FOOT Foothill Independent Bancorp (MM)

Foothill Independent Bancorp (NASDAQ:FOOT) announced today that the Company received top honors for its 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders from American Business Communicators 2004 Annual Report Competition. The receipt of this award marks the 32nd consecutive award the Company has received for annual report production in the past seven years. The American Business Communicators Annual Report Competition is structured to acknowledge excellence in annual report production and presentation from various industries throughout the United States who rose to the challenge of creating a memorable 2004 annual report. The awards presented to Foothill Independent Bancorp include overall achievement, financial presentation, outstanding creativity, narrative presentation and a first place acknowledgement for the letter to shareholders. "Each year our goal is to produce an annual report to shareholders that communicates our strong financial performance in a creative, unique way. Our commitment to creating new standards in annual report design and communications has drawn a truly amazing award response over the past seven years. We are sincerely grateful for the continued recognition of our accomplishments," stated Dena Garvin-Smart, Vice President and Director of Marketing. For a copy of the 2004 Foothill Independent Bancorp Annual Report, please call 626-963-8551 or visit www.foothillbank.com. Foothill Independent Bancorp is a one-bank holding company that owns and operates Foothill Independent Bank. This wholly owned bank subsidiary currently operates 12 commercial banking offices in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Foothill Independent Bank has consistently earned the highest ratings for safety and soundness from such bank rating firms as Findley Reports, Bauer Financial Services, and Veribanc.