M&A Deal Summary

People s United Bank Acquires Chittenden

On January 2, 2008, People s United Bank acquired financial services company Chittenden for 1.9B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is People s United Bank’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is People s United Bank’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is People s United Bank’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is People s United Bank’s 1st transaction in Vermont.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-01-02
Target Chittenden
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) People s United Bank
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.9B USD
Advisor(s) Lehman Brothers, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)
Goodwin Procter (Legal)

Target

Chittenden

Burlington, Vermont, United States
Chittenden Corp., provides various financial services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

People s United Bank

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Founded 1842
Sector Financial Services
Employees6,110
Revenue 1.8B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

People's United Bank is a diversified financial services company with $33 billion in assets. People’s United Bank is a premier, community-based, regional bank in the Northeast offering commercial and retail banking, as well as wealth management services through a network of over 400 retail locations in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. People's United Bank was founded in 1842 and is based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 13
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 12
State (Vermont) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 13
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-03-05 People s Bank Credit Card Operations

United States

People's Bank credit card operations provides various credit card products and services for individuals.

Sell $2.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-19 Financial Federal

New York, New York, United States

Financial Federal Corp., a financial services company providing collateralized lending, financing and leasing services nationwide to small and medium sized businesses in the general construction, road and infrastructure construction and repair, road transportation and refuse industries.

Buy $738M