Capital Corp of the West Named One of America's 100 Fastest Growing Small Companies for the Second Year by Fortune Magazine.Business Editors MERCED, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 Capital Corp of the West (Nasdaq:CCOW CCOW Clinical Context Object Workgroup CCOW Channel Control Order Wire CCOW Control Channel Order Wire CCOW Contributing to Coalition Operations Worldwide CCOW Computer Care on Wheels (Brantford, Ontario, Canada) ) announced today that for the second year in a row it has been included in the Fortune Small Business 100 list, which highlights America's fastest growing small public companies for the year 2002. Capital Corp of the West was positioned with a ranking of 33 on the list of 100 companies in terms of stock performance, revenue and earnings growth. This is Capital Corp of the West's second year on the list, which was inaugurated in 2001. Capital Corp moved up 51 places on the list -- from 84th last year to 33rd this year -- and is one of only 22 companies to have made the list in both years. In another key ranking, this year Capital Corp was listed at the 17th position in three-year total return (51% annual rate) compared to being listed at the 76th position (20.5% annual rate) last year. "We are very pleased to be named to the Fortune Small Business 100 list and to be recognized for our performance," said Tom Hawker, Chief Executive Officer of Capital Corp of the West. "Our entire team takes great pride in this accomplishment, particularly in moving up 59 places on the list in terms of three year total return. We benefit from having a very efficient retail banking operation that is a source of low cost deposits that are put back into the businesses of the communities we serve by our corporate banking operation. Just about all of our recent growth has come from business lending in the key areas of commercial and industrial lending and construction lending in the vibrant communities we serve in Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
adj. 1. Of the same size, extent, or duration as another. 2. Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance. 3. with our performance." Capital Corp. of the West, found on the internet at Web Site www.ccow.com, is a bank holding company established November 1, 1995. It is the parent company of Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. Investment Advisors Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and and County Bank, celebrating 25 years of service as "Central California's Community Bank." Currently County Bank has nineteen offices serving the counties of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. , Stanislaus and Tuolumne. As of the latest FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). data, County Bank has 5.1% market share of the seven counties in which it has retail branches. This ranks County Bank sixth out of forty-one financial intuitions in these counties. For further information about the Company's financial performance, contact Tom Hawker, President & Chief Executive Officer at 209/725-2276, or R. Dale McKinney, Chief Financial Officer, at 209/725-7435. |
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