ROCKVILLE, Conn., Jan. 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rockville Financial, Inc. ("Rockville Financial" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:RCKB), the holding company for Rockville Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that its Board of Directors voted to pay a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on February 4, 2013 to all shareholders of record as of January 28, 2013.

"Today's vote by the Board of Directors to pay our 27^th consecutive quarterly cash dividend is one way for us to thank our shareholders for their continued confidence in our Company and provide them with a return on their investment in Rockville Financial," said William (Bill) H.W. Crawford IV, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockville Financial, Inc. and Rockville Bank. "This dividend equates to a 3.08% annualized yield based on the $12.98 average closing price of the Company's common stock in the fourth quarter of 2012. We have increased our dividend by 54% since our second step conversion in March 2011."

This will be the Company's twenty-seventh consecutive quarterly cash dividend since becoming a public company in 2005. Rockville Financial has been able to provide a $0.10 per share dividend for the past two quarters, which represents the highest quarterly dividend paid by the Company to its shareholders. On December 10, 2012, Rockville Financial paid its first-ever special cash dividend of $0.16 per share to its shareholders.

About Rockville Financial, Inc.

Rockville Financial, Inc. is the parent of Rockville Bank, which is a 21-branch community bank serving Tolland, Hartford and New London counties in Connecticut. Rockville Bank has established a New Haven County Commercial Banking Office in Hamden, Conn., and will soon be opening a full-service Banking Center in West Hartford, Conn. For more information about Rockville Bank's services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com. For more information about Rockville Financial, Inc., visit www.rockvillefinancialinc.com.

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