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FNBN Schedules 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Investor Conference Call (3/14/12)

ASHEBORO, N.C., March 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FNB United Corp. (Nasdaq:FNBN) announced today that it will host a pre-recorded investor call on April 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Brian Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, and Dave Nielsen, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the company's fourth quarter and year-end financial and operating results for the period ended December 31, 2011.

A pre-recorded question and answer session will follow the formal remarks. Interested parties can submit questions for consideration at [e-mail] on or before Monday, April 2, 2012. Questions selected by FNB in advance of the call will be read and answered during the question and answer session by appropriate members of the FNB management team, including Brian Simpson, Dave Nielsen, Bob Reid, President, and Dave Lavoie, Chief Risk Officer.

Interested parties should dial in five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time to 1-877-317-6789. International callers should dial in to 1-412-317-6789. Canadian callers may dial in to 1-866-605-3852. To join the call, participants will be required to provide conference ID number 10011584. The webcast may be accessed at http://services.choruscall.com/links/fnbn120406.html. The webcast replay will be available until April 6, 2013. The teleconference replay will be available one hour after the end of the conference through July 9, 2012. To access the teleconference replay, dial toll free in the U.S. to 1-877-344-7529 or international callers may dial 1-412-317-0088 and Conference ID Number will be 10011584.

About FNB United Corp.

FNB United Corp. is the Asheboro, N.C.-based bank holding company for CommunityOne Bank, N.A. and Bank of Granite. Opened in 1907, CommunityOne Bank operates 45 offices in 38 communities throughout central, southern and western North Carolina, and offers a complete line of consumer, mortgage and business banking services, including loan, deposit, cash management, wealth management and internet banking services. Founded in 1906, Bank of Granite operates 18 full-service banking offices in seven North Carolina counties—Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Watauga and Wilkes.

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