FOR: REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP
APPROVED BY: Kim McClaran
VP/Chief Financial Officer
(707) 522-5204
For Immediate Release
REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP DECLARES
QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (October 6, 2004) -- Redwood Empire Bancorp (NASDAQ: REBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-one cents per share on the Company’s Common Stock. The dividend is payable on November 1, 2004 to shareholders of record on October 18, 2004.
Redwood Empire Bancorp is the holding company for National Bank of the Redwoods, a commercial bank. The Company operates through branches in Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties.
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