Common use of Pooling Letter Clause in Contracts

Pooling Letter. Alliance Bancorp shall have received an opinion from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to the effect that the Company Merger will be treated as a "pooling of interest," as defined by GAAP, for financial accounting purposes.

Pooling Letter. Alliance Bancorp shall have received (i) an opinion from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to the effect that the Company Merger will be treated as a "pooling of interest," as defined by GAAP, for financial accounting purposes and (ii) a letter, in a form satisfactory to KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, from SWB's independent auditor representing that they are not aware of any transactions or of any events or circumstances that would preclude the Merger from being treated as a "pooling of interest" for financial accounting purposes.;