Eugene Amato, Jr., Named Small Business Relationship Manager at TD Bank in Boston

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

BOSTON (March 11, 2011) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has named Eugene C. Amato, Jr., as Small Business Relationship Manager in Boston. He is responsible for generating small business loans up to $500,000 and cultivating small business relationships, including business loans and deposits, serving customers throughout Greater Boston.

Amato has nine years of experience in banking and lending. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as a commercial lender at Commerce Bank &Trust in Worcester, Mass.

A Northborough, Mass., resident, Amato participates in the Central Mass Over 40 Baseball league. A native of Worcester, Mass., he is a graduate of Quinsigamond Community College and Sacred Heart Academy, both in Worcester.

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 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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