UBFO United Security Bancshares

FRESNO, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/ announced today United Security Bancshares will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell on October 13, 2006. Members of senior management, directors, family, friends and customers of the Company plan to attend to witness the ceremonies. The closing bell ceremony will be broadcast live on the NASDAQ MarketSite Tower in Times Square. The quarter acre tall electronic tower is seen by an average of 1.2 million viewers daily. A NASDAQ videographer and photographer will be on hand to capture the event. The ceremonies will be televised globally and can also be viewed on the NASDAQ webcam http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm starting at 1:15 PM PDT. Dennis Woods will participate in a NASDAQ CEO Signature Series that will be distributed over multiple networks frequented by 20,000 institutional investors and will be available on the Company's website and, for 30 days following the event, on NASDAQ.com and investors.nasdaq.com. Also, NASDAQ will highlight the interview in its Market Intelligence Desk update distributed to executives of NASDAQ-listed companies. Woods stated: "We are excited about the event and of course, we're honored to participate. We have been a member of NASDAQ for a little over five years and our listing was recently moved to the NASDAQ Global Select Market from the National Market. Additionally, United Security Bancshares was included in the Russell 2000(R) Index on June 30, 2006 when the index was reconstituted for the ensuing year. It has been a very exciting year for us." The NASDAQ Global Select Market has the highest listing standards of any capital market in the world. DATASOURCE: United Security Bancshares CONTACT: Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Security Bank, +1-559-248-4928 Web site: http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/

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