HOUSTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Franklin Bank Corp.'s
(Nasdaq: FBTX) (Franklin) corporate office is located in Houston, Texas.
Hurricane Rita is expected to reach Houston on September 23, 2005. Our
corporate office in Houston was closed Thursday, September 22, 2005 and
Friday, September 23, 2005. Franklin's corporate office and certain
operations have temporarily relocated to our East and Central Texas locations.
We have engaged our disaster recovery plan for our Texas operations which
anticipates a strong hurricane reaching Texas.
Anthony J. Nocella, CEO and President, stated, "We are planning for a
strong hurricane to reach Houston late tonight. Our first concern is to
ensure the safety of our customers and employees. The management team is
geographically dispersed and ready to handle the crisis. We do not expect any
significant damage to our banking offices in Texas or any significant
disruption in business activities at this time."
Corporate Overview
Franklin Bank Corp., through its subsidiary Franklin Bank S.S.B., is
engaged in community banking, commercial lending, and mortgage banking. The
Franklin Family of Community Banks currently includes Highland Lakes Bank,
Jacksonville Bank, Lost Pines Bank, First Athens Bank, Cedar Creek Bank, Elgin
Bank and Franklin Bank. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Houston,
the Franklin Family now has 31 community banking offices throughout Texas --
18 in the East Texas market and 13 in the Central Texas market. We also
engage in lending nationwide through six regional commercial lending offices
in Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Phoenix, and 54
retail/wholesale mortgage offices in 21 states throughout the United States,
including Texas. For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.bankfranklin.com . Franklin Bank is FDIC insured and an equal
housing lender.
SOURCE Franklin Bank Corp.
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Related links:
http://www.bankfranklin.com
CONTACT:
customer service, +1-800-242-3693, or
mortgage customer service, +1-866-363-7934, or investor
relations, +1-713-339-8913, all of Franklin Bank Corp.
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