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EX - 99.1 2 ex_274778.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Press Release For Immediate Release Exhibit 99.1 RBB BANCORP 皇 佳 商業 金控 Contacts : Yee Phong ( Alan ) Thian President and CEO ( 626 ) 307-7559 David Morris Executive Vice President and CFO ( 714 ) 670-2488 RBB Bancorp Reports Third Quarter Earnings for 2021 Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for Tuesday , October 26 , 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2 : 00 p.m. Eastern Time Third Quarter 2021 Highlights • Reported record net income of $ 15.4 million , or $ 0.77 diluted earnings per share , increased $ 2.0 million , or 14.8 % , from the prior quarter and increased $ 6.8 million , or 80.3 % , from the third quarter of 2020 • Loan growth of $ 137.1 million , or 20.0 % annualized , from the end of the prior quarter • Declared quarterly cash dividend of $ 0.13 per common share • Entered into an agreement in July , received regulatory approval in September to buy the Honolulu , Hawaii branch office of Bank of the Orient , which is expected to close by mid - January 2022 Los Angeles , CA , October 25 , 2021 – RBB Bancorp ( NASDAQ : RBB ) and its subsidiaries , Royal Business Bank ( “ the Bank " ) and RBB Asset Management Company ( " RAM " ) , collectively referred to herein as " the Company , ” announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30 , 2021 . The Company reported record net income of $ 15.4 million , or $ 0.77 diluted earnings per share , for the three months ended September 30 , 2021 , compared to net income of $ 13.4 million , or $ 0.67 diluted earnings per share , and $ 8.5 million , or $ 0.43 diluted earnings per share , for the three months ended June 30 , 2021 and September 30 , 2020 , respectively . Third quarter results included the impact of a $ 1.8 million CDFI grant that increased diluted earnings per share by approximately $ 0.07 . " Our differentiated business model continued to outperform in the third quarter as we reported record diluted earnings per share of $ 0.77 and 20 % annualized loan growth , ” said Alan Thian , President and CEO of RBB Bancorp . " In addition to our financial performance and growth , continued pricing discipline and focus on our cost of deposits has kept our net interest margin stable in the first 9 months of 2021 versus the same period in 2020. We are also pleased that our efforts to support the communities in which we operate were recognized by the US Treasury which awarded Royal Business Bank with a $ 1.8 million CDFI grant to facilitate a rapid response to the economic impacts of the COVID - 19 pandemic in distressed and underserved communities . " " I am very pleased with Royal Business Bank's record financial performance in the third quarter , " said Dr. James Kao , Chairman of RBB Bancorp . " And I am very proud that RBB's success in community development has been recognized with a CDFI grant and with the appointment of Alan to the Community Development Advisory Board . " 1