Attached files

file filename
8-K - FORM 8-K - Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc.t70808_8k.htm

Exhibit 99
 
BEACON FEDERAL BANCORP, INC.

PRESS RELEASE

Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

East Syracuse, New York, May 26, 2011 – Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFED) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of the Company's common stock.  The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $0.20 per share.  The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record as of June 13, 2011, and is expected to be paid on June 24, 2011.

Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc., through its subsidiary, Beacon Federal (“the Bank”), offers banking and related financial services to both individual and commercial customers.  The Bank is headquartered with a full-service branch in East Syracuse, New York, along with seven other full-service branches in East Syracuse, Marcy and Rome, New York, Smartt and Smyrna, Tennessee, Tyler, Texas and Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Contact:
Lisa M. Jones
Senior Vice President and CFO
Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc.
6611 Manlius Center Road
East Syracuse, NY  13057
(315) 433-0111 x 1582