June 11, 2002
LAKE CITY BANK ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF EMILY E. PICHON TO BOARD
Warsaw, Indiana (June 11, 2002)- Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq/LKFN) and Lake City Bank, today announced that Emily E. Pichon has been appointed to their respective Board of Directors.
Ms. Pichon is active in business and civic affairs Allen County. She serves as Secretary and Director of the Cole Foundation, a charitable foundation focused primarily on education, economic development, and environmental issues in Fort Wayne. In addition, she is President and Director of Cole Capital, Inc., an arm of the Cole foundation, which invests in economic development projects in four northeastern Indiana counties. She is also President and Director of ELOC, Inc., a charitable operating foundation that runs the Plastic Technology Center in Angola, Indiana.
Ms. Pichon serves as an officer and director of Mid-City Manufacturing in Sherwood, Ohio, TD & M Co. in New Haven, Indiana and Lauremi, Corp. in Fort Wayne. She is an officer of Ex Tech Plastics, Inc. in Richmond, Indiana.
She is a graduate of The Colorado College, received her JD degree from Pepperdine University and currently serves as a trustee of the Indiana Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and as a Director of the Fort Wayne Zoological Society and of Tri-State University.
Michael L. Kubacki, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented on the appointment, "Emily's many commitments in the Fort Wayne community will provide Lake City Bank with valuable guidance and insight into the community. Allen County represents Lake City Bank's fastest growing market and we are pleased that a person of Emily's varied background and strength has joined the team."
Lakeland Financial Corporation is a $1.1 billion bank holding company serving Northern Indiana. Lake City Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana and has 40 branches located in the following Indiana counties: Kosciusko, Elkhart, Allen, St. Joseph, Fulton, Huntington, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski and Whitley.
Lakeland Financial Corporation may be accessed on its home page at www.lakecitybank.com. The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under "LKFN". Marketmakers in Lakeland Financial Corporation common shares include Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Howe Barnes Investments, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., McDonald Investments, Inc. and First Tennessee Capital Markets.
The Company's fixed rate cumulative trust preferred securities are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbols "LKFNP". The annual rate on the fixed rate securities is 9.0%. |
