LEXINGTON, S.C., Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, First Community Corporation (Nasdaq: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, reported net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2014 of $1.51 million, an increase of 77.18% as compared to $850 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2013. Diluted earnings per common share were $0.22 for the fourth quarter of 2014 as compared to $0.16 for the fourth quarter of 2013. For the year ended December 31, 2014 net income available to common shareholders was $5.12 million compared to $4.14 million during year ended December 31, 2013. Diluted earnings per share for each year were $0.78. During 2014, the company's assets increased 28.27% to $812.36 million. First Community President and CEO Michael Crapps commented, "We are pleased with our company's financial results during 2014 and will continue to leverage the benefit from recent and planned growth."

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As previously announced, the company plans to expand its footprint with a banking office in Blythewood, South Carolina. Construction is underway at the site located at 201 Main Street, in the town of Blythewood. The office is expected to open in the Spring of 2015. In talking about First Community's latest expansion, Mr. Crapps commented, "Blythewood is a vibrant and growing community. We look forward to working with the businesses and members of this community to help them meet their financial goals." Crapps continued, "This new office is the latest in a series of growth for our company over the last year which included the acquisition of Savannah River Financial Corporation in Augusta, Georgia, the opening of a new banking office in downtown Columbia, and the purchase and assumption of deposits and certain loans from First South Bank's Columbia banking office."

Cash Dividend and Capital

The Board of Directors has approved an increase in the cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2014 to $0.07. This dividend is payable on February 13, 2015 to shareholders of record of the company's common stock as of February 2, 2015. Mr. Crapps commented, "Our entire board is pleased that our company's strong financial performance enables us to increase the cash dividend. We are also proud that dividend payments have continued uninterrupted for 52 consecutive quarters."

Each of the regulatory capital ratios (Leverage, Tier I Risk Based and Total Risk Based) exceeds the well capitalized minimum levels currently required by regulatory statute. At December 31, 2014, the company's regulatory capital ratios (Leverage, Tier I Risk Based and Total Risk Based) were 10.02%, 16.09%, and 16.91%, respectively. This compares to the same ratios as of December 31, 2013 of 10.77%, 17.60%, and 18.68%, respectively. Additionally, the regulatory capital ratios for the company's wholly owned subsidiary, First Community Bank, were 9.56%, 15.38%, and 16.20% respectively as of December 31, 2014. Further, the company's ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets indicates a high quality of capital with a ratio of 8.48% as of December 31, 2014.

Asset Quality

On a linked quarter basis, non-performing assets decreased by 3.80% to $9.53 million (1.18% of total assets) at the end of the quarter. The company believes this ratio compares very favorably with the bank's peer group average. Trouble debt restructurings (TDRs) that are still accruing interest increased during the quarter to $2.2 million primarily due to one large non-accrual loan that was upgraded and therefore put back on accrual status. Total non-accrual loans declined 3.08% on a linked quarter basis to $6.59 million at the end of the fourth quarter, although two large loan relationships totaling $1.17 million were moved into non-accrual status. Loans past due 30-89 days declined slightly this quarter decreasing the past due ratio from .44% to .40% on a linked quarter basis. For the year of 2014, net charge-offs were $967 thousand (0.28%). Net loan charge-offs for the quarter were $202 thousand (0.18% annualized ratio). The company believes that these levels compare very favorably to its peer group average. The ratio of classified loans plus OREO now stands at 20.28% of total bank regulatory risk-based capital as of December 31, 2014.

    Balance Sheet
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    (Numbers in millions)

                                      Quarter ending          Quarter ending            Quarter ending            12 Month               12 Month

                                                     12/31/14                 12/31/13                  9/30/14           $ Variance    % Variance
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    Assets
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    Investments                                        $282.8                    $227.0                    $263.9                 $55.8                   24.6%

    Loans                                               443.8                     347.6                     448.6                  96.2                   27.7%


    Liabilities
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    Total Pure Deposits                                $504.5                    $363.2                    $518.7                $141.3                   38.9%

    Certificates of Deposit                             165.1                     133.9                     168.3                  31.2                   23.3%
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    Total Deposits                                     $669.6                    $497.1                    $687.0                $172.5                   34.7%


    Customer Cash Management                             17.4                      18.6                      17.7                 (1.2)                 (6.5%)

    FHLB Advances                                        28.8                      43.3                      32.3                (14.5)                (33.5%)


