MARIETTA, Ohio, Jan. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") (NASDAQ: PEBO)
declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share on January 28, 2016, payable on February 24, 2016 to shareholders of record on
February 9, 2016.
This dividend represents a payout of approximately $2.7 million, or 106% of Peoples' reported fourth
quarter 2015 earnings. Based on the closing stock price of
Peoples' common shares of $17.36 on
January 28, 2016, the quarterly
dividend produces an annualized yield of 3.46%.
Peoples Bancorp Inc. is a diversified financial services holding
company with $3.3 billion in total
assets, 81 locations, including 74 full-service bank branches, and
81 ATMs in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Peoples
makes available a complete line of banking, investment, insurance
and trust solutions through its subsidiaries - The Peoples Banking
and Trust Company and Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC. Peoples'
common shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market® under
the symbol "PEBO", and Peoples is a member of the Russell 3000
index of U.S. publicly-traded companies. Learn more about
Peoples at www.peoplesbancorp.com.
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