Christopher Pecoraio Named Senior Loan Officer in Healthcare Financial Services at TD Bank in Mercerville, N.J.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at 1,300 convenient locations from Maine to Florida

MERCERVILLE, N.J. (April 29, 2011) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has promoted Christopher M. Pecoraio to Senior Loan Officer in the Healthcare Financial Services Group in Mercerville, N.J. A Vice President, he is responsible for the origination, underwriting and management of loans to institutional healthcare clients (hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities) throughout New Jersey.

Pecoraio has 10 years of experience in banking and lending. He joined TD Bank in 2001 as a Credit Analyst and most recently served as a Portfolio Manager. Pecoraio is a member of the Risk Management Association (RMA) and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

A resident of Norristown, Pa., Pecoraio serves on the Advisory Board of Saint John’s Hospice in Philadelphia and is a member of the Finance Committee at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Conshohocken, Pa. He received a master’s (2001) and an undergraduate degree (2000) from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Pecoraio is a native of Warrington, Pa., graduating in 1996 from Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the United States, providing customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,250 convenient locations from Maine to Florida. On September 30, 2010, The South Financial Group, Inc. was acquired by TD Bank Group, and its subsidiary Carolina First Bank merged with TD Bank. Carolina First Bank will continue to operate under the trade names Carolina First Bank in North and South Carolina and Mercantile Bank in Florida until conversion and rebranding in June 2011. TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Portland, Maine. Carolina First Bank and Mercantile Bank are trade names of TD Bank, N.A. For more information, visit www.tdbank.com.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Group and a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America and one of the few banks in the world rated Aaa by Moody's. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the ticker symbol "TD." To learn more, visit www.td.com.

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