Summit Bancshares Announces 2 for 1 Stock Split

Summit Bancshares Announces 2 for 1 Stock Split 


FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Summit Bancshares, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SBIT) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a two
(2) for (1) stock split to be effected as a 100% stock dividend.  The stock
split is to be payable on December 31, 2004 to holders of record of the
Company's common stock as of the close of business on December 20, 2004.

Philip E. Norwood, Chairman, President and CEO, of Summit Bancshares, Inc.,
stated, "We believe this stock split will benefit our shareholders by
increasing the shares outstanding and improving the liquidity of our common
stock."

SBI is a community oriented bank holding company with one banking subsidiary --
Summit Bank, N.A.  The bank is engaged in full-service commercial and consumer
banking in Tarrant County.  SBI is publicly-traded on the Nasdaq National
Market System and listed under the symbol "SBIT". 

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DATASOURCE: Summit Bancshares, Inc.



CONTACT:  Bob G. Scott, COO of Summit Bancshares, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.summitbank.net/ 

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