Community Bankers Trust Corporation Reports Results for Second Quarter 2015

RICHMOND, Va., July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Bankers Trust Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: ESXB), the holding company for Essex Bank (the "Bank"), today reported unaudited results for the second quarter and first six months of 2015.

OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS

• Nonaccrual loans declined $6.7 million, or 38.8%, during the second quarter when compared with the prior quarter. The improvement in nonaccrual loans during the second quarter was the result of management resolving a large commercial loan relationship and the recovery of a prior period charge-off of $1.2 million. 
• Asset quality continued to show improvement with respect to the level of classified and criticized assets.  Classified and criticized assets declined $11.3 million, or 22.8%, during the second quarter of 2015. 
• Non-covered loans grew $2.1 million, or 0.30%, during the second quarter of 2015,   Organic loan growth, excluding the $7.4 million commercial loan that was resolved, would have been $9.5 million, or 1.40%, for the second quarter of 2015 and $26.7 million, or 4.01%, since December 31, 2014.
• Demand deposit growth was $10.9 million, or 12.1%, for the second quarter and demand deposit balances increased $16.9 million, or 20.0%, since December 31, 2014. 

Financial Highlights

• Net income available to common shareholders increased 29.0% to $1.7 million for the second quarter of 2015, as compared with the first quarter of 2015. 
• Fully diluted earnings per common share increased 33.3% to $0.08 for the second quarter of 2015, as compared with $0.06 for the previous quarter.
• Mortgage income on a linked quarter basis improved 77.0% or $114,000.  Mortgage income for the first six months of 2015 equaled $410,000, an increase of $337,000, or 461.6%, from the same period of the prior year. 
• The yield on non-covered loans remained stable at 4.77%, which is unchanged on a linked quarter basis; and year-over-year, the six month loan yield has remained strong at 4.77%, declining only two basis points in a very competitive loan environment.
• Common tangible book value per share increased 9.03% year-over-year to $4.83 at June 30, 2015, from $4.43 at June 30, 2014.  

MANAGEMENT COMMENTS 

Rex L. Smith, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, stated, "We are pleased with our second quarter results and have made substantial progress towards our strategic goals for the year.  During the quarter, management successfully resolved a large commercial delinquent loan. This pay-off contributed to a significantly lower level of nonaccruals and helped the Company maintain a strong coverage ratio for the allowance of loan losses to total non-covered loans. Remaining loan growth for the period was as anticipated, and we continue to focus on maintaining yield and credit quality in a very competitive interest rate environment."

"In the coming months, we anticipate seeing an increase in loan production, as our loan operations continue to show strong potential. We are confident in our team and new hires and there is a strong pipeline of new loans available. In addition, I am also pleased with the increase in deposit market share that was obtained in noninterest bearing deposits during the quarter." 

"Our newest branch in the Bon Air community of Richmond will open at the end of this month. Conveniently located, this branch will enhance our existing relationship with our southside Richmond customers as well as attract new business in the area. We are very excited about this location and the business the branch will bring to the Bank. The Company is committed to making sound investments in the Bank's future, as demonstrated by our growth in earnings. The investment community has started to notice the real long term value of the Company, which has contributed to recent gains in our stock price. We believe this will only continue in the months ahead as we move into the second half of 2015." 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net income was $1.7 million for the second quarter of 2015, compared with $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2014.  Net income available to common shareholders was $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2015, compared with $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $1.5 million in the second quarter of 2014.  Earnings per common share, basic and fully diluted, were $0.08 per share for the second quarter of 2015, compared with $0.06 per share for the first quarter of 2015 and $0.07 per share for the second quarter of 2014.

On a linked quarter basis, net income improved $381,000, or 29.0%.  A $678,000, or 6.9%, increase in net interest income on a linked quarter basis fueled second quarter earnings and more than offset a $191,000, or 13.7%, reduction in noninterest income over the same time frame. When comparing the second quarter of 2015 with the same quarter of 2014, net income declined a modest $27,000 while net income available to common shareholders improved $155,000, or 10.1%. 

