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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OHigITR8ZwKGOOns5CjZkfCZuLCi4f5sMTw7GTbxpTBKjii9/51+75CEIQbLlmPW yHfCPVlB9Tr9GaRwNizaNA== 0001181431-09-039692.txt : 20090814 0001181431-09-039692.hdr.sgml : 20090814 20090814155158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-09-039692 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090813 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090814 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090814 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAMB JOSEPH T JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001182744 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24753 FILM NUMBER: 091015544 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5101 NORTH CROATAN HWY CITY: KITTY HAWK STATE: NC ZIP: 27949 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECB BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066254 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 562090738 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 337 STREET 2: HWY 264 CITY: ENGELHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2529259411 4 1 rrd250786.xml AUGUST 13, 2009 FORM 4 X0303 4 2009-08-13 0 0001066254 ECB BANCORP INC ECBE 0001182744 LAMB JOSEPH T JR PO BOX 1030 KITTY HAWK NC 27949 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 8067 I By Spouse Common Stock 700 I As custodian for grandchild Common Stock 2200 I By: Paula Ann Corporation Common Stock 3200 I By: Lake Drive Corporation Common Stock 3525 I By: Zee R. Rochelle Inc. Common Stock 3100 I By: Lamb Family LLC Common Stock 2009-08-13 4 P 0 400 16.00 A 19796 D The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose. The reporting person is a director, officer and/or principal shareholder of the companies that own these shares, but he disclaims beneficial ownership of the listed shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Except to the extent of the reporting person's interest in the entity that holds these shares, the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose. Joseph T.Lamb, Jr., By: William R. Lathan, Jr. 2009-08-14 EX-24. 2 rrd224638_253631.htm LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR JOSEPH T. LAMB, JR. rrd224638_253631.html

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of A. Dwight Utz, J. Dorson White, Jr., Gary M. Adams, William R. Lathan, Jr., E. Knox Proctor V, Matthew A. Cordell and Barry H. Harris IV, or any substitute appointed by either of them, jointly and severally, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, pertaining to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of shares of equity securities of ECB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation"), or any changes in such beneficial ownership, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules thereunder, as it or they may be amended from time to time;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5, or any amendments thereto, and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, it being understood that the documents executed by either such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of either such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required to be done by, the undersigned.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact, acting individually or jointly with each other, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of July, 2009.





                                       Joseph T. Lamb, Jr. (SEAL)

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