TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Banking System,
Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB) today announced that Melanie J. Dressel, President and
Chief Executive Officer and Gary R. Schminkey, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, will present the Company's financial performance and
business strategies at RBC Capital Markets' Financial Institutions Conference
on Wednesday, September 21, 2005. The presentation will begin at 11:30 a.m.
EDT (8:30 a.m. PDT) and may be accessed live over the internet through the
webcast link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc33/colb. An archived webcast of
the presentation will be available through the same link for approximately 30
days after the conference.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. is a Tacoma-based bank holding company whose
wholly owned bank subsidiaries are Columbia Bank and Bank of Astoria, which
was acquired October 1, 2004. Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered
full-service commercial bank with 36 banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz,
Kitsap and Thurston counties. Bank of Astoria, a federally insured
commercial bank headquartered in Astoria, Oregon, operates four branches in
Clatsop County: Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Cannon Beach; and one branch
in Manzanita in Tillamook County.
Contacts: Melanie J. Dressel, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(253) 305-1911
Gary R. Schminkey, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(253) 305-1966
JoAnne Coy, Vice President, Marketing Director
253-305-1965
SOURCE Columbia Banking System, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Melanie J. Dressel, President and Chief Executive Officer,
+1-253-305-1911, Gary R. Schminkey, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, +1-253-305-1966, or JoAnne Coy, Vice President, Marketing
Director, +1-253-305-1965, all of Columbia Banking System, Inc./
/Web site: http://www.columbiabank.com /
(COLB)
CO: Columbia Banking System, Inc.
ST: Washington
IN: FIN
SU: TDS CCA
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