Tower Financial Corp. Reports Fiscal Year 2006 Earnings of $3.7 Million, Up 7.2 Percent


FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Tower Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:TOFC) today announced fiscal year 2006 net income of $3.7 million, an increase of 7.2 percent from the $3.4 million reported for the fiscal year 2005. Diluted earnings per share were $0.89, up 6.0 percent from the $0.84 per diluted share reported for the prior fiscal year. Strong balance sheet and non-interest income growth were partially offset by margin compression and expenditures related to expansion and restructuring activities.

For the fourth quarter of 2006, earnings were $810,000, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $938,000 or $0.23 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2005. Earnings for the 2006 fourth quarter were further impacted by the disproportionately higher share of 2006 operating expenses taken in the fourth quarter to support expansion and restructuring activities.


 Fiscal year 2006 highlights include:

  * Robust loan growth, up $100.1 million or 22.2 percent over the
    last twelve months; growth was largely derived from the
    commercial sector, namely, commercial & industrial (C&I) loans
    plus commercial real estate (CRE) loans which together contributed
    approximately $60 million of the increase.

  * Net interest income increased 15.3 percent to $20.2 million for
    the year, primarily from exceptional growth in average earnings
    assets, up 19.1 percent, which more than offset net interest
    margin compression.

  * Non-interest income increased 23.0 percent year-over-year,
    primarily from trust fees and brokerage fees, up 32.5 percent.
    This was Tower Trust Company's first year as a separate subsidiary
    of Tower Financial Corp.; net income for its first year of
    operations was $521,000, more than double 2005 pro forma earnings.

  * Non-interest expense increased by $4.0 million, or 28.4 percent
    above 2005 levels from a combination of activities:

        -- Increased operating expense related to expansion
           activities during 2006, namely, infrastructure and
           personnel costs, totaled approximately $606,000 pre-tax
           ($445,000 after-tax, or $0.10 per share):

               - Increased operating expense related to in-market
                 expansion activities (a total of $288,000 pretax)
                 including the completion of a sixth banking office
                 in Fort Wayne, the opening of a Warsaw loan
                 production office (LPO), the conversion of the Angola
                 LPO into a branch, and the seven full-time equivalent
                 (FTE) bankers hired to staff the three facilities;

        -- Formation of a de novo community bank (Tower Bank of
           Central Indiana) serving greater Indianapolis and Central
           Indiana and the hiring of its four-person staff incurred
           2006 expenses of $318,000; the bank should be operational
           by Spring 2007 pending receipt of regulatory approval.

        -- The formation of two investment subsidiaries on
           July 1, 2006 that will provide Tower Financial with
           additional flexibility to raise capital for future needs.
           The one-time start-up cost for the two entities was
           $140,000, while the ongoing benefit will be a reduction
           of approximately five percent in Tower's effective tax
           rate; for 2006, the Company saved approximately
           $386,000 in taxes, for a 2006 net positive impact of
           $262,000, or $0.06 per diluted share.

        -- Salary and benefits expense for 2006 increased by $2.5
           million or 29.8 percent. Of this total:

               - $396,000 of expenses had no counterpart in 2005,
                 including the $111,000 cost of expensing stock
                 options and a one-time cost of $285,000 relating to
                 a severance package for a senior executive. The
                 after-tax impact was $277,000 or $0.07 per share.

               - In addition to the employees mentioned above to
                 staff the new facilities, 25 FTEs more were added
                 to enhance back-office support and expand lending
                 activities, bringing the total to 186 FTEs, an
                 increase of 36 people or 24 percent above
                 year-end 2005.

  * The initiation of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share
    in the first quarter of 2006; Tower returned a total of $643,000
    to shareholders in 2006, representing a payout of 17.4 percent
    of 2006 net income.

Donald F. Schenkel, Chairman, President and CEO, commented, "This has been an exciting year for Tower. Robust loan growth continues to drive growth in net interest income, offsetting the impact of margin compression, and trust activities made an outstanding contribution to income in their first year as a separate corporation. We increased our share of our traditional Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) to nearly 11 percent based on deposit growth.

"We also made substantial progress positioning Tower to successfully deliver its growing product base to an expanded Indiana footprint. Our new bank, Tower Bank of Central Indiana, will allow us to serve the Greater Indianapolis business and professional community with the same high standards of service and lending expertise for which Tower is known. The investment in infrastructure and top-quality people has been expensive, accounting for approximately $0.05 per share in 2006 just for Indianapolis' fourth-quarter expansion activities. However, we are confident that these investments will contribute to Tower's growth and profitability during 2007."

