Columbia Banking System pays special dividend

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Columbia Banking System (COLB) will pay a special dividend of 22 cents per share in the first quarter of 2020. The regular quarterly dividend is 28 cents.

Columbia will pay a regular cash dividend of $0.28 per common share and a special cash dividend of $0.22 per common share on February 19, 2020 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 5, 2020.

Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia Banking System, Inc. is the holding company of Columbia Bank, a Washington state-chartered full-service commercial bank with locations throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

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