MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. Will be Presenting At the 3rd Annual Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Asian Banking Conference


HOUSTON, Nov. 9, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCBI) announced today that it will be participating at the 3rd Annual Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Asian Banking Conference in New York.

Mr. George M. Lee, Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Vice Chairman, will make a presentation at the conference on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Attendance to this event is limited to clients of Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett only. A live webcast of the conference will be available at the day of the conference and will be archived and available for reply for 14 days at http://www.howebarnes.com.

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. does not control the information contained on the Howe Barnes website, which is compiled and provided by a third party unrelated to MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. As such, MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on that website and also cannot accept responsibility for the privacy practices or security of that website.

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking services through its wholly owned subsidiaries, MetroBank, N.A. and Metro United Bank. The Company has 13 full-service banking locations in the greater Houston, and Dallas, Texas metropolitan areas, and three full service banking locations in the greater San Diego and Los Angeles, California metropolitan areas and one loan production office in San Mateo, California. As of September 30, 2006, the Company had consolidated assets of $1.2 billion. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.metrobank-na.com.

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