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Ahmanson reports fourth-quarter net income of 74 cents per share.


IRWINDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1997--

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An asset that is not effectively producing income, such as an overdue loan.


nonperforming asset

An asset that produces no income.
 decline $51 million to lowest level

since Dec. 31, 1994

H.F. Ahmanson & Co. (NYSE NYSE

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), parent company of Home Savings of America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. , Wednesday Wednesday: see week.  reported fourth-quarter earnings per fully diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 common share of $0.74, up 85% from the $0.40 earned in the same 1995 period.

Net income in the fourth quarter of 1996 was $91.2 million, a 50% increase compared with $60.7 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. The 1996 fourth-quarter results include a gain on the sale of the company's San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837.  branches and other branch consolidation activities, as well as a refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
     2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies
 of FDIC FDIC

See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


FDIC

See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
 insurance assessments.

Net income for 1996 was $145.3 million or $0.91 per fully diluted common share, compared with $216.2 million, or $1.40 per fully diluted common share in 1995. The 1996 results include an aftertax charge of $144.4 million related to a special assessment to recapitalize re·cap·i·tal·ize  
tr.v. re·cap·i·tal·ized, re·cap·i·tal·iz·ing, re·cap·i·tal·iz·es
To change the capital structure of (a corporation).



re·cap
 the Savings Association Insurance Fund Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF)

A government organization that replaced the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation as the provider of deposit insurance for thrift institutions.
 (SAIF).

The 1995 results included an aftertax charge of $234.7 million related to an accounting change which eliminated certain goodwill, and an aftertax gain of $252.7 million in connection with the sale of the company's retail branch system in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
.

Charles Charles, archduke of Austria
Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by
 R. Rinehart Rine·hart   , Mary Roberts 1876-1958.

American writer known for her mysteries, including The Circular Staircase (1908) and The Door (1930).
, chairman and chief executive officer of Ahmanson and Home Savings, said: "We are delighted with the performance of the Home Savings and Ahmanson team in 1996. The company had a very productive year, completing the acquisition of 61 former First Interstate in·ter·state  
adj.
Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states.

n.
One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States.

Noun 1.
 branches, building infrastructure and income, and expanding our product lines as we progressed in becoming a full-service full-ser·vice
adj.
Associated with or offering complete service: full-service gasoline pumps; full-service banks. 
 consumer and small business bank.

"We also believe progress in capital management, credit, expense management, and other initiatives were significant contributors to our performance. Return on average equity reached 14.7% for the fourth quarter."

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $317.7 million for the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $306.9 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. Net interest income for 1996 totaled $1.25 billion, compared with $1.23 billion in 1995.

For the fourth quarter and the year 1996, the average net interest margins were 2.65% and 2.63%, respectively, compared with 2.52% and 2.39% for the 1995 periods. The increase in the net interest margins is due in part to the acquisition of 61 former First Interstate Bank (FIB fib  
n.
An insignificant or childish lie.

intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs
To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2.
) branches in September September: see month.  1996. At Dec. 31, 1996, the net interest margin was 2.66%, compared with 2.70% at Dec. 31, 1995.

Other Income

In the fourth quarter of 1996, other income was $78.0 million, compared with $48.2 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. Other income totaled $251.8 million in 1996, up 37% from $183.7 million (excluding the gain from the sale of the New York branch system) in 1995. Other fee income, at $44.2 million, continued to increase and was $17.5 million or 66% higher than the $26.7 million reported for the 1995 fourth quarter.

"The increase in other fee income reflects our emphasis on building fee-based services throughout the company, particularly in the Personal Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 Division (PFSD) and Griffin Financial Services unit," Rinehart said.

"In 1996, PFSD made tremendous strides in integrating a sales culture to complement its long-established service orientation orientation, in architecture, the disposition of the parts of a building with reference to the points of the compass. From remote antiquity the traditional belief in the efficacy of religious ceremonials performed at dawn toward the rising sun has influenced the . Fee income from PFSD grew 40% to $83.4 million in 1996 from $59.7 million in 1995, while Griffin increased its revenue by 39% to $16.8 million in 1996 from $12.1 million in 1995."

