Crescent Financial Corporation Executive To Speak At Financial Institutions Investor Conference

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Crescent Financial Corporation Executive To Speak At
Financial Institutions Investor Conference
Michael G. Carlton Addresses New York Banking Conference

CARY, NC - Michael G. Carlton, president and CEO of Crescent State Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ: “CRFN”), will be a guest speaker at the Financial Institutions Investor Conference, “Strategy to Implementation,” hosted by Ryan Beck & Co., Inc. on December 7, 2006 in New York City, New York. Mr. Carlton will participate in a panel entitled “Southern Exposure: Managing for Profitable Growth” from 9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

The presentation slides will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the start of the conference. The presentation will be accessible “live” on the following site: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=111458&CID=.

About Crescent Financial Corporation:
Crescent Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Crescent State Bank in Cary, North Carolina and Port City Capital Bank in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Company has total assets of approximately $684 million, deposits of approximately $540 million, and loans of $519 million as of September 30, 2006, with eleven full service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina.

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