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First Financial Holdings, Inc. is a savings and loan holding company. The company through its subsidiaries provides integrated financial solutions, including personal, business, and wealth management services. It offers residential, commercial and consumer loan products, consumer and business deposit products, debit cards, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, trust and fiduciary services, and reinsurance of private mortgage insurance and premium financing activities. The company serves individuals and businesses throughout coastal South Carolina, as well as the Florence, Columbia, and upstate regions of South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. First Financial Holdings was founded in September 1987 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

SCBT Financial Corp. is the bank holding company for South Carolina Bank & Trust. The company, through its subsidiary, provides a broad range of financial services to individuals and companies in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. It provides customers with checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings and time deposits of various types, brokerage services and alternative investment products, such as annuities and mutual funds, trust and asset management services, loans for businesses, agriculture, real estate, personal use, home improvement and automobiles, credit cards, letters of credit, home equity lines of credit, safe deposit boxes, bank money orders, wire transfer services, correspondent banking services, ATM processing, and trust services. SCBT Financial was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

J.M. Smith Corp. provides healthcare and technology solutions. It develops automation solutions for pharmacies, home medical equipment businesses, local government agencies, and businesses. The firm offers NRx, a pharmacy management solution that enhances pharmacy’s productivity with tools to simplify workflow, process claims, manage inventory, and more; NRx Delivery, a pharmacy’s shipping management solution. The company was founded by James M. Smith, Sr. in 1925 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC.

McNair Law Firm PA provides legal services. It specializes in bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, governmental affairs, immigration, litigation, procurement, and real estate. The company was founded by Robert E. McNair in 1971 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

Trelys LLC (Trelys venture partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Adrian N. Wilson. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.