In the fourth quarter of 1996, the company recorded a pretax pre·tax  
adj.
Existing before tax deductions: pretax income.

pretax adj [profit] → vor (Abzug der) Steuern 
 gain of $6.9 million from the sale of the company's San Antonio branches and other branch consolidation activities.

Real Estate Held for Investment (REI)

During the fourth quarter of 1996 the company sold a large commercial property located in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . REI assets totaled $147.9 million, net of the allowance, at Dec. 31, 1996, declining 23% and 37% during the fourth quarter and full year of 1996, respectively.

REI operations reported a loss of $1.4 million for the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $3.6 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. For the year, REI operations reported a loss of $35.0 million, compared with $49.5 million in 1995.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses (G&A) totaled $188.2 million in the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $199.2 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. In the fourth quarter of 1996, the company had no deposit insurance expense due to a refund from the FDIC of the entire $18 million premium assessed for the quarter.

In the first quarter of 1997, the FDIC assessment will be approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $5 million, a $13 million decrease from the quarterly assessment rate prior to the SAIF recapitalization Recapitalization

Restructuring a company's debt and equity mixture often with the aim of making a company's capital structure more stable.

Notes:
Companies often want to diversify their debt-to-equity ratio to improve liquidity.
. G&A would have been $775.3 million in 1996, excluding the SAIF recapitalization of $243.9 million, compared with $818.6 million in 1995.

The company's efficiency ratio was 49.5% in the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with 57.0% in the same 1995 period.

Credit Costs/Asset Quality

During the fourth quarter of 1996, the company provided $29.3 million for loan losses, compared with $37.9 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. The 1996 fourth quarter provision reflects both lower net charge-offs and nonperforming asset levels compared with the year ago quarter. For the full year 1996, the company provided $144.9 million for loan losses, compared with $119.1 million in 1995.

Expenses for the operations of foreclosed real estate amounted to $27.7 million in the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $25.1 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. During 1996, these expenses amounted to $105.9 million, compared with $86.8 million in 1995.

During the fourth quarter of 1996, nonperforming assets (NPAs) decreased by $51.4 million, reaching their lowest level in two years and totaled $846.2 million, or 1.70% of total assets at Dec. 31, 1996, compared with $949.4 million, or 1.88% of total assets at Dec. 31, 1995. NPAs decreased $103.2 million, or 11% from year-end year-end also year·end
n.
The end of a year.

adj.
Occurring or done at the end of the year: a year-end audit.

Noun 1.
 1995 totals and declined $178.9 million, or 18% from their recent peak in February February: see month.  of 1996.

Troubled debt restructurings troubled debt restructuring

See debt restructuring.
 totaled $185.6 million at Dec. 31, 1996. NPAs declined throughout most of 1996, reflecting the company's aggressive efforts in dealing with problem assets and a more broadly based strengthening in the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  economy.

Net loan charge-offs for the fourth quarter of 1996 totaled $38.5 million, compared with $42.3 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. In 1996, net charge-offs totaled $151.4 million, compared with $138.5 million in 1995.

Included in net loan charge-offs were recoveries of $8.8 million in the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. Recoveries for 1996 totaled $39.2 million, compared with $24.2 million in 1995.

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Home Savings funded $1.2 billion of residential mortgages in the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 1995. In 1996 the company originated $5.2 billion in residential mortgages, compared with $6.4 billion in 1995.

Consumer loan production totaled $131.0 million during the quarter, compared with $18.6 million in the fourth quarter of 1995. In December December: see month.  1996 the company originated $51.8 million in consumer loans, achieving its goal of finishing 1996 at a run rate that would generate more than $500 million in new consumer loans annually. The consumer loan portfolio totaled $698.6 million at year-end 1996, including those loans acquired with the FIB branches.

At year-end 1996, business loans totaled $49.7 million, reflecting the company's program to provide lending and cash management services to small businesses.

