Freedom Bank Included in New OTCQX Bank Index

The Freedom Bank of Virginia (OTCQX: FDVA) was selected for inclusion in the OTCQX Bank Index. The index is a benchmark for tracking the performance of publicly traded U.S. community and regional banks or their holding companies that trade on the OTCQX marketplace.

The OTCQX Banks Index, a capitalization-weighted index, provides investors with a benchmark for measuring the performance of shareholder-friendly banks that have met the high financial and disclosure standards required to trade on OTCQX. Price data is calculated in real-time and is available on OTC Markets Group’s website, www.otcmarkets.com, and through major financial data services and websites including Bloomberg, Reuters and FT.com. The Freedom Bank of Virginia is pleased to be an original member bank in this prestigious index.

Freedom Bank is a community-oriented, locally-owned bank with locations in Fairfax, Reston and Vienna, Virginia. For information about Freedom Bank’s deposit and loan services, visit the Bank’s website at www.freedombankva.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements, including our expectations with respect to future events that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations include: fluctuation in market rates of interest and loan and deposit pricing, adverse changes in the overall national economy as well as adverse economic conditions in our specific market areas, maintenance and development of well-established and valued client relationships and referral source relationships, and acquisition or loss of key production personnel. Other risks that can affect the Bank are detailed from time to time in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. We caution readers that the list of factors above is not exclusive. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and we may not undertake steps to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of any circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements are made. In addition, our past results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

The Freedom Bank of VirginiaCraig S. Underhill, Chief Executive [e-mail]