Robert Aston Jr., Chairman and CEO of Towne Bank, presides over the Closing bell.

Headquartered in Portsmouth, Virginia and founded in a garage in 1999, TowneBank is now Virginia's top community bank operating 18 banking offices in Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Williamsburg and York County. Towne also offers a full range of financial services through its controlled divisions and subsidiaries that include Towne Investment Group, Towne Insurance Agency, TFA Benefits, TowneBank Mortgage, TowneBank Commercial Mortgage and GSH Real Estate Corporation. Local decision-making is a hallmark of its hometown banking strategy that is delivered through the leadership of each group's President and Board of Directors.

With total assets of $2.46 billion as of June 30, 2007, TowneBank is the largest bank headquartered in Hampton Roads.

For more information about TowneBank: www.TowneBank.com

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