SB Financial Group Declares $0.03 Quarterly Cash D

DEFIANCE, Ohio, July 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SBFG ) ("SB Financial") announced today that its board of directors passed a resolution declaring a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per common share, payable on August 16, 2013, to shareholders of record as of August 2, 2013.

"We are quite pleased, once again, to provide our shareholders with a cash dividend this quarter." said Mark Klein, President and CEO of SB Financial Group. "This is a reflection of the board's confidence in the performance of our bank that has shown an improved capital position, and in our Company's leadership, as we deliver on our strategic plan. Our overall performance improvement provides us the opportunity to acknowledge the trust and confidence placed in us by our shareholders with a market return on their investment."

About SB Financial Group

Based in Defiance, Ohio, SB Financial is a financial services holding company with two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: State Bank and RDSI Banking Systems (RDSI). State Bank operates through 17 banking centers in seven Northwestern Ohio counties, and one center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; as well as three loan production offices: two in Columbus, Ohio and one in Angola, Indiana. State Bank offers a full range of financial services for consumers and small businesses, including wealth management, mortgage banking, commercial and agricultural lending. RDSI provides item processing services to community banks located in the Midwest. SB Financial's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol SBFG.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements within this document, which are not statements of historical fact, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those predicted by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties inherent in the national and regional banking, insurance and mortgage industries, competitive factors specific to markets in which SB Financial and its subsidiaries operate, future interest rate levels, legislative and regulatory actions, capital market conditions, general economic conditions, geopolitical events, the loss of key personnel and other factors. Additional factors that could cause results to differ from those described above can be found in SB Financial's Annual Report on Form 10-K and documents subsequently filed by SB Financial with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and SB Financial undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made except as required by law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to SB Financial or any person acting on its behalf are qualified by these cautionary statements.

Investor Contact Information: Anthony V. Cosentino Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer 419.785.3663