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1st United Bancorp, Inc. was acquired by Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) effective November 1, 2014.

American Chartered Bancorp, Inc. was acquired by MB Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBFI) effective August 24, 2016.

Banc of California is a bank holding company operating banking offices in the California counties of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California and currently provides complete banking services to the communities in Southern California.

Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. is a community-based, diversified financial services company providing consumer and commercial banking services. Its principal subsidiary, Beneficial Bank, has served individuals and businesses in the Delaware Valley area since 1853 and is the oldest and largest bank headquartered in Philadelphia. Beneficial operates over 50 offices in the greater Philadelphia and southern New Jersey regions and offers insurance and wealth management services through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries.

BNC Bancorp is the parent company of Bank of North Carolina, a commercial bank founded in 1991 in High Point, North Carolina. Bank of North Carolina provides a complete line of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses through its more than 60 banking offices in Virginia, North and South Carolina. The bank’s locations in South Carolina and Virginia operate as BNC Bank.

Cape Bancorp, Inc. was acquired by OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: OCFC) effective May 2, 2016.

Cardinal Financial Corporation, a financial holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, serves the Washington metropolitan region through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cardinal Bank. Cardinal also operates several other subsidiaries: George Mason Mortgage, LLC, a residential mortgage lending company based in Fairfax, Virginia and Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc., a wealth management services company.

Central Valley Community Bancorp was established in 2000 as the holding company for its sole subsidiary, Central Valley Community Bank. Central Valley Community Bank was founded with $2.0 million in assets in Clovis, California in 1979, and provides traditional banking services to individuals and small to medium sized businesses. Since inception, the bank has grown to over $1.0 billion in assets and expanded its branch network to over 20 branches in California’s Central Valley.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, founded in 2002 by its current chairman and chief executive officer, Brad Elliott. Its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Equity Bank, provides a broad range of financial services primarily to businesses and business owners as well as individuals through its network of full service branches located in Kansas and Missouri.

Florida Business BancGroup, Inc. was acquired by Home BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOMB) effective October 1, 2015.

Guaranty Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Guaranty is the parent to its bank subsidiary, Guaranty Bank & Trust Company. Guaranty operates throughout northern and central Colorado with target markets in the greater Denver metropolitan area, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley. Guaranty provides banking and other financial services to consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses and provides wealth management solutions, including trust and investment management services, through its two solely-owned investment management firms.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Heritage Commerce Corp is the parent company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, a full-service commercial business bank established in 1994. Heritage Commerce focuses on C&I and commercial real estate lending to small- and medium-sized businesses and their owners, managers and employees. Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of the bank, provides business-essential working capital factoring financing to various industries throughout the United States.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp was acquired by Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPBI) effective April 1, 2017.

Independent Bank Corporation is the holding company for Michigan-based Independent Bank. Founded as First National Bank of Ionia in 1864, Independent Bank Corporation operates over 60 office branch locations across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula through its bank subsidiary.

Independent Bank provides a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage lending, investments and title services.

Palmetto Bancshares, Inc. was acquired by United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) effective September 1, 2015.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is the Bedminster, New Jersey headquartered bank holding company for Peapack-Gladstone Bank. Established in 1921, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is a commercial bank that offers a full range of quality banking products and services to businesses and consumers through its New Jersey locations, an online branch, a wealth management division, and its subsidiary, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware.

Porter Bancorp, Inc. is a state charted bank holding company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Porter’s sole subsidiary bank, PBI Bank, operates full-service branches in the greater Louisville area and in counties south of Louisville along the Interstate 65 corridor. PBI is primarily a commercial lender with the majority of its loan portfolio in commercial real estate and construction loans. Porter Bancorp, Inc. announced on June 19, 2018 that it changed its name to Limestone Bancorp, Inc., as approved by shareholders on May 23, 2018, with PBI Bank changing its name to Limestone Bank.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. is the holding company for Sonabank, a Virginia state chartered bank. Sonabank was founded in 2005, and provides a range of financial services to individuals and small and medium sized businesses. Since inception, the bank has grown its footprint to include over twenty branches in Virginia and Maryland.

Square 1 Financial, Inc. was acquired by PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ: PACW) effective October 6, 2015.

Sterling Bancorp, through its principal subsidiary Sterling National Bank, specializes in the delivery of service and solutions to business owners, their families, and consumers in communities within the greater New York City area through teams of dedicated and experienced relationship managers. Sterling’s specialty lending businesses, which include asset-based lending, factoring, payroll finance, equipment finance, residential mortgage warehouse lending, residential mortgage banking and municipal finance, also generate loans and deposits in other markets across the United States.

TIB Financial Corp. was acquired by North American Financial Holdings, Inc. (now d/b/a Capital Bank Financial Corp.; NASDAQ: CBF) effective September 30, 2010.

VIST Financial Corp. was acquired by Tompkins Financial Corporation (NYSE MKT: TMP) effective August 1, 2012.

Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. was acquired by Harleysville National Corporation (now d/b/a First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.; NASDAQ: FNFG) effective December 5, 2008.