Net income was $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 compared with $3.4 million for the first half of 2014.  Net income available to common shareholders equaled $3.0 million for the first half of 2015 versus $3.2 million for the same period in 2014.  The decline in net income over the respective time periods was the result of lower net interest income coupled with a modest increase in operating expenses, most notably personnel expenses.  Earnings per common share, basic and fully diluted, were $0.14 per share and $0.15 per share for the respective six month time frames.

The following table presents summary income statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, respectively.

Net Interest Income

Linked Quarter Basis
Net interest income was $10.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared with $9.8 million for the first quarter of 2015, representing an increase of $678,000, or 6.9%.   Interest income on a linked quarter basis increased $683,000, or 5.9%, to equal $12.3 million for the second quarter of 2015.  Interest income with respect to non-covered loans increased $260,000, or 3.3%, during the second quarter of 2015 when compared with the first quarter of 2015.  This increase was partially attributable to a $95,000 increase in cash basis income related to nonaccrual loans.  Interest income with respect to FDIC covered loans increased $355,000, or 18.5%, during the second quarter.  This increase was solely attributed to $475,000 in cash payments from acquisition development and construction (ADC) loans that had been previously written down to a zero carrying value.  Consequently, the yield on FDIC covered loans increased 264 basis points during the second quarter to equal 15.07%.

Securities income on a tax equivalent basis equaled $2.2 million for the second quarter of 2015, which represented a $109,000 increase from the first quarter of 2015.  This increase in securities income was driven by better yields on the portfolio as the average investment balances declined a nominal $90,000 on a linked quarter basis.  The tax equivalent yield on the securities portfolio improved 15 basis points from 2.84% for the first quarter of 2015 to 2.99% for the second quarter of 2015.

Interest expense increased only $5,000, or 0.30%, on a linked quarter basis as average interest bearing liability balances increased only $565,000, or 0.1%.  The Company's cost of interest bearing liabilities declined one basis point to 0.80% from 0.81% in the prior quarter.  This slight improvement was attributable to lower average FHLB borrowing balances of $5.1 million in the second quarter as a $5.0 million advance matured with an interest rate of 3.78%.

The Company's overall cost of funds remained stable and there was an improvement in earning asset yields, resulting in the net interest margin improving 17 basis points to 4.07% for the three months ended June 30, 2015.  Likewise, the net interest spread improved from 3.82% for the first quarter of 2015 to 3.98% for the second quarter of 2015.

Year-Over-Year Quarter
Net interest income declined $295,000, or 2.7%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015.  Interest income declined $122,000, or 1.0%, over this time period.  Interest income on the non-covered loan portfolio increased $875,000, or 12.0%.  Average non-covered loan balances increased $75.2 million when comparing the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, while the average loan yield declined only two basis points to 4.77% for the second quarter of 2015.  This increase was more than offset by a $995,000, or 30.5%, decline in covered loan interest income over the same time frame.   This decline was partially the result of fewer significant cash payments received on covered loans related to pools that had previously been written down to a zero carrying value.  During the second quarter of 2014, these significant cash payments totaled $706,000 and, during the second quarter of 2015, these payments totaled $475,000.  The remainder of the decrease was due to normal amortization within the portfolio.  As a result, the yield on the covered loan portfolio fell from 19.62% for the second quarter of 2014 to 15.07% for the second quarter of 2015. 

Interest expense increased $173,000, or 10.2%, when comparing the second quarter of 2014 and the second quarter of 2015. Interest expense on deposits increased $33,000, or 2.3%, while interest expense on borrowings increased $140,000, or 57.4%.  The slight increase in deposit cost was driven by higher cost time deposits. Average FHLB advances increased $14.4 million, and the expense associated with the borrowings increased $138,000, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015.  This increase in interest expense was also influenced by the $30.0 million notional value swap entered into during the fourth quarter of 2014.  Consequently, the average cost of FHLB and other borrowings increased 46 basis points from 0.80% for the second quarter of 2014 to 1.26% for the second quarter of 2015.  Other interest expense was attributed to the third-party loan that the Company closed in the second quarter of 2014 for which the proceeds were used to pay off the Company's then outstanding TARP investment.  Pre-tax interest on the loan equaled $84,000 for the second quarter of 2015, versus $81,000 in the second quarter of 2014. 

