Old Line Bancshares, Inc. Reports $1.3 Million in Net Income Available to Common Stockholders, for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

1^st QUARTER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

• Net loans increased by $16.7 million, or 2.8%, since December 31, 2012.
• Total deposits grew by $13.0 million, or 1.8%, since December 31, 2012.
• Net income available to common stockholders was $1.3 million or $0.19 per basic share for the first quarter of 2013 as compared to $1.8 million, or $0.26 per basic share for the same period in 2012.
• The first quarter Return on Average Assets (ROAA) and Return on Average Equity (ROAE) were 0.61% and 7.26%, respectively compared to ROAA and ROAE of 0.88% and 10.89%, respectively, for the first quarter of 2012.
• The net interest margin for the first quarter of 2013 was 4.36% as compared to 4.51% for the same period in 2012.
• Non-performing assets decreased to 0.94% of total assets at March 31, 2013 as compared to 1.31% at March 31, 2012 and 1.12% at December 31, 2012.
• The ratio of the allowance for loan losses as a percent of gross loans was 0.66% at March 31, 2013.
• We received all required regulatory approvals for our merger with WSB Holdings, Inc. (WSB) and we expect to complete the merger during the second quarter of 2013.

BOWIE, Md., April 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James W. Cornelsen, President & Chief Executive Officer of Old Line Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:OLBK), the parent company of Old Line Bank, reported that net income available to common stockholders decreased $470,000 to $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared with $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Earnings were $0.19 per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and $0.26 per basic and diluted common share for the same period in 2012.

Mr. Cornelsen stated that "We continue to generate strong organic loan growth while maintaining above average margins. We have also added talent to sustain the balance sheet growth, expand fee income opportunities and strengthen our infrastructure to support continual growth and the completion of the WSB merger. This staffing growth combined with the costs associated with resolving non-performing assets and the closure of one branch had a negative impact on first quarter earnings. We anticipate that these actions will enhance future profitability by reducing expenses associated with maintaining foreclosed real estate and operating the branch. We also expect that the new Montgomery County, Maryland loan production office and the Old Line Financial Services team will increase interest and fee income. We will continue to make decisions based upon long term benefits even when these decisions may impact short term profitability."

The decrease in net income available to common stockholders, during the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012, was primarily the result of a $1.2 million, or 20.99%, increase in total non-interest expense, which was partially offset by an $85,000 increase in net interest income, a $175,000 decrease in the provision for loan losses and a $148,000 increase in non-interest revenue. The growth in non-interest expenses, as compared to the first quarter of 2012 was mainly attributable to increases in salaries and benefits, merger and integration expenses, occupancy and equipment expenses and other operating expenses. Salaries and benefits increased by $424,000 or 15.08%, when compared to the first quarter of 2012 primarily as a result of the addition of the Montgomery County lending team and the Old Line Financial Services group during the second half of 2012. We anticipate these teams will generate increased interest and non-interest income that will more than offset the increased cost during 2013 and beyond. During the first quarter of 2013, we also added an Executive Vice President who we expect will enhance our core operational capabilities. The work associated with the acquisition of WSB caused merger and integration expenses to increase $211,000 compared to the same period in 2012. Occupancy and equipment expenses increased $161,000 or 17.73% compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the acceleration of the remaining lease expense for the Old Line Centre branch which we closed on March 29, 2013. Other operating expenses increased approximately $400,000 compared to the same period in 2012 primarily as a result of an approximately $265,000 increase in legal and other expenses associated with disposing of and maintaining foreclosed properties, a $45,000 increase in director compensation and recognition of the $51,000 stock option expense in the quarter for the grant of options that vested immediately.

While net interest income increased by $85,000 for the quarter as compared to the same period in 2012, the increase would have been greater if not for a $291,000 decline in the accretion of fair value discounts on acquired loans for the period. We recognized $240,000 of fair value accretion in the three month period ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $531,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 2012.

First quarter non-interest revenue was $148,000 or 16.87% higher than the first quarter of 2012, primarily because of an increase of $354,000 in gains on investment securities. These gains were partially offset by a $200,000 loss on the sale of other real estate owned compared to a $32,000 loss in the period ended March 31, 2012. We also incurred an $86,000 loss with the disposal of assets due to the closing of Old Line Centre.

Non-performing assets to total assets declined to 0.94% at March 31, 2013 compared to 1.12% at December 31, 2012 and 1.31% at March 31, 2012 while the allowance for loan losses as a percent of gross loans remained unchanged at 0.66%. The entire loan portfolio's asset quality remained strong and continued to improve during the quarter ended March 31, 2013. As a result, we decreased the provision expense for the first quarter of 2013. Based on our internal analysis, the ratio of non-performing assets to total assets, and the satisfactory historical performance of the loan portfolio, management believes that the allowance continues to appropriately reflect the inherent risk of loss in our portfolio and the current economic climate. However, should we see any evidence that there is deterioration in the loan portfolio we would adjust the allowance accordingly.

As we have previously reported, on September 10, 2012, we announced that we had executed a merger agreement that provided for the acquisition of WSB. During the first quarter of 2013, we received all of the required regulatory approvals, and subsequent to quarter end received all required stockholder approvals with respect to the merger. We plan to complete the merger during the second quarter of 2013. Until completion, we anticipate that we will continue to incur merger related expenses that may cause earnings to be lower than would otherwise be expected. However, we anticipate the WSB merger will be accretive to earnings within three quarters of closing. This combination will create a $1.2 billion banking institution and will allow us to expand our financial services with the addition of a successful and growing mortgage origination team. We also anticipate that the acquisition and integration of WSB will enhance the liquidity of our stock as well as our overall financial condition and operating performance.

Old Line Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company of Old Line Bank, a Maryland chartered commercial bank headquartered in Bowie, Maryland, approximately 10 miles east of Andrews Air Force Base and 20 miles east of Washington, D.C. Old Line Bank has 18 branches located in its primary market area of suburban Maryland (Washington, D.C. suburbs and Southern Maryland) counties of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's. It also targets customers throughout the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. 

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts, in particular the statements with respect to the anticipated timing and effects on us and our stock of our pending merger with WSB, including that the merger will be accretive to earnings within three quarters of closing, continued growth and future expansion, future profitability and increased interest, non-interest and fee income, the impact of new hires and the income generated by our new teams offsetting the increased cost of hiring them, and the adequacy of our loan loss allowance constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined by Federal securities laws. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "intends," "may," "will," "should," "anticipates", "plans" or similar terminology. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, that the pending stockholder lawsuit related to the merger could delay or prevent the merger, that integrating WSB's business into our own could take longer or be more difficult than anticipated, deterioration in economic conditions or a slower than anticipated recovery in our target markets or nationally, sustained high levels of or further increases in the unemployment rate in our target markets, the actions of our competitors and our ability to successfully compete, in particular in new market areas, and changes in laws impacting our ability to collect on outstanding loans or otherwise negatively impact our business, including regulations implemented pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in July 2010. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Old Line Bancshares, Inc. will not update forward-looking statements to reflect factual assumptions, circumstances or events that have changed after a forward-looking statement was made. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties that could affect forward-looking statements Old Line Bancshares, Inc. may make, please refer to the filings made by Old Line Bancshares, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission available at www.sec.gov.

The accretion of the fair value adjustments positively impacted the yield on loans and increased the net interest margin as follows: 

Below is a reconciliation of the fully tax equivalent adjustments and the GAAP basis information presented in this report: