LOS ANGELES and CAMARILLO, Calif., June 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- National Mercantile Bancorp (Nasdaq:MBLA), parent of Mercantile National Bank and South Bay Bank, N.A., and FCB Bancorp (OTCBB:FCBA), parent of First California Bank, announced a conference call to review the details of the transaction will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time (4:15 p.m. Eastern Time).
To listen to the call and to view the slide presentation that accompanies it, please visit www.mnbla.com or www.fcbank.com. Participants are invited to join the call by dialing 303-262-2130. The call will also be available for replay until July 19, 2006, at the banks' websites or by dialing 303-590-3000 call number 11064433#.
On June 15, 2006, the companies announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which they will come together in a merger of equals with the new Delaware holding company to be named First California Financial Group, Inc.
About National Mercantile Bancorp
National Mercantile Bancorp is the holding company for Mercantile National Bank and South Bay Bank, with five full service offices located in Century City, Encino, Torrance, El Segundo, and Costa Mesa and a loan production office Beverly Hills. The bank's focus is in business banking with specialty lending expertise in the entertainment, healthcare, professional services, real estate escrow, business and residential construction, property management industries and community-based non-profit organizations.
About FCB Bancorp
FCB Bancorp, and its wholly owned subsidiary, First California Bank, is a community banking company with headquarters in Ventura County, California. First California Bank has eight full service offices located in Anaheim Hills, Camarillo, Irvine, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Thousands Oaks, Ventura and Westlake Village along with loan production offices located in Sherman Oaks and Torrance.
The combination will create a billion dollar banking company with 16 locations in Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange Counties in "high value" and rapidly growing markets in Southern California.