EXHIBIT 99.1
PSB Holdings, Inc.
News Release
September 22, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Robert J. Halloran, Jr., President, PSB Holdings, Inc.
Telephone: (860) 928-6501
PSB HOLDINGS, INC. ANNOUNCES
EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
PUTNAM, CT – September 22, 2006 - Robert J. Halloran, Jr., President of PSB Holdings, Inc., today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.06 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $.24 per share. The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record as of October 5, 2006, and will be paid on October 20, 2006.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce this quarterly dividend which represents our eighth consecutive dividend since we became a public company,” said Mr. Halloran.
The Company is the majority-owned subsidiary of Putnam Bancorp, MHC, a federal mutual holding company, which owns 54.8% percent of the Company’s outstanding shares. Putnam Bancorp, MHC intends to waive the receipt of dividends paid on its shares of the Company.
PSB Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Putnam, Connecticut, is the parent of Putnam Savings Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank founded in 1862. The Bank offers a wide range of financial services through its seven full-service offices. Putnam Savings Bank also operates a full- service loan center in Putnam, Connecticut. The Bank’s deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. PSB Holdings Inc.’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol PSBH.
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