CLEVELAND, Dec. 7, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC) will host a luncheon featuring Rurban Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:RBNF) on Wednesday, December 13th at 12:00 p.m. ET at Sammy's Metropolitan Ballroom (21st floor of The Huntington Building, East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue). Presenting on behalf of the company will be Kenneth A. Joyce, President and CEO, and Duane L. Sinn EVP and CFO.
Reservations are required and may be made by contacting the CFASC at 216-696-8066 or via e-mail at cfasc@mjmservices.org. The luncheon is free of charge to CFASC members. Non-members may attend for a fee of $20.
About Rurban Financial Corp.
Rurban Financial Corp. is a publicly-held financial services holding company based in Defiance, Ohio. Rurban's wholly-owned subsidiaries are The State Bank and Trust Company, The Exchange Bank, Reliance Financial Services, N.A., Rurbanc Data Services, Inc. (RDSI), DCM and RFCBC, Inc. The two community banks, State Bank and Exchange Bank, offer a full range of financial services through 18 offices in Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Lucas, Paulding and Wood Counties in Ohio and Allen County in Indiana. Reliance Financial Services offers a diversified array of trust and financial services to customers throughout the Midwest. RDSI and DCM provide data and item processing services to community banks in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Rurban's common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol RBNF. The Company currently has 10,000,000 shares of stock authorized and 5,027,433 shares outstanding. The Company's website is http://www.rurbanfinancial.net .
About CFA Society of Cleveland
The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC), formerly The Cleveland Society of Security Analysts, was founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and services to its Northeast Ohio-based membership. The CFASC has approximately 460 members -- primarily portfolio managers and analysts working throughout the professional investment community. The mission of the CFASC is to promote excellence, education and integrity in the investment management profession. For more information, visit www.cfasc-cfai.org.
The CFASC is a member society of CFA Institute, the global, non-profit professional association that administers the Chartered Financial Analyst(r) (CFA(r)) curriculum and examination program worldwide, publishes research, conducts professional-development programs, and sets voluntary, ethics-based professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment industry. CFA Institute has more than 88,000 members in 130 countries, including more than 74,000 charterholders, as well as 134 affiliated professional societies in 55 countries and territories. CFA Institute is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA., USA, with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong, and New York. More information may be found at www.cfainstitute.org.