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Eastern Bankshares, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend

July 29, 2021 4:06 PM EDT

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (the Company, or together with its affiliates and subsidiaries, Eastern) (NASDAQ Global Select Market: EBC), the stock holding company of Eastern Bank, today announced its 2021 second quarter financial results and the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share. Net income for the second quarter of 2021 was $34.8 million, or $0.20 per share, compared to net income of $47.7 million, or $0.28 per share, reported for the first quarter of 2021.

Financial results for the second quarter of 2021 include $3.5 million in merger and acquisition expenses, primarily related to the pending merger with Century... More