The tax equivalent net interest margin declined 28 basis points from 4.35% in the second quarter of 2014 to 4.07% in the second quarter of 2015.  Likewise, the net interest spread decreased from 4.29% to 3.98% over the same time period.  The decline in margin was precipitated by the reduction in cash basis covered loan income, which helped drive overall loan yields down 64 basis points.

Year over Year Six Months
For the first half of 2015, net interest income decreased $819,000, or 3.9%, from the first six months of 2014.  Interest income declined $351,000, or 1.4%, over this time frame while interest expense increased $468,000, or 14.3%.  Interest income on the non-covered loan portfolio increased $1.7 million, or 12.1%.  Average non-covered loan balances increased $75.9 million, or 12.6%, for the first six months of 2015 versus the same period in 2014, while the average loan yield declined only two basis points to 4.77% for the first half of 2015.  This increase more than offset a $2.0 million, or 32.8%, decline in covered loan interest income over the same time frame.  Part of the decline in this income was related to significant cash payments on ADC loans related to pools, previously written down to a zero carrying value. Significant cash payments equaled $1.1 million in the first half of 2014, and $475,000 in the first half of 2015, all of which were received during the second quarter.  As mentioned above, the remainder of the decrease was due to normal amortization within the portfolio.  As a result, the yield on the covered loan portfolio fell from 18.00% for the first six months of 2014 to 13.74% for the same period in 2015. 

Interest expense increased $468,000, or 14.3%, when comparing the first six months of 2014 and the first six months of 2015.  Deposit costs increased a modest $73,000, or 2.6%, over this time frame while interest expense on FHLB borrowings increased $300,000, or 92.9%, over the same time frame.  Average FHLB advances increased $16.8 million for the first six months of 2015 compared with the first six months of 2014.  The increase in the associated FHLB interest expense was the result of the swap noted above.  The average cost of FHLB and other borrowings increased 48 basis points from 0.80% for the six months ended June 30, 2014 to 1.28% for the first six months of 2015.  Other interest expense was attributed to the third-party loan mentioned above.  The pre-tax interest on the loan, which closed in the second quarter of 2014, equaled $176,000 for the first half of 2015, versus $81,000 for the first six months of 2014. 

The tax equivalent net interest margin declined 34 basis points from 4.32% in the first half of 2014 to 3.98% in the first half of 2015.  Likewise, the net interest spread decreased from 4.26% to 3.90% over the same time period.  As previously discussed, the decline in the margin was influenced by the reduction in cash basis covered loan income, which helped drive overall loan yields down 65 basis points.

Provision for Loan Losses

The Company records a separate provision for loan losses for its non-covered loan portfolio and its FDIC covered loan portfolio.  There was no provision for loan losses on the FDIC covered loan portfolio during the first half of 2015 or the first two quarters of 2014.  Likewise, there was no provision for loan losses on the non-covered loan portfolio during the same time frames.  With respect to the non-covered loan portfolio, this was the direct result of nominal charge-offs and the ongoing stabilization of asset quality.  A discussion of loan quality will be presented in greater detail in the Asset Quality section below.

Noninterest Income

Linked Quarter
Noninterest income was $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2015 compared with $1.4 million for the first quarter of 2015.  This $191,000, or 13.7%, decline in noninterest income quarter over quarter was the direct result of a reduction in securities gains. Net losses on securities sales aggregated $8,000 in the second quarter of 2015, versus net gains of $297,000 realized in the first quarter of 2015.  Despite the change in net securities gains/losses, other noninterest income equaled $446,000 for the second quarter of 2015, representing a $106,000, or 31.2%, increase over the prior quarter.  This increase was fueled by an improvement in mortgage income during the second quarter of this year.  Mortgage income increased $114,000, or 77.0%, to $262,000 in the second quarter in comparison with the first quarter of 2015.

