J. Daniel Fisher

The Group's principal activity is to provide commercial and retail banking and brokerage services. The services include checking and savings accounts, commercial, installment and personal loans, safe deposit boxes and other associated services. The Group acts as an agent providing brokerage services for non-bank investment products and services. In addition, it offers insurance services, debit card program, automated teller machines, drive-through facilities and internet banking to both business and individual customers. The Group operates through twenty-two offices eleven in Virginia: Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk and Emporia and eleven in North Carolina: Elizabeth City, Edenton, Kitty Hawk, Moyock, Nags Head, Plymouth, Roper and Raleigh, and a private banking center in Raleigh. On 01-Jun-07, it acquired The Bank of Richmond and on Jan 2007, Breen Title and Settlement Inc.

New Century Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for New Century Bank, which provides commercial and retail banking services. It offers a range of banking services including checking and savings accounts, commercial, consumer, mortgage and personal loans, and other associated financial services. New Century Bancorp was founded on May 14, 2003 and is headquartered in Dunn, NC.

Customers Bank engages in the provision of commercial and consumer banking services. It offers cash management, commercial and industrial loans, small business loans, commercial and multi-family real estate loans, certificates of deposit, residential mortgages, consumer loans, and savings, checking, and money market accounts. The company is headquartered in Wyomissing, PA.

Mid-South Bank & Trust Co. is a company based in Sanford, NC.

RBC Venture Banks, Inc. is a full service commercial bank headquartered in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The bank is a subsidiary of RBC Financial Group. Their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY).