IF Bancorp, Inc. Announces Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019

WATSEKA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the “Company”) the holding company for
Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”),
announced unaudited net income of $804,000, or $0.24 per basic and
diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to
net income of $994,000, or $0.27 per basic and diluted share, for the
three months ended March 31, 2018.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net interest income was $4.4
million compared to $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31,
2018. The provision for loan losses decreased to $61,000 for the three
months ended March 31, 2019, from $110,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 2018. Interest and dividend income increased to $6.7 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2019, from $5.7 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2018. Interest expense increased to $2.3
million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, from $1.4 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2018. Non-interest income decreased to
$768,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019, from $913,000 for
the three months ended March 31, 2018. Non-interest expense increased to
$4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, from $3.8
million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Provision for income
tax increased to $286,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019,
from $280,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

The Company announced unaudited net income of $2.5 million, or $0.72 per
basic share and $0.71 per diluted share for the nine months ended March
31, 2019, compared to $1.2 million, or $0.34 per basic share and $0.33
per diluted share for the nine months ended March 31, 2018. Net income
for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, was impacted by an additional
$1.3 million income tax expense due to a downward adjustment to our net
deferred tax assets (“DTA”) related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
(“Tax Act”). The Tax Act provided for a reduction in the corporate
income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, which
resulted in the downward adjustment to our DTA. For the nine months
ended March 31, 2019, net interest income was $13.4 million compared to
$13.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018. The provision
for loan losses decreased to $436,000 for the nine months ended March
31, 2019, from $468,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2018.
Interest and dividend income increased to $19.8 million for the nine
months ended March 31, 2019, from $16.8 million for the nine months
ended March 31, 2018. Interest expense increased to $6.4 million for the
nine months ended March 31, 2019 from $3.7 million for the nine months
ended March 31, 2018. Non-interest income was $3.1 million for both the
nine months ended March 31, 2019, and the nine months ended March 31,
2018. Non-interest expense increased to $12.6 million for the nine
months ended March 31, 2019 from $12.0 million for the nine months ended
March 31, 2018. Provision for income tax decreased to $910,000 for the
nine months ended March 31, 2019, from $2.5 million for the nine months
ended March 31, 2018.

Total assets at March 31, 2019 were $662.5 million compared to $638.9
million at June 30, 2018. Cash and cash equivalents increased to $6.6
million at March 31, 2019, from $4.8 million at June 30, 2018.
Investment securities increased to $130.9 million at March 31, 2019,
from $126.0 million at June 30, 2018. Net loans receivable increased to
$492.5 million at March 31, 2019, from $476.5 million at June 30, 2018.
Deposits increased to $517.7 million at March 31, 2019, from $480.4
million at June 30, 2018. Total borrowings, including repurchase
agreements, decreased to $56.2 million at March 31, 2019 from $69.8
million at June 30, 2018. Stockholders’ equity decreased to $80.1
million at March 31, 2019 from $81.7 million at June 30, 2018. Equity
decreased due to the repurchase of 290,356 shares of common stock at an
aggregate cost of approximately $6.2 million and the payment of
approximately $900,000 in dividends to our shareholders, partially
offset by net income of $2.5 million, an increase of $2.5 million in
accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, and ESOP and stock
equity plan activity of $491,000.

IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois
Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”). The
Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka,
Illinois, conducts its operations from six full-service banking offices
located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, Savoy, Bourbonnais and
Champaign, Illinois and a loan production and wealth management office
in Osage Beach, Missouri. The principal activity of the Association’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation, is the sale of
property and casualty insurance.

This press release may contain statements relating to the future results
of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that
are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Such
forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as
“believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “planned,” “estimated,”
“intend” and “potential.” For these statements, the Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained
in the PSLRA.

The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in
any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited
to: prevailing economic and geopolitical conditions; changes in interest
rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in
accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any
applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or
legal issues; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory
and technological factors affecting the Company’s operations, pricing,
products and services and other factors that may be described in the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and,
except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company
assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to
update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected
in the forward-looking statements.

(1) Shares outstanding do not include ESOP shares not committed for
release.
(2) Total stockholders’ equity divided by shares
outstanding of 3,581,052 at March 31, 2019 and 3,871,408 at June 30,
2018.
(3) Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans, loans
past due 90 days or more and accruing, and foreclosed assets held for
sale.

Contacts

Walter H. Hasselbring, III
(815) 432-2476