8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

October 12, 2004 (October 11, 2004)
(Date of Report (date of earliest event reported))

R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Puerto Rico
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) 0-22137
(Commission File No.) 66-0532217
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

280 Jesús T. Piñero Ave.,
Hato Rey, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
(Address of principal executive office) 00918
(Zip Code)

(787) 758-2424
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On October 11, 2004, the registrant and R-G Crown Bank, it’s wholly owned Florida banking subsidiary, entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with SouthTrust Bank to acquire 18 SouthTrust branches located in three banking markets in Florida and one banking market in Georgia with deposits and other liabilities totaling approximately $600 million. The acquisition results from the proposed divestiture of certain SouthTrust branches, together with the assets, deposits and other liabilities of such branches to facilitate regulatory approval of Wachovia Corporation’s previously announced proposed acquisition of SouthTrust Corporation, the parent of SouthTrust Bank. Completion of the sale to R-G Crown is contingent on the completion of the proposed merger of SouthTrust Corporation and Wachovia Corporation. As part of the terms of the agreement, R-G Crown Bank agreed to complete the closing and conversion of the accounts by March 3, 2005. R-G Crown will pay SouthTrust a fee of $4.5 million if the closing and conversion does not occur by such date provided the inability to meet that deadline is caused solely by R-G Crown Bank’s action or failure to act. The transaction is subject to final regulatory approvals.

     A copy of the press release, dated October 12, 2004, which describes the transaction and was issued by the registrant is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.
10.1	Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2004, by and among R&G Financial Corporation, R-G Crown Bank and SouthTrust Bank.
99.1	Press release dated October 12, 2004.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Joseph R. Sandoval
	Joseph R. Sandoval
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 12, 2004

R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Report Dated October 12, 2004 (October 11, 2004)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2004, by and among R&G Financial Corporation, R-G Crown Bank and SouthTrust Bank.
99.1	Press release dated October 12, 2004

EX-10.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1
                                                                  Execution Copy

                        PURCHASE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

      This Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2004 (this
"Agreement"), is by and between R-G Crown Bank, a federal savings bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America (the "Buyer"), SouthTrust Bank, a
bank organized under the laws of the State of Alabama (the "Seller"), and, for
the limited purpose of Section 11.16 hereof, R&G Financial Corporation, a
corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("R-G").

                                    RECITALS

      WHEREAS, SouthTrust Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the parent of
the Seller, and Wachovia Corporation, a North Carolina corporation ("Wachovia"),
have agreed to merge (the "Merger"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of June 20, 2004, as restated (as the same may be further
amended, restated, or modified, the "Merger Agreement");

      WHEREAS, in order to satisfy certain regulatory requirements relating to
the Merger, the Seller desires to sell certain of its financial centers,
together with the assets, the deposits and the other liabilities set forth
herein; and

      WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to purchase the financial centers, including
the assets, and to assume the deposits and the other liabilities set forth
herein;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

I. DEFINITIONS

      1.1 Certain Defined Terms.

            Some of the capitalized terms appearing in this Agreement are
defined below. The definition of a term expressed in the singular also applies
to that term as used in the plural and vice versa. The word "including" as used
herein shall mean "including without limitation."

            "ACH" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 of this Agreement.



            "ATM Service Facilities" means the automated teller machine
facilities listed on Schedule 1.1(a).

            "Accrued Interest" means with respect to the Deposits, Loans and
Cash Reserve Loans, as the case may be, the interest, dividends, fees, costs,
and other charges that have been accrued on but not paid, credited or charged to
such Deposits, Loans or Cash Reserve Loans.

            "Adjusted Closing Statement" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b) of this Agreement.

            "Adjustment Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b) of
this Agreement.

            "Affiliate" means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, a specified Person, except in those cases where the controlling Person
exercises control solely in a fiduciary capacity.

            "Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

            "Allocation" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9 of this
Agreement.

            "Amount of Premium" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this
Agreement.

            "Assets" means, collectively, (a) the Owned Real Property;(b) the
Seller's rights under the Real Property Leases and the Ground Lease and any
prepaid revenue received by the Seller in connection with the subleases
associated with the Financial Centers and listed on Schedule 1.1(g) prorated
from the Closing Date; (c) the Fixed Assets; (d) the Loans, including the
collateral for the Loans, and the Loan Instruments; (e) the cash on hand at the
Financial Centers, including ATM Service Facilities' cash, vault cash and
tellers' cash; (f) the Cash Reserve Loans, including the Loan Instruments, and
the Seller's rights under the Cash Reserve Lines of Credit; (g) the Overdrafts;
(h) any safe deposit box rental agreements relating to safe deposit boxes
located at the Financial Centers and any prepaid revenues received by the Seller
in connection with such rental agreements prorated from the Closing Date; (i)
the Seller's rights under the Other Assumed Contracts; (j) Prepaid Expenses; and
(k) the benefits, rights, rights of action and claims related to the Assets

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and the Liabilities acquired and assumed by the Buyer pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement.

            "Benefit Plan" means any pension, profit-sharing, or other employee
benefit, fringe benefit, severance or welfare plan maintained by the Seller or
any of its Affiliates or with respect to which contributions are made by the
Seller or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Seller's Employees.

            "Business Day" means any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday on which the Seller is open for business.

            "Buyer Material Adverse Effect" means an event, occurrence or
circumstance which has a material adverse effect on the Buyer's ability to
timely perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

            "Cash Reserve Lines of Credit" means those consumer lines of credit
made available to customers of the Financial Centers as a protection against
overdrafts on the Deposit Accounts.

            "Cash Reserve Loans" means those loans outstanding on the Closing
Date pursuant to Cash Reserve Lines of Credit; provided, however, Cash Reserve
Loans shall not include the Excluded Loans.

            "Closing" means the purchase of the Assets by the Buyer and the
assumption of the Liabilities by the Buyer on the Closing Date.

            "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of this
Agreement.

            "Closing Statement" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of
this Agreement.

            "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together
with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

            "Commercial Loans" means the commercial and commercial real estate
loans or other extensions of credit, including all legally binding commitments,
loans under negotiation, Participation Interests, Letters of Credit and other
obligations to extend credit, relating to the Financial Centers, as of August
31, 2004, and identified on Schedule 1.1(b), provided, however, that Commercial
Loans shall not include the Excluded Loans. Such Schedule 1.01(b) shall be
updated by the Seller in connection with the Seller's preparation of the Closing
Statement as set forth in Section 3.2, and

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shall include all such loans relating to the Financial Centers made by the
Seller in the ordinary course of business from August 31, 2004 through the
Closing Date.

            "Comparable Job Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a)
of this Agreement.

            "Confidentiality Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section
11.1(f) of this Agreement.

            "Consumer Loans" means the consumer, residential real estate,
installment loans, personal lines of credit, indirect loans and certain other
consumer lines of credit and loans or other extensions of credit, including all
legally binding commitments and obligations to extend credit, relating to the
Financial Centers, as of August 31, 2004, and identified on Schedule 1.1(c),
provided, however, that Consumer Loans shall not include the Excluded Loans.
Such Schedule 1.01(c) shall be updated by the Seller in connection with the
Seller's preparation of the Closing Statement as set forth in Section 3.2, and
shall include all such loans relating to the Financial Centers made by the
Seller in the ordinary course of business from August 31, 2004 through the
Closing Date.

            "Deposit Accounts" means the deposit accounts at the Financial
Centers relating to the Deposits.

            "Deposits" means all deposits (as defined in 12 U.S.C. Section
1813(l)) which are booked to each of the Financial Centers, including, without
limitation, consumer and business and commercial (i) demand deposits; (ii)
interest checking accounts; (iii) money market accounts; (iv) savings deposits;
(v) time deposits; (vi) jumbo time deposits; and (vii) deposits held pursuant to
Retirement Plans, including in each case Accrued Interest and both collected and
uncollected funds, but excluding (x) deposits held in accounts for which the
Seller acts as fiduciary (other than deposits held by Retirement Plans); and (y)
deposits constituting official checks, travelers checks, money orders or
certified checks.

            "Disputed Owned Real Property" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.3(a) of this Agreement.

            "Employees" means the employees of the Seller employed at the
Financial Centers and listed on Schedule 8.1. Schedule 8.1 contains a complete
and accurate list in all material respects (and the Seller will deliver a
revised Schedule 8.1 no fewer than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date and on the Closing Date

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complete and accurate in all material respects) of all employees of the Seller
employed at the Financial Centers, their positions, their business locations,
their annual/weekly/hourly rates of compensation, average scheduled hours per
week and their status as full or part-time and active or on leave.

            "Environmental Reports" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11 of
this Agreement.

            "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.

            "ERISA Affiliate" means any entity that is considered one employer
with the Seller under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code.

            "Excluded Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.

            "Excluded Loan" means with respect to the Commercial Loans, the
Consumer Loans and the Cash Reserve Loans, as of the Closing Date, (i)
non-accrual loans (which term shall include loans in which the collateral
securing the same has been repossessed or as to which collection efforts have
been instituted or claim and delivery or foreclosure proceedings have been
filed); (ii) loans 90 days or more past due as to principal or interest;(iii)
loans in connection with which the obligor has filed a petition for relief under
the United States Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise has indicated a refusal to pay
the Loan as it becomes due; or (iv) Commercial Loans with an internal risk
classification under the Seller's standards of 9 or 10.

            "Fair Market Value" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of this
Agreement.

            "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum
(expressed on a basis of calculation of actual days in a year) equal to the
"near closing bid" federal funds rate published in The Wall Street Journal on
the Business Day following the Closing Date.

            "Financial Centers" means those financial centers of the Seller
listed on Schedule 1.1(d), indicating whether such Financial Center is Owned
Real Property or subject to a Real Property Lease.

            "Fixed Assets" means all fixtures (including signage poles),
leasehold improvements, furnishings (including furniture but excluding artwork
owned by the Seller), vaults, safe deposit boxes,

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equipment (including, for example, all ATM machines, but excluding any
proprietary or licensed software), communications equipment (other than voice
gateways and IP telephones), supplies (other than forms and other supplies which
bear the Seller's name or logo), and other personal property, which are owned by
the Seller and located at the Financial Centers and used by the Seller primarily
in conducting its business at the Financial Centers, including the assets set
forth on Schedule 1.1(e).

            "Governmental Entity" means any government or any agency, bureau,
board, commission, court, department, official, political subdivision, tribunal
or other instrumentality of any government having authority in the United
States, whether federal, state or local.

            "Ground Lease" means the ground lease associated with the Peach
Orchard Financial Center.

            "Hazardous Material" means any substance (other than materials such
as toner used in the ordinary course of business) presently listed, defined,
designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous or
otherwise regulated, under any applicable state or federal law relating to the
protection, preservation or restoration of the environment, including, but not
limited to, the following federal environmental laws: the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Superfund
Amendment and Reauthorization Act, the Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the
Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, each as amended.

            "Knowledge" means the personal knowledge of those facts that are
actually known or that should have come to the attention of the Persons set
forth on Schedule 1.1(f), with respect to the Seller, and Schedule 1.1(f-1),
with respect to the Buyer, given the office, title or responsibilities of each
such Person and following reasonable investigation by such Persons of such other
officers and employees who would reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the
matter in question.

            "Lakeland City Financial Center" means the Seller's financial center
located at 402 South Kentucky Avenue, Lakeland, Florida.

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            "Lakeland City Financial Center Lease" means the lease agreement
pursuant to which the Lakeland City Financial Center is leased by the Seller.

            "Leased Facilities" means the Lakeland City Financial Center and the
San Jose Financial Center, and any improvements thereon, which are or will be
leased under the Real Property Leases.

            "Letters of Credit" means the letters of credit, including any
standby letter of credit, issued by the Seller and listed on Schedule 7.6 (which
Schedule 7.6 shall be updated on the Closing Date).

            "Liabilities" means, collectively, (a) the Deposits, transferred on
the Closing Date, and all terms and agreements relating to the Deposit Accounts;
(b) the Seller's duties and responsibilities relating to the Deposits with
respect to (i) the abandoned property laws of any state,(ii) any legal process
which is served on the Seller on or before the Closing Date with respect to
claims against or for the Deposits that is not over and above the amount of the
Deposits; or (iii) any other applicable law; (c) the Seller's duties and
responsibilities with respect to the Real Property Leases and Ground Lease; (d)
the Seller's duties and responsibilities with respect to the Loans, including
the collateral for the Loans, and the Loan Instruments; (e) the Seller's duties
and responsibilities with respect to the Cash Reserve Lines of Credit and the
Cash Reserve Loans, including the Loan Instruments; (f) the Seller's duties and
responsibilities with respect to the Overdrafts; (g) the Seller's duties and
responsibilities with respect to the safe deposit boxes located at the Financial
Centers; (h) the Seller's duties and responsibilities with respect to the
Retirement Plans; and (i) the Seller's duties and responsibilities with respect
to the Other Assumed Contracts.

            "Loan Instruments" means the loan agreements, promissory notes,
mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge agreements, guaranty
agreements, insurance policies, financing statements, participation agreements
relating to Participation Interests, intercreditor agreements and any other such
contract documents relating to the Loans.

            "Loans" means the Consumer Loans and the Commercial Loans; provided,
however, Loans shall not include the Excluded Loans.

            "MAI Appraiser" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) of this
Agreement.

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            "Material Defect" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(b) of
this Agreement.

            "Mediator" means a firm of independent accountants of nationally
recognized standing (other than a firm that has performed services for the
Seller or the Buyer or any of their Affiliates during the past year) mutually
agreeable to the Seller and the Buyer.

            "Other Assumed Contracts" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10
of this Agreement.

            "Overdrafts" means those overdrafts of the book balance of any
Deposit Accounts, which are not subject to Cash Reserve Lines of Credit.

            "Owned Real Property" means (i) the land (including the improvements
thereon) on which are located any Financial Centers or ATM Service Facilities
that are listed as "Owned Real Property" on Schedule 1.1(d); and (ii) any
building or other improvements located on or relating to any such owned real
estate.

