TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Banking
System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB) announced today that Melanie J. Dressel,
President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the "Washington
Community Banks" panel discussion at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.
2007 West Coast Financial Services Conference in San Francisco, California.
The panel discussion will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, beginning at
9:45 a.m. PST (12:45 p.m. EST).
The presentation will be available live via the internet on the
Columbia Banking System website at http://www.columbiabank.com. To access the
presentation:
1. Go to "About Columbia" on the upper left of the home page;
2. Click on "Investor Information" on the right of the page.
3. Click on "Webcast for the Sandler O'Neill West Coast Financial Services
Conference"
4. Select Session 1.
The presentation will be archived and available on Columbia's website
through April 5, 2007.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Columbia) is a Tacoma-based bank holding
company whose wholly owned banking subsidiaries are Columbia Bank and Bank
of Astoria. Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered full-service
commercial bank with 35 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. More information about Columbia can be found on its
website at http://www.columbiabank.com.
Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can
be identified by words such as "may," "expected," "anticipate," "continue,"
or other comparable words. In addition, all statements other than
statements of historical facts that address activities that Columbia
expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking
statements. Readers are encouraged to read the SEC reports of Columbia,
particularly its form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2005, for
meaningful cautionary language discussing why actual results may vary
materially from those anticipated by management.
Contact: Jo Anne Coy; Vice President: Corporate Communications,
Investor & Community Relations
253-305-1965
SOURCE Columbia Banking System, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.columbiabank.com/
CONTACT:
Jo Anne Coy; Vice President, Corporate
Communications, Investor & Community Relations of Columbia
Banking System, Inc., +1-253-305-1965
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