Evans Bancorp, Inc. Added to Russell Microcap® Index

Evans Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EVBN), a community financial services company serving Western New York, today announced that it has been added to the Russell Microcap® Index, effective after the close of trading on Friday, June 26, 2009.

Evans Bancorp has focused on a solid balance sheet and capital position and, amid the uncertain economic environment, has posted strong growth in loans and deposits, as well as fee income from its insurance and investment operations. Its financial services solutions and community bank approach provide a platform to capture market share and drive exceptional customer experience.

The Company’s strategy is to acquire a larger share of the Western New York market by optimizing its core businesses of banking, insurance and investment advisory services.

About the Russell Microcap® Index

The Russell Microcap® Index measures the stock performance of the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market, which includes the smallest 1,000 companies in the small-cap Russell 2000® index and the next 1,000 smallest U.S. securities based on market capitalization. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. Russell determines index membership by objective, market capitalization rankings and all Russell indexes are reconstituted annually in June to ensure that they are truly representative of global equity markets.

About Evans Bancorp, Inc.

Evans Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company and the parent company of Evans Bank, N.A., a commercial bank with $556 million in assets and $460 million in deposits at March 31, 2009. The bank has twelve branches located in Western New York. Evans National Leasing, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Evans Bank is a general business equipment leasing company with customers throughout the U.S. Evans Bancorp's wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, The Evans Agency, provides retail property and casualty insurance through 15 insurance offices in the Western New York region. Evans Investment Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evans Bank, provides non-deposit investment products such as annuities and mutual funds. Evans Bancorp, Inc. and Evans Bank routinely post news and other important information on their Web sites at www.evansbancorp.com and www.evansbank.com.