Total revenue, consisting of net interest income and non-interest income, was $25.4 million for the fiscal year 2006, an increase of 16.8 percent over the $21.7 million reported for the prior fiscal year. Net interest income grew 15.3 percent to $20.2 million, reflecting a 19.1 percent increase in average earning assets, partially offset by a 12 basis point decline, year-over-year, in the net interest margin, from 3.70 percent for 2005 to 3.58 percent for the current year. Mr. Schenkel commented, "The quarterly decline in our net interest margin has moderated during the course of 2006 as we neutralized our balance sheet. We ended 2006 with a fourth quarter margin of 3.51 percent, just three basis points lower than the third quarter of 2006. While there might be some degree of additional compression, we believe our margin should be fairly stable in 2007."

Non-interest income was $5.1 million, an increase of 23.1 percent above the $4.2 million reported in fiscal year 2005. Trust and brokerage fees contributed $2.8 million or 54.7 percent of fee income, up 32.5 percent over the prior fiscal year. Other fees, mainly BOLI and miscellaneous fee income, increased 39.0 percent to $1.5 million. Non-interest income accounted for 20.3 percent of total revenue for 2006, providing diversity of income sources and less reliance on deposits for revenue growth.

As an independent, newly incorporated wealth management subsidiary of Tower Financial, Tower Trust Company, doing business as Tower Private Advisors, continues to enhance its reputation for outstanding service and expertise. Not only did trust income and brokerage fees make important contributions to revenue, they also contributed substantially to the bottom line; net income for 2006 was $521,000, more than double 2005 pro forma earnings of $221,000. The group currently manages $567.2 million in combined trust and brokerage assets compared with $480.0 million in combined assets a year ago, an increase of 18.2 percent. Mr. Schenkel noted, "Tower offers a customized service provided by advisors with many years of experience in our local communities. Our established reputation has enabled us to expand successfully in existing markets, and we are optimistic that we will achieve similar success in our newer markets."

Non-interest expense for the fiscal year 2006 was $18.1 million, a 28.5 percent increase over the $14.1 million reported for the fiscal year 2005. Salary and benefits expense, up 30.0 percent, accounted for approximately 63.0 percent of the total increase; this is related to the addition of 36 employees (full-time equivalent) year-over-year, up 24.0 percent, hired to support operations as well as to staff the new offices. Salary expense was also impacted by $111,000 for the reporting of options as an expense for the first time per the provisions of FASB 123(R), as well as $285,000 in severance costs associated with the departure of a former executive.

Growth in operating expense also reflected Tower's significant expansion initiatives over the past year. During 2006, Tower spent a total of $288,000 to expand its existing franchise, adding a sixth full-service financial center in Fort Wayne, opening loan production offices in Indianapolis and Warsaw, and converting its Angola LPO into a full-service financial center.

"Tower Bank of Central Indiana represents a new market for Tower," commented Mr. Schenkel. "We are organizing a de novo community bank so we can better serve the Greater Indianapolis marketplace with a strong management team in place -- a local team making decisions based on local market conditions. Our application has been accepted by the regulators, and is pending final approval."

As a result of these initiatives, the efficiency ratio for the fiscal year 2006 was 71.23 percent compared with 64.75 percent for the fiscal year 2005.

Non-performing assets increased over the course of the year, and remained relatively high at year-end -- $4.3 million, or 0.65 percent of total assets. Net charge-offs, however, improved substantially compared to last year despite Tower's shift to a more aggressive charge-off policy implemented in 2005. During the third quarter, one large non-performing relationship was paid off. However, a second relationship totaling $2.1 million deteriorated sharply at quarter-end, returning problem loans back to third quarter levels. Mr. Schenkel added, "Our loans are well-collateralized, and we believe we will resolve this relationship by mid-year without taking a loss." At December 31, 2006, non-performing assets plus delinquencies were $4.8 million, or 0.72 percent of total assets, compared with $2.8 million or 0.50 percent twelve months ago. Net charge-offs were $970,000 for the fiscal year 2006, or 0.19 percent of average loans, compared with $2.4 million, or 0.55 percent of loans for fiscal year 2005. Tower's allowance for loan losses was 1.25 percent of total loans at December 31, 2006, unchanged from 2005 year-end.

