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Stewardship Financial Corporation Declares Cash and Stock Dividends
| Source: Stewardship Financial Corporation
MIDLAND PARK, NJ--(Marketwire - September 16, 2009) - The Board of Directors of Stewardship
Financial Corporation (NASDAQ : SSFN ), parent company of Atlantic
Stewardship Bank, has declared a $0.095 per share cash dividend. Common
stockholders of record as of October 15, 2009 will be paid the dividend on
November 2, 2009. This represents a 5.0 percent increase over the fourth
quarter cash dividend paid in 2008, as adjusted for the 5 percent stock
dividend paid in November 2008.
The Board also declared a 5 percent stock dividend to stockholders of
record date October 15, 2009, payable November 16, 2009.
In announcing the two dividends, Chairman William C. Hanse stated, "The
cash dividend is our fourth quarterly cash dividend to be paid in 2009 and
our forty-eighth consecutive cash dividend. The stock dividend represents
the twelfth annual stock dividend paid by Stewardship Financial Corporation
since 1998." Paul Van Ostenbridge, President and Chief Executive Officer
continued, "We are pleased to recognize shareholders with these dividends.
The banking environment continues to be challenging. Our management team
remains diligent and is appropriately addressing all challenges
encountered."
Stewardship Financial Corporation's subsidiary, Atlantic Stewardship Bank,
has 13 banking offices in Midland Park, Hawthorne (2 offices), Montville,
North Haledon, Ridgewood, Pequannock, Waldwick, Wayne (3 offices), Westwood
and Wyckoff, New Jersey. Atlantic Stewardship Bank, opened in 1985, is a
community bank serving individuals and businesses, and is well known for
tithing 10 percent of its pre-tax profits to Christian and local charitable
organizations. Please visit our website at www.asbnow.com or call
201-444-7100 for information regarding our products and services.