Rockville Bank Cuts Ribbon of $1 Bills to Reopen Lafayette Square/Vernon Branch

In a twist on a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony, local business, community, and government leaders today cut a ribbon of $1 bills at a Grand Re-Opening of Rockville Bank’s new Lafayette Square branch at 20 Hyde Avenue in Vernon, Conn. The newly built office was constructed in the same location as the building that was demolished in May. This past January, Rockville Bank closed its Lafayette Square office because of roof damage related to the region’s record heavy snow. Since then, a temporary Lafayette Square branch had been open at a nearby location in the former Tim Hortons shop.

Cutting the ribbon of $1 bills is William (Bill) H. W. Crawford, IV, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockville Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market "RCKB"), the parent of Rockville Bank.

The newly built full-service Lafayette Square branch includes four teller counter stations, two drive-up teller windows, drive-up and walk-up automatic teller machines (ATMs), and safe deposit boxes. The office features customer convenience items such as a document shredder, and a flat-panel LCD screen to provide customers with news, weather, sports and business information. The branch also features a refreshment center, offering complimentary beverages and cookies.

Pictured (left to right):

Front Row: Candice Corcione, Executive Director of the Tolland County Chamber of Commerce; Radhika Deshmukh, Rockville Bank’s Lafayette Square Branch Officer; William (Bill) H. W. Crawford, IV, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockville Financial, Inc./Rockville Bank; David A. Engelson, a Rockville Bank Director and Executive Director of Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc.; Raymond H. Lefurge, Jr., Rockville Bank Chairman of the Board and President and Majority owner, Lefurge & Gilbert, PC, CPAs; State Rep. Claire Janowski; and Marino Santarelli, Rockville Bank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Back row: Thora Cowperthwaite, President of the Tolland County Chamber of Commerce and Rockville Bank’s Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of the Ellington office; State Sen. Tony Guglielmo; Michael A. Bars, Rockville Bank Vice Chairman of the Board and Partner of Kahan, Kerensky & Capossela, LLP; Vernon Police Chief James Kenny; and Stuart E. Magdefrau, a Rockville Bank Director and Founding Partner, Magdefrau, Renner & Ciaffaglione LLC, CPAs.

Rockville Bank currently is a 21½-branch community bank serving Tolland, Hartford, and New London counties in Connecticut. It provides a convenient banking lifestyle for Colchester, Coventry, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Glastonbury, Manchester, Rockville, Somers, South Glastonbury, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, seven days a week in Tolland, and three Big Y supermarket locations. A New Haven County Commercial Banking Office is now open and located at 2319 Whitney Avenue in Hamden, Conn. to provide an array of commercial products and services for businesses located in New Haven County and surrounding areas. Rockville Bank recently filed an application with the Connecticut State Department of Banking for approval to open a full-service branch in West Hartford, Conn. For information about Rockville Bank’s services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com. For information about the Company, Rockville Financial, Inc. (RCKB), visit Investor Relations at www.rockvillebank.com and click on About Us. For investor relations questions, contact Marliese L. Shaw, Vice President, Investor Relations Officer at (860) 291-3622.