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Published on: 7/20/2005
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President and Chief Executive Officer A. Thomas Hood commented, "Results in our third quarter ended June 30, 2005 as compared with the comparable quarter ended June 30, 2004 reflect lower loan servicing fees as a result of changes in valuations of mortgage servicing rights.Remaining operations have been consistent with our expectations for the quarter.Despite the continuation of Federal Reserve policies intended to increase interest rates, during the third quarter of fiscal 2005 the Company's net interest margin of 3.34% remained fairly consistent with the most recent linked quarter ended March 31, 2005.Compared with the same quarter one year ago, the net interest margin declined only two basis points from 3.36%.Changes in the average balances of interest earning assets from the quarter ended June 30, 2004 to the current quarter ended June 30, 2005 included a $54.9 million increase in average loans while other average earning assets declined by $28.3 million."
Hood continued, "Non-interest revenues were $1.4 million lower in the current quarter as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2004.
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Hood concluded.
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NOTE: A. Thomas Hood, President and CEO of the Company, and Susan Baham, Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company, will discuss these results in a conference call at 10:00 AM (ET) tomorrow, July 21, 2005.