TAPPAHANNOCK, Va.–(Business Wire)–
Eastern Virginia Bankshares (NASDAQ:EVBS) today reported its results of
operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and announced a
dividend declaration.

Key Highlights

After a process of evaluating our credit portfolio in this difficult economic
environment, and in light of recent evidence that suggests that economic growth
may remain weak for an extended period, EVBS announces that it has significantly
increased its provision for loan losses. While this action has an immediate
recognition of a loss for the quarter and the results of operations year to
date, it is necessary as we aggressively identify and resolve our problem loans.

For the three months ended June 30, 2010, EVBS reported a net operating loss of
($6.0) million, an increase of $4.2 million over the net operating loss of
($1.8) million reported for the same period of 2009. The net loss to common
shareholders increased to ($6.3) million, or ($1.06) per common share, assuming
dilution, compared to a net loss of ($2.1) million or ($0.36) per common share
in 2009. For the first six months of 2010, the net operating loss was ($4.6)
million, an increase of $3.6 million over the net operating loss of ($1.0)
million reported for the same period of 2009. The net loss to common
shareholders increased to ($5.4) million, or ($0.90) per common share, assuming
dilution, compared to a net loss of ($1.8) million in 2009 or ($0.30) per common
share. Continued economic weaknesses necessitated a significant increase in our
provision for loan losses and was the primary driver of our financial results
for the quarter. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 the provision
for loan losses was $12.6 million and $14.5 million, respectively, as compared
to $750 thousand and $1.7 million for the same periods of 2009. The difference
between net operating loss and net loss to common shareholders is the deduction
for the effective dividend to the U.S. Treasury on preferred stock.

Joe A. Shearin, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “The economic
environment remains very weak and continues to negatively impact our loan
portfolio. We continue to see declining real estate values and increased stress
on our customers` ability to pay their loans as agreed, due to historically high
unemployment levels. We remain very diligent and focused on the day-to-day
management of the credit quality of our loan portfolio and believe that our
decision to take this action to increase our reserve for loan losses is in the
best interests of our company. We are fully committed to quickly and
aggressively addressing our problem loans. Management and the Board are
optimistic that we are moving in the right direction and will continue to pursue
economically feasible and prudent measures to decrease our non-performing
assets. We believe the additional provision for loan losses is a prudent measure
against potential losses inherent in the portfolio and are confident that our
capital is sufficient to remain above well capitalized thresholds as we manage
our company through these difficult times. Given our reduced earnings
performance, we have reduced our dividend to retain capital in our company and
we are hopeful that our decision to reduce our dividend will be temporary. The
Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.01 per share payable on August 16,
2010 to shareholders of record as of August 2, 2010.”

Operations Analysis

On a more positive note, net interest income for the three months ended June 30,
2010 was $8.9 million, an increase of $756 thousand or 9.2% over the same
quarter of last year. This increase was primarily due to an increase in the net
interest margin (tax equivalent basis) from 3.31% in the second quarter of 2009
to 3.65% for the second quarter of 2010. Net interest income for the six months
ended June 30, 2010 was $18.0 million, an increase of $2.2 million or 14.0% over
the same period of last year. The year-over-year increase in the net interest
margin was driven by lower deposit costs due to our deposit re-pricing strategy
over the last 18 months, substantial reductions in the level of time deposits,
and increased levels of demand deposits and lower rate interest-bearing
transactional accounts. This has resulted in the average cost of
interest-bearing deposits falling 97 basis points to 1.69% for the six months
ended June 30, 2010, while the yield on average interest-earning assets declined
31 basis points to 5.51% for the same period.

Noninterest income for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $3.1 million, an
increase of $5.4 million over the noninterest loss of ($2.3) million reported
for the same period of 2009. For the second quarter of 2010, noninterest income
includes $1.5 million in gains on the sale of investment securities and $78
thousand in charge-offs on investment securities, while during the second
quarter of 2009, noninterest loss includes $29 thousand in gains on the sale of
investment securities and $3.9 million in impairment losses on investment
securities. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, noninterest income was $5.2
million, compared to a noninterest loss of ($712) thousand for the same period
of 2009. In addition to the aforementioned items affecting the
quarter-over-quarter comparison of noninterest income (loss), during the six
months ended June 30, 2010, noninterest income included a $604 thousand gain on
bank owned life insurance which was not present during the same period of 2009.

Noninterest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $8.8 million,
an increase of $736 thousand over the $8.0 million reported for the three months
ended June 30, 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, noninterest expense
was $16.7 million, compared to $15.4 million for the same year to date period of
2009. Salaries and employee benefits increased $426 thousand year-over-year due
to a decrease in deferred loans costs and an increase in employee related
benefits. Marketing and advertising increased $183 thousand year-over-year due
to increased media ads and other programs related to our 100th anniversary
celebration. Lending expenses increased $506 thousand year-over-year primarily
due to higher collection and repossession expenses related to non-performing
loans. Merger related expenses decreased $308 thousand year-over-year due to the
termination of the merger agreement with First Capital Bancorp during the fourth
quarter of 2009.

