Alliance Bank Announces Results of Subscription Offering, Extension of Community Offering and Commencement of Syndicated Community Offering.BROOMALL, Pa. -- Alliance Bank (the "Bank") (Nasdaq/Capital Market:ALLB) today announced that the subscription offering of shares of common stock of its proposed mid-tier holding company, Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania (the "Company"), concluded on December 18, 2006. The Company received 488 orders in the subscription and community offering for approximately 830,000 shares, or $8.3 million based on the $10.00 per share offering price. All orders will be maintained at the Bank with interest until completion of the offering. The Company also announced that it has extended the community offering and concurrently commenced a syndicated community offering to complete the sale of shares. The Company currently expects to complete the offering in January 2007. The syndicated community offering will be conducted through a syndicate of broker-dealers that will be managed by Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. Neither Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. nor any other member of the syndicate group will be required to purchase any shares in the offering. The terms and conditions of the syndicated community offering are more fully set forth in the Company's prospectus dated November 13, 2006 and the prospectus supplement dated December 20, 2006. To facilitate the sale of additional shares, the Company has increased the maximum purchase limitations in the offering for both individuals and associates or groups acting in concert to $850,000, notwithstanding current ownership of any shares of Alliance Bank common stock. The Company must sell a minimum of 1,807,339 to complete the offering. Subscribers who have previously submitted an order in the subscription or community offering for the maximum number of shares of common stock are being given the opportunity to increase their orders to the new maximum limitation. Any increased orders will be due by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on January 5, 2007. The Bank also announced today that at a special meeting held on December 15, 2006, its stockholders approved the Bank's Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, whereby the Bank will reorganize re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. into the mid-tier stock holding company form by creating Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania, a new federally-chartered mid-tier holding company, which will hold all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Bank upon completion of the reorganization. The completion of the reorganization and the offering is subject to regulatory approval, including the approval by the Office of Thrift Supervision The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) was established as a bureau of the Treasury Department in August 1989 as part of a major Reorganization Plan of the thrift regulatory structure mandated by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) (12 U.S.C.A. of an updated appraisal. The Bank is a Pennsylvania-chartered stock savings bank savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest. headquartered in Broomall, Pennsylvania Broomall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,046 at the 2000 census. The community was named after John Martin Broomall, a 19th century U.S. congressman from the area. and conducts business through nine full service offices in Delaware and Chester Counties Chester County is the name of several counties in the United States:
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could" or "may." Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors - many of which are beyond the Bank's control - could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. The Bank's reports filed from time-to-time with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent U.S. federal executive agency designed to promote public confidence in banks and to provide insurance coverage for bank deposits up to $100,000. , including the Bank's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the Company's Prospectus, dated November 13, 2006, describe some of these factors, including general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, the cost of funds Cost of Funds The interest rate paid on an outstanding loan. Notes: Money isn't free! Cost of funds is the cost of borrowing money. See also: Interest Rate Cost of funds Interest rate associated with borrowing money. , changes in credit quality and interest rate risks associated with the Company's business and operations. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Bank does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. This release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual of an offer to buy common stock, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws or laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offer will be made only by the prospectus and the prospectus supplement. The shares of common stock are not savings accounts Savings Account A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term. A savings account offers lower returns than the market rates. Notes: or savings deposits Savings deposits Accounts that pay interest, typically at below-market interest rates, that do not have a specific maturity, and that usually can be withdrawn upon demand. , may lose value and are not insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or any other government agency. |
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