Independent Auditors’ Consent by Deloitte & Touche LLP for Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. and Southeast Texas Bancshares, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche LLP consents to the use of their audit report on the consolidated financial statements of Southeast Texas Bancshares, Inc. in a filing by Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. The consent allows the report to be incorporated by reference in a Form 8-K and a Form S-4 registration statement. The audit report, dated February 28, 2003, includes an unqualified opinion and notes the adoption of a new accounting standard. This consent is dated March 12, 2004.
Exhibit 2.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Current Report on Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. dated March 12, 2004, of our report dated February 28, 2003 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the adoption of Statement of Accounting Standards No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”) on the consolidated financial statements of Southeast Texas Bancshares, Inc., contained in Registration Statement No. 333-112366 of Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933.
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March 12, 2004 | |