The return on average assets (ROA) and return on average equity (ROE) for the
three months ended June 30, 2010 were (2.30%) and (30.63%), respectively
compared to (0.78%) and (11.28%), respectively for the three months ended June
30, 2009. ROA was primarily impacted by the increase in the quarter-over-quarter
net loss of $4.2 million. ROE was impacted not only by the increased net loss,
but by an increase in average common equity of $6.8 million. For the six months
ended June 30, 2010, ROA and ROE were (0.98%) and (13.13%), respectively
compared to (0.33%) and (4.07%), respectively for the same period of 2009. ROA
was impacted by the increase in the year-over-year net loss of $3.6 million and
by an increase in average assets of $14.1 million. ROE was impacted not only by
the increased net loss, but also by a decrease in average common equity of $4.7
million.

Balance Sheet and Asset Quality

For the three months ended June 30, 2010, the provision for loan losses were
$12.6 million, an increase of $11.9 million over the $750 thousand reported for
the same period of 2009. Total net charge-offs for the second quarter of 2010
were $6.0 million compared to $405 thousand for the same period one year
earlier. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the provision for loans losses
were $14.5 million, an increase of $12.8 million over the $1.7 million reported
for the same period in 2009. Total net charge-offs for the year to date period
June 30, 2010 were $6.6 million compared to $705 thousand for the first six
months of 2009. As of June 30, 2010, the allowance for loan losses represented
2.37% of total loans, up from 1.57% at March 31, 2010 and 1.38% at June 30,
2009. As of June 30, 2010, this allowance covers 86.7% of nonaccrual loans and
54.6% of nonperforming loans.

For the second quarter of 2010, net charge-offs to average loans outstanding
were 2.83% compared to 0.20% for the second quarter of 2009. Net charge-offs to
average loans outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were 1.55%
compared to 0.17% for the same six month period in 2009. Nonperforming assets to
total loans and other real estate owned (OREO) was 4.91% as of June 30, 2010,
compared to 4.64% at March 31, 2010 and to 3.09% at June 30, 2009. Nonperforming
assets were $41.7 million as of June 30, 2010, compared to $40.1 million at
March 31, 2010 and $25.8 million as of June 30, 2009. Of these assets,
nonaccrual loans, the single largest category in nonperforming loans, were $23.1
million at June 30, 2010, compared to $22.1 million at March 31, 2010 and $8.7
million at June 30, 2009. Included in nonperforming assets are loans classified
as troubled debt restructurings (TDRs). In general, the modification or
restructuring of a loan constitutes a TDR when we grant a concession to a
borrower experiencing financial difficulty. As of June 30, 2010, TDR loans were
$9.3 million, compared to $9.0 million at March 31, 2010 and $4.2 million at
June 30, 2009.

Total assets increased $1.8 million or 0.2% to $1.1 billion between June 30,
2009 and June 30, 2010. Between June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2010, investment
securities decreased $18.9 million or 11.2% to $149.9 million, but were up $11.6
million sequentially from March 31, 2010. Loans, net of unearned income
increased $11.3 million from June 30, 2009 to $844.1 million at June 30, 2010
and were down $8.9 million from $853.1 million as of December 31, 2009. Total
deposits increased $9.9 million or 1.2% from $848.3 million at June 30, 2009 to
$858.2 million at the end of the second quarter 2010. Year to date average loans
accruing interest were $834.5 million as of June 30, 2010, an increase of $20.9
million or 2.6% compared to the same period in 2009. Year to date average total
deposits were $852.9 million as of June 30, 2010, an increase of $9.7 million or
1.2% compared to the same period in 2009.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information contained in this discussion may include “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward-looking statements are generally identified by phrases such as
“the Company expects,” “the Company believes” or words of similar import. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks including, but not
limited to:

* changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios,
including adverse developments in borrower industries, decline in real estate
values in our markets, or in the repayment ability of individual borrowers or
issuers;
* the strength of the economy in our target market area, as well as general
economic, market, or business conditions;
* changes in the interest rates affecting our deposits and our loans;
* our ability to assess and manage our asset quality;
* an insufficient allowance for loan losses as a result of inaccurate
assumptions;
* the loss of any of our key employees;
* changes in our competitive position, competitive actions by other financial
institutions and the competitive nature of the financial services industry and
our ability to compete effectively against other financial institutions in our
banking markets;
* our ability to manage growth;
* our potential growth, including our entrance or expansion into new markets,
the opportunities that may be presented to and pursued by us and the need for
sufficient capital to support that growth;
* changes in government monetary policy, interest rates, deposit flow, the cost
of funds, and demand for loan products and financial services;
* our ability to maintain internal control over financial reporting;
* our ability to raise capital as needed by our business;
* our reliance on secondary sources, such as Federal Home Loan Bank advances,
sales of securities and loans, federal funds lines of credit from correspondent
banks and out-of-market time deposits, to meet our liquidity needs;
* changes in laws, regulations and the policies of federal or state regulators
and agencies; and
* other circumstances, many of which are beyond our control.

