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SouthCrest Financial Group Reports Preliminary 3Q16 Earnings

WOODSTOCK, Ga., Oct. 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brian D. Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer of SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. (PinkSheets:SCSG) announced today that the company reported preliminary net income of $680,000 or $0.08/share for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. 

“I am excited to report my first quarter of earnings with SouthCrest Bank as the new CEO.  My goal is to to push our Company towards higher loan growth, better customer relationships, a higher level of employee satisfaction and higher, more consistent profitability for our shareholders,” Schmitt said.

“To complete this task, we will have some additional one-time items occur for the next few quarters, but expect these adjustments to move our return on assets closer to our long term target of 1.0% after tax.”  Schmitt continued.

“Our team has done significant work on the expense side and we will continue to maintain a high level of focus there. With that said, we are now looking to grow loans to improve our returns so we will dedicate additional financial resources to this area going forward.  We are also excited to have a new member of the Board of Directors, Dan Broos, join our team and help us push SouthCrest further along this path.” 

Core pre-tax earnings for the quarter were $1.3 million, with net unusual items during the quarter totaling $311,000 of pre-tax expenses.  This equates to an approximate 0.94% pre-tax ROA for the quarter.  On a core basis, expenses for the quarter were $4.4 million, down from approximately $5.9 million in 3Q15.

Deposits were lower, consistent with the seasonality the Company experiences every third quarter.  Year over year deposits fell less than 2%, which is well within the expectations of management based on the changes in deposit rates and fees that occurred over the past three quarters.

Loans did decline by 1.2% from 2Q16, but with the refocus on lending directly in the Atlanta market, management expects to make significant progress on balances.  

Service fee income, including all deposit fees, NSF/Overdraft and ATM/Card related income was up 12% from 2Q15, an annual run rate increase of over $500,000.

The estimated Tier 1 Leverage ratio at the end of the quarter for SouthCrest Bank was 9.00%.  On a fully converted basis (including the conversion of all preferred equity), TBV/share ended the quarter at $7.27 per share.  The current fully converted share count at the end of the quarter is 8.380 million shares.  In addition, the company still retains a small deferred tax asset valuation allowance related to state taxes that totals approximately $0.06/fully converted share.

Asset quality continued its multi-quarter improvement trend, with 3Q16 NPAs/total assets declining to 0.91% of assets, the lowest level since March, 2008.  Other real estate owned decreased from 2Q16 and now stands at just $936,000, down from over $3.3 million in 3Q15.   

ABOUT SOUTHCREST
SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. is a $550 million asset bank holding company headquartered in Woodstock, Ga. The company operates a 12 branch network throughout Georgia and Alabama through its subsidiary bank, SouthCrest Bank, N.A.   The bank provides a full suite of retail and commercial banking services, and online banking services. 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This presentation may contain certain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results and shareholder values to differ materially from those projected.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include economic conditions, government regulation and legislation, changes in interest rates, credit quality, competition, and other risk factors. 

                     
Statement of Operations ($000s, Unaudited)   
   2015           2016          
  Q3
    Q4
    Q1
    Q2
    Q3
   
Interest Income                    
Loans                    
Construction and Development $ 261     $ 205     $ 206     $ 143     $ 153    
Commercial Real Estate   1,483       1,512       1,465       1,479       1,537    
Commercial Loans   301       275       280       280       276    
Multi Family   29       27       26       18       18    
Residential Mortgage   1,521       1,454       1,415       1,337       1,289    
Consumer Loans   197       178       166       156       139    
County/Municipal Loans   59       65       29       28       29    
Loss Share Loans   214       140       116       132       132    
Investment Securities                    
Federal Funds/Overnight Funds $ 11     $ 22     $ 38     $ 27     $ 42    
Bank Owned CDs   7       8       7       8       6    
Investment Securities   904       916       1,030       1,083       933    
Total Interest Income $ 4,987     $ 4,803     $ 4,779     $ 4,685     $ 4,556    
                     
Total Interest Expense $ 308     $ 302     $ 299     $ 267     $ 246    
Net Interest Income $ 4,679     $ 4,501     $ 4,480     $ 4,417     $ 4,311    
Provision for Loan Losses   0       150       50       0       0    
Net Interest Income after Loan Losses   $ 4,679     $ 4,351     $ 4,430     $ 4,417     $ 4,311    
                     
Other Income                    
Service Charges on Deposits $ 113     $ 110     $ 105     $ 215     $ 245    
NSF/Overdraft Fees   543       525       475       515       575    
Other Service Charges   78       93       74       79       96    
ATM/Billpay/DR Card Income   352       370       293       336       302    
Other Income   973       475       829       (47 )     339    
Total Other Income $ 2,059     $ 1,535     $ 1,776     $ 1,098     $ 1,560    
Non-Interest Expense                    
Salaries, Other Comp (+ FAS123R) $ 2,419     $ 2,257     $ 2,006     $ 1,772     $ 1,705    
Employee Benefits   424       645       591       360       707    
Occupancy & FF&E Expense   1,020       919       933       848       860    
Professional Fees   206       263       174       209       212    
Data Processing   244       321       305       521       536    
OREO and Credit related Exp.   156       146       41       36       36    
Other Expense   1,608       1,409       1,243       927       724    
Total Noninterest Expenses $ 6,077     $ 5,927     $ 5,293     $ 4,673     $ 4,917    
Pre-Tax Income (Loss) $ 661     $   (36 )   $ 913     $ 842     $ 954    
Income Taxes   -       -       -       (10,592 )     274    
Net Income $ 661     $   (36 )   $ 913     $ 11,434     $ 680    
Preferred Dividends $ 125     $ 125     $ 125     $ 125     $ 125    
                     
