Stephen Gordon

Fremont General Corp. is a financial services holding company which is engaged in commercial and residential real estate lending nationwide through its California-chartered industrial bank subsidiary.

Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc. provides commercial banking services. The company offers depository and lending products and services to middle market commercial businesses, income property real estate investors, related real estate service companies and professionals in California. The company was founded in June, 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. and their ultimate parent is SOP Holdings LLC. Sandler O'Neill & Partners' Equity Sales & Trading team seeks to enhance liquidity, execute complex transactions, distribute securities and provide institutional investor exposure for hundreds of financial institutions. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker for over 425 NASDAQ financial stocks and trades equities on all active exchanges including the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets. They work with CEOs, CFOs and management teams on corporate buybacks, portfolio valuations, rebalancings and liquidations. Sandler O'Neill publishes detailed equity research on approximately 270 financial services companies. They primarily cover small- and mid-sized companies that are not widely followed by large Wall Street firms. Their research coverage focuses on the following industries: (1) banks and thrifts (2) specialty finance and credit card companies (3) asset management (4) e-Finance (5) investment banking firms and broker/dealers (6) REITS (7) mortgage REITs and (8) insurance.

Part of Financial Institutional Partners Mortgage Co LP, Commercial Capital Mortgage is an American company that provides mortgage lending services.

Fremont Investment & Loan, is a commercial and residential real estate lender. It specializes in providing loans for the construction and repositioning of commercial properties, as well as non-conforming residential loans. It provides savings and money market accounts and certificates of deposit through a network of its branches in California. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Part of Mr. Cooper Group, Inc., Timcor Exchange Corp. is a company that provides real estate brokerage services. The company is based in Culver City, CA. Timcor Exchange was acquired by Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc. on February 22, 2005 for $28.63 million.

North American Exchange Co. facilitates tax-deferred real estate exchanges. The firm closes exchanges ranging from basic deferred exchange transactions to sophisticated transactions such as simultaneous, reverse, improvement/construction, multi-asset exchanges, and business/personal property exchanges. The company is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.