BCSB Bancorp, Inc. Reports Results for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2010

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BCSB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: BCSB), the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank, FSB, (the "Bank") reported net income of $45,000 for the three month period ended December 31, 2010, which represents the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, as compared to net income of $670,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2009. When consideration is given to dividends and discount accretion on preferred shares issued under the U.S. Treasury's TARP Capital Purchase Program, the Company reported a net loss available to common stockholders of $111,000 or ($0.04) per basic and diluted share for the three months ended December 31, 2010, compared to net income available to common stockholders of $514,000 or $0.18 per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended December 31, 2009.

During the three months ended December 31, 2010, earnings were negatively impacted by increased loan loss provisions and a decline in net interest income as compared to the corresponding period during the prior fiscal year.

Additional loan loss provisions during the three months ended December 31, 2010 were necessary to address increases in troubled assets. Current economic conditions were primarily responsible for the increased loss reserves. Nonperforming assets were $13.2 million at December 31, 2010 versus $12.8 million at September 30, 2010. Most of the nonperforming assets consisted of commercial loans, which increased to $12.5 million at December 31, 2010 from $12.1 million at September 30, 2010.

The decrease in net interest income during the three months ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2009 was primarily due to declines in average balances and yields related to the Company's loans and mortgage-backed securities portfolios. These reductions in net interest income were partially offset by lower interest expense on deposits as cost of funds on the deposit portfolio has continued to decline.  

President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Bouffard commented, "Although disappointed with recent quarterly operating results, we are encouraged by reporting a small profit despite notable increases in loan loss provisions. We are also pleased to have repaid TARP during the March 31, 2011 quarter without raising additional capital and diluting shareholder interests. Not many institutions have been permitted by their regulators to repay TARP in this manner. We believe this demonstrates our financial strength."

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking, as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.  All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important risk factors, including but not limited to real estate values, market conditions, the impact of interest rates on financing, local and national economic factors and the matters described in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2010.  Accordingly, actual results may differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and the making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that results expressed herein will be achieved.

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