Article: Union Planters to Buy St. Louis-Based Magna Group for $2.3 Billion.

Article: 4 Officers to Be Laid Off in St. Louis Bank's Merger with ...
American Banker;  May 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... executive vice presidents at Magna Group Inc. will lose their jobs once the company merges with Union Planters Corp., according to Magna ... is to be vice chairman of Union Planters, and Mr. Buerges, 37 ... to find a new job within Union Planters. "I decided not to start ...

Article: Union Planters bank buys Missouri's Magna ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 23, 1998 ;     360 words ... ... Memphis-based Union Planters, which has eight ... takeovers pending. Magna Group, with assets ... Illinois and Iowa. Union Planters, with $18 billion ... current prices, Union Planters will pay $60 ... each share of Magna Group. Magna Chairman ...

Article: Magna Group and Union Planters to ...
Weekly Corporate Growth Report;  March 2, 1998 ;     573 words ...The Deal: Magna Group and Union Planters have agreed to merge in deal that will have ... of UPC common stock for each common share of Magna Group. Magna Group has also granted Union Planters the option to purchase, under certain circumstances ...

Article: US consolidation continues with Regions and Union ...
The Banker;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... as adviser in the Union Planters-Magna group acquisition, said ... and in the case of Magna Group's takeover by Union Planters they will be $86 ... By contrast in Union Planters' takeover of Magna group "there are synergies ...

Article: Tennessee's Union Planters Corp. buying Magna bank
Northwestern Financial Review;  April 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Magna Group of St. Louis ... acquired by Union Planters Corporation ... the merger, Magna Group granted Union Planters the option to ... chairman and CEO of Magna Group, will serve as vice chairman of Union Planters Corp. and will ...

Article: Union Planters Bank Expected to Stay Two More Years ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Mississippi and Tennessee. Union Planters Bank has branches in 12 ... and CEO for the local Union Planters branches for the past ... their banking. In 1998, Union Planters purchased the Belleville-based Magna Group in a $2.3 billion deal ...

Article: Magna Grp Upgraded,Off S&PWatch Re:Union Planters ...
Business Wire;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... its ratings on Magna Group Inc. and its ... equivalent to Union Planters Corp. The ratings ... s merger with Union Planters. The acquisition ... Missouri-based Magna Group, in an exchange ... expands the Union Planters franchise westward ...