Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania - Univest National Bank and Trust Co. - Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:00 PM
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP), parent company of Univest National Bank and Trust Co. of Souderton, Pa., has reported net income of $5,874,000 or $0.46 basic net income per share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $6,075,000 or $0.47 basic net income per share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Diluted earnings per share were $0.46 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $0.47 per share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, Univest reported net income of $12,595,000 or $0.98 basic net income per share, compared to $12,322,000 or $0.95 basic net income per share reported for the six months ended June 30, 2007. This net income change represents an increase of 2.2%. Diluted earnings per share were $0.98 and $0.95 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 respectively.

On July 1, 2008, Univest Corporation paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share.

As of June 30, 2008, assets totaled $2,012,659,000 compared to $1,978,272,000 at June 30, 2007. This is an increase of 1.7%. Total shareholders' equity increased 8.3% year-over-year with $203,138,000 reported as of June 30, 2008, compared to $187,653,000 as of June 30, 2007.

About Univest Corporation

Headquartered in Souderton, Pa., Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries serve the financial needs of residents, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties. Univest National Bank and Trust Co. offers customers 33 financial service centers, 12 retirement financial services centers, and 38 ATM locations throughout the region, and is the parent company of Univest Capital, Inc. (doing business as Vanguard Leasing, Inc.), a small ticket commercial leasing business; Univest Insurance, Inc., an independent insurance agency headquartered in Lansdale, Pa., which serves commercial and personal customers; and Univest Investments, Inc., a full-service broker-dealer and investment advisory firm. For more information on Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries, please visit www.univest.net.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. Such factors include the possibility that increased demand or prices for the Company's financial services and products may not occur, changing economic and competitive conditions, technological developments, and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                    Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
                   Consolidated Selected Financial Data
                              June 30, 2008
(Dollars in
 thousands)

Balance Sheet
 (Period End)    06/30/08    03/31/08    12/31/07    09/30/07    06/30/07
                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Assets          $2,012,659  $2,059,572  $1,972,505  $1,952,375  $1,978,272
Securities         429,844     471,962     423,448     395,027     397,464
Loans and
 leases, gross   1,398,269   1,357,887   1,355,442   1,371,374   1,380,736
Allowance for
 loan and lease
 losses             13,713      12,997      13,086      13,872      13,793
Loans and
 leases, net     1,384,556   1,344,890   1,342,356   1,357,502   1,366,943
Total Deposits   1,504,007   1,616,843   1,532,603   1,518,163   1,556,701
Non-interest
 bearing
 deposits          233,436     230,531     226,513     228,908     238,141
NOW, Money
 Market and
 Savings           788,177     925,613     816,294     748,896     743,524
Time deposits      482,394     460,699     489,796     540,359     575,036
Borrowings         275,345     202,073     208,729     209,921     202,786
Shareholders'
 equity            203,138     203,263     198,726     191,947     187,653

Balance Sheet
 (Average)                    For the three months ended
                ----------------------------------------------------------
                 06/30/08    03/31/08    12/31/07    09/30/07    06/30/07
                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Assets          $2,044,987  $2,005,682  $1,951,233  $1,944,906  $1,930,277
Securities         459,469     449,828     407,461     392,277     383,078
Loans and
 leases, gross   1,392,177   1,354,584   1,356,625   1,373,172   1,382,398
Deposits         1,560,015   1,565,693   1,522,238   1,520,998   1,498,085
Shareholders'
 equity            205,464     200,439     194,505     189,420     189,417

Balance Sheet
 (Average)     For the six months ended
               ------------------------
                 06/30/08    06/30/07
               -----------  -----------
Assets          $2,025,337  $1,916,195
Securities         454,649     383,476
Loans and
 leases, gross   1,373,380   1,369,170
Deposits         1,562,853   1,475,557
Shareholders'
 equity            202,954     188,439

Asset Quality
 Data (Period
 End)
                 06/30/08    03/31/08    12/31/07    09/30/07    06/30/07
                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Nonaccrual
 loans and
 leases         $    6,992  $    6,165  $    6,878  $    7,380  $    7,878
Troubled debt
 restructured          423           -           -           -           -
Other real
 estate owned            -           -           -           -         333
Nonperforming
 assets             10,422       9,680       8,795       9,033       9,575
Allowance for
 loan and lease
 losses             13,713      12,997      13,086      13,872      13,793
Nonperforming
 loans and
 leases / Loans
 and leases           0.75%       0.71%       0.65%       0.66%       0.67%
Allowance for
 loan and lease
 losses / Loans
 and leases           0.98%       0.96%       0.97%       1.01%       1.00%
Allowance for
 loan and lease
 losses /
 Nonperforming
 loans              131.58%     134.27%     148.79%     153.57%     149.24%

                                For the three months ended
                ----------------------------------------------------------
                 06/30/08    03/31/08    12/31/07    09/30/07    06/30/07
                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Net loan and
 lease
 charge-offs    $    1,582  $    1,088  $    1,219  $      377  $      274
Net loan and
 lease
 charge-offs
 (annualized) /
 Average loans
 and leases           0.46%       0.32%       0.36%       0.11%       0.08%

               For the six months ended
               ------------------------
                 06/30/08    06/30/07
               -----------  -----------
Net loan and
 lease
 charge-offs    $    2,670  $      767
Net loan and
 lease
 charge-offs
 (annualized) /
 Average loans
 and leases           0.39%       0.11%

                    Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
                   Consolidated Selected Financial Data
                              June 30, 2008
              (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                                For the three months ended
                ----------------------------------------------------------
For the period:  06/30/08    03/31/08    12/31/07    09/30/07    06/30/07
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Interest income $   27,010  $    28,093 $    29,245 $    29,782 $    29,206
Interest expense    10,370       12,162      13,715      13,989      13,568
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
   Net interest
    income          16,640       15,931      15,530      15,793      15,638
Provision for
 loan and lease
 losses              2,297          999         433         456         653
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net interest
 income after
 provision          14,343       14,932      15,097      15,337      14,985
Noninterest
 income
   Trust fee income  1,628        1,627       1,428       1,525       1,481
   Service
    charges on
    deposit
    accounts         1,708        1,658       1,764       1,706       1,702
   Investment
    advisory
    commission
    and fee
    income             642          615         668         647         686
   Insurance
    commissions
    and fee
    income           1,271        2,058       1,151       1,385       1,316
   BOLI income       1,734          791         379         390         413
   Net gain
    (loss) on
    sales of
    securities        (213)          56         125         259          51
   Other income      1,134          852         972       1,000         915
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total
 noninterest
 income              7,904        7,657       6,487       6,912       6,564
Noninterest
 expense
Salaries and
 benefits            8,019        8,168       7,518       7,659       7,840
Premises and
 equipment           2,085        2,057       1,859       1,981       2,014
Other expense        4,981        3,383       3,259       3,442       3,477
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total
 noninterest
 expense            15,085       13,608      12,636      13,082      13,331
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Income before
 taxes               7,162        8,981       8,948       9,167       8,218
Applicable
 income taxes        1,288        2,260       2,401       2,479       2,143
                ----------  ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net income      $    5,874  $     6,721 $     6,547 $     6,688 $     6,075
                ==========  =========== =========== =========== ===========
Per Common
 Share Data:
Book value per
 share          $    15.80  $     15.83 $     15.49 $     15.02 $     14.57
Net income per
 share:
   Basic        $     0.46  $      0.52 $      0.51 $      0.52 $      0.47
   Diluted      $     0.46  $      0.52 $      0.51 $      0.52 $      0.47
Dividends per
 share          $     0.20  $      0.20 $      0.20 $      0.20 $      0.20
Weighted
 Average Shares
 Outstanding    12,855,379   12,839,040  12,789,263  12,811,495  12,936,462
Period End
 Shares
 Outstanding    12,858,376   12,843,507  12,830,609  12,782,232  12,875,642

                  For the six months
                        ended
                ----------------------
For the period:  06/30/08    06/30/07
                ----------  -----------
Interest income $   55,103  $    57,506
Interest expense    22,532       26,423
                ----------  -----------
  Net interest
   income           32,571       31,083
Provision for
 loan and lease
 losses              3,296        1,277
                ----------  -----------
Net interest
 income after
 provision          29,275       29,806
Noninterest
 income
   Trust fee income  3,255        2,968
   Service
    charges on
    deposit
    accounts         3,366        3,352
   Investment
    advisory
    commission
    and fee
    income           1,257        1,365
   Insurance
    commissions
    and fee
    income           3,329        3,191
   BOLI income       2,525          734
   Net gain
    (loss) on
    sales of
    securities        (157)          51
   Other income      1,986        1,819
                ----------  -----------
Total
 noninterest
 income             15,561       13,480
Noninterest
 expense
Salaries and
 benefits           16,187       15,634
Premises and
 equipment           4,142        4,040
Other expense        8,364        6,819
                ----------  -----------
Total
 noninterest
 expense            28,693       26,493
                ----------  -----------
Income before
 taxes              16,143       16,793
Applicable
 income taxes        3,548        4,471
                ----------  -----------
Net income      $   12,595  $    12,322
                ==========  ===========
Per Common
 Share Data:
Book value per
 share          $    15.80  $     14.57
Net income per
 share:
   Basic        $     0.98  $      0.95
   Diluted      $     0.98  $      0.95
Dividends per
 share          $     0.40  $      0.40
Weighted
 Average Shares
 Outstanding    12,847,230   12,970,027
Period End
 Shares
 Outstanding    12,858,376   12,875,642

                   Consolidated Selected Financial Data
                              June 30, 2008

                                For the three months ended
                     ------------------------------------------------
Profitability Ratios
 (annualized)        06/30/08  03/31/08  12/31/07  09/30/07  06/30/07
                     --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
Return on average
 assets                  1.16%     1.35%     1.33%     1.36%     1.26%
Return on average
 shareholders'
 equity                 11.50%    13.49%    13.35%    14.01%    12.86%
Net interest margin
 (FTE)                   3.74%     3.66%     3.71%     3.71%     3.71%
Efficiency ratio (1)    57.35%    54.77%    54.45%    55.05%    57.99%
Capitalization
 Ratios
Dividends Paid to
 Net Income             43.77%    38.22%    39.10%    38.68%    42.83%
Shareholders' Equity
 to Assets (Period
 End)                   10.09%     9.87%    10.07%     9.83%     9.49%

                        Year to date
                     ------------------
Profitability Ratios
 (annualized)        06/30/08  06/30/07
                     --------  --------
Return on average
 assets                  1.25%     1.30%
Return on average
 shareholders'
 equity                 12.48%    13.19%
Net interest margin
 (FTE)                   3.71%     3.74%
Efficiency ratio (1)    56.10%    56.99%
Capitalization
 Ratios
Dividends Paid to
 Net Income             40.81%    42.18%
Shareholders' Equity
 to Assets (Period
 End)                   10.09%     9.49%
(1) Total operating expenses to net interest income before loan loss
    provision plus non-interest income adjusted for tax equivalent
    income.

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CONTACT:
William S. Aichele
UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Chairman, President and CEO
215-721-2460

(Source: Market Wire )

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