DEPOSITS

Deposit balances at Dec. 31, 1996, totaled $34.8 billion, compared with $34.2 billion at Dec. 31, 1995. Checking and savings deposit balances increased $1.5 billion or 16% during 1996, while term deposits decreased $1.0 billion or 4% during the same period. Transaction accounts comprised 32% of the deposit base at Dec. 31, 1996, compared with 28% at Dec. 31, 1995.

The change in deposit mix is primarily due to the acquisition of the former FIB branches that resulted in the replacement of higher-cost term deposits with a greater percentage of lower-cost checking and savings deposits Savings deposits

Accounts that pay interest, typically at below-market interest rates, that do not have a specific maturity, and that usually can be withdrawn upon demand.
.

CAPITAL

At Dec. 31, 1996, Home Savings of America's capital ratios exceeded the regulatory reg·u·late  
tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates
1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

2.
 levels for the bank to be rated "well-capitalized," a designation DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to. the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide 1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2.
     2.
 meaning that the bank meets the highest regulatory capital standard.

STOCK PURCHASE PROGRAMS

In the fourth quarter of 1996, the company completed its second stock purchase program and began its third program, which was approved by the board on Nov. 3, 1996. In the second program the company purchased 5.2 million shares of its outstanding common stock at an average price per share of $28.61.

During the fourth quarter the company purchased a total of 4 million shares, investing $126.6 million at an average price per share of $31.86. Of the $250 million authorized au·thor·ize  
tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es
1. To grant authority or power to.

2. To give permission for; sanction:
 for the company's third round of purchase activity, $205 million remains. At Dec. 31, 1996, the parent company had $219 million in cash.

Since initiating the first stock purchase program in October October: see month.  1995, the company has purchased 17 million common shares, or 14% of the then outstanding shares, at an average price of $26.11. In addition, in September of 1996 the company redeemed re·deem  
tr.v. re·deemed, re·deem·ing, re·deems
1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum.

2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example).

3.
 its 9.60% Preferred Stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders.

Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate.
, Series B, and in December 1996 issued $150 million of 8.36% Capital Securities, Series A.

H.F. Ahmanson & Co., with $49.9 billion in assets, is the parent company of Home Savings of America. Home Savings' deposit base is $34.8 billion. It operates 391 personal financial service centers in four states and 125 mortgage lending offices in nine states.

Additional information, including monthly financial data, about H.F. Ahmanson & Co. and Home Savings of America can be retrieved by using the following service: Corporate News on the Net: http://www.businesswire.com/cnn/ahm.htm

For information regarding PC Banking, Home Loans, Investments, Insurance, Business Banking and Consumer Loans, contact: Home Savings Web site: http://www.homesavings.com -0-
H.F. AHMANSON & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands except per-share data)


At End of Period              12/31/96        9/30/96        12/31/95
----------------            ------------   ------------    ------------
  Total assets              $ 49,902,044   $ 50,588,224    $ 50,529,586
  Investment portfolio      $  1,184,857   $  1,063,932    $    892,572
  Loans receivable and
    mortgage-backed
    securities (MBS)        $ 46,085,670   $ 46,717,332    $ 47,407,521
  ARMs included in loans
    receivable and MBS      $ 44,070,098   $ 44,797,610    $ 45,895,028
  Allowance for loan losses $    389,135   $    398,290    $    380,886
  Deposits                  $ 34,773,945   $ 35,399,443    $ 34,244,481
  Borrowings and Capital
    securities of
    subsidiary trust        $ 11,728,934   $ 11,255,882    $ 12,236,428
  Stockholders' equity      $  2,433,049   $  2,472,634    $  3,056,922
  Book value per common
    share                   $      19.09   $      18.86    $      20.75
  Tangible book value per
    common share            $      17.31   $      17.06    $      20.00
  Total common shares
    outstanding              102,153,052    105,496,154     115,610,077


For the Three Months Ended:
--------------------------
  Net interest income       $    317,722   $    306,236    $    306,892
  Provision for loan losses $     29,298   $     35,783    $     37,927
  Net income (loss)         $     91,247   $    (79,478)/a $     60,709
  Net income (loss) per
    fully diluted common
    share                   $       0.74   $      (0.85)/a $       0.40
  Dividends per common
    share                   $       0.22   $       0.22    $       0.22
  Loans originated and
    purchased               $  1,415,515   $  2,489,651/b  $  1,647,308

