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For Immediate Release

Date:                    April 24, 2013
Contact:              Roger S. Deacon
Chief Financial Officer
Phone:                 (215) 775-1435

FOX CHASE BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES INCREASED EARNINGS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013
 (Declares Dividend of $0.06 Per Share)
 
 
 
HATBORO, PA. April 24, 2013 – Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FXCB), the holding company for Fox Chase Bank (the “Bank”), today announced net income of $1.8 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to net income of $1.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
Commenting on the performance for the quarter, Thomas M. Petro, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “We are pleased with our financial performance for the quarter as diluted earnings per share increased by 60% to $0.16 per share and our return on assets increased to 0.68%.  Our business strategy, which is focused on building commercial relationships, continues to generate an increase in commercial loans, which represented 74% of our loan portfolio at March 31, 2013. While economic conditions remain challenging in our markets, we did see improvement in certain asset quality metrics, which resulted in lower credit costs compared to prior quarters.  We continue to remain focused on increasing profitability, building our commercial loan portfolio and reducing nonperforming assets.”
 

 
 

 
 
Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 included:
 
·  
Total assets were $1.09 billion at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.  Total loans were $677.5 million at March 31, 2013, a decrease of $6.4 million, or 0.9%, from $683.9 million at December 31, 2012. Total commercial loans increased $6.7 million, or 1.3%, primarily due to increases of $16.0 million in commercial and industrial loans and $4.5 million in multi-family and commercial real estate loans, partially offset by a decrease of $13.8 million in commercial construction loans. As expected, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans decreased $8.6 million due to normal amortization exceeding new loans originated and consumer loans decreased $4.0 million.
 
·  
Total stockholders’ equity was $179.4 million at March 31, 2013, a decrease of $2.1 million from $181.5 million at December 31, 2012, primarily due to the repurchase of 101,000 shares of Company common stock at an aggregate cost of $1.7 million.
 
·  
Return on assets improved to 0.68% for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to 0.47% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
·  
Net interest income decreased $67,000, or 0.8%, to $7.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $8.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The net interest margin was 3.07% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to 3.11% for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 3.23% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
·  
The efficiency ratio improved to 63.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 64.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2012;
 
·  
Total noninterest income increased $360,000 to $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $694,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 primarily due to a gain on sale of investment securities of $361,000 in 2013;
 
·  
Noninterest expense increased $35,000, or 0.6%, to $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $5.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.  Assets acquired through foreclosure expense increased $170,000, of which $196,000 related to an increase in valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure. Valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure were $241,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $45,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Salaries, benefits and other compensation increased $166,000, or 5.0%, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012, primarily as a result of increased staffing costs.  These increases were offset by a $181,000 decrease in professional fees primarily due to lower loan work-out expense and a $48,000 decrease in data processing costs related to a renegotiated data processing contract that became effective in January 2013.
 
·  
Noninterest expense decreased $762,000, or 11.8%, to $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $6.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012. Assets acquired through foreclosure expense decreased $743,000, of which $738,000 related to a decrease in valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure. Valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure were $241,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $979,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2012. Additionally, professional fees decreased by $91,000 due to lower loan work-out expense and data processing costs decreased by $40,000 due to the renegotiated data processing contract that became effective in January 2013. These decreases were offset by a $115,000, or 3.4% increase, in salaries, benefits and other compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2012, primarily as a result of seasonal related payroll expense.
 
 
 
 

 
 
Credit related items as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 include:
 
·  
The allowance for loan losses was $11.6 million, or 1.68% of total loans, at March 31, 2013 compared to $11.2 million, or 1.61% of total loans, at December 31, 2012;
 
·  
The provision for loan losses was $640,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012;
 
·  
Total credit related costs, which include (i) provision for loan losses, (ii) valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure, offset by (iii) net (loss) gain on sale of assets acquired through foreclosure, totaled $885,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
·  
Net loan charge-offs totaled $207,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $492,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
·  
Nonperforming assets totaled $24.3 million, or 2.24% of total assets, at March 31, 2013 compared to $25.6 million, or 2.36% of total assets, at December 31, 2012.
 
·  
Delinquent loans totaled $1.6 million at March 31, 2013 compared to $2.1 million at December 31, 2012.
 
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.06 per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about May 23, 2013 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 9, 2013.
 
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2013 results on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 9:00 am EDT.  The general public can access the call by dialing (888) 317-6016.  A replay of the conference call will be available through June 7, 2013 by dialing (877) 344-7529; use Conference ID: 10027521.
 
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. is a stock holding company of Fox Chase Bank. The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank originally established in 1867.  The Bank offers traditional banking services and products from its main office in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and ten branch offices in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania and Atlantic and Cape May Counties in New Jersey.  For more information, please visit the Bank’s website at www.foxchasebank.com.
 
