Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC) 8-K Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Exhibit 99.1

FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: October 29, 2009

Contacts:

Patrick J. Dempsey	Salvatore R. DeFrancesco, Jr.
Chairman of the	Treasurer and
Board	Chief Financial Officer
570-342-8281	570-504-8000

FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.

THIRD QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Dunmore, PA – Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FDBC), parent company of The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, announced net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 of $3,211,000 compared to net income of $741,000 for the same quarter of 2008.  The net loss resulted from increased provision for loan losses, recognition of additional other-than-temporary impairment investment losses, write-downs of foreclosed other real estate properties and higher other operating expenses including increased FDIC insurance premiums and collection expenses related to non-performing loans plus recognizing incurred consulting costs.  Loss per share for the quarter was $1.55 compared to earnings per share of $0.35 for the same prior year period.

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $1,473,000 compared to net income of $3,034,000 for the same 2008 year-to-date period.  Loss per share was $0.71 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and earnings per share was $1.46 for the same 2008 period.  Provision for loan losses, other-than-temporary impairment, less overdraft deposit service charges, higher FDIC insurance assessments, increased collections, professional, and other real estate expenses, all partially offset by mortgage banking gains, were the drivers producing a net loss for the first nine months of 2009 compared to 2008.

The considerable amount of impairment charges did not have a significant impact on the Bank's available liquidity or regulatory capital ratios, which exceed the current "well capitalized" regulatory requirements with a Total Risk Based Capital Ratio of 11.2% as of September 30, 2009.  The Bank’s Tier I Capital Ratio is 10.0% and Leverage Ratio is 9.5%.

“These are challenging economic times and our third quarter performance is a reflection of the pressures on the financial sector,” stated Patrick J. Dempsey, Chairman of the Board.  “Yet given our commitment to fundamental quality banking practices, our net interest income from core banking activities - growth in deposits and sound lending in the marketplace - has increased. We are well capitalized by regulatory requirements. We have seen good core earnings from this commitment and growth in these areas has been strong in 2009.”

“It is clear that the nation’s economic recession continues to work its way through regional economies and particularly the local banking industry,” Mr. Dempsey stated, “and we have an experienced management team in place that is aggressively adjusting certain business practices to be more efficient and cost effective, while continuing to maintain a focus on the highest level of customer service and build strong long-term relationships.”

Net interest income was $4,421,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 compared to the $4,879,000 recorded during the same quarter of 2008.  The cost reduction from lowering rates on interest-bearing liabilities lagged behind the effect the current interest rate environment had on earning-asset yields.  Ten million dollars in long-term debt costing 6.12% was paid-off early in September 2009 which included a prepayment penalty of $505,000.  As a result, net interest income declined $458,000, or 9%, for the third quarter of 2009.  This earnings decline, in relation to the $15,104,000 reduction in average earning assets, reduced net interest margin to 3.43% for the third quarter of 2009, compared to 3.62% for same 2008 period.

Net interest income decreased to $13,986,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $14,369,000 recorded during the same year-to-date period of 2008.  Comparing these periods, average earning assets during 2009 declined by $15,236,000.  As a result, net interest margin was 3.62% during the first nine months of 2009 compared to 3.57% during the same 2008 period.

The provision for loan loss of $3,125,000 was required during the third quarter of 2009 due to a proactive internal review of large commercial credits, weakening economic conditions and declining real estate values.  In currently reviewing our loans for specific performance, delinquency and collateral sufficiency, management concluded that there were several loans in the commercial loan portfolio that lacked, or may in the near-term lack, the ability to pay in accordance with contractual terms.  The internal credit ratings of these loans were therefore downgraded. An increased provision was necessary primarily due to these internally classified credit downgrades and also provide for a continued weakening economy.   The provision for loan loss was $130,000 for the third quarter of 2008.  The provision for loan loss was $3,850,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2009, as compared to a $255,000 requirement for the same 2008 nine-month period. The allowance for loan losses was 1.57% of total loans at September 30, 2009, up from 0.98% at September 30, 2008.