Year over Year Quarter
Noninterest income increased $236,000, or 24.3%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015.  Other operating income increased $281,000, or 170.3%, from the quarter ended June 30, 2014 to the quarter ended June 30, 2015.  A vast improvement in mortgage income was the sole driver of this increase.  Mortgage income increased $232,000, or 773.3%, when comparing the second quarter of 2015 with the second quarter of 2014.  This improvement more than offset any decline in other noninterest income categories.

Year over Year Six Months
For the six months ended June 30, 2015, noninterest income totaled $2.6 million, which was a $332,000, or 14.6%, improvement from the first six months of 2014.  Other noninterest income increased principally because of mortgage income discussed below.  Mortgage income was $73,000 for the first six months of 2014 increasing $337,000, or 461.6%, to $410,000 for the first six months of 2015. 

Noninterest Expenses

Linked Quarter Basis
Noninterest expenses declined $76,000, or 0.8%, to $9.4 million for the second quarter of 2015 when compared with the first quarter of 2015.  The most significant improvements in noninterest expenses on a linked quarter basis were in salaries and benefits, FDIC indemnification asset amortization expense, and occupancy expense. Salaries and benefits decreased $89,000, or 2.0%, from the first quarter of 2015 to equal $4.4 million for the second quarter of 2015. FDIC indemnification expense declined $86,000, or 6.9%, on a linked quarter basis, and occupancy expenses declined $69,000, or 10.0%, on a linked quarter basis.  The decline in occupancy expenses was due to lower utilities expense in the second quarter coupled with a reduction of contract maintenance expense.  These expense reductions among other lesser improvements evidenced in data processing fees and FDIC assessment charges were partially off-set by a $143,000, or 8.8%, increase in other operating expenses for the same time period.  The most significant increase in other operating expense was a $174,000, or 106.7%, increase in credit expenses, which were primarily legal fees related to the resolution of the commercial loan relationship mentioned earlier in this release. 

Year over Year Quarter
Noninterest expenses increased $84,000, or 0.9%, when comparing the second quarter of 2014 with the same period in 2015.  The single largest increase was in salaries and benefits which rose $378,000, or 9.4%, over this time frame.  The overall increase in salaries and benefits expense was related to increased staffing in 2015, most notably income producing lenders.  Other operating expense increased $87,000, or 5.2%, when comparing the second quarter of 2014 with the second quarter of 2015.  Credit expense increased $197,000, or 140.7%, which was driven in part by the legal fees mentioned above, as well as filing fees and appraisal expenses.  Within the other operating expense category, supplies expense declined $35,000, or 24.0%, and external audit fees declined $85,000, or 61.6%, over the same time frame. 

The Company benefitted from a $325,000, or 22.0%, decline in the indemnification asset amortization from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015.  Occupancy expenses and data processing fees declined $68,000, or 9.9%, and $51,000, or 11.0%, respectively, during this time frame.  The improvement in occupancy expenses was driven by lower rental expense associated with closing the Landover Hills branch in the fourth quarter of 2014.  The reduction in data processing fees was the result of account consolidation and improved vendor contract pricing.

