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( BW)(CA-CVB-FINANCIAL)(CVBF) CVB Financial Corp. Announces 51st
Consecutive Cash Dividend

  Business Editors

  ONTARIO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002--CVB Financial
Corp. (Nasdaq:CVBF) announced a 14 cent ($0.14) per share
dividend for the second quarter of 2002.
  The dividend was approved at the regularly scheduled board of
directors meeting on June 19, 2002. It will be payable on July 18,
2002, to shareholders of record as of July 3, 2002.
  "We are pleased that the success of CVB Financial Corp. allows us
to reward our shareholders for their support and confidence," said D.
Linn Wiley, president and chief executive officer. "This is our 51st
consecutive quarterly cash dividend, and it reflects the continued
superior performance of CVB Financial Corp."
  CVB Financial, with $2.6 billion in assets operates Citizens
Business Bank, the largest bank with headquarters in the Southern
California Inland Empire region. The bank's Wealth Management Group
based in Pasadena has more than $1 billion in assets under
administration.
  Citizens Business Bank recently announced the acquisition of
Western Security Bank in Burbank, Calif. Western Security Bank is a
single-unit bank with $137.2 million in deposits and $96.9 million in
loans as of March 31, 2002. The transaction is expected to close
during the month of July.
  Citizens Business Bank specializes in serving business and
professional clientele through 31 business financial centers in 24
cities in the Inland Empire, Orange County, the San Gabriel Valley and
the Southern Central Valley regions of California.
  Shares of CVB Financial common stock are listed on the Nasdaq
under the ticker symbol of CVBF. For more information, visit the
company's Web site at www.cbbank.com.

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  CONTACT:  CVB Financial Corp., Ontario
  D. Linn Wiley, 909/980-4030

  KEYWORD:  CALIFORNIA
  INDUSTRY KEYWORD:  BANKING DIVIDEND
  SOURCE:  CVB Financial Corp.

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