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NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: NAL) has been invited to make presentations at two investor conferences.

Peyton R. Patterson, NewAlliance Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Glenn I. MacInnes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Don T. Chaffee, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, will make a presentation at the Sandler O’Neill East Coast Financial Services Conference on Thursday,

November 12, 2009. The presentation will be webcast live from 8:20 to 8:50 a.m. in the Investor Relations section of the NewAlliance website at www.newalliancebank.com : .

There will also be a replay of the presentation available after November 13 for two weeks. In addition, a copy of the presentation will be posted on the Investor Relations area of the webpage under “Presentations.” The presentation will also be available by audio conference by dialing 1-617-614-3944, passcode: session two.

On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, Ms. Patterson, Mr. MacInnes and Mr.

Chaffee will also make a presentation at the Friedman, Billings Ramsey Investor Conference. Their presentation will be at 10:00 a.m. and a webcast of this presentation will also be available on the NewAlliance website in the Investor Relations section, with a replay available for two weeks.

NewAlliance Bancshares is a New Haven, Connecticut headquartered regional banking and financial services company and the parent company of NewAlliance Bank, the third largest bank headquartered in Connecticut and fourth largest headquartered in New England. In addition to offering a full range of consumer and commercial banking services, NewAlliance Bank also provides trust services and investment and insurance products and services. On September 30, 2009 the Company had $8.5 billion in assets and $4.9 billion in deposits.



NewAlliance BankJudith E. Falango, 203-789-2814First Vice
President