ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc. Announces Planned Retirement of President and CEO Gary Base

ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc.

, parent company of ViewPoint Bank (the "Bank"), announced that the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Base, has informed them of his intention to retire as President/CEO at the conclusion of 2011. The Company and Bank have begun the process of identifying Mr. Base's successor, as outlined in its succession plan, through a search which will include both internal and external candidates.