KALISPELL, Mont., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Glacier Bancorp, Inc.'s Board of Directors, at their regular meeting held on September 27, 2006, declared a quarterly dividend of $.17 per share. The dividend is payable on October 19, 2006 to owners of record on October 10, 2006. This dividend reflects an increase of $.01 per share, or 6% over the prior quarter and 13% over the same quarter last year. Glacier Bancorp, Inc. has raised the dividend thirty-seven times since going public in March 1984.
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company for ten community banks, including Glacier Bank, Kalispell; Glacier Bank, Whitefish; First Security Bank of Missoula; Valley Bank of Helena; Big Sky Western Bank, Bozeman; and Western Security Bank, Billings, all located in Montana; as well as Mountain West Bank, Coeur d'Alene, with operations in Idaho, Utah and Washington; 1st Bank, Evanston, operating in Wyoming; Citizens Community Bank, Pocatello, operating in Idaho and First National Bank of Morgan, operating in Utah.
