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P.O. BOX 738 - MARIETTA, OHIO - 45750
NEWS RELEASE
www.peoplesbancorp.com
 
 
 
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Contact:
John C. Rogers
April 28, 2016
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
(740) 373-3155

PEOPLES BANCORP INC. DECLARES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
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MARIETTA, Ohio - The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Peoples”) (NASDAQ: PEBO) effective today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, payable on May 23, 2016, to shareholders of record on May 9, 2016.

This dividend represents a payout of approximately $2.9 million, or 36% of Peoples' reported first quarter 2016 earnings. Based on the closing stock price of Peoples’ common shares of $21.65 on April 27, 2016, the quarterly dividend produces an annualized yield of 2.96%.

Peoples is a diversified financial products and services company with $3.3 billion in assets, 82 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 - Peoples Bank 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 US publicly traded companies. Learn more about Peoples at www.peoplesbancorp.com.

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