Bon Ton Stores (BONT) 8-K The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Exhibit 99.1

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2013--The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: BONT) today announced the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of five cents per share on the Class A Common Stock and Common Stock of the Company payable August 5, 2013 to shareholders of record as of July 19, 2013.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., with corporate headquarters in York, Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operates 272 department stores, which includes 11 furniture galleries, in 24 states in the Northeast, Midwest and upper Great Plains under the Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson’s, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s and Younkers nameplates. The stores offer a broad assortment of national and private brand fashion apparel and accessories for women, men and children, as well as cosmetics and home furnishings. For further information, please visit the investor relations section of the Company’s website at http://investors.bonton.com.

CONTACT:
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
Mary Kerr
Vice President, Investor & Public Relations
(717) 751-3071
mkerr@bonton.com