1854 Bancorp

State Street, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management, is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors. Its services span the entire investment spectrum, including research, investment management, trading services and investment servicing. The company offers an array of customized investment solutions to asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, collective funds, mutual funds and nonprofit organizations. It offers fund accounting, fund administration, custody, securities lending, investment manager operations outsourcing, record keeping, performance and analytics. Ronald E. Logue has been the chief executive officer of State Street for more than two years. He has been with the banking firm for over 16 years. Logue earned a BS, and a MBA from Boston College. State Street has headquarters in Boston and operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets throughout the world. The company s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol STT.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp is a holding company for Berkshire Bank and owns all of its outstanding shares. The company has no significant liabilities. Management of the company and the bank are substantially similar and the company neither owns nor leases any property, but instead uses the premises, equipment and furniture of the bank. The bank is a community bank that accepts retail deposits from the general public in the areas surrounding its nearly 15 full-service banking offices. It uses those funds, together with funds generated from operations and borrowings, to originate residential mortgage loans, commercial business real estate loans and consumer loans, primarily automobile loans and home equity lines of credit. Berkshire Hills Bancorp maintains its corporate headquarters in Pittsfield, Mass.