Chris Holmes, Executive Vice President & Director of Retail Banking, James Gordon, Chief Financial Officer, and Lynn Harton, Chief Credit and Risk Officer from The South Financial Group Inc., preside over the closing bell.

Thursday June 7, 2007
from Nasdaq MarketSite
in New York's Times Square

The South Financial Group Inc.
[TSFG]

The South Financial Group, the largest publicly traded bank holding company headquartered in South Carolina, ranks among the top 50 U.S. commercial bank holding companies in total assets.

At March 31, 2007, it had approximately $14.2 billion in total assets and 170 branch offices in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. TSFG focuses on fast-growing banking markets in the Southeast, concentrating its growth in metropolitan statistical areas. TSFG operates Carolina First Bank (NC, SC, and on the Internet as Bank CaroLine) and Mercantile Bank (FL). At March 31, 2007, approximately 46% of TSFG's total customer deposits were in South Carolina, 39% were in Florida, and 15% were in North Carolina. Investor information is available at www.thesouthgroup.com.

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