Attached files

file filename
8-K - FORM 8-K - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/d314686d8k.htm

Exhibit 99.1: Peoples Financial Corporation Press Release Dated March 15, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:

Investor Relations

228-435-8208

investorrelations@thepeoples.com

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION RESTATES 2011 EARNINGS

Fourth quarter results are adjusted by $500,000, net of tax,

for additional loan loss provision

BILOXI, MS (March 15, 2012)—Peoples Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Capital Market: PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, revised fourth quarter and 2011 earnings to account for an additional loan loss provision of $660,000, announced Chevis C. Swetman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the holding company and the bank.

As a result of the revisions, fourth quarter earnings totaled ($622,000) for the fourth quarter 2011 and $1,203,000 for the full year. The increase in the loan loss reserve and a reduction of $45,000 in the carrying value of real estate owned combined to reduce fourth quarter earnings by $500,000, net of taxes.

The adjustments were the result of new appraisals on real estate securing certain loans and on one parcel in the bank’s other real estate portfolio, said Swetman.

“We learned of these changes after we announced our annual earnings,” said Swetman, “which required us to allocate additional specific reserves as of December 31, 2011,” he said.

After revisions, earnings per share for 2011 totaled $.23 per average weighted share, compared to $.29 per average weighted share in 2010. Earnings per share figures are based on average weighted shares outstanding of 5,136,918 and 5,151,661 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

One effect of the restatement is to increase the bank’s primary capital ratio to 14.65%, six basis points higher than what was originally reported for 2011.

Founded in 1896, with $804 million in assets as of December 31, 2011, The Peoples Bank operates 16 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone counties. In addition to a comprehensive range of retail and commercial banking services, the bank also operates a trust and investment services department that has provided customers with financial, estate and retirement planning services since 1936.

The Peoples Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peoples Financial Corporation, listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol PFBX. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.thepeoples.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements and reflects industry conditions, company performance and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties which could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ from the anticipated results and expectation expressed in such forward-looking statements.


PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Unaudited) (In thousands, except weighted average shares and per share figures)

EARNINGS SUMMARY

 

      Three Months Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Net interest income

   $ 4,873      $ 5,795      $ 21,854      $ 25,074   

Provision for loan losses

     1,204        3,065        2,935        6,845   

Non-interest income

     2,426        2,083        9,860        10,114   

Non-interest expense

     7,431        7,033        28,780        27,581   

Income taxes

     (714     (1,023     (1,204     (723

Net income

     (622     (1,197     1,203        1,485   

Earnings per share

     (.13     (.23     .23        .29   

TRANSACTIONS IN THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

 

     Three Months Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

   $ 7,024      $ 8,995      $ 6,650      $ 7,828   

Recoveries

     17        104        223        268   

Charge-offs

     (109     (5,514     (1,672     (8,291

Provision for loan losses

     1,204        3,065        2,935        6,845   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, end of period

   $ 8,136      $ 6,650      $ 8,136      $ 6,650   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ASSET QUALITY

 

     December 31,  
     2011     2010  

Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans

     1.88     1.62

Loans past due 90 days and still accruing

   $ 1,828      $ 2,962   

Nonaccrual loans

     57,592        14,537   

PERFORMANCE RATIOS

 

     December 31,  
     2011     2010  

Return on average assets

     .15     .18

Return on average equity

     1.14     1.45

Net interest margin

     3.13     3.42

Efficiency ratio

     100     97

Primary capital

     14.65     12.96

BALANCE SHEET SUMMARY

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

Total assets

   $ 804,152       $ 786,545   

Loans

     432,407         409,899   

Securities

     286,856         295,201   

Other real estate (ORE)

     6,153         5,744   

Total deposits

     468,439         484,140   

Total federal funds purchased

     157,601         140,102   

Shareholders’ equity

     109,452         101,357   

Book value per share

     21.31         19.68   

Weighted average shares

     5,136,918         5,151,661