About ECB

East Carolina Bank (ECB) is a state chartered, independent, community bank founded in 1920. ECB provides a full range of financial services through our 24 offices covering eastern North Carolina from Currituck to Ocean Isle Beach, and Greenville to Hatteras.

Our primary objective is delivering quality financial products and services to consumers, small businesses, and agricultural customers. Additionally, ECB offers a full array of wealth management products, insurance products, as well as a variety of treasury management products targeted to help even the smallest business manage their time and money.

ECB's passion is service—service delivered efficiently through state-of-the-art technology by talented employees working together as a team. And as ECB looks towards the future, we will continue to explore ways to implement new technology and to seek out new financial partners to offer customers better investment or insurance products. We always work with one goal in mind—to better serve customers and the community.

ECB Bancorp, Inc.

ECB Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company, headquartered in Engelhard, North Carolina. The East Carolina Bank (ECB) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ECB Bankcorp, Inc. At year-end 2009, ECB had 219 full-time employees. ECB is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the North Carolina Bankers Association. The Company's common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “ECBE.”