Friday October 10, 2:30 pm ET NEWPORT, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHTB - News ), the holding company for Lake Sunapee Bank, fsb (the “Bank”), today reported consolidated net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 of $3,896,196, or $0.67 per share (assuming dilution), compared to $3,397,391, or $0.73 per share (assuming dilution), for the first nine months of 2007, an increase of $498,805, or 14.68%. Following recent actions of the U.S. Treasury, the Bank recognized a non-cash after-tax charge of $497,614 arising from the decrease in the fair market value of Fannie Preferred Stock (see below), resulting in net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of $1,105,596, or $0.19 per share (assuming dilution), compared to $1,292,827, or $0.25 per share (assuming...
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