M&A Deal Summary

Central Bancshares Acquires Farmers & Mechanics Bank

On March 29, 2002, Central Bancshares acquired financial services company Farmers & Mechanics Bank from Citizens Financial Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Central Bancshares’ 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Central Bancshares’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Central Bancshares’ 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-03-29
Target Farmers & Mechanics Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Central Bancshares
Sellers(s) Citizens Financial Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Farmers & Mechanics Bank

Galesburg,, Illinois, United States
Farmers & Mechanics Bank is a provider of personal and business products and services in Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Central Bancshares

Muscatine,, Iowa, United States

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Central Bancshares Inc. (Muscatine, IA) operates as a state commercial bank, provides various banking services ad products.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Citizens Financial Group

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Category Company
Founded 1828
Sector Financial Services
Employees17,800
DESCRIPTION

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania that provide banking products and services.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 7
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-07-17 Mellon - Regional Franchise

United States

The Regional Franchise comprises personal customers from some 650,000 households and approximately 58,000 business customers, supported by 345 branches and 4,135 staff in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Of the 345 branches, 321 are in Pennsylvania (mainly around Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), 5 are in New Jersey and 19 in Delaware. There are 257 traditional branches, 72 in supermarkets and 16 drive-ins.

Buy $2.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-10-15 Medford Bancorp

Medford,, Massachusetts, United States

Medford Bancorp Inc. serves as the holding company of Medford Savings Bank, provides various banking services and products.

Buy $282M