CMFB Commercefirst Bancorp (MM)

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- W. Craig Engelhaupt has joined the staff of CommerceFirst Bank as Senior Vice President. Mr. Engelhaupt, a resident of Ellicott City, Maryland, is a 20 year commercial banking veteran. Mr. Engelhaupt's career in banking has recently included market leader and business development responsibilities at M&T Bank in Howard County. Mr. Engelhaupt's new position at CommerceFirst will include responsibility for leading the bank's expansion into Howard, northern Prince Georges and Anne Arundel counties. Richard J. Morgan, President and CEO, states: "We are very pleased to have high caliber individual like Craig join our team of business banking professionals. He will lead the bank's expansion into the northern part of our present market as well as into the very promising Howard County market. Craig's strong base of business contacts and his active community involvement create an ideal combination for successfully executing our expansion plans into these strategic growth markets." The bank has also recently filed applications with its regulators for permission to establish a branch bank at St. John Properties' Cromwell Business Park, which is adjacent to Baltimore Washington International Airport. The new branch, which will be the Bank's third business banking office, is expected to open for business late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter of 2006, subject to regulatory approvals and completion of the building in which the branch will be located. CommerceFirst Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMFB) The bank and holding company have banking and administrative offices at 1804 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 and an additional branch banking location in Lanham, Maryland. The bank concentrates its efforts and resources on building banking relationships with Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County and Howard County businesses. DATASOURCE: CommerceFirst Bank CONTACT: Richard J. Morgan, President & CEO of CommerceFirst Bank, +1-410-280-6695, or Web site: http://www.commerce1st.com/

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