Exhibit to Form 8 - K
S - K Reference Number (99)
Press release announcing declaration of
third quarter cash dividend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
James H. Weber
Senior Vice President,
Marketing and Investor Relations Officer
Tel: (440) 989-3005
Mitchell J. Fallis, CPA
Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
Tel: (440) 244-7145
Gregory D. Friedman, CPA
Executive Vice President,
Corporate Secretary and
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: (440) 244-7143
LNB BANCORP, INC., DECLARES THIRD-QUARTER CASH DIVIDEND
BOARD APPROVES INCREASED CASH DIVIDEND
LORAIN, OHIO-August 19, 2003-LNB BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ: LNBB), today
announced that the Board of Directors declared a third-quarter cash dividend
of $0.17 per share payable on October 1, 2003, to shareholders of record on
September 15, 2003. This represents an effective two percent increase from
last year's third-quarter per-share cash dividend, after adjusting for the
three-for-two stock split declared earlier this year. Total dividends
declared for the first three quarters of 2003 increased two percent compared
with the same period in 2002.
LNB Bancorp offers LNBB Direct, a program that enables participants to make
an initial purchase of LNB Bancorp, Inc., common shares with no entrance fee
while increasing share ownership on a regular basis without paying brokerage
commissions. To request an LNBB Direct prospectus, contact Registrar and
Transfer Company, Direct Purchase/DRP Department, at 10 Commerce Drive,
Cranford, NJ 07016-3572, or call them at (800) 368-5948, or visit LNB
Bancorp, Inc.'s website at www.4LNB.com.
ABOUT LNB BANCORP, INC.
LNB Bancorp, Inc., is a $753-million financial holding company with two
wholly owned subsidiaries: The Lorain National Bank and Charleston Insurance
Agency, Inc., and a 49-percent-owned subsidiary, Charleston Title Agency,
LLC. LNB Bancorp's primary subsidiary, The Lorain National Bank, provides a
full spectrum of financial services, including full-service community
banking, specializing in commercial, mortgage and personal banking services,
and investment and trust services. Lorain National Bank also offers long-
term, fixed-rate mortgages via the secondary mortgage market. Brokerage
services including stocks, bonds, mutual funds and variable-annuity
investments are also offered at Lorain National Bank through Raymond James
Financial Services, Inc. (member NASD/SIPC), a registered broker/dealer.
North Coast Community Development Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Lorain National Bank, is a community development entity (CDE), formed and
approved in 2002, that will provide qualified community businesses with debt
financing including commercial mortgage, construction, and commercial
equipment loans aimed at stimulating economic growth and job creation in low-
and moderate-income census tracts in Lorain County, Ohio. Charleston
Insurance Agency, Inc., offers life, long-term-care insurance and fixed-
annuity products. Charleston Title Agency, LLC, offers traditional title
services.
Lorain National Bank serves customers through 21 retail-banking centers and
27 ATMs in Ohio's Lorain, eastern Erie and western Cuyahoga counties. For
more information about LNB Bancorp, Inc., and its related products and
services or to view its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, please visit http://www.4lnb.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current
expectations that are covered under the "safe-harbor" provision of the
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain forward-looking statements,
which involve inherent risks and uncertainties, are described in LNB
Bancorp's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A number of
important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include fluctuations in
interest rates, inflation, government regulations, and economic conditions
and competition in the geographic and business areas in which LNB Bancorp,
Inc., conducts its operations.