U.S. small-business lender CIT Group Inc said it would purchase regional lender OneWest Bank NA for $3.4 billion in cash and stock, its second deal in two months to boost its middle-market lending operations.Shareholders of IMB Holdco LLC, OneWest's parent company that CIT is acquiring, will get $2 billion in cash and the rest through the issuance of 31.3 million CIT shares, assuming a stock price of $44.33.CIT's shares closed at $43.95 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, valuing the company at more than $8 billion. The stock was unchanged in premarket trading on Tuesday.The company also posted a better-than-expected profit for the quarter ended June 30, helped by strong gains at its aerospace and railcar leasing business. CIT Bank reported a 25 percent jump in deposits to $13.9 billion as of the end of the period.
CIT Group Inc. is a bank holding company (BHC) together with its owned subsidiaries (CIT), provides primarily commercial financing and leasing products and other services to small and middle market businesses across a range of industries. Shares of CIT traded higher by 0.48% or $0.21/share to $43.95. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $41.06 and as high as $52.72. On average, 1786470 shares of CIT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1408176.
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