Exhibit 99.1
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter
and Year Ended December 31, 2010
NARBERTH, PA( March 31, 2011) Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Royal or
Company) (NASDAQ: RBPAA) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended
December 31, 2010, reflecting a continuation of the recent trend of narrowing losses and steady
progress towards returning the company to sustained profitability.
For the quarter ended December 31, 2010, net loss attributable to Royal was $15.7 million, or $1.22
per common share, as compared to a net loss of $10.1 million, or $0.79 per common share for the
quarter ended December 31, 2009 and a net loss of $27.3 million, or $2.05 per common share for the
quarter ended December 31, 2008. Of the $15.7 million loss for the fourth quarter, $14.2 million
was directly attributable to a pending bulk asset pool sale initiated in the first quarter of 2011
which, when completed, is anticipated to significantly decrease the banks level of non-performing
assets. Excluding the effects of the pending bulk asset pool sale, the Company would have recorded
a net loss of $1.5 million in fourth quarter of 2010, which would have amounted to an improvement
of $8.6 million over the results from the fourth quarter of 2009.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, net loss attributable to Royal was $24.1 million, or $1.97
per common share, as compared to a net loss of $33.3 million, or $2.64 per common share, in the
year ended December 31, 2009 and a net loss of $38.1 million, or $2.86 per common share, in the
year ended December 31, 2008. The reduction in net loss was primarily attributed to a reduction in
investment impairment of $10.6 million and an increase in net interest income of $2.7 million.
Excluding the effects of the pending bulk asset pool sale on the years financial results, the
Company would have recorded a net loss of $9.9 million in 2010, which would have amounted to an
improvement of $23.4 million over the results from 2009.
During the fourth quarter of 2010 the Company recovered $1.7 million from the sale of a collateral
claim in a pending lawsuit against Lehman Brothers Special Financing relating to a transfer of
collateral, previously delivered by the Company in an interest rate swap transaction, following the
collapse and subsequent bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. The collateral underlying
the Lehman claim had been previously written off in 2008, enabling the Company to reflect this
recovery as a gain in the quarter. In conjunction with this recovery, and further spurred during
the past 18 months by the restructuring of the investment portfolio to significantly reduce credit
risk, the amount of investment impairment during 2010 was dramatically reduced to $479,000, as
compared to $11.0 million during 2009.
Royal Chairman and CEO Robert R. Tabas commented, In 2010 we were able to execute some key
initiatives of our strategic plan, including the sale of Royal Asian Bank, the deleveraging of our
balance sheet and the continued paring of our portfolio of classified assets. The results of these
actions have buoyed our confidence. That said, persistent challenges remain and although we have
made significant progress, we are not and will not be satisfied until we can return our company to
consistent profitability.
Tabas continued, With the sale of Royal Asian Bank we continued to streamline our operations in
order to focus on our core strengths. We substantially reduced our reliance on brokered deposits,
generally regarded as higher priced, and eliminated our concentration in commercial real estate
loans as part of a planned deleveraging of our balance sheet. Additionally, with a combination of
auctions, the concentrated efforts of our workout team and the pending bulk asset pool sale, we
have engineered a strategy for systematically disposing of a significant portion of the
non-performing assets which have weighed so heavily on our bottom line over these past few years.
These actions, among others, were further markers of our efforts to recast the profile of our bank
and of the tangible forward progress we made in 2010.
The following is an overview of key financial metrics:
Net interest income was $31.3 million in 2010, compared to $28.6 million in 2009. This increase was
primarily related to the redemption of higher costing brokered CDs and FHLB advances.
Net interest margin for the year was 2.89%, a 50 basis point increase from 2009. This increase was
primarily due to the redemption of higher costing liabilities.
Total assets were $980.6 million at December 31, 2010 a decrease of 24.1% from $1.3 billion at
December 31, 2009.
At December 31, 2010, Royal Bank Americas total capital to risk-weighted assets was 13.76%, Tier 1
capital to risk-weighted assets was 12.49% and Tier 1 capital to average assets was 8.03% in
accordance with regulatory accounting principles.
Total deposits decreased 21.3% in the year to $693.9 million at December 31, 2010 as compared to
$881.8 million at December 31, 2009. Brokered deposits declined 57% or $117.9 million to $89.1
million at December 31, 2010 as compared to $206.9 million at December 31, 2009.
Net loans and leases (including loans held for sale) decreased to $505.3 million at December 31,
2010 as compared to $658.8 million at December 31, 2009 due to the sale of Royal Asian Bank, pay
downs of principal, payoffs, charge-offs and transfers to other real estate owned (OREO).
About Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc., headquartered in Narberth, Pennsylvania, is the parent
company of Royal Bank America, which for the past 48 years has played a lead role in the growth and
development of our region by empowering small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals to achieve
their financial goals and enrich our communities. More information on Royal Bancshares of
Pennsylvania, Inc., Royal Bank America and its subsidiaries is available at
www.royalbankamerica.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The foregoing material may contain forward-looking statements. We caution that such statements may
be subject to a number of uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially; therefore,
readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Royal Bancshares of
Pennsylvania, Inc. 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. For a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from the
results discussed in any such forward-looking statements, see the filings made by Royal Bancshares
of Pennsylvania, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.