EXHIBIT 99.1
CITIZENS HOLDING COMPANY REPORTS EARNINGS
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 18, 2014—Citizens Holding Company (NASDAQ:CIZN) announced today results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014.
Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $2.093 million, or $0.43 per share-basic and diluted, up from $1.604 million, or $0.33 per share-basic and diluted for the same quarter in 2013. Net interest income for the second quarter of 2014, after the provision for loan losses for the quarter, was $6.980 million, approximately 12.0% higher than the same period in 2013, due to a decrease in interest expense. The provision for loan losses for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $212 thousand compared to $574 thousand for the same period in 2013. The decrease in the provision reflects management’s estimate of inherent losses in the loan portfolio including the impact of current local and national economic conditions. The net interest margin increased to 3.68% in the second quarter of 2014 from 3.48% in the same period in 2013 primarily because of the decrease in rates paid on interest bearing deposits and a shift from short term interest bearing cash assets into longer term investments at higher yields.
Non-interest income increased in the second quarter of 2014 by $555 thousand, or 28.8%, while non-interest expenses increased $900 thousand, or 14.6%, compared to the same period in 2013. The increase in non-interest income was due primarily to death benefits from bank owned life insurance policies that were accrued as a result of the death of an insured bank officer. Non-interest expenses increased due to a $1.013 million increase in other operating expense partially offset by a $30 thousand decrease in occupancy expense and a $83 thousand decrease in salaries and benefits. The increase in other operating expense was due mainly as a result of write-downs on other real estate and an increase in automated teller machine costs.
Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2014 increased 28.9% to $3.890 million, or $0.80 per share-basic and diluted, from $3.018 million, or $.62 per share-basic and diluted, for the six months ended June 30, 2013. Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2014, after the provision for loan losses, increased 8.0% to $13.836 million from $12.812 million for the same period in 2013. Net interest margin for the six months ended June 30, 2014, increased to 3.67% in 2014 from 3.50% in the same period in 2013. The provision for loan losses for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was $573 thousand compared to the provision of $749 thousand in 2013. The decrease in the provision reflects management’s assessment of inherent losses in the loan portfolio including the impact caused by current local and national economic conditions.
Non-interest income increased by $657 thousand, or 18.2%, and non-interest expense increased by $711 thousand, or 5.6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2014 when compared to the same period in 2013. The increase in non-interest income was due primarily to death benefits from bank owned life insurance policies that were accrued as a result of the death of an insured bank officer. Non-interest expense increased primarily due to an increase in other operating expenses of $915 thousand partially offset by a decrease in salaries and benefits in the amount of $34 thousand and occupancy expenses in the amount of $170 thousand. The increase in other operating expense was due mainly as a result of write-downs on other real estate and an increase in automated teller machine costs.
Total assets as of June 30, 2014 increased to $887.807 million, up $14.738 million, or 1.7%, when compared to December 31, 2013. Deposits increased by $36.817 million, or 5.6%, and loans, net of unearned income, decreased by $2.439 million, or 0.6%, when compared to December 31, 2013. The decrease in loans, net of unearned income, was due to repayments in excess of new loans. Non-performing assets decreased by $1.262 million to $18.612 million at June 30, 2014 as compared to December 31, 2013, because of decreases in loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest and other real estate owned offset by an increase in non-accrual loans.
During the first half of 2014, the Company paid dividends totaling $0.44 per share.
Citizens Holding Company (the “Company”) is a one-bank holding company and the parent company of The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia (the “Bank”), both headquartered in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Bank currently has twenty-four banking locations in fourteen counties in East Central and South Mississippi. In addition to full service commercial banking, the Bank offers mortgage loans, title insurance services through its subsidiary, Title Services, LLC, and a full range of Internet banking services including online banking, bill pay and cash management services for businesses. Internet services are available at the Bank’s web site,www.thecitizensbankphila.com. Citizens Holding Company stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and is traded under the symbol CIZN. The Company’s transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Information about Citizens Holding Company may be obtained by accessing its corporate website at www.citizensholdingcompany.com.
