CapitalSouth Bancorp (NASDAQ-GM:CAPB) today announced that, it will participate in the 12th Annual Gulf South Bank Conference, which takes place April 30-May 2 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans. W. Flake Oakley, President, and Carol Marsh, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will represent the Company at the conference.

The Company's investor presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, and will be available to investors via a live audio/video webcast. A link to the webcast can be found in the Investor Relations section of Company's website, www.capitalsouthbank.com, and the event will be archived for replay for a period of 60 days.

CapitalSouth Bancorp is a bank holding company operating nine full service banking offices and one loan production office through its bank subsidiary, CapitalSouth Bank, with offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery, Alabama, and Jacksonville, Florida, as well as a loan production office in Atlanta, Georgia. CapitalSouth targets small to medium-sized businesses in the markets it serves. CapitalSouth Bank also operates "Banco Hispano," providing financial services to the growing Latino community. CapitalSouth offers SBA lending services and other loan programs for business owners through its Business Capital Group, which operates through full-service offices as well as the loan production office. CapitalSouth also provides Internet banking services at www.capitalsouthbank.com as well as personal investment services.