Evans Bancorp, Inc. Added to Russell Microcap Index

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Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:18pm EDT

ANGOLA, N.Y.--(Business Wire)--
Evans Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: EVBN), a community financial
services company serving Western New York, today announced that it has been
added to the Russell Microcap Index, effective after the close of trading on
Friday, June 26, 2009. 

Evans Bancorp has focused on a solid balance sheet and capital position and,
amid the uncertain economic environment, has posted strong growth in loans and
deposits, as well as fee income from its insurance and investment operations.
Its financial services solutions and community bank approach provide a platform
to capture market share and drive exceptional customer experience. 

The Company`s strategy is to acquire a larger share of the Western New York
market by optimizing its core businesses of banking, insurance and investment
advisory services. 

About the Russell Microcap Index

The Russell Microcap Index measures the stock performance of the microcap
segment of the U.S. equity market, which includes the smallest 1,000 companies
in the small-cap Russell 2000 index and the next 1,000 smallest U.S. securities
based on market capitalization. Russell indexes are widely used by investment
managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both
passive and active investment strategies. Russell determines index membership by
objective, market capitalization rankings and all Russell indexes are
reconstituted annually in June to ensure that they are truly representative of
global equity markets. 

About Evans Bancorp, Inc.

Evans Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company and the parent company of
Evans Bank, N.A., a commercial bank with $556 million in assets and $460 million
in deposits at March 31, 2009. The bank has twelve branches located in Western
New York. Evans National Leasing, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Evans Bank is a general business equipment leasing company with customers
throughout the U.S. Evans Bancorp's wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, The Evans
Agency, provides retail property and casualty insurance through 15 insurance
offices in the Western New York region. Evans Investment Services, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Evans Bank, provides non-deposit investment products
such as annuities and mutual funds. Evans Bancorp, Inc. and Evans Bank routinely
post news and other important information on their Web sites at
www.evansbancorp.com and www.evansbank.com. 





Evans Bancorp, Inc.
Gary Kajtoch, 716-926-2000
Treasurer
or
Kei Advisors LLC
Deborah K. Pawlowski, 716-843-3908
dpawlowski@keiadvisors.com

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