Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Earnings SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. (OTC:TCBS) (BULLETIN BOARD: TCBS) announced earnings for the third quarter of 2004 of $536 thousand. On a per share basis, (adjusted for the three for two stock split that was completed on September 30th) earnings were $0.28 for the quarter. For the first nine months, earnings have been $1.638 million, which represents $0.87 per share. Total assets at quarter end were over $374 million, an increase of over 12% from a year ago. Total deposits were approximately $290 million, an increase of over 14% over the last year. Also, total loans grew to over $220 million, representing growth of over 7% in the last year. The Board of Directors declared a $0.06 per share quarterly cash dividend payable on December 15, 2004 to stockholders of record December 1, 2004. Adjusted for the stock split, this represents a 29% increase in the dividend rate over the same quarter last year. On a year to date basis, the Company has declared a dividend of $0.22 per share, which represents an increase of over 23% over the prior year. Shares of common stock of Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol TCBS. As of September 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, +1-217-787-3100, , or Sharon Houston, Marketing Director, +1-217-787-3100, both of Town & Country Bancorp, Inc. Web site: http://www.townandcountrybank.com/

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