PBCT Company Profile

People’s United Financial, Inc. (People’s United Financial) is a savings and loan holding company and is incorporated under the state laws of Delaware. People’s United Financial was formed for the purpose of effectuating the conversion of People’s Bank and People’s Mutual Holdings from the mutual holding company structure to the stock holding company structure. On April 16, 2007, People’s United Financial, People’s Bank and People’s Mutual Holdings completed their second-step conversion from a mutual holding company structure to a fully-public stock holding company structure. People’s Mutual Holdings merged with and into People’s Bank, with People’s Bank as the surviving entity, and People’s Bank became a wholly-owned subsidiary of People’s United Financial. The name “People’s United Bank” is used to refer to the Bank both before and after the name change. People’s United Bank is a federally-chartered stock savings bank headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

The principal business of People’s United Financial is to provide, through People’s United Bank and its subsidiaries, a full range of financial services to individual, corporate and municipal customers. Traditional banking activities are conducted primarily within the state of Connecticut and include extending secured and unsecured commercial and consumer loans, originating mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial properties, and accepting consumer, commercial and municipal deposits. In addition to traditional banking activities, People’s United Bank provides specialized services tailored to specific markets including: personal, institutional and employee benefit trust; cash management; and municipal banking and finance. Through its non-bank subsidiaries, People’s United Bank offers: brokerage, financial advisory services, investment management services and life insurance through People’s Securities, Inc.; equipment financing through People’s Capital and Leasing Corp. and other insurance services through R.C. Knox and Company, Inc.

People’s United Bank’s operations are divided into two primary business segments that represent its core businesses, Commercial Banking and Consumer Financial Services. Commercial Banking consists principally of commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate lending and commercial deposit gathering activities. This segment also includes the equipment financing operations of People’s Capital and Leasing, cash management, correspondent banking and municipal banking. Consumer Financial Services includes, as its principal business lines, consumer deposit gathering activities, residential mortgage lending and home equity and other consumer lending. In addition to trust services, this segment also includes brokerage, financial advisory services, investment management services and life insurance provided by People’s Securities and other insurance services provided through R.C. Knox. In addition, the Treasury area is responsible for managing People’s United Financial’s and People’s United Bank’s securities portfolio, short-term investments and wholesale funding activities.

People’s United Bank’s primary market area is the state of Connecticut. However, substantially all of the equipment financing activities of People’s Capital and Leasing involve customers outside of Connecticut. People’s Capital and Leasing provides equipment financing for customers in 48 states.