 Poplar Bluff, Missouri, April 26, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Company NASDAQ: SMBC, the parent corporation of Southern Bank Bank, today announced preliminary net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 of 11.5 million, an increase of 6.4 million, or 124.7, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was attributable to increases in net interest income, a decline in provision for credit losses, an increase in noninterest income, and a decline in noninterest expense, partially offset by an increase in provision for income taxes. Preliminary net income was 1.27 per fully diluted common share for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, an increase of .72 as compared to the .55 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. 