PITTSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. will participate in the Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods Community Bank Investor Conference in New York City
on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Berkshire is the parent of Berkshire Bank,
America's Most Exciting Bank(SM).
Kevin P. Riley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, will make a presentation highlighting developments at
Berkshire, and management's expectations for the current year. This
presentation will be made at 9:30 a.m. and may be accessed via live
Webcast at: http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak/?entity=BHLB.
The webcast will also be archived for a period of time after the
event. A copy of the presentation will be available in the Investor
Relations section at Berkshire's web site at www.berkshirebank.com,
and a copy will also be filed with the SEC.
BACKGROUND
Berkshire Hills Bancorp is headquartered in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts. It has $2.5 billion in assets and is the parent of
Berkshire Bank - America's Most Exciting Bank(SM). Berkshire provides
business and consumer banking, insurance, and wealth management
services through 48 banking and insurance offices in Western
Massachusetts, Northeastern New York, and Southern Vermont. For more
information, visit www.berkshirebank.com or call 800-773-5601.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in the presentation regarding Berkshire Hills Bancorp
that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements". These
statements reflect management's views of future events, and involve
risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from expectations, see "Forward
Looking Statements" in the Company's 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Internet website (www.sec.gov)
and to which reference is hereby made. Actual future results may
differ significantly from results discussed in these forward-looking
statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such
statements. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Source: Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Contact: Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
David H. Gonci, 413-281-1973
Corporate Finance Officer