Cary Street Partners Announces Addition to Investment Banking Team

November 17, 2009

RICHMOND, VA – Cary Street Partners is pleased to announce that John Minor has joined the firm’s investment banking group. John will serve as a Managing Director in Cary Street Partner’s financial institutions practice. Before joining Cary Street Partners, John was a Director in the Financial Institutions Group at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers, prior to Barclays’ acquisition of Lehman’s U.S. operations. Prior to Lehman, John worked in the investment banking division of BB&T Capital Markets and Scott & Stringfellow, where he advised community banks, thrifts and mortgage companies.

“This is a very exciting time for Cary Street Partners,” said Chairman Mark Gambill. “We anticipate the community banking landscape to undergo significant change in the coming years and believe that John’s unique perspective and experience will prove to be a valuable asset to these institutions.”

John holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. He is a native of Richmond, Virginia.

About Cary Street Partners

Cary Street Partners provides objective wealth management and investment banking solutions to successful individuals, institutions and companies from its Southeastern base. The firm was formed by a group of senior-level financial executives to bring their experience at major investment houses to individuals and organizations that value skill over scale. Cary Street Partners has offices in Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; Abingdon, Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina.

For more information, please contact:

Tom Tullidge, Co-Managing Partner Cary Street Partners 1210 East Cary Street, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23219 804.521.3340 ttullidge@carystreetpartners.com

John Minor, Managing Director Cary Street Partners 1210 East Cary Street, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23219 804.228.4696 jminor@carystreetpartners.com