BASIS OF PRESENTATION

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

BASIS OF PRESENTATION [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE  1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the Company) and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Banks”):

					June 30, 2011
		Year	Total		Net Income
Subsidiary	Location	Acquired	Assets		Qtr			Six Mos
Citizens Deposit Bank & Trust	Vanceburg, Kentucky	1991	$	207,342	$	576		$	1,109
Farmers Deposit Bank	Eminence, Kentucky	1996		59,246		(67	)		(49	)
Ohio River Bank	Ironton, Ohio	1998		97,475		(113	)		123
Premier Bank, Inc.	Huntington, West Virginia	1998		767,654		1,134			2,440
Mt. Vernon Financial Holdings, Inc.	Huntington, West Virginia	1999		241		-			-
Parent and Intercompany Eliminations				8,148		(501	)		(923	)
Consolidated Total			$	1,140,107	$	1,029		$	2,700

All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

On April 8, 2011, Premier consummated the merger of five of its subsidiary banks to form Premier Bank, Inc., an $820 million West Virginia chartered bank with 23 locations in West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, the District of Columbia and Maryland.  Premier filed applications with state and federal banking regulatory authorities in September 2010 to merge two of its wholly owned West Virginia banks (First Central Bank and Traders Bank) and the two subsidiary banks obtained via the acquisition of Abigail Adams National Bancorp (Adams National Bank and Consolidated Bank & Trust) with and into Boone County Bank, also a West Virginia chartered bank under the name “Premier Bank, Inc.”  In the first quarter of 2011, Premier received the required approvals from all federal and state banking regulatory authorities to go ahead with its plans.  As of the close of business on Friday, April 8, 2011, the five banks were merged to form Premier Bank, Inc.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2011, the FASB amended existing guidance for assisting a creditor in determining whether a restructuring is a troubled debt restructuring.  The amendments clarify the guidance for a creditor's evaluation of whether it has granted a concession and whether a debtor is experiencing financial difficulties. With regard to determining whether a concession has been granted, the ASU clarifies that creditors are precluded from using the effective interest method to determine whether a concession has been granted. In the absence of using the effective interest method, a creditor must now focus on other considerations such as the value of the underlying collateral, evaluation of other collateral or guarantees, the debtor's ability to access other funds at market rates, interest rate increases and whether the restructuring results in a delay in payment that is insignificant.   This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption.  For purposes of measuring impairment on newly identified troubled debt restructurings, the amendments should be applied prospectively for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011.  The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) - Presentation of Comprehensive Income." The ASU requires entities to present items of net income and other comprehensive income either in one continuous statement - referred to as the statement of comprehensive income - or in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. The ASU is effective for the first interim period and annual period beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact upon the Corporation's financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs." This ASU represents the converged guidance of the FASB and the IASB (the "Boards") on fair value measurement. The collective efforts of the Boards and their staffs, reflected in ASU 2011-04, have resulted in common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements, including a consistent meaning of the term "fair value." The Boards have concluded the common requirements will result in greater comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. Included in the ASU are requirements to disclose additional quantitative disclosures about unobservable inputs for all Level 3 fair value measurements, as well as qualitative disclosures about the sensitivity inherent in recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. The ASU is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact this new ASU will have on its financial statements.