Carolina Trust Bank Announces Second Quarter Results

LINCOLNTON, N.C., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carolina Trust Bank (Nasdaq: CART) reported a net profit of $484,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $166,000 for the same period last year. After adjusting for $70,000 in dividends and accretion on preferred stock, net income available to common shareholders was $414,000 compared to a loss of $235,000 for the same period last year.  Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.16 for the quarter compared to $0.13 loss for the same period last year.

As of June 30, 2010 the bank reported total assets of $274,404,000, up 60% over the same period in 2009.  Total deposits were up 71% to $231,816,000 and total loans were up 45% to $213,015,000 over June 30, 2009.

John Michael Cline, President and CEO, stated, "that although we continue to improve our balance sheet by working problem real estate loans out of the Bank, the economy remains very soft with lower than normal new loan requests.  The continuing concern over declining real estate values has prompted us to add an additional $275,000 in our provision for loan losses, bringing the year-to-date totals to $789,000 compared to $281,000 year-to-date for the same period last year."  

Our increased size due to continued internal growth and our fourth quarter acquisition last year has helped improve our net interest income from $2,248,000 year-to-date 2009 to $4,927,000 year-to-date 2010.

As always we are constantly looking for ways to improve our Bank and add shareholder value and will continue to operate in a safe and sound manner.

Carolina Trust Bank is a full service state chartered bank headquartered in Lincolnton, N.C. operating out of six full service branches in Lincoln, Catawba and Gaston Counties and a loan production office in Rutherford County.  Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CART.

SOURCE Carolina Trust Bank