Derek James Ferber

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Bank of the Carolinas Corp. operates as a holding company for the Bank of the Carolinas. The company through its subsidiary Bank of the Carolinas provides community oriented commercial and consumer banking services to individuals, and small and medium sized businesses. Its loan portfolio comprises consumer and commercial loans, such as term and installment loans, equity lines of credit and overdraft checking credit for various personal, business and agricultural purposes. Bank of the Carolinas was founded on May 30, 2006 and is headquartered in Mocksville, NC.

SNL Financial LC provides financial and industry data, research, news and analytics to investment professionals, government agencies and corporations. Its products include SNL unlimited, news, SNLbanker, performance graph, support and training and SNL knowledge center. The firm provides news, financial data and analysis on business sectors, which includes, banking, insurance, financial services, real estate, energy and media and communications. SNL Financial was founded by Reid Nagle and Jessica Nagle in 1987 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Centrue Financial Corp. is bank holding company, which engages in the provision of a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers. It also provides various services, establishes company-wide policies and procedures, and provides other resources as needed, including capital for its wholly owned subsidiary. The company was founded on November 14, 2006 and is headquartered in Ottawa, IL.

Centrue Bank provides commercial banking services. The company is based in Streator, IL.

Beach Community Bank. operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It provides personal and corporate banking services to individuals and businesses in the Northwest Florida area. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, FL.

FJ Capital Management LLC (FJ Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The firm was co-founded by Martin Friedman and Andrew Jose in 2007. FJ Capital manages private investments funds that are offered to sophisticated investors.