Greene County Bancorp, Inc. Announces Cash Dividend

• Press Release
• Source: Greene County Bancorp, Inc.
• On 11:43 am EDT, Wednesday October 21, 2009

CATSKILL, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GCBC - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the continuation of the Company’s quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $0.68 per share.

The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of November 15, 2009, payable on December 1, 2009.

The Company is the majority-owned subsidiary of Greene County Bancorp, MHC, a federal mutual holding company, which owns 56.2 percent of the Company’s outstanding shares. Greene County Bancorp, MHC waived its right to receive dividends on its shares of the Company.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is the direct and indirect holding company, respectively, for The Bank of Greene County, a federally-chartered thrift, and Greene County Commercial Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank, both headquartered in Catskill, New York. The Banks serve Greene, Columbia and Albany Counties in New York from eleven full-service branch locations.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc.
Donald E. Gibson, 518-943-2600
President & CEO