLC was rumored to be planning to acquire all the outstanding common stock of Sovereign Bancorp Inc,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.…
…US - Waypoint Financial Corp acquired e# Consulting Inc (E#) , a developer of employee benefit programs. Terms were not disclosed. On completion, E# will do business as Waypoint Benefits Consulting.…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp Inc (SBI), Wyomissing, Pennsylvania acquired Main Street Bancorp, Reading, Pennsylvania, a commercial bank holding company, in a stock swap transaction valued at $###.### mil. SBI offered a choice of $##.## in cash or common stock…
…US - Northwest Savings Bank, Warren, Pennsylvania, a unit of Northwest Bancorp Inc, acquired # branches, located in Potter and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania, from Sovereign Bank FSB, a savings and loan institution. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction was to include…
…US - Independent Bank Corp, Rockland, Massachusetts acquired # community banking offices located in Cape Cod, MA, from Sovereign Bancorp (SV). The sale of these branches occurred simultaneoulsy with SV's acquisition of the branches from FleetBoston. SV was previously obligated…
…US - Sovereign Bancorp, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, acquired ### bank branches, located in New England, from Fleet Financial Group (FFG), Boston, Massuchusetts for an estimated $###.# mil. Upon completion, the branches were to be renamed Sovereign Bank New England. Originally, in…
