Exhibit 99

PRESS RELEASE – For Release:

Immediately

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Robert J. McCormack		Sandra J. Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer		EVP & Chief Banking Officer
Sun Bancorp, Inc.		Sun Bancorp, Inc.
570-523-4301		570-523-4305
bmccormack@sunbankpa.com		smiller@sunbankpa.com

SUN BANCORP, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

Lewisburg, PA – SUN BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ: SUBI) The Board of Directors of Sun Bancorp, Inc. announced that on April 15, 2004, it declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1815 per share. The dividend will be payable June 11, 2004 to shareholders of record May 28, 2004.

With over $1 billion in total assets Sun Bancorp, Inc., is the leading community bank in central Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Sun operates 23 branches in Dauphin, Luzerne, Lycoming, Snyder, Union, Clinton and Northumberland counties. Sun serves the personal and commercial banking needs of residents and businesses throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania. The company focuses on a relationship-based approach which is built around identifying and anticipating customer needs, and providing the financial expertise, advice, products and services to help clients reach their dreams and manage life’s challenges. Sun also operates Mid Penn Insurance Associates, SunBank Wealth Management and Private Banking, Sun Investment Services, Sentry Trust Company, SunBank Dealer Center, Bank Capital Services and is 30% owner of Sun Abstract & Settlement Services, LLC. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.sunbankpa.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. Such factors include the possibility that increased demand or prices for the company’s financial services and products may not occur, the risk that proposed acquisitions may not be consummated and that the acquired companies may not be successfully integrated, changing economic, interest rate and competitive conditions, technological developments, and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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