 MARTINSVILLE, VA ACCESSWIRE April 29, 2021 Carter Bankshares, Inc. the Company NASDAQ:CARE today announced net income of 9.4 million, or 0.36 diluted earnings per share, for the first quarter of 2021 compared to net income of 2.9 million, or 0.11 diluted earnings per share, in the fourth quarter of 2020 and net income of 4.4 million, or 0.17 diluted earnings per share, for the first quarter of 2020. Pre-tax pre-provision earnings1 were 11.9 million, 7.9 million and 9.5 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2021, December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2020, respectively. 