    Total Funding                                      $715.8                    $559.0                     736.9                 156.8                   28.1%

    Cost of Funds*                                      0.47%                    0.60%                    0.49%                                    (13 bps)

         (*including demand deposits)

    Cost of Deposits                                    0.26%                    0.31%                    0.26%                                     (5 bps)

Mr. Crapps commented, "Through the previously mentioned acquisitions and organic growth, momentum in pure deposit growth has continued. During 2014, pure deposits grew by $141.3 million, an increase of 38.9%. Organic growth represented $27.8 million, or 19.67% of this growth. This has positioned us to drive down our cost of deposits to 0.26 basis points at year end. Loan growth continues to be a challenge. While loans increased $96.2 million or 27.7% during 2014, this increase came primarily through the acquisitions completed during the year and on an organic basis, loans decreased by $19.0 million during the year. Loan production during the year was 33.32% higher than in 2013 with total loan production of almost $80.0 million; however, this increase was not enough to overcome the headwinds of loan payoffs and loan demand that has not rebounded to pre-recessionary levels. During the second half of 2014, loan production was 16.10% higher than in the first half of the year and we are encouraged by this positive trend. Loan growth has been and will continue to be an area of intense focus for our company. In addition to sales and marketing initiatives, we are looking at additional activities and adjustments to support increased loan volume. We believe that these results will materialize in 2015. With our current level of liquidity, we have the funding available to support significant loan growth in the year ahead."

Revenue

Net Interest Income/Net Interest Margin

Net interest income was $6.19 million for the fourth quarter of 2014 which represents a 29.60% increase over $4.78 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. The net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, was 3.36% for the fourth quarter of 2014, which represents an increase from 3.29% during the fourth quarter of 2013. On a linked quarter basis, net interest margin declined 12 basis points, from 3.48% primarily due to the deposits acquired through the purchase and assumption agreement with First South Bank which were placed into investments.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income, adjusted for securities gains and losses and loss on the early extinguishment of debt, increased by 20.09% year-over-year to $2.34 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. During the quarter, the company repaid $3.50 million in Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances and experienced a $284 thousand loss on this early extinguishment of debt. This prepayment of the FHLB advances will enable the bank to save the expense of these borrowings in future periods. This loss was partially offset by a gain on the sale of securities of $80.0 thousand.

Production in the mortgage line of business was $24.7 million in the quarter, an increase of 6.93% as compared to the same period in 2013. This increased production resulted in mortgage fee revenue of $849 thousand, 6.19% higher than fourth quarter of 2013. During the year of 2014, the mortgage line of business benefitted from an increase in yields which grew to 3.51% in 2014 up significantly from 3.15% in 2013. Mr. Crapps noted, "Purchase transactions continue to represent the majority of the mortgage production, though that percentage trended down some during the fourth quarter."

It is also significant to note the revenue earned this year in the financial planning and investment advisory line of business. Led by a strong fourth quarter with revenues of $546 thousand, this line of business generated revenues of $1.27 million for the year, an increase of 30.45% over 2013. Mr. Crapps commented, "This line of business experienced good revenue growth in 2014. While there were some large pieces of business that contributed to this success, we also continue to grow recurring income streams that will be a benefit during future periods."

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expenses for the quarter were fairly stable increasing just 0.48% on a linked quarter basis. Salaries and benefits, the largest of the expense categories, increased $43 thousand or 1.23% during the quarter. The largest increases quarter to quarter were other real estate expense which increased $88 thousand or 83.81% related to taxes on two properties and the amortization of intangibles which increased $47 thousand or 73.44% due to the additional intangible assets acquired in the First South purchase and assumption transaction.

Other Matters

During its most recent regulatory examination of the bank's compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws and regulations (collectively referred to as the "BSA"), the bank's primary federal regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"), identified certain matters that it deemed to be weaknesses in the bank's compliance with the BSA. As a result, the FDIC requested that the bank address certain BSA-related matters by entering into a proposed Consent Order (the "Proposed Order"). The Proposed Order would require the bank to enhance its BSA compliance program. The bank is engaged in cooperative discussions with the FDIC regarding the terms of the Proposed Order, which, when finalized, will set forth the specific actions required to address the matters raised by the FDIC. The final Consent Order will be filed by the company with the SEC once it has been finalized and entered into between the bank and the FDIC.

