 Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Oct. 25, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Company NASDAQ: SMBC, the parent corporation of Southern Bank Bank, today announced preliminary net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 of 12.7 million, an increase of 2.8 million, or 27.6, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was attributable to an increase in net interest income and a negative provision for credit losses in the current period, as compared to a charge in the year ago period, partially offset by increases in noninterest expense and provision for income taxes, and a decrease in noninterest income. Preliminary net income was 1.43 per fully diluted common share for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of .34 as compared to the 1.09 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. 