EXHIBIT 99
CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION
6901 Glenn Highway
Cambridge, OH 43725-9757
Phone: 740-435-2020
Fax: 740-432-2743 [Private Fax]
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CONTACTS:
RICHARD C. BAYLOR, CEO
PHONE: 740-435-2040
OR
MARK A. SEVERSON, CFO
PHONE: 740-435-2055
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NEWS RELEASE
CAMCO FINANCIAL INCLUDED IN NEW RUSSELL MICROCAP INDEX
CAMBRIDGE, OHIO (NASDAQ: CAFI) - Camco Financial Corporation ("Camco") announced
its inclusion in the new Russell Microcap Index.
The newly launched Russell Microcap Index, which debuted on July 1, is comprised
of the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index along with
the next smallest 1,000 securities below the Index, based on a ranking of all
U.S. equities by market capitalization.
The index offers portfolio managers and other investors a comprehensive,
unbiased barometer to compare their performance against the genuine microcap
marketplace of stocks. Russell recently posted the complete index membership
list at www.russell.com/US/Indexes.
"We are pleased with our inclusion in this new index as it will help generate
greater interest in our stock at an institutional level, and that serves all of
our stockholders well", said Richard C. Baylor, Camco's CEO and President.
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Russell indices are widely used by investment managers and institutional
investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active
investment strategies. Companies on the list represent more than $2.5 trillion
in assets. Investment managers who oversee these funds purchase shares of member
stocks according to that company's weighting in the particular index.
Camco Financial Corporation, holding company for Advantage Bank, is a
multi-state financial holding company headquartered in Cambridge, Ohio with
assets of $1.07 billion. Advantage Bank and its affiliates offer community
banking, mortgage banking, internet banking and title services from 31 offices
in 23 communities in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
Additional information about Camco Financial may be found on Camco's web site:
www.advantagebank.com.
The words or phrases "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue,"
"is anticipated," "estimate," "project" or similar expressions are intended to
identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties including changes in economic conditions in the
Company's market area, changes in policies by regulatory agencies, fluctuations
in interest rates, demands for loans in the Company's market area and
competition, that could cause actual results to differ materially from
historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. The Company
wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company
does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly
release the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements
or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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