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Harbor Florida Bancshares, Inc. And Waypoint Financial Corp. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning August 1, 2001

Date 25/07/2001

Harbor Florida Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HARB) of Fort Pierce, Florida, and Waypoint Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:WYPT) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, will become components of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, August 1, 2001. Harbor Florida Bancshares, Inc. and Waypoint Financial Corp. will replace Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (Nasdaq:ALRE) and Richmond County Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:RCBK).

Harbor Florida Bancshares, Inc., with a market capitalization of $475 million, is the holding company for Harbor Federal Savings Bank. The Bank provides a range of banking services and is engaged in the business of attracting deposits primarily from the communities it serves and using these and other funds to originate primarily one-to-four family first mortgage loans for retention in its portfolio.

Waypoint Financial Corp., with a market capitalization of $522 million, is the bank holding company for Waypoint Bank. Waypoint Bank is primarily engaged in the business of attracting deposits and investing these deposits into loans secured by residential and commercial real property, commercial business loans, consumer loans, and investment securities. Waypoint Bank also offers full-service trust and asset management services and employee benefit plan services.

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