            "Participation Interests" means any fractional interests held by the
Seller in commercial loans, whether as lead bank or as a participating lender,
which interests are evidenced by participation agreements or participation
certificates.

            "Peach Orchard Financial Center" means the Seller's financial center
located at 2756 Peach Orchard Road, Augusta, Georgia.

            "Permitted Encumbrances" means, with respect to any Asset, any of
the following items: (i) with respect to the Owned Real Property, easements,
restrictions, and other matters of record or visible from the ground, applicable
zoning laws, building restrictions and all other laws of duly constituted public
authorities, grants of public rights of way, standard exceptions in the title
insurance policy, and any defect in or other exception to title that does not
interfere in any material respect with the operation of the Owned Real Property
and Leased Facilities as a retail banking facility; (ii) with respect to the
Leased Facilities, the terms and conditions of the Real Property Leases; (iii)
liens for taxes or assessments that are not yet due and payable and that were
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iv) liens imposed by law, which
were incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not secure indebtedness
for borrowed money, such as carriers', warehousemen's, materialmen's,

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vendor's and mechanics liens and other similar liens which do not materially
detract from the value of or interfere with the current use of the Assets;(v)
any lien, security interest or other charge securing or arising in connection
with any indebtedness, obligation, liability, claim, tax, cost or expense that
the MAI Appraiser took into account in determining Fair Market Value; and (vi)
any other encumbrances, claims, charges, security interests, or liens which do
not materially detract from the value of or interfere with the current use of
the Assets.

            "Person" means an association, a corporation, an individual, a
partnership, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Entity.

            "Prepaid Expenses" means any operating costs or other expenses
relating to the operation of the Financial Centers after the Closing Date which
were paid by the Seller on or prior to the Closing Date.

            "Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this
Agreement.

            "Real Property Leases" means the Lakeland City Financial Center
Lease and the San Jose Financial Center Sublease.

            "Retained Names and Marks" has the meaning set forth in Section
11.1(d) of this Agreement.

            "Retirement Plans" means those non-discretionary individual
retirement accounts and qualified retirement plan accounts relating to the
Deposits for which the Seller acts as custodian or trustee.

            "San Jose Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9 of
this Agreement.

            "San Jose Financial Center" means the Seller's financial center
located at 6450 Old St. Augustine Road, Jacksonville, Florida.

            "San Jose Financial Center Sublease" means the sublease agreement
pursuant to which the San Jose Financial Center will be subleased by the Seller
to the Buyer.

            "San Jose Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9 of
this Agreement.

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            "Seller Litigation" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(e) of
this Agreement.

             "Seller Material Adverse Effect" shall mean an event, occurrence or
circumstance which has, or is reasonably likely to have, a material adverse
effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the
business represented by the Assets, taken as a whole, or the Seller's ability to
timely perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that a Seller Material
Adverse Effect shall not include (i) events or conditions generally affecting
the financial services industry or effects resulting from general economic
conditions (including changes in interest rates), changes in accounting
practices or changes to statutes, regulations or regulatory policies, that do
not have a materially more adverse effect on the Seller than that experienced by
similarly situated financial services companies; (ii) events, impacts or
conditions caused by the public announcement of, and response or reaction of
customers, vendors, licensors or employees of the Seller to, this Agreement or
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) events,
impacts, occurrences, circumstances, or conditions, including any delay in the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, relating to, or
arising directly or indirectly out of, the Merger.

            "Settlement Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of
this Agreement.

            "Transferred Employees" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a)
of this Agreement.

            "Wachovia" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

            "Welfare Benefit Plans" means those Benefit Plans which are "welfare
benefit plans" as defined by ERISA.

            "Working Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 of the
Agreement.

II. PURCHASE OF ASSETS AND ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES

      2.1 Purchase of Assets.

            Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller
agrees to sell, assign and transfer possession of all right, title and interest
of the Seller in and to the Assets, and the Buyer

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agrees to purchase the same from the Seller, as of the close of business on the
Closing Date.

      2.2 Assumption of Liabilities.

            (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer
      agrees to assume, and thereafter honor and fully and timely, pay, perform
      and discharge, when due, the Liabilities, as of the close of business on
      the Closing Date.

            (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
      Buyer shall not assume any duties, obligations or liabilities of the
      Seller of any kind, whether known, unknown, contingent or otherwise, (i)
      not relating to the Assets or the Liabilities, (ii) attributable to any
      acts or omissions to act taken or omitted to be taken by the Seller (or
      any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) prior to the Closing Date in
      violation of any applicable laws, contracts or fiduciary duties, (iii)
      attributable to any causes of action, claims, suits or proceedings or
      violations of law or regulation attributable to any acts or omissions to
      act taken or omitted to be taken by the Seller (or any of its direct or
      indirect subsidiaries) prior to the Closing Date, (iv) relating to tax
      accruals of the Seller (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries),
      (v) relating to or arising out of any item excluded pursuant to Section
      6.5 or 7.3 or (vi) arising from circumstances, events or conditions prior
      to the Closing Date and not expressly assumed hereunder (the "Excluded
      Liabilities"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is not
      the intention that the assumption by the Buyer of the Liabilities shall in
      any way enlarge the rights of any third parties relating thereto. Nothing
      contained in this Agreement shall prevent any party hereto from contesting
      matters relating to the Liabilities with any third party obligee. From and
      after the Closing Date, (i) the Buyer shall have complete control over the
      payment, settlement or other disposition of the Liabilities and the right
      to commence, control and conduct all negotiations and proceedings with
      respect thereto and (ii) the Seller shall have complete control over the
      payment, settlement or other disposition of the Excluded Liabilities and
      the right to commence, control and conduct all negotiations and
      proceedings with respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this
      Agreement, (i) the Seller shall promptly notify the Buyer of any claim
      made against it with respect to the Liabilities or the Assets and shall
      not voluntarily make any payment of, settle or offer to settle, or consent
      or compromise or admit liability with respect to, any

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      Liabilities or Assets and (ii) the Buyer shall promptly notify the Seller
      of any claim made against it with respect to the Excluded Liabilities and
      shall not voluntarily make any payment of, settle or offer to settle, or
      consent or compromise or admit liability with respect to, any Excluded
      Liabilities.

      2.3 Transfer and Availability of Books and Records.

            On the Closing Date, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the
Seller will transfer and deliver to the Buyer such books and records relating to
the Assets and the Liabilities as exist and are in the possession or control of
the Seller (other than Deposit history information), including all such files,
documents and records maintained on electronic or magnetic media in the
electronic database system of the Seller that are reasonably accessible on a
branch-by-branch basis (except that, subject to the same exceptions set forth in
the next to last sentence of this Section 2.3, the Seller shall be permitted to
retain such books and records that contain information primarily relating to
other assets and liabilities not constituting Assets and Liabilities; provided
that in any such case the Seller shall provide to the Buyer such portions or
copies of such books and records as are reasonably necessary to service the
Deposits and other Liabilities, the Loans and the Cash Reserve Loans on an
ongoing basis). All books and records relating to the Assets and the Liabilities
held by the Seller or the Buyer after the Closing Date shall be maintained in
accordance with (and for the period provided in) that party's standard
recordkeeping policies and procedures. Throughout such period, the party holding
such books and records shall comply with the reasonable request of the other
party to provide copies of specified documents; provided, however, the parties
shall not be required to provide access to, or copies of, any documents or
information to the other party to the extent that such access or copies would
violate or prejudice the legal rights of any customer or employee or
attorney-client privilege or would be contrary to law, rule, regulation or any
legal or regulatory order or process. The requesting party shall give reasonable
notice of any such request. For a period of ninety (90) days after the Closing
Date, the party providing copies of records hereunder shall do so without
charge, and thereafter it may charge its customary rate for providing such
copies.

      2.4 Tax Matters.

            (a) Notwithstanding Section 2.5, all sales and use taxes and any
      interest and penalties thereon which are payable or arise as a result of
      this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
      by this Agreement, and all real

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      property transfer, recording and similar documentary taxes arising out of
      the transfer of the Assets shall be paid one-half by the Buyer and
      one-half by the Seller, and each of the Buyer, on the one hand, and the
      Seller, on the other hand, shall indemnify and hold the other harmless
      from and against any such taxes in excess of the portion to be paid by
      such party.

            (b) The Buyer shall not be responsible for, or have any liability
      with respect to, taxes on any income to the Seller arising out of this
      transaction.

      2.5 Proration of Certain Expenses.

            Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4, all operating expenses
related to the Financial Centers, including all rent, real estate taxes,
personal property taxes (tangible or intangible), utility, water and sewer
charges and assessments, and maintenance and service expenses, as well as
semiannual assessments paid to the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings
Association Insurance Fund with respect to the Deposits, shall be prorated
between the Buyer and the Seller as of the close of business on the Closing Date
such that all such expenses related to the operation of the Financial Centers on
and prior to the Closing Date shall be paid by the Seller and all such expenses
related to the operation of the Financial Centers after the Closing Date shall
be paid by the Buyer.

      2.6 Back Office Conversion.

            The Seller and the Buyer shall cooperate with each other and shall
use their reasonable best efforts (consistent with their internal day-to-day
operations) in order to cause the timely transfer of information concerning the
Assets and the Liabilities, which is maintained on the Seller's data processing
systems so that the Buyer can incorporate such information into the Buyer's data
processing systems no later than the opening of business on the Business Day
following the Closing Date.

      2.7 Processing of Certain Items Pre and Post Closing.

            A draft of the written practices and procedures under which the
Buyer and the Seller shall, among other things, complete the conversion of the
Financial Centers and handle certain post closing matters, including, without
limitation, all items (including, for example, Automated Clearing House ("ACH")
and electronic funds transfer items) relating to the Assets and the Liabilities,
which are presented or returned following the Closing Date, and any claims

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relating to such items, is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (the "Working
Agreement"). As promptly as practicable following the execution of this
Agreement, the parties agree to finalize the Working Agreement, which shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
understood and agreed that the post-Closing exchange of ACH and paper items
(checks and deposits) between the Seller and the Buyer shall continue for a
period of 90 days after the Closing Date, and any items submitted to the Seller
following the expiration of such 90 day period shall be returned by the Seller.
If, at the Seller's option, any such item is not returned, the Buyer shall pay a
per item fee of $5.00 for each ACH or paper item not returned after such 90 day
period.

      2.8 Information Returns.

            Unless otherwise agreed by the Buyer and the Seller in writing, (i)
the Seller will report to the applicable tax authorities and customers of the
Financial Centers all reportable payments made or received in connection with
the Financial Centers (including without limitation amounts reportable on
Internal Revenue Service Form 1099) from January 1 of the year of the Closing
Date through and including the Closing Date and, in connection with any such
payments, shall withhold and pay over to the applicable tax authorities any
amounts required to be so withheld and paid over and (ii) the Buyer will report
to the applicable tax authorities and customers of the Financial Centers all
reportable payments made or received in connection with the Financial Centers
(including without limitation amounts reportable on Internal Revenue Service
Form 1099) from the day after the Closing Date through and including December 31
of the year of the Closing Date and, in connection with any such payments, shall
withhold and pay over to the applicable tax authorities any amounts required to
be so withheld and paid over. For purposes of the foregoing, the term reportable
payments as used in this Section 2.8 shall include, but shall not be limited to,
interest paid on the Deposits, interest received on the Loans and the Cash
Reserve Loans, and any other information returns required with respect to the
Assets and the Liabilities. The Buyer and the Seller shall retain, in accordance
with their respective standard recordkeeping policies and procedures, and
provide the other with all records or other information that may be reasonably
relevant to the preparation of any returns, or the conduct of any audit or
examination, or other proceeding relating to taxes.

      2.9. Allocation of Purchase Price.

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            (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the Closing Date, the
      Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a statement setting forth an allocation
      of the Purchase Price paid in respect of the Assets (for Federal, state
      and local tax purposes) in accordance with the rules under Section 1060 of
      the Code (the "Allocation"). The Buyer shall have a period of ten Business
      Days following receipt of the Allocation in which to review the Allocation
      and raise any objections that the Buyer may have. Unless the Buyer timely
      objects, the Allocation shall become binding on the parties without
      further adjustment. If the Buyer timely objects, the Seller and the Buyer
      shall use their reasonable best efforts to resolve the disagreement during
      the ten-day period following the Buyer's notice. If the disagreement is
      not resolved during such ten-day period, the dispute shall be referred to
      the Mediator and such Allocation shall be modified by any resolution and
      thereupon such Allocation shall become final and binding. The Buyer and
      the Seller shall jointly bear the costs of such Mediator.

            (b) The parties recognize that the Purchase Price does not include
      the Buyer's acquisition expenses and the Buyer shall allocate such
      expenses appropriately. The parties agree to file their federal income tax
      returns and their other tax returns (including any forms or reports
      required to be filed pursuant to Section 1060 of the Code or any
      provisions of state and local law) reflecting such allocation and shall
      take no position contrary thereto unless required to do so pursuant to a
      determination (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code). The Buyer and
      the Seller shall promptly inform each other of any challenge by any
      Governmental Entity to the Allocation and agree to consult with and keep
      each other reasonably informed with respect to the status of and any
      material discussion, proposal or submission with respect to, any
      challenge.

      2.10 Severability of Assets, Liabilities and Financial Center Locations.

            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, the inability of the Seller to deliver a particular Financial Center
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including as a result of a
condemnation or casualty of the Owned Real Property or Leased Facilities or, in
the case of the Lakeland City Financial Center, the inability of the Seller and
the Buyer to obtain any required consent to the assignment of the Lakeland City
Financial Center Lease, shall not affect the Buyer's obligation to purchase the
Assets and assume the Liabilities associated with such Financial

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Center (other than the affected Owned Real Property or the assumption of the
Lakeland City Financial Center Lease) or purchase the remaining Financial
Centers, including all Assets and Liabilities attributable to such other
Financial Centers. In the event any Owned Real Property or Leased Facilities is
partially (in any material respect) or totally damaged or destroyed by fire,
flood, earthquake or other casualty, between the date hereof and the Closing
Date, the Seller shall as promptly as practicable notify the Buyer of such
casualty and, at the election of the Buyer, the Seller shall (i) at the Closing
assign such claim and all insurance proceeds relating thereto to the Buyer, or
(ii) (x) with respect to the Owned Real Property, reduce the Purchase Price by
an amount equal to the greater of any diminution in the Fair Market Value (which
shall be determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.3 hereof)
of such Financial Center and the cost of repairing the Financial Center (as
agreed to in good faith by the Buyer and the Seller), or (y) with respect to the
Leased Facilities, reduce the Purchase Price by an amount equal to the cost of
repairing the Financial Center (as agreed to in good faith by the Buyer and the
Seller).