Asset growth remains strong, reaching $671.2 million at December 31, 2006, a $113.3 million or 20.3 percent increase over the $557.8 million reported twelve months ago. Loans outstanding grew $100.1 million, or 22.2 percent, reaching $550.5 million at period-end. Commercial loan growth (C&I plus CRE), Tower's primary lending focus, continues at a solid pace. Since year-end 2005, commercial loans increased $59.9 million, or 16.9 percent, to $414.3 million, and now account for 75.3 percent of Tower's loan portfolio. Throughout the year, Tower has been retaining fixed-rate mortgages in its portfolio to neutralize the interest-rate sensitivity of its balance sheet; year-to-date, residential mortgages increased $33.3 million, up 66.2 percent to $83.6 million. Residential mortgages now account for 15.2 percent of Tower's loan portfolio, compared with $50.3 million or 11.2 percent at year-end 2005.

Deposits reached $586.8 million at December 31, 2006, up 27.3 percent compared with the year-ago period. Tower's deposit share of the Fort Wayne MSA continues to grow. As of June 30, 2006, Tower's share was 10.81 percent, up 129 basis points from a year ago. Mr. Schenkel noted that Tower has been particularly creative developing products to attract lower-cost deposits to the bank. Money market accounts, in particular, increased by $47.0 million, or 61.4 percent, largely as a result of a sweep product introduced earlier this year that enabled Tower to retain these accounts on its balance sheet rather than transfer them to a different financial institution for overnight investment. Total time deposits, including retail, local jumbo and out-of-market CDs, now account for 57.2 percent of total deposits, compared to 58.8 percent a year ago. Since year-end, non-interest bearing demand deposits increased $11.0 million to $77.8 million, up 16.5 percent.

Shareholders' equity was $51.0 million at December 31, 2006, an increase of 7.8 percent from the $47.3 million reported twelve months ago; period-end common shares outstanding were 4,043,882. The Company initiated a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share in the first quarter of 2006.

Tower continues to meet the requirements for "well-capitalized" banks; total risk-based capital ratio improved to 13.05 percent, largely as a result of $9.0 million of Trust Preferred Securities (at a rate of 6.56%, fixed for five years) added in the fourth quarter of 2006. The new issue is replacing $3.5 million of Trust Preferred with a rate of 9.0%; the write-off of costs associated with the early extinguishment of the $3.5 million note were $50,000. The majority of the new trust preferred issue will eventually be used to fund the de novo Tower Bank of Central Indiana.

Mr. Schenkel concluded, "Tower has been moving ahead vigorously on several fronts, and we are pleased with our accomplishments this past year. Our Tower model of community banking is based on building a strong corporate culture, a solid infrastructure, and an increasingly diverse revenue stream. All of these factors contribute to our growing reputation and support our expansion into new markets with attractive demographics. We believe Tower's growth and profitability opportunities remain very bright despite the challenges of today's banking environment."

About the Company

Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Tower Financial Corporation is a financial services holding company for two subsidiaries: Tower Bank & Trust Company, a growing community bank headquartered in Fort Wayne that opened in February 1999; and Tower Trust Company, a state-chartered wealth services firm doing business as Tower Private Advisors. Tower Bank provides a wide variety of financial services to businesses and consumers located in Indiana through its six full-service financial centers in Fort Wayne and a seventh in Angola, and business development offices in Indianapolis and Warsaw, Indiana. The Company has also applied for a charter to open a de novo bank to serve the Greater Indianapolis market. Tower Financial Corporation's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "TOFC." For further information, please visit Tower's web site at www.TOFC.net.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains some predictive statements about future events, including statements related to conditions in the financial services industry, the economy, and about Tower Financial Corporation and its banking and trust company subsidiaries. These statements are intended to be made as "forward-looking," subject to many risks and uncertainties, within the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such predictive statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause such predictive statements to turn out other than as anticipated or predicted include, among others: changes in general economic conditions affecting the demand for or the cost of credit; changes in interest rates and in interest rate relationships; the degree of competition by both traditional and non-traditional competitors; changes in banking regulation; changes in the tax laws; the impact of technological advances; changes in the national or local economies, including those that affect borrowers' ability to repay loans; and other factors, including various "risk factors" as set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other reports which we from time to time file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are available publicly on the SEC website, www.sec.gov, and on Tower Financial Corporation's website, www.TOFC.net.

