0001225208-12-025116.txt : 20121212 0001225208-12-025116.hdr.sgml : 20121212 20121212153540 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-12-025116 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121211 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121212 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: 001-35389 FILM NUMBER: 121259043 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 337 CITY: ENGLEHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 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 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 337 CITY: ENGLEHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 4 1 doc4.xml X0306 4 2012-12-11 0001066254 ECB BANCORP INC ECBE 0001182744 LAMB JOSEPH T JR PO BOX 337 ENGLEHARD NC 27824 1 Common Stock 2012-12-11 4 P 0 2725.0000 14.1700 A 51933.0000 D Common Stock 700.0000 I By Custodian for Grandchild Common Stock 3200.0000 I By Lake Drive Corporation Common Stock 3100.0000 I By Lamb Family LLC Common Stock 2200.0000 I By Paula Ann Corporation Common Stock 38067.0000 I By Spouse Common Stock 3525.0000 I By Zee R. Rochelle Inc. 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, as amended, 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 the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. lamb-poa.txt /s/ Joseph T Lamb Jr 2012-12-12 EX-24 2 lamb-poa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY I, Joseph T. Lamb, Jr., Director of ECB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby authorize and designate A. Dwight Utz, Thomas M. Crowder, Gary M. Adams and each partner of the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as my agent and attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and signing singly, to: (1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Corporation's securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the Corporation's stock is listed; (2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to a sale by me or on my behalf of the Corporation's securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by 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. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 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, hereby ratifying and confirming 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 rights and 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 effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 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 and dated writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein dated as of a later date. Dated: December 12, 2012 /s/ Joseph T. Lamb, Jr.