Transactions

Capital Partners, Ltd.

   Business combination of Capital Partners, Ltd. And related business enterprises with John Deere & Co.

Care Information Systems, Inc. Merger

   Merger of Care Information Systems, Inc. located in Springfield, Illinois, into VantageMed Coporation, located in Los Angeles, California.

Creative Products, Inc. of Rossville Share Sale

   The sale of all of its shares to International Home Foods, Inc., Creative Products, Inc. of Rossville, an S corporation; Creative was engaged in the development and production of private label cooking sprays, hair sprays and the like for distribution by internationally known customers, e.g., Kroger, Weight Watchers, and Topco.

DMI, Inc.

   Purchase of 100% of the shares of DMI, Inc., located in Goodfield, Illinois by its ESOP.

Deere & Co., Valmont Industries, Inc., and Capital Partners, LLC Joint Venture

   Joint Venture among Deere & Co., Valmont Industries, Inc., of Texas, and Capital Partners, LLC of Atlanta, Georgia.

Farmhand, Inc

   Business combination of Farmhand, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and The Tye Company of Lockney, Texas.

InterAg Technologies, Inc.

   Purchase of shares of Agro L/H (Denmark) by InterAg Technologies, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia.

Jefferson Trust & Savings Bank of Peoria Share Sale

   Sale of shares of Jefferson Trust & Savings Bank of Peoria to Bank One.

Laidlaw Corporation

   Purchase of 100% of the shares of Laidlaw Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona by its ESOP.

Maui Jim Enterprises Merger

   Merger of RLI Professional Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of RLI Corp., into Maui Jim Enterprises of Hawaii.

Medical Research Limited Partnership

   Organization of and subsequent transfer of assets to Health Advance Institute, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois and Houston, Texas.

Multi-Ad Services, Inc.

   Purchase of 100% of the shares of Multi-Ad Services, Inc. by its ESOP.

Phoenix International Corporation

   Purchase by Phoenix International Corporation, of North Carolina, of shares of Illini Technologies, Inc., of Springfield, Illinois.

Sunstar Bank Share Merger

   Merger and sale of Sunstar Bank shares by Hometown Community Bancorp and its related ESOP.