Forward-looking or predictive statements we make are based on our knowledge of our businesses and the environment in which they operate as of the date on which the statements are made. Due to these risks and uncertainties, as well as other matters beyond our control which can affect forward-looking statements, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these predictive statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation. We undertake no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


 Tower Financial Corporation
 Consolidated Balance Sheets
 At December 31, 2006 and 2005
                                      (unaudited)
                                       December 31       December 31
                                          2006              2005
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 ASSETS

 Cash and due from banks              $  14,393,790    $  14,326,710
 Short-term investments and
  interest-earning deposits               8,863,112       16,393,439
 Federal funds sold                       5,608,064        7,188,188
                                      ------------------------------
    Total cash and cash equivalents      28,864,966       37,908,337

 Securities available for sale, at
  fair value                             69,491,806       50,642,276
 FHLBI and FRB stock                      3,078,400        3,421,300

 Loans                                  550,450,313      450,390,935
 Allowance for loan losses               (6,870,442)      (5,645,301)
                                      ------------------------------
    Net loans                           543,579,871      444,745,634

 Premises and equipment, net              5,870,699        4,638,436
 Accrued interest receivable              3,620,368        2,802,189
 Bank Owned Life Insurance               10,851,519       10,462,402
 Other assets                             5,797,183        3,200,086
                                      ------------------------------

    Total assets                      $ 671,154,812    $ 557,820,660
                                      ==============================

 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 LIABILITIES
 Deposits:
  Noninterest-bearing                 $  77,772,481    $  66,742,748
  Interest-bearing                      508,997,823      394,208,113
                                      ------------------------------
     Total deposits                     586,770,304      460,950,861

 Short-term borrowings                           --               --
 Federal Home Loan Bank advances         11,200,000       34,700,000
 Junior subordinated debt                17,527,000       11,856,000
 Accrued interest payable                 1,716,994          954,075
 Other liabilities                        2,982,675        2,091,670
                                      ------------------------------
     Total liabilities                  620,196,973      510,552,606

 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 Preferred stock, no par value,
  4,000,000 shares authorized; no
  shares issued and outstanding
 Common stock and paid-in-capital, no
  par value, 6,000,000 shares
  authorized; issued and outstanding
   - 4,043,882 shares at December
   31, 2006 and 4,007,936 shares
   at December 31, 2005                  38,536,406       38,006,929
 Retained earnings                       12,523,750        9,478,812
 Accumulated other comprehensive
  income (loss), net of tax of
  $(53,785) at December 31, 2006,
  $(122,449) at December 31, 2005          (102,317)        (217,687)
                                      ------------------------------
     Total stockholders' equity          50,957,839       47,268,054
                                      ------------------------------
     Total liabilities and
      stockholders' equity            $ 671,154,812    $ 557,820,660
                                      ==============================

 Tower Financial Corporation
 Consolidated Statements of Operations
 For the three and twelve months ended 
 December 31, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)

                   For the Three Months      For the Twelve Months 
                     Ended December 31         Ended December 31
                 ------------------------  ------------------------
                     2006         2005         2006         2005
 --------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
 Interest income:

  Loans,
   including
   fees           $10,386,071  $ 7,675,629  $37,648,724  $26,893,186
  Securities -
   taxable            575,974      333,983    2,156,655    1,038,112
  Securities -
   tax exempt         182,661      132,216      681,615      533,455
  Other
   interest
   income             144,188      236,580      569,560      591,032
   Total
    interest
    income         11,288,894    8,378,408   41,056,554   29,055,785
 Interest expense:
  Deposits          5,517,162    3,304,895   18,642,725   10,298,929
  Short-term
   borrowings                           --                       288
  FHLB advances       241,006      183,233    1,334,608      833,226
  Trust
   preferred
   securities         181,728      116,750      809,419      360,290
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
   Total
    interest
    expense         5,939,896    3,604,878   20,786,752   11,492,733
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
 Net interest
  income            5,348,998    4,773,530   20,269,802   17,563,052
 Provision for
  loan losses         500,000      675,000    2,195,000    2,392,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
 Net interest
  income after
  provision for
  loan losses       4,848,998    4,098,530   18,074,802   15,171,052

