Article: Union Planters to pay $114M for a foothold in Missouri.(to acquire Capital Bancorp of Cape Girardeau, Missouri)

Venturing into Missouri for the first time, Union Planters Corp. said Tuesday that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Capital Bancorp. of Cape Girardeau, which has $982 million of assets.

Union Planters, based in Memphis, said it agreed to pay $114 million in stock, or 1.56 times Capital's book value of $20.50 a share.

Capital is the holding company for six community banks, three of which operate in the southeast quadrant of Missouri, in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, and Perryville, close to the Tennessee border.

"Capital's geography is very complementary to our existing banking locations in northwest Tennessee and northeast Arkansas," said ...

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