BANKING & FINANCE - Oct. 12, 1994

First Union Corp. to Acquire Ameribanc Investors Group: The nation’s ninth-largest banking company said it reached an agreement to acquire Ameribanc for $108 million. Under an agreement with Annandale, Va.-based Ameribanc, First Union will pay $3 for each of its 36 million outstanding shares. Ameribanc’s savings bank subsidiary has $1.1 billion in assets and $752 million in deposits. It operates 29 branches and three mortgage offices in Virginia. The subsidiary will be merged with First Union National Bank of Virginia, a unit of Charlotte, N.C.-based First Union.