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this release regarding the Company’s financial position, results of operations, business strategies, plans, objectives and expectations for future operations, are forward looking statements. The Company can give no assurances that the assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company does not undertake a duty to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operation, performance, development and results of the Company’s and the Bank’s business include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) the risk of adverse changes in business conditions in the banking industry generally and in the specific markets in which the Company operates; (b) changes in the legislative and regulatory environment that negatively impact the Company and Bank through increased operating expenses; (c) increased competition from other financial institutions; (d) the impact of technological advances; (e) expectations about the movement of interest rates, including actions that may be taken by the Federal Reserve Board in response to changing economic conditions; (f) changes in asset quality and loan demand; (g) expectations about overall economic strength
and the performance of the economics in the Company’s market area; and (h) other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should any such underlying assumptions prove to be significantly different, actual results may vary significantly from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.
Citizens Holding Company
Financial Highlights
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
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| Ending June 30, | Ending June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Interest income and fees | $ | 7,926 | $ | 7,990 | $ | 15,872 | $ | 15,978 | ||||||||
Interest expense | 734 | 1,185 | 1,463 | 2,417 | ||||||||||||
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Net interest income | 7,192 | 6,805 | 14,409 | 13,561 | ||||||||||||
Provision for loan losses | 212 | 574 | 573 | 749 | ||||||||||||
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Net interest income after provision for loan losses | 6,980 | 6,231 | 13,836 | 12,812 | ||||||||||||
Non-interest income | 2,484 | 1,929 | 4,267 | 3,610 | ||||||||||||
Non-interest expense | 7,046 | 6,146 | 13,415 | 12,704 | ||||||||||||
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Net income before taxes | 2,418 | 2,014 | 4,688 | 3,718 | ||||||||||||
Income taxes | 325 | 410 | 798 | 700 | ||||||||||||
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Net income | $ | 2,093 | $ | 1,604 | $ | 3,890 | $ | 3,018 | ||||||||
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Earnings per share—basic | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.62 | ||||||||
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Earnings per share—diluted | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.62 | ||||||||
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Dividends Paid | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.44 | ||||||||
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Average shares outstanding-basic | 4,870,114 | 4,868,977 | 4,870,114 | 4,866,933 | ||||||||||||
Average shares outstanding-diluted | 4,870,818 | 4,869,565 | 4,870,649 | 4,872,362 | ||||||||||||
As of June 30, | As of December 31, | |||||||
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Period End Balance Sheet Data: | ||||||||
Total assets | $ | 887,807 | $ | 873,069 | ||||
Total earning assets | 797,755 | 784,592 | ||||||
Loans, net of unearned income | 389,744 | 392,183 | ||||||
Allowance for loan losses | 8,539 | 8,077 | ||||||
Total deposits | 691,447 | 654,630 | ||||||
Long-term borrowings | 23,500 | 33,626 | ||||||
Shareholders’ equity | 77,633 | 66,266 | ||||||
Book value per share | $ | 15.92 | $ | 13.61 | ||||
Period End Average Balance Sheet Data: | ||||||||
Total assets | $ | 876,416 | $ | 882,285 | ||||
Total earning assets | 785,289 | 801,549 | ||||||
Loans, net of unearned income | 391,250 | 371,200 | ||||||
Total deposits | 673,595 | 650,931 | ||||||
Long-term borrowings | 23,500 | 58,192 | ||||||
Shareholders’ equity | 67,489 | 79,458 | ||||||
Period End Non-performing Assets: | ||||||||
Non-accrual loans | 14,664 | 13,592 | ||||||
Loans 90+ days past due and accruing | 579 | 2,085 | ||||||
Other real estate owned | 3,369 | 4,197 | ||||||
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Period End Net charge-offs as a percentage of average net loans | 0.03 | % | 0.29 | % | ||||
Period End Performance Ratios: | ||||||||
Return on average assets(1) | 0.89 | % | 0.81 | % | ||||
Return on average equity(1) | 11.50 | % | 9.00 | % | ||||
Period Ending Net Interest | ||||||||
Margin (tax equivalent)(1) | 3.67 | % | 3.59 | % | ||||
| (1) | Annualized |
Contact:
Citizens Holding Company, Philadelphia
Robert T. Smith, 601/656-4692
rsmith@tcbphila.com