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L. Don Stricklin. Mr. Stricklin became a director of the Company on January 31, 2007 in connection with the merger of Texas United into the Company. Prior to that, he had been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas United and State Bank. Texas United grew from $80 million in 1997 to over $1.8 billion in assets with 41 bank branches, 6 loan production offices and 3 limited service branches prior to its acquisition. Mr. Stricklin joined State Bank and Premier Bancshares, Inc., Texas United’s predecessor, in 1996. Mr. Stricklin became a director of GNB Financial on October 1, 2004 in connection with the merger of GNB Bancshares into Texas United and a director of Northwest Bank in April 2006 in connection with the merger of Northwest into Texas United. Prior to joining State Bank, Mr. Stricklin held numerous management positions in the Bank One community banking division including Senior Vice President of Bank One Mortgage and President/CEO of Bank One Abilene. Prior to this, he served as a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Stricklin currently serves as a director of The Independent BankersBank in Irving, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas State University. | 