Year over Year Six Months
Noninterest expenses increased $426,000, or 2.3%, when comparing the first six months of 2014 and 2015.  The majority of the increase was evidenced in two categories: salaries and benefits expense and other operating expenses.  Salaries and benefits expense increased $950,000, or 11.9%, during the first six months of 2015 when compared with the first six months of 2014.  This increase was the result of increased staffing and the related benefits from the addition of new lending team members that have been added over the last year to boost production.    Other operating expenses increased $275,000, or 8.9%, over the same time frame.  This increase was primarily driven by an increase in credit related expenses and advertising expenses.  Credit expense increased $263,000, or 110.5%, and was driven in part by the legal fees noted for the resolution of the nonaccrual credit mentioned earlier in this release.  Within the other operating expense category, state taxes declined $100,000, or 87.0%, and external audit fees declined $97,000, or 43.7%.  These declines off-set a $167,000 increase in advertising expenses over the same time frame.  The increase in advertising expenses was partially attributed to new promotional materials for new deposit products.  The reduction in state taxes was the result of re-incorporating the Company from Delaware to Virginia at the beginning of 2014.

Other noteworthy changes in noninterest expenses over this time frame included FDIC indemnification asset amortization, other real estate expense, and data processing fees.  FDIC indemnification asset amortization declined $584,000, or 19.6%, while other real estate and data processing fees declined $161,000, or 42.0%, and $103,000, or 10.8%, respectively.  The improvement in other real estate expense was driven by increased rental income related to other real estate owned (OREO) property coupled with lower losses taken on the disposition of OREO property.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $533,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2015, compared with income tax expense of $351,000 and $649,000 for the first quarter of 2015 and second quarter of 2014, respectively.  Income tax expense was $884,000 for the first six months of 2015 compared with $1.4 million for the first six months of 2014.    The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2015 was 23.9% versus 21.1% and 27.4% for the first quarter of 2015 and second quarter of 2014, respectively.   The effective tax rate for the first six months of 2015 was 22.7% compared with 28.3% for the first six months of 2014.  This decline in the effective tax rate was due to an increased level of nontaxable income related to an increased volume of municipal securities.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

During the first six months of 2015, total assets increased $3.4 million to $1.159 billion at June 30, 2015.  Total assets increased $44.3 million, or 4.0%, over the past year from $1.115 billion at June 30, 2014.  Total loans were $743.1 million at June 30, 2015, increasing $15.6 million since December 31, 2014, and $44.8 million since June 30, 2014.  Total non-covered loans were $684.0 million at June 30, 2015 and $664.7 million at December 31, 2014.  The majority of the non-covered loan growth was in the residential 1-4 family loan category as well as the multifamily loan segment.  Residential 1-4 family loans grew $10.2 million, or 6.0%, and multifamily loans grew $10.5 million or 31.1%, since year end.  Since March 31, 2015, residential loans grew $5.8 million, or 3.4%, while commercial loans declined $5.8 million.  This decline in commercial loans was due solely to the resolution of the aforementioned $7.4 million nonaccrual loan.

The following table shows the composition of the Company's non-covered loan portfolio, net of deferred fees and costs, at June 30, 2015, March 31, 2015, December 31, 2014, and June 30, 2014.

The Company's securities portfolio, excluding equity securities, declined $9.5 million, or 3.1%, from $310.8 million at December 31, 2014 to $301.3 million at June 30, 2015.  During the second quarter of 2015, management reinvested excess funds into the market, and the investment portfolio grew $23.4 million, or 8.4%, from March 31, 2015.   Realized losses of $8,000 occurred during the second quarter of 2015 through sales and call activity, and net gain on the sales of securities aggregated $289,000 for the first six months of 2015.  This compares with $24,000 of net gains taken in the second quarter of 2014 and $379,000 during the first six months of the prior year.  The increase in the volume of securities during the second quarter of 2015 was the result of solid core deposit growth throughout the first half of 2015.

The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $18.9 million, $22.4 million and $24.9 million at June 30, 2015, December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014, respectively.  There were $5.0 million in federal funds purchased at June 30, 2015 versus $14.5 million at December 31, 2014 and $2.5 million at June 30, 2014.

The following table shows the composition of the Company's securities portfolio, excluding equity securities, at June 30, 2015, March 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014.

Interest bearing deposits at June 30, 2015 were $846.4 million, an increase of $12.1 million, or 1.44%, from December 31, 2014.  MMDA and savings account balances increased $8.8 million and $7.6 million, or 8.6% and 9.7%, respectively, over the same time period.   Retail time deposit account balances increased $3.3 million, or 0.7%, during the first half of 2015, while brokered time deposits declined $8.2 million, or 11.2%, since year end. 