While the bank recognizes that certain technical aspects of its BSA compliance activities were affected by a temporary period of significant turnover in the bank's BSA staff, management believes that the bank recognized and addressed substantially all of these issues prior to the completion of the FDIC's regulatory examination. The bank believes that it is in compliance with substantially all of the requirements that are expected to be addressed in the final Consent Order, and the bank has already expanded its BSA compliance staff in an effort to ensure future compliance with the BSA. The bank does not anticipate any additional staffing needs beyond those already in place and does not anticipate any material additional expenses associated with the final Consent Order. Mr. Crapps commented, "Since the inception of our bank, we have demonstrated a commitment to regulatory compliance and a sound BSA compliance program resulting in 19 years of sound BSA performance. Compliance has been and continues to be a focus of our organization. While there were some temporary technical issues and the BSA program did not operate at a level that met the expectations of our bank and our regulators, we are confident that the actions taken will demonstrate our commitment to operating a sound BSA compliance program and lead to timely resolution of this matter. It is important to note that this issue will not affect the bank's day-to-day operations or our customers."

First Community Corporation stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "FCCO" and is the holding company for First Community Bank, a local community bank based in the midlands of South Carolina. First Community Bank operates fourteen banking offices located in the Midlands of South Carolina as well as addition to First Community Financial Consultants, a financial planning/investment advisory division and Palmetto South Mortgage, a separate mortgage division.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this news release contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to future plans, goals, projections and expectations, and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors, include, among others, the following: (1) competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly and have an effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; (2) the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations may be different than expected resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in the credit quality or a reduced demand for credit, including the resultant effect on the company's loan portfolio and allowance for loan losses; (3) the rate of delinquencies and amounts of charge-offs, the level of allowance for loan loss, the rates of loan growth, or adverse changes in asset quality in our loan portfolio, which may result in increased credit risk-related losses and expenses; (4) changes in the U.S. legal and regulatory framework; (5) adverse conditions in the stock market, the public debt markets and other capital markets (including changes in interest rate conditions) could have a negative impact on the company; (6) technology and cybersercurity risks, including potential business disruptions, reputational risks, and financial losses, associated with potential attacks on or failures by our computer systems and computer systems of our vendors and other third parties; (7) we may be unable to comply, or may need to devote more resources than currently expected in order to comply, with the requirements that will be set forth in our final BSA-related Consent Order with the FDIC, and (8) risks, uncertainties and other factors disclosed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, or in any of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since the end of the fiscal year covered by our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).

Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. We can give no assurance that the results contemplated in the forward-looking statements will be realized. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be construed as a representation by our company or any person that the future events, plans, or expectations contemplated by our company will be achieved. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.



    FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION


    BALANCE SHEET DATA;

    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


                                                                                                                                                             At December 31,

                                                                                                                                                                                 2014                   2013
                                                                                                                                                                                 ----                   ----


      Total Assets                                                                                                                                                           $812,363               $633,309

      Other short-term investments (1)                                                                                                                                       10,052                  5,927

      Investment Securities                                                                                                                                                   282,814                227,030

      Loans held for sale                                                                                                                                                       4,124                  3,790

      Loans                                                                                                                                                                   443,844                347,597

      Allowance for Loan Losses                                                                                                                                                 4,132                  4,219

      Total Deposits                                                                                                                                                          669,583                497,071

      Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase                                                                                                                         17,383                 18,634

      Federal Home Loan Bank Advances                                                                                                                                        28,807                 43,325

      Junior Subordinated Debt                                                                                                                                                 15,464                 15,464

      Shareholders' Equity                                                                                                                                                     74,528                 52,671


      Book Value Per Common Share                                                                                                                                            $11.18                  $9.93

      Tangible Book Value Per Common Share                                                                                                                                   $10.25                  $9.83

      Tangible Book Value Per Common Share (Excluding AOCI)                                                                                                                  $10.06                 $10.30

      Equity to Assets                                                                                                                                                          9.17%                 8.32%

      Tangible common equity to tangible assets                                                                                                                               8.48%                 8.23%

      Loan to Deposit Ratio                                                                                                                                                    66.90%                70.69%

      Allowance for Loan Losses/Loans                                                                                                                                         0.93%                 1.21%

      Allowance for Loan Losses plus credit mark/Loans                                                                                                                        1.33%                 1.21%


      Regulatory Ratios:

       Leverage Ratio                                                                                                                                                          10.02%                10.77%