      2.11 Arrangements Regarding Retirement Plans.

      On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause notice to be sent to
each depositor of a Deposit held by the Seller pursuant to the Retirement Plans
regarding the resignation of the Seller and the appointment of the Buyer as
custodian or trustee, as applicable. The Buyer and the Seller shall enter into
an agreement effective as of the Closing Date, in the form mutually acceptable
to the Buyer and the Seller, pursuant to which the Seller shall appoint the
Buyer as the Seller's agent with respect to the Retirement Plan Deposits during
the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date on which the
Seller's resignation as custodian or trustee, as applicable, can first become
effective in accordance with the terms of the applicable Retirement Plan. Such
agreement shall further provide that, effective upon termination of such
applicable agency period, the Seller appoints the Buyer as successor custodian
or trustee, as applicable, to the Retirement Plans. During such period of agency
and upon such appointment as successor custodian or trustee, as applicable, the
Buyer shall perform the services and carry out the duties and obligations
required of it as a custodian or trustee under the applicable plans, the Code,
and applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

III. CONSIDERATION

      3.1 Calculation.

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            In consideration of the Buyer's purchase of the Assets and its
assumption of the Liabilities, the Seller agrees to pay to the Buyer an amount
equal to the Deposits (as of the Closing Date), plus Accrued Interest thereon,
plus safe deposit rental payments and lease payments under any subleases
collected by the Seller applying to periods after the Closing Date, less the sum
of the following (the "Purchase Price"), in each case calculated as of the close
of business on the Closing Date:

                  (i) the aggregate net book value of the Fixed Assets as
            reflected in the books and records of the Seller;

                  (ii) the aggregate Fair Market Value in consideration of the
            Owned Real Property;

                  (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
            and the Cash Reserve Loans, plus Accrued Interest thereon;

                  (iv) the aggregate amount of cash on hand at the Financial
            Centers, including ATM Service Facilities' cash, vault cash and
            tellers' cash;

                  (v) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
            Overdrafts;

                  (vi) the Prepaid Expenses;

                  (vii) the net amount (which may be a negative amount) of taxes
            payable by the Buyer and the Seller under Section 2.4 (i.e., the
            amount payable by the Buyer less the amount payable by the Seller);

                  (viii) the net amount (which may be a negative amount) of any
            adjustments under Section 2.5 (i.e., the amount payable by the Buyer
            less the amount payable by the Seller); and

                  (ix) an amount equal to twenty (20) percent of the average
            daily Deposits for the fifteen (15) day period preceding the Closing
            Date (for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that
            for purposes of this calculation Deposits shall include any Deposits
            existing during such calculation period regardless of whether any
            such Deposits exist and are transferred to the Buyer on the Closing
            Date)(the "Amount of Premium"); provided, however, for

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            purposes of calculating the Amount of the Premium, the Deposits
            shall not include public deposits or, to the extent the aggregate
            amount of jumbo time deposits (which for purposes of this Section
            3.1(ix) shall mean those time deposits equal to $100,000 or greater)
            at the Financial Centers exceeds $50,000,000, the amount of such
            jumbo time deposits in excess of $50,000,000.

            As described in Section 3.2, the Purchase Price shall be paid in the
form of the Settlement Payment plus or minus, as the case may be, the Adjustment
Payment.

      3.2 Settlement.

            (a) Not later than the Business Day following the Closing Date, the
      Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the closing statement prepared in
      accordance with the Seller's customary practices and procedures used in
      preparing financial statements and in accordance with the terms of this
      Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement (the
      "Closing Statement"), which shall be prepared and dated as of the close of
      business on the Closing Date and be the basis of the payment to be made by
      the Seller to the Buyer's account on the first Business Day following the
      Closing Date (the "Settlement Payment").

            (b) The parties shall cooperate in the preparation of the adjusted
      closing statement within 30 days after the Closing Date which shall be
      prepared in accordance with the Seller's customary practices and
      procedures used in preparing financial statements and in accordance with
      the terms of this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to
      this Agreement (the "Adjusted Closing Statement"), which shall be dated as
      of the close of business on the Closing Date. The Seller shall afford the
      Buyer and its accountants and attorneys reasonable access and opportunity
      to review the relevant work papers and documentation used by the Seller in
      preparing the Adjusted Closing Statement. On the Business Day after the
      Buyer and the Seller agree to the Adjusted Closing Statement, or the Buyer
      and the Seller receive notice of any determination of the Adjusted Closing
      Statement under subsection (c) below, the Seller shall pay to the Buyer
      (or the Buyer shall pay to the Seller) an amount (the "Adjustment
      Payment") equal to the amount due stated on the Adjusted Closing
      Statement, plus interest from the day after the Closing Date until the
      calendar day before the Adjustment Payment is made at a rate per annum
      (calculated daily based on a 360-day year) equal to the Federal Funds
      Rate.

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            (c) If the Buyer and the Seller are unable to agree on the
      respective Adjusted Closing Statement within 30 days after the Closing
      Date, either Buyer or the Seller may submit the matter to the Mediator,
      which shall determine all disputed portions of the Adjusted Closing
      Statement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
      within 30 days after the submission. The Buyer and the Seller shall each
      pay half of the fees and expenses of the Mediator, except that the
      Mediator may assess the full amount of its fees and expenses against the
      relevant party if it determines that such party negotiated the relevant
      Adjusted Closing Statement in bad faith. The Adjusted Closing Statement,
      as agreed upon by the Buyer and the Seller and/or determined under this
      subsection, shall be final and binding upon the parties.

            (d) The Settlement Payment and the Adjustment Payment shall each be
      made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
      party receiving the payment, which account shall be identified by the
      party receiving the funds to the other party not less than two Business
      Days prior to such payment.

      3.3 Determination of Fair Market Value for Owned Real Property.

            (a) The fair market value of each of the Owned Real Property for
      purposes of Section 3.1(ii) (the "Fair Market Value") shall be determined
      in accordance with this Section 3.3. No later than the 20th day after the
      date hereof, the Buyer shall have (i) selected an MAI appraiser in good
      faith (an "MAI Appraiser") to conduct the appraisal of each of the Owned
      Real Property under this Section 3.3, and (ii) caused such MAI Appraiser
      to have delivered its appraisal to the Seller setting forth its estimate
      of the Fair Market Value of the Owned Real Property (such appraisal to be
      delivered no later than the 45th day after the date hereof). The Buyer
      shall pay the fees and expenses of the Buyer's MAI Appraiser. The Seller,
      by not later than the 15th day after the receipt of the foregoing
      appraisal, shall notify the Buyer in writing (1) that the Seller agrees
      with such appraisal with respect to any of the Owned Real Property (in
      which case such appraisal will be used to determine Fair Market Value
      pursuant to this Section 3.3 for each such Owned Real Property) or (2)
      that the Seller does not agree with such appraisal with respect to any of
      the Owned Real Property (each such Owned Real Property appraisal that the
      Seller disputes shall be referred to herein as, the "Disputed Owned Real

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      Property"). Within 10 days after providing notice to the Buyer of the
      Disputed Owned Real Property and if the Seller and the Buyer cannot
      otherwise mutually agree on the Fair Market Value with respect to each of
      the Disputed Owned Real Property, then by not later than the fifteenth day
      after giving the notice provided for in such clause (2), the Seller shall
      have (x) selected an MAI Appraiser to conduct an appraisal of each of the
      Disputed Owned Real Property, and (y) caused such MAI Appraiser to have
      delivered its appraisal to the Buyer setting forth its estimate of the
      Fair Market Value of the Disputed Owned Real Property (such appraisal to
      be delivered no later than the 30th day after the giving of the notice
      provided for in clause (2)). The Seller shall pay the fees and expenses of
      the Seller's MAI Appraiser. If whichever is the higher of the appraisals
      prepared by the Buyer's MAI Appraiser and the Seller's MAI Appraiser with
      respect to the Disputed Owned Real Property does not exceed whichever is
      the lower of such appraisals by more than 10%, then the Fair Market Value
      for such Disputed Owned Real Property for purposes of this Section 3.3
      shall be the average of the amount reflected in such two appraisals. If
      the higher of the appraisals prepared by the Buyer's MAI Appraiser and the
      Seller's MAI Appraiser with respect to the Disputed Owned Real Property
      exceeds whichever is the lower of such appraisals by more than 10%, then
      the two MAI Appraisers shall select a third MAI Appraiser whose appraisal
      will then be compared with the other two appraisals, and the two
      appraisals of the three which are closest in value will then be averaged
      to conclusively determine the Fair Market Value of the Disputed Owned Real
      Property. The expenses of such third MAI Appraiser shall be borne equally
      by the Buyer and the Seller.

            (b) Each MAI Appraiser shall determine the Fair Market Value of the
      Owned Real Property in accordance with customary practices and procedures
      for a Member of the Appraisal Institute. Each MAI Appraiser shall make its
      determination of Fair Market Value based on the definition agreed upon by
      agencies regulating federal financial institutions as set forth in The
      Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, Fourth Edition, published by the
      Appraisal Institute, which definition is based upon "the most probable
      price" for which a property should sell after reasonable exposure in a
      competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale,
      with the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and
      assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. The MAI Appraiser
      shall take into account the physical condition of the Owned Real Property
      as used solely for its current use, including all liabilities,

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      liens, and other encumbrances to which the Owned Real Property is subject
      and the environmental condition of the Owned Real Property; provided,
      however, that if any such matter is remedied by the Seller, including cure
      of a Material Defect as set forth in Section 7.3, then the Fair Market
      Value and/or the appraisal shall be accordingly adjusted to reflect that
      such matter no longer affects the Fair Market Value of the Owned Real
      Property. The Fair Market Value shall not include any value attributable
      to the Fixed Assets.

      3.4 Overdraft Repurchases.

            Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 3.4, the Seller
agrees to repurchase from the Buyer, on demand, Overdrafts outstanding on the
Closing Date that have remained outstanding for 60 calendar days following the
Closing Date. Such repurchase shall occur within five Business Days following
the 60-day period. The amount of such repurchase shall be equal to the lesser of
(a) the balance of the Overdraft as of the Closing Date or (b) the lowest
balance of the Overdraft during such 60-day period. Notwithstanding the Seller's
obligation to repurchase Overdrafts, the Buyer shall use its reasonable best
efforts consistent with practices it follows for its own accounts to collect
such Overdrafts prior to the expiration of such 60-day period and to assist the
Seller in collecting overdrafts after repurchase by the Seller; provided,
however, that the Buyer's reasonable best efforts to collect Overdrafts shall
not require that it initiate or pursue any legal action against any Person.

      3.5 Safe Deposit Box Rental Agreements.

      Safe deposit box rental payments collected by either the Seller or the
Buyer applying to periods both before and after the Closing Date shall be
prorated as of the Closing Date.

IV. SELLER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      The Seller makes the following representations and warranties to the
Buyer.

      4.1 Organization, Power and Authority.

            (a) The Seller is a state chartered bank duly organized under the
      laws of the State of Alabama, validly existing and in good standing. The
      Seller has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform
      this Agreement and any other documents

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      or instruments executed pursuant hereto. The execution and delivery of
      this Agreement and any other document or instruments hereto have been duly
      authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Seller. Upon execution
      and delivery by the parties, this Agreement and any other documents or
      instruments hereto will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
      Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
      insolvency and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or
      affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.

            (b) The performance of this Agreement by the Seller will not violate
      any provision of the charter or bylaws of the Seller, or any applicable
      law, rule, regulation, or order or any contract or instrument by which the
      Seller is bound, except for such violations of law, rule, regulation,
      order or contract, which alone, or taken in the aggregate, would not
      reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.

      4.2 Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings.

            (a) There are no actions, complaints, petitions, suits or other
      proceedings, or any decree, injunction, judgment, order or ruling,
      entered, promulgated or pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge, threatened
      against the Seller or any of its Assets or its Liabilities, which alone,
      or taken in the aggregate, reasonably would be expected to have a Seller
      Material Adverse Effect. No governmental agency has notified the Seller
      that it would oppose or not approve or consent to the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement and the Seller knows of no reason for any
      such opposition, disapproval or nonconsent.

            (b) As of the date hereof, there are no pending, or to the Seller's
      Knowledge, threatened disputes or controversies between the Seller and
      Wachovia that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay
      the Seller from being able to perform its obligations under this Agreement
      or impair the validity or consummation of this Agreement or the
      transactions contemplated hereby.

      4.3 Consents and Approvals.

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            No consents, approvals, filings or registrations with any third
party, except as contemplated by Section 6.2, or any public body, agency or
authority are required in connection with the Seller's consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than any required lessor
consents to the assignment of the Lakeland City Financial Center Lease and the
Ground Lease, any consents required for the assignment of the Participation
Interests, the Letters of Credit and as may be required as a result of any facts
or circumstances relating solely to the Buyer.

      4.4 Owned Real Property.

            (a) The Seller will convey good and marketable title, such as is
      insurable by any reputable title insurance company, to its Owned Real
      Property, free and clear of all encumbrances, except for Permitted
      Encumbrances. The Seller shall maintain in effect from the date of this
      Agreement until the Closing Date, all property, liability, fire and
      casualty insurance in effect as of the date hereof with regard to its
      Owned Real Property, including the structures, leasehold improvements and
      its Fixed Assets.

