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NORWOOD FINANCIAL CORP
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 18, 2010

HONESDALE –
The 139th Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Norwood Financial Corp (Nasdaq-NWFL), Parent Company of Wayne Bank was held on Tuesday, April 27th at the Company’s headquarters in Honesdale.
Business conducted at the Annual Meeting included remarks by Chairman of the Board John E. Marshall, who chaired the meeting, the re-election of company directors Dr. Andrew A. Forte, Ralph A. Matergia and Richard L. Snyder, and reports to stockholders from President and Chief Executive Officer Lewis J. Critelli and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William Lance.
Chairman Marshall welcomed stockholders and introduced the Directors and Executive Officers seated at the head table.  He then turned the meeting over to Mr. Critelli, who conducted the formal business portion of the meeting.
Mr. Lance provided stockholders with a detailed report of the Company’s financial results for 2009.  Among the highlights of the Company’s performance in 2009 cited by Mr. Lance was an increase in total assets to $530 million as of December 31, 2009, a record level of net income which totaled $7.1million, and an eighteenth consecutive year for an increase in cash dividends.  Mr. Lance also cited key ratios such as a net interest margin of 4.03% and an efficiency ratio of 53.3% as major determinants of the Company’s success in 2009.

 
 

 

Mr. Critelli’s address included the results for the first quarter of 2010 and a summary of plans for the remainder of the year.  Mr. Critelli noted that first quarter earnings of $1,797,000 and earnings per share (diluted) were $.65 compared to the $.63 per share in the first quarter of 2009.  Total assets were $526 million as of March 31, 2010, with total loans outstanding of $358 million, deposits of $392 million and stockholders equity at $65 million.  Mr. Critelli’s comments included a summary of the causes of the credit and liquidity crisis and its impact on the economy, as well as the general health of the community banking industry and particularly Norwood, with its strong capital position. Mr. Critelli updated stockholders on the Bank’s technology initiatives for the coming year.  He also commented on Norwood’s continued solid financial performance.
 
Mr. Critelli closed by thanking William W. Davis, Jr. for his 14 years of service as President and CEO.  The stockholders also expressed their thanks and wishes for a happy retirement to Mr. Davis.
 
At the Bank’s annual reorganization meeting, the following officers were appointed for the ensuing year.
 
John E. Marshall
 
 
Chairman of the Board
Lewis J. Critelli
 
 
President & Chief Executive Officer
Edward C. Kasper
 
Executive Vice President & Senior Loan Officer-
Corporate Bank Secretary
 
Kenneth C. Doolittle
 
 
Executive Vice President
William S. Lance
 
Senior Vice President , Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
 
John H. Sanders
 
Senior Vice President-Retail Bank
 
Joseph A. Kneller
 
 
Senior Vice President, Assistant Treasurer & Assistant Secretary
 
 
 
 

 
 
John Carmody
 
 
Senior Vice President
Karyn Batzel
 
 
Vice President
Robert J. Behrens
 
 
Vice President and Loan Review Officer
Joann Fuller
 
 
Vice President
Karen Gasper
 
 
Internal Auditor and Vice President
Carolyn K. Gwozdziewycz
 
 
Vice President and Community Office Manager
Sandra Halas
 
 
Vice President
Nancy A. Hart
 
 
Vice President, Controller, Assistant Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
 
Raymond Hebden
 
 
Vice President
William J. Henigan, Jr.
 
 
Vice President
Jennifer Jaycox
 
 
Vice President & Loan Operations Manager
William R. Kerstetter
 
 
Vice President
Kelley J. Lalley
 
 
Vice President, Assistant Secretary
Linda Moran
 
 
Vice President
Mary Alice Petzinger
 
 
Vice President & Community Office Manager
Mark W. Ranzan
 
 
Vice President
Barbara A. Ridd
 
 
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Gary H. Sipe
 
 
Vice President
Eli Tomlinson
 
 
Vice President
Diane Wylam
 
 
Vice President & Senior Trust Officer
Ryan J. French
 
 
Assistant Vice President
Marianne Glamann
 
 
Assistant Vice President & Community Office Manager
Wendy L. Davis
 
Community Office Manager
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Terri Garringer
 
 
Community Office Manager
Gary Henry
 
 
Community Office Manager
Teresa Melucci
 
 
Community Office Manager
Sandra Mruczkewycz
 
 
Community Office Manager
Rossie Demorizi-Ortiz
 
 
Community Office Manager
Laurie J. Bishop
 
 
Assistant Community Office Manager
Christine Ferdinando
 
 
Assistant Community Office Manager
Jill Hessling
 
 
Assistant Community Office Manager
Diane L. Richter
 
 
Assistant Community Office Manager
Toni Stenger
 
 
Assistant Community Office Manager
Nicholas Holzman
 
 
Credit Analyst Officer
Thomas Kowalski
 
 
Resource Recovery Manager
Julie Kuen
 
 
Electronic Banking Officer
William E. Murray
 
 
Mortgage Originator
Sarah Rapp
 
 
Human Resources Officer
Doreen A. Swingle
 
Residential Mortgage Lending Officer

Norwood Financial Corp, through its subsidiary Wayne Bank, operates eleven offices in Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties.  The Company’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq Market, under the symbol, “NWFL”.
The foregoing material may contain forward-looking statements.  We caution that such statements may be subject to a number of uncertainties and actual results could differ materially and therefore readers should not place undue reliance on any forward looking statements.  Those risks and uncertainties include changes in the absolute and relative levels of interest rates, the ability to control costs and expenses, demand for real estate, general economic conditions and the effectiveness of governmental responses thereto.  Norwood Financial Corp. does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Contact:   Linda Moran
      Vice President
    NORWOOD FINANCIAL CORP
    570-253-1455
    www.waynebank.com