New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

NEWPORT, NH--(Marketwire - Apr 12, 2011) - New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: NHTB) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of thirteen cents ($0.13) per share payable April 29, 2011, to stockholders of record as of April 22, 2011.

The Board of Directors again noted that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on May 12, 2011 at the Lake Sunapee Bank Building, 1868 Room, 9 Main Street, Newport, New Hampshire, at 10:00 a.m.

NHTB is the parent company of Lake Sunapee Bank, fsb, a federally-chartered stock savings bank providing a wide range of banking and financial services through twenty-eight offices strategically located in west-central New Hampshire and central Vermont.