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BWC Financial Corp. Announces 2006 Second Quarter & First Half Earnings.


WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif. -- In the Selected Financial Data table of release dated July July: see month.  18, 2006, under Summary Income Statement, Financial ratios, the ratios of Net Interest Margin to Earnings Assets were stated incorrectly and should have excluded the results from BWC BWC Biological Weapons Convention
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 subsidiary. For the quarter ending 6/30/06, the ratio is 5.71% instead of 4.44%. For the quarter ending 6/30/05, the ratio is 5.45% instead of 5.52%. For year to date 6/30/06, the ratio is 5.74% instead of 5.82%. For year to date 6/30/05, the ratio is 5.50%, not 5.56%.

The corrected release reads:

BWC FINANCIAL CORP. ANNOUNCES 2006 SECOND QUARTER & FIRST HALF EARNINGS

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, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of BWC Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:BWCF BWCF Battered Women's Clemency Fund ) and its subsidiary Bank of Walnut Creek, announced net income for the six month period ended June June: see month.  30, 2006.

The Corporation reported net income of $4,214,000 or $1.01 diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share

An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of
 for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to income of $3,662,000 or $0.86 diluted earnings per share for the same period in 2005. Earnings for first half of 2006 represent 1.52% return on average assets (ROA ROA

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See return on assets (ROA).
) and 15.96% return on average equity (ROE A fictitious surname used for an unknown or anonymous person or for a hypothetical person in an illustration.

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), compared to 1.45% return on average assets (ROA) and 15.30% return on average equity for first half of 2005.

For second quarter 2006, net income was $2,138,000 or $0.51 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $1,982,000 or $0.46 diluted earnings per share for the same period in 2005. Return on average assets for second quarter 2006 was 1.52% and return on average equity was 15.92% compared to second quarter 2005 return on average assets of 1.54% and return on average equity of 16.50%. The Corporation's second quarter earnings were adversely affected by expenses of approximately $350,000 related to merger activities.

In conjunction with the proposed merger of Bank of Walnut Creek and First Republic Bank, BWC Financial Corp. sold its majority interest in BWC Mortgage to the minority partner, resulting in the discontinuance Cessation; ending; giving up. The discontinuance of a lawsuit, also known as a dismissal or a non-suit, is the voluntary or involuntary termination of an action.


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 of this subsidiary.

Total assets of the Corporation at June 30, 2006 were $569,966,000, compared to total assets of $551,688,000, at June 30, 2005.

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Additional details may be found in the Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for second quarter and first half of 2006:
Selected Financial Data - Summary:
The following table provides certain selected consolidated financial
data as of and for the three month and six-month periods ended June
30, 2006 and 2005.
                                       Quarter Ended    Year to Date
SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT                  June 30,        June 30,
                                         ----------      ----------
(Unaudited in thousands except share
 data)                                  2006    2005    2006    2005
                                      --------------------------------
Interest Income                       $10,551 $ 8,232 $20,258 $15,904
Interest Expense                        2,912   1,722   5,332   3,092
                                      --------------------------------
Net Interest Income                     7,639   6,510  14,926  12,812
Non-interest Income                       594     603   1,154   1,170
Non-interest Expense                    4,819   4,117   9,402   8,300
Income from Continuing Operations
 Before Income Taxes                    3,414   2,996   6,678   5,682
Income Taxes                            1,287   1,159   2,514   2,231
                                      --------------------------------
Net Income from Continuing
 Operations                           $ 2,127 $ 1,837 $ 4,164 $ 3,451

Income from Operations of Discontinued
  Subsidiary, net of tax              $    11 $   145 $    50 $   211
                                      --------------------------------

Total Net Income                      $ 2,138 $ 1,982 $ 4,214 $ 3,662
                                      ================================

