TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Banking System today announced that it plans to release its fourth quarter and full year 2005 earnings results on Thursday, January 26, 2006. The Company will also discuss the quarterly and full-year results on a conference call at l:00 PST on the same day. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed on this conference call.
Interested investors, analysts, media representatives and the public are invited to listen to this discussion by calling 1-866-404-2271. A conference call replay will be available from approximately 4:30 p.m. PST on January 26 through midnight PST on Thursday, February 2, 2006. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing 1-800-642-1687 and entering access code 4234977.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. is a Tacoma-based bank holding company whose wholly owned bank subsidiaries are Columbia Bank and Bank of Astoria, which was acquired October 1, 2004. Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered full-service commercial bank with 35 banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap and Thurston counties. Bank of Astoria, a federally insured commercial bank headquartered in Astoria, Oregon, operates four branches in Clatsop County: Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Cannon Beach; and one branch in Manzanita in Tillamook County. More information about Columbia can be found on its website at http://www.columbiabank.com/.
Contact: Jo Anne Coy, Vice President,
Marketing & Communications
253-305-1965