            (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(b), the Seller has not
      received any written notice of a current violation, citations, summonses,
      subpoenas, compliance orders, directives, suits, other legal process, or
      other written notice of potential liability under applicable zoning,
      building, fire and other applicable laws and regulations relating to its
      Owned Real Property.

            (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(d), the Seller has not
      received any written notice of any actual or pending condemnation
      proceeding relating to the Financial Centers.

            (d) Except with respect to the San Jose Financial Center as
      described in Section 6.9 of this Agreement and except as set forth on
      Schedule 4.4(d), the Seller has not entered into any agreement regarding
      the Owned Real Property, and the Owned Real Property is not subject to any
      claim, demand, suit, lien, proceeding or litigation of any kind, pending
      or outstanding, or to the Seller's Knowledge, threatened, which would be
      binding upon the Buyer or its successors or assigns or materially affect
      or limit the Buyer's or its successors' or assigns' use and enjoyment of
      the Owned Real Property or which would materially limit or restrict the
      Buyer's right or ability to enter into this

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      Agreement and consummate the sale and purchase contemplated hereby.

      4.5 Fixed Assets.

            The Seller has good and marketable title to its Fixed Assets, free
and clear of all encumbrances, claims, charges, security interests, or liens, if
any, except for Permitted Encumbrances, and has the right to sell, convey,
transfer, assign and deliver to the Buyer all of the Fixed Assets. The Fixed
Assets are in good operating condition in all material respects, ordinary wear
and tear excepted.

      4.6 Loans and Cash Reserve Loans.

            (a) The Seller has full power and authority to hold the Loans and
      Cash Reserve Loans, and has good and marketable title to its Loans and
      Cash Reserve Loans free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except
      for Permitted Encumbrances. The Seller is authorized to sell and assign
      its Loans and Cash Reserve Loans to the Buyer and, upon assignment, the
      Buyer will have the rights of the Seller with respect to the Loans and
      Cash Reserve Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.

            (b) Each Loan and each Cash Reserve Loan was originated in
      conformity in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations;
      and its principal balance as shown on the Seller's books and records is
      true and correct as of the last day shown thereon. None of the Loans or
      Cash Reserve Loans is an Excluded Loan. The Seller has complied in all
      material respects with all of its obligations under its Loan Instruments.

            (c) Each of the Loans and Cash Reserve Loans (i) is the legal, valid
      and binding obligation of the obligor, maker, co-maker, guarantor,
      endorser or debtor (such person referred to herein as an "Obligor")
      thereof or thereunder and is evidenced by legal, valid and binding
      instruments executed by the respective Obligors, each of which at the time
      of such execution had capacity to contract, and any signature on any Loan
      Instruments is the true signature of the Obligor on the Loan or Cash
      Reserve Loan involved, and (ii) is enforceable in accordance with its
      terms (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy laws and
      other laws of similar nature relating to creditors rights).

            (d) (i) the documentation relating to each Loan accurately reflects
      the payment history, the outstanding

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      balance of the Loan, and all receipts pertaining to the Loan from the
      obligor(s) thereof and all credits to which such obligor(s) are entitled,
      (ii) with respect to each Loan that is secured, the Seller has a valid and
      enforceable lien on the collateral described in the documents relating to
      such Loan, and such lien has the priority described in the Seller's loan
      files relating to such Loans (except as enforceability may be limited by
      bankruptcy laws and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights and
      principles of equity), (iii) no taxes or other liability of the Seller
      shall accrue against or be collected from the Buyer out of any Loan by
      reason of the purchase thereof by the Buyer, (iv) the Seller has paid or
      caused to be paid any and all license, franchise, intangible, stamp or
      other tax or fee due and owing to any state where a Loan originated, or
      any political subdivision thereof, arising from or growing out of the
      acquisition, collection or holding of any Loan, and (v) neither the Seller
      nor any of its agents, officers, employees or representatives in any
      manner has been guilty of any civil or criminal fraud with respect to the
      creation of any Loan or with respect to the transfer, assignment and sale
      of the same to the Buyer hereunder.

            (e) Other than the representations and warranties in Section 4.6(a),
      (b), (c) and (d), all Loans, Cash Reserve Loans and Loan Instruments
      transferred to the Buyer on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1 shall
      be transferred on an "AS IS" basis and without recourse to the Seller and
      without any representations or warranties as to the collectibility of any
      such Loan or Cash Reserve Loan or the creditworthiness of any such
      obligor.

      4.7 Validity of and Compliance with Real Property Leases And Ground Lease.

            The Lakeland City Financial Center Lease and the Ground Lease are,
and the San Jose Financial Center Sublease will be, valid and existing leases
under which the Seller, as lessee, is entitled to possession of the leased
premises. To the Seller's Knowledge, no event has occurred and is continuing,
nor has the Seller received any written notice, which constitutes a default by
the Seller under the Real Property Leases or Ground Lease or, to the Seller's
Knowledge, by the lessor, under the Real Property Leases or Ground Lease.
Subject to the Seller's obtaining any necessary lessor consents, the assignment
of such lease of such property will transfer to the Buyer all of the Seller's
rights under the Real Property Leases and Ground Lease.

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      4.8 Compliance with Certain Laws.

            The Deposit Accounts and the Cash Reserve Lines of Credit were
opened, extended or made, and have been maintained, in accordance with all
applicable federal and state laws, regulations, rules and orders, and the
Financial Centers have been operated in compliance with the Seller's policies
and procedures and all applicable federal and state laws, regulations, rules and
orders, except for such instances of noncompliance which do not have, and are
not reasonably likely to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.

      4.9 FDIC Insurance/Community Reinvestment Act.

            The Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation through the Bank Insurance Fund to the extent permitted by law, and
no action is pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge, threatened by the FDIC
against the Seller with respect to the termination of such insurance, and all
premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been
paid when due by the Seller. The Seller has a Community Reinvestment Act rating
of "satisfactory".

      4.10 Other Assumed Contracts.

            Each Other Assumed Contract and safe deposit rental agreement is
valid, binding and in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance
with its terms against the Seller, and, to the Seller's Knowledge, each other
party thereto, in each case except as such validity, binding effect or
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, fraudulent transfer, moratorium
(whether general or specific) or other law now or hereafter in effect affecting
the enforceability of creditors' rights generally. Neither the Seller nor, to
the Seller's Knowledge, any other party to any Other Assumed Contract, is in
default or breach thereunder and, to the Seller's Knowledge, there are no
disputes with respect thereto, no notice of default has been received by the
Seller in connection therewith, and, to the Seller's Knowledge, no event has
occurred that would constitute a default or breach, except, in each case, for
any default, breach or dispute which alone, or taken in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.

      4.11 Environmental.

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            The Seller will provide to the Buyer all phase I, phase II or other
environmental reports in the Seller's possession that have been prepared
previously with respect to the Owned Real Property and the Leased Facilities
(the "Environmental Reports"). Except as set forth in the Environmental Reports,
the Seller has no Knowledge of any violations of any environmental law or the
presence of any Hazardous Material on any of the Owned Real Property or the
Leased Facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary
set forth in this Agreement, the Seller shall have no liability hereunder
relating to the environmental condition of the Owned Real Property or the Leased
Facilities except as set forth in Section 7.3 of this Agreement.

      4.12 Labor Relations.

            The Seller, with respect to the Employees, is not a party to, or
bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other agreement or
understanding with a labor union or labor organization, nor is it the subject of
a proceeding asserting that it has committed an unfair labor practice (within
the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act or any other similar or
comparable state law) or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor
organization as to wages and conditions of employment, nor is there any strike
or other labor dispute involving it, pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge,
threatened, nor does the Seller have Knowledge of any activity involving a union
attempting to organize the Employees or the Employees seeking to certify a
collective bargaining unit. No Employee is a party to any individual contract,
written or oral, express or implied, for the employment of the Employee or the
provision of severance or change of control benefits (other than any Benefit
Plans or plans of the Seller applicable to employees of the Seller generally).
The Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable federal and
state laws, regulations, rules and orders governing its Employees.

      4.13 No Brokers.

            No action has been taken by the Seller that would give rise to any
valid claim against any party hereto for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, except
for the engagement of UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities LLC (the fees
and cost of which shall not be borne by the Buyer).

      4.14 Books, Records, Documentation, Etc.

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            The books and records being transferred to the Buyer hereunder are
complete, correct and accurate in all material respects, and are in material
compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The
deposit and lending-related forms, notices, statements, and related
documentation with respect to the Deposits and Loans, as well as the Seller's
policies, procedures, and practices with respect thereto, used in connection
with its banking operations comply in all material respects with applicable
federal and state laws and regulations.

      4.15 Tax Matters

            The Seller has paid or reserved for or will have paid or reserved
for prior to the Closing Date all federal, state and local taxes required to be
paid with respect to the Financial Centers, the non-payment of which would
result in a lien upon any of the Assets or would result in the Buyer becoming
liable or responsible therefor. The Seller has filed all real property and
personal property tax returns currently due relating to the Assets and has paid
all taxes shown as due thereon.

V. BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      The Buyer makes the following representations and warranties to the
Seller.

      5.1 Organization, Power and Authority.

            (a) The Buyer is a federal savings bank duly organized under the
      laws of the United States of America, validly existing and in good
      standing. The Buyer has the corporate power and authority to enter into
      and perform this Agreement and any other documents or instruments executed
      pursuant hereto. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any
      other documents or instruments hereto have been duly authorized by all
      necessary corporate action by the Buyer. Upon execution and delivery by
      both parties, this Agreement and any other documents or instruments hereto
      will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Buyer, enforceable in
      accordance with its terms subject to subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and
      other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
      creditors' rights and to general equity principles.

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            (b) The performance of this Agreement by the Buyer will not violate
      any provision of the Articles of Association, charter, Bylaws or similar
      governing documents of the Buyer, or any applicable law, rule, regulation,
      or order or any contract or instrument by which the Buyer is bound except
      for such violations of law, rule, regulation, order or contract, which
      alone, or taken in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have
      a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

      5.2 Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings.

            There are no actions, complaints, petitions, suits or other
proceedings, or any decree, injunction, judgment, order or ruling, entered,
promulgated or pending or, to Buyer's Knowledge, threatened against the Buyer or
any of its properties or assets which alone, or taken in the aggregate,
reasonably would be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect. No
governmental agency has notified the Buyer or any Affiliate that it would oppose
or not approve or consent to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and the Buyer knows of no reason for any such opposition, disapproval or
nonconsent.

      5.3 Consents and Approvals.

            Except for required regulatory approvals set forth on Schedule 5.3,
no consents, approvals, filings or registrations with any third party or any
public body, agency or authority are required in connection with the Buyer's
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than what
may be required as a result of any facts or circumstances relating solely to the
Seller.

      5.4 Regulatory Capital and Condition.

            The Buyer is in compliance with all of its regulatory capital
standards as of the date hereof, and has no reason to believe that it will be
unable to obtain the required regulatory approvals for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement solely as a result of its current level of
regulatory capital. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no pending or, to
the Buyer's Knowledge, threatened legal or governmental proceedings against the
Buyer or any Affiliate that would affect the Buyer's ability to obtain the
required regulatory approvals or satisfy any of the other conditions required to
be satisfied in order to consummate any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

      5.5 No Brokers.

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            No action has been taken by the Buyer that would give rise to any
valid claim against any party hereto for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

VI. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF SELLER

      6.1 Access to Seller's Premises, Records and Personnel.

            (a) Upon execution of this Agreement, the Seller shall give the
      Buyer and its representatives such access to the Financial Centers as the
      Buyer may reasonably request, provided that the Buyer does not
      unreasonably interfere with the business operations of the Financial
      Centers and the Buyer coordinates and schedules any visits to the
      Financial Centers by the Buyer or its representatives in advance with the
      Seller. The Seller shall not be required to provide access to or to
      disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate or
      prejudice the legal rights of any customer or employee or attorney-client
      privilege or would be contrary to law, rule, regulation or any legal or
      regulatory order or process or any fiduciary duty or binding agreement
      entered into prior to the date of this Agreement.

            (b) Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
      notwithstanding, the Seller shall not be required to disclose, or to cause
      the disclosure to the Buyer or its representatives (or provide access to
      any offices, properties, books or records of the Seller, that could result
      in the disclosure to such Persons or others), of any tax returns and/or
      any work papers relating thereto or any other confidential information
      relating to income or franchise taxes or other taxes of the Seller, or
      trade secrets, patent or trademark applications, or product research and
      development belonging to or performed by or for the Seller, nor shall the
      Seller be required to permit or to cause others to permit the Buyer or its
      representatives to copy or remove from the offices or properties of the
      Seller any documents, drawings or other materials that might reveal any
      such confidential information; provided, however, the Buyer shall have
      access to tax returns to the extent that liability for the taxes at issue
      could be imposed on the Buyer.

            (c) At the Buyer's request and subject to Section 11.11, the Seller
      shall authorize and permit certain of its respective officers and members
      of management to engage in discussions with

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      the Buyer for the purposes of discussing the operations of the Financial
      Centers and negotiating and concluding management employment contracts,
      employee benefit plans, and new incentive plans and the Buyer shall
      maintain the confidentiality of any information furnished by such officers
      or members of management of the Seller pursuant to such discussions with
      the Buyer.

      6.2 Regulatory Approvals.

            The Seller agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
promptly any regulatory approval on which its consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement is conditioned. The Seller agrees to provide the
Buyer promptly with copies of the non-confidential portions of such applications
as filed. The Seller also agrees to cooperate with the Buyer in obtaining any
regulatory approval which the Buyer must obtain before the Closing. The Seller
shall notify the Buyer promptly of any significant development with respect to
any application it files under this Section.

      6.3 Conduct of Business.

      Except as provided in this Agreement, the Working Agreement, Schedule 6.3
or as may otherwise be agreed upon by the Buyer, the Seller (i) will, with
respect to the Financial Centers, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve its business relationship with depositors, customers and others having
business relationships with it and whose accounts will be retained at the
Financial Centers, (ii) will continue to carry on its operations at its
Financial Centers, including with respect to rates offered on Deposits and its
interest rate or fee pricing policies with respect to the Loans and the Cash
Reserve Loans, until the Closing in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with prudent business practices in the markets in which the Financial Centers
operate; (iii) will underwrite and administer the Loans and the Cash Reserve
Loans in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with its customary
practices and applicable laws and regulations; (iv) will maintain the Financial
Centers in their current condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and will not
terminate the operation of any Financial Center, unless those operations cease
due to events beyond the Seller's control or as required by law; and (v) will
not increase the salaries, remuneration, severance, benefits or compensation of,
or pay any bonus to, the Employees, except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices, as may be required by applicable law, or as
required by any Benefit Plans applicable to employees of the Seller or Wachovia
generally. The Seller will notify the Buyer of any event of which the Seller
obtains Knowledge which

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would make any of its representations under Article IV of this Agreement false
in any material respect.

      6.4 Covenant of Seller Not to Solicit.

            The Seller hereby agrees that for a period of two (2) years from the
Closing Date, neither the Seller nor its Affiliates shall specifically target
and solicit customers of the Financial Centers whose Deposits or Loans are being
assumed or purchased by the Buyer; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 6.4 shall (i) restrict general mass mailings, telemarketing calls,
statement stuffers, advertisements or other similar communications whether in
print, on radio, television, the Internet, or by other means that are directed
to the general public or to a group of customers who may include customers of
the Financial Centers, provided that such group is defined by criteria other
than primarily as customers of the Financial Centers,(ii) otherwise prevent the
Seller or its Affiliates from taking such actions as may be required to comply
with applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations or from servicing or
communicating with the then-current customers of the Seller or its Affiliates,
or (iii) restrict or prevent the Seller or its Affiliates from soliciting or
providing any brokerage, capital markets, trust, investment advisory or any
other financial services or products to any customer whose Deposits are assumed
by, or whose Loan is assigned to, the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement or any
other customer, except that neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates may
solicit any deposit or lending business that has the purpose or effect of
replacing in whole or in part any Deposit assumed by, or Loan assigned to, the
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

      6.5 Consents.

            The Seller agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from
lessors to the Lakeland City Financial Center Lease, the San Jose Financial
Center Sublease and Ground Lease any required consents to the assignment or
sublease of such leases and agreements that will occur as a result of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Buyer agrees to cooperate with, and use its reasonable best
efforts to assist, the Seller in obtaining any required consents to the
assignment or sublease of such leases and agreements. If any such required
consent cannot be obtained, then, subject to any required regulatory approval,
including the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and notwithstanding any other provision
hereof, all Assets and Liabilities associated with the Lakeland City Financial
Center or the San Jose Financial Center,

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other than any such lease or agreement as to which consent cannot be obtained,
shall nevertheless be transferred to Buyer at the Closing and the parties shall
negotiate in good faith and the Seller and the Buyer shall use reasonable best
efforts to make alternative arrangements, including subleases to the extent
applicable, reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and the Seller that provide the
Buyer, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, the benefits of such Leased
Facilities in a manner that does not violate the underlying lease or agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision hereof, in the event that
the Seller and the Buyer are unable to obtain any required consent of the lessor
of the Lakeland City Financial Center or the San Jose Financial Center for the
assignment or sublease thereof to the Buyer hereunder and the Seller and the
Buyer are unable to reach a mutually satisfactory alternative arrangement
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then, subject to any required
regulatory approval, including the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice
and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Buyer may lease or
obtain alternative facilities for the Lakeland City Financial Center and the
Lakeland City Financial Center Lease or the San Jose Financial Center and the
San Jose Financial Sublease shall not be assigned or transferred (or the
property subleased) to the Buyer, and in such case, and in the case of any
alternative arrangements implemented as aforesaid in order to provide the Buyer
the benefits of such Leased Facilities, the Purchase Price shall be
appropriately and reasonably reduced in order to compensate the Buyer for the
exclusion of such Leased Facilities. If any alternative arrangement is
implemented between the Seller and the Buyer at or prior to the Closing, the
parties shall, if necessary pursuant to the terms of the alternative
arrangement, continue after the Closing to exercise reasonable efforts to obtain
the related consents which could not be obtained prior to the Closing, and if
such consent is obtained, the Seller shall assign the applicable lease or
agreement or sublease the property and the parties shall restructure the
applicable alternative arrangement, including appropriate reimbursement to the
Seller of any reduction in the Purchase Price relating to such alternative
arrangement.

      6.6 Sweep Accounts.

            The Seller agrees that all cash automatically transferred from the
Deposit Accounts by the Seller on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date
into overnight sweep accounts shall be returned to the respective Deposit
Accounts as of the next Business Day after the Closing Date, together with any
interest, or income accrued in connection with such arrangement.

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      6.7 Arrangements Regarding Participation Interests.

            During the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date, the
Seller and the Buyer will cooperate with each other to obtain any consents that
may be necessary to allow the Seller to transfer the Participation Interests to
the Buyer.

      6.8 Insurance.

            The Seller will maintain in effect until the Closing Date all
casualty and public liability policies relating to the Owned Real Property and
the Leased Facilities and the activities conducted thereon and maintained by the
Seller on the date hereof or procure comparable replacement policies and
maintain such replacement policies in effect until the Closing Date. As of the
Closing Date, the Seller's insurance coverage shall cease, and from and after
the Closing Date the Buyer shall be responsible for all insurance protection for
the Owned Real Property and the Leased Facilities and the activities conducted
thereon.

      6.9 San Jose Financial Center.

            The Seller expects to enter into an agreement with a third party
(the "San Jose Purchaser") providing for the sale of the San Jose Financial
Center to the San Jose Purchaser, effective upon consummation of the Merger (the
"San Jose Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the San Jose Agreement, the San
Jose Purchaser will lease the San Jose Financial Center to the Seller and, in
turn, the Seller will sublease to the Buyer the San Jose Financial Center upon
the terms described in Schedule 6.9. In the event that the San Jose Agreement is
not executed or does not otherwise become effective prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall, to the extent legally permissible, lease the San Jose
Financial Center to the Buyer upon the terms described in Schedule 6.9.

      6.10 Other Assumed Contracts.

            The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer within 45 days after the date
hereof a complete and accurate list of any individual Financial Center
maintenance contract or equipment lease that relates to the operation of the
Financial Centers, is not subject to a master lease pursuant to which equipment
is leased by the Seller or its Affiliates at locations other than the Financial
Centers and is capable of being assigned to the Buyer (the "Other Assumed
Contracts"). At the option of the Buyer, the Seller shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with the Buyer, in obtaining

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any required consent to assign any such Other Assumed Contract to the Buyer.

VII. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF BUYER

      7.1 Regulatory Approvals/Certain Notices.

            The Buyer shall prepare and file, with the reasonable assistance of
the Seller, as soon as practicable, but not later than fifteen (15) calendar
days following the date of this Agreement, all applications, as required by law,
to the appropriate federal and/or state regulatory authorities for approval to
effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall use its good
faith and reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals. The Buyer also
agrees to cooperate with the Seller in obtaining any regulatory approval which
the Seller must obtain before the Closing. The Buyer shall notify the Seller
promptly of any significant development with respect to any application it files
under this Section. The Buyer also shall provide the Seller with a copy of any
regulatory approval it receives under this Section, promptly after the Buyer's
receipt of the same. In addition, the Buyer will notify the Seller of any event
of which the Buyer obtains Knowledge which would make any of its representations
under Article V of this Agreement false in any material respect

      7.2 Change of Name, Etc.

            Immediately after the Closing, the Buyer will (a) change the name
and logo on all documents and facilities relating to the Assets and the
Liabilities to the Buyer's name and logo, (b) notify all persons whose Cash
Reserve Loans, Loans, or Deposits are transferred under this Agreement of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (c) provide
all appropriate notices to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any
other regulatory authorities required as a result of the consummation of such
transactions. The Seller shall cooperate with any commercially reasonable
request of the Buyer directed to accomplish the removal of the Seller's signage
by the Buyer and the installation of the Buyer's signage by the Buyer at the
Financial Centers; provided, however, that (i) all such removals and all such
installations shall be at the expense of the Buyer, (ii) such removals and
installations shall be performed in such a manner that does not unreasonably
interfere with the normal business activities and operations of the Financial
Centers, (iii) such installed signage shall comply with the applicable Real
Property Lease or Ground Lease relating to such Financial Center and all
applicable zoning and

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permitting laws and regulations, and (iv) such installed signage shall have, if
necessary, received the prior approval of the owner or landlord of the facility,
and such installed signage shall be covered in such a way as to make the Buyer
signage unreadable at all times prior to the Closing, but such cover shall
display the name and/or logo of the Seller in a manner reasonably acceptable to
the Seller. The Buyer agrees not to use any forms or other documents bearing the
Seller or any of its Affiliates' name or logo after the Closing without the
prior written consent of the Seller, and, if such consent is given, the Buyer
agrees that all such forms or other documents to which such consent relates will
be stamped or otherwise marked in such a way that identifies the Buyer as the
party using the form or other document. As soon as practicable and, in any
event, not more than five (5) nor less than two (2) calendar days prior to the
Closing Date, the Buyer will mail new checks reflecting its transit and routing
number to customers of the Financial Centers with check writing privileges. The
Buyer shall use its best efforts to encourage these customers to begin using
such checks and cease using checks bearing the Seller's name.

      7.3 Owned Real Property and Leased Facilities.

            (a) Except as expressly set forth herein, the Buyer hereby
      acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Buyer is expressly purchasing the
      Owned Real Property and is taking assignments of and assuming the Leased
      Facilities in its existing condition "AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITH ALL
      FAULTS" with respect to any facts, circumstances, conditions and defects;
      (ii) the Seller has no obligation to repair or correct any such facts,
      circumstances, conditions or defects or to compensate the Buyer for same;
      (iii) the Seller has specifically bargained for the assumption by the
      Buyer of all responsibility to inspect and investigate the Owned Real
      Property and the Leased Facilities and of all risk of adverse conditions;
      and (iv) the Buyer has or will have prior to the Closing undertaken all
      such physical inspections and examinations of the Owned Real Property and
      the Leased Facilities as the Buyer deems necessary or appropriate as to
      the condition of the Owned Real Property and the Leased Facilities. Except
      as expressly set forth herein, the Buyer acknowledges that the Seller has
      made no representations or warranties and shall have no liability to the
      Buyer (and the Buyer hereby waives any right to recourse against the
      Seller) with respect to the conditions of the soil, the existence or
      nonexistence of hazardous substances, any past use of the Owned Real
      Property, the economic feasibility of the Owned Real Property and the
      Leased Facilities, or the Owned Real Property's and Leased

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      Facilities' compliance or noncompliance with all laws, rules or
      regulations affecting the Owned Real Property and the Leased Facilities.

            (b) The Buyer may, at the Buyer's option, within forty-five (45)
      days from the date of this Agreement, undertake such physical inspections
      and examinations of the Owned Real Property and the Leased Facilities
      (subject to any landlord's approval or consent as may be required and
      prior notice to the Seller of the date and time of any such inspections
      and examinations), and the legal title thereto, including such inspections
      of the buildings thereon, as the Buyer deems necessary or appropriate. The
      Seller shall cooperate reasonably with the Buyer and/or its authorized
      agents or contractors in their evaluation and testing of the Owned Real
      Property and Leased facilities, including by providing the Buyer and/or
      its authorized agents or contractors reasonable access to pertinent
      records and documents in the Seller's possession. The cost of any such
      inspections and examinations shall be the responsibility of the Buyer.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer shall not conduct any invasive or
      phase II environmental testing on any Owned Real Property or Leased
      Facilities without obtaining the Seller's written consent (which consent
      will not unreasonably be withheld or delayed) and coordinating the scope
      of such work with the Seller's consultants, as applicable.

                  (i) If the Buyer shall discover a Material Defect, as defined
            herein, as a result of the Buyer's inspections and examinations, the
            Buyer shall give the Seller written notice as soon as possible (but
            in no event later than the expiration of the 45 day period)
            describing the facts or conditions constituting such Material Defect
            and the measures which the Buyer reasonably believes are necessary
            to correct such Material Defect. "Material Defect" shall mean the
            existence of (x) a lien or encumbrance on the legal title to the
            Owned Real Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances), except as
            previously disclosed in writing to the Buyer by the Seller, which
            materially detracts from the value of the Owned Real Property and
            does not include any defect in which the Seller can clear title by
            providing an indemnification to the title insurance company or would
            cost less than $25,000 with respect to one Owned Real Property to
            remedy, (y) any discharge, disposal, release or emission of any
            Hazardous Material in the ground or the structure of the Owned Real
            Property or the existence of any underground storage tank for which
            the Buyer has been

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            advised in writing by its environmental consultant/contractor that
            the tank is not in compliance with Federal, state or local laws and
            in which the Buyer reasonably believes, based on the advice of its
            environmental consultant/contractor, that the amount of expense or
            liability which the Buyer could reasonably incur or for which it
            could reasonably become responsible or liable following consummation
            of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement at any time or
            over any period of time could equal or exceed $25,000 in the case of
            each affected Owned Real Property or Leased Facility, or (z) with
            respect to the buildings, material deficiencies in the plumbing,
            electrical, HVAC, drive thru air transport system, roof, walls, or
            foundations as to which the Buyer reasonably believes the cost of
            repairs or corrections would equal or exceed $25,000 in the case of
            each affected Owned Real Property or Leased Facility. It being
            understood and agreed that the Buyer shall bear the risk and
            responsibility (in each case with respect to clauses (y) and (z)
            above) and the Seller shall bear the risk and responsibility (in
            each case with respect to clause (x) above) of the first $25,000 in
            expense relating to the remediation of a Material Defect at each of
            the Owned Real Property and Leased Facilities, as applicable, and
            that the provisions set forth in Section 7.3(b)(ii) and Section 2.10
            shall govern the risk and responsibility of any such expense in
            excess of such amounts with respect to each Owned Real Property and
            Leased Facilities.

