F.N.B. Corporation Schedules Earnings Report and Conference Call for First Quarter 2006.

HERMITAGE, Pa., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- F.N.B. Corporation today announced it will report its first quarter 2006 earnings on Thursday, April 20th, at 5:00 p.m. The earnings release will be posted on the F.N.B. web site (http://www.fnbcorporation.com/), as well as First Call and PR Newswire.

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Stephen Gurgovits, F.N.B. Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Lilly, Chief Financial Officer, will provide an overview of the first quarter performance and business highlights in a conference call to be held on Friday, April 21st at 11:00 a.m. EDT. A brief question and answer period will follow.

Analysts, media, individual investors, and interested parties are invited to participate in the conference call through a direct dial-in line at 1-800-346-7359, entry code 3044. For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay can be accessed after the call's conclusion until Saturday, April 29th. The replay number is 1-800-332-6854, entry code 3044. A transcript of the presentation will be posted on the F.N.B. web site, http://www.fnbcorporation.com/.

About F.N.B. Corporation:

F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Hermitage, PA, has total assets of $5.6 billion. F.N.B. is a leading provider of banking, wealth management, insurance, merchant banking and consumer finance services in Pennsylvania and Ohio, where it owns and operates First National Bank of Pennsylvania, First National Trust Company, First National Investment Services Company, LLC, F.N.B. Investment Advisors, Inc., First National Insurance Agency, LLC, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC, and Regency Finance Company. It also operates consumer finance offices in Tennessee and loan production offices in Florida.

In December the Corporation signed a definitive agreement to merge with The Legacy Bank of Harrisburg. The merger, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2006.

Mergent Inc., a leading provider of business and financial information about publicly traded companies, has recognized F.N.B. Corporation as a Dividend Achiever. This annual recognition is based on the Corporation's outstanding record of increased dividend performance. The Corporation has consistently increased dividend payments for 33 consecutive years.

The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FNB. Investor information is available on F.N.B.'s website at http://www.fnbcorporation.com/.

CONTACT: Media, Kathryn Lima, [phone], or [phone], or Analysts-Institutional Investors, John Waters, [phone], or [phone], both of F.N.B. Corporation

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