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The industryand economy, both nationally and locally, face continuing challenges, impactingour customers and markets. Our improving margins, stemming from loan and depositgrowth, offset additional loan loss provisions and escalating regulatory costs,"commented Kevin M. *The addition of the Company's shares to the Russell 3000(r)stock market index. *The announcement of a Dividend Reinvestment Plan and declaredquarterly dividend of $.23 per share."These results, despite the additional cost associated with the FDIC specialassessment, continue to reflect our strong underlying performance. *Deposits of $700 million, an increase of 13% compared toJune 30, 2008 levels *The opening of a 15th branch, in Shirley, NY. *Annualized loan growth of 12%, with loans totaling $447 million,at June 30, 2009.

*Net interest income of $8.9 million compared to $7.3 millionin 2008 with a net interest margin of 4.78%. *Returns on average assets and equity, excluding the impact ofthe special assessment of 1.12% and 16.56%, respectively. Forrester - President, CEO, 812-273-4949 Copyright Business Wire 2009. BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y., July 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridge Bancorp, Inc.(Nasdaq:BDGE), the parent company of The Bridgehampton National Bank, todayannounced net income and earnings per share for the second quarter of 2009;highlights for the quarter include: *Net income of $2.0 million or $.33 per share, including anexpense of $.4 million or $.04 per share for a FDIC SpecialAssessment. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to releaserevisions to these forward-looking statements or reflect events or circumstancesafter the date of this release River Valley BancorpMatthew P. Forward-looking statements include expressions such as "expects," "intends,""believes," and "should," which are necessarily statements of belief as to theexpected outcomes of future events Actual results could materially differ fromthose presented. The Corporation's ability to predict future results involves anumber of risks and uncertainties, some of which have been set forth in theCorporation's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission.

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