BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (“Reliant Bancorp”) (Nasdaq: RBNC), the parent company for Reliant Bank, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per share. The $0.09 per share cash dividend is payable on April 18, 2019, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 8, 2019.
“This cash dividend represents a 12.5% increase in our cash dividend per share compared with the same quarterly dividend paid last year,” stated DeVan D. Ard, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The increased cash dividend also highlights our solid performance and strong balance sheet. Our Board of Directors remains focused on building long-term shareholder value, in part, through our cash dividend program.”
About Reliant Bancorp and Reliant Bank
Reliant Bancorp, Inc. is a Brentwood, Tennessee-based bank holding company which operates banking centers in Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Maury, Hickman, and Hamilton counties, Tennessee, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Reliant Bank. Reliant Bank is a full-service commercial bank that offers a variety of deposit, lending and mortgage products and services to business and consumer customers. As of December 31, 2018, Reliant Bancorp had approximately $1.7 billion in total assets, approximately $1.2 billion in loans and approximately $1.4 billion in deposits. For additional information, locations and hours of operation, please visit their website at www.reliantbank.com.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “assume,” “should,” “predict,” “could,” “would,” “intend,” “targets,” “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “potential” and other similar words and expressions of the future are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, but other statements not based on historical information may also be considered forward-looking, including statements about Reliant Bancorp’s future financial and operating results and Reliant Bancorp’s plans, objectives and intentions.
All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Reliant Bancorp to differ materially from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: (1) the effect of interest rate increases on the cost of deposits; (2) unanticipated weakness in loan demand or loan pricing; (3) greater than anticipated adverse conditions in the national or local economies in which we operate, including Middle Tennessee; (4) lack of strategic growth opportunities or our failure to execute on those opportunities; (5) deterioration in the financial condition of borrowers resulting in significant increases in loan losses and provisions for those losses; (6) the ability to grow and retain low-cost core deposits and retain large, uninsured deposits; (7) the impact of competition with other financial institutions, including pricing pressures and the resulting impact on Reliant Bancorp’s results, including as a result of compression to net interest margin; (8) our ability to effectively manage problem credits; (9) our ability to successfully implement efficiency initiatives on time and in amounts projected; (10) our ability to successfully develop and market new products and technology; (11) the vulnerability of Reliant Bank’s network and online banking portals, and the systems of parties with whom we contract, to unauthorized access, computer viruses, phishing schemes, spam attacks, human error, natural disasters, power loss, and other security breaches; and (12) changes in laws or regulations. Additional factors which could affect the forward-looking statements can be found in Reliant Bancorp’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Reliant Bancorp believes the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date that they are made. Reliant Bancorp disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this release, which speak only as of the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
