The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, November 1, 1994              TAG: 9411010292
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D01  EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: From staff reports 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

CRESTAR, TIDEMARK CLOSE DEAL

Crestar Financial Corp. and TideMark Bancorp. Inc. finalized their agreement that Crestar would acquire TideMark, the Newport News-based holding company of TideMark Bank. Under the terms of the final agreement, TideMark shareholders will be paid $5.50 per share or a tax-free exchange of TideMark common stock for Crestar common stock. TideMark shareholders and regulators still must approve the deal, which is expected to be completed early in 1995. Crestar Financial Corp. has assets of $14.3 billion and is the holding company for three banks with 332 offices in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. by CNB