CAMDEN – Camden National Corp. President and CEO Robert W. Daigle announced the approval of its second quarterly dividend increase of the past year.

Shareholders as of Jan. 15, 2004, will be paid 20 cents per share on January 31, an increase of 5.25 percent from the previous quarter and 17.65 percent from a year ago.

Camden National Corp., listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol CAC, is the holding company of three full-service Maine firms: Camden National Bank, UnitedKingfield Bank and Acadia Trust.