MEMO: BOATMEN'S ANNOUNCES DEAL TO BUY TEXAS BANK

Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tom Green National Bank, based in San Angelo, Texas. The Texas bank operates three branches and has about $73 million in assets. Terms were not disclosed.

The proposed transaction is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 1996.

Boatmen's Bancshares of St. Louis, has asserts of about $33 billion and operates more than 500 banks in nine states,