                                Quarter Ended          Year to Date
SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT          June 30,               June 30,
                                 ----------             ----------
(Unaudited in thousands
 except share data)             2006       2005       2006       2005
                          --------------------------------------------
Per share:
Basic EPS - Continuing
 Operations               $     0.51 $     0.44 $     1.01 $     0.82
                          --------------------------------------------
Diluted EPS - Continuing
 Operations               $     0.51 $     0.43 $     1.00 $     0.81
                          --------------------------------------------
Basic EPS - Discontinued
 Operations               $     0.00 $     0.03 $     0.01 $     0.05
                          --------------------------------------------
Diluted EPS - Discontinued
 Operations               $     0.00 $     0.03 $     0.01 $     0.05
                          --------------------------------------------

Weighted Average Basic
 shares                    4,137,935  4,197,791  4,133,402  4,213,315
                          --------------------------------------------
Weighted Average Diluted
 Shares                    4,179,895  4,255,761  4,181,074  4,269,954
                          --------------------------------------------
Cash dividends            $     0.10 $     0.08 $     0.20 $     0.16
                          --------------------------------------------
Book value at period-end                        $    13.21 $    11.25
                          --------------------------------------------
Ending shares                                    4,152,306  4,309,874
                          --------------------------------------------

                                   Quarter Ended          Year to Date
                          --------------------------------------------
                                        June 30,              June 30,
                          --------------------------------------------
Financial Ratios:               2006       2005       2006       2005
                          --------------------------------------------
Return on Average Assets        1.52%      1.54%      1.52%      1.45%
                          --------------------------------------------
Return on Average Equity       15.92%     16.50%     15.96%     15.30%
                          --------------------------------------------
Net Interest Margin to
 Earning Assets(a)              5.71%      5.45%      5.74%      5.50%
                          --------------------------------------------
Net loan losses
 (recoveries) to avg.
 loans                          0.01%      0.06%      0.02%      0.05%
                          --------------------------------------------
Efficiency Ratio (Bank
 only)                         54.21%     56.74%     55.90%     58.00%
                          --------------------------------------------

SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET
                          --------------------------------------------
(Unaudited in thousands)     June 30,   June 30,
                          --------------------------------------------
Assets:                         2006       2005
                          --------------------------------------------
Cash and Equivalents      $   28,992 $   57,878
                          --------------------------------------------
Investments                   89,891     63,476
                          --------------------------------------------
Loans                        442,634    392,403
                          --------------------------------------------
Allowance for Credit
 Losses                       (7,428)    (7,475)
                          --------------------------------------------
BWC Mortgage Services,
 Loans Held-for-Sale               -     30,027
                          --------------------------------------------
Other Assets                  15,877     15,379
                          --------------------------------------------
Total Assets              $  569,966 $  551,688
                          --------------------------------------------

Deposits:                 $  422,038 $  415,478
                          --------------------------------------------
Other Borrowings              90,705     84,105
                          --------------------------------------------
Other Liabilities              2,387      3,606
                          --------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities            515,130    503,189
                          --------------------------------------------
Equity                        54,836     48,499
                          --------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities and
 Equity                   $  569,966 $  551,688
                          --------------------------------------------

(a) Net Interest Margin Ratios exclude interest income/expense from
the Corporation's discontinued subsidiary, BWC Mortgage Services.



This press release contains 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.
 with respect to the financial condition, results of operation and business of BWC Financial Corp.(BWC). These include statements that relate to or are dependent on estimates or assumptions relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

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 the prospects of continued loan and deposit growth, improved credit quality, the operating characteristics of the Company's income tax refund Tax refund

Money back from the government when too much tax has been paid or withheld from a salary.
 programs and the economic conditions within its markets. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, the following possibilities: (1) increased competitive pressure among financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 companies; (2) changes in the interest rate environment reducing interest margins or increasing interest rate risk; (3) deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion
n.
The process or condition of becoming worse.
 in general economic conditions, internationally, nationally or in the State of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). ; (4) the occurrence of future terrorist acts or impact of military actions; and (5) legislative or regulatory changes adversely affecting the business in which BWC engages. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BWC 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.
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