PITTSFIELD, Mass., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Legacy Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: LEGC), the holding company for Legacy Banks (the "Bank"), will announce the fourth quarter 2009 earnings on Wednesday January 27, 2010 at approximately 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). Investors and analysts are invited to participate in a conference call beginning at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday January 28, 2010. J. Williar Dunlaevy, Chairman and CEO and Paul H. Bruce, CFO, will review the fourth quarter and year to date results and take your questions. Conference call information is as follows:


    Domestic Dial-in:        877-407-0778
    International Dial-in:   201-689-8565

The conference call playback will be available after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday January 28, 2010 through February 4, 2010.


    Playback Toll-Free DIRECT- 877-660-6853
    Playback International DIRECT - 201-612-7415
    Playback Account #:  (Required) - 286
    Playback Conference ID #:  (Required) - 341357

The conference call will be Webcast live at www.legacybanks.com, and will be available until March 29, 2010.

This release contains certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," and "potential." Forward-looking statements are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these estimates. These factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and market conditions, legislative and regulatory conditions, changes in interest rates that adversely affect Legacy Banks' interest rate spread, changes in deposit flows, loan demand or real estate values and other economic, governmental, competitive, regulatory and technological factors that may affect Legacy Bancorp's operations. 


    Contacts: J. Williar Dunlaevy                Paul H. Bruce
              Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
    Phone:    413-445-3500                       413-445-3513
    Email:    Bill.Dunlaevy@Legacybanks.com      Paul.Bruce@Legacybanks.com

SOURCE Legacy Bancorp, Inc.