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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Increases Second Quarter 2008 Dividend
Peoples Bancorp Inc. Increases Second Quarter 2008 Dividend
MARIETTA, Ohio, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of
Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") (Nasdaq: PEBO) yesterday declared a cash
dividend of $0.23 per share, reflecting a 4.5% increase from the $0.22
dividend per share paid in both the first quarter of 2008 and second quarter
of 2007.
The annualized 2008 dividend of $0.92 equates to a yield of 3.95% based on
Peoples Bancorp's closing stock price of $23.32 on May 8, 2008.
"Peoples Bancorp has a 42-year history of consecutive dividend growth,"
said Mark F. Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The Board's
action to increase the second quarter dividend reflects our commitment to
enhancing total shareholder return and positions Peoples for another year of
increased dividends, assuming capital levels and market conditions allow."
The second quarter dividend is payable on July 1, 2008, to shareholders of
record at June 16, 2008 and represents a pay out of approximately $2.4 million
based on 10.3 million shares outstanding at May 8, 2008.
Peoples recently reported net income of $5.6 million or $0.55 per diluted
share for the first quarter of 2008, which produced a return on average equity
and average assets of 11.00% and 1.21%, respectively.
Peoples Bancorp Inc. is a diversified financial products and services
company with $1.9 billion in assets, 50 locations and 38 ATMs inOhio,West
Virginia andKentucky. Peoples makes available a complete line of banking,
investment, insurance, and trust solutions through its financial service units
-- Peoples Bank, National Association; Peoples Financial Advisors (a division
of Peoples Bank) and Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc. Peoples' common shares
are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "PEBO", and
Peoples is a member of the Russell 3000 index of US publicly traded companies.
Learn more about Peoples at www.peoplesbancorp.com .
SOURCE Peoples Bancorp Inc.
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