MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) --
What: David Zalman, CEO of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (PRSP) will preside over the opening bell. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Monday October 2nd, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. EDT Contacts: Dan Rollins President and Chief Operating Officer 281-269-7207 dan.rollins@prosperitybanktx.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Stephanie Lowenthal; 646.441.5220
Feed Information:
The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Lowenthal at (646) 441-5220.
Photos:
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About Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (PRSP):
Prosperity Bancshares(r), a $4.6 billion Houston, Texas based regional financial holding company, formed in 1983, was named to the Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc. 2006 Honor Roll for achieving exceptional earnings per share growth for the past 10 years. Other recent honors include being named to the Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2005 Bank and Thrift Small All Stars, listed in US Banker's August 2005 Top 100 Publicly Traded Mid-Tier Banks, ranked #2 out of 195 publicly traded companies in the 2005 Stephens, Inc. Bank and Thrift Performance Matrix and the Houston Chronicle's Houston 100 list. Operating under a community banking philosophy, Prosperity seeks to develop broad customer relationships based on service and convenience. Prosperity currently operates eighty-eight (88) full service banking locations, thirty-eight (38) in the Houston CMSA; fifteen (15) in the Corpus Christi area; eleven (11) in the Dallas area; five (5) in the Austin area; two (2) in the East Texas area; and seventeen (17) in fifteen contiguous counties south and southwest of Houston generally along the NAFTA highway.