Jarod Carey Joins TD Bank as Small Business Relationship Manager for Southington/New Britain Region of Central Connecticut

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

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (April 20, 2011) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has named Jarod M. Carey a Small Business Relationship Manager in Southington, Conn. An assistant vice president, he will oversee small business lending and business development at 10 TD Bank stores in Southington, New Britain, Wolcott, Bristol and Plainville in central Connecticut.
Carey has 10 years of experience in financial services, including the past six years in banking. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as a Financial Specialist at Wachovia Bank, N.A., in Wolcott, Conn., and as a Personal Banker at JP Morgan Chase in Fairfield, Conn. Carey can be contacted at (203) 233-3557 or jarod.carey@tdbanknorth.com.

A resident and native of Wolcott, Carey is a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is presently pursuing an MBA at Post University in Waterbury, Conn., where he also received his undergraduate degree. Carey is a graduate of Wolcott High School.

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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