Effective September 27, 2017, the Board of Directors of Community Shores Bank Corporation increased its size from six to seven directors and appointed a new director, Garth D. Deur, to fill the vacancy. Mr. Deur has been appointed to serve as a Class II director, and will stand for election at the annual meeting of the shareholders in 2018. Also, effective September 27, 2018, Mr. Deur was appointed by the Board of Directors of the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Community Shores Bank (the "Bank"), to serve as a director of the Bank and will stand for election at the 2018 annual meeting of the shareholders of the Bank. Mr. Deur was designated for nomination by Mr. Bruce J. Essex, Jr., a significant shareholder of the Company.