       Tier 1 Capital Ratio                                                                                                                                                    16.09%                17.60%

       Total Capital Ratio                                                                                                                                                     16.91%                18.68%

     Tier 1 Regulatory Capital                                                                                                                                                $81,431                $68,756

     Total Regulatory Capital                                                                                                                                                 $85,563                $72,975


    (1) Includes federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell and interest-bearing deposits


    Average Balances:

                                                                                                                    Three months ended                                                  Year ended

                                                                                                                       December 31,                                                    December 31,

                                                                                                                                           2014                                   2013                                      2014                   2013
                                                                                                                                           ----                                   ----                                      ----                   ----


      Average Total Assets                                                                                                             $820,861                               $637,139                                  $780,797               $625,802

      Average Loans                                                                                                                     451,334                                349,830                                   439,174                344,110

      Average Earning Assets                                                                                                            751,935                                591,362                                   714,332                581,299

      Average Deposits                                                                                                                  676,415                                508,292                                   635,238                497,521

      Average Other Borrowings                                                                                                           64,540                                 69,686                                    51,871                 69,022

      Average Shareholders' Equity                                                                                                       73,523                                 53,339                                    69,760                 53,837



    Asset Quality:                                                                                        December 31,                          September 30,                            June 30,             March 31,           December 31,

                                                                                                                                           2014                                   2014                   2014                2014                   2013
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    Loan Risk Rating by Category (End of Period)

           Special Mention                                                                                                              $13,818                                $13,039                $11,274             $13,891                $10,708

           Substandard                                                                                                                   13,500                                 15,730                 15,795              15,358                 10,609

           Doubtful                                                                                                                           -                                     -                     -                  -                     -

           Pass (includes held for sale)                                                                                                416,526                                419,787                417,601             414,619                326,280

                                                                                                                                       $443,844                               $448,556               $444,670            $443,868               $347,597
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      Nonperforming Assets:

       Non-accrual loans                                                                                                                 $6,585                                 $6,795                 $7,647              $7,865                 $5,406

       Other real estate owned                                                                                                            2,943                                  3,014                  3,302               3,147                  3,370

       Accruing loans past due 90 days or more                                                                                                -                                    95                    160                 125                      1
                                                                                                                                            ---                                   ---                    ---                 ---                    ---

                Total nonperforming assets                                                                                               $9,528                                 $9,904                $11,109             $11,137                 $8,777
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    Accruing trouble debt restructurings                                                                                                 $2,200                                   $551                   $560                $568                   $576


                                                                                                                    Three months ended                                                  Year ended

                                                                                                                       December 31,                                                    December 31,

                                                                                                                                           2014                                   2013                                      2014                   2013
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    Loans charged-off:                                                                                                                     $273                                   $271                                    $1,069                 $1,048

    Overdrafts charged-off                                                                                                                   13                                     10                                        42                     42

    Loan recoveries                                                                                                                        (84)                                  (24)                                    (133)                 (146)

    Overdraft recoveries                                                                                                                      -                                   (4)                                     (11)                  (12)

      Net Charge-offs                                                                                                                      $202                                   $253                                      $967                   $932
                                                                                                                                           ====                                   ====                                      ====                   ====


    Net charge-offs to average loans                                                                                                      0.04%                                 0.07%                                    0.28%                 0.27%
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    FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

    INCOME STATEMENT DATA

    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                                                               Three months ended       Three months ended       Three months ended         Three months ended               Year ended

                                                                  December 31,             September 30,              June 30,                   March 31,                  December 31,

                                                                  2014            2013      2014            2013      2014            2013        2014            2013          2014            2013
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      Interest Income                                           $7,078          $5,656    $6,968          $5,474    $6,849          $5,370      $6,403          $5,283       $27,298         $21,783

      Interest Expense                                             887             879       872             904       902             947         907           1,004         3,568           3,734
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      Net Interest Income                                        6,191           4,777     6,096           4,570     5,947           4,423       5,496           4,279        23,730          18,049

      Provision for Loan Losses                                    178             149       152             129       400             100         150             150           880             528
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      Net Interest Income After Provision                        6,013           4,628     5,944           4,441     5,547           4,323       5,346           4,129        22,850          17,521
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      Non-interest Income:

        Deposit service charges                                    372             392       400             387       379             367         366             361         1,517           1,507

        Mortgage banking income                                    849             799     1,016             770       702           1,183         619           1,015         3,186           3,767

