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Century Bancorp, Inc. Selected One of the 2009 Bank & Thrift “Sm-All Stars” by Sandler O’Neill + Partners

2009-09-15 10:19 ET - News Release


MEDFORD, Mass. -- (Business Wire)

Century Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNBKA) the largest family-run bank in New England, today announced that it has been selected by Sandler O’Neill + Partners as one of the top performing small-cap banks in the country. The 30 institutions that comprise Sandler O’Neill’s “2009 Bank & Thrift Sm-All Stars” were chosen from a universe of 509 publicly traded banks and thrifts with market capitalizations of less than $2 billion.

According to Sandler O’Neill + Partners, the Class of 2009 “Sm-All Stars” has been identified as the next crop of leading mid-cap banks and thrifts “before they are discovered by the rest of the world.” By focusing on the institutions’ growth, profitability, credit quality and capital strength, Sandler O’Neill + Partners identified the 30 banks and thrifts, as “outstanding institutions delivering bottom line results that are markedly better than the industry as a whole.”

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