EGBN Eagle Bancorp Inc

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGBN), the parent company of EagleBank, today announced the declaration of a 10% stock dividend. The stock dividend will be payable on October 1, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 18, 2008. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050927/EAGLEBANKLOGO ) The Company had previously announced plans for such a dividend, which is being declared at this time so as to include the former shareholders of Fidelity & Trust Financial Corporation. F&T was merged into Eagle Bancorp on August 31, 2008. Eagle Bancorp is the holding company for EagleBank which commenced operations in 1998. The Bank is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and conducts full service commercial banking services through fifteen offices, located in Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland and Northern Virginia. The Company focuses on building relationships with businesses, professionals and individuals in its marketplace. EAGLE BANCORP, INC. CONTACT: Ronald D. Paul 301.986.1800 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050927/EAGLEBANKLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Eagle Bancorp, Inc. CONTACT: Ronald D. Paul of Eagle Bancorp, Inc., +1-301-986-1800 Web site: http://www.eaglebankmd.com/

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