Thomas Murray Joins TD Equipment Finance as Managing Director in New York City

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

NEW YORK CITY (December 7, 2010) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has named Thomas C. Murray the Managing Director in TD Equipment Finance in New York City. In his role as an Equipment Finance Team Leader, he will lead his department’s large corporate equipment financing and capital markets initiatives, focused on growing and building both across TD Bank’s footprint from Maine to Florida.

A New York City resident, Murray has more than 26 years of experience in structure leasing and commercial lending. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as a partner at Fieldstone Partners in New York City and prior to that held senior level management positions at CIT and GE Capital. He can be contacted at Thomas.murray@yesbank.com or (212) 827-7662.

TD Equipment Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A., provides an array of equipment financing solutions for a wide range of industries and asset types, from manufacturing, office automation and medical equipment to aircraft and marine vessels.

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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