  Average Interest Rates:
    Yield on loans and MBS         7.39%          7.33%           7.47%
    Yield on investment
      portfolio                    7.17%          8.25%           5.38%
    Yield on interest-earning
      assets                       7.39%          7.35%           7.43%
    Cost of deposits               4.41%          4.48%           4.73%
    Cost of borrowings             6.37%          6.39%           6.42%
    Cost of interest-costing
      liabilities                  4.89%          4.97%           5.17%
    Interest rate spread           2.50%          2.38%           2.26%
    Net interest margin            2.65%          2.59%           2.52%


For the Years Ended:
--------------------
  Net interest income       $  1,252,514                   $  1,226,755
  Provision for loan
    losses                  $    144,924                   $    119,111
  Income before cumulative
    effect of accounting
    change                  $    145,258                   $    450,946
  Net income                $    145,258/a                 $    216,204
  Net income per fully
    diluted common share    $       0.91/a                 $       1.40
  Dividends per common
    share                   $       0.88                   $       0.88
  Loans originated
    and purchased           $  6,683,886/b                 $  6,483,069

Average Interest Rates:
    Yield on loans and MBS         7.38%                          7.26%
    Yield on investment
      portfolio                    6.87%                          6.09%
    Yield on interest-earning
      assets                       7.37%                          7.21%
    Cost of deposits               4.48%                          4.59%
    Cost of borrowings             6.31%                          6.64%
    Cost of interest-costing
      liabilities                  4.94%                          4.99%
    Interest rate spread           2.43%                          2.22%
    Net interest margin            2.63%                          2.39%

/a:  Net income excluding the SAIF assessment and FIB acquisition
     charges would have been $73.2 million or $0.56 per share for
     the third quarter of 1996 and $298.1 or $2.21 per share for
     the year 1996.

/b:  Includes FIB loans acquired of $1.1 billion.

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H. F. AHMANSON & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (Unaudited)
(in thousands)

Assets                         12/31/96        9/30/96       12/31/95
------                        -----------    -----------    -----------
 Cash and amounts due from
  banks                       $   691,578    $   758,312    $   752,878
Securities purchased under
  agreements to resell            737,500        623,000        381,000
Other short-term investments       14,782         14,517         13,278
                              -----------    -----------    -----------
  Total cash and cash
    equivalents                 1,443,860      1,395,829      1,147,156
Other investment securities        11,597         11,514         12,356
Investment in stock of
  Federal Home Loan Bank
  (FHLB)                          420,978        414,901        485,938
Mortgage-backed
  securities (MBS)             14,296,512     14,863,228     16,152,142
Loans receivable
  less allowance for losses of
  $389,135 (12/31/96),
  $398,290 (9/30/96) and
  $380,886 (12/31/95)          31,789,158     31,854,104     31,255,379
Accrued interest receivable       209,839        215,238        228,111
Real estate held for
  development and investment
  (REI) less allowance
  for losses of
  $132,432 (12/31/96),
  $164,298 (9/30/96) and
  $283,748 (12/31/95)             147,851        192,846        234,855
  Real estate owned held
  for sale (REO)less
  allowance for losses of
  $32,137 (12/31/96),
  $36,126 (9/30/96) and
  $38,080 (12/31/95)              247,577        277,594        225,566
Premises and equipment            424,567        437,886        410,947
Goodwill and other
  intangible assets               308,083        321,088        147,974
Other assets                      602,022        591,292        229,162
Income taxes                           --         12,704             --
                              -----------    -----------    -----------
                              $49,902,044    $50,588,224    $50,529,586
                              ===========    ===========    ===========
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Liabilities, Capital Securities of Subsidiary
  Trust and Stockholders' Equity
-----------------------------------------------

Deposits                      $34,773,945    $35,399,443    $34,244,481
Securities sold under
  agreements to repurchase      1,820,000      1,705,000      3,519,311
Other short-term borrowings       210,529         50,000             --

