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Coastal Bancorp, Inc. Announces Redemption of Its 9.12% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock

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HOUSTON, TX USA
    HOUSTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Coastal Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBSA), Houston, Texas, announced that it will
redeem on July 31, 2003 all 1,100,000 shares of its 9.12% Series A Cumulative
Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: CBSAO) from stockholders of record on July 31, 2003.
The redemption price per share will be $25.19633.
    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990826/CBSALOGO )

    The Company
    At March 31, 2003, Coastal had total assets of approximately $2.5 billion,
deposits of approximately $1.6 billion, 9.12% Series A Cumulative Preferred
Stock of $27.5 million and common stockholders' equity of approximately
$127.7 million.
    Coastal Bancorp, Inc. owns, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coastal
Banc Holding Company, Inc., 100 percent of the voting stock of Coastal Banc
ssb, a Texas-chartered FDIC insured, state savings bank headquartered in
Houston.  Coastal Banc ssb operates 44 branch offices in metropolitan Houston,
Austin, Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley and small cities in the
southeast quadrant of Texas.  You can visit our website at http://www.coastalbanc.com
(which is not part of this release).

    Notice under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
    "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not historical
facts contain forward looking statements with respect to plans, projections or
future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involve certain
risks and uncertainties.  Additional information concerning factors that could
cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward looking
statements is contained in Coastal Bancorp Inc.'s Securities and Exchange
Commission filings.  Investors are cautioned that any such forward looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or
developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking
statements.  Furthermore, Coastal does not intend (and is not obligated) to
update publicly any forward looking statement.


SOURCE Coastal Bancorp, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Manuel J. Mehos, CEO, or Catherine N. Wylie,
    CFO, both of Coastal Bancorp, Inc., +1-713-435-5327, or fax,
    +1-713-435-5106