Although the Company believes that its expectations with respect to the
forward-looking statements are based upon reliable assumptions within the bounds
of its knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company will not differ
materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements.

Selected Financial Information Three months ended Six months ended
(dollars in thousands, except per share data) June 30, June 30,
Statement of Operations 2010 2009 2010 2009
Interest and dividend income $ 13,394 $ 14,656 $ 27,054 $ 28,589
Interest expense 4,447 6,464 9,097 12,833
Net interest income 8,947 8,192 17,957 15,756
Provision for loan losses 12,625 750 14,475 1,650
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan losses (3,678 ) 7,442 3,482 14,106

Service charges and fees on deposit accounts 929 948 1,791 1,882
Other noninterest income 321 355 640 699
Debit/credit card fees 359 315 654 584
Gain on sale of available for sale securities, net 1,518 29 1,531 37
Gain on sale of fixed assets 17 – 17 –
Gain on sale of other real estate owned 49 7 80 25
Gain on bank owned life insurance – – 604 –
Impairment/charge-offs – securities (77 ) (3,923 ) (77 ) (3,939 )
Noninterest income (loss) 3,116 (2,269 ) 5,240 (712 )

Salaries and employee benefits 4,303 3,871 8,293 7,867
Occupancy and equipment 1,351 1,343 2,629 2,535
FDIC expense 553 807 1,021 1,107
Other noninterest expenses 2,564 2,015 4,713 3,906
Noninterest expenses 8,771 8,036 16,656 15,415

(Loss) before income taxes (9,333 ) (2,863 ) (7,934 ) (2,021 )
Income tax (benefit) (3,367 ) (1,092 ) (3,302 ) (973 )
Net (loss) $ (5,966 ) $ (1,771 ) $ (4,632 ) $ (1,048 )
Less: Effective preferred dividend 373 372 746 714
Net (loss) to common shareholders $ (6,339 ) $ (2,143 ) $ (5,378 ) $ (1,762 )
(Loss) per common share: basic $ (1.06 ) $ (0.36 ) $ (0.90 ) $ (0.30 )
diluted $ (1.06 ) $ (0.36 ) $ (0.90 ) $ (0.30 )
Selected Ratios
Return on average assets -2.30 % -0.78 % -0.98 % -0.33 %
Return on average common equity -30.63 % -11.28 % -13.13 % -4.07 %
Net interest margin (tax equivalent basis) 3.65 % 3.31 % 3.68 % 3.24 %
Period End Balances
Loans, net of unearned income $ 844,120 $ 832,771 $ 844,120 $ 832,771
Total assets 1,099,814 1,098,002 1,099,814 1,098,002
Total deposits 858,189 848,271 858,189 848,271
Total borrowings 131,928 134,910 131,928 134,910
Total capital 99,896 101,059 99,896 101,059
Shareholders’ equity 75,896 77,059 75,896 77,059
Book value per common share 12.75 13.02 12.75 13.02
Average Balances
Loans, net of unearned income and nonaccrual loans $ 834,280 $ 817,787 $ 834,534 $ 813,622
Total earning assets 1,003,285 1,018,023 1,004,628 1,004,893
Total assets 1,103,570 1,103,545 1,104,260 1,090,200
Total deposits 856,965 857,677 852,915 843,183
Total borrowings 130,647 135,072 135,577 136,514
Total capital 107,002 100,216 106,603 99,547
Shareholders’ equity 83,002 76,216 82,603 87,327
Asset Quality at Period End
Allowance for loan losses 20,046 11,487 20,046 11,487
Nonperforming assets 41,670 25,846 41,670 25,846
Net charge-offs 6,041 406 6,584 705
Net charge-offs to average loans 2.83 % 0.20 % 1.55 % 0.17 %
Allowance for loan losses to period end loans 2.37 % 1.38 % 2.37 % 1.38 %
Nonperforming assets to total loans & OREO 4.91 % 3.09 % 4.91 % 3.09 %
Other Information
Number of shares outstanding – period end 5,954,756 5,917,455 5,954,756 5,917,455
Average shares outstanding – basic 5,968,520 5,914,396 5,967,960 5,909,902
Average shares outstanding – diluted 5,968,520 5,914,396 5,967,960 5,909,902

Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc.
Doug Haskett
Chief Financial Officer
Voice: 804-443-8460
Fax: 804-445-1047

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