SEATTLE, July 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SFBC), the
holding company (the "Company") for Sound Community Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share and a special cash dividend in the amount of $0.20 per share. The
dividends will be payable on August 25, 2017 to common shareholders of record as of August 11, 2017.
“In addition to our regular cash dividend, our capital position provides us with the opportunity to pay a special mid-year
cash dividend while still maintaining a very strong capital position to support growth,” stated Laurie Stewart, President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company, is the parent company of Sound Community Bank, and is
headquartered in Seattle, Washington with full-service branches in Seattle, Tacoma, Mountlake Terrace, Sequim, Port Angeles, Port
Ludlow, and University Place. Sound Community Bank is a Fannie Mae Approved Lender and Seller/Servicer with an additional Loan
Production Office in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit www.soundcb.com.
Forward Looking Statement Disclaimer
When used in filings by Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), in the Company's press releases or other public or stockholder communications, and in oral statements made with the
approval of an authorized executive officer, the words or phrases “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is
anticipated,” “estimate,” “project,” “intends” or similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, which are based on
various underlying assumptions and expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors, may include
projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These
statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events, and may turn out to be wrong
because of inaccurate assumptions we might make, because of the factors illustrated below or because of other important factors
that we cannot foresee that could cause our actual results to be materially different from the historical results or from any
future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, include, but are not limited to: changes in general
and local economic conditions; legislative changes; changes in policies by regulatory agencies; fluctuations in interest
rates; the risks of lending and investing activities, including changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies
and write-offs and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; the Company's ability to access
cost-effective funding; fluctuations in real estate values and both residential and commercial real estate market
conditions; demand for loans and deposits in the Company's market area; secondary market conditions for loans; results of
examinations of the Company or its wholly owned bank subsidiary by their regulators; competition; changes in
management’s business strategies and other factors described in the Company’s latest annual Report on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission – which are available at www.soundcb.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Company does not undertake - and specifically declines any obligation - to publicly release the result of any revisions
which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to
reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
Media: Laurie Stewart President/CEO (206) 448-0884 x306 Financial: Matt Deines EVP/CFO (206) 448-0884 x305
