Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009Earnings Release Date, Conference Call and Webcast

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(Business Wire)--
Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARI) announced today that it will release
its first quarter earnings for 2009 on Thursday, April 23, 2009. The Company
will host a conference call at 10 a.m. EST later that morning to discuss these
performance results.

Merrill W. Sherman, president and chief executive officer, will host the
teleconference. Linda H. Simmons, chief financial officer and treasurer, will
join Ms. Sherman on the call. The conference call can be accessed by dialing
toll free at (800) 762-8795, or via webcast at
http://www.bankri.com/investorrelations. Please dial in at least 10 minutes
prior to the start of the call to ensure a timely connection.

There will be a playback of the call available the same day beginning at
approximately 1 p.m. EST that can be accessed through 11:59 p.m. EST on
Saturday, April 25, 2009. The replay dial-in number is (800) 406-7325; when
prompted, enter conference ID number 4035652. The webcast will be archived on
the "Investor Relations" page of the Bank Rhode Island website at
http://www.bankri.com/investorrelations.

About BancorpRI

Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. is the parent company of Bank Rhode Island, a
full-service, FDIC-insured, state-chartered financial institution. The Bank,
headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, operates 16 branches and more than 60
ATMs throughout Providence, Kent and Washington Counties. As of December 31,
2008, BankRI has more than $1.5 billion in assets and $1.0 billion in deposits.
For more information, visit www.bankri.com.

Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.
Linda H. Simmons, 401-574-1652
Chief Financial Officer
simmonsl@bankri.com
or
Stephen R. Hourahan, 401-574-1541
SVP, Corporate Communications
shouraha@bankri.com

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