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Article: Washington Mutual to pay $1.2B for American Savings; merger would end a chapter in S&L saga.(Washington Mutual Inc., American Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, California)(includes related articles about Washington Mutual Chairman Kerry K. Killinger and American Savings CEO Mario Antoci)
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- American Banker
- Article date:
- July 23, 1996
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Washington Mutual and American Savings Bank announced their long awaited merger Monday, creating one of the nation's three largest thrift companies.
Washington Mutual Inc. of Seattle, the fifth-largest U.S. thrift, said it agreed to pay $1.2 billion of stock for Irvine, Calif. based American Savings, the sixth-largest.
The price equals 1.54 times American's tangible book value and a 3.3% premium on its deposits.
Washington Mutual would nearly double in assets, to $42 billion. It would add 158 American branches and 61 loan offices in California to Washington Mutual's 317 locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Montana.
Washington ...