Boenning & Scattergood Downgrades VIST Financial (VIST) to Neutral; Acquired by Tompkins Financial (TMP) for $12.50/share

Boenning & Scattergood downgraded VIST Financial (NASDAQ: VIST) from Outperform to Neutral.

Boenning analyst says, "VIST Financial and Tompkins Financial (NYSE: TMP) entered into a merger agreement (announced yesterday) under which Tompkins will acquire VIST in an all-stock transaction valued at ~$86M or ~$12.50 per share. The $12.50 price per share represents an exchange ratio of 0.3127 shares of Tompkins common stock based on the 20 day average closing price for TMP shares as of January 24, 2012. The exchange ratio is subject to adjustment based on the average closing prices of TMP shares for the 20 bbusiness days ending three business days prior to the VIST shareholder meeting called to approve the agreement."

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Shares of VIST Financial closed at $10.80 yesterday.

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