Harleysville Financial Corporation Announces Record Earnings for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2022, and the Declaration of Regular Cash Dividend.

Harleysville Financial Corporation (OTCQX:HARL) reported today that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.29 per share on the Company’s common stock. The cash dividend will be payable on November 16, 2022 to stockholders of record on November 2, 2022.

Net income for the twelve months ended September 30, 2022 amounted to $8,790,000 or $2.34 per diluted share compared to $7,284,000 or $1.93 per diluted share for the twelve months ended September 30, 2021. Net income for the twelve months ended September 30, 2021 included SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fee income totaling $1,231,000, which was partially offset by prepayment expenses on Federal Home Loan Bank Advances of $522,000 or a net benefit of $.19 per diluted share for the twelve months ended.

Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 amounted to $2,892,000 or $.77 per diluted share compared to $1,546,000 or $.41 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2021 included SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fee income totaling $222,000, which was offset by prepayment expenses on Federal Home Loan Bank Advances of $434,000 or net impact of $.06 per diluted share for the three months ended.

Commenting on the year-end operating results, President and Chief Executive Officer Brendan J. McGill said, “We are pleased to report record earnings for the fiscal year 2022 of $8,790,000, which represents a 21% increase over prior year. Our balance sheet is strong, and our positive financial results include loan growth, increase in transaction accounts, and improvement in our efficiency ratio, interest rate spread and asset quality. I am very proud of the work ethic of our team members and the way they serve our customers. These results reflect our discipline to our fundamental operating principles of maintaining prudent underwriting standards, investing in high credit quality assets, controlling our operating expenses, and practicing sound capital management. These conditions combined create a strong community bank that is well positioned to continue creating value for our stakeholders.”

The Company’s assets totaled $912.1 million compared to $892.6 million a year ago. Stockholders’ book value increased 5.16% to $22.81 per share from $21.69 a year ago.

Harleysville Financial Corporation is traded on the OTCQX market under the symbol HARL (http://www.otcmarkets.com) and is the holding company for Harleysville Bank. Established in 1915, Harleysville Bank is a Pennsylvania chartered and federally insured bank, headquartered in Harleysville, PA. The Bank operates from six full-service offices located in Montgomery County and one full-service office located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

This presentation may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, or guidelines; changes in legislation or regulation; and other economic; competitive, governmental, regulatory, and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services.

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