ISS Proxy Advisory Services and Glass Lewis Recommend Cascade Financial Shareholders Vote "FOR" Proposed Merger

05/17/11 EVERETT, Wash. -- Cascade Financial Corporation , the parent company of Cascade Bank, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co., two of the leading independent U.S. proxy advisory firms, have both recommended that the company's shareholders vote "FOR" the proposals in its proxy statement for the special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 31, 2011.

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Shareholders of Cascade Financial Approve Merger with Opus Bank

06/01/11 EVERETT, Wash. -- Cascade Financial Corporation , the parent company of Cascade Bank, announced today that, at a special meeting of shareholders of Cascade Financial held on Tuesday May 31, 2011, the merger of Cascade Financial and Cascade Bank with and into Opus Bank was approved.

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Cascade Financial Receives Regulatory Approvals for Merger with Opus Bank

06/27/11 EVERETT, Wash. -- Cascade Financial Corporation , the parent company of Cascade Bank, today announced that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the California Department of Financial Institutions have approved Cascade Bank's merger into Opus Bank.

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