SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oriental Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: OFG) today announced that its Board of Directors declared the following regular quarterly cash dividends for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013:

• $0.06 per share on its common stock
• $21.875 per share on its 8.750% Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (CUSIP: 68618W407)
• $0.4453125 per share on its 7.125% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D (CUSIP: 68618W605)

Dividends on the common stock are payable on April 15, 2013, to holders of record on March 28, 2013, with an ex-dividend date of March 26, 2013.

Dividends on the preferred stocks are payable on April 15, 2013, to holders of record on April 1, 2013, with an ex-dividend date of March 27, 2013.

ABOUT ORIENTAL FINANCIAL GROUP

Oriental Financial Group Inc. is a diversified financial holding company that operates under U.S. and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations, principally through its three subsidiaries, Oriental Bank, Oriental Financial Services and Oriental Insurance. Now in its 49th year in business, Oriental provides a full range of commercial, consumer and mortgage banking services, as well as financial planning, trust, insurance, investment brokerage and investment banking services, primarily in Puerto Rico, through 64 financial centers. Investor information about Oriental can be found at www.orientalfg.com.

Puerto Rico:
Oriental Financial Group Inc.
Alexandra López, 787-522-6970
allopez@orientalfg.com
or
US:
Anreder & Company
212-532-3232
Steven Anreder
steven.anreder@anreder.com
or
Gary Fishman
gary.fishman@anreder.com

Source: Oriental Financial Group Inc.