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Exhibit 99.1
Contact:  Walter H. Hasselbring, III
                 (815) 432-2476
 
IF BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTER
 
OF FISCAL YEAR 2017
 

 
Watseka, Illinois, January 27, 2017 - IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the “Company”) the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association  (the “Association”), announced unaudited net income of $1.2 million, or $0.32 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2016, compared to $755,000, or $0.20 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
 
For the three months ended December 31, 2016, net interest income was $4.5 million compared to $4.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  The provision for loan losses was reduced to a credit of $46,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2016, compared to a provision of $408,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  Interest and dividend income increased to $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, from $4.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  Interest expense increased to $877,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2016, from $769,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  Non-interest income decreased to $1.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, from $1.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  Non-interest expense was $3.7 million for both the three months ended December 31, 2016 and the three months ended December 31, 2015.  For the three months ended December 31, 2016, income tax expense totaled $691,000 compared to $419,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
 
The Company announced unaudited net income of $2.5 million, or $0.67 per basic share and $0.66 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2016, compared to $1.6 million, or $0.42 per basic and diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  For the six months ended December 31, 2016, net interest income was $9.0 million compared to $8.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  The provision for loan losses decreased to $33,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2016, from $888,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  Interest and dividend income increased to $10.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2016, from $9.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  Interest expense increased to $1.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2016 from $1.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  Non-interest income was $2.1 million for both the six months ended December 31, 2016 and the six months ended December 31, 2015.  Non-interest expense decreased to $7.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2016 from $7.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2015.  For the six months ended December 31, 2016, income tax expense totaled $1.5 million compared to $855,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2015.
 
Total assets at December 31, 2016 were $580.4 million compared to $595.6 million at June 30, 2016.  Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $5.5 million at December 31, 2016, from $6.4 million at June 30, 2016.  Investment securities decreased to $112.3 million at December 31, 2016, from $121.3 million at June 30, 2016.  Net loans receivable decreased to $436.7 million at December 31, 2016, from $443.7 million at June 30, 2016.  Deposits decreased to $426.9 million at December 31, 2016, from $433.7 million at June 30, 2016.  Total borrowings, including repurchase agreements, decreased to $65.2 million at December 31, 2016 from $71.4 million at June 30, 2016.  Stockholders’ equity decreased to $82.5 million at December 31, 2016 from $84.0 million at June 30, 2016.
 
IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”).  The Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka, Illinois, conducts its operations from five full-service banking offices located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, and Savoy, Illinois and a loan production and wealth management office in Osage Beach, Missouri.  The principal activity of the Association’s wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation, is the sale of property and casualty insurance.
 
This press release may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are considered "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," "intend" and "potential." For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.
 
                The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to: prevailing economic and geopolitical conditions; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or legal issues; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
 

 
 
 

Selected Income Statement Data
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended 
December 31,
   
For the Six Months Ended 
December 31,
 
   
2016
   
2015
   
2016
   
2015
 
              (unaudited)           
Interest and dividend income
  $ 5,338     $ 4,949     $ 10,756     $ 9,857  
Interest expense
    877       769       1,784       1,543  
Net interest income
    4,461       4,180       8,972       8,314  
Provision for loan losses
    (46 )     408       33       888  
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    4,507       3,772       8,939       7,426  
Non-interest income
    1,018       1,065       2,139       2,143  
Non-interest expense
    3,664       3,663       7,142       7,160  
Income before taxes
    1,861       1,174       3,936       2,409  
Income tax expense
    691       419       1,463       855  
                                 
Net income
  $ 1,170     $ 755     $ 2,473     $ 1,554  
                                 
Earnings per share (1) Basic
  $ 0.32     $ 0.20     $ 0.67     $ 0.42  
    Diluted
  $ 0.32     $ 0.20     $ 0.66     $ 0.42  
Weighted average shares outstanding (1)
                               
    Basic
    3,672,637       3,714,586       3,698,407       3,740,113  
    Diluted
    3,697,936       3,716,543       3,722,921       3,741,030  
                                 
                       

Performance Ratios
 
   
For the Six Months Ended
December 31, 2016
   
For the Year Ended
June 30, 2016
 
   
(unaudited)
 
Return on average assets
    0.84 %     0.62 %
Return on average equity
    5.93 %     4.35 %
Net interest margin on average interest earning assets
    3.18 %     3.11 %

 
Selected Balance Sheet Data
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
At
December 31, 2016
   
At
June 30, 2016
 
   
(unaudited)
 
Assets
  $ 580,351     $ 595,565  
Cash and cash equivalents
    5,540       6,449  
Investment securities
    112,253       121,328  
Net loans receivable
    436,665       443,748  
Deposits
    426,863       433,708  
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings and repurchase agreements
    65,177       71,392  
Total stockholders’ equity
    82,484       83,972  
Book value per share (2)
    20.88       20.92  
Average stockholders’ equity to average total assets
    14.21 %     14.33 %

 

 
Asset Quality
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
   
At
December 31, 2016
   
At
June 30, 2016
 
   
(unaudited)
   
Non-performing assets (3)
  $ 2,560     $ 2,527  
Allowance for loan losses
    5,387       5,351  
Non-performing assets to total assets
    0.44 %     0.42 %
Allowance for losses to total loans
    1.22 %     1.19 %

 
(1)  Shares outstanding do not include ESOP shares not committed for release.
(2)  Total stockholders’ equity divided by shares outstanding of 3,950,408 at December 31, 2016, and 4,014,061 at June 30, 2016, respectively.
(3)  Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing, and foreclosed assets held for sale.