                  (ii) If the Seller does not elect to cure any such Material
            Defect or is unable to cure such Material Defect to the Buyer's
            reasonable satisfaction at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing,
            and the Buyer does not elect to waive such Material Defect, the
            parties shall negotiate in good faith with a view towards arriving
            at a mutually acceptable resolution of the issue. The parties
            further intend that the effort to identify a mutually acceptable
            resolution shall be approached in the following order of priority:
            (i) indemnification of the Buyer by the Seller; provided, however,
            with regard to the Leased Facilities, the Seller shall only
            indemnify and defend the Buyer from any expenses arising out of a
            Material Defect set forth in Section 7.3(b)(i)(y) or (z), identified
            by the Buyer during the review period set forth in Section 7.3(b)
            and for which timely notice has been given to the Seller, existing
            on the Leased Facilities on the date of assignment of the Real

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            Property Leases to the Buyer which is the responsibility of the
            Seller as lessee under such Real Property Leases, it being
            understood that this covenant shall be effective only during the
            initial term of the Buyer's leasehold interest (excluding renewals,
            extensions, and new leases) and shall not extend to liability
            arising out of the Buyer's acts or omissions, and provided, further,
            that such Seller's obligation to indemnify the Buyer for all
            affected Owned Real Property and Leased Facilities under this
            Section 7.3(b) shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (ii)
            adjustment of the Purchase Price; provided, however, any such
            Purchase Price adjustment for all affected Owned Real Property or
            Leased Facilities shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; or
            (iii) subject to any required regulatory approval, including the
            approval of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Board of
            Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Seller's ability to
            do so pursuant to the terms of the Lakeland City Financial Center
            Lease, the Buyer shall purchase the assets related to the subject
            Owned Real Property or Leased Facility other than the Owned Real
            Property (in which case the Purchase Price shall be adjusted
            accordingly) and assume the liabilities (other than the Real
            Property Lease) associated with the Owned Real Property or Leased
            Facility affected by the Material Defect, and lease (or sublet in
            the case of any Leased Facilities) the real estate and improvements
            associated therewith from the Seller for a period of 12 months
            (renewable at the Buyer's option for an additional 12 month term) at
            their fair market rental value (or, in the case of a sublease, the
            Seller's then current rental payments) and on such other terms as
            shall be mutually agreeable to the Seller and the Buyer and during
            which time the Buyer may construct or arrange for another facility
            in which to operate the business of the affected Owned Real Property
            or Leased Facility. In no event shall the Buyer be entitled to
            indemnification and/or a reduction in Purchase Price for any
            Material Defects or other matters with respect to any Owned Real
            Property that resulted in a reduction of the Fair Market Value in
            any such Owned Real Property whether by appraisal or agreement by
            the parties as set forth in Section 3.3.

                  (iii) With regard to the Leased Facilities, the Buyer and the
            Seller understand that conducting the inspections and affecting the
            cure of a Material Defect, if any, may require the action or the
            consent of the lessor.

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            (c) No information or the contents of any environmental audits, nor
      the results of any investigation of the Owned Real Property or the Leased
      Facilities conducted pursuant to this section, including, but not limited
      to, the contents of the report issued in connection therewith, shall be
      disclosed by the Buyer or its agents, consultants or employees to any
      third party without the Seller's prior written approval, unless and until
      the Buyer is legally compelled to make such disclosure under applicable
      laws or until the Buyer completes its purchase of the Owned Real Property
      or assumes the Real Property Leases or Ground Lease pursuant to this
      Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer may disclose such
      matters to its directors, executive officers, legal counsel and such
      employees who are reasonably required to receive such disclosure (such
      parties being referred to as "Buyer" for purposes of this section), the
      specific identities of whom shall be supplied to the Seller prior to any
      permitted disclosure to such party by the Buyer. If this Agreement is
      terminated for any reason, the Buyer shall immediately deliver and/or
      return to the Seller any and all documents, plans and other items
      furnished to the Buyer pursuant to this section.

      7.4 Closing of Financial Centers.

      Prior to the Closing Date, the Buyer shall not provide any notification to
customers, regulatory agencies or any other party as to its intention to close
any of the Financial Centers.

      7.5 Delay in Closing.

      If the Buyer is not able to effect the closing and conversion by the close
of business on March 3, 2005, as required by Section 9.1 of this Agreement,
caused solely by an action or failure to act of the Buyer or its agents, then
the Buyer hereby agrees to pay to the Seller, on the Closing Date, as an
additional payment (the "Contingent Purchase Price Consideration"), an aggregate
amount in cash equal to $4,500,000. For purposes of this Section 7.5, the Buyer
shall not be obligated to pay the Contingent Purchase Price Consideration if (i)
the Closing and conversion does not occur by the close of business on March 3,
2005 by reason of events beyond the control of the Buyer, including any acts of
God, or (ii) Seller is in material breach of this Agreement or the Working
Agreement.

      7.6 Letters of Credit.

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      The Seller and the Buyer shall cooperate and use all commercially
reasonable efforts to effect the termination of the Letters of Credit and the
substitution of the Buyer in the place of the Seller with respect to the Letters
of Credit. The Buyer's cooperation shall include the Buyer obtaining from a
financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Seller of a stand-by letter
of credit in the Seller's favor to support any outstanding Letters of Credit at
closing. Such stand-by letter of credit shall be in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller and shall be delivered to the Seller at the Closing.

VIII. SELLER'S EMPLOYEES

      8.1 Transferred Employees.

            (a) The Buyer will offer to employ all of the Employees effective as
      of the Closing Date. The Buyer will communicate offers of employment in
      accordance with any applicable legal requirements and in a form mutually
      acceptable to the Seller and the Buyer. All such Employees shall be
      offered employment with the Buyer in all cases (i) in a position requiring
      comparable skills and abilities as such Employee's position with the
      Seller on the Closing Date, (ii) with annual base salary, or weekly or
      hourly rate of pay which is equal to such Employee's pay with the Seller
      on the Closing Date and with a total cash compensation opportunity
      consisting of such annual base salary plus variable compensation, at
      target performance, that is at least 90% of total cash compensation
      opportunity at target performance, of the Employee's position with the
      Seller on the Closing Date, (iii) at a work location not more than 30
      miles from such Employee's work location with the Seller on the Closing
      Date, and (iv) with a work schedule that is no more than a two-hour
      adjustment to the starting or ending time, and with the same regular
      scheduled work days, of the Employee's position with the Seller on the
      Closing Date (a "Comparable Job Offer"). In the event the Buyer breaches
      its obligations under this Section 8.1(a) to offer each Employee a
      Comparable Job Offer, the Buyer shall be obligated to pay any severance
      benefits to any such Employee (unless such Employee otherwise accepts
      employment with the Buyer) in accordance with the payment terms set forth
      in the severance plan of Wachovia Corporation. Each Employee who accepts
      the Buyer's offer of employment and commences employment with the Buyer
      hereunder shall become a "Transferred Employee" on the Closing Date. The
      Buyer hereby agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Seller in obtaining,
      in connection with any acceptance of an offer of employment with the
      Buyer,

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      or any termination of a Transferred Employee by the Buyer, an executed
      release from such Transferred Employee providing that the Seller and its
      Affiliates shall not be responsible for any severance claims or
      obligations for such Transferred Employee with respect to any severance
      plan, policy or practices of the Seller or any of its Affiliates or
      predecessors. Seller acknowledges and agrees that Buyer shall not be
      liable or bear any responsibility as a result of any Transferred Employee
      refusing or failing to execute and deliver a release to Seller. With
      respect to any Employee who accepts an offer of employment from the Buyer
      who on the Closing Date is on military leave, medical leave, short-term
      disability or other leave of absence approved by the Seller (but excluding
      any Employee absent by reason of long-term disability, for whom the Seller
      will retain all liability), except as required by applicable law, the
      Buyer need only employ such Employee for the period beginning after such
      absence if such Employee returns to employment in accordance with the
      terms of such Employee's leave. Any such Employee will cease employment
      with the Seller at the end of such leave of absence. Nothing in this
      Agreement shall be construed as an employment contract between the Buyer
      and any Transferred Employee. The Buyer shall not have any
      responsibilities or rights regarding any Employee terminated prior to the
      Closing Date or any Employee who has received a Comparable Job Offer from
      the Buyer but who chooses not to become an employee of the Buyer.

            (b) Unless otherwise agreed by the Buyer and the Seller in writing,
      the Seller is responsible for the filing of Forms W-2 with the Internal
      Revenue Service and any required filing with state tax authorities, with
      respect to wages and benefits paid to each Transferred Employee for
      periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (or the date that an
      Employee becomes a Transferred Employee).

            (C) The Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
      maintain the Employees as Employees of the Seller from the date hereof
      through the Closing Date. To the Seller's Knowledge there are no pending
      or threatened claims regarding the Employees for breach of any applicable
      employment laws.

      8.2 Certain Other Obligations of Buyer.

            (a) (i) Following the Closing, the Buyer shall not have any
      liability or obligation under any Benefit Plans or any other program or
      arrangement of the Seller or an ERISA Affiliate

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      thereof under which any current or former employee of the Seller or any of
      its Affiliates has any right to any benefits;

            (ii) Upon the Closing, the participation of Transferred Employees in
      the Benefit Plans shall cease in accordance with the terms of such plans;
      and

            (iii) With respect to Transferred Employees, the Buyer shall be
      responsible for any welfare benefits or claims incurred after the date
      that an Employee becomes a Transferred Employee. For purposes of this
      paragraph, a claim shall be deemed to have been incurred when the medical
      or other service giving rise to the claim is performed, except that
      disability claims under the Seller's long-term disability plan shall be
      deemed to have been incurred on the date the Employee becomes disabled.

            (b) (i) From and after the Closing Date (or the date that an
      Employee becomes a Transferred Employee), the Buyer shall provide the
      Transferred Employees with employee benefit plans, programs, and
      arrangements (including a "group health plan" within the meaning of
      Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code) that are no less favorable in the
      aggregate than the employee benefit plans, programs, and arrangements
      generally provided on the Closing Date to other similarly situated
      employees of the Buyer. Subject to the terms and conditions of such
      arrangements, such Transferred Employees will be fully eligible to
      participate in the Buyer's bonus and other incentive arrangements from the
      commencement of such Transferred Employees employment with the Buyer to
      the same extent as the Buyer's similarly situated employees;

            (ii) The Buyer will grant for purposes of vacation benefits,
      severance pay and all welfare benefit plans (as defined in ERISA) past
      service credit to all Transferred Employees for periods of time credited
      to such Transferred Employees under the Welfare Benefit Plans. Subject to
      the acceptance of the following provisions by the applicable insurers for
      the following benefits under the Buyer's plans and programs, to the extent
      that any Transferred Employee has satisfied in whole or in part any annual
      deductible under a Welfare Benefit Plan, or has paid any out-of-pocket
      expenses pursuant to any Welfare Benefit Plan co-insurance provision, such
      amount shall be counted toward the satisfaction of any applicable
      deductible or out-of-pocket expense maximum, respectively, under the
      benefit plans and programs provided to Transferred Employees by the Buyer,
      and such plans and programs

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      shall be applied without regard to any limitations relating to preexisting
      conditions or required physical examinations that would not otherwise
      apply under the respective Welfare Benefit Plans to the extent that such
      Transferred Employees are covered by the Welfare Benefit Plans on the
      Closing Date;

            (iii) The Buyer shall take whatever action is necessary, including
      amendment of its defined contribution pension plan, to grant to each
      Transferred Employee past service credit for all purposes, including for
      any waiting period and for vesting purposes, under the Buyer's defined
      contribution pension plan for all periods of service credited to each such
      Transferred Employee under the Seller's defined contribution pension
      plans. In addition to the foregoing, the Buyer shall take whatever action
      is necessary to amend its defined contribution pension plan to incorporate
      the items described in Schedule 8.2(b)(iii), such that such amendments are
      effected as of the Closing Date and applicable to all Transferred
      Employees as of the Closing Date. As soon as reasonably practicable after
      the Closing Date, the Seller shall provide to the Buyer such information
      as the Buyer reasonably requires to establish the service for the
      Transferred Employees credited under the Seller's defined contribution
      pension plans;

            (iv) As of the Closing Date, the Buyer shall permit each Transferred
      Employee who becomes a participant in the Buyer's defined contribution
      pension plan to elect to have his or her account balance under the
      Seller's defined contribution pension plans transferred from the Seller's
      defined contribution pension plans to the Buyer's defined contribution
      pension plan by direct rollover as described in Section 401(a)(31)(A) of
      the Code;and

            (v) The Buyer shall provide coverage under the Buyer's severance
      plan, policies and practices (if any) for the Buyer's similarly situated
      employees for each Transferred Employee as of the Closing Date, and for a
      period of 12 months following the Closing Date (or the date that an
      Employee becomes a Transferred Employee), any Transferred Employee who is
      terminated by the Buyer without cause or is otherwise entitled to any such
      severance under the Buyer's severance plan, policies and practices (if
      any) shall receive from the Buyer the greater of the severance pay
      benefits (exclusive of welfare, pension or other benefits under the
      Seller's plans, policies and practices) under either the Buyer's severance
      plan, policies and practices (if any) or as provided for in the severance
      plan of Wachovia

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      Corporation, which benefits shall be paid in a lump sum or by salary
      continuation as determined by the Buyer on a case-by case basis.

      8.3 Training.

            The Seller shall permit the Buyer to train the Transferred Employees
before Closing with regard to the Buyer's operations, policies and procedures at
the Buyer's sole cost and expense, including reimbursement to the Seller of any
additional overtime expenses incurred as a result of such training. This
training shall take place outside of business hours and may, at the Seller's
option, take place at the Financial Centers; provided, however, that the Buyer
does not unreasonably interfere with the business operations of the Financial
Centers and the Buyer coordinates and schedules any such training in advance
with the Seller.