        Investment advisory fees and non-deposit commissions       546             277       267             279       198             218         257             198         1,268             972

        Gain (loss) on sale of securities                           80            (79)       16               4        78             133           8              15           182              73

        Gain (loss) on sale other assets                           (9)            (8)       10            (23)     (24)             32          12             (2)         (11)            (1)

        Fair value gain (loss) adjustment                            -              -        -              -        -            (2)                         -            -            (2)

        Loss on early extinguishment of debt                     (284)              -        -              -     (67)          (141)          -              -        (351)          (142)

        Other                                                      585             491       591             524       633             505         613             496         2,422           2,017
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      Total non-interest income                                  2,139           1,872     2,300           1,941     1,899           2,295       1,875           2,083         8,213           8,191
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      Non-interest Expense:

        Salaries and employee benefits                           3,545           3,079     3,502           2,948     3,272           2,994       3,424           2,992        13,743          12,013

        Occupancy                                                  515             361       489             343       465             334         413             346         1,882           1,384

        Equipment                                                  377             299       414             310       375             314         339             283         1,505           1,206

        Marketing and public relations                             147             230       218             106       212             112         161              93           738             541

        FDIC assessment                                            128             108       138             108       131             102         124              99           521             417

        Other real estate expense                                  193             113       105             189       117             115         138             112           553             508

        Amortization of intangibles                                111              32        64              32        63              45          42              51           280             160

        Merger expenses                                             29             506        39              33        15               -        420               -          503             539

        Other                                                    1,044             975     1,091             888     1,135             939         965             831         4,235           3,654
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      Total non-interest expense                                 6,089           5,703     6,060           4,957     5,785           4,955       6,026           4,807        23,960          20,422
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      Income before taxes                                        2,063             797     2,184           1,425     1,661           1,663       1,195           1,405         7,103           5,290

      Income tax expense (benefit)                                 557            (53)      632             379       460             460         333             367         1,982           1,153
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      Net Income                                                $1,506            $850    $1,552          $1,046    $1,201          $1,203        $862          $1,038        $5,121          $4,137
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      Per share data:

         Net income, basic                                       $0.23           $0.16     $0.23           $0.20     $0.18           $0.23       $0.14           $0.20         $0.78           $0.78

         Net income, diluted                                     $0.22           $0.16     $0.23           $0.20     $0.18           $0.23       $0.14           $0.20         $0.78           $0.78


      Average number of shares outstanding - basic           6,662,514       5,298,841 6,658,679       5,294,736 6,654,359       5,292,828   6,168,949       5,255,525     6,537,813       5,285,377

      Average number of shares outstanding - diluted         6,733,513       5,354,373 6,726,849       5,308,546 6,719,110       5,311,194   6,228,512       5,292,000     6,607,079       5,334,319

      Shares outstanding period end                          6,664,391       5,302,674 6,660,466       5,296,288 6,656,139       5,293,116   6,652,189       5,290,452     6,664,391       5,302,674


      Return on average assets                                   0.73%          0.53%    0.79%          0.66%    0.61%          0.77%      0.48%          0.69%        0.73%          0.66%

      Return on average common equity                            8.13%          6.32%    8.61%          7.93%    6.88%          8.75%      5.49%          7.72%        8.13%          7.68%

      Return on average common tangible equity                   8.88%          6.39%    9.32%          8.02%    7.54%          8.88%      5.89%          7.82%        8.88%          7.78%

      Net Interest Margin (non taxable equivalent)               3.27%          3.20%    3.40%          3.10%    3.32%          3.03%      3.32%          3.09%        3.32%          3.10%

      Net Interest Margin (taxable equivalent)                   3.36%          3.29%    3.48%          3.18%    3.38%          3.11%      3.40%          3.15%        3.40%          3.18%
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    FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

    Yields on Average Earning Assets and Rates

    on Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities





                                                   Three Months ended December 31,                          Three Months ended December 31,
                                                   2014                                                      2013
                                                  --------------------------------                          --------------------------------

                                                                 Average                 Interest                 Yield/                     Average             Interest             Yield/

                                                                 Balance                Earned/Paid                Rate                      Balance            Earned/Paid            Rate
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    Assets

    Earning assets

      Loans                                                                    $451,334              $5,638                 4.96%                     $349,830                $4,379              4.97%

      Securities:                                                               276,625               1,408                 2.02%                      228,988                 1,260              2.18%


