Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend

DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors
declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on July 30, 2009, to
shareholders of record on July 15, 2009.

About Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. ("HTH"), is a holding Company that owns NLASCO, a company
that specializes in providing fire and homeowners insurance to low value
dwellings and manufactured homes primarily in Texas and other areas of the
south, southeastern and southwestern United States. NLASCO operates through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, National Lloyds Insurance Company ("NLIC") and
American Summit Insurance Company ("ASIC").

Hilltop Holdings Inc.
Larry Willard, 214-855-2177
President and Chief Executive Officer
or
ICR, LLC
Brad Cohen, 203-682-8211
Brad.cohen@icrinc.com

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