Peoples Financial Corporation Increases Semiannual Dividend to $.10 Per Share

The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation 

, parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a regular semiannual cash dividend of $.10 per common share, payable January 17, 2012, to stockholders of record January 10, 2012. The latest dividend represents an increase of 11.1% over the one paid for the first half of 2011.