EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Integra Bank Corporation (http://www.integrabank.com/ ) declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share payable on or about January 8, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2006.
About Integra
Headquartered in Evansville, Integra Bank Corporation is the parent of Integra Bank N.A. With assets of $2.7 billion at September 30, 2006, Integra currently operates 74 banking centers and 127 ATMs at locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio.
Integra Bank Corporation was ranked in the top 40 of Indiana's largest publicly held companies in Indiana Business Magazine in 2006. Moody's Investors Service has assigned an investment grade rating of Baa2 for Integra Bank's long-term deposits. Integra Bank Corporation's Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) rating as of December 1, 2006, has IBNK outperforming 95.7% of the companies in the Russell 3000 Index and 96.5% of the companies in the banking group. This rating is updated monthly by Institutional Shareholder Services and measures public companies' corporate governance performance to a set of corporate governance factors that reflects the current regulatory environment. Integra Bank Corporation's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol IBNK. Additional information may be found at the Company's web site, http://www.integrabank.com/ .
Integra Bank Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prairie Financial Corporation of Bridgeview, Illinois. Prairie is a 15 year old, privately-held, community bank with five locations -- four in the southwest corridor of the Chicago MSA and one in Chicago. The southwest Chicago corridor has been the fastest growing area of the Chicago MSA. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007 pending Prairie stockholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Additional information may be found at the Company's web site, http://www.integrabank.com/news .
