H Bancorp Information

H Bancorp is a $1.3B multibank holding company founded in 2014 by Eric Hovde and former executives of Hovde Private Equity Advisors. H Bancorp is the top-tier holding company for two community Banks with footprints throughout the western United States and in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. corridor. H Bancorp and its subsidiaries are entrepreneurially-minded business banks providing comprehensive and innovative banking solutions to small and middle market businesses across the nation. The flagship of H Bancorp is Sunwest Bank, based in Irvine, CA with operations in Idaho, Washington, Utah and Arizona. Sunwest prides itself on its entrepreneurial culture that pursues unique lending, deposit and fee generating niches. In addition to its organic growth, Sunwest has been an active acquirer, completing five failed bank acquisitions since 2009. (www.sunwest.com) The Company's second subsidiary is Bay Bancorp, located in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. corridor. This institution was acquired through a failed bank acquisition in 2010 and has grown organically and through two follow-on acquisitions. As part of the 2013 acquisition of Carrollton Bank, Bay Bancorp became listed on the NASDAQ through a reverse merger between the holding companies and is currently traded under the symbol “BYBK”. (www.baybankmd.com)