WesBanco Announces Dividend Increase to $0.18 per Share

WesBanco WSBC today announced an increase in the quarterly cash dividend rate to be paid to its shareholders to $0.18 per common share from the previous quarterly dividend rate of $0.17 per common share, or a 5.9% increase.  The increased dividend will be payable on October 1, 2012 to shareholders of record on September 7, 2012.  This is the second increase in the quarterly dividend rate this year and represents an annualized 12.5% increase in WesBanco's dividend during 2012