NewBridge Bank

NewBridge Bank

Industry	Finance, Investments, and Insurance
Predecessor	Lexington State Bank, FNB Southeast
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Number of locations	36
Key people	Pressley A. Ridgill, President & CEO; Michael S. Albert, Chairman
Products	commercial banking, trust services, financial planning
Revenue	US$ 63 million (Q3 2008)
Net income	US$ -1.6 million (Q3 2008)
Total assets	US$ 2.1 billion (Q3 2008)
Employees	594
Website	www.newbridgebank.com

NewBridge Bank is a banking company based in Greensboro, North Carolina, with locations in North Carolina and Virginia. The company formed from the merger of Lexington State Bank and FNB Southeast in November, 2007. NewBridge Bank is the banking subsidiary of NewBridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: NBBC). NewBridge Bank has 36 full-service banking offices (down from its height of 42), total assets of about $2 billion and total deposits of about $1.6 billion. Its branches are mainly centered around the North Carolina regions of the Piedmont Triad and the Lower Cape Fear.

History

Lexington State Bank

Main article: Lexington State Bank

Lexington State Bank (commonly known as "LSB") was founded in Lexington, North Carolina in 1949 by Dr. J. A. Smith, a physician, founder of Lexington Hospital, Chairman of the Lexington Utilities Commission, and two-term North Carolina Representative. Shares of the company were sold to citizens of Davidson County who were willing to buy them. The first banking office opened in uptown Lexington's Courthouse Square on July 5, 1949, one day after Independence Day. Dr. Smith became the new bank's President and Chairman of the Board. Assets at the close of business on December 31, 1949, totaled $1,845,680.82, including loans and discount ^{[disambiguation needed ]}s of $799,626.92. Liabilities included deposits of $1,602,541.59 and other liabilities of $22,201.84, capital of $150,000 and surplus of $70,937.39.

In April 1962, LSB moved its headquarters to an old hardware store at the corner of State Street and West First Street in Lexington. This new "LSB Plaza" expanded as the company grew. The holding company for LSB was created in July 1983 and in 1985 LSB opened its first 24-hour automatic teller machine (ATM) at Lexington Hospital.

In July 1997, Winston-Salem-based Old North State Bank and LSB shareholders agreed to merge into a single company; the LSB name remained.

LSB's motto was "The Bank" and its slogans were "Beeline Banking", and "Easy as L-S-B". At its height, the bank had 29 branches across the Piedmont Triad region operating in Davidson, Stokes, Forsyth, Guilford, and Randolph counties of North Carolina. LSB Bancshares, Inc. was the holding company for Lexington State Bank.

FNB Southeast

FNB Southeast, a subsidiary of FNB Financial Services Corporation, was a bank based in Reidsville. It was founded in 1910, and throughout its existence provided community banking services to locations in North Carolina and Virginia.[1]

Merger

On February 27, 2007 Lexington State Bank announced its intention to merge with the Greensboro-based FNB Southeast, a bank nearly equal in assets. With the merger approved by stockholders on July 31, 2007, the new bank is the sixth largest in North Carolina. The post-merger institution, operating under the name NewBridge Bank, began public operations on November 13, 2007.[2]

Acquisition

As of May 20, 2011 Union First Market Bank acquired the Harrisonburg Branch of NewBridge Bank.

References and external links

• NewBridge Bank website
• NewBridge Bankcorp Company Profile
• Union First Market Bank website
• Yahoo! Finance - NBBC Company Profile
• NewBridge - About NewBridge