Center State Bank

To our knowledge, the only shareholders who owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of CenterState Bank common stock on February 27, 2009 were Director Lawrence W. Maxwell (12.0%), P.O. Box 5252, Lakeland, FL 33807 and Wellington Management Co., LLP (7.4%), 75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.
Lawrence W. Maxwell. The nature of his beneficial ownership is as follows: 13,408 shares are owned individually, 1,486,375 shares are owned jointly with spouse and presently exercisable options for 1,200 shares. (290,878 shares are pledged as security.)