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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES FIRSTAR CORPORATION AND U.S. BANCORP
INC. TO SELL BRANCH OFFICES IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice today announced that Firstar Corporation and U.S. Bancorp Inc. have agreed to sell a total of 13 branch offices with approximately $756 million in deposits in Minnesota and Iowa in order to resolve antitrust concerns about the companies' pending merger. The merger will create the eighth-largest bank in the United States.
Under the agreement, Firstar will divest 11 branches in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and approximately $180 million in middle-market loans, and a number of commercial loan officers will be made available for hire to the buyer. In addition, Firstar will divest two branches in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Firstar has also agreed that, for a period of time, it will sell any branches closed in those two markets as a result of the merger to any commercial bank as long as the bank's offer is equivalent to, or better than, any offer from a non-bank bidder.
The proposed merger is subject to the final approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Department said that it will advise the Federal Reserve Board that, subject to divestiture of the branch offices and associated loans and deposits, the Antitrust Division will not challenge the merger.
Firstar Corporation is headquartered in Milwaukee and is a regional multi-state bank holding company. It has $74.4 billion in total assets and $52.7 billion in total deposits and operates bank branches in Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, and Arizona.
U.S. Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Minneapolis. It has $86.2 billion in total assets and $52.5 billion in total deposits and has bank branches located in California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
A list of the branches to be divested is attached.
Firstar Branch Divestiture List
State County Bank Branch Name Address City MN Ramsey Firstar Arden Hills 4061 North Lexington Avenue Arden Hills MN Hennepin Firstar Brooklyn Center 5540 Brooklyn Boulevard Brooklyn Center MN Hennepin Firstar Edina 6900 France Avenue South Edina MN Hennepin Firstar IDS 80 South 8th Street Suite 240 Minneapolis MN Ramsey Firstar Lawson Road 372 St. Peter Street St. Paul MN Ramsey Firstar Maplewood 2965 Whitebear Avenue Maplewood MN Ramsey Firstar Midway 427 North Snelling Avenue St. Paul MN Hennepin Firstar Minnetonka 17600 Highway 7 Minnetonka MN Hennepin Firstar Richfield 6500 Nicollet Avenue South Richfield MN Hennepin Firstar St. Anthony 2401 Lowry Avenue, Northeast St. Anthony MN Hennepin Firstar St. Louis Park 8800 Highway 7 St. Louis Park IA Pottawattamie Firstar Patio West 2650 West Broadway Council Bluffs IA Pottawattamie Firstar Patio East 1230 East Pierce Council Bluffs ###
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