      8.4 No Solicitation of Employees.

            (a) The Seller agrees that, for a period of two (2) years following
      the Closing Date, neither the Seller nor its Affiliates will directly or
      indirectly solicit for employment, attempt to employ or otherwise
      encourage to terminate his or her employment with the Buyer any
      Transferred Employee; provided, that the Seller and its Affiliates shall
      not be prohibited from hiring any Person (i) who responds to an
      advertisement in a periodical of general circulation or through means that
      is not targeted towards Transferred Employees, (ii) who contacts the
      Seller or its Affiliates regarding employment without having first been
      solicited by the Seller or its Affiliates directly or indirectly, or (iii)
      who has been terminated by the Buyer or its Affiliates.

            (b) The Buyer agrees that, for a period of two (2) years following
      the Closing Date, neither the Buyer nor its Affiliates will directly or
      indirectly solicit for employment, attempt to employ or otherwise
      encourage to terminate his or her employment any employees of the Seller
      employed in any of the Seller's or its Affiliates Financial Centers
      located within 30 miles of any of the Financial Centers; provided, that
      the Buyer and its Affiliates shall not be prohibited from hiring any
      Person (i) who responds to an advertisement in a periodical of general
      circulation or through means that is not targeted towards employees of
      Seller or its Affiliates, (ii) who contacts the Buyer or its Affiliates
      regarding employment without having

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      first been solicited by the Buyer or its Affiliates directly or
      indirectly, or (iii) who has been terminated by the Seller or its
      Affiliates.

IX. CLOSING AND CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

      9.1 Time and Place of Closing.

            The date of the Closing (the "Closing Date"), which shall be after
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX (other than
those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), shall
be on a Friday and, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the parties, shall
be on February 18, 2005, but in no event later than March 3, 2005. The Closing
shall take place at the Buyer's offices located at 105 Live Oaks Gardens,
Casselberry, Florida, at 10:00 a.m. on the Closing Date, or at a time and place
otherwise determined by mutual agreement of the parties.

      9.2 Exchange of Closing Documents.

            (a) The parties shall exchange drafts of all documents to be
      delivered at the Closing (other than the Closing Statement) at least ten
      days prior to the Closing Date.

            (b) Subject to Section 2.10 and Section 7.3, at the Closing, the
      Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the following (with such documents set
      forth below in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer):

                  (i) special or limited warranty deeds conveying the Owned Real
            Property;

                  (ii) bills of sale, assignments and other instruments of
            transfer sufficient to convey to the Buyer all of the Seller's
            right, title, and interest in and to the remaining Assets;

                  (iii) a certificate executed by an appropriate officer of the
            Seller attesting, to the officer's best Knowledge, to the Seller's
            compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 9.3(b);

                  (iv) estoppel certificates executed by the lessors of the
            Leased Facilities, to the extent the Seller can obtain such
            certificate using reasonable efforts and without the payment of any
            fees to such lessor;

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                  (v) a limited power of attorney, to be mutually agreed upon by
            the Seller and the Buyer, to execute assignment of collateral in the
            name of the Seller; and

                  (vi) the Closing Statement;

                  (vii) the Seller's keys to the safe deposit boxes and all
            other records as exist and are in the Seller's possession or control
            related to the safe deposit box business at the Financial Centers;

                  (viii)the Seller's files and records related to the Loans, the
            Loan Instruments and the collateral for the Loans as exist and are
            in the possession or control of the Seller;

                  (ix) the Seller's records related to the Deposits (other than
            Deposit history information) assumed by the Buyer as exist and are
            in the possession or control of the Seller;

                  (x) the cash on hand at the Financial Centers, including ATM
            Service Facilities' cash, vault cash and tellers' cash;

                  (xi) such other Assets to be purchased as shall be capable of
            physical delivery; and

                  (xii) a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of
            Directors of the Seller approving the transactions contemplated by
            this Agreement.

            (c) Subject to Section 2.10 and Section 6.5, at the Closing, the
Buyer shall deliver to the Seller the following documents in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Seller:

                  (i) one or more executed assignment and assumption documents
            and/or subleases of the Real Property Leases and Ground Lease;

                  (ii) one or more executed instruments assuming the remaining
            Liabilities;

                  (iii) a certificate executed by an appropriate officer of the
            Buyer attesting, to the officer's best

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            Knowledge, to the Buyer's compliance with the conditions set forth
            in Section 9.4(b); and

                  (iv) a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of
            Directors of the Buyer approving the transactions contemplated by
            this Agreement.

      9.3 Buyer's Conditions to Closing.

            Subject to Section 2.10 of this Agreement, the Buyer's obligation to
purchase the Assets and assume the Liabilities is contingent upon and subject to
the fulfillment or written waiver of the following conditions:

            (a) the parties obtaining all regulatory approvals which are
      required in order for them to proceed with the transactions contemplated
      by this Agreement and the expiration or termination of any required
      waiting period; and

            (b) the representations and warranties of the Seller in this
      Agreement being true and correct as of the Closing Date (except that
      representations and warranties that speak as of a specified date need be
      true and correct only as of such date); (provided, however, that for
      purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition contained in
      this Section 9.3(b), such representations and warranties shall be deemed
      to be true and correct if the failure or failures of such representations
      and warranties to be so true and correct do not constitute or give rise
      to, individually or in the aggregate, a Seller Material Adverse Effect),
      and all covenants of the Seller to be performed or met by the Seller on or
      before the Closing Date having been performed or met in all material
      respects.

      9.4 Seller's Conditions to Closing.

            Subject to Section 2.10 of this Agreement, the Seller's obligation
to sell the Assets and transfer the Liabilities to the Buyer is contingent upon
and subject to the fulfillment or written waiver of the following conditions:

            (a) the parties obtaining all regulatory approvals which are
      required in order for them to proceed with the transactions contemplated
      by this Agreement and the expiration or termination of any required
      waiting period;

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            (b) the representations and warranties of the Buyer in this
      Agreement being true and correct as of the Closing Date (except that
      representations and warranties that speak as of a specified date need be
      true and correct only as of such date); (provided, however, that for
      purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition contained in
      this Section 9.4(b), such representations and warranties shall be deemed
      to be true and correct if the failure or failures of such representations
      and warranties to be so true and correct do not constitute or give rise
      to, individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect),
      and all covenants of Buyer to be performed or met by Buyer on or before
      the Closing Date having been performed or met in all material respects;
      and

            (c) The consummation of the Merger.

      9.5 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

            Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Buyer's and the
Seller's representations and warranties under this Agreement or contained in any
certificate or instrument delivered by either party at the Closing shall survive
for a period of one year following the Closing Date. The agreements and
covenants contained in this Agreement shall not survive the Closing except to
the extent expressly set forth herein; provided that the agreements and
covenants set forth in Section 11.12 shall survive the Closing or any
termination of this Agreement.

X. TERMINATION

      10.1 Termination.

            This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing
Date:

            (a) by either the Buyer or the Seller (with the written consent of
      Wachovia), if as a result of any material breach of any representation,
      warranty or covenant of the Seller (in the case of a termination by the
      Buyer) or of the Buyer (in the case of termination by the Seller), the
      party terminating this Agreement has given the other party written notice
      of such breach and such breach is not cured within 30 days thereafter;

            (b) by mutual written agreement of the Buyer and the Seller (with
      the written consent of Wachovia);

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            (c) by the Buyer if the Closing has not occurred within two hundred
      seventy (270) days after the consummation of the Merger; unless the
      failure so to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
      arises out of or results from the actions or omissions of the Buyer;

            (d) by the Seller or the Buyer if the Merger Agreement is terminated
      in accordance with its terms and the business combination transaction with
      Wachovia is otherwise permanently abandoned;

            (e) by the Seller if the Closing has not occurred within one hundred
      eighty (180) days after the consummation of the Merger; or

            (f) by the Seller (with the written consent of Wachovia) or the
      Buyer, if (i) the condition in Section 9.3(a) or in Section 9.4(a) of this
      Agreement has not been and cannot be fulfilled because of the denial or
      revocation of any required regulatory or governmental approval with final
      nonappealable action by the appropriate regulator or governmental body, or
      (ii) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall
      have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule,
      regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order that prohibits or
      makes illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement and that is permanent, final and nonappealable.

            The termination of this Agreement under subsection (a) shall not
absolve the breaching party from any liability to the other party arising out of
its breach of this Agreement.

XI. MISCELLANEOUS

      11.1 Continuing Cooperation.

            (a) On and after the Closing Date, the Seller agrees to execute,
      acknowledge and deliver such documents and instruments as the Buyer may
      reasonably request to vest in the Buyer the full legal and equitable title
      to the Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Seller shall use
      commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Buyer in establishing a
      credit file, to the extent not otherwise provided, for each Loan
      sufficient to meet the requirements imposed on the Buyer by federal
      banking authorities.

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            (b) On and after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall execute,
      acknowledge and deliver such documents and instruments as the Seller may
      reasonably request to relieve and discharge the Seller from its
      obligations with respect to the Liabilities.

            (c) The Seller and the Buyer shall cooperate with each other in
      connection with any examination conducted by any tax authority subsequent
      to the Closing Date by promptly providing upon request information
      relating to the tax liability of any business operated by the Seller or
      the Buyer with respect to the Financial Centers and promptly informing the
      other of the institution of, any material developments concerning, and the
      outcome of, the same.

            (d) Except as provided in Section 7.2, no interest in or right to
      use the SouthTrust Bank or Wachovia Bank, National Association logo or the
      name "SouthTrust", "Wachovia" or any other similar word, name, symbol or
      device in which the Seller has any interest by itself or in combination
      with any other word, name, symbol or device, or any similar variation of
      any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Retained Names and Marks") is
      being transferred to the Buyer pursuant to the transactions contemplated
      hereby. Unless permitted pursuant to Section 7.2, the Buyer shall not
      after the Closing Date in any way knowingly use any materials or property,
      whether or not in existence on the Closing Date, that bear any Retained
      Name or Mark. The Buyer agrees that the Seller shall have no
      responsibility for claims by third parties arising out of, or relating to,
      the use by the Buyer of any Retained Name or Mark after the Closing Date,
      and the Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller from any
      and all claims (and all expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
      disbursements incurred in connection with any such claim) that may arise
      out of the use thereof by the Buyer.

            (e) The Buyer agrees to provide reasonable assistance and
      cooperation to the Seller and its Affiliates in activities related to the
      prosecution or defense of any pending or future lawsuits, arbitrations,
      other proceedings or claims involving the Seller or its Affiliates and the
      Financial Centers ("Seller Litigation"). In addition, Buyer shall
      facilitate, without expense to the Seller, the reasonable availability to
      the Seller of the Transferred Employees, without the need for issuance of
      any subpoena or similar process, to testify or assist the Seller in the
      Seller Litigation.

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            (f) The Buyer agrees that it will hold any information which is
      nonpublic and confidential to the extent required by, and in accordance
      with, the Confidentiality Agreement dated August 25, 2004 between the
      Buyer and the Seller (the "Confidentiality Agreement").

      11.2 Merger and Amendment.

            This Agreement sets out the complete agreement of the parties with
respect to the matters discussed in this Agreement, and it supersedes all prior
agreements between the parties, whether written or oral, which apply to these
matters, other than the Confidentiality Agreement (other than with respect to
the hiring or solicitation of the Employees). No provision of this Agreement may
be changed or waived except as expressly stated in a document executed by the
parties.

      11.3 Dispute Resolution.

            (a) Neither the Seller nor the Buyer shall assert any claim arising
      out of or relating to this Agreement (except with respect to claims to be
      handled under the Working Agreement or submitted to the Mediator under
      Section 3.2(c)), unless:

                  (i) (except for claims arising under or in respect of Sections
            2.4, 2.5, or 11.1(d)), the amount in dispute with respect to any
            claim exceeds $5,000;

                  (ii) (except for claims arising in respect of Sections 2.4,
            2.5 or 11.1(d)), the aggregate amount of all claims by the Buyer or
            the Seller, which in either case satisfy the preceding clause,
            exceeds $375,000, in which case a claim may be asserted only to the
            extent that such threshold has been exceeded;

                  (iii) (except for claims arising under Sections 2.4, 2.5, or
            11.1(d)), the aggregate amount of all claims by the Buyer or the
            Seller in each case shall not exceed $5,000,000; and

                  (iv) (except for claims arising under Sections 2.4, 2.5 or
            11.1(d)), the notification required by Section 11.3(b) (if any) is
            given on or before the first anniversary of the Closing Date.

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            (b) The parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute
      arising out of or relating to this Agreement promptly by negotiations, as
      provided in this subsection (b). A party shall give the other party
      written notice of any dispute not resolved in the normal course of
      business. Executives of such relevant parties at comparable levels at
      least one step above the personnel who have previously been involved in
      the dispute shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place within ten
      days after delivery of such notice, and thereafter as often as they
      reasonably deem necessary, to exchange relevant information and to attempt
      to resolve the dispute. If the matter has not been resolved by these
      persons within 30 days of the disputing party's notice, or if the parties
      fail to meet within ten days, the dispute shall be referred to more senior
      executives of the relevant parties who have authority to settle the
      dispute and who shall likewise meet to attempt to resolve the dispute. All
      negotiations under this subsection (b) are confidential and shall be
      treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of the
      Federal Rules of Evidence, applicable state rules of evidence, and common
      law. The procedures set forth above will be followed in advance of
      litigation of any dispute between the parties; nevertheless, a party may
      seek a preliminary injunction or other provisional judicial relief if in
      its judgment such an action is necessary to avoid irreparable damage or to
      preserve the status quo. Despite any such action, the parties will
      continue to participate in good faith in the procedures set forth in this
      subsection (b).

            (c) No party shall have any liability for lost profits or punitive
      damages with respect to any claim arising out of or relating to this
      Agreement. The sole recourse and remedy of a party hereto for breach of
      this Agreement by any other party hereto shall be against such other party
      and its assets, and no officer, director, employee, stockholder or
      affiliate of any party shall be liable at law or in equity for the breach
      by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement.

