Financial Services

Client/Company Business Transaction
American Bancorp (Wheeling, WV) Bank holding company with offices in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Sold to: WesBanco, Inc. (Wheeling, WV)
Anderson Banking Company (Anderson, IN) Commercial bank in Indiana. Sold to: Merchants National Corporation (Indianapolis, IN)
Anthem, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) Largest provider of private health insurance in the U.S. $1,987,200,000 initial public offering of common stock
FirstBank Holding Company (Lakewood, CO) Commercial bank in Colorado and California. $50,000,000 placement of trust preferred securities
Merchants Insurance Group
(Buffalo, NY)
Mutual property and casualty insurance. Financial advisory services
Meridian Insurance (Indianapolis, IN) Provider of property and casualty insurance. Acquired: Mercury Security Group, Inc.(Red Wing, MN)
Ohio Casualty Corporation (Cincinnati, OH) Provider of property and casualty insurance. $201,250,000 follow-on offerings of common stock.
Peoples Bank Corp of Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) Commercial bank in Indiana. Sold to: Fifth Third Bancorp(Indianapolis, IN)
Railroadmen's Federal (Indianapolis, IN) Savings and loan holding company in Indiana. Sold to: Huntington Bancshares (Columbus, OH)
Shelby Federal Savings Bank (Indianapolis, IN) Commercial bank in Indiana. Sold to: First of America Bank Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
United Fire & Casualty (Cedar Rapids, IA) Provider of property and casualty insurance. $69,000,000 offering of convertible preferred stock.