Stewardship Financial Corporation Declares Cash Dividend

MIDLAND PARK, NJ--(Marketwired - Oct 16, 2013) - The Board of Directors of Stewardship Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SSFN), parent company of Atlantic Stewardship Bank, has declared a $0.01 per share cash dividend. Common stockholders of record as of November 1, 2013 will be paid the dividend on November 15, 2013. 

In announcing the dividend, Chairman William C. Hanse stated, "We are pleased to continue to acknowledge our shareholders with this dividend. This dividend represents the sixty-fourth consecutive quarterly dividend since the Corporation began paying quarterly dividends in 1998."

Paul Van Ostenbridge, President and Chief Executive Officer, continued, "The Board of Directors remains diligent in reviewing the Corporation's dividends and continues to strive to provide value to our shareholders as well as give back to the community through the bank's unique tithing mission. The current dividend level allows the Corporation to retain earnings, thus supporting the Corporation's ability to continue to preserve our well-capitalized status and to position the bank for the future."

Stewardship Financial Corporation's subsidiary, the Atlantic Stewardship Bank, has 13 banking offices in Midland Park, Hawthorne (2), Montville, North Haledon, Pequannock, Ridgewood, Waldwick, Wayne (3), Westwood and Wyckoff, New Jersey. The bank is known for tithing 10% of its pre-tax profits to Christian and local charities. To date, the Bank's total tithe donations total $7.9 million.

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