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Press Release
October 26, 2007
Coldwater, Michigan, October 26, 2007: Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. (OTCBB: SOMC.OB) reported a 5.2% increase in net income for the third quarter of 2007 compared to the same quarter of 2006. Net income increased to $1,082,000, or $.61 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Net income for the same quarter a year ago was $1,029,000 or $.58 per share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, Southern reported net income of $3,129,000 or $1.77 per share, compared to $2,972,000 or $1.68 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, representing an increase of 5.3%.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, Southern attained a return on average assets of 1.24% and a return on average equity of 13.97%, compared to 1.24% and 14.54%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
Total assets at September 30, 2007 were $350.9 million, compared to $329.9 million at December 31, 2006. Shareholders’ equity during the same period increased from $28.5 million to $30.7 million.
John H. Castle, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc., stated, “Our earnings and margin remain favorable in spite of the ongoing pressure on interest margins in the banking industry. We are pleased with our results for both the quarter and nine month period given the uncertainty relative to the economy.”
Castle continued commenting on the pending merger with FNB Financial Corporation, “On September 13, 2007, the Federal Reserve Board approved our proposed merger with FNB. In addition, on October 11, 2007, the SEC ordered effective our registration statement, which covers shares of Southern common stock that will be issued to FNB shareholders if the merger is completed. These are important steps in our efforts to complete the merger." The merger is subject to approval by FNB shareholders and the satisfaction of other closing conditions. The companies expect the merger to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2007.
Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company and the parent company of Southern Michigan Bank & Trust. It operates 11 offices in southern Michigan, providing a broad range of consumer, business and wealth management services throughout the region. For more information, please visit the Southern Michigan Bank & Trust website at www.smb-t.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the financial services industry, the economy, and Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. Forward-looking statements are identifiable by words or phrases such as “outlook,” or “strategy”; that an event or trend “may,” “should,” “will,” or “is likely” to occur or “continue” or “is scheduled” or “on track” or that Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. or its management “anticipates”, “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “predicts,” “projects,” or “expects” a particular result, or is “confident” or “optimistic” that an event will occur, and variations of such words and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions ("risk factors") that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what may be expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Risk factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.’s Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2007; the timing and level of asset growth; changes in banking laws and regulations; changes in tax laws; changes in prices, levies and assessments; the impact of technological advances and issues; governmental and regulatory policy changes; opportunities for acquisitions and the effective completion of acquisitions and integration of acquired entities; the possibility that anticipated cost savings and revenue enhancements from acquisitions and bank consolidations may not be realized at amounts projected, at all or within expected time frames; and the local and global effects of the ongoing war on terrorism and other military actions, including actions in Iraq. These and other factors are representative of the risk factors that may emerge and could cause a difference between an ultimate actual outcome and a preceding forward-looking statement.
Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the shares of its common stock that shareholders of FNB Financial Corporation will receive if the merger of FNB Financial Corporation with and into Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. is completed. The registration statement contains a prospectus and proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning the merger. Investors are urged to read the prospectus and proxy statement because it contains important information about Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc., FNB Financial Corporation, and the merger. You can obtain the full registration statement, which includes the prospectus and proxy statement, free of charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.
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