Sierra Bancorp was formed in November 2000 and operates primarily through Bank of the Sierra (the Bank), which it acquired in August 2001. The Bank is a California state-chartered bank headquartered in Porterville, California. It opened for business in January 1978, and has since grown to be the largest independent bank head-quartered in the South San Joaquin Valley. Our growth has primarily been organic, but includes the acquisition of Sierra National Bank in 2000. The Bank is a multi-community financial institution that offers a full range of retail and commercial banking services, primarily in the central and southern sections of the San Joaquin Valley. On the southern end, our footprint extends east through the Tehachapi plateau and into the northwestern tip of the Mojave Desert. At the present time, the Company’s only other direct subsidiaries are Sierra Statutory Trust II and Sierra Capital Trust III, which were formed in March 2004 and June 2006, respectively, solely to facilitate the issuance of capital trust pass-through securities (“TRUPS”).

Bridge Bancorp wants you to cross over to its subsidiary The Bridgehampton National Bank, which operates more than a dozen locations in eastern Long Island, New York. Founded in 1910, the bank offers traditional deposit services to area individuals, small businesses, and municipalities, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, and CDs. Deposits are invested primarily in mortgages, which account for some 80% of the bank's loan portfolio. Title insurance services are available through bank subsidiary Bridge Abstract; wealth management services include financial planning, estate administration, and trustee services.

Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A, known as ATEbank, provides retail and commercial financial services to individuals and businesses. Pursuant to its original mission, it also offers credit and other services to the agricultural community. ATEbank has about 960 ATMs and some 480 offices in Greece and nearly 30 branches abroad in places such as Romania and Germany. Subsidiaries offer credit cards, insurance, leasing, and investment products. The Greek government owns some 77% of the company's shares. The bank's charter requires that the state own at least 51% of its shares.

U.S. AgBank, FCB bank provides funding for long-term real estate loans secured by first mortgages on farm or rural land. It also provides shorter-term loans to agricultural producers. The government-sponsored entity does not lend directly to borrowers, but rather through more than two dozen associations (Agricultural Credit Associations, Farm Land Credit Associations, Production Credit Associations) that own U.S. AgBank. The company plans to merge with CoBank, another Farm Credit System member.

S&T Bancorp is the bank holding company for S&T Bank, which serves customers from more than 50 branch offices in western Pennsylvania. Targeting individuals and local businesses, the bank offers such standard retail products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Business loans, including commercial mortgages, make up more than two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also originates residential mortgages, construction loans, and consumer loans. Through subsidiaries, S&T Bank sells life, disability, and property/casualty insurance; provides investment management services; and manages the Stewart Capital family of mutual funds.

Wainwright Bank & Trust serves musical and non-musical customers alike from about a dozen branches in the Boston area. Serving individuals, businesses, municipalities, and not-for-profits, the bank is dedicated to progressive causes; it provides financing to organizations involved in affordable housing, preservation of natural resources, diversity programs, and health care for the homeless, elderly, and mentally disabled. It also originates "green loans" -- reduced-rate home equity loans for solar energy installations. Wainwright Bank & Trust a division of Eastern Bank Corporation, a mutually owned Massachusetts lender with some 90 branches.

Raiffeisen Zentralbank has branched in many countries and now operates across Central and Eastern Europe from Albania to the Ukraine. It has more than 3,000 banking branches in the region offering commercial and investment services. Raiffeisen Zentralbank owns about 70% of Raiffeisen International Bank (RIB), through which it provides central services to its regional banks, which, in turn, provide services to local Raiffeisen banks operating more than 3,000 branches in Central and Eastern Europe. The company was founded in 1927 and is owned by its regional banks.

WSFS Financial is the holding company for Wilmington Savings Fund Society (WSFS Bank), a thrift with about 35 branches in Delaware and a handful of locations in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Founded in 1832, WSFS Bank attracts deposits from individuals and local businesses through such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank primarily lends to businesses: Commercial loans and mortgages account for about 75% of its loan portfolio. Bank subsidiary Cypress Capital Management provides trust and advisory services to wealthy clients and institutional investors.

Beacon Federal was founded in 1953 as a credit union serving employees of air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corporation. Beacon Federal Bancorp was created in 2007 to be the holding company for Beacon Federal, a thrift serving selected markets in Massachussetts, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates about a half-dozen branches that offer standard retail products and loans, primarily residential mortgages, consumer loans, and home equity loans. Subsidiary Beacon Comprehensive Services provides investment products and tax preparation services.

Lubbock National Bank has been a proud part of Texas banking since the early 1900s, in times of war and economic hardship, as well as prosperity and abundance. While the world around us has seemed chaotic at times, LNB has always provided our customers a trusted place to manage and grow their hard-earned money.

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