Interest bearing deposits increased $10.4 million from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015.  NOW, MMDA, and savings account balances grew $9.7 million, $18.0 million and $8.7 million, respectively, over this time frame.  Time deposits declined $26.0 million, or 4.7%, of which $9.1 million was brokered funding.  Management has focused on changing the deposit mix from higher cost time deposit products to lower cost transactional products.  The Company has been successful with its solid growth in interest free demand deposits and other transactional accounts mentioned above.

FHLB advances were $81.0 million at June 30, 2015, compared with $96.4 million at December 31, 2014 and $76.8 million at June 30, 2014.  During the second quarter of 2015, $15.2 million in FHLB advances matured.  Total deposit growth of $32.9 million during the second quarter of 2015 afforded the reduction in FHLB advances.  Long term debt totaled $7.3 million at June 30, 2015, declining by $2.4 million, or 24.8%, since December 31, 2014.  This borrowing, initially in the amount of $10.7 million, was obtained in April 2014, and the proceeds were used to redeem the Company's remaining outstanding TARP preferred stock.  The Company has repaid $3.4 million of this debt within a year and should have the loan fully paid within the next two years.

The following table compares the mix of interest bearing deposits for June 30, 2015, March 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014.

Shareholders' equity was $109.2 million at June 30, 2015, $107.7 million at December 31, 2014 and $102.1 million at June 30, 2014. Shareholders' equity increased $1.5 million, or 1.4%, from year end 2014 as the result of a decline in other comprehensive income related to net losses in the investment portfolio and net income of $3.0 million in the first half of 2015.  Year-over-year, shareholders' equity increased $7.1 million, or 7.0%.

Asset Quality – non-covered assets

Nonaccrual loans were $10.5 million at June 30, 2015, decreasing $6.7 million from March 31, 2015, $6.0 million from December 31, 2014, and $653,000 from June 30, 2014.  The 38.8% reduction in nonaccrual loans in the second quarter compared with the first quarter of 2015 is the direct result of a complete resolution and pay-out to the large commercial loan relationship placed on nonaccrual status during the fourth quarter of 2014.  Other asset quality metrics improved as well.  The level of classified and criticized assets declined $11.3 million, or 22.8%, from March 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015.  Likewise, the level of classified and criticized assets declined $11.4 million, or 23.0%, from December 31, 2014 to the end of the second quarter.

The following chart shows the level of nonaccrual loans, classified loans and criticized loans over the last five quarters:

Total nonperforming assets totaled $15.3 million at June 30, 2015, deceasing $7.3 million from the prior quarter end and $2.3 million since June 30, 2014.  The decrease in nonperforming assets in the second quarter of 2015 was due to the resolution and pay-off of the large nonaccrual loan noted above.  There were net recoveries of $853,000 in the second quarter of 2015 due to a full recapture of a charge-off taken in the fourth quarter of 2014 associated with this commercial credit.  This compares with net charge-offs of $256,000, $497,000, and $254,000 taken in the first quarter of 2015 and the fourth and second quarters of 2014, respectively.

The allowance for loan losses equaled 93.7% of non-covered nonaccrual loans at June 30, 2015, compared with 55.9% at December 31, 2014 and 90.8% at June 30, 2014. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to total nonperforming assets was 64.7% at June 30, 2015 compared with 41.6% at December 31, 2014 and 57.8% at June 30, 2014.  The ratio of nonperforming assets to loans and OREO was 2.2% at June 30, 2015 compared with 3.4% at December 31, 2014 and 2.8% at June 30, 2014.

The following table reconciles the activity in the Company's non-covered allowance for loan losses, by quarter, for the past five quarters.  These numbers exclude $98,000 of allowance for loan losses related to PCI loans.

