SUFFOLK, Va., Feb. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hampton Roads based TowneBank (Nasdaq:TOWN) announced today that its Board of Directors on February 27, 2013 declared its first-quarter shareholder cash dividend of $0.09 per common share payable on April 12, 2013 to shareholders of record on March 29, 2013.
Also, on February 27, 2013 the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $2.50 per share on its Series C Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. This preferred dividend is payable on April 1, 2013, to the shareholder of record as of March 18, 2013. This is the sixth quarterly dividend payment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the shareholder of record, on the preferred stock issued to it by TowneBank under the Small Business Lending Fund Program.
The amount and declaration of future cash dividends are subject to Board of Directors' approval in addition to regulatory restrictions.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders:
TowneBank announced that its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders would be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
As one of the top community banks in Virginia and North Carolina, TowneBank operates 26 banking offices serving Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, James City County and York County in Virginia along with Moyock, Grandy, Camden, Southern Shores, Corolla and Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina. Towne also offers a full range of financial services through its controlled divisions and subsidiaries that include Towne Investment Group, Towne Insurance Agency, TFA Benefits, TowneBank Mortgage, TowneBank Commercial Mortgage, Prudential Towne Realty, Towne 1031 Exchange, LLC, and Corolla Classic Vacations. Through its strategic partnership with William E. Wood and Associates, the bank also offers mortgage services in all of their offices in Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina. Local decision-making is a hallmark of its hometown banking strategy that is delivered through the leadership of each group's President and Board of Directors. With total assets of $4.41 billion as of December 31, 2012, TowneBank is one of the largest banks headquartered in Virginia.
CONTACT: G. Robert Aston
Chairman and CEO
(757) 638-6780
Clyde E. McFarland, Jr.
Senior Executive Vice President and CFO
(757) 638-6801
