OTC Markets Group Welcomes Croghan Bancshares to OTCQX®

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced Croghan Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: CHBH), the holding company for The Croghan Colonial Bank in Fremont, OH, has qualified to trade on OTCQX®, the best marketplace for established, global and growth companies.

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Croghan Bancshares begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "CHBH."  U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

"We are pleased to welcome Croghan Bancshares to OTCQX," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group.  "Croghan joins a growing number of community and regional banks that have chosen to trade on OTCQX to provide their shareholders transparent trading and convenient access to their news and financial disclosure.  We look forward to supporting Croghan as it continues to grow and serve the citizens and businesses in its communities."

Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. serves as Croghan Bancshares' Corporate Broker on OTCQX.

Croghan Bancshares, founded in 1888 in Fremont, OH, operates as the holding company for The Croghan Colonial Bank which provides commercial, retail, wealth management, and savings banking services.  The bank's offices are located in Bellevue, Clyde, Curtice, Fremont, Green Springs, Monroeville, Norwalk, Oak Harbor, Oregon, Perrysburg, Port Clinton and Tiffin, OH.

About OTC Markets Group Inc.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities.  Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities.  We organize these securities into marketplaces to better inform investors of opportunities and risks – OTCQX®, The Best Marketplace; OTCQB®, The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink®, The Open Marketplace.  Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors.  To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

OTC Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC regulated ATS.

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