SUPERIOR, CO. – October 6, 2016 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced it has named Brandon Hannaman vice president, senior account executive. In this role, Hannaman will provide customized equipment financing solutions for mid-market corporations in California, Nevada and Arizona. Hannaman has extensive experience in construction, marine and technology finance as well as experience in real estate, corporate aircraft and corporate lending.

“With nearly 17 years of industry experience, Brandon has demonstrated his expertise in customized finance solutions,” said Mark Thomas, senior vice president, Key Equipment Finance. “I am excited to have someone of Brandon’s caliber on our team, and look forward to working with him in his new role.”

Prior to joining Key Equipment Finance, Hannaman was director for CIT’s western region. Previously, he spent nearly 15 years with GE Commercial Finance, most recently as senior vice president. Hannaman has a bachelor of arts degree in business finance from California State University – Chico.

Key Equipment Finance offers equipment financing and business leasing solutions to a range of business types and industries. Learn more at www.keyequipmentfinance.com.

About Key Equipment Finance

Key Equipment Finance has been in the equipment finance business for 43 years and is one of the largest bank-based equipment finance providers in the U.S. The company provides tailored equipment lease and finance solutions for commercial clients and government entities. Through its manufacturer and vendor alliances unit, equipment finance programs are developed for manufacturers, distributors and resellers. Key Equipment Finance’s specialty finance group includes a specialty finance lending team, which provides structured facilities to various sectors of the specialty finance market, and a lease capital markets team to support corporations looking to optimize risk and revenue. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages nearly $11 billion in assets and originates more than $5 billion of equipment financing annually. For more information, visit http://www.keyequipmentfinance.com.

About KeyCorp

KeyCorp’s (NYSE: KEY) roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies with assets of approximately $101 billion as of June 30, 2016. The acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group, which became effective on August 1, 2016, added assets of approximately $40 billion, based on June 30, 2016 balances. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, insurance and investment services to individuals and small and mid-sized businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association and First Niagara Bank, National Association, through a network of more than 1,200 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit www.key.com. KeyBank and First Niagara Bank, National Association are Member FDIC Institutions.