FHLB and other borrowings       9,549,992      9,500,882      8,717,117
Other liabilities                 917,198      1,460,265        873,313
Income taxes                       48,918             --        118,442
                              -----------    -----------    -----------
  Total liabilities            47,320,582     48,115,590     47,472,664
Capital securities of
  subsidiary trust                148,413             --             --
Stockholders' equity            2,433,049      2,472,634      3,056,922
                              -----------    -----------    -----------
                              $49,902,044    $50,588,224    $50,529,586
                              ===========    ===========    ===========
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H. F. AHMANSON & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands except per-share data)

                                      For the Three Months Ended
                               ----------------------------------------
                                12/31/96        9/30/96      12/31/95
                               ------------   -----------  ------------
Interest income:
  Interest on loans             $   595,852   $   567,001   $   583,543
  Interest on MBS                   272,638       283,568       309,629
  Interest and dividends
    on investments                   16,224        17,406        13,205
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
      Total interest
        income                      884,714       867,975       906,377
                                -----------   -----------   -----------

Interest expense:
  Deposits                          386,692       377,011       407,113
  Short-term borrowings              29,583        32,035        65,107
  FHLB and other
    borrowings                      150,717       152,693       127,265
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
      Total interest
        expense                     566,992       561,739       599,485
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
      Net interest income           317,722       306,236       306,892
Provision for loan
  losses                             29,298        35,783        37,927
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
      Net interest income
        after provision
        for loan losses             288,424       270,453       268,965
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Other income:
  Gain on sales of MBS                3,103            --            53
  Gain on sales
    of loans                          3,845         3,307         4,375
  Servicing income                   18,449        18,114        15,940
  Other fee income                   44,243        34,386        26,730
  Gain on sales of retail
    deposit branch systems            6,861            --            --
  Gain on sales of
    investment securities                --           313           (67)
  Other operating income              1,507         1,140         1,189
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
                                     78,008        57,260        48,220
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Other expenses:
  SAIF recapitalization
    assessment                           --       243,862            --
  Other general and
    administrative
     expenses                       188,185       204,400       199,217
  General and                   -----------    ----------  ------------
    administrative
    expenses (G&A)                  188,185       448,262       199,217
  Operations of REI                   1,388        19,295         3,625
  Operations of REO                  27,664        25,225        25,123
  Amortization of goodwill and
    other intangible assets           6,935         3,955         4,611
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
                                    224,172       496,737       232,576
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Income (loss) before provision
  for income taxes and
  cumulative effect of
  accounting change                 142,260      (169,024)       84,609
Provision for income
  taxes (benefit)                    51,013       (89,546)       23,900
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Income (loss) before
  cumulative effect of
  accounting change                  91,247       (79,478)       60,709
Cumulative effect of change
  in accounting for goodwill             --            --            --
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)               $    91,247   $   (79,478)  $    60,709
                                ===========   ===========   ===========
Income (loss) per common
  share -- primary:
     Income (loss) before
       cumulative effect of
       accounting change        $      0.78   $     (0.85)  $      0.41
     Cumulative effect of
       change in accounting
       for goodwill                      --            --            --
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)               $      0.78   $     (0.85)  $      0.41
                                ===========   ===========   ===========
Income (loss) per common
  share -- fully diluted:
     Income (loss) before
       cumulative effect of
       accounting change        $      0.74   $     (0.85)  $      0.40
     Cumulative effect of
       change in accounting
       for goodwill                      --            --            --
                                -----------   -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)               $      0.74   $     (0.85)  $      0.40
                                ===========   ===========   ===========

Common shares outstanding,
  weighted average:
    Primary                     106,159,514   106,282,651   117,922,440
    Fully diluted               118,052,254   106,282,651   129,738,144

Return on average assets (1)          0.73%         0.60%         0.48%
Return on average equity (1)         14.71%        10.86%         7.93%
Return on average
  tangible equity (1), (2)           16.64%        11.56%         8.53%
Efficiency ratio (1)                 49.47%        53.08%        56.99%

(1)  Excludes the effect of the SAIF recapitalization of $243.9
     million and FIB acquisition charges of $14.0 million which are
     included in G&A for the third quarter and year of 1996.