                     
Balance Sheet ($000s, Unaudited)                    
  2015
   2016             
Assets Q3
    Q4
    Q1
    Q2
    Q3
   
Current Assets                    
Cash & Due from Bank $ 20,355     $ 44,157     $ 30,427     $ 34,838     $ 31,268    
Federal Funds/Overnight Funds   14,171       2,186       3,306       569       0    
Bank Owned CDs   1,815       1,815       1,815       1,716       1,218    
Investment Securities   145,247       174,998       191,905       161,177       182,614    
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale   3,011       899       0       0       0    
Total Current Assets $ 184,599     $ 224,055     $ 227,452     $ 198,300     $ 215,100    
Loans                    
Construction and Development $ 16,165     $ 16,229     $ 13,692     $ 11,285     $ 9,776    
Commercial Real Estate   119,888       118,780       116,175       119,419       121,609    
Commercial Loans   21,236       21,246       21,296       21,863       21,247    
Multi Family   2,152       2,117       1,450       1,419       1,401    
Residential Mortgage   116,969       114,803       110,094       107,270       102,512    
Consumer Loans   10,814       9,657       7,096       7,977       7,363    
County/Municipal Loans   12,293       3,911       3,537       4,501       6,456    
Loss Share Loans   10,345       9,543       9,360       7,689       7,589    
Total Loans $ 309,862     $ 296,286     $ 282,700     $ 281,425     $ 277,952    
Allowance for Loss   (2,881 )     (3,052 )     (3,021 )     (2,817 )     (2,701 )  
Net Loans $ 306,981     $ 293,234     $ 279,679     $ 278,608     $ 275,251    
OREO   3,331       2,421       1,500       1,769       936    
FDIC Indemnification   498       474       419       433       425    
BOLI   20,130       20,265       20,391       20,548       20,683    
Fixed Assets, net $ 18,553     $ 18,214     $ 17,671     $ 17,362     $ 16,967    
Intangible Assets   648       618       583       555       507    
Other Assets   6,339       6,983       6,651       33,982       16,476    
Total Assets $ 541,079     $ 566,264     $ 554,346     $ 551,557     $ 546,385    
                     
Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity                    
Liabilities                    
Deposits                    
DDAs $ 114,345     $ 130,877     $ 119,343     $ 112,974     $ 111,290    
Interest Bearing Demand   50,965       62,784       61,172       55,248       54,552    
Celebration Checking   90,893       97,316       108,076       110,894       111,544    
Money Market Accts   41,731       38,643       35,289       33,858       33,956    
Savings   56,517       55,550       55,831       53,397       52,061    
CDs Less Than $100k   84,510       81,930       79,221       76,301       73,964    
CDs Greater than $100k   46,603       44,080       39,576       40,585       39,832    
Total Deposits $ 485,564     $ 511,180     $ 498,508     $ 483,257     $ 477,388    
                     
                     
Other Liabilities   2,414       2,690       1,988       1,919       2,281    
Net Borrowings (Wholesale Funding)   -       -       -       -       317    
Total Liabilities $ 487,978     $ 513,870     $ 500,496     $ 485,176     $ 479,797    
Total Equity   53,101       52,394       53,850       66,381       66,548    
Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity $ 541,079     $ 566,264     $ 554,346     $ 551,557     $ 546,345    
                     
                     
Ratios                    
  3Q 2015   4Q 2015   1Q 2016   2Q 2016   3Q 2016*  
ROAA   0.48 %     -0.01 %     0.66 %     8.29 %     0.53 %  
ROAE   5.01 %     -0.10 %     6.80 %     76.1 %     4.74 %  
NPAs/Assets (Core)   1.68 %     1.40 %     1.18 %     1.08 %     0.91 %  
Est. Tier 1 Leverage   9.12 %     8.87 %     8.94 %     9.54 %     9.84 %  
Total Common Equiv. Shares   8,380,337       8,380,337       8,380,337       8,380,337       8,380,337    
NIM   3.76 %     3.57 %     3.47 %     3.59 %     3.59 %  
Cost of Funds   0.25 %     0.24 %     0.24 %     0.22 %     0.20 %  
Loan/Deposit   63.8 %     57.9 %     56.6 %     58.2 %     58.2 %  
Employees   163       153       129       127       123    
                     
*3Q2016 ROAA and ROAE are after tax vs. pre-tax prior to 2Q 2016.  2Q 2016 includes DTA valuation allowance recovery.  
Contact:
Andrew Bowen, APR
ab@clearviewcom.com
404-822-3309	

Andy Borrmann
Chief Financial Officer
678.734.3505

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