HOUSTON, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBIB) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.015 per share of common stock at the meeting held today, June 10, 2011. The dividend is payable June 29, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 20, 2011.

Sterling Bancshares, Inc. is a Houston-based bank holding company with total assets of $5.0 billion, which operates 57 banking centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "SBIB". For more information on Sterling Bancshares, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.banksterling.com.



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