MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. Declares Common Stock Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, Sept. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQGM: MCBI) today announced the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. common stock of $0.02 per share, payable on October 15, 2013 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2013.

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MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQGM: MCBI) provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking services through its wholly owned subsidiaries, MetroBank, N.A. and Metro United Bank. The Company has twelve full-service banking locations in the greater Houston, and Dallas, Texas metropolitan areas, and six full-service banking locations in the greater San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California metropolitan areas. As of June 30, 2013, the Company had consolidated assets of $1.6 billion. For more information, visit the Company's web site at www.metrobank-na.com.

For more information contact:

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc., Houston
George M. Lee, Co-Chairman, President & CEO, (713) 776-3876, or
David Choi, Executive Vice President & CFO, (713) 776-3876

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