Total other income recorded for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 was a $1,293,000 loss compared with income of $844,000 for the same quarter in 2008.   The decrease in noninterest income was primarily due to the $2,432,000 other-than-temporary impairment on five pooled trust preferred securities in the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The impairment charge recognized represents the expected credit loss on these trust preferred securities.   In the event further interest deferrals and defaults take place within the trust preferred portfolio, additional other-than-temporary impairment credit losses could be recognized through future earnings. Excluding the impairment charges, other noninterest income was $1,139,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Total other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $1,479,000, compared to $3,406,000 for the same period in 2008.  A total of $2,758,000 non-cash other-than-temporary impairment was taken against other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $403,000 during the same 2008 period.  In addition, mortgage banking services produced $742,000 of additional gains that more than offset the $259,000 lower deposit service charges collected, $106,000 more of net mortgage servicing amortization and $78,000 write-downs of foreclosed assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same 2008 period.

Total other operating expenses increased $436,000, or 9%, from $4,673,000 to $5,109,000 for the quarters ending September 30, 2008 and 2009, respectively.  The other operating expenses primarily increased from recognizing $162,000 of incurred consulting costs, $159,000 additional collection costs, and $142,000 more in FDIC premiums plus $61,000 added premises and equipment expenses partially offset by $125,000 less advertising costs.

Total other operating expenses increased $1,000,000, or 7%, from $13,510,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2008 to $14,510,000 for 2009. The operating expense increase resulted from $525,000 of additional FDIC premiums and assessment charges, a $265,000 increase in professional services, $227,000 more collection and ORE expenses and $300,000 in added occupancy expenses.

The Company’s assets contracted $9,720,000 to total $565,999,000 at September 30, 2009 from $575,719,000 at December 31, 2008, caused primarily by the mortgage sale proceeds utilized to pay off debt and improved liquidity and interest rate risk positions.

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. serves Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties through The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank’s 11 community banking office locations.  The Bank's deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to the full extent permitted by law.

For more information please visit our investor relations web site located through www.bankatfidelity.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as such may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.

The Company’s actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:

· the effects of economic deterioration on current customers, specifically the effect of the economy on loan customers’ ability to repay loans;

· the costs and effects of litigation and of unexpected or adverse outcomes in such litigation;

· governmental monetary and fiscal policies, as well as legislative and regulatory changes;

· the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, as well as the Financial Accounting Standards Board and other accounting standard setters;

· the risks of changes in interest rates on the level and composition of deposits, loan demand, and the values of loan collateral, securities and interest rate protection agreements, as well as interest rate risks;

· the effects of competition from other commercial banks, thrifts, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, credit unions, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market and other mutual funds and other financial institutions operating in Mid Penn’s market area and elsewhere, including institutions operating locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, together with such competitors offering banking products and services by mail, telephone, computer and the Internet;

· technological changes;

· acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses;

· the failure of assumptions underlying the establishment of reserves for loan and lease losses and estimations of values of collateral and various financial assets and liabilities;

· volatilities in the securities markets;

· deteriorating economic conditions

· acts of war or terrorism; and

· disruption of credit and equity markets.

FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
At Period End:	Sep. 30, 2009			Jun. 30, 2009			Mar. 31, 2009			Dec. 31, 2008			Sep. 30, 2008
Assets
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	17,632,181		$	15,569,573		$	20,800,732		$	12,771,147		$	13,375,299
Investment securities		83,142,117			77,319,094			78,949,503			84,187,579			87,179,549
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock		4,781,100			4,781,100			4,781,100			4,781,100			4,770,700
Loans and leases		428,439,731			427,432,128			426,269,981			441,036,694			431,293,559
Allowance for loan losses		(6,724,857	)		(5,215,736	)		(5,097,641	)		(4,745,234	)		(4,205,566	)
Premises and equipment, net		15,514,474			15,544,799			15,871,074			16,056,362			16,018,219
Life insurance cash surrender value		9,038,561			8,962,081			8,886,844			8,807,784			8,728,568
Other assets		14,176,127			16,061,169			16,323,980			12,823,565			12,383,084
Total assets	$	565,999,434		$	560,454,208		$	566,785,573		$	575,718,997		$	569,543,412
Liabilities
Non-interest-bearing deposits	$	73,990,068		$	69,503,187		$	69,296,833		$	71,442,651		$	69,619,234
Interest-bearing deposits		403,268,503			384,370,177			394,857,294			361,869,281			365,812,303
Total deposits		477,258,571			453,873,364			464,154,127			433,311,932			435,431,537
Short-term borrowings		5,238,457			8,880,343			10,741,814			38,129,704			17,086,314
Long-term debt		32,000,000			42,000,000			42,000,000			52,000,000			62,071,661
Other liabilities		3,338,059			6,577,952			4,427,884			3,316,710			4,335,911
Total liabilities		517,835,087			511,331,659			521,323,825			526,758,346			518,925,423
Shareholders' equity		48,164,347			49,122,549			45,461,748			48,960,651			50,617,989
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	565,999,434		$	560,454,208		$	566,785,573		$	575,718,997		$	569,543,412
Average Quarterly Balances:	Sep. 30, 2009			Jun. 30, 2009			Mar. 31, 2009			Dec. 31, 2008			Sep. 30, 2008
Assets
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	16,582,979		$	22,538,111		$	12,902,871		$	11,389,500		$	11,483,829
Investment securities		85,599,872			78,537,567			86,550,978			90,153,057			117,713,728
Loans and leases, net		425,582,260			422,830,387			433,903,852			434,511,745			421,771,678
Premises and equipment, net		15,503,416			15,751,986			16,048,369			15,948,591			13,315,976
Other assets		22,723,241			23,783,296			22,889,530			21,628,663			19,744,364
Total assets	$	565,991,768		$	563,441,347		$	572,295,600		$	573,631,556		$	584,029,575
Liabilities
Non-interest-bearing deposits	$	70,412,455		$	68,908,889		$	68,083,243		$	69,665,796		$	69,069,124
Interest-bearing deposits		391,990,603			389,822,588			380,508,523			366,709,783			360,426,504
Total deposits		462,403,058			458,731,477			448,591,766			436,375,579			429,495,628
Short-term borrowings and long-term debt		50,011,878			52,414,957			72,666,503			83,447,025			97,685,420
Other liabilities		4,102,285			4,372,934			3,366,585			4,093,554			4,466,079
Total liabilities		516,517,221			515,519,368			524,624,854			523,916,158			531,647,127
Shareholders' equity		49,474,547			47,921,979			47,670,746			49,715,398			52,382,448
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	565,991,768		$	563,441,347		$	572,295,600		$	573,631,556		$	584,029,575

FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2009			Sep. 30, 2008		Sep. 30, 2009			Sep. 30, 2008
Interest income
Loans and leases	$	6,546,053		$	6,905,422	$	19,691,927		$	20,653,142
Securities and other		907,433			1,514,018		3,044,485			5,124,196
Total interest income		7,453,486			8,419,440		22,736,412			25,777,338
Interest expense
Deposits		1,949,402			2,598,805		6,279,307			8,663,941
Borrowings and debt		1,083,252			941,488		2,470,884			2,744,250
Total interest expense		3,032,654			3,540,293		8,750,191			11,408,191
Net interest income		4,420,832			4,879,147		13,986,221			14,369,147
Provision for loan losses		3,125,000			130,000		3,850,000			255,000
Other (loss) income		(1,292,556	)		844,443		1,479,075			3,405,654
Other expenses		5,109,295			4,672,654		14,510,071			13,509,943
(Credit) provision for income taxes		(1,895,339	)		179,821		(1,421,306	)		975,850
Net (loss) income	$	(3,210,680	)	$	741,115	$	(1,473,469	)	$	3,034,008
	Three Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2009			Jun. 30, 2009		Mar. 31, 2009			Dec. 31, 2008		Sep. 30, 2008
Interest income
Loans and leases	$	6,546,053		$	6,470,352	$	6,675,522		$	6,911,146	$	6,905,422
Securities and other		907,433			985,161		1,151,891			1,272,950		1,514,018
Total interest income		7,453,486			7,455,513		7,827,413			8,184,096		8,419,440
Interest expense
Deposits		1,949,402			2,138,133		2,191,772			2,454,253		2,598,805
Borrowings and debt		1,083,252			576,811		810,821			821,689		941,488
Total interest expense		3,032,654			2,714,944		3,002,593			3,275,942		3,540,293
Net interest income		4,420,832			4,740,569		4,824,820			4,908,154		4,879,147
Provision for loan losses		3,125,000			300,000		425,000			685,000		130,000
Other (loss) income		(1,292,556	)		1,458,269		1,313,362			1,172,647		844,443
Other expenses		5,109,295			4,738,834		4,661,942			4,700,740		4,672,654
(Credit) provision for income taxes		(1,895,339	)		247,851		226,182			93,121		179,821
Net (loss) income	$	(3,210,680	)	$	912,153	$	825,058		$	601,940	$	741,115

FIDELITY D & D BANCORP, INC.
Selected Financial Ratios and Other Data
	Three Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2009			Jun. 30, 2009			Mar. 31, 2009			Dec. 31, 2008			Sep. 30, 2008
Selected returns and financial ratios
Diluted (loss) earnings per share	$	(1.55	)	$	0.44		$	0.40		$	0.30		$	0.35
Dividends per share	$	0.25		$	0.25		$	0.25		$	0.25		$	0.25
Yield on interest-earning assets (FTE)		5.67	%		5.74	%		5.97	%		6.13	%		6.17	%
Cost of interest-bearing liabilities		2.72	%		2.46	%		2.69	%		2.90	%		3.07	%
Net interest spread		2.95	%		3.28	%		3.28	%		3.23	%		3.10	%
Net interest margin		3.43	%		3.70	%		3.73	%		3.72	%		3.62	%
Return on average assets		-2.25	%		0.65	%		0.58	%		0.42	%		0.50	%
Return on average equity		-25.75	%		7.63	%		7.02	%		4.82	%		5.63	%
Efficiency ratio		77.39	%		70.16	%		70.33	%		73.33	%		74.84	%
Expense ratio		2.67	%		2.16	%		2.15	%		2.35	%		2.35	%
	Nine Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2009			Sep. 30, 2008
Diluted (loss) earnings per share	$	(0.71	)	$	1.46
Dividends per share	$	0.75		$	0.75
Yield on interest-earning assets (FTE)		5.79	%		6.32	%
Cost of interest-bearing liabilities		2.62	%		3.31	%
Net interest spread		3.17	%		3.01	%
Net interest margin		3.62	%		3.57	%
Return on average assets		-0.35	%		0.69	%
Return on average equity		-4.07	%		7.42	%
Efficiency ratio		72.43	%		72.86	%
Expense ratio		2.32	%		2.21	%
Other data
	Sep. 30, 2009			Jun. 30, 2009			Mar. 31, 2009			Dec. 31, 2008			Sep. 30, 2008
Book value per share	$	23.01		$	23.59		$	21.94		$	23.73		$	24.55
Equity to assets		8.51	%		8.76	%		8.02	%		8.50	%		8.89	%
Allowance for loan losses to:
Total loans		1.57	%		1.22	%		1.20	%		1.08	%		0.98	%
Non-accrual loans		0.85	x		0.70	x		0.70	x		1.36	x		1.35	x
Non-accrual loans to net loans		1.87	%		1.75	%		1.72	%		0.80	%		0.73	%
Non-performing assets to total assets		1.81	%		1.57	%		1.56	%		0.96	%		0.90	%