The combined institution will have relationships with 95 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500, up from 92 percent before the merger.

The combined institutions would have $10.8 billion in assets.

"The combined institution will be better off than either of its predecessors, which is the best you can hope for in a merger."

Within each region there could be several combined institutions.

Following the merger, shareholders of each company will own about 50 percent of the combined institution.

The combined institution became a college of the University of Leeds in 1990.

The combined institution had 66 branches in the Kingdom.

She was then elected chairman of the combined institutions.

The combined institution, with $20 billion in assets, will quickly become a strong force among New York's big banks.

But he noted it was a relatively small figure given the size of the combined institutions, which together have more than $900 billion in assets.