Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach Declares Fourth-Quarter Dividend of $21 Per Share

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach (OTCBB: FMBL) today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $21 per share and a special cash dividend of $25 per share on the Bank’s common stock. Both dividends are payable on December 15, 2009 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2009.

About Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach provides personal and business banking services through 22 offices in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Founded in 1907 by C.J. Walker, the Bank specializes in commercial and small business banking along with business loan programs.