 Noninterest income:
  Trust and
   brokerage
   fees               693,997      538,502    2,806,267    2,118,275
  Service
   charges            228,918      209,921      723,725      759,553
  Loan broker
   fees                61,339       89,008      122,322      264,526
  Gain/(Loss)
   on sale of
   securities                      (33,694)                  (33,694)
  Other fees          396,567      324,802    1,473,856    1,074,863
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
   Total
    noninterest
    income          1,380,821    1,128,539    5,126,170    4,183,523

 Noninterest expense:
  Salaries and
   benefits         3,186,788    2,274,505   10,939,447    8,417,091
  Occupancy and
   equipment          592,583      481,199    2,139,751    1,825,788
  Marketing           155,217      184,714      598,324      609,797
  Data
   processing         203,248      112,371      704,081      448,266
  Loan and
   professional
   costs              265,116      170,287    1,012,805      835,516
  Office
   supplies
   and postage        129,272       94,033      463,011      310,714
  Courier
   service             93,775       84,330      365,107      330,334
  Business
   Development        170,275      138,458      560,677      443,932
  Other expense       432,720      257,159    1,306,220      859,720
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
  Total
  noninterest
  expense           5,228,994    3,797,056   18,089,423   14,081,158
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

 Income before
  income taxes      1,000,825    1,430,013    5,111,549    5,273,417
 Income taxes
  expense             190,937      492,440    1,423,637    1,834,760
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

 Net income       $   809,888  $   937,573  $ 3,687,912  $ 3,438,657
                  ===========  ===========  ===========  ===========

 Basic earnings
  per common
  share           $      0.20  $      0.23  $      0.92  $      0.86
 Diluted
  earnings per
  common share    $      0.20  $      0.23  $      0.89  $      0.84

 Average common
  shares
  outstanding       4,030,081    4,007,936    4,020,004    4,006,170
 Average common
  shares and
  dilutive
  potential
  common shares
  outstanding       4,129,774    4,037,920    4,136,138    4,083,004

 Tower Financial Corporation
 Consolidated Financial Highlights
 Fourth Quarter 2006
 (unaudited)

                                     Quarterly
                 -----------------------------------------------------
 ($ in thousands
  except for       4th Qtr   3rd Qtr    2nd Qtr     1st Qtr   4th Qtr
  share data)       2006      2006       2006        2006       2005
                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
 EARNINGS

  Net interest
   income        $   5,347      5,182      4,944      4,773      4,774
  Provision for
   loan loss     $     500        645        475        575        675
  NonInterest
   income        $   1,380      1,259      1,118      1,391      1,129
  NonInterest
   expense       $   5,227      4,417      4,343      4,100      3,797
  Net income     $     810        973        912        993        938
  Basic
   earnings per
   share         $    0.20       0.24       0.23       0.25       0.23
  Diluted
   earnings per                                                   0.23
   share         $    0.20       0.24       0.22       0.24
  Average
   shares
   outstanding   4,030,081  4,022,071  4,017,254  4,008,000  4,007,936
  Average
   diluted
   shares
   outstanding   4,129,774  4,123,773  4,128,151  4,105,496  4,037,920

 PERFORMANCE
  RATIOS

  Return on
   average
   assets (a)         0.49%      0.62%      0.61%      0.72%      0.70%
  Return on
   average
   common
   equity (a)         6.41%      7.92%      7.58%      8.42%      7.92%
  Net interest
   margin (fully-
   tax equiva-
   lent) (a)          3.51%      3.54%      3.58%      3.74%      3.79%
  Efficiency
   ratio             77.70%     68.58%     71.64%     66.52%     64.32%
  Full-time
   equivalent
   employees        186.25     180.50     167.50     155.50     150.50

 CAPITAL

  Equity to
   assets             7.59%      7.75%      7.92%      8.37%      8.47%
  Regulatory
   leverage
   ratio             10.46%      9.92%     10.24%     10.76%     11.08%
  Tier 1
   capital
   ratio             11.93%     11.23%     11.52%     11.88%     12.16%
  Total
   risk-based
   capital ratio     13.05%     12.35%     12.62%     13.00%     13.24%
  Book value
   per share     $   12.60      12.39      12.02      11.96      11.79
  Cash dividend
   per share     $    0.04       0.04       0.04       0.04       n/a

