UNITED STATES OMB APPROVAL
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0101
Expires:September 30, 1995
FORM 144 Estimated average burden
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES SEC USE ONLY
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Document Sequence No.
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form Cusip Number
with either placing an order with a broker
to execute sale or executing a sale Work Location
directly with a market maker
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||1(a) Name of Issuer |(b)IRS Ident. No. |(c) S.E.C. File No. |
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| Florida Business Bancgroup, Inc. | 593517595 | 33-65101 |
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|(d) Address of Issuer Street City State Zip Code | (e) Telephone No. |
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| | Area Code| Number |
| 2202 North West Shore Boulevard, Suite 150 Tampa Florida 33607 | 813 | 281-0009 |
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|2(a) Name of Person for whose account the |(b) IRS Ident. No.|(c) Relationship to|(d) Address Street City State Zip Code |
| Securities are to be sold | | Issuer | |
| | | |100 N. Tampa Street, |
| John C. Bierley ###-##-#### Director Suite 2120 Tampa, Florida 33602 |
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INSTRUCTION:The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
the IRS Identification Number and the SEC file Number
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|3(a) |(b) |SEC USE ONLY|(c) |(d) |(e) |(f) |(g) |
| Title of the | Name and Address of Each |------------| Number of | Aggregate | Number of | Approximate|Name of |
| Class of | Broker Through Whom the | Broker- | Shares or | Market | Shares or | Date of |Each |
| Securities | Securities are to be Offered | Dealer File| Other Units | Value | Other Units| Sale |Securities |
| To Be Sold | or Each Market Maker who is | Number | to be Sold | | Outstanding| |Exchange |
| | Acquiring the Securities | | | | | | |
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| | Salomon Smith Barney | | | | | | |
| COMMON | PO Box 769 | 5,000 | $50,000 |1,320,700 | 06/05/00 | N/A |
| | Tampa, FL 33601 | | | | | | |
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| Warrants | Salomon Smith Barney | | | | | | |
| to purchase | PO Box 769 | | 5,000 | $0 |1,320,700 | 06/05/00 | N/A |
| Common Stock | Tampa, FL 33601 | | | | | | |
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
purchase price or other consideration therefor:
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|Title of |Date you | | Name of Person from Whom Acquired | Amount of |Date of |Nature |
|the Class |Acquired | Nature of Acquisition Transaction | |Securities Acquired|Payment |of |
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| COMMON | 10/08/99| Purchased from issuer in initial| Issuer (Florida Business | 20,000 |06/05/00| Cash |
| STOCK | | registered offering | Bancgroup, Inc.) | | | |
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| Warrants | 10/08/99| Purchased from issuer in initial| | | | |
|to purchase| | registered offering | Issuer (Florida Business | 20,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Common | | | Bancgroup, Inc.) | | | trans-|
| Stock | | | | | |ferred |
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| | | | | | |common |
| | | | | | | stock |
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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
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| | | | Amount of |Gross |
| Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale| Securities Sold|Proceeds|
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| | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | (Florida Business BancGroup, | | | |
| | Inc.) | | | |
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REMARKS:
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this
notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing
this notice that he does not know any material adverse
information in regard to the current and prospective
operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which
has not been publicly disclosed.
May 31, 2009 /s/ John C. Bierley
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Date of Notice John C. Bierley
