CVB Financial Corp. Announces 78th Consecutive Cash Dividend.

ONTARIO, Calif. -- CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CVBF) announced an eight and one-half cent ($0.085) per share dividend for the first quarter of 2009. The dividend was approved at the regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting on March 18, 2009. It will be payable on April 15, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2009.

"We are pleased to be in a position to pay our 78th consecutive dividend to our shareholders. This reflects the continued confidence of our Board of Directors in the performance of CVB Financial Corp.," said Christopher D. Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer. CVB Financial Corp is the holding company of Citizens Business Bank. Citizens Business Bank with $6.6 billion in assets is the largest bank headquartered in the Inland Empire.

Citizens Business Bank serves 40 cities through 48 banking centers in the Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles Counties and communities throughout the Central Valley of California. The Bank's trust and asset management division, CitizensTrust, has $2.5 billion in assets under administration.

Shares of CVB Financial Corp. common stock are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of CVBF. For more information, please visit our website at www.cbbank.com.