F.N.B. Corporation Names President and CEO of Finance Company

Robert D. Carter to Lead Regency Finance Company and Its Subsidiaries

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Mar 25, 2010, 02:01 ET

HERMITAGE, Pa., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert D. Carter has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Regency Finance Company and its subsidiaries. Carter, a Western Pennsylvania native, has over thirty nine years experience in consumer lending, all within Regency Finance Company, a subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB).

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Carter began his career as a Manager Trainee at a predecessor of Regency Finance Company and has risen through the Company to his most recent position of Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Branch Operations.

"We are proud to cultivate and recognize proven leaders from within our Company," stated Brian F. Lilly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of F.N.B. Corporation. "As a native of the area with almost 40 years of outstanding accomplishments at Regency, Bob was a natural fit to lead Regency Finance and its affiliates. F.N.B. Corporation and our consumer finance entities will benefit from Mr. Carter's expertise and intimate knowledge of the Company."

Carter attended Penn State University and previously served as a Director with both the Pennsylvania Financial Services Association in Harrisburg, PA and the Tennessee Consumer Finance Association in Nashville, TN. He currently serves on the board of Regency Finance Company.

About Regency Finance Company:

Regency Finance Company is a subsidiary of Hermitage, PA-based F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB). Founded in 1927, it owns and operates 57 consumer finance offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee.

About F.N.B. Corporation:

F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Hermitage, PA, is a diversified financial services company with total assets of $8.7 billion as of December 31, 2009. F.N.B. Corporation is a leading provider of commercial and retail banking, leasing, wealth management, insurance, merchant banking and consumer finance services in Pennsylvania and Ohio, where it owns and operates First National Bank of Pennsylvania, First National Trust Company, First National Investment Services Company, LLC, F.N.B. Investment Advisors, Inc., First National Insurance Agency, LLC, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC, Regency Finance Company and F.N.B. Commercial Leasing. It also operates consumer finance offices in Tennessee and loan production offices in Pennsylvania and Florida.

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