Contact:   Edward F. Seserko

    President and CEO

    (412) 681-8400

     For Immediate Release

     January 22, 2015

EUREKA FINANCIAL CORP. ANNOUNCES EARNINGS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Eureka Financial Corp., (the “Company”), the parent holding company for Eureka Bank (the “Bank”), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, today announced net income for the three months ended December 31, 2014 of $380,000, or $0.32 diluted earnings per share, as compared to net income of $366,000, or $0.31 diluted earnings per share, for the three months ended December 31, 2013.  The increase in net income was primarily attributable to an increase in net interest income partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense.

The Bank, founded in 1886, is a federally chartered stock savings bank and operates two offices in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.  The Company’s common stock trades in the over-the-counter market under the symbol “EKFC.”

The foregoing material may contain forward-looking statements concerning the financial condition, results of operations and business of the Company.  We caution that such statements are subject to a number of uncertainties and actual results could differ materially and, therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.  The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

	EUREKA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
	Selected Financial Data
	(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
	December 31,			September 30,
	2014			2014
	(Unaudited)
Total assets	$	154,451		$	152,059
Cash and investments		22,837			21,124
Loans receivable, net		128,758			128,111
Allowance for loan losses		(1,391	)		(1,361	)
Deposits		129,437			127,861
Total liabilities		131,402			129,365
Stockholders' equity	$	23,049		$	22,694
Nonaccrual loans	$	762		$	848
Repossessed assets		0			0
Total nonperforming assets	$	762		$	848
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans		182.55	%		160.50	%
Nonperforming loans to net loans		0.59	%		0.66	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets		0.49	%		0.56	%
Book value per share	$	19.01		$	18.69
Number of common shares outstanding		1,212,210			1,213,986
	Three Months Ended December 31, (Unaudited)
		2014			2013
Interest income	$	1,738		$	1,677
Interest expense		206			242
Net interest income		1,532			1,435
Provision for loan losses		30			10
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		1,502			1,425
Noninterest income		25			25
Noninterest expense		939			879
Income before income taxes		588			571
Income tax expense		208			205
Net income	$	380		$	366