The following table sets forth selected asset quality data, excluding FDIC covered assets, and ratios for the dates indicated:

A further breakout of nonaccrual loans, excluding PCI and covered loans, at June 30, 2015, December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 is below:

Capital Requirements

The Company's ratio of total risk-based capital was 14.4% at June 30, 2015 compared with 14.7% at December 31, 2014.  The tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 13.2% at June 30, 2015 and 13.5% at December 31, 2014. The Company's tier 1 leverage ratio was 9.6% at June 30, 2015 and 9.4% at December 31, 2014.  All capital ratios exceed regulatory minimums to be considered well capitalized.

The June 30, 2015 ratios reflect changes to the capital and asset risk-weighting of BASEL III, which became effective January 1, 2015. BASEL III introduced the common equity tier 1 capital ratio, which was 13.2% at June 30, 2015.

Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call for interested parties on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial results for the second quarter and first six months of 2015. The public is invited to listen to this conference call by dialing 866-374-8379 at least five minutes prior to the call.  Interested parties may also listen to this conference call through the internet by accessing the "Corporate Overview – Corporate Profile" page of the Company's internet site at www.cbtrustcorp.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available from 12:00 noon Eastern Time on July 30, 2015, until 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 7, 2015. The replay will be available by dialing 877-344-7529 and entering access code 10070014 or through the internet by accessing the "Corporate Overview – Corporate Profile" page of the Company's internet site at www.cbtrustcorp.com.

About Community Bankers Trust Corporation and Essex Bank

Community Bankers Trust Corporation is the holding company for Essex Bank, a Virginia state bank with 21 full-service offices, 14 of which are in Virginia and seven of which are in Maryland.  The Bank also operates two loan production offices in Virginia. 

Additional information on the Bank is available on the Bank's website at www.essexbank.com.  For information on Community Bankers Trust Corporation, please visit its website at www.cbtrustcorp.com.

 Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements with respect to the Company's operations, performance, future strategy and goals. Actual results may differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, the effects of and changes in the following: the quality or composition of the Company's loan or investment portfolios, including collateral values and the repayment abilities of  borrowers and issuers; assumptions that underlie the Company's allowance for loan losses; general economic and market conditions, either nationally or in the Company's market areas; the interest rate environment; competitive pressures among banks and financial institutions or from companies outside the banking industry; real estate values; the demand for deposit, loan and investment products and other financial services; the demand, development and acceptance of new products and services; the performance of vendors or other parties with which the Company does business; time and costs associated with de novo branching, acquisitions, dispositions and similar transactions; the realization of gains and expense savings from acquisitions, dispositions and similar transactions; assumptions and estimates that underlie the accounting for loan pools under the shared-loss agreements; consumer profiles and spending and savings habits; levels of fraud in the banking industry; the level of attempted cyber-attacks in the banking industry; the securities and credit markets; costs associated with the integration of banking and other internal operations; the soundness of other financial institutions with which the Company does business; inflation; technology; and legislative and regulatory requirements.  Many of these factors and additional risks and uncertainties are described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other reports filed from time to time by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release speaks only as of its date, and the Company disclaims any duty to update the information in it.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The information below presents certain financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Common tangible book value equals total shareholders' equity less preferred stock, goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, and common tangible book value per share is computed by dividing common tangible book value by the number of common shares outstanding. Common tangible assets equal total assets less preferred stock, goodwill and identifiable intangible assets.

Management believes that common tangible book value and the ratio of common tangible book value to common tangible assets are meaningful because they are some of the measures that the Company and investors use to assess capital adequacy. Management believes that presenting the change in common tangible book value per share, the change in stock price to common tangible book value per share, and the change in the ratio of common tangible book value to common tangible assets provide meaningful period-to-period comparisons of these measures.

These measures are a supplement to GAAP used to prepare the Company's financial statements and should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP measures. In addition, the Company's non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to non-GAAP measures of other companies. The following table reconciles these non-GAAP measures from their respective GAAP basis measures.

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