First South Bancorp, Inc. (the Registrant), the
holding company for First South Bank, Washington, North Carolina,
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization
(the Merger Agreement) with Carolina Financial Corporation
(CARO), the holding company for CresCom Bank, Charleston, South
Carolina. Under the Merger Agreement, the Registrant will merge
with and into CARO (the Merger) and First South Bank will merge
with and into CresCom Bank