David Blais Named Vice President - Small Business Relationship Manager at TD Bank in Bedford, N.H.

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

BEDFORD, N.H. (June 3, 2011) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has promoted David A. Blais, Sr., to Vice President - Small Business Relationship Manager in Bedford, N.H. He will continue to oversee small business lending and business development at 10 TD Bank stores serving the Greater Manchester area and surrounding towns.

Blais has 38 years of banking experience, all with TD Bank. He joined the bank in 1973 and has served in a variety of roles, including Assistant Vice President, Store Manager and Commercial Loan Officer.

A resident of Pembroke, N.H., Blais is a 1972 graduate of Bishop Brady High School in Concord, N.H.

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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