Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. will participate in the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Community Bank Investor Conference in New York City on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Berkshire is the parent of Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting BankSM.
Kevin P. Riley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation highlighting developments at Berkshire, and management’s expectations for the current year. This presentation will be made at 9:30 a.m. and may be accessed via live Webcast at: http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak/?entity=BHLB. The webcast will also be archived for a period of time after the event. A copy of the presentation will be available in the Investor Relations section at Berkshire's web site at www.berkshirebank.com, and a copy will also be filed with the SEC.
BACKGROUND
Berkshire Hills Bancorp is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It has $2.5 billion in assets and is the parent of Berkshire Bank - America's Most Exciting BankSM. Berkshire provides business and consumer banking, insurance, and wealth management services through 48 banking and insurance offices in Western Massachusetts, Northeastern New York, and Southern Vermont. For more information, visit www.berkshirebank.com or call 800-773-5601.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in the presentation regarding Berkshire Hills Bancorp that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements”. These statements reflect management’s views of future events, and involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, see “Forward Looking Statements” in the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet website (www.sec.gov) and to which reference is hereby made. Actual future results may differ significantly from results discussed in these forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
David H. Gonci, 413-281-1973
Corporate
Finance Officer
