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Harleysville Financial Corporation Announces Earnings and a 3.6% Increase of the Regular Cash Dividend for the First Fiscal Quarter 2022

HARL

Harleysville Financial Corporation (OTCQX:HARL) reported today that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.29 per share on the Company’s common stock. This represents an increase of 3.6% or $.01 per share from the previous dividend. The cash dividend will be payable on February 23, 2022 to stockholders of record on February 9, 2022.

Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 was $1,856,000 or $.49 per diluted share compared to $2,102,000 or $.56 per diluted share for the same quarter last year.

President and Chief Executive Officer Brendan J. McGill stated, “We are pleased with the solid financial results of the first quarter. The Bank has achieved solid earnings, balance sheet growth and strong credit quality while navigating through the ongoing pandemic and low interest rate environment. We believe our balance sheet is strong and we are well capitalized. We know how important our dividend is to our stockholders and we are pleased to create additional value by increasing the cash dividend to $.29 per share.”

The Company’s assets totaled $908.9 million compared to $873.4 million a year ago, and stockholders’ tangible book value increased to $21.90 per share from $21.23 a year ago.

Harleysville Financial Corporation is traded on the OTCQX market under the symbol HARL (http://www.otcmarkets.com) and is the holding company for Harleysville Bank. Established in 1915, Harleysville Bank is a Pennsylvania chartered and federally insured bank, headquartered in Harleysville, PA. The Bank operates from six full-service offices located in Montgomery County and one office located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

This presentation may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, or guidelines; changes in legislation or regulation; and other economic; competitive, governmental, regulatory, and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services.

Harleysville Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data as of December 31, 2021
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
( Unaudited) Three Months Ended:
Selected Consolidated Earnings Data

Dec 31,

2021

Sept 30,

2021

Jun 30,

2021

Mar 31,

2021

Dec 31,

2020

Total interest income

$

6,466

$

6,555

$

6,628

$

6,980

$

7,160

Total interest expense

957

1,067

1,187

1,239

1,340

Net Interest Income

5,509

5,488

5,441

5,741

5,820

Provision for loan losses

60

90

105

95

95

Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses

5,449

5,398

5,336

5,646

5,725

Gain on sales of loans

17

61

29

96

66

Bank owned life insurance

98

99

95

99

100

Other income

656

679

603

612

637

Total other expenses

3,676

4,203

3,928

3,706

3,594

Income before income taxes

2,544

2,034

2,135

2,747

2,934

Income tax expense

689

488

553

693

832

Net Income

$

1,855

$

1,546

$

1,582

$

2,054

$

2,102

Per Common Share Data
Basic earnings

$

0.50

$

0.41

$

0.42

$

0.55

$

0.56

Diluted earnings

$

0.49

$

0.41

$

0.42

$

0.54

$

0.56

Dividends

$

0.28

$

0.28

$

0.28

$

0.28

$

0.27

Tangible book value

$

21.90

$

21.69

$

21.61

$

21.50

$

21.23

Shares outstanding

3,710,135

3,721,038

3,741,307

3,743,203

3,745,058

Average shares outstanding - basic

3,717,096

3,732,812

3,744,305

3,748,385

3,752,787

Average shares outstanding - diluted

3,759,512

3,776,160

3,788,028

3,780,590

3,776,067

Three Months Ended:
Other Selected Consolidated Data

Dec 31,

2021

Sept 30,

2021

Jun 30,

2021

Mar 31,

2021

Dec 31,

2020

Return on average assets

0.82

%

0.68

%

0.69

%

0.93

%

0.98

%

Return on average equity

9.19

%

7.66

%

7.87

%

10.29

%

10.65

%

Net interest rate spread

2.37

%

2.34

%

2.29

%

2.49

%

2.61

%

Net yield on interest earning assets

2.49

%

2.48

%

2.44

%

2.64

%

2.76

%

Operating expenses to average assets

1.63

%

1.86

%

1.72

%

1.67

%

1.67

%

Efficiency ratio

58.69

%

67.08

%

63.98

%

57.44

%

54.82

%

Ratio of non-performing loans to total assets at end of period

0.79

%

0.84

%

0.84

%

0.82

%

0.89

%

Loan loss reserve to total loans, net

0.97

%

1.00

%

0.95

%

0.92

%

0.87

%

Stockholders' equity to assets

8.94

%

9.04

%

8.94

%

8.90

%

9.11

%

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

Dec 31,

2021

Sept 30,

2021

Jun 30,

2021

Mar 31,

2021

Dec 31,

2020

Total assets

$

908,922

$

892,639

$

904,670

$

904,515

$

873,410

Cash & investment securities

248,696

227,857

225,490

220,822

170,640

Mortgage-backed securities

93,985

83,412

76,177

71,683

70,895

Total Investments

342,681

311,269

301,667

292,505

241,535

Consumer Loans receivable

279,807

291,817

303,367

316,840

339,951

Commercial Loans receivable

254,490

250,627

254,856

244,148

237,908

SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

694

7,782

13,069

18,029

20,990

Loan loss reserve

(5,199

)

(5,520

)

(5,422

)

(5,320

)

(5,235

)

Total Loans receivable net

529,792

544,706

565,870

573,697

593,614

Total Loans held for sale

464

466

192

939

720

FHLB stock

3,477

3,583

3,955

4,281

4,310

Checking accounts

292,631

273,274

269,246

270,878

257,227

Savings accounts

308,028

299,306

293,948

281,350

256,721

Certificate of deposit accounts

151,085

153,356

159,271

165,310

168,577

Total Deposits

751,744

725,936

722,465

717,538

682,525

Advances

66,682

77,558

89,357

95,043

100,173

Total stockholders' equity

81,254

80,702

80,845

80,467

79,524