Main Street Trust, Inc. Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend
16 Décembre 2004 - 10:14PM
PR Newswire (US)
Main Street Trust, Inc. Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Van A. Dukeman,
President and CEO of Main Street Trust, Inc. (OTC:MSTI) (BULLETIN
BOARD: MSTI) , announced that the Company's Board of Directors
approved a cash dividend of $0.22 per share, an approximate five
percent (5%) increase over the prior period cash dividend. The
dividend will be paid on January 28, 2005 to all shareholders of
record as of January 14, 2005. Including this dividend, the Company
has declared a total of $0.85 per share in cash dividends for 2004.
Main Street is a publicly traded company with banking assets of
approximately $1.22 billion and wealth management assets of
approximately $1.65 billion. It operates community-banking
locations in Champaign, Decatur, Mahomet, Mt. Zion, Peoria,
Shelbyville, and Urbana. Currently, Main Street operates 18 banking
centers and a network of 75 ATM's. Additionally, Main Street is the
parent company of FirsTech, a telecommunications bill processing
company. On November 8, 2004 Main Street Trust announced its plans
to acquire Citizens First Financial Corp. Main Street Trust will be
filing a registration statement on Form S-4 and other relevant
documents in connection with its merger with Citizens First
Financial Corp., including a proxy statement for use in connection
with a special meeting of Citizens stockholders that will be held
to approve the merger, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CITIZENS STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE IMPORTANT MATERIALS
AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING ANY
DECISION CONCERNING THE MERGER. These documents will also be
available free of charge at the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov/
. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Main Street will be
available free of charge from its Corporate Secretary at 100 W.
University, Champaign, Illinois 61824-4028, telephone 217-351-6500
and documents filed with the SEC by Citizens will be available free
of charge from its Corporate Secretary at 2101 North Veterans
Parkway, Bloomington, Illinois 61704, telephone 309-661-8700.
DATASOURCE: Main Street Trust, Inc. CONTACT: Van A. Dukeman,
President-CEO of Main Street Trust, Inc., +1-217-351-6568, Fax,
+1-217-351-6651 Web site: http://www.bankillinois.com/
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