Article: BOK Financial Corp. Reports Rise in Earnings.(Originated from Tulsa World, Okla.)

Apr. 30--BOK Financial Corp.'s "overriding objective" for 1997 and beyond will be to capitalize on the "disruption and uncertainty" produced by recent bank mergers in Oklahoma, president and chief executive Stan Lybarger said during the company's 80th annual meeting Tuesday.

During his presentation to the group of about 150 shareholders, directors and bank executives, Lybarger said that in 1996 BOK benefited from a strong economy and by the mergers of BANK IV-Boatmen's, Boatmen's-NationsBank and Liberty-Banc One Corp.

"BOK's market share of loans increased every quarter last year relative to our major competitors," he said. "By year-end, we had ...

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