The purchase also includes Marquette Bank, N.A., MarquetteFinancial Group, Inc. and Marquette Equipment Finance, Inc.

The purchase encompasses several of the Pohlad family's nationalbanking interests. The banking companies that will be purchasedhave $5.6 billion in assets, 117 locations, $4 billion in deposits,2,300 employees and 300,000 customer households. Not included inthe sale were Pohlad's NorthMarq Capital commercial real estatefinance business and his United Properties commercial real estatefirm.

Among the banks included in the deal are Marquette Capital Bankand Marquette Bank, 36 locations in Minnesota; Marquette Bank, 21locations in South Dakota; Marquette Bank, five locations inIllinois; Marquette Bank, four locations in Cedar Rapids, IA;Meridian Capital Bank, three locations, and First National Bank& Trust, one location in Wisconsin;First State Bank of Texasand First National Bank of Texas, 43 locations in Texas; The Bankof Santa Fe, four locations in New Mexico.