 Poplar Bluff, Missouri, July 25, 2022 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Company NASDAQ: SMBC, the parent corporation of Southern Bank Bank, today announced preliminary net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 of 13.1 million, a decrease of 603,000, or 4.4, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease was attributable to an increase in noninterest expense and provision for credit losses, partially offset by increases in net interest income and noninterest income. Preliminary net income was 1.41 per fully diluted common share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, a decrease of .12 as compared to the 1.53 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. For the full fiscal year 2022, preliminary net income of 47.2 million was little changed from fiscal 2021, while diluted earnings per share were 5.21, a decrease of .01 as compared to the 5.22 per fully diluted common share for fiscal 2021. 