LEGC Legacy Bancorp, Inc. (MM)

PITTSFIELD, Mass., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Legacy Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ:LEGC), the holding company for Legacy Banks (the "Bank") announced today that its first annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the Cranwell Conference Center, 55 Lee Road, Lenox, Massachusetts. The Company also announced that its Employee Stock Ownership Plan has completed its purchase of 824,688 shares of the Company's common stock, representing 8.0% of the number of shares issued in the mutual to stock reorganization and initial public offering. The shares were purchased in open market transactions. Legacy Banks is headquartered in Pittsfield. It employs 158 people and has ten offices throughout Berkshire County in Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, North Adams, Otis and Pittsfield. Legacy offers Personal Banking, Mortgage Lending, Commercial Services, Insurance, Investments, Portfolio Management, Credit and Debit Card products, and Online Services. Legacy Banks, through its predecessors City Savings Bank, chartered in 1893, Lenox Savings Bank, chartered 1890, and Lee National Bancorp, chartered 1835, has a 170-year banking history in Berkshire County. This release contains certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements regarding the anticipated mailing date of stock certificates. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," and "potential." Forward-looking statements are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these estimates. These factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and market conditions, legislative and regulatory conditions, changes in interest rates that adversely affect Legacy Banks' interest rate spread, changes in deposit flows, loan demand or real estate values and other economic, governmental, competitive, regulatory and technological factors that may affect Legacy Bancorp's operations. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: karry.brothers@legacybanks.com DATASOURCE: Legacy Bancorp, Inc. CONTACT: J. Williar Dunlaevy, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, +1-413-445-3500, ; or Michael A. Christopher, President & Chief Operating Officer, +1-413-445-3409, , both of Legacy Bancorp, Inc. Web site: http://www.legacybanks.com/

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