OREANDA-NEWS. May 31, 2017. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA), the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust, a $1.75 billion asset institution providing full service retail and commercial banking, financial and investment services, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of nine cents ($0.09) per share. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of June 16, 2017, payable on June 30, 2017.

This will be the thirty-seventh consecutive quarter ESSA Bancorp, Inc. has paid a dividend to its shareholders.  ESSA became a public company in April 2007.

About the Company

ESSA Bank & Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ESSA Bancorp, Inc., has total assets of $1.75 billion and is the leading service-oriented financial institution headquartered in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The Bank maintains its corporate headquarters in downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and has 26 community offices throughout the Greater Pocono, Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and western Philadelphia markets in Pennsylvania. In addition to being one of the region’s largest mortgage lenders, ESSA Bank & Trust offers a full range of retail, commercial financial services, and financial advisory and asset management capabilities. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. stock trades on the NASDAQ Global MarketSM under the symbol “ESSA.” ESSA Bancorp, Inc. became a public company in April, 2007.

Forward-Looking Statements

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