Cardinal Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CFNL) (the ?Company?) today announced that its Board of Directors has increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.03 per share up from $0.02 per share. This dividend will be paid on February 25, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 10, 2011.

About Cardinal Financial Corporation: Cardinal Financial Corporation, a financial holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia with assets of $2.07 billion at December 31, 2010, serves the Washington Metropolitan region through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cardinal Bank, with 26 conveniently located banking offices. Cardinal also operates several other subsidiaries: George Mason Mortgage, LLC, and Cardinal First Mortgage, LLC, residential mortgage lending companies based in Fairfax, with six offices throughout the Washington Metropolitan region; Cardinal Trust and Investment Services, a trust division; Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc., a full-service brokerage company; and Wilson/Bennett Capital Management, Inc., an asset management company. The Company's stock is traded on NASDAQ (CFNL). For additional information please visit our Web site at www.cardinalbank.com or call (703) 584-3400.

Cardinal Financial Corporation
Bernard H. Clineburg
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
or
Mark A. Wendel
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
703-584-3400