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EXHIBIT 99.1

 
 
 Contact: Kathleen Campbell, Marketing Director    First Citizens Community Bank
 570-662-0422     15 S. Main Street
 570-662-8512 (fax)    Mansfield, PA 16933
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                           Citizens Financial Services, Inc. Reports Increase in Third Quarter 2012 Earnings

MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA— October 23, 2012 – Citizens Financial Services, Incorporated (OTC BB: CZFS), parent company of First Citizens Community Bank, has released its unaudited financial performance for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2012.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, net income totaled $10,666,000 which compared to $9,355,000 for the same period last year. This represents an increase of $1,311,000, or 14%. Earnings per share of $3.66 increased 15.1% from $3.18 per share last year.  Annualized return on equity for the comparable periods was 17.74% and 17.65%, while return on assets was 1.62% and 1.49%, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2012, net income totaled $3,464,000 which compares to $3,378,000 for the same period last year. This represents an increase of $86,000, or 2.5%. Earnings per share of $1.19 increased 3.5% from $1.15 per share last year.

Net interest income, before the provision for loan losses, increased from $21,219,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to $22,838,000  this year, an increase of $1,619,000, or 7.6%. On a tax equivalent basis, the net interest margin on interest earning assets increased from 3.94% last year to 3.99% this year. CEO and President Randall E. Black stated, “As the low interest rate environment continues, yields on interest earning assets decreased from 5.19% last year to 4.94% this year.  Specifically, yields on investments have decreased 36 basis points primarily due to our strategy to invest in shorter term investments.   Maintaining our margin is directly related to our ability to decrease our cost of funds, which has decreased from 1.45% last year to 1.12% this year”.

As of September 30, 2012, total assets were $876.2 million, which was a decrease of $2.4 million from December 31, 2011.  Cash and cash equivalents decreased $19.7 million from the end of the year.  The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was used to fund an increase of $3.2 million in the investment portfolio, as it totaled $322.0 million at September 30, 2012 compared to the December 31, 2011 balance of $318.8 million.  Additionally, net loans increased $11.5 million to a total of $492.5 million at September 30, 2012 from the end of December.  Since September 30, 2011, net loans have increased $20.2 million, or 4.3%.  Most of the loan growth was related to commercial and agricultural loans.  “The low interest rate environment has resulted in unprecedented low, fixed residential mortgage rates.  Rather than significantly increasing our interest rate risk when interest rates do begin to increase, we have chosen to service and sell most of the residential loans that we have originated on the secondary market.  Through September we have originated $21.6 million of residential mortgages which have been sold compared with $7.5 million last year”, commented Mr. Black.

As of September 30, 2012, non-performing assets totaled $9.2 million and represented 1.83% as a percent of loans.  This compares to 2.11% as of December 31, 2011 and 2.22% as of September 30, 2011.  The continued improvement in credit quality has resulted in a decrease in the provision for loan losses throughout 2012.  For the first nine months of 2012, the provision totaled $315,000 compared to $525,000 recorded last year.  Through September, annualized net charge-offs as a percent of average loans remains very low at .02%.

Stockholders’ equity totaled $90.0 million at September 30, 2012, which was an increase of $8.5 million, or 10.4%, from December 31, 2011 and an increase of $11.1 million or 14.1% from September 30, 2011.  The capital level continues to result in First Citizens Community Bank being well capitalized based upon regulatory guidelines.  On October 9, 2012 a cash dividend of $.305 per share was declared to shareholders of record as of October 19, 2012.  The dividend will be paid on October 26 and represents an increase of 13.0% over the October 2011 cash dividend of $.27 per share.

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. has over 1,500 shareholders, the majority of whom reside in Potter, Tioga, and Bradford Counties, Pennsylvania and Allegany County, New York, where their 18 offices are located.

Note: This press release may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. These factors include operating, legal and regulatory risks; changing economic and competitive conditions and other risks and uncertainties.

 
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CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
     
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
     
(UNAUDITED)
     
       
 
September 30
December 31
September 30
(in thousands except share data)
2012
2011
2011
ASSETS:
     
Cash and due from banks:
     
  Noninterest-bearing
 $           10,086
 $           9,960
 $          10,761
  Interest-bearing
                    624
            20,472
             24,050
Total cash and cash equivalents
               10,710
            30,432
             34,811
       
Available-for-sale securities
            322,039
          318,823
           303,239
 
     
Loans (net of allowance for loan losses: $6,734 at September 30, 2012;
     
    $6,487 at December 31, 2011 and $6,323 at September 30, 2011)
            492,492
          481,022
           472,289
 
     
Premises and equipment
               11,419
            11,702
             11,819
Accrued interest receivable
                 3,961
              3,621
               3,980
Goodwill
               10,256
            10,256
             10,256
Bank owned life insurance
               14,047
            13,669
             13,542
Other assets
               11,293
              9,042
               9,252
 
 
 
 
TOTAL ASSETS
 $         876,217
 $       878,567
 $        859,188
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES:
     
Deposits:
     
  Noninterest-bearing
 $           84,767
 $         85,605
 $          80,557
  Interest-bearing
            644,440
          648,388
           638,988
Total deposits
            729,207
          733,993
           719,545
Borrowed funds
               47,956
            53,882
             52,845
Accrued interest payable
                 1,213
              1,512
               1,539
Other liabilities
                 7,865
              7,712
               6,397
TOTAL LIABILITIES
            786,241
          797,099
           780,326
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
     
