Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richard A. Grafmyre, CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) ("Company") has announced that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for a one-year period ending May 31, 2025 and allows for the repurchase of up to 376,000 shares. The repurchase plan replaces the existing previously authorized repurchase plan, which expires on May 31, 2024.

Repurchases are authorized to be made by the Company from time to time at the prevailing market prices on the open market, in block trades or in privately negotiated transactions as, in management's opinion, market conditions warrant. The repurchase program does not obligate the Company to purchase any particular number of shares and there can be no assurances as to the number of shares that will be repurchased under the program or the timing of any such repurchases. The program may be suspended, modified, or terminated by the Company at any time and for any reason.

Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Jersey Shore State Bank, which operates sixteen branch offices providing financial services in Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, Montour, Union, and Blair Counties, and Luzerne Bank, which operates eight branch offices providing financial services in Luzerne County, and United Insurance Solutions, LLC, which offers insurance products.  Investment and insurance products are offered through Jersey Shore State Bank's subsidiary, The M Group, Inc. D/B/A The Comprehensive Financial Group.

Note: This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" including statements concerning plans, objectives, future events or performance and assumptions and other statements, which are statements other than statements of historical fact.  The Company cautions readers that the following important factors, among others, may have affected and could in the future affect actual results and could cause actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company herein: (i) the effect of changes in laws and regulations, including federal and state banking laws and regulations, and the associated costs of compliance with such laws and regulations either currently or in the future as applicable; (ii) the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies as well as by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or of changes in the Company's organization, compensation and benefit plans; (iii) the effect on the Company's competitive position within its market area of the increasing consolidation within the banking and financial services industries, including the increased competition from larger regional and out-of-state banking organizations as well as non-bank providers of various financial services; (iv) the effect of changes in interest rates; (v) the effects of health emergencies, including the spread of infectious diseases or pandemics; or (vi) the effect of changes in the business cycle and downturns in the local, regional or national economies.  For a list of other factors which could affect the Company's results, see the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including "Item 1A.  Risk Factors," set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Previous press releases and additional information can be obtained from the Company's website at www.pwod.com.