Article: LEGG MASON/BARTLETT ACCORD; LEGG MASON'S ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT WILL RISE TO OVER $30 BILLION

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) and Bartlett & Co., a Cincinnati-based asset management company, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to merge Bartlett into Legg Mason in an exchange of stock. Under the terms of the agreement, Legg Mason would issue approximately 1,250,000 new shares of its Common Stock, or approximately 9% of its currently outstanding shares, to Bartlett's shareholders. The merger will be accounted for as a pooling of interests; it is expected to be non-dilutive on future earnings per share.

Bartlett, which was founded in Cincinnati in 1898, manages approximately $2.2 billion primarily in equity, ...






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