R. Scott Anderson

Bank of Granite Corp. operates as a bank holding company. The company provides financial solutions to individual and institutional clients. These solutions include individual, group and short-term insurance, personal financial services such as estate planning, trusts, wills, personal loans, health management, savings and linked products, business fitness assessment and insurance investment management, asset management, property asset management, stock broking, employee benefits, risk management and capital market activities. The company's banking activities include the taking of demand and time deposits and the making of loans, secured and unsecured, to individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. The firm's portfolio segments include commercial and industrial; real estate construction; real estate commercial mortgage and consumer. Bank of Granite was founded on June 1, 1987 and is headquartered in Granite Falls, NC.

First Trust Bank engages in providing banking services. It offers financial services and products to individuals, professionals and small and mid-sized businesses through proven professional bankers, customer-friendly policies and procedures, advanced technology and innovative products. First Trust Bank provides commercial, consumer and real estate lending products and it also offers a business sweep accounts, Internet-based cash management services and debit cards, as well as commercial and consumer credit cards and merchant service. The company was founded by James T. Bolt Jr., on November 12, 1998 and is headquartered in Charlotte, 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).