Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWOD) has announced a new stock buyback program, authorizing the repurchase of up to 5% of its outstanding shares, totaling approximately 353,000 shares, effective until April 30, 2022. This plan replaces the existing repurchase program that expires on April 30, 2021. The company intends to repurchase shares at prevailing market prices, potentially enhancing shareholder value by reducing share supply and increasing earnings per share (EPS).
- Repurchase of 353,000 shares (5% of outstanding shares) could enhance shareholder value.
- The buyback program signals management's confidence in the company's future prospects.
- The buyback program may tie up capital that could be used for investments or growth opportunities.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richard A. Grafmyre, CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: PWOD) (“Company”) has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to
Repurchases are authorized to be made by the Company from time to time at the prevailing market prices on the open market, in block trades or in privately negotiated transactions as, in management’s opinion, market conditions warrant. Shares repurchased will be held in Treasury.
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Jersey Shore State Bank, which operates eighteen branch offices providing financial services in Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, Montour, Union, and Blair Counties, and Luzerne Bank, which operates eight branch offices providing financial services in Luzerne County. Investment and insurance products are offered through Jersey Shore State Bank’s subsidiary, The M Group, Inc. D/B/A The Comprehensive Financial Group. Insurance products are offered through United Insurance Solutions, LLC, a joint venture that is a subsidiary of the holding company.
Note: This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” including statements concerning plans, objectives, future events or performance and assumptions and other statements, which are statements other than statements of historical fact. The Company cautions readers that the following important factors, among others, may have affected and could in the future affect actual results and could cause actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company herein: (i) the effect of changes in laws and regulations, including federal and state banking laws and regulations, and the associated costs of compliance with such laws and regulations either currently or in the future as applicable; (ii) the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies as well as by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or of changes in the Company’s organization, compensation and benefit plans; (iii) the effect on the Company’s competitive position within its market area of the increasing consolidation within the banking and financial services industries, including the increased competition from larger regional and out-of-state banking organizations as well as non-bank providers of various financial services; (iv) the effect of changes in interest rates; (v) the effects of health emergencies, including the spread of infectious diseases or pandemics; and (vi) the effect of changes in the business cycle and downturns in the local, regional or national economies. For a list of other factors which could affect the Company’s results, see the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
Previous press releases and additional information can be obtained from the Company’s website at www.pwod.com.
| Contact: | Richard A. Grafmyre, Chief Executive Officer | |
| 110 Reynolds Street | ||
| Williamsport, PA 17702 | ||
| 570-322-1111 | e-mail: pwod@pwod.com | |
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