Unizan Financial Corp. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

Unizan Financial Corp. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend 


CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unizan Financial Corp. , today
announced that the company's board of directors declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.135 per common share payable on December 31, 2003, to
shareholders of record on December 17, 2003. This dividend represents a 3.8%
increase over the dividend paid by Unizan Financial Corp. in the fourth quarter
of 2002.

Unizan Financial Corp., a $2.8 billion holding company, is a premier financial
services organization headquartered in Canton, Ohio.  The company operates 45
full-service retail financial centers in five metropolitan markets in Ohio -
Canton, Columbus, Dayton, Newark and Zanesville. Through Unizan Financial
Corp.'s subsidiaries, Unizan Bank, National Association; Unizan Financial
Services Group, National Association; Unizan Banc Financial Services, Inc.; and
Unizan Financial Advisors, Inc., the company offers its client base corporate
and retail banking, Internet banking and wealth management products and
services.  Additionally, the company operates niche businesses in government
guaranteed loan programs through its business lending centers in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Detroit, Michigan;
Mt. Arlington, New Jersey; and Indianapolis, Indiana; as well as aircraft
lending centers in Columbus; Orlando, Florida; and Sacramento, California.  For
more information on Unizan Financial Corp. and its subsidiaries, visit the
company on the Web at http://www.unizan.com/ . 

DATASOURCE: Unizan Financial Corp.



CONTACT:  Investor, James J. Pennetti, Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer, [phone], or [phone], or

email, , or Media, Sandy K. Upperman, Vice President,

Corporate Communications, [phone], or email, ,

both of Unizan Financial Corp.



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



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