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Brooks Brydges Joins First Republic Private Wealth Management

Investment Consultant Joins Expanding Team in Southern California

June 23, 2010

First Republic Bank, a leading provider of private banking and wealth management services, today announced that Brooks Brydges, a former Morgan Stanley advisor with more than 14 years of wealth management experience, has joined First Republic Private Wealth Management as an Investment Consultant in San Diego.

First Republic Private Wealth Management provides customized wealth management solutions, including trust, investment management and brokerage services, to high net worth individuals and families, foundations, endowments, non-profits, and institutions. First Republic Private Wealth Management complements First Republic’s comprehensive suite of private banking and business banking services delivered with exceptional client service.

“Brooks Brydges is a very successful wealth management professional who is actively involved in the San Diego community,” said Katherine August-deWilde, President of First Republic Bank. “Brooks shares First Republic’s commitment to exceptional service and is part of an expanding team of investment professionals in Southern California.”

Brydges, who is part of First Republic Securities Company, LLC, will work with individuals, families, businesses, foundations and nonprofit organizations to help meet their investment needs. First Republic Securities Company, Member FINRA/SIPC, offers a wide range of investment products, including municipal and U.S. Government securities, corporate debt and equity securities, and alternative investments.

Prior to joining First Republic, Brydges worked for Morgan Stanley for the past 11 years as Second Vice President and Financial Advisor, working with high net worth families. Earlier in his career, he worked for Prudential Securities. Brydges has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Economics from San Diego State University. He currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Parkinson Disease Association of San Diego and is an Advisory Board Member of Start Up Circle.

Brydges works in First Republic’s San Diego office at 12626 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400.

About First Republic Bank
Founded in 1985, First Republic Bank and its affiliated companies provide private banking, private business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage services. First Republic specializes in delivering exceptional, relationship-based service through preferred banking and/or wealth management offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Boston, Greenwich and New York City. More information is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.firstrepublic.com. First Republic is a division of Bank of America, N.A.

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