NSTS Bancorp Announces Balance Sheet Repositioning

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WAUKEGAN, Ill., Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NSTS Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTS) (the “Company” or “NSTS Bancorp”), the stock holding company of North Shore Trust and Savings, announced today the execution of a balance sheet repositioning strategy related to its available-for-sale investment securities portfolio. In December 2023, the Bank sold $30.5 million in book value of lower yielding available-for-sale investment securities, generating an after-tax loss of approximately $1.8 million. The securities sold are comprised primarily of U.S. Treasury notes, agency, mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations with an average yield of 2.83% and an average duration of 2.75 years and represented approximately 25.0% of the Bank’s securities portfolio. The sale of these securities is designed to seek to improve the Bank’s earnings going forward, beginning in fiscal year 2024, and to provide liquidity to deleverage its balance sheet. Proceeds from the sale will be used to repay approximately $10.0 million in existing debt with a current rate of 5.31%, with the remainder to be re-deployed into cash and short-term U.S. Treasury notes with an average expected yield in excess of 5.0% and to fund additional residential loan growth and general working capital at the Bank. After the repositioning, both the Bank and the Company remain well-capitalized under applicable regulatory capital standards, and the Company continues to maintain a tangible common equity ratio in excess of 10.0% and strong liquidity, including an unused $64.3 million line of credit with the Federal Home Loan Bank Chicago. The loss on the sale of securities is expected to have a neutral impact on the Company's consolidated stockholders' equity and tangible book value per share. The Company is also announcing today that it expects to recognize an additional valuation allowance of approximately $1.1 million during the fourth quarter of 2023 on the remaining portion of its deferred tax asset as the Company believes these are more likely than not to not be realized. During 2023, management assessed the available positive and negative evidence to estimate whether sufficient future taxable income will be generated to permit use of the existing portion of the deferred tax assets. A significant piece of objective negative evidence evaluated is the cumulative taxable loss incurred o...

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