
Based on BMO's Thursday closing price of C$62.05, that values M&I at $7.75 a share, a 33.9 percent premium on Thursday's New York market close. Under the deal, each M&I share will be exchanged for 0.1257 of a share of BMO. wealth management business.īMO said it should generate annual cost savings of about C$250 million by the end of fiscal 2013. branch network, the deal doubles its customer base in personal and commercial banking, gives it a position in additional U.S. In addition to more than doubling BMO's U.S. M&I has 374 branches and about $52 billion in assets. Milwaukee-based M&I is Wisconsin's biggest bank, and the deal would create the 15th-largest banking group by assets in the United States, BMO said. The United States, with its still-fragile banking sector, is a key target. system and we hope that BMO has been able to identify one of them."Ĭanadian banks emerged from the global financial crisis in much better shape than many rivals and have been seeking growth opportunities abroad. "We do believe that there are probably some real deals out in the U.S. "We're not rushing out and selling our (BMO) stock," said David Cockfield, who oversees about C$300 million at MacNicol & Associates Asset Management Inc and who said the share dilution was the reason for the steep fall in BMO's stock price. Shares of M&I were up 18 percent at $6.83 in New York. That news drove BMO shares down 6.4 percent to C$58.11 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It will issue about C$800 million ($792 million) in new shares to help fund the acquisition. Midwest and more than doubles the branch network it runs through its Chicago-based Harris Bank unit. 4 bank said on Friday the deal adds to its position in the U.S.
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