EXHIBIT 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
For further information contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joseph M. Murphy
President and CEO
(207) 288-3314
Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend
Bar Harbor, Maine (July 23, 2013) – Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 31.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.6%, compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.0 cents or 6.9% compared with the second quarter of 2012. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August 15, 2013 and will be paid on September 13, 2013.
Bar Harbor Bankshares is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, founded in 1887, provides full service community banking with fifteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.
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