MidCarolina Financial Corporation Announces Results for 1st Quarter 2010

BURLINGTON, N.C., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MidCarolina Financial Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MCFI) today reported record total assets of $565.1 million at March 31, 2010, an increase of $12.2 million, or 2%, when compared to the $552.9 million reported at March 31, 2009. Total loans, net of mortgage loans held-for-sale, were $432.7 million at March 31, 2009, a decrease of $4.7 million, or 3%, from the level a year ago. Total deposits at the end of the quarter were $494.2 million, an increase of $13.4 million, or 3%, when compared to 2009 1st quarter balances.

MidCarolina reported a net loss attributed to common shareholders of $338,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, compared to net income available to common shareholders of $341,000 reported for the first quarter of 2009. Diluted loss per common share was ($0.07) for first quarter 2010. Diluted earnings per common share for the first quarter of 2009 was $0.07.

Commenting on these results, Charles T. Canaday, Jr., President and CEO, said, "The first quarter of 2010 has seen a continuation of the challenges faced by MidCarolina and other financial institutions. Negative economic trends, particularly in housing and commercial real estate, impeded some of our borrowers' ability to meet their debt servicing obligations and our nonperforming loans and delinquencies increased during the first quarter of 2010. These factors have contributed to an increase in net charge-offs during the first quarter of 2010 as compared to the first quarter of 2009. Our provision for loan losses, a non-cash charge to earnings, was $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2010 compared to $1.1 million in the prior year quarter, an increase of $1.5 million. We are working to minimize the effects of problem assets, and to diligently assist our customers in these difficult times. We look forward to our return to historical performance results."

MidCarolina Bank provides a complete line of banking services to individuals and businesses through its six full-service banking offices and two limited-service offices located in the cities of Burlington, Graham,, Greensboro and Mebane, North Carolina. MidCarolina Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of MidCarolina Financial Corporation, also provides the Bank's markets with access to personalized full brokerage services through a separate registered broker dealer for stocks, bonds and mutual funds and an array of insurance products.

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SOURCE MidCarolina Financial Corporation