CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. has scheduled its annual meeting of shareholders to be held at 1:00p.m., local time, on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

All shareholders of record of our outstanding shares of common stock at the close of business on March 31, 2010, will be entitled to vote at the Annual meeting.

The Proxy Statement and 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at:  www.cibmarine.com/financial_info/sec_filings.asp

The meeting will begin promptly at 1:00pm.  The order of the meeting is (1) an introduction by Mr. John Hickey, President & CEO, (2) the election of directors, (3) the ratification of Crowe Horwath, LLP as CIB Marine's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010, (4) remarks by Mr. Hickey, (5) a presentation by Mr. Ed Depenbrok, CFO, and (6) a question and comment period.

If you are unable to attend the annual meeting in person, you may listen to the meeting by teleconference.  In order to access the teleconference of the meeting, please dial 1-800-862-9098 (domestic). Please provide conference ID “CIB” and program title “CIB Annual Shareholder Meeting” to the greeter in order to access the conference call. Please note that listening to the teleconference at the meeting will not constitute attendance at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. In addition, you will not be able to vote via teleconference. Accordingly, even if you intend to participate in the teleconference, it is important for you to return your completed proxy card to us in advance of the meeting in order for your attendance and vote to be counted.  

A copy of Mr. Depenbrok's presentation is available here.