CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. Announces Plans to Adjourn Annual Meeting to a Later Date BROOKFIELD, Wis., May 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company” or “CIB Marine”) (OTCQB: CIBH), announced its plans to open and immediately adjourn its Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for May 19, 2021. The Company plans to adjourn the Annual Meeting until July 29, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. (local time) at 19601 West Bluemound Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin, in order to allow it to conclude several steps required to institute its previously announced plan to repurchase all of its preferred stock over the next four years (the “Repurchase Plan”). Those steps include, conducting a preliminary Section 382 analysis of the impact of expected 2021 pro rata preferred stock repurchases under the Repurchase Plan on the Company’s existing deferred tax assets; finalizing a definitive agreement with Hildene Capital Management, LLC and Hildene Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. (collectively, “Hildene”) related to the Repurchase Plan; preparing a Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) to permit the activities contemplated by the Repurchase Plan; and obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals. All four steps are underway and we will provide further details as these steps are finalized.