Exhibit A

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION

The name, business address, title, present principal occupation or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of First Charter Corporation are set forth below. Each director’s or officer’s business address is c/o 10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-2373. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to First Charter Corporation. All of the persons listed below are citizens of the United States of America.


Name and Business Address		Present Principal Occupation Including Name and Address of Employer
Executive Officers (Who Are Not Directors)
Stephen J. Antal		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Charles A. Caswell		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Richard A. Manley		Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
Stephen M. Rownd		Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Cecil O. Smith, Jr.		Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Directors
William R. Black		Medical doctor
James E. Burt, III		Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Charter Corporation
Michael R. Coltrane		President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CT Communications, Inc.
Jerry A. Felts		Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
John J. Godbold, Jr.		President, Godbold Financial Associates, Inc.
Charles A. James		President, Mt . Pleasant Insurance Agency and co-owner of Mt. Pleasant Bonded Warehouse
Robert E. James, Jr.		President and Chief Executive Officer of First Charter Corporation
Walter H. Jones, Jr.		Partner, Homesley, Jones, Gaines, Dudley, McLurkin & Donaldson, PLLC
Samuel C. King, Jr.		President, King’s Office Supply, Inc.
Jerry E. McGee		President, Wingate University
Ellen L. Messinger		Vice President, Messinger Inc.
Hugh H. Morrison		President, E. L. Morrison Holding Company, Inc., owner of M.B. Commercial Real Estate, Inc., and owner of Engineered Lumber Supply LLC
Thomas R. Revels		President, Informed Health LLC
L. D. Warlick, Jr.		President, Warlick Funeral Home
William W. Waters		Retired President, Waters Construction Company

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