For Release: October 13, 2006
Contact: | Douglas Stewart, President-CEO |
| | Debra Geuy, Chief Financial Officer |
PEOPLES-SIDNEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FIRST
QUARTER EARNINGS AND DECLARES REGULAR AND SPECIAL
DIVIDENDS
Sidney, Ohio OTCBB - “PSFC”
Douglas Stewart, President and CEO of Peoples-Sidney Financial Corporation, parent company of Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association, announced today the Corporation’s first quarter earnings for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 and the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend, plus a special dividend to be paid to its shareholders.
Net income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2006 was $289,000, or $0.21 basic and diluted earnings per share. This compares to $240,000, or $0.17 basic and diluted earnings per share for the same period ended September 30, 2005. This represents an increase in net income of $49,000. The most significant change occurred in the provision for loan losses, which decreased $65,000 from $17,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 to a negative provision of $48,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2006. The negative provision was primarily the result of the positive resolution of a commercial loan that had a specific loss allocation of $80,000 at June 30, 2006. Additionally, the Corporation had slower growth in the loan portfolio during the current period as compared to a year ago. These factors that resulted in a negative provision for loan losses were partially offset by an increase in nonperforming loans for the three months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2005. The level of nonperforming loans at September 30, 2006 was $1,867,000 compared to $1,441,000 at September 30. 2005. The decrease in provision for loan losses was partially offset by an increase of $22,000 in federal income tax expense. The increase in income tax expense is directly related to an increase in income before income taxes during the current period.
PEOPLES-SIDNEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EARNINGS
AND DECLARES REGULAR AND SPECIAL DIVIDEND
October 13, 2006
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At its regular meeting held October 13, 2006, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share for record holders as of October 31, 2006 and payable on November 15, 2006.
In addition, the directors declared a special dividend of $0.10 per share to all record holders as of October 31, 2006 and payable on November 15, 2006.
Stewart commented, “This is the fifth occasion since going public in 1997 that our shareholders have received a special dividend in addition to our regular quarterly dividends. We appreciate the support and loyalty of our shareholders and are pleased to share a portion of our success with them.”
Assets of the Corporation at September 30, 2006 totaled $139.7 million with shareholders’ equity of $15.5 million.
Peoples Federal operates from its main office in downtown Sidney and its branches in Anna, Jackson Center and the Sidney Wal-Mart Supercenter.
When used in this press release or other public or shareholder communications, in filings by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive office, the words or phrases “should result,” “will likely result,” “will enable,” “are expected to,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project” or similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including changes in economic conditions in the Corporation’s market area, changes in policies by regulatory agencies, fluctuations in interest rates, demand for loans in the Corporation’s market area and competition, that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results and those presently anticipated or projected. The Corporation wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Corporation wishes to advise readers that the factors listed could affect the Corporation’s financial performance and could cause the Corporation’s actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements.
The Corporation does not undertake-and specifically declines any obligation-to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
