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Friday, September 1, 2000
Company Press Release
Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.
Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Dividend
Lakeville, Connecticut, September 1, 2000/PRNewswire/-The Board of Directors of
Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX:SAL), the parent company of Salisbury Bank and
Trust Company, declared a $0.13 per share quarterly cash dividend at their
August 31, 2000 meeting. Dividends year to date for 2000 total $0.39 per common
share. This represents an increase of $0.03 or 8.3% over the $0.36 per share
dividends paid during the same period of 1999. The quarterly cash dividend will
be paid on October 27, 2000 to shareholders of record as of September 29, 2000.
Salisbury Bancorp's sole subsidiary, Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, is a
community bank with assets in excess of $200 million and capital in excess of
$20 million, which has served the communities of Northwestern Connecticut and
proximate communities in New York and Massachusetts for approximately 150 years.
The bank has a full service Trust Department and offers commercial banking
products and services through three full service offices in the Towns of
Lakeville, Salisbury and Sharon, Connecticut.