TACOMA, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/20/08 -- Rainier Pacific Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPFG) today reported that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share on its common stock.

The dividend will be paid on September 15, 2008 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 1, 2008. This is the nineteenth consecutive quarterly cash dividend for Rainier Pacific Financial Group, Inc.

Rainier Pacific Financial Group is the bank holding company for Rainier Pacific Savings Bank, a Tacoma, Washington-based state-chartered savings bank, operating 14 branch offices in the Tacoma-Pierce County and City of Federal Way areas.

For additional information, visit Rainier Pacific's website at www.rainierpac.com.

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