{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"51330","rtpr_id":"nGNXbhr9J8","ticker":"EMYB","exchange":"OTC","all_tickers":["EMYB"],"title":"Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Announces Expansion of its Stock Repurchase Program","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-06-01T20:15:00.041Z","article_body":"BETHLEHEM, Pa., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Embassy Bancorp, Inc.\n(OTCQX: EMYB) (the “Company”), the parent company of Embassy Bank For the\nLehigh Valley (the “Bank”), announces that the Board of Directors has\namended its existing common stock repurchase program (the “Stock Repurchase\nProgram”) to authorize the repurchase of up to an additional $5 million of\nthe Company’s common stock. This expanded stock repurchase program will be\neffective June 1, 2026.\n\nThe Company announced its first Stock Repurchase Program on October 27, 2025,\nwhich authorized the repurchase of up to $5 million of the Company’s common\nstock. As disclosed in its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed\nwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2026, all but $144\nthousand of this allotment was used by the Company as of the end of the first\nquarter of 2026. Cumulatively, under the Stock Repurchase Program, the Company\nrepurchased 258,301 shares in a total amount of $4.856 million. This amendment\nwill provide for an additional $5 million of the Company’s common stock\navailable for repurchases.    \n\nDavid M. Lobach, Jr., the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive\nOfficer, stated, “Following the successful execution of our first Stock\nRepurchase Program announced in October 2025, we are pleased to build on that\nmomentum with this expanded authorization. This decision reflects the\ncontinued strength of our balance sheet, our disciplined and balanced approach\nto capital allocation, and our confidence in the quality of the Company’s\nstrategy and cash flow profile. We believe this authorization supports our\nongoing objective of delivering attractive long-term value for our\nshareholders.”\n\nRepurchases under the Stock Repurchase Program will be made in open market or\nin privately negotiated transactions. This authority may be exercised from\ntime to time and in such amounts as market conditions warrant, and subject to\nregulatory considerations. The timing and value of shares repurchased will\ndepend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory\nrequirements, market conditions, and other corporate liquidity requirements\nand priorities. The Stock Repurchase Program does not require the Company to\nrepurchase any specific number of shares. The Stock Repurchase Program does\nnot have an expiration date and may be suspended or terminated at any time\nwithout prior notice.\n\nAbout Embassy Bancorp, Inc.\n\nEmbassy Bancorp, Inc., with over $1.8 billion in assets, is the parent company\nof Embassy Bank For the Lehigh Valley, a full-service community bank that has\nserved Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley since 2001. With ten branch locations\nand a comprehensive suite of digital banking services, Embassy Bank remains\ncommitted to providing exceptional financial solutions to the community.\n\nEmbassy Bank was recently named the Lehigh Valley’s “Best Bank & Mortgage\nCompany” for the fifth consecutive year by the Who’s Who in Business\nsurvey published in Lehigh Valley Style magazine. The Bank also ranks fourth\nin deposit market share across Lehigh and Northampton Counties as of June\n2025, earned The Morning Call’s “Best Bank” designation in 2025, and\ncontinues to hold a 5-Star Bauer Financial rating, reflecting its strong\nperformance and long-standing stability.\n\nFor more information, visit www.embassybank.com.\n\nSafe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis document may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private\nSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could\ndiffer materially from those set forth in such statements due to various\nrisks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other\nfactors that could cause actual results and experience to differ from those\nprojected include, but are not limited to, the following: ineffectiveness of\nthe company’s business strategy due to changes in current or future market\nconditions; the effects of competition, and of changes in laws and\nregulations, including industry consolidation and development of competing\nfinancial products and services; interest rate movements; changes in credit\nquality; difficulties in integrating distinct business operations, including\ninformation technology difficulties; volatilities in the securities markets;\nand deteriorating economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties,\nincluding those detailed in Embassy Bancorp, Inc.’s filings with the U.S.\nSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The statements are valid only as of\nthe date hereof and Embassy Bancorp, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update\nthis information.\n\nContact:\nDavid M. Lobach, Jr.\nChairman, President and CEO\n(610) 882-8800\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a1e5ff81-14fd-479b-9fbe-5f5a65008eb0)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXbhr9J8","title":"Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Announces Expansion of its Stock Repurchase Program","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"EMYB","created":"2026-06-01T20:15:00.041Z","tickers":["EMYB"],"exchange":"OTC","article_body":"BETHLEHEM, Pa., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Embassy Bancorp, Inc.\n(OTCQX: EMYB) (the “Company”), the parent company of Embassy Bank For the\nLehigh Valley (the “Bank”), announces that the Board of Directors has\namended its existing common stock repurchase program (the “Stock Repurchase\nProgram”) to authorize the repurchase of up to an additional $5 million of\nthe Company’s common stock. This expanded stock repurchase program will be\neffective June 1, 2026.\n\nThe Company announced its first Stock Repurchase Program on October 27, 2025,\nwhich authorized the repurchase of up to $5 million of the Company’s common\nstock. As disclosed in its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed\nwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2026, all but $144\nthousand of this allotment was used by the Company as of the end of the first\nquarter of 2026. Cumulatively, under the Stock Repurchase Program, the Company\nrepurchased 258,301 shares in a total amount of $4.856 million. This amendment\nwill provide for an additional $5 million of the Company’s common stock\navailable for repurchases.    \n\nDavid M. Lobach, Jr., the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive\nOfficer, stated, “Following the successful execution of our first Stock\nRepurchase Program announced in October 2025, we are pleased to build on that\nmomentum with this expanded authorization. This decision reflects the\ncontinued strength of our balance sheet, our disciplined and balanced approach\nto capital allocation, and our confidence in the quality of the Company’s\nstrategy and cash flow profile. We believe this authorization supports our\nongoing objective of delivering attractive long-term value for our\nshareholders.”\n\nRepurchases under the Stock Repurchase Program will be made in open market or\nin privately negotiated transactions. This authority may be exercised from\ntime to time and in such amounts as market conditions warrant, and subject to\nregulatory considerations. The timing and value of shares repurchased will\ndepend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory\nrequirements, market conditions, and other corporate liquidity requirements\nand priorities. The Stock Repurchase Program does not require the Company to\nrepurchase any specific number of shares. The Stock Repurchase Program does\nnot have an expiration date and may be suspended or terminated at any time\nwithout prior notice.\n\nAbout Embassy Bancorp, Inc.\n\nEmbassy Bancