BOWIE, Md., Oct. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Old Line Bancshares, Inc. (“Old Line Bancshares” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: OLBK), the parent company of Old Line Bank (the “Bank”), reports net income increased $919 thousand, or 11.12%, to $9.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $8.3 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2018.  Earnings were $0.54 per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $0.49 per basic and $0.48 per diluted common share for the three months ended September 30, 2018.  The increase in net income for the third quarter of 2019 as compared to the same 2018 period is primarily the result of a $1.8 million decrease in non-interest expenses and a $1.3 million increase in non-interest income, partially offset by a $1.3 million decrease in net interest income.  Net income for the 2018 period included $2.3 million ($1.5 million net of taxes) of merger-related expenses (or $0.09 per basic and diluted common share) in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Bay Bancorp, Inc. (“BYBK”), the former parent company of Bay Bank, FSB (“Bay”), in April 2018. 
Net income was $26.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $17.1 million for the same period last year, an increase of $9.5 million, or 55.96%.  Earnings were $1.56 per basic and $1.55 per diluted common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $1.12 per basic and $1.10 per diluted common share for the same period last year.  The increase in net income is primarily the result of increases of $4.5 million in net interest income and $2.3 million in non-interest income and a decrease of $4.9 million in non-interest expenses.  Included in net income for the 2018 period was $9.4 million ($7.6 million net of taxes, or $0.50 per basic and diluted common share) for merger-related expenses associated with the acquisition of BYBK.  
Net loans held for investment at September 30, 2019 increased $64.7 million compared to December 31, 2018 and $89.3 million compared to September 30, 2018.  The increase in loans was a result of organic loan growth of $184.5 million and $243.0 million, respectively, partially offset by $120.0 million and $153.5 million, respectively, in paydowns on previously-acquired loans since December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2018.         Total deposits at September 30, 2019 increased by $117.3 million, or 5.11%, since December 31, 2018 and $171.1 million, or 7.63%, compared to September 30, 2018, as a result of organic growth derived from our greater market presence, including the locations we have added as a result of our recent acquisitions.   Total assets were $3.1 billion at September 30, 2019, increasing $146.8 million from $2.95 billion at December 31, 2018 and $165.8 million from $2.93 billion at September 30, 2018.  In addition, the Company had net loans of approximately $2.5 billion and deposits of approximately $2.4 billion at September 30, 2019.James W. Cornelsen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Old Line Bancshares, stated: “We had a strong quarter with organic loan growth of 5.40% and favorable earnings of $9.2 million.   The mortgage group increased originations by approximately $25 million providing solid results once again increasing income by approximately $579 thousand when compared to the same period last year.”  The upcoming merger with WesBanco (“WSBC)” continues to progress pending regulatory and stockholder approvals. We are excited about the opportunities this transaction will bring to our customers, community and employees.  We look forward to joining the company and are eager to work together to continue the tradition of community banking to our clients.”  HIGHLIGHTS:Average gross loans increased $49.9 million, or 2.08%, and $302.3 million, or 14.20%, respectively, to $2.4 billion for each of the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, compared to $2.1 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.
 Loans originated and sold in the secondary market were $120.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $77.1 million for the same nine-month period last year, resulting in an increase in income on marketable loans of $987 thousand compared to the same period last year. Total yield on interest-earning assets increased to 4.68% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to 4.60% for the same period last year.  Conversely, total yield on interest-earning assets decreased to 4.61% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019, compared to 4.69% for the corresponding 2018 period.Return on average assets (“ROAA”) and return on average equity (“ROAE”) were 1.19% and 9.24%, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to ROAA and ROAE of 1.12% and 8.89%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2018. ROAA and ROAE were 1.17% and 9.14%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to ROAA and ROAE of 0.87% and 7.31%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.Total assets increased $146.8 million, or 4.98%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, primarily due to an increase of $64.7 million in loans held for investment, $48.8 million in our investment securities available for sale and the addition of $27.7 million for an operating lease right of use asset.           Total deposits grew by $117.3 million, or 5.11%, since December 31, 2018 with $61.1 million of the growth occurring in non-interest bearing deposits.We ended the third quarter of 2019 with a book value of $23.38 per common share and a tangible book value of $17.02 per common share compared to $21.77 and $15.39, respectively, at December 31, 2018.We maintained appropriate levels of liquidity and by all regulatory measures remained “well capitalized.”Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to September 30, 2018Average interest-earning assets increased $102.3 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018.  The average yield on such assets was 4.61% for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 4.69% for the comparable 2018 period.  The increase in the average balance of our interest-earning assets was almost entirely due to increases in the average balance of our investment securities available for sale and our loans.  The decrease in the average yield was primarily the result of lower yields on our loans held for investment, partially offset by an increase in the yield on our investment securities available for sale.  Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $46.0 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018 due to a $95 million increase in the average balance of our deposits, primarily as a result of deposit growth since September 30, 2018, partially offset by a $49 million decrease in the average balance of our borrowings.  The average rate paid on such liabilities increased to 1.56% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to 1.20% for the same period in 2018 due to higher rates paid on our deposits and borrowings.The net interest margin for the three months ended September 30, 2019 decreased to 3.48% from 3.81% for the three months ended September 30, 2018.  The net interest margin decreased due to higher interest rates on both our deposits and our borrowed funds and a decrease in the yield on our interest-earning assets.  The net interest margin during the third quarter of 2019 was positively affected by the amount of accretion on acquired loans.  Accretion decreased due to a lower amount of early payoffs on acquired loans with fair value marks during the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018.  The fair value accretion/amortization is recorded on paydowns recognized during the quarter, which contributed 11 basis points for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 14 basis points for the three months ended September 30, 2018.  Net interest income decreased $1.3 million, or 5.37%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, as a result of a $1.9 million increase in interest expense, partially offset by a $593 thousand increase in interest income. Interest expense increased due to increases in both the average balance of and average interest rates on our deposits and borrowings, while interest income increased due to an increase in the average balance of our interest-earning assets, partially offset by a decrease in the average yield on such assets. Non-interest income increased $1.3 million, or 44.64%, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily as a result of increases of $544 thousand in income from gain on sales or calls of investment securities, which resulted from the calls of approximately $29.8 million of our callable agencies, and $579 thousand in income on marketable loans as a result of a $25 million increase in the volume of originations in loans held for sale compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018, which resulted in an increase in the aggregate amount of premiums we received on such sales.
                 
Non-interest expense decreased $1.8 million, or 10.97%, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily due to our having no merger and integration expenses during the 2019 period compared to $2.3 million in merger and integration expenses during the three months ended September 30, 2018, partially offset by increases in salaries and employee benefits and data processing. Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to September 30, 2018Average interest-earning assets increased $356.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018.  The average yield on such assets was 4.68% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 4.60% for the comparable 2018 period.  The increase in the average balance of our interest-earning assets was due to an increase in the average balance of our loans, resulting from both organic growth and the loans that we acquired in the BYBK acquisition, as well as an increase in the average balance of our investment securities available for sale.  The increase in the average yield was the result of higher yields on our investment securities available for sale and on our loans held for investment.  Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $280.8 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily as a result of the deposits we acquired in the BYBK acquisition.  The average rate paid on such liabilities increased to 1.57% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to 1.11% for the same period in 2018 due to higher rates paid on our deposits and borrowings.The net interest margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased to 3.52% from 3.79% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.  The net interest margin decreased due to higher interest rates on both our deposits and our borrowed funds, partially offset by an increase in the yield on our interest-earning assets.  The net interest margin during the nine-months ended September 30, 2019 was positively affected by the amount of accretion on acquired loans.  Accretion increased slightly due to a higher amount of early payoffs on acquired loans with fair value marks during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018.  The fair value accretion/amortization is recorded on paydowns recognized, which contributed 13 basis points for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.  Net interest income increased $4.5 million, or 6.76%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily due to an increase in loan interest income resulting from increases in both the average balance of and average yield on loans, partially offset by an increase in interest expense.  Interest expense increased due to increases in both the average balance of and average interest rates on our deposits and borrowings.   Non-interest income increased $2.3 million, or 29.40%, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily as a result of increases of $540 thousand in income from the POS sponsorship program, which was not in place during the first quarter of 2018, $987 thousand in income on marketable loans as a result of a $43.0 million increase in the volume of originations in loans held for sale compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which resulted in an increase in the aggregate amount of premiums we received on such sales, and $560 thousand in gain on sales or calls of investment securities as a result of the call of approximately $49.2 million of our callable agencies during the period, $32.8 million of which had discounts remaining.  Non-interest expense decreased $4.9 million, or 10.09%, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, primarily as a result of our having no merger and integration expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $9.4 million in merger and integration expenses during the same period last year in connection with the BYBK acquisition.  Partially offsetting the lack of merger and integration expenses were increases in salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment, core deposit amortization, data processing, and other operating expenses.  Salaries and employee benefits increased $2.3 million and occupancy and equipment expenses increased $613 thousand primarily as a result of the inclusion of expenses related to the staff and the branches, respectively, that we acquired in the BYBK acquisition for the entire nine-month period of 2019 compared to just approximately five and a half months of such expenses for the comparable 2018 period.  Core deposit amortization increased $445 thousand as a result of the higher amortization of premiums from deposits that we acquired in the BYBK acquisition.  Data processing expenses increased as a result of additional customer transactions primarily due to the additional branches, and therefore additional customers, resulting from our acquisition of BYBK, which were included for the full 2019 period but for only five and a half months for the 2018 period.  Other operating expenses increased $925 thousand due to increases in general operating costs, such as marketing and advertising, sponsorships and donations, loan expenses, software expense, and telephone expense.Old Line Bancshares is the parent company of Old Line Bank, a Maryland chartered commercial bank headquartered in Bowie, Maryland, approximately 10 miles east of Andrews Air Force Base and 20 miles east of Washington, D.C.  The Bank has 37 branches located in its primary market area of the suburban Maryland (Washington, D.C. suburbs, Southern Maryland and Baltimore suburbs) counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Harford, Howard, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s, and Baltimore City.  It also targets customers throughout the greater Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Statements included in this press release include non-GAAP financial measures and should be read along with the accompanying tables, which provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures.  The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, and believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide additional useful information that allows readers, to evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and provide meaningful comparison to its peers.  Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of performance or financial condition as promulgated under GAAP, and investors should consider the Company’s performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of the Company.  Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the results or financial condition as reported under GAAP.
 


The accretion of the fair value adjustments resulted in a positive impact in the yield on loans for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.    Fair value accretion for the current quarter and prior four quarters are as follows: 

Below is a reconciliation of the fully tax equivalent adjustments and the GAAP basis information presented in this release:

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