The Board of Director of Mauch Chunk Trust Financial Corp. declared a regular dividend of 21 cents per share payable Dec. 30 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 1. This action brings the annual dividend rate to 42 cents per share.

Mauch Chunk Trust Financial Corp. is the parent company of the Mauch Chunk Trust Co., a community bank with seven offices in Carbon and Schuylkill counties.On Sept. 30, the corporation had total assets of $395.1 million and shareholders' equity of $41.6 million.Incorporated in 1902, Mauch Chunk Trust is the successor institution to the Second National Bank of Mauch Chunk established in 1864.For more information on Mauch Chunk Trust, visit

www.mauchchunktrust.com.