PHILADELPHIA, June 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania (the "Company") (Nasdaq:PBIP) announced that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share on the common stock of the Company, payable on July 30, 2010 to the shareholders of record at the close of business on July 16, 2010.
The Company also announced that the Board of Directors of Prudential Mutual Holding Company ("MHC"), the majority shareholder of the Company, approved the purchase of an additional 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The MHC has completed its previously announced stock purchase program covering 50,000 shares. Purchases will be made by the MHC from time to time in open-market or privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise as, in the opinion of management, market conditions warrant. The purchased shares held by the MHC will continue to be issued and outstanding and will increase the MHC's percentage ownership of the Company.
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania is the "mid-tier" holding company for Prudential Savings Bank, a Pennsylvania-chartered, FDIC-insured savings bank originally organized in 1886 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prudential Savings Bank operates six full service offices in Philadelphia and one office in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. At March 31, 2010, the Company had assets totaling $508.2 million, liabilities totaling $454.0 million and $54.2 million of shareholders' equity.
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