Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. (OTC:TCBS) (BULLETIN BOARD: TCBS) announced earnings for the second quarter of 2004 of $527 thousand. On a per share basis, earnings were $0.42 for the quarter. For the first six months, earnings have been $1.102 million, which represents $.88 per share. Total assets at quarter end were over $360 million, an increase of over 9% from a year ago. Total deposits were over $281 million, an increase of over 12% over the last year. Also, total loans grew to over $216 million, representing growth of over 9% in the last year. The Board of Directors declared a $0.08 per share quarterly cash dividend payable on September 15, 2004 to stockholders of record September 1, 2004. This represents a 14% increase in the dividend rate over the same quarter last year. On a year to date basis, the Company has declared a dividend of $0.24 per share, which represents an increase of over 21% over the prior year. In addition, the Board also declared a 3 for 2 stock split payable on September 30, 2004 to stockholders of record September 2, 2004. This represents the third stock split, along with three stock dividends, that has been paid in the last eight years. Shares of common stock of Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol TCBS. As of June, 2004 the following market makers are registered to quote stock issued by Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. on the OTCBB; Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., Hill Thompson Madig & Co, Inc., Howe Barnes Investments, Inc., Monroe Securities, Inc., Ryan Beck & Co., Schwab Capital Markets L.P., Wedbush Morgan Securities, and Knight Equity Markets, L.P. Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. is the parent holding company for Town & Country Bank of Springfield, Logan County Bank (Lincoln), and Town & Country Bank (Buffalo, Mt. Zion, and Forsyth). DATASOURCE: Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. CONTACT: Michael W. Tuttle, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, , or Sharon Houston, Marketing Director, both of Town & Country Bancorp, Inc., +1-217-787-3100 Web site: http://www.townandcountrybank.com/

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