Bruce W. Elder

VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company, which engages in the management and operation of banks. It offers checking and savings account, lending, business and consumer credit cards, and mortgage lending for businesses and individual customers through VantageSouth Bank. The company was founded on April 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Crescent State Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Bancshares. The bank operates 15 full-service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh (3), Knightdale and Wilmington (2), North Carolina. Founded and headquartered in Cary, NC, they pride themselves on being able to provide fast, local decision-making and quality customer service to each of their customers. Their bankers are hand-picked members of the community with strong banking backgrounds. Through one's expertise they are able to help their customers make sound financial decisions.

MQ Associates, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in diagnostic imaging services. It operates independent, fixed-site, outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the U.S. through its subsidiaries. The firm's centers provides services using a variety of technologies including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, general radiology, ultrasound, bone densitometry, and mammography. The company was founded in 1993 by John K. Luke and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

First South Bancorp, Inc. (North Carolina) is a holding company, which operates as a chartered commercial bank. It manages the business of First South Bank, and specializes in general commercial financial services among individuals and corporate. It offers mortgages, investment, leasing and e-banking solutions. The company was founded on January 7, 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, NC.

First South Bank engages in state commercial bank. It offers mortgage loan originators and servicers in North Carolina. The company offers a wide array of financial products and services. First South Bank was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Washington, NC.

The Group's principal activity is to offer a wide variety of bank products and services through its two branches in North Carolina. The Group accepts deposit accounts and invests those funds by originating loans for the purchase or refinancing of one-to-four family residences. It operates through its wholly owned subsidiary Mutual Service Corporation of Durham, Inc. The Group offers a diverse range of deposit products including non-interest bearing and interest bearing demand deposit accounts, savings accounts and certificates of deposit. The Group operates throughout the United States.

The North Carolina Bankers Association is a business association based in Raleigh, NC. The association has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the non-profit company is Peter Gwaltney.