CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION [LOGO] ACQUIRES THE PACIFIC BANK [LOGO] September 22, 1999 [LOGO] FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION This presentation contains forward looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of City National Corporation (CYN) and The Pacific Bank, N.A. (PBSF) assuming the consummation of the merger, including statements relating to: (i) the cost savings and accretion to reported earnings that will be realized from the merger; and (ii) the integration costs expected to be incurred in connection with the merger. These forward looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward looking statements include, among other things, the following possibilities: (i) expected cost savings from the merger cannot be fully realized or realized within the expected time; (ii) revenues following the merger are lower than expected; (iii) competitive pressure among depository institutions increase significantly; (iv) costs of the difficulties related to the integration of the business of The Pacific Bank and City National Bank are greater than expected; (v) changes in the interest rate environment reduces interest margins; (vi) general economic conditions, either nationally or in California, are less favorable than expected; (vii) legislation or regulatory requirements or changes adversely affect the business in which the combined company will be engaged; and (viii) changes may occur in the securities market. 1 [LOGO] STRATEGIC RATIONALE - - Extension of CYN's core business to a new, but fundamentally similar market is the logical next step in evolving CYN's strategy - - In looking for fundamentally similar geographic markets, Northern California offers the following positive characteristics: - attractive market of entrepreneurs and growing young businesses - significant & growing high net worth individual market - very active real estate market - - 9 of top 20 "richest" cities are in Northern California (as ranked by median home price by Worth magazine) 2 [LOGO] STRATEGIC RATIONAL (CONT.) - - Northern California provides for diversification of CYN's portfolio risk - - Excellent opportunity to extend CYN's relationship banking approach to Northern California - - The disruptions in the California banking market create a key opportunity for CYN to expand into Northern California at this time - - PBSF has customers in Northern California with whom we can do additional business 3 [LOGO] TRANSACTION SUMMARY NAME: The Pacific Bank, N.A. HEADQUARTERS: San Francisco, CA STRUCTURE: Purchase, 50% stock/50% cash PRICE: $29.00 per share $152.9 million Aggregate Transaction Value COLLARS: Exchange ratio floats between $28.05 and $37.95, is fixed at .7642 from $37.95 to $41.25 and floats above $41.25 based on $31.52 divided by the final CYN stock price LOCK UP ARRANGEMENT: Pacific Bank to grant CYN an option at $19.00 for 19.9% of its stock 4 [LOGO] TRANSACTION SUMMARY (CONT.) TIMING: Subject to regulatory and Pacific shareholder approvals. Targeted to close early 2000 DUE DILIGENCE: Completed, including year 2000 review WALKAWAY: Permitted if final CYN stock price is less than $24.75 and has declined by more than 15 percentage points, in relation to the decline in the NASDAQ Bank Index COST SAVINGS: Approximately 30% ACCRETION: Approximately 1--2% to consensus 2000 GAAP earnings for CYN,over 5--6% to consensus 2000 cash earnings for CYN INTEGRATION COST: $1.5 million pre-tax 5 [LOGO] BALANCE SHEET IMPACT - AS OF JUNE 30, 1999 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACQUISITION CYN APSB(1) PACIFIC ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assets $6,302 $442 $729 ($82) $7,391 Loans 4,723 243 503 5,469 Intangibles 70 0 8 115 193 Deposits 4,684 407 638 5,729 Equity 561 32 74 (33) 634 Equity/Assets 8.90% 7.24% 10.15% 8.58% Tangible Equity/Assets 8.19 7.24 9.05 6.22 Loans/Deposits 100.83 59.71 78.84 95.46 NPLs/Loans 0.56 0.32 0.50 0.56 NPAs/Assets 0.45 0.36 0.34 0.44 Reserves/NPLs 528.34 239.86 480.66 512.75 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) The American Pacific State Bank (APSB) acquisition closed on August 27, 1999. 6 [LOGO] HISTORICAL FINANCIAL PROFILE OF PACIFIC ($ IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FYE DECEMBER 31, 6 MOS. ENDED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 1998 1998 1999 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Loans $330.1 $396.3 $484.5 $418.8 $502.7 Loan Loss Reserve 10.8 10.8 12.3 10.1 12.1 Deposits 392.5 506.7 611.9 488.1 637.8 Common Equity 72.8 80.0 80.3 83.0 73.6 Total Assets 476.7 603.4 713.3 586.5 728.6 Equity/Assets 15.3% 13.3% 11.3% 14.1% 10.1% Tier 1/Assets 19.40 16.70 12.70 16.83 11.73 Loans/Assets 67.30 64.00 61.70 69.60 67.30 Net Income $7.1 $7.3 $3.3 $3.6 $3.9 Net Income/Share 1.25 1.28 0.57 0.62 0.74 ROAA 1.56% 1.35% 0.51% 1.22% 1.12% ROAE 10.00 9.47 3.92 8.77 10.40 Net Interest Margin 6.20 5.86 5.75 5.76 5.61 Efficiency Ratio 74.33 70.01 65.28 69.26 72.00 NPAs/Assets 0.36 0.23 0.41 0.40 0.35 Reserves/NPAs 604.47 787.13 418.85 386.40 480.66 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 [LOGO] LOAN PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 MONTHS ENDED, 1999 ------------------------- ----------------------- PBSF CYN ------------------------- ----------------------- Commercial 52.8% 53.7% Construction 9.8 6.1 Real Estate 33.4 17.0 Residential Mortgage 0.0 22.1 Other 4.0 1.1 --------- --------- Total 100.0% 100.0% --------- --------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 [LOGO] PACIFIC'S CORE LINES OF BUSINESS ($ IN MILLIONS) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIX MONTHS ENDED 6/30, ---------------------------------------- 1999 1998 --------------- -------------- Domestic Commercial Banking Revenues $13.9 $10.5 Pretax Income 6.7 5.1 International / Trade Finance Revenues 4.9 6.1 Pretax Income 1.4 2.5 Wealth Management Services Revenues 1.6 1.9 Pretax Income 0.8 0.6 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9