Cascade Financial Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend and Schedules Year-End 2006 Conference Call.EVERETT, Wash. -- Cascade Financial Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CASB CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board CASB Colorado Association of School Boards CASB Canadian Aviation Safety Board CASB Catalogs and Surveys Branch CASB Chinese Association at Stony Brook CASB Council for the Advancement of Small Business ), parent company of Cascade Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share. The dividend will be paid on January 25 to shareholders of record on January 11, 2007. Additionally, Cascade expects to report fourth quarter and year-end 2006 results after the close of the market on Tuesday, January 23, 2007. The following day, on Wednesday, January 24, Carol K. Nelson, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , and Lars Johnson, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , will discuss the bank's operating results in a conference call at 11:00 am PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del PacĂfico PDT (2:00 pm EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT ). Interested investors may listen to the call live or via replay at www.cascadebank.com. Investment professionals are invited to dial (303) 262-2137 to participate in the call. A replay will be available for a month at (303) 590-3000, using passcode 11079857#. Investors wishing to reinvest the upcoming dividend must complete the enrollment through the company's transfer agent, Mellon Investor Services. For complete details on this program, please visit the investor relations portion of the company's website at www.cascadebank.com or at www.melloninvestor.com. Interested parties may also contact Mellon Investor Services toll-free at 1-800-839-2983. About Cascade Financial Established in 1916, Cascade Bank, the only operating subsidiary of Cascade Financial Corporation, is a state chartered commercial bank headquartered in Everett, Washington. Cascade Bank has proudly served the Puget Sound region for over 90 years and operates 19 full service branches, located in Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mukilteo, Smokey Point, Issaquah, Clearview, Woodinville, Lake Stevens, Bellevue, Snohomish and North Bend, with a Shoreline branch scheduled to open next summer. In September 2006, US Banker magazine named President and CEO Carol Nelson one of 25 Women to Watch in the industry. Ryan Beck & Co. ranked CASB #56 on its list of top performing bank stocks nationally, based on a five-year total return. In January 2006, Washington CEO magazine named Nelson a CEO of Influence. |
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