United Security Bancshares - Included in Russell 2000 Index

FRESNO, Calif., June 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Security Bancshares http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/ (NASDAQ:UBFO) announced today United Security Bancshares will be included in the Russell 2000 index when the Russell Investment Group reconstitutes its family of U.S. indexes on June 30, 2006. Russell recently posted a preliminary membership list at http://www.russell.com/indexes.

The top 3,000 stocks comprise the Russell 3000(R) Index. The largest 1,000 stocks become the Russell 1000(R) Index and the next 2,000 stocks become the Russell 2000(R) Index. The smallest 1,000 in the Russell 2000 Index plus the next smallest 1,000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index. Membership in the Russell 3000 remains in place for one year. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market capitalization rankings and style attributes.

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $3.8 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them. Investment managers who oversee these funds purchase shares of member stocks according to that company's weighting in the particular index. 

DATASOURCE: United Security Bancshares



CONTACT:  Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of

United Security Bank, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/ 

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