Heritage Financial Group, Inc. Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend 33% to $0.04 Per Share

ALBANY, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBOS), the holding company for HeritageBank of the South, today announced that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the Company's quarterly cash dividend to $0.04 per share, representing an increase of 33% from the previous rate. The dividend will be paid on March 23, 2012, to stockholders of record as of March 9, 2012.