The Board of Directors of Washington
Trust Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ Global Select®; symbol:
WASH), today declared a quarterly dividend of 29 cents per share for the
quarter ending March 31, 2014. This represents a two-cent increase over
the dividend paid last quarter and is the Corporation’s third
consecutive quarterly dividend increase. The dividend will be paid April
11, 2014 to shareholders of record on April 01, 2014.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is the parent of The Washington Trust
Company, a state-chartered bank headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island.
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust
is the oldest community bank in the nation and is the largest
independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. Washington Trust offers
a full range of financial services, including commercial
banking, small
business banking, personal
banking, and wealth
management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode
Island, southeastern Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts. The
Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Global Select® Stock
Market under the symbol WASH. Investor information is available on the
Corporation’s web site: www.washtrust.com.
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