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Baylake Corp. Declares Dividend

August 9, 2006
Sturgeon Bay, WI--
Baylake Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: BYLK) announced that its Board of Directors on July 25, 2006 declared a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2006. This dividend, on an annualized basis, represents a 6.67% increase over the $0.60 per share dividends paid on the Company's stock in 2005.

Baylake Corp., the holding company for Baylake Bank, serves Northeast and Central Wisconsin from 27 community financial centers throughout Brown, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca and Waushara Counties.

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