Corporate Profile for Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., dated Dec. 17, 1999

Business Wire, Dec 17, 1999

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Published Date:   12-17-99

Company Name:     Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc.

Address:          307 Church Lane/PO Box 1005
                  Tappahoannoc, VA 22560

Main Telephone
 Number:          804/443-4333

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           http://www.evb.org

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Thomas M. Boyd, Jr.

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Ned Stephenson

Investor Relations
 Contact:         Ned Stephenson
 Business number: 804/443-4333
 E-mail address:  (optional) nstephenson@rivnet.net

Public Relations
 Contact:         Ned Stephenson
 Business number: 804/443-4333
 E-mail address:  nstephenson@rivnet.net

Industry:         Banking

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        EVBS

Market Makers: Scott & Stringfellow

Company description: Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Incorporated (EVB), established December 29, 1997 is a multi-bank holding company whose subsidiaries, Southside Bank and Bank of Northumberland, provide financial sevice to the Central, Middle Penisula, and Northern Neck regions of Virginia. Each subsidiary is an independently managed, state chartered bank offering full banking services, which include commercial and consumer loans, deposit accounts, credit cards, automated teller machines and many other service, through a total of twelve offices, Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.