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Community Bankshares, holding company for Concord Savings Bank, reports quarterly and six month profits.


CONCORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1996--Community Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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 NMS See NetWare Management System. : CBNH), parent company for Concord 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. , today announced net income of $525,000, or $0.29 per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995, and net income of $1,371,000, or $0.77 per share, for the six months then ended.

Amounts for the same periods of the prior year were $748,000, or $0.42 per share, and $1,545,000, or $0.86 per share, respectively. However, the Dec. 31, 1995 quarter includes a non-recurring charge amounting to $0.18 per share for expenses incurred during the quarter relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 the proposed acquisition of Centerpoint Centerpoint is used in several senses:
  • The centerpoint of an aerial photograph is the point at its exact center (also spelled "centrepoint").
  • CenterPoint Energy is a public utility in the United States
 Bank, which was announced on Aug. 30, 1995, as well as a non-recurring charge of $0.03 per share for items relating to the company's change of its fiscal year end from June June: see month.  30 to December December: see month.  31.

In making today's announcement, Douglas Douglas, city, Isle of Man
Douglas, city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry.
 Crichfield, president and chief executive officer, stated, "Absent the non-recurring merger expenses and the expenses associated with changing our fiscal year end to December 31, net income this quarter would have totaled $0.50 per share, an increase of 19 percent over the same quarter of last year. Earnings per share would total $1.05, an increase of 22 percent over the prior year, if six months results are normalized by eliminating non-recurring items. Additionally, net interest income and non-interest income, exclusively of security gains, are both showing meaningful improvement over last year's results."

Net interest and dividend income for the quarter just ended increased by 5 percent over last year and totaled $3,645,000, producing a net interest margin of 3.71 percent, as compared with $3,477,000 and 4.01 percent, respectively, for the same period of the prior year. Although net interest margin decreased as a result of higher interest rates, total net interest income increased as a result of higher volume of loan originations The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 and earning asset Earning asset

An asset that generates income, e.g., income from rental property.
 growth. Consequently, six month net interest and dividend income and net interest margin equaled $7,222,000 and 3.66 percent, respectively, vs. $6,824,000 and 4.02 percent, respectively, for the comparable period of the prior year.

Exclusive of loan sale and security gains, non-interest increased by 18 percent for the quarter and by 26 percent for the six months over the same periods of the prior year. Non-interest income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995 totaled $822,000 and included loan sale gains of $212,000 and security gains of $228,000. Non-interest income for the six month period totaled $1,497,000 and included loan sale gains of $456,000 and security gains of $228,000. Non-interest income for the comparable periods of the prior year were $427,000 and $939,000, respectively, and included loan sale gains of $104,000 and $265,000, and security gains of zero and $30,000, respectively. Loan sale and security gains in future periods may be expected to vary with future changes in market interest rates.

During the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995, the company provided $200,00 into the allowance for possible loan losses, bringing the allowance to $3,007,000, after net charge-offs of $180,000 for the quarter. The allowance for possible loan losses totaled $3,095,000 at Dec. 31, 1994. A total of $375,000 has been provided to the allowance for possible loan losses during the current six month period compared with $200,000 for the six months ended Dec. 31, 1994. At Dec. 31, 1995, the allowance for possible loan losses represented 226 percent of non-performing loans A non-performing loan is a loan that is in default or close to being in default. Many loans become non-performing after being in default for 3 months, but this can depend on the contract terms.  and 1.1 percent of total loans. Total non-performing assets at Dec. 31, 1995 equaled $2,230,000, or 0.5 percent of total assets, a decrease of $176,000, from Dec. 31, 1994.

Non-interest expense for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995 increased by $617,000 over the same quarter of last year and by $829,000 for the six month period then ended. Merger related expenses and expenses associated with the change in the company's fiscal year end during these periods amounted to $405,000 and $530,000, respectively. Adjusted for these merger related expenses and expenses associated with the change in the company's fiscal year end, non-interest expense increased by $212,000, or 7.8 percent for the quarter and by $299,000, or 5.7 percent, for the six month period vs. the same periods of the prior year. These increases in "core" non-interest expense relate primarily to the expansion of the company's business lines and product distribution system.

At Dec. 31, 1995, stockholders' equity Stockholders' Equity

The portion of the balance sheet that includes capital received from investors in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital, and retained earnings. This is equal to total assets minus liabilities, preferred stock and intangible assets.
 totaled $30,790,000, including tax-affected unrealized gains Unrealized Gain

A profit that results from holding on to an asset rather than cashing it in and using the funds.

Notes:
Let's say you own a stock that has doubled, but you haven't sold it yet. This is said to be an unrealized gain.
 in the investment portfolio of $711,000. The company's tangible Possessing a physical form that can be touched or felt.

Tangible refers to that which can be seen, weighed, measured, or apprehended by the senses. A tangible object is something that is real and substantial. An automobile is an example of tangible Personal Property.
 book value per share and leverage ratio equaled $17.71 and 7.02 percent, respectively. The company's capital ratios exceed all published regulatory reg·u·late  
tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates
1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

2.
 minimums.

