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Bogota Financial Corp. Reports Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
TEANECK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bogota Financial Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BSBK), the holding company for Bogota Savings Bank (the “Bank”), reported
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[{"type":"text","content":" TEANECK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBogota Financial Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BSBK), the holding company for Bogota Savings Bank (the “Bank”), reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 of $3.0 million, compared to net loss of $1.3 million for the comparable prior year period. The Company recorded a bargain purchase gain of $1.9 million associated with the acquisition of Gibraltar Bank during the most recent quarter. Also, during the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had merger-related expenses of $318,000. The Company contributed cash and stock with a value of $2.9 million ($2.1 million after-tax) to the Bogota Charitable Foundation during the three months ended March 31, 2020. Excluding the bargain purchase gain and the merger-related expenses in 2021 and the contribution to the charitable foundation in 2020, net income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $1.4 million and $734,000, respectively.\n\nOn January 15, 2020, the Company became the holding company for the Bank when it completed the reorganization of the Bank into a two-tier mutual holding company form of organization. In connection with the reorganization, the Company sold 5,657,735 shares of common stock at a price of $10 per share, for gross proceeds of $56.6 million. The Company also issued 263,150 shares of common stock and $250,000 in cash to Bogota Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, Inc., and issued 7,236,640 shares of common stock to Bogota Financial, MHC, its New Jersey-chartered mutual holding company. Shares of the Company’s common stock began trading on January 16, 2020 on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “BSBK.”\n\nOn February 28, 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of Gibraltar Bank and as part of the transaction, the Company issued 1,267,916 shares of its common stock to Bogota Financial, MHC. The conversion and consolidation of data processing platforms, systems and customer files is expected to occur in August 2021. The merger added three branches to the Bank’s network and, in the second quarter of 2021, the Bank will be opening a new branch in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, which will also include additional offices for staff.\n\nOther Financial Highlights: \n\n\nTotal assets increased $103.0 million, or 13.9%, to $843.9 million from $740.9 million at December 31, 2020...