      11.4 Indemnification.

            After the Closing Date, and unless otherwise provided in the
Agreement:

            (a) The Buyer shall indemnify and hold the Seller harmless from and
      against all claims, lawsuits, costs (including reasonable counsel fees)
      and liabilities which arise out of or relate to its ownership of the
      Assets or transactions or

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      operations at the Financial Centers after the Closing Date, and from any
      loss or damage resulting from any breach by the Buyer of any
      representation, warranty or covenant of the Buyer contained in this
      Agreement. If any claim or lawsuit is made or commenced as to which the
      Seller proposes to demand such indemnification, it shall notify the Buyer
      with reasonable promptness; provided, however, that any failure by the
      Seller to notify the Buyer shall not relieve the Buyer from its
      obligations hereunder, except to the extent that the Buyer is actually
      prejudiced by such failure to give notice. The Buyer shall have the option
      of defending such claim or lawsuit with counsel of its own choosing at its
      own cost and expense and such counsel shall, to the extent consistent with
      its professional responsibilities, cooperate with the Seller and any
      counsel designated by the Seller. The Buyer shall pay any settlement of a
      claim or lawsuit that falls within this indemnification provision and is
      made with the Buyer's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
      withheld.

            (b) The Seller shall indemnify and hold the Buyer harmless from and
      against all claims, lawsuits, costs (including reasonable counsel fees)
      and liabilities which arise out of or relate to transactions or operations
      at the Financial Centers on or before the Closing Date, and from any loss
      or damage resulting from any breach by the Seller of any of its
      representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement. If
      any claim or lawsuit is made or commenced as to which the Buyer proposes
      to demand such indemnification, it shall notify the Seller with reasonable
      promptness; provided, however, that any failure by the Buyer to notify the
      Seller shall not relieve the Seller from its obligations hereunder, except
      to the extent the Seller is actually prejudiced by such failure to give
      notice. The Seller shall have the option of defending such claim or
      lawsuit with counsel of its own choosing at its own cost and expense and
      such counsel shall, to the extent consistent with its professional
      responsibilities, cooperate with the Buyer and any counsel designated by
      the Buyer. The Seller shall pay any settlement of a claim or lawsuit that
      falls within this indemnification provision and is made with the Seller's
      consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

            (c) Any claims for indemnification brought under this Section shall
      be subject to the provisions of Section 11.3 to the extent such claims
      involve a claim of one party against the other.

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      11.5 Counterparts.

            This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which will constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

      11.6 Exhibits and Schedules.

            All exhibits and schedules referred to in this Agreement shall
constitute a part of this Agreement.

      11.7 Assignment.

            Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder may be assigned by the Buyer or the Seller (whether by
operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Buyer
(in the case of an assignment by the Seller) or the Seller (in the case of an
assignment by the Buyer), and any purported assignment in violation of this
Section 11.7 will be void; provided, however, that this Agreement (including the
rights, interests and obligations hereunder) may be assigned by the Buyer to any
of its Affiliates or by the Seller to any of its Affiliates (although such an
assignment will not relieve the assigning party of its obligations under this
Agreement). Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding
upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

      11.8 Headings.

            The headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of this Agreement or any of
its provisions.

      11.9 Notices.

            Any notice under this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall
be deemed given when delivered in person, when delivered by first class mail
postage prepaid (in which case the notice shall be deemed given on the third
Business Day following the date on which the notice is postmarked), when
delivered by overnight carrier such as Federal Express or UPS (in which case the
notice shall be deemed given on the next Business Day when received) or when
delivered by facsimile transmission, which transmission also shall be sent by
first class mail, postage prepaid before the second Business Day following the
transmission (in which case the notice shall be deemed

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given on the day transmitted if transmitted before or during normal business
hours or, otherwise, on the next succeeding Business Day) to the parties at the
respective addresses set forth below or at such other addresses as each party
shall inform the other in writing.

If to Seller:

                          SouthTrust Bank
                          3400 SouthTrust Tower
                          420 North 20th Street
                          Birmingham, Alabama 35203

                          Attention: R. Glenn Eubanks
                          Facsimile: 205-254-4400

With copies to:     Wachovia Corporation

                          301 South College Street, NC0670
                          Charlotte, North Carolina 28288

                          Attention: Donna J. Jennings
                          Facsimile: 704-715-2683

                          Wachovia Corporation
                          301 South College Street, NC0630
                          Charlotte, North Carolina 28288

                          Attention: Anthony R. Augliera, Esq.
                          Facsimile: 704-715-4496

                                       And

                          Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
                          One Federal Place
                          1819 5th Avenue North
                          Birmingham, Alabama 35203

                          Attention: Paul S. Ware, Esq.
                          Facsimile: 205-488-6624

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         If to Buyer to:         R-G Crown Bank
                                 105 Live Oaks Gardens
                                 Casselberry, Florida 32707

                                 Attention: Victor Galan,
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                 Facsimile: 407-261-2316 and
                                            787-766-8175

         with a copy to:   Patton Boggs LLP
                                 2550 M. Street, NW
                                 Washington, DC 20037

                                 Attention: Norman B. Antin, Esq.
                                            Jeffrey D. Haas, Esq.
                                 Facsimile: 202-457-6315

      11.10 Expenses.

            Unless specifically stated to the contrary in this Agreement, each
party will assume and pay for the expenses it incurs with respect to the
purchase and sale of the Assets and assumption of the Liabilities under this
Agreement. Each party shall be responsible for any fee payable to any agent,
broker or finder acting on its behalf in this transaction. In addition to the
foregoing, the Buyer hereby agrees to pay all fees and expenses relating to the
assignment of the Loans and Cash Reserve Loans from the Seller to the Buyer.

      11.11 Communications.

            During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing
Date, the Buyer and the Seller shall not communicate with the Employees,
depositors, or customers of the Financial Centers, except as specifically
required by the relevant regulatory agencies as part of the approval process, or
as specifically provided for herein:

            (a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the
Seller and the Buyer shall jointly communicate, at Buyer's and the Seller's
equal expense, with the Employees, depositors and customers of the Financial
Centers advising them of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such
communication shall be in form and substance mutually satisfactory to the
parties hereto and to any regulatory authorities as may be required by

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applicable law or regulation. Any and all public announcements or press releases
by either party must comply with Section 11.12 of this Agreement.

            (b) With the exception of the communications provided for in
paragraph (a) above, and in Section 8.1 (to the extent necessary to convey an
offer of employment), the Buyer may not communicate with the Employees,
depositors and other customers of the Financial Centers without the prior
written consent of the Seller, and any such communications shall be in form and
substance mutually satisfactory to the parties hereto and to any regulatory
authorities as may be required by applicable law or regulation. Any such
permitted communications may not interrupt or interfere with the normal
operations of the Financial Centers, and shall be at the Buyer's sole cost and
expense.

            (c) In addition to the communications provided for in paragraph (a)
above, the Seller at its own cost and expense may communicate with the
Employees, depositors and other customers of the Financial Centers at such times
and in such form and substance mutually satisfactory to the parties hereto and
to any regulatory authorities as may be required by applicable law or
regulation.

      11.12 Public Announcements.

            Each party shall consult with the other before making any
announcement or other public communication with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and, prior to such announcement or other public
communication, shall mutually agree upon the substance and timing thereof.

      11.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

            This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State of
Delaware.

      11.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries.

            The parties intend that this Agreement shall not benefit or create
any right or cause of action in or on behalf of any Person other than the Seller
and the Buyer, and other than Wachovia as an intended third-party beneficiary.

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      11.15 Severability.

            If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such
provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
hereof; provided, however, that no such severance shall be effective if it would
materially change the economic benefits of this Agreement to any party.

      11.16 R-G Financial Corporation Obligation.

            R-G, as the ultimate parent of the Buyer, by its signature hereto
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees the performance of the
Buyer of its obligations pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.2, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4(b),
11.1(d), 11.3 and 11.4(a) of this Agreement. R-G waives presentment, demand,
protest, notice of acceptance, notice of obligations incurred and all other
notices of any kind, all legal or equitable defenses which may be available by
virtue of any change in the time, manner or place of the Buyer's performance,
any right to require the marshalling of assets, and all suretyship defenses
generally. R-G represents that it has the corporate authority to undertake its
obligations hereunder, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by R-G. Upon execution and
delivery by the Seller, R-G's obligations hereunder will constitute valid and
binding obligations of R-G, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles. This Section 11.16 shall be binding upon R-G's successors and
permitted assigns.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this Agreement has caused this
Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date written on
page one of this Agreement.

                                   BUYER

                                   By: /s/ Victor Galan
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Title: Chief Executive Officer
                                          --------------------------------------

                                   SOUTHTRUST BANK

                                   By: /s/ R. Glenn Eubanks
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                   R-G FINANCIAL CORPORATION (for the purposes
                                   of Section 11.16 of this Agreement)

                                   By: /s/ Victor Galan
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Title: Chief Executive Officer
                                          --------------------------------------

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Wachovia Corporation hereby consents to
the Seller entering into this Agreement

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By: /s/ David M. Carroll
    ----------------------------------
Title: Senior Executive Vice President
       -------------------------------

EX-99.1

                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR RELEASE:      Immediately

CONTACT:          Victor J. Galan                Joseph R. Sandoval
                  Chairman and CEO               Executive Vice President & CFO
                  (787) 766-8301                 (787) 756-2801

WEBSITE:          www.rgonline.com


  R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF R-G CROWN BANK SUBSIDIARY
       IN FLORIDA; BANK TO ACQUIRE 18 BRANCH OFFICES FROM SOUTHTRUST BANK
         IN DIVESTITURE ASSOCIATED WITH WACHOVIA CORPORATION'S PROPOSED
                     ACQUISITION OF SOUTHTRUST CORPORATION

         San Juan, Puerto Rico - October 12, 2004 - R&G Financial Corporation
(NYSE: RGF) ("R&G Financial") announced today an agreement between R&G
Financial, R-G Crown Bank ("R-G Crown"), its Florida-based federal savings bank
subsidiary, and SouthTrust Bank, a subsidiary of SouthTrust Corporation,
pursuant to which R-G Crown will acquire eighteen branches from SouthTrust Bank
located in Jacksonville, Lakeland and DeLand, Florida, and Augusta, Georgia.
The transaction will expand R-G Crown's already successful banking franchise in
Florida through the acquisition of approximately $300 million of assets,
primarily commercial real estate, commercial business and consumer loans,
including the 18 branch facilities, and the assumption of approximately $600
million in liabilities, mostly deposits. The branches are being divested by
SouthTrust Bank to facilitate regulatory approval of Wachovia Corporation's
previously announced proposed acquisition of SouthTrust Corporation. Completion
of the sale to R-G Crown is contingent on the completion of the proposed merger
of SouthTrust Corporation and Wachovia Corporation.

         The transaction, which is expected to be accretive to earnings per
share in 2005, is expected to close during the first quarter of the calendar
year 2005, pending approval of R-G Crown's banking regulators. Under the
Agreement, all branch employees of SouthTrust Bank involved in the acquisition
will become employees of R-G Crown.

         As of June 30, 2004, R-G Crown had consolidated assets of $1.5
billion, deposits of $825.3 million and consolidated stockholder's equity of
$153.4 million, operating through 15 full-service branch offices located in the
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Orlando metropolitan areas.

         Victor J. Galan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of R-G
Financial, stated "We are very excited about the acquisition of these branches.
The branches will allow us to expand our existing footprint in central Florida
through branches in Lakeland and DeLand, and to gain significant market share
in new markets for R-G Crown in Jacksonville, Florida and Augusta, Georgia.
This acquisition will allow us to build a stronger platform in Florida for
further



expansion into new markets and territories, and continue our strategy of
growing our banking operations in the US mainland."

         The Company, currently in its 32nd year of operations, is a
diversified financial holding company with operations in Puerto Rico and the
United States, providing banking, mortgage banking, investments, consumer
finance and insurance through its wholly-owned subsidiaries R-G Premier Bank of
Puerto Rico, R-G Crown Bank, its Florida-based federal savings bank, R&G
Mortgage Corp., Puerto Rico's second largest mortgage banker, Mortgage Store of
Puerto Rico, Inc., a subsidiary of R&G Mortgage, Continental Capital Corp., R-G
Crown's New York and North Carolina based mortgage banking subsidiary, R-G
Investments Corporation, the Company's Puerto Rico broker-dealer, and Home and
Property Insurance Corporation, its Puerto Rico insurance agency. The Company
operates 32 bank branches in Puerto Rico, 15 bank branches in the Orlando and
Tampa/St. Petersburg Florida markets, 5 mortgage and 7 commercial lending
offices in the US mainland, and 53 mortgage offices in Puerto Rico, including
26 facilities located within R-G Premier's banking branches. At June 30, 2004,
the Company had $8.9 billion of total assets and $779.8 million of
stockholders' equity.

ABOUT SOUTHTRUST

SouthTrust Corporation (www.southtrust.com) is a $52.9 billion regional bank
holding company with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. SouthTrust operates
736 banking and loan offices and 890 ATMs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The
company offers a complete line of banking and other related financial services
to commercial and retail customers. SouthTrust is a Forbes Platinum 400 company
that trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol SOTR. The company is
listed on the S&P 500 index and the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods BKX Index.

ABOUT WACHOVIA

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the largest providers of financial
services to retail, brokerage and corporate customers throughout the East Coast
and the nation, with assets of $418.4 billion, market capitalization of $58.3
billion and stockholders' equity of $32.6 billion at June 30, 2004. Its four
core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and
the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve 12 million client relationships
(including households and businesses), primarily in 11 East Coast states and
Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities,
LLC, serves clients in 49 states. Global services are provided through 32
international offices. Online banking and brokerage products and services also
are available through Wachovia.com.

Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts may
constitute forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) which involve significant risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed
in these forward-looking statements, which are based upon current expectations
and R&G Financial assumes no obligation to update this information. These
include securing all necessary governmental and other approvals, the
satisfaction of all conditions to the transaction and changes in business or
other market conditions. These and other factors could adversely affect the
outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described herein.