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Christopher Buchholz Appointed Rockville Bank's
Senior Vice President/Commercial Banking Market Executive

ROCKVILLE, CONN., July 21, 2006 - Christopher Buchholz has been appointed Rockville Bank's Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Market Executive. The announcement was made by William J. McGurk, Rockville Bank President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Buchholz is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that focus on customer satisfaction, retention and growth of existing commercial relationships, and the development of new business opportunities for Rockville Bank. He will manage a team of commercial bankers who provide a full range of commercial banking and commercial real estate services.

Mr. Buchholz brings 29 years of banking experience to his new position. He comes to Rockville Bank from Bank of America, where was the Senior Vice President and Business Banking Market Executive for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.

A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in Business Administration, Mr. Buchholz lives in Glastonbury, Conn. with his wife, Catherine, and their two sons.

Rockville Bank is an 18-branch community bank in Connecticut that provides a convenient banking lifestyle for the communities it serves in: Coventry; Rockville; Vernon; Ellington; Tolland; Manchester; East Hartford; South Windsor; East Windsor; Suffield; Enfield; Somers; Glastonbury; and South Glastonbury with four supermarket locations open seven days a week. For more information about Rockville Bank's services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com.