 Poplar Bluff, MO, Jan. 24, 2022 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Company NASDAQ: SMBC, the parent corporation of Southern Bank Bank, today announced preliminary net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 of 12.0 million, a decrease of 63,000, or 0.5, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease was attributable to an increase in noninterest expense and provision for income taxes, along with a decrease in noninterest income, partially offset by an increase in net interest income and a decrease in provision for credit losses. Preliminary net income was 1.35 per fully diluted common share for the second quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of .03 as compared to the 1.32 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. 