James Newman Joins TD Equipment Finance as Senior Underwriter in Vienna, Va.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,100 convenient locations from Maine to Florida

VIENNA, Va. (August 26, 2010) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has named James R. Newman a Senior Underwriter at TD Equipment Finance in Vienna, Va. His responsibilities include credit analysis of U.S. federal government lease transactions, including review of the government agency, financial analysis of the prime contractor, subcontractors and equipment vendors, and risk rating of the parties.
Newman has 34 years of experience in banking, leasing and credit management. Prior to joining TD Equipment Finance, he worked in credit management positions at Virginia Commerce Bank in Alexandria, Va., LaSalle National Leasing in Baltimore, GE Capital, BancNew England Leasing and Citicorp Industrial Credit.

A resident of Alexandria, Va., Newman holds master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., and an undergraduate degree from DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.

TD Equipment Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A., provides an array of equipment financing solutions for a wide range of industries and asset types, from manufacturing, office automation and medical equipment to aircraft and marine vessels.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 15 largest commercial banks in the United States with $160 billion in assets, and provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at more than 1,100 convenient locations from Maine to Florida. Effective April 16, 2010, TD Bank has acquired certain assets of Riverside National Bank of Florida, First Federal Bank of North Florida and AmericanFirst Bank, and currently operates under those trade names. TD Bank, N.A., is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Portland, Maine. For more information, visit www.tdbank.com.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: TD) of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America and one of the few banks in the world rated Aaa by Moody's.

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