Hudson United Bancorp Announces Date of Annual Shareholder Meeting

    Business Editors

    MAHWAH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2005---Hudson United Bancorp (NYSE: HU) today announced that its Board of Directors has set the date for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for April 27, 2005 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Crossroads in Mahwah, New Jersey. The record date for shareholder voting for the Annual Meeting has also been set by the Company's Board of Directors for March 11, 2005.

    Hudson United Bancorp is the multi-state bank holding company for Hudson United Bank, which has 204 offices in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Hudson United Bancorp's subsidiaries offer a full array of innovative products and services to commercial and retail accounts, including imaged checking accounts, 24-hour telephone and internet banking, loans by phone, alternative investment products, insurance products, private label credit programs and a wide variety of commercial loans and services including asset based loans, SBA loans, international services, merchant services and cash management services. Wealth management services are also provided to individuals and businesses. Public sector products and services are provided to local and state governments, municipalities, educational institutions, civic and not-for-profit organizations. Visit our website at www.hudsonunitedbank.com

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CONTACT: Hudson United Bancorp Kenneth T. Neilson, 201-236-2631

KEYWORD: CONNECTICUT PENNSYLVANIA NEW YORK NEW JERSEY INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING PRODUCT SOURCE: Hudson United Bancorp

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