Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) will issue its third quarter earnings release after the market closes on Monday, October 24, 2016.

Berkshire will also conduct a conference call/webcast at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 to discuss the results for the quarter and provide guidance about expected future results.

We encourage participants to pre-register for the conference call using the following link:  http://dpregister.com/10093590.

Callers who pre-register will be given dial-in instructions and a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call.  Participants may pre-register now, or at any time prior to the call, and will immediately receive simple instructions via email.  The BHLB earnings call will also be automatically scheduled as an event in your Outlook calendar.

Additionally, you may reach the registration link and access the webcast by logging in through the investor section of our website athttp://ir.berkshirebank.com.

For those parties who do not have internet access or are otherwise unable to pre-register for this event, you may still participate at the above time by dialing 1-844-792-3726.  Please ask the Operator to join you to the Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) earnings call.

A telephone replay of the call will be available through Tuesday, November 1, 2016 by dialing 877-344-7529 and entering access number 10093590.  The webcast will be available on Berkshire’s website for an extended period of time.

BACKGROUND

Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent of Berkshire Bank – America’s Most Exciting Bank^®. Berkshire has approximately $8.0 billion in assets and 91 full-service branch offices in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermontproviding personal and business banking, insurance, and wealth management services.  Berkshire has a pending agreement to acquire First Choice Bank, which has $1.1 billion in assets and operates six branches near Princeton, New Jersey and two branches in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.