Teche Holding Company at Howe Barnes 14th Annual Bank Conference

NEW IBERIA, LA--(Marketwire - August 14, 2009) - (NYSE Amex: TSH) -- Patrick Little,
President and CEO of Teche Holding Company, holding company for Teche
Federal Bank, will present at the 14th Annual Bank Conference hosted by
Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 East
Pearson Street, Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
(CDT).

Representing the premier small cap bank conference in the country, the Howe
Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. Annual Community Bank Conference combines the
best community banking companies with some of the most respected and well
recognized individuals and institutional bank stock investors in the
country. This year's conference will offer a broad cross section of
industry leaders to help attendees gain insight into the current
opportunities, challenges and developments in the community banking sector.
In addition, this conference provides investors a high level of interaction
with the top executives of prominent community banks located throughout the
Midwest, Southeast and West Coast.

Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett will offer a live audio webcast on the
Internet, which may be accessed at http://www.howebarnes.com. The webcast
will be available to the general public and will be archived for replay for
seven business days beginning the following business day. There is no
charge to access the presentations.

ABOUT TECHE HOLDING COMPANY

Teche Holding Company (NYSE Amex: TSH) is the fourth largest publicly
traded Louisiana bank and the parent company of Teche Federal Bank. Teche
is a 75 year old institution in south Louisiana with $790 million in
assets, a strong capital base, totally free checking and a wide array of
banking services. Deposits are insured up to the legal maximum by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Teche's service area is in
the heart of Louisiana's prosperous oil and gas industry, Cajun tourism and
Louisiana's largest universities. Key service areas include the
metropolitan areas of Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Houma. Teche has a Four
Star Rating of "Excellent" from Bauer Financial, Inc., an independent bank
rating firm. The rating is based on Call Report data analyzed in the
following areas: capital ratio, liquidity, profitability and asset
quality. (For more information www.teche.com; www.bauerfinancial.com)