PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS, ARTICLES, AND SPEECHES

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Press Releases
10/02/07: AABD Names Charles J. Thayer as Chairman
08/22/07: The Pending Student Loan Sunshine Act Bars Bank Directors' Service on College Boards
05/02/07: AABD Files Amicus Briefs in the "Whistleblower" Cardinal Bankshares Case
04/03/06: AABD Appoints Richard C. Houseworth to Board of Advisors
08/11/04: AABD Appoints Neal L. Petersen to Board of Advisors
07/12/04: AABD Appoints Robert E. Miller to Board of Advisors
06/19/03: American Association of Bank Directors Announces Report of Task Force on Asset Freezes of Bank Directors and Officers
06/03/03: AABD Appoints Charles J. Thayer to Board of Advisors
03/03/03: AABD Announces Clark/Bardes White Paper on Compensation of Bank Boards of Directors and Executive Management
10/03/02: AABD Appoints John D. "Jay" Cornet to Advisory Council of IBDE
07/08/02: AABD Appoints Dr. Douglas V. Austin to Board of Advisors
02/28/02: AABD Appoints R. Wade Thompson to Board of Advisors
03/09/01: AABD Appoints Robert Serino as Money Laundering & Bank Enforcement Advisor
01/11/01: AABD Appoints Bankmark CEO as Head of New Bank Committee
01/02/01: AABD Announces Strategic Alliance with Competix.com
01/15/99: Bowers, Furash & Williston Join AABD Board
08/20/98: AABD and HCL James Martin, Inc. Establish New Strategic Relationship

Letters
06/27/06: Letter to The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes responding to his letter to AABD dated June 8, 2006
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Barney Frank regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Michael G. Oxley regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Richard C. Shelby regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable John C. Dugan regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable Martin J. Gruenberg regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable John Reich regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable Ben Bernanke regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
03/04/03: Letter to the SEC re: Proposed Rules Concerning Standards Relating to Listed Company Audit Committees
12/09/02: Letter to the SEC re: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
06/25/02: Letter to the New York Stock Exchange regarding proposed new corporate governance rule
01/10/01: Letter to the Honorable Richard Baker
05/22/00: Letter to the Fed regarding merchant banking regulations
02/03/99: Letter to the Honorable Phil Gramm
10/09/98: Letter to the Honorable Julie Williams
07/31/98: Letter to Congresswoman Marge Roukema
07/31/98: Letter to Senator Richard C. Shelby

Articles & Speeches
01/30/08: 2007: A Watershed Year
01/25/08: Letter to the Editor: Fair Value's Impact Will Only Grow
05/18/06: Reg-Relief Bill to Put Boards on Capital Hook
03/13/03: Lending Practices in a Dicey Economy
01/01/03: What Can Bank Director Learn From Recent Corporate Scandals?
03/19/01: President Dalrymple's Speech on Bank Insurance Opportunities
04/05-06/01: Strategic Planning & Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Speech by David Baris.
04/06/00: Insider Trading-What Bank Directors Need To Know?
01/28/00: The Zealots and the Senator
12/06/99: The Financial Services Modernization Act - What do Bank Directors need to know?
09/15/99: Advisory Boards-Are They For Your Bank?
03/15/99: Bank Directors Face Big Challenges in 2000
11/15/98: Deterioration of Loan Underwriting Standards
10/25/98: Management Succession:  Do You Really Need a Plan?
07/15/98: Balancing the Y2K Story for Directors

Special Reports
03/12/03: FDIC Guidance on Sarbanes-Oxley
06/13/01: House Passes Repeal of Business Interest Checking Prohibition
12/22/00: Risk Management of Technology Outsourcing
01/10/01: Financial Regulatory Relief Law Gives Little Relief for Bank Directors
05/19/00: SEC and NASDAQ Rules for Audit Committee Charters
04/07/00: FDIC Staff Speaks Out on New Bank Risks
01/12/00: Report on "Interagency Guidance on High Loan-To-Value Residential Real Estate Lending"
12/28/98: Message to Directors From President's Y2K Council

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