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.  They often include words like “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and “intend” or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may.”  Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking and are based upon current expectations that may differ materially from actual results.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein.  These risks and uncertainties involve general economic trends, changes in interest rates, loss of deposits and loan demand to other financial institutions, substantial changes in financial markets; changes in real estate value and the real estate market, regulatory changes, possibility of unforeseen events affecting the industry generally, the uncertainties associated with newly developed or acquired operations, the outcome of pending litigation, and market disruptions and other effects of terrorist activities.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unforeseen events, except as required under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

   
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
   
(Unaudited)
 
INTEREST INCOME
     
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 8,062     $ 8,848  
Interest on mortgage related securities
    1,738       1,979  
Interest on investment securities available-for-sale
               
Taxable
    71       93  
Nontaxable
    --       19  
Other interest income
    1       3  
Total Interest Income
    9,872       10,942  
INTEREST EXPENSE
               
Deposits
    1,177       1,771  
Short-term borrowings
    32       5  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    502       754  
Other borrowed funds
    248       432  
Total Interest Expense
    1,959       2,962  
Net Interest Income
    7,913       7,980  
Provision for loan losses
    640       1,275  
Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses
    7,273       6,705  
NONINTEREST INCOME
               
Service charges and other fee income
    361       389  
Net (loss) gain on sale of assets acquired through foreclosure
    (4 )     29  
Income on bank-owned life insurance
    116       119  
Equity in earnings of affiliate
    170       115  
Net gain on sale of investment securities
    361       --  
    Other     50       42  
                 
Total Noninterest Income
    1,054       694  
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
               
Salaries, benefits and other compensation
    3,505       3,339  
Occupancy expense
    447       459  
Furniture and equipment expense
    124       152  
Data processing costs
    398       446  
Professional fees
    288       469  
Marketing expense
    30       46  
FDIC premiums
    185       181  
Assets acquired through foreclosure expense
    285       115  
    Other      413       433  
Total Noninterest Expense
    5,675       5,640  
Income Before Income Taxes
    2,652       1,759  
Income tax provision
    825       572  
Net Income
  $ 1,827     $ 1,187  
Earnings per share:
               
    Basic   0.16     0.10  
Diluted
  $ 0.16     $ 0.10  


 
 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Share Data)
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
ASSETS
 
Cash and due from banks
  $ 148     $ 162  
Interest-earning demand deposits in other banks
    5,725       24,928  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    5,873       25,090  
                 
Investment securities available-for-sale
    12,542       12,491  
Mortgage related securities available-for-sale
    302,727       283,616  
Mortgage related securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $26,638 at
               
March 31, 2013 and $29,451 at December 31, 2012)
    25,611       28,369  
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $11,603
               
at March 31, 2013 and $11,170 at December 31, 2012
    677,478       683,865  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
    9,707       8,097  
Bank-owned life insurance
    14,193       14,077  
Premises and equipment, net
    10,252       10,443  
Assets acquired through foreclosure
    11,592       8,524  
Real estate held for investment
    1,620       1,620  
Accrued interest receivable
    3,394       3,223  
Mortgage servicing rights, net
    170       170  
Deferred tax asset, net
    3,966       2,953  
Other assets
    6,215       5,803  
Total Assets
  $ 1,085,340     $ 1,088,341  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
LIABILITIES
 
Deposits
  $ 696,936     $ 687,409  
Short-term borrowings
    29,700       70,500  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    140,000       110,000  
Other borrowed funds
    30,000       30,000  
Advances from borrowers for taxes and insurance
    1,399       1,699  
Accrued interest payable
    335       330  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    7,551       6,938  
Total Liabilities
    905,921       906,876  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Preferred stock ($.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized,
               
none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012)
    --       --  
Common stock ($.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized,
               
12,260,172 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013
               
and 12,356,564 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2012)
    146       146  
Additional paid-in capital
    136,453       136,132  
Treasury stock, at cost (2,350,600 shares at March 31, 2013 and
               
2,249,600 shares at December 31, 2012)
    (31,462 )     (29,733 )
Common stock acquired by benefit plans
    (9,998 )     (10,228 )
Retained earnings
    81,724       80,608  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
    2,556       4,540  
Total Stockholders' Equity
    179,419       181,465  
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  $ 1,085,340     $ 1,088,341  
                 
 
 
 
 

 
 
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA OF THE COMPANY (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2012
 
CAPITAL RATIOS:
                 
Stockholders’ equity (to total assets) (1)
    16.53 %     16.67 %     18.41 %
                         
Tier 1 capital (to adjusted assets) (2)
    13.13       12.90       15.57  
Tier 1 risk –based capital (to risk-weighted assets) (2)
    19.50       19.45       23.73  
Total risk-based capital (to risk-weighted assets) (2)
    20.53       20.48       24.71  
                         
ASSET QUALITY INDICATORS:
                       
Nonperforming Assets:
                       
Nonaccruing loans
  $ 12,680     $ 17,124     $ 19,980  
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
    --       --       --  
Total nonperforming loans
  $ 12,680     $ 17,124     $ 19,980  
Assets acquired through foreclosure
    11,592       8,524       6,473  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 24,272     $ 25,648     $ 26,453  
                         
Ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans
    1.84 %     2.46 %     3.04 %
Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets
    2.24       2.36       2.62  
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans
    1.68       1.61       1.72  
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    91.5       65.2       56.5  
Impaired Loans:
                       
Nonperforming loans
  $ 12,680     $ 17,124     $ 19,980  
Troubled debt restructurings
    7,561       7,388       7,556  
Other impaired loans
    --       --       --  
Total impaired loans
  $ 20,241     $ 24,512     $ 27,536  
                         
Past Due Loans:
                       
30 - 59 days
  $ 1,477     $ 41     $ 176  
60 - 89 days
    74       2,026       528  
Total
  $ 1,551     $ 2,067     $ 704  
                         
   
At or for the Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
      2013       2012       2012  
PERFORMANCE RATIOS (3):
                       
Return on average assets
    0.68 %     0.73 %     0.47 %
Return on average equity
    4.05       4.15       2.53  
Net interest margin
    3.07       3.11       3.23  
Efficiency ratio (4)
    63.1       62.8       64.7  
OTHER:
                       
Tangible book value per share
  $ 14.63     $ 14.69     $ 14.55  
Employees (full-time equivalents)
    138       141       134  
 
(1)
Represents stockholders’ equity ratio of Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.
(2) 
Represents regulatory capital ratios of Fox Chase Bank.
(3) 
Annualized
(4) 
Represents noninterest expense, excluding valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure and loss on extinguishment of debt, divided by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, excluding gains or losses on the sale of securities, premises and equipment and assets acquired through foreclosure.
 
 

 
 
 

 
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited)

 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
         
Interest
               
Interest
       
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
 
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
 
Assets:
     
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Interest-earning demand deposits
  $ 5,146     $ 1       0.04 %   $ 8,690     $ 3       0.13 %
Mortgage related securities
    323,372       1,738       2.15 %     274,353       1,979       2.88 %
Taxable securities
    20,970       71       1.34 %     25,937       93       1.45 %
Nontaxable securities
    -       -       0.00 %     1,873       19       4.02 %
Loans (1)
    688,284       8,062       4.73 %     670,809       8,848       5.24 %
Allowance for loan losses
    (11,443 )                     (12,295 )                
Net loans
    676,841       8,062               658,514       8,848          
Total interest-earning assets
    1,026,329       9,872       3.88 %     969,367       10,942       4.49 %
Noninterest-earning assets
    47,877                       42,858                  
Total assets
  $ 1,074,206                     $ 1,012,225                  
Liabilities and equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
  $ 580,026     $ 1,177       0.82 %   $ 577,628     $ 1,771       1.23 %
Borrowings
    192,188       782       1.65 %     148,017       1,191       3.18 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    772,214       1,959       1.03 %     725,645       2,962       1.63 %
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    112,873                       93,770                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    8,537                       5,489                  
Total liabilities
    893,624                       824,904                  
Stockholders' equity
    177,119                       180,715                  
Accumulated comprehensive income
    3,463                       6,606                  
Total stockholder's equity
    180,582                       187,321                  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 1,074,206                     $ 1,012,225                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 7,913                     $ 7,980          
Interest rate spread
                    2.85 %                     2.86 %
Net interest margin
                    3.07 %                     3.23 %
 
(1)  
Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation.
(2)  
Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis.

 

 
 

 

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited)


   
Three Months Ended
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
         
Interest
               
Interest
       
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
 
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
 
Assets:
     
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Interest-earning demand deposits
  $ 5,146     $ 1       0.04 %   $ 8,637     $ 3       0.11 %
Mortgage related securities
    323,372       1,738       2.15 %     312,198       1,784       2.29 %
Taxable securities
    20,970       71       1.34 %     19,677       77       1.57 %
Nontaxable securities
    --       --       0.00 %     --       --       0.00 %
Loans (1)
    688,284       8,062       4.73 %     664,939       8,086       4.84 %
Allowance for loan losses
    (11,443 )                     (11,614 )                
Net loans
    676,841       8,062               653,325       8,086          
Total interest-earning assets
    1,026,329       9,872       3.88 %     993,837       9,950       3.99 %
Noninterest-earning assets
    47,877                       44,527                  
Total assets
  $ 1,074,206                     $ 1,038,364                  
Liabilities and equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
  $ 580,026     $ 1,177       0.82 %   $ 589,464     $ 1,361       0.92 %
Borrowings
    192,188       782       1.65 %     142,745       756       2.11 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    772,214       1,959       1.03 %     732,209       2,117       1.15 %
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    112,873                       118,675                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    8,537                       4,281                  
Total liabilities
    893,624                       855,165                  
Stockholders' equity
    177,119                       177,214                  
Accumulated comprehensive income
    3,463                       5,985                  
Total stockholder's equity
    180,582                       183,199                  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 1,074,206                     $ 1,038,364                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 7,913                     $ 7,833          
Interest rate spread
                    2.85 %                     2.84 %
Net interest margin
                    3.07 %                     3.11 %
 
(1)  
Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation.
(2)  
Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis.