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WATSEKA, Ill.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the aCompanya) the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the aAssociationa), announced net income of $1.4 million, or $.32 per basic and diluted share for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, compared to $2.8 million earned by the Association for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

For the year ended June 30, 2012, net interest income was $14.2 million compared to $12.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. The provision for loan losses decreased to $1.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2012, from $1.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. Interest income increased to $18.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2012, from $16.9 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. Interest expense decreased to $3.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2012, from $5.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. Non-interest income decreased to $3.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2012, from $3.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. Non-interest expense increased to $14.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2012, from $10.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2011. This increase was primarily due to a contribution to our newly established charitable foundation, Iroquois Federal Foundation, Inc., of 314,755 shares of IF Bancorp, Inc. stock (valued at $3,147,550 at the time of conversion) as well as a cash donation of $450,000 from the Association. For the year ended June 30, 2012, income tax expense totaled $559,000 compared to $1.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2011.

Total assets at June 30, 2012 were $511.3 million compared to $510.8 at June 30, 2011. Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $8.2 million at June 30, 2012, from $60.5 million at June 30, 2011. This large decrease was a result of our mutual-to-stock conversion that closed on July 7, 2011. The stock offering in connection with the conversion was oversubscribed which resulted in $68.9 million in over subscriptions being refunded to subscribers shortly after the closing of the conversion. Investment securities increased to $223.3 million at June 30, 2012, from $190.3 million at June 30, 2011. Net loans receivable increased to $258.9 million at June 30, 2012, from $240.0 million at June 30, 2011. Deposits decreased to $344.5 million at June 30, 2012, from $444.1 million at June 30, 2011. The primary reason for the large decrease in deposits was due to our mutual-to-stock conversion which closed on July 7, 2011, for which we held approximately $113 million in escrow deposit balances at June 30, 2011. Total borrowings increased to $75.0 million at June 30, 2012 from $22.5 million at June 30, 2011. Stockholdersa equity increased to $86.6 million at June 30, 2012 from $39.4 million at June 30, 2011.

IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the aAssociationa). The Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka, Illinois, conducts its operations from four full-service banking offices located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, and Hoopeston, Illinois and a loan production and wealth management office in Osage Beach, Missouri. The principal activity of the Associationas wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation (aL.C.I.a), is the sale of property and casualty insurance.

Statements contained in this news release, which are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, factors discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.