TACOMA, Wash., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Banking
System (Nasdaq: COLB) today announced that it plans to hold a conference
call to discuss their first quarter 2008 earnings results. The conference
call is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PDT. Melanie J.
Dressel, President and Chief Executive Officer said, "Although we do not
typically conduct a conference call with each earnings release, we intend
to hold them on a quarterly basis for the foreseeable future in light of
the rapidly changing economic environment." Forward-looking and other
material information may be discussed on this conference call.
Interested investors, analysts, media representatives and the public
are invited to listen to this discussion by calling 1-888-318-7969;
Conference ID code 43670620. A conference call replay will be available
from approximately 11:00 a.m. PDT on April 24 through midnight PDT on
Thursday, May 1, 2008. The conference call replay can be accessed by
dialing 1-800-642-1687 and entering Conference ID code 43670620.
About Columbia
Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia Banking System, Inc. is
the holding company of Columbia Bank, a Washington state-chartered
full-service commercial bank. With the 2007 acquisitions of Mountain Bank
Holding Company and Town Center Bancorp and the 2008 internal merger of its
subsidiary, Bank of Astoria, into Columbia Bank, Columbia Banking System
has 55 banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap, Thurston and
Whatcom counties in Washington State, and Clackamas, Clatsop, Tillamook and
Multnomah counties in Oregon. Included in Columbia Bank are former branches
of Mt. Rainier National Bank, doing business as Mt. Rainier Bank, with 7
branches in King and Pierce counties. Columbia Bank does business under the
Bank of Astoria name at the Bank of Astoria's former branches located in
Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Cannon Beach in Clatsop County and in
Manzanita in Tillamook County. More information about Columbia can be found
on its website at http://www.columbiabank.com.
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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