Teche Holding Company Announces Fifty-Seventh Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

FRANKLIN, LA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
(NYSE Amex: TSH) -- The Board of Directors of Teche Holding Company,
holding company of Teche Federal Bank, yesterday declared an increase in
the quarterly dividend to $0.355 per share of its common stock.

The dividend is 0.15% higher than the rate of $0.35 per common share this
time last year and 0.15% higher than the $0.35 per share paid the prior
quarter. This represents a quarterly payout ratio of 43.8% based on net
income for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The effective dividend yield
amounts to 4.06% based on the stock price on the close of business on
August 26, 2009. The dividend will be paid on September 30, 2009 to
shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2009.
The company has paid a cash dividend for 57 consecutive quarters.

Teche Federal presently operates twenty offices in the Louisiana parishes
of St. Mary, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St.
Landry, East Baton Rouge and Ascension. The Company's common stock is
listed as Teche Holding Company and is traded under the symbol "TSH" on
the NYSE - AMEX. The bank's website address is www.teche.com. The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures deposits at Teche Federal
Bank up to the legal maximum limits.

"This release may contain forward-looking statements. We caution that such
statements may be subject to a number of uncertainties and actual results
could differ materially and, therefore, readers should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements. Teche Holding Company does not
undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to publicly release
the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking
statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated
events or circumstances after the date of such statements."

For More Information Contact:
Ross Little, Jr.
(337) 560-7151

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