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Crescent State Bank Executive Receives 40 Under 40 Award

Raleigh, NC, May 04, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Michael Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Market SM), has announced Jonathan Taylor, senior vice president and Raleigh city executive for the bank, has received the Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award. Recipients of this award are selected based on business accomplishments, community involvement and future goals. Taylor was presented with the award at the Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Awards gala on Friday, April 27 at the North Ridge County Club in Raleigh. All winners will be profiled in the publication’s special awards issue on May 25.

“I am pleased to receive this prestigious award and be named among the top young leaders in the Triangle,” said Taylor. “It is an honor to be recognized by my peers and I am grateful for their continued support.”

About Jonathan Taylor:
Jonathan Taylor, a native North Carolinian originally from Statesville, has ten years of successful banking experience and received both his BS and MBA from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. As senior vice president and city executive of Crescent State Bank, Taylor directs all commercial and retail bank operations, manages the operations of the organization’s offices, and oversees the activities of the commercial lenders. He is married and presently resides in Cary. Taylor is active in a number of local civic and community organizations, including the Cary Chamber of Commerce and Cary MacGregor Rotary Club. He is a board member for the Banking and Finance Committee at Appalachian State University. As an active member of the Boy Scouts of America organization, Taylor earned his Eagle Scout recognition, the highest advancement rank in Scouting, in 1988 and was recognized for his skills in leadership, service, and outdoor activities.

About Crescent Financial Corporation:
Crescent Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Crescent State Bank in Cary, North Carolina and Port City Capital Bank in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Company has total assets of approximately $752 million, deposits of approximately $590 million, and loans of $579 million as of March 31, 2007, with eleven full service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina.

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