Press Release

Circle Bank today announced the publication of a Corporate Social Responsibility report, covering its community activities and practices.

The Bank believes that it is the only North Bay region community-based financial institution to comprehensively report its activities, statistics and commitment to social responsibility.

“While it is a time-consuming process to compile the information,” said Kim Kaselionis, CEO/president, “we believe that it provides an important look at how we do business and what we stand for.  As community bankers and as a local business, we believe that our customers have the right to know how we operate and the degree to which we fulfill our obligations.”

The 32-page report, compiled under the direction of Circle Bank senior vice president Alan Gaul, provides information for 2010 about employment, contributions, community activities and polices and procedures which relate to governance and regulatory requirements.

“We reviewed reports issued by much larger, global institutions,” Gaul said, “to make sure that we understood what should be reported and to make sure that we covered a broad range of ‘reporting categories.’”

The report is available online at https://www.umpquabank.com/pdfs/CSR_2011.pdf.

The Bank said it would publish the report annually in the future.

About Circle Bank

Circle Bank (www.umpquabank.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Circle Bancorp, is a full-service bank, providing a broad range of financial services to consumers and businesses.  It is headquartered in Novato, with branches in Corte Madera, Petaluma, San Rafael, Santa Rosa and San Francisco’s Noe Valley. The Bank had total net assets of $304.6 million as of the quarter ending March 31, 2011.

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