Preferred Stock $1.00 par value; authorized
     
  3,000,000 shares at September30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and September 30, 2011;
     
    none issued in 2012 or 2011
                          -
                      -
                       -
Common stock
     
  $1.00 par value; authorized 15,000,000 shares at September 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and
 
  September30, 2011;  issued 3,164,324 shares at September 30, 2012; 3,132,866 at
   
   December 31, 2011 and Septemer 30, 2011
                 3,161
              3,133
               3,133
Additional paid-in capital
               16,474
            15,313
             15,320
Retained earnings
               70,255
            63,337
             60,936
Accumulated other comprehensive income
                 5,990
              4,949
               4,533
Treasury stock, at cost:  247,134 shares at September 30, 2012; 230,203 shares at
     
  December 31, 2011 and 224,902 shares at September 30, 2011
               (5,904)
             (5,264)
              (5,060)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               89,976
            81,468
             78,862
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
     
   STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 $         876,217
 $       878,567
 $        859,188

 
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CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
       
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
       
(UNAUDITED)
       
 
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
2012
2011
2012
2011
INTEREST INCOME:
       
Interest and fees on loans
 $       7,448
 $      7,555
 $     22,352
 $    22,413
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
                   5
               22
                11
               64
Investment securities:
       
    Taxable
           1,085
         1,095
           3,519
         3,443
    Nontaxable
              919
             931
           2,793
         2,688
    Dividends
                17
               10
                49
               39
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME
           9,474
         9,613
        28,724
       28,647
INTEREST EXPENSE:
       
Deposits
           1,486
         1,969
           4,707
         6,103
Borrowed funds
              373
             437
           1,179
         1,325
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE
           1,859
         2,406
           5,886
         7,428
NET INTEREST INCOME
           7,615
         7,207
        22,838
       21,219
Provision for loan losses
              105
             150
              315
             525
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER
       
    PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES
           7,510
         7,057
        22,523
       20,694
NON-INTEREST INCOME:
       
Service charges
           1,139
         1,185
           3,346
         3,258
Trust
              148
             163
              472
             466
Brokerage and insurance
                80
               79
              305
             297
Gains on loans sold
              102
               36
              287
             111
Investment securities gains, net
              240
             117
              561
             351
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
              128
             126
              378
             371
Other
              109
             122
              342
             323
TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME
           1,946
         1,828
           5,691
         5,177
NON-INTEREST EXPENSES:
       
Salaries and employee benefits
           2,705
         2,527
           8,126
         7,560
Occupancy
              304
             295
              928
         1,014
Furniture and equipment
              113
             115
              315
             338
Professional fees
              209
             197
              701
             526
FDIC insurance
              115
               47
              353
             547
Pennsylvania shares tax
              115
             146
              441
             439
Other
           1,398
         1,171
           3,488
         3,496
TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSES
           4,959
         4,498
        14,352
       13,920
Income before provision for income taxes
           4,497
         4,387
        13,862
       11,951
Provision for income taxes
           1,033
         1,009
           3,196
         2,596
NET INCOME
 $       3,464
 $      3,378
 $     10,666
 $      9,355
 
       
PER COMMON SHARE DATA:
       
Net Income - Basic
 $          1.19
 $        1.15
 $          3.66
 $        3.18
Net Income - Diluted
 $          1.19
 $        1.15
 $          3.66
 $        3.18
Cash Dividends Paid
 $       0.300
 $      0.265
 $       0.895
 $      0.790
         
Number of shares used in computation - basic
   2,908,435
  2,945,616
   2,915,615
  2,945,197
Number of shares used in computation - diluted
   2,910,501
  2,945,616
   2,917,377
  2,945,197

 
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Financial Highlights
       
         
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2012
2011
2012
2011
Performance Ratios and Share Data:
       
    Return on average assets (annualized)
1.58%
1.57%
1.62%
1.49%
    Return on average equity (annualized)
16.78%
18.48%
17.74%
17.65%
    Net interest margin (tax equivalent)
3.99%
3.90%
3.99%
3.94%
    Cash dividends paid per share
 $                       0.300
 $                       0.265
 $                     0.895
 $            0.790
    Earnings per share - basic
 $                          1.19
 $                         1.15
 $                       3.66
 $              3.18
    Earnings per share - diluted
 $                          1.19
 $                         1.15
 $                       3.66
 $              3.18
Number of shares used in computation - basic
                   2,908,435
                   2,945,616
                 2,915,615
        2,945,197
Number of shares used in computation - diluted
                    2,910,501
                   2,945,616
                 2,917,377
        2,945,197

 
Balance Sheet Highlights (dollars in thousands):
September 30, 2012
December 31, 2011
September 30, 2011
       
Assets
 $                    876,217
 $                   878,567
$859,188
Investment securities:
     
    Available for sale
322,039
318,823
303,239
Loans (net of unearned income)
499,226
487,509
478,612
Allowance for loan losses
6,734
6,487
6,323
Deposits
729,207
733,993
719,545
Stockholders' Equity
89,976
81,468
78,862
Non-performing assets
9,157
10,300
10,635
Non-performing assets to total loans
1.83%
2.11%
2.22%
Annualized net charge-offs to total loans
0.02%
0.02%
0.03%
Average Leverage Ratio
9.62%
8.83%
8.66%
Common shares outstanding
                   2,907,490
2,902,663
2,908,657
Book value per share
 $                       28.82
 $                       26.36
$25.55

 
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