(2)  Net income excluding amortization of goodwill and other
     intangible assets, and cumulative effect of change in accounting
     for goodwill, as a percentage of average equity excluding
     goodwill and other intangible assets.

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                                     For the Years Ended
                                 --------------------------
                                  12/31/96       12/31/95
                                 ------------   -----------
Interest income:
  Interest on loans               $ 2,296,786   $ 2,405,820
  Interest on MBS                   1,161,487     1,158,077
  Interest and dividends
    on investments                     56,522       135,194
                                  -----------   -----------
      Total interest
        income                      3,514,795     3,699,091
                                  -----------   -----------
Interest expense:
  Deposits                          1,523,873     1,835,590
  Short-term borrowings               138,182       197,437
  FHLB and other
    borrowings                        600,226       439,309
                                  -----------   -----------
      Total interest
        expense                     2,262,281     2,472,336
                                  -----------   -----------
      Net interest income           1,252,514     1,226,755
Provision for loan
  losses                              144,924       119,111
                                  -----------   -----------
      Net interest income
        after provision
        for loan losses             1,107,590     1,107,644
                                  -----------   -----------
Other income:
  Gain (loss) on sales of MBS           3,074        11,919
  Gain (loss) on sales
    of loans                           28,346         5,364
  Servicing income                     68,365        60,490
  Other fee income                    136,739       103,626
  Gain on sales of retail
    deposit branch system               6,861       514,671
  Gain on sales of
    investment securities                 313           187
  Other operating income                8,100         2,152
                                  -----------   -----------
                                      251,798       698,409
                                  -----------   -----------
 Other expenses:
  SAIF recapitalization
    assessment                        243,862            --
  Other general and
    administrative
     expenses                         775,285       818,579
  General and                    ------------   -----------
    administrative
    expenses (G&A)                  1,019,147       818,579
  Operations of REI                    34,961        49,481
  Operations of REO                   105,880        86,788
  Amortization of goodwill and
    other intangible assets            18,842        26,559
                                  -----------   -----------
                                    1,178,830       981,407
                                  -----------   -----------
Income (loss) before provision
  for income taxes and
  cumulative effect of
  accounting change                   180,558       824,646
Provision for income
  taxes                                35,300       373,700
                                  -----------   -----------
Income (loss) before
  cumulative effect of
  accounting change                   145,258       450,946
Cumulative effect of change
  in accounting for goodwill               --      (234,742)
                                  -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)                 $   145,258   $   216,204
                                  ===========   ===========
Income (loss) per common
  share -- primary:
     Income (loss) before
       cumulative effect of
       accounting change          $      0.91   $      3.39
     Cumulative effect of
       change in accounting
       for goodwill                        --         (1.99)
                                  -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)                 $      0.91   $      1.40
                                  ===========   ===========

Income (loss) per common
  share - fully diluted:
     Income (loss) before
       cumulative effect of
       accounting change          $      0.91   $      3.20
     Cumulative effect of
       change in accounting
       for goodwill                        --         (1.80)
                                  -----------   -----------
Net income (loss)                 $      0.91   $      1.40
                                  ===========   ===========

Common shares outstanding,
   weighted average:
     Primary                      109,748,923   118,074,091
     Fully diluted                109,748,923   130,378,061
Return on average assets (1)            0.60%         0.41%
Return on average equity (1)           10.80%         7.47%
Return on average
  tangible equity (1), (2)             11.68%        17.00%
Efficiency ratio (1)                   53.19%        58.85%

(1)  Excludes the effect of the SAIF recapitalization of $243.9
     million and FIB acquisition charges of $14.0 million which are
     included in G&A for the third quarter and year of 1996.

(2)  Net income excluding amortization of goodwill and other
     intangible assets, and cumulative effect of change in
     accounting for goodwill, as a percentage of average equity
     excluding goodwill and other intangible assets.





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