Community Financial Shares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Glen Ellyn, Illinois with $298.3 million in assets. Its primary subsidiary, Community Bank of Wheaton/Glen Ellyn, maintains four full service offices in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton.

For further information about the Company and the Bank visit them on the world-wide-web at www.commbank-wge.com. In addition, information on the Company’s stock can be found at www.otcbb.com under the symbol CFIS.

Statements contained in this news release which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, factors discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.

The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.