 ASSET QUALITY

  Net
   charge-offs   $     210        238        364        158        860
  Net charge-offs
   to average
   loans (a)          0.15%      0.18%      0.30%      0.14%      0.77%
  Allowance for
   loan losses   $   6,870      6,581      6,174      6,062      5,645
  Allowance for
   loan losses
   to total
   loans              1.25%      1.23%      1.22%      1.28%      1.25%
  Nonperforming
   loans         $   3,977      4,034      3,118      1,833      1,688
  Other real
   estate owned
   (OREO)        $     370        465        430        509        244
  Nonperforming
   assets (NPA)  $   4,347      4,499      3,548      2,342      1,932
  90+ Day
   delinquencies $     487         23      1,304      1,380        864
  NPAs plus 90
   Days
   delinquent    $   4,834      4,522      4,852      3,722      2,796
  NPAs to Total
   assets             0.65%      0.70%      0.58%      0.41%      0.35%
  NPAs+90 to
   Total assets       0.72%      0.70%      0.80%      0.65%      0.50%
  NPAs to Loans
   + OREO             0.79%      0.84%      0.70%      0.49%      0.43%

 END OF PERIOD
  BALANCES

  Total assets   $ 671,155    643,725    609,781    572,632    557,821
  Total earning
   assets        $ 637,491    607,114    574,053    539,187    528,036
  Total loans    $ 550,450    533,057    506,077    473,998    450,391
  Total deposits $ 586,780    554,335    510,235    472,178    460,951
  Stockholders'
   equity        $  50,958     49,895     48,319     47,951     47,268

 AVERAGE BALANCES

  Total assets   $ 650,721    621,597    596,293    556,479    534,172
  Total earning
   assets        $ 612,944    591,632    563,858    526,423    507,361
  Total loans    $ 540,227    520,260    491,533    458,642    441,719
  Total deposits $ 567,469    528,961    501,012    459,803    455,988
  Stockholders'
   equity        $  50,117     48,731     48,232     47,846     46,997

 (a) annualized
   for quarterly
   data
                                               Year-To-Date
                                         -------------------------
                                            2006          2005
                                         -----------   -----------
  EARNINGS

  Net interest income                    $   20,246        17,564
  Provision for loan loss                $    2,195         2,392
  NonInterest income                     $    5,148         4,184
  NonInterest expense                    $   18,087        14,081
  Net income                             $    3,688         3,440
  Basic earnings per share               $     0.92          0.86
  Diluted earnings per share             $     0.89          0.84
  Average shares outstanding              4,020,004     4,006,170
  Average diluted shares outstanding      4,136,138     4,083,004

 PERFORMANCE RATIOS

  Return on average assets (a)                 0.61%         0.68%
  Return on average common equity (a)          7.57%         7.52%
  Net interest margin (fully-tax
   equivalent) (a)                             3.58%         3.70%
  Efficiency ratio                            71.23%        64.75%

  Full-time equivalent employees             186.25        150.50

 CAPITAL

  Equity to assets                             7.59%         8.47%
  Regulatory leverage ratio                   10.46%        11.08%
  Tier 1 capital ratio                        11.93%        12.16%
  Total risk-based capital ratio              13.05%        13.24%
  Book value per share                   $    12.60         11.79
  Cash dividend per share                $     0.16           n/a

 ASSET QUALITY

  Net charge-offs                        $      970         2,355
  Net charge-offs to average loans (a)         0.19%         0.55%
  Allowance for loan losses              $    6,870         5,645
  Allowance for loan losses to total
   loans                                       1.25%         1.25%
  Nonperforming loans                    $    3,977         1,688
  Other real estate owned (OREO)         $      370           244
  Nonperforming assets (NPA)             $    4,347         1,932
  90+ Day delinquencies                  $      487           864
  NPAs plus 90 Days delinquent           $    4,834         2,796
  NPAs to Total assets                         0.65%         0.35%
  NPAs+90 to Total assets                      0.72%         0.50%
  NPAs to Loans + OREO                         0.79%         0.43%

 END OF PERIOD BALANCES

  Total assets                           $  671,155       557,821
  Total earning assets                   $  637,491       528,036
  Total loans                            $  550,450       450,391
  Total deposits                         $  586,780       460,951
  Stockholders' equity                   $   50,958        47,268

 AVERAGE BALANCES

  Total assets                           $  606,272       504,470
  Total earning assets                   $  573,714       481,695
  Total loans                            $  502,665       425,626
  Total deposits                         $  514,311       424,832
  Stockholders' equity                   $   48,731        45,726

  (a) annualized for quarterly data


            

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