Represents the cash receivable by stockholders of acquiree for each share of acquiree.

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Represents the fraction of shares of the entity that the stockholders of the acquiree would have received for each share of acquiree pursuant to the business acquisition.

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- Definition

The pro forma consolidated assets as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The pro forma consolidated number of branches as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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- Definition

The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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For an acquired entity, price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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- Definition

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (e)

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Aug. 07, 2013 Subsequent event	Aug. 01, 2013 Subsequent event	Jul. 22, 2013 Subsequent event Capital Source item
Subsequent events
Quarterly cash dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.18	$ 0.50	$ 0.36	$ 0.25
Purchase price								$ 2,300,000,000
Cash receivable by stockholders of acquiree for each share of acquiree								$ 2.47
Number of shares of the entity receivable by stockholders of acquiree for each share of acquiree								0.2837
Closing stock price (in dollars per share)							$ 36.17
Shares acquired (in dollars per share)								$ 12.73
Pro forma consolidated assets								$ 15,400,000,000
Pro forma consolidated branches								96