M&A Deal Summary

People s United Bank Acquires United Financial Bancorp

On July 15, 2019, People s United Bank acquired financial services company United Financial Bancorp for 759M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is People s United Bank’s 12th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is People s United Bank’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is People s United Bank’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is People s United Bank’s 4th transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-07-15
Target United Financial Bancorp
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) People s United Bank
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 759M USD
Advisor(s) Sandler O'Neill + Partners (Financial)
Sullivan & Cromwell (Legal)

Target

United Financial Bancorp

Hartford, Connecticut, United States
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company for United Bank, a full-service financial services firm offering a complete line of commercial, small business, wealth management, and consumer banking products and services to customers throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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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 13 of 13
Sector (Financial Services) 12 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 12
State (Connecticut) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 13 of 13
Year (2019) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-17 VAR Technology Finance

Mesquite, Texas, United States

VAR Technology Finance provides financing for commercial and public sector customers of large technology suppliers that sell through the Information Technology channel, using an industry-focused software platform and private label programs. They have over 25,000 direct end-user customers in commercial and public sectors, including small, medium and Fortune 1000 companies, in addition to K‐12 and universities.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-19 People s United Financial - LH-Finance

Connecticut, United States

People's United Financial, Inc.'s LH-Finance is a marine lending division based in Connecticut, United States.

Sell -