Somerset Valley Bank to Apply for Metuchen Branch.

Business Editors

SOMERVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2002

Robert P. Corcoran, President and CEO of SVB Financial Services, Inc., the parent holding company of Somerset Valley Bank, announced today that the Bank has signed a lease agreement with Metuchen I, LLC of Bethesda, Maryland for a branch office to be located on Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, New Jersey.

The 3,000 square foot bank will have a three-lane drive-up and a drive-up ATM. The Bank will be applying to the New Jersey Department of Banking and the FDIC for approval of the branch.

The Metuchen branch will represent the Bank's eleventh location. It is the second location in Middlesex County.

"We look forward to expanding our presence in Middlesex County," said Corcoran. "Metuchen is a very vibrant community both commercially and residentially, we believe it is a great extension in Middlesex of our Edison branch."

Somerset Valley Bank, which opened in 1991 in Somerville, has over $380 million in assets with locations in Somerville, Hillsborough, Bridgewater, Manville, Arbor Glen retirement facility, Bernards Township, Warren Township, Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County and Edison in Middlesex County.

SVB Financial Services, Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the trading symbol SVBF and can be accessed via the Internet at www.somersetvalleybank.com.

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