8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2024

IF BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland	001-35226	45-1834449
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

201 East Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois	60970
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (815) 432-2476

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	IROQ	The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 30, 2024, IF Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association, issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.  A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	Exhibits
	Exhibit No.	Description
	99.1	Press release dated January 30, 2024
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

		IF BANCORP, INC.
DATE: January 30, 2024	By:	/s/ Pamela J. Verkler
		Pamela J. Verkler
		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:  Walter H. Hasselbring, III

                  (815) 432-2476

IF BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTER

OF FISCAL YEAR 2024

Watseka, Illinois, January 30, 2024 - IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the “Company”) the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”), announced unaudited net income of $185,000, or $0.06 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2023, compared to net income of $1.4 million, or $0.44 per basic and $0.43 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2022.

For the three months ended December 31, 2023, net interest income was $4.4 million compared to $6.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  We recorded a provision for credit losses of $364,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2023, compared to a provision for credit losses of $101,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  Interest income increased to $10.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023, from $8.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  Interest expense increased to $5.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023, from $2.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  Noninterest income increased to $915,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2023, from $868,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  Noninterest expense decreased to $4.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023, from $4.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022.  Provision for income tax decreased to $47,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2023, from $486,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2022.

The Company announced unaudited net income of $651,000, or $0.20 per basic and diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2023, compared to $3.4 million, or $1.07 per basic share and $1.05 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  For the six months ended December 31, 2023, net interest income was $9.0 million compared to $12.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  We recorded a provision for credit losses of $586,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2023, compared to a provision for credit losses of $13,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  Interest income increased to $19.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2023, from $15.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  Interest expense increased to $10.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2023 from $2.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022. Non-interest income decreased to $2.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2023, from $2.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  Non-interest expense decreased to $9.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2023, from $9.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022.  Provision for income tax decreased to $222,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2023, from $1.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2022.

Total assets at December 31, 2023 were $910.8 million compared to $849.0 million at June 30, 2023.  Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $8.2 million at December 31, 2023, from $11.0 million at June 30, 2023.  Investment securities decreased to $199.9 million at December 31, 2023, from $201.3 million at June 30, 2023.  Net loans receivable increased to $653.5 million at December 31, 2023, from $587.5 million at June 30, 2023.  Deposits decreased to $678.0 million at December 31, 2023, from $735.3 million at June 30, 2023.  The large decrease in deposits was due to approximately $62.1 million in deposits from a public entity that collects real estate taxes that were on deposit at June 30, 2023 and withdrawn in the six months ended December 31, 2023, when tax monies were distributed. Total borrowings, including repurchase agreements, increased to $148.5 million at December 31, 2023 from $19.5 million at June 30, 2023.  Stockholders’ equity increased to $73.7 million at December 31, 2023 from $71.8 million at June 30, 2023.  Equity increased primarily due to an increase of $1.7 million in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, net income of $651,000 and ESOP and stock equity plan activity of $307,000.  These increases were partially offset by the accrual of approximately $639,000 in dividends to our shareholders.

IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association.  The Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka, Illinois, conducts its operations from seven full-service banking offices located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, Savoy, Bourbonnais, and Champaign, Illinois and a loan production office in Osage Beach, Missouri.  The principal activity of the Association’s wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation, is the sale of property and casualty insurance.

This press release may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are considered "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," "intend" and "potential." For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.

The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to: prevailing economic and geopolitical conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or legal issues; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

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(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

	For the Three Months Ended December 31,				For the Six Months Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(unaudited)
Interest and dividend income	$	10,229	$	8,106	$	19,520	$	15,184
Interest expense		5,841		2,061		10,549		2,889
Net interest income		4,388		6,045		8,971		12,295
Provision for credit losses		364		101		586		13
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		4,024		5,944		8,385		12,282
Noninterest income		915		868		2,043		2,086
Noninterest expense		4,707		4,922		9,555		9,769
Income before taxes		232		1,890		873		4,599
Income tax expense		47		486		222		1,226
Net income	$	185	$	1,404	$	651	$	3,373
Earnings per share (1)
Basic	$	0.06	$	0.44	$	0.20	$	1.07
Diluted	$	0.06	$	0.43	$	0.20	$	1.05
Weighted average shares outstanding (1)
Basic		3,207,883		3,171,638		3,205,477		3,138,188
Diluted		3,207,883		3,244,962		3,205,477		3,212,964
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Performance Ratios

	For the Six Months EndedDecember 31, 2023			For the Year  Ended June 30, 2023
	(unaudited)
Return on average assets		0.15	%		0.56	%
Return on average equity		1.88	%		6.56	%
Net interest margin on average interest earning assets		2.16	%		2.80	%

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(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

	At December 31, 2023			At June 30, 2023
	(unaudited)
Assets	$	910,783		$	848,976
Cash and cash equivalents		8,169			10,988
Investment securities		199,930			201,299
Net loans receivable		653,549			587,457
Deposits		678,045			735,314
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, repurchase agreements and other borrowings		148,465			30,287
Total stockholders’ equity		73,741			71,753
Book value per share (2)		21.98			21.39
Average stockholders’ equity to average total assets		7.98	%		8.59	%

Asset Quality

(Dollars in thousands)

		At December 31, 2023			At June 30, 2023
	(unaudited)
Non-performing assets (3)		$	36		$	148
Allowance for credit losses			7,935			7,139
Non-performing assets to total assets			0.01	%		0.02	%
Allowance for credit losses to total loans			1.20	%		1.20	%

(1) Shares outstanding do not include ESOP shares not committed for release.

(2) Total stockholders’ equity divided by shares outstanding of 3,354,626 at December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023.

(3) Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing, and foreclosed assets held for sale.

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