Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Omni Financial Services Elects to Delist Voluntarily from Nasdaq Stock Market

BUSINESS WIRE --Omni Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: OFSI) (the Company), the bank holding company for Omni National Bank (the Bank), today announced that on July 13, 2008, the Companys Board of Directors voted to delist the Companys common stock from the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) on a voluntary basis. The Board determined that costs of maintaining the listing outweighed the benefits, given the relatively low public float and level of trading activity for the common stock and the expenses associated with continued listing, including listing fees and compliance costs relating to the issues identified below. The Company anticipates that Nasdaq will suspend trading in the common stock within 10 days after the date of this press release. The delisting will become final and effective 10 days after the Company files a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which the Company anticipates filing on or about July 25, 2008. The Company has not yet determined whether the common stock will continue to trade via the pink sheets after the delisting.

The Company has previously reported its receipt of notices from Nasdaq indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the following Nasdaq Global Market listing requirements: (i) Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), which requires timely filing of periodic reports with the SEC; (ii) Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(2), which requires a minimum market value of publicly held shares (MVPHS) of $5,000,000; and (iii) Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5), which requires a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share. The Company has been given until July 15, 2008 to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the 10-K) and until August 15, 2008 to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, but is continuing to address the previously announced valuation issues relating to these reports and will be unable to file the 10-K within the time frame stated above. The compliance deadlines for the MVPHS and bid price requirements were October 8, 2008 and December 29, 2008.

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