Joseph Nelson Named Commercial Portfolio Manager at TD Bank in Glastonbury, Conn.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,000 convenient locations from Maine to Florida

GLASTONBURY, Conn. (March 9, 2010) – Joseph E. Nelson has joined TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, as a Vice President in Glastonbury, Conn. As a Commercial Portfolio Manager, he is responsible for managing all aspects of middle market banking relationships, focusing on companies in a variety of industries with annual sales of more than $20 million.

Nelson has 20 years of commercial lending and retail banking experience. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as a Commercial Relationship Manager at Wachovia Bank in Hartford and at Sovereign Bank in Rocky Hill, Conn.

A Bristol, Conn. resident, Nelson volunteers as treasurer of the First Congregational Church in Bristol, and as a coach and board member of the local Little League. He graduated in 1990 from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. with a degree in Economics & Political Science.

TD Bank focuses on delivering legendary customer service by providing seven-day branch banking with extended hours, free Penny Arcade coin-counting machines, hassle-free products, free online banking and bill pay at www.tdbank.com, and treats for kids and dogs. Customers also have access to a network of 2,600 ATMs from Maine to Florida.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 15 largest commercial banks in the United States with $152 billion in assets, and provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,000 convenient locations from Maine to Florida. TD Bank, N.A., is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Portland, Maine. TD Bank is a trade name 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 Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: TD) 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.

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