HERMITAGE, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- F.N.B. Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share on F.N.B. Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on June 15, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 1, 2010.
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"This quarter's dividend reflects the continued strength of our balance sheet and the ongoing commitment of the Board of Directors to return value to our shareholders," said Stephen J. Gurgovits, President and Chief Executive Officer of F.N.B. Corporation. "We are very pleased to declare this quarter's dividend."
F.N.B. Corporation is also pleased to announce that at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held today at its Technology Center in Hermitage, PA, the following ten directors were each elected to serve as directors for a term of one year until the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: William B. Campbell, Philip E. Gingerich, Robert B. Goldstein, Stephen J. Gurgovits, David J. Malone, Harry F. Radcliffe, Arthur J. Rooney, II, John W. Rose, Stanton R. Sheetz and William J. Strimbu. Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst &Young LLP as F.N.B. Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Hermitage, PA, is a diversified financial services company with total assets of $8.8 billion as of March 31, 2010. 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 F.N.B. Commercial Leasing. It also operates consumer finance offices in Tennessee and loan production offices in Pennsylvania and Florida.
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) various monetary and fiscal policies and regulations of the U.S. Government 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 (8) risk factors mentioned in the reports and registration statements F.N.B. Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (9) housing prices; (10) job market; (11) consumer confidence and spending habits or (12) estimates of fair value of certain F.N.B. Corporation assets and liabilities. 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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CONTACT: Analyst/Institutional Investor Contact: Cynthia Christopher,
+1-724-983-3429, +1-724-815-3926 (cell), christoc@fnb-corp.com, or Media
Contact: Jennifer Reel, +1-724-983-4856, +1-724-699-6389 (cell),
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