(OTC summarizes baseball tickets BulletinBoard: SFBI) tiger sweatshirt observes today announced that it plans to voluntarily terminate theregistration of its common stock under Section 12(g) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to resolutions adopted by its Boardof Directors on July 20, 2009.SFSB, Inc. BEL AIR, Md., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SFSB, Inc. WhiteChairman, President and CEOorJack Sandoski,Senior Vice President and CFO(215) 886-8280Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Investors are encouraged to accessthe Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission for financial and business information regarding the Companyat under the Investor Relations menu. Other factors described include changes in our loanportfolio, changes in competition, fiscal and monetary policies andlegislation and regulatory changes. The Company'sreports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and ExchangeCommission describe some of these factors, including general economicconditions, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, the cost of funds,changes in credit quality and interest rate risks associated with theCompany's business and operations and the adequacy of our allowance forloan losses. Anumber of factors -- many of which are beyond the Company's control --could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantlyfrom those described in the forward-looking statements.
They often include words such as "believe," "expect,""anticipate," "estimate" and "intend" or future or conditional verbs suchas "will," "would," "should," "could" or "may." Forward-lookingstatements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties detroit tigers . Forward-looking statements canbe identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historicalor current facts yawkey way store . Abington Bank conducts business from itsheadquarters and main office in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania as well as twelveadditional full service branch offices and seven limited service bankingoffices located in Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania.As of June 30, 2009, Abington Bancorp had $1.18 billion in total assets,$757.1 million in total deposits and $227.9 million in stockholders'equity.This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, includingstatements about the financial condition, results of operations andearnings outlook for Abington Bancorp, Inc tiger sweatshirt . AbingtonBank is a Pennsylvania-chartered, FDIC-insured savings bank which wasoriginally organized in 1867 yawkey way store .
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Even after the impactof our quarterly loss, the Bank's regulatory capital levels far exceedrequirements for well capitalized institutions detroittigers net . Our decision torepurchase our common stock was based on a determination by managementand the Board of Directors that the current trading price of our stock,which remains below book value, provided an opportunity to utilize ourcurrent capital to repurchase shares in a manner intended to positivelyaffect shareholder value yawkey way store . The decrease was dueprimarily to the purchase of approximately 1.6 million shares of theCompany's common stock during the first six months of 2009 for anaggregate of approximately $12.1 million as part of our stock repurchaseplans and our 2007 Recognition and Retention Plan tiger sweatshirt . Reducing the balance ofour outstanding advances has increased our capacity to take additionaladvances from the FHLB without the requirement to purchase additionalshares of FHLB stock.Our total stockholders' equity decreased to $227.9 million at June 30,2009 from $238.1 million at December 31, 2008 yawkey way store . Thisdecision was based on recent actions by the FHLB to suspend the dividendon, and restrict the repurchase of, FHLB stock.
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