      Other funds                                                                23,976                  32                 0.53%                       12,544                    17              0.54%

            Total earning assets                                                751,935               7,078                 3.73%                      591,362                 5,656              3.79%
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    Cash and due from banks                                                      10,533                                                                 8,263

    Premises and equipment                                                       29,619                                                                18,380

    Intangible assets                                                             6,255                                                                   587

    Other assets                                                                 26,779                                                                22,870

    Allowance for loan losses                                                   (4,260)                                                              (4,323)

           Total assets                                                        $820,861                                                              $637,139
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    Liabilities

    Interest-bearing liabilities

      Interest-bearing transaction accounts                                     135,492                  40                 0.12%                      102,087                    26              0.10%

      Money market accounts                                                     151,382                  97                 0.25%                       80,094                    44              0.22%

      Savings deposits                                                           53,893                  16                 0.12%                       51,638                    15              0.12%

      Time deposits                                                             197,385                 285                 0.57%                      162,489                   313              0.76%

      Other borrowings                                                           64,540                 449                 2.76%                       69,686                   481              2.74%

         Total interest-bearing liabilities                                     602,692                 887                 0.58%                      465,994                   879              0.75%
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    Demand deposits                                                             138,263                                                               111,984

    Other liabilities                                                             6,383                                                                 5,822

    Shareholders' equity                                                         73,523                                                                53,339

       Total liabilities and shareholders' equity                              $820,861                                                              $637,139
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    Cost of funds including demand deposits                                                                             0.47%                                                               0.60%

    Net interest spread                                                                                                   3.15%                                                               3.05%

    Net interest income/margin                                                                      $6,191                 3.27%                                            $4,777              3.20%
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    Tax equivalent                                                                                  $6,360                 3.36%                                            $4,911              3.29%
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    Yields on Average Earning Assets and Rates

    on Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities




                                                  Year ended December 31, 2014                              Year ended December 31, 2013
                                                  ----------------------------                              ----------------------------

                                                                Average               Interest                     Yield/                Average             Interest                Yield/

                                                                Balance              Earned/Paid                    Rate                 Balance            Earned/Paid               Rate
                                                                -------              -----------                    ----                 -------            -----------               ----

    Assets

    Earning assets

      Loans                                                                 $439,174                $21,915                  4.99%                $344,110                  $17,581              5.11%

      Securities:                                                            256,392                  5,277                  2.06%                 223,540                    4,136              1.85%

      Other funds                                                             18,766                    106                  0.56%                  13,649                       66              0.48%

            Total earning assets                                             714,332                 27,298                  3.82%                 581,299                   21,783              3.75%
                                                                             -------                 ------                   ----                  -------                   ------               ----

    Cash and due from banks                                                   10,344                                                                8,546

    Premises and equipment                                                    28,098                                                               17,509

    Intangible assets                                                          5,554                                                                  641

    Other assets                                                              26,623                                                               22,290

    Allowance for loan losses                                                (4,154)                                                             (4,483)

           Total assets                                                     $780,797                                                             $625,802
                                                                            ========                                                             ========


    Liabilities

    Interest-bearing liabilities

      Interest-bearing transaction accounts                                  131,767                    167                  0.13%                 100,808                      111              0.11%

      Money market accounts                                                  141,020                    336                  0.24%                  74,514                      171              0.23%

      Savings deposits                                                        51,768                     60                  0.12%                  47,296                       53              0.11%

      Time deposits                                                          179,384                  1,147                  0.64%                 171,436                    1,458              0.85%

      Other borrowings                                                        70,083                  1,858                  2.65%                  69,022                    1,941              2.81%

         Total interest-bearing liabilities                                  574,022                  3,568                  0.62%                 463,076                    3,734              0.81%
                                                                             -------                  -----                   ----                  -------                    -----               ----

    Demand deposits                                                          131,299                                                              103,467

    Other liabilities                                                          5,716                                                                5,422

    Shareholders' equity                                                      69,760                                                               53,837

       Total liabilities and shareholders' equity                           $780,797                                                             $625,802
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    Cost of funds including demand deposits                                                                             0.51%                                                             0.66%

    Net interest spread                                                                                                  3.20%                                                             2.94%

    Net interest income/margin                                                                   $23,730                  3.32%                                         $18,049              3.10%
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    Tax Equivalent                                                                                 $24,287                  3.40%                                         $18,512              3.18%
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