P.O. BOX 738 - MARIETTA, OHIO - 45750 | NEWS RELEASE | ||
www.peoplesbancorp.com | |||
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Contact: | Edward G. Sloane | |
April 30, 2015 | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
(740) 373-3155 |
PEOPLES BANCORP INC. DECLARES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
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MARIETTA, Ohio - The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Peoples”) (NASDAQ: PEBO) effective today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, payable on May 26, 2015, to shareholders of record on May 11, 2015.
This dividend represents a payout of approximately $2.8 million. Based on the closing stock price of Peoples’ common shares of $23.59 on April 29, 2015, the quarterly dividend produces an annualized yield of 2.54%.
Peoples is a diversified financial products and services company with $3.2 billion in assets, 81 locations and 81 ATMs in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Peoples makes available a complete line of banking, investment, insurance, and trust solutions through its subsidiaries - Peoples Bank, National Association and Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC. 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.
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