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Exchange Bank Declares Increase to Quarterly Cash Dividend

EXSR | August 24, 2017

Exchange Bank Declares Increase to Quarterly Cash Dividend

On August 15, 2017, Exchange Bank President and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Hartwick, announced that the Bank’s board of directors has approved—in connection with the Bank’s recently reported net income of $6.5 million—a quarterly cash dividend of $0.85 per share on common stock outstanding to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2017. The dividend is payable September 15, 2017. The cash dividend, while unchanged from the prior quarter at $.85 per share, has increased from $.70 per share during the similar quarter ending September 30, 2016, an increase of approximately 21%.

50.44% of the Bank’s cash dividend goes to the Doyle Trust which funds the Doyle Scholarships at the Santa Rosa Junior College.

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About Exchange Bank

Headquartered in Sonoma County and founded in 1890 with assets of $2.2 billion, Exchange Bank is a premier community bank providing a wide range of personal, commercial and trust and investment services with 18 branches in Sonoma County and a commercial and SBA lending office in Roseville and Marin, California. The Bank’s legacy of financial leadership and community support is grounded in its core values of Commitment, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

Exchange Bank is a 12-time winner of the North Bay Business Journal’s North Bay Best Places to Work survey and received the 2016 Healthiest Companies in the North Bay award. NorthBay biz magazine named Exchange Bank 2017 Best Consumer Bank. Exchange Bank can also be found in the North Bay Business Journal’s listing of leading SBA 7(a) Lenders, Wealth Management Advisors and Wine Industry Lenders. www.exchangebank.com.