On Aug. 29,1995, the company entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Centerpoint Bank by exchanging 1.073 of the company's common shares for each Centerpoint common share outstanding in what is expected to be a tax free transaction. This merger agreement is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Community Bankshares Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol "CBNH." Deposits in the company's principal subsidiary, Concord Savings Bank, are insured The person who obtains or is otherwise covered by insurance on his or her health, life, or property. The insured in a policy is not limited to the insured named in the policy but applies to anyone who is insured under the policy.


insured n.
 up to applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Concord Savings Bank subsidiary offers a wide range of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 to businesses, consumers and municipalities throughout New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E).  with six offices in central New Hampshire. Detailed financial information on Community Bankshares Inc. is available on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 at www.cbnh.nh.com, and the company can be reached via e-mail at bankshares@cbnh.nh.com.
                      COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC.
                    SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
            (dollars in thousands except per share data)


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


                      Three Months Ended       Six Months Ended
                         December 31,             December 31,
                      1995         1994         1995          1994


Interest and
 dividend income  $  8,069     $  6,700    $  16,124      $  13,004
Interest expense     4,424        3,223        8,902          6,180
  Net interest
   and dividend
   income            3,645        3,477        7,222          6,824
Provision for
 possible loan
 losses                200          100          375            200
  Net interest and
   dividend income
   after provision
   for possible
   loan losses       3,445        3,377        6,847          6,624
Gains on sales
 of investment
 securities            228           --          228             30
Gains on sales
 of loans              212          104          456            265
Other non-interest
 income                382          323          813            644
Proposed acquisition
 expense               325           --          450             --
Other non-interest
 expense             2,999        2,707        5,669          5,290


Income before
 income taxes          943        1,097        2,225          2,273


Income tax
 expense               418          349          854            728


  Net income      $    525     $    748    $   1,371      $   1,545




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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                December 31,
                                         1995                 1994


 Cash and cash equivalents         $   22,092          $     8,192
 Securities available for sale         54,141               58,816
 Securities held to maturity           43,529               39,414
 Federal Home Loan Bank stock           3,803                2,264
 Mortgage loans held for sale           2,940                1,887


 Loans                                266,695              256,323
 Allowance for possible loan losses    (3,007)              (3,095)
    Net loans                         263,688              253,228
 Premises and equipment                 8,247                7,480
 Real estate acquired by foreclosure      566                1,258
 Other assets                          10,492                7,013
  Total assets                     $  409,498          $   379,552


 Non-interest bearing deposits     $   18,566          $    12,800
 Interest bearing deposits            296,972              289,742
  Total deposits                      315,538              302,542
 Borrowed funds                        59,534               43,519
 Other liabilities                      3,636                6,681
 Stockholders' equity                  30,790               26,810
  Total liabilities and
   stockholders' equity            $  409,498          $   379,552


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                           COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC.
                         SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                 (dollars in thousands except per share data)


OTHER SELECTED DATA
                        Three Months Ended        Six Months Ended
                           December 31,              December 31,
                        1995          1994        1995          1994


STOCK INFORMATION:
Average common and
 common equivalent
 shares            1,787,273     1,798,387   1,785,009     1,800,768


Earnings per common
 and common
 equivalent
 shares  (EPS) (1)    $ 0.29        $ 0.42      $ 0.77        $ 0.86
Dividends paid per
 share                 0.15          0.13         0.29          0.25
Book value per share  17.70         15.43           --            --
Closing price per
 share                18.88         12.88           --            --
Closing price to
 book                106.67%        83.47%          --            --
Share volume traded
 (as reported by
  NASDAQ)           340,591       178,656      518,095       471,054


KEY RATIOS:
Return on average
 assets (ROA) (2)      0.50%         0.82%        0.65%         0.87%
Return on average
 stockholders'
 equity (ROE) (3)      6.83         11.05         9.07         11.42
Net interest
 margin                3.71          4.01         3.66          4.02
Equity-to-assets at
 period end            7.52          7.06           --            --
Regulatory leverage
 ratio                 7.02          7.68           --            --


ASSET QUALITY DATA:
 Net loan charge-offs $ 180         $ 221        $ 338         $ 456


 Non-performing assets
  as a percent of
  total assets         0.54%         0.63%          --            --


 Allowance for possible
  loan losses at period
  end as a percent of:
   Total loans         1.13%         1.21%          --            --
   Non-performing
    loans            225.92        402.99


 Non-performing assets at
  period end:


  Non-performing
   loans           $  1,331     $     768            --           --
  Real estate
   acquired
   by foreclosure       566         1,258
  Other assets
   acquired             333           380
    Total non-
     performing
     assets        $  2,230     $   2,406




(1) Excluding non-recurring expenses, EPS would have been $0.50 per
share and $1.05 per share, respectively, for the three and six
months ended Dec. 31, 1995.


(2) Excluding non-recurring expenses, ROA would have been 0.86% and
0.89%, respectively, for the three months and six months ended Dec.
31, 1995.


(3) Excluding non-recurring expenses, ROE would have been 11.75% and
12.40%, respectively, for the three months and six months ended Dec.
31, 1995.




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