HERMITAGE, Pa., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- F.N.B. Corporation , a diversified financial services company, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share on the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on June 15, 2009, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 1, 2009.
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"We are pleased to declare this quarter's dividend. The board recognizes the dividend payout is an important part of our total return to shareholders," said Stephen J. Gurgovits, Chairman, President and CEO.
F.N.B. Corporation also held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today at its Technology Center in Hermitage, PA. At the meeting the following five directors were each elected to serve as directors for a term of one year until the 2010 Annual Meeting: Philip E. Gingerich, Robert B. Goldstein, David J. Malone, Arthur J. Rooney, II and William J. Strimbu. Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2009 and adopted a resolution approving the overall executive compensation policies and procedures employed by the Corporation.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Hermitage, PA, is a diversified financial services company with total assets of $8.5 billion as of March 31, 2009. F.N.B. Corporation is a leading provider of commercial and retail banking, leasing, wealth management, insurance, merchant banking and consumer finance services in Pennsylvania and Ohio, where it owns and operates First National Bank of Pennsylvania, First National Trust Company, First National Investment Services Company, LLC, F.N.B. Investment Advisors, Inc., First National Insurance Agency, LLC, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC, Regency Finance Company and Bank Capital Services. It also operates consumer finance offices in Tennessee and loan production offices in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Florida. Investor information is available on F.N.B. Corporation's Web site at http://www.fnbcorporation.com/.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release of F.N.B. Corporation and the reports F.N.B. Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission often contain "forward-looking statements" relating to present or future trends or factors affecting the banking industry and, specifically, the financial operations, markets and products of F.N.B. Corporation. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. There are a number of important factors that could cause F.N.B. Corporation's future results to differ materially from historical performance or projected performance. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant increase in competitive pressures among financial institutions; (2) changes in the interest rate environment that may reduce net interest margins; (3) changes in prepayment speeds, loan sale volumes, charge-offs and loan loss provisions; (4) general economic conditions; (5) legislative or regulatory changes that may adversely affect the businesses in which F.N.B. Corporation is engaged; (6) technological issues which may adversely affect F.N.B. Corporation's financial operations or customers; (7) changes in the securities markets or (8) risk factors mentioned in the reports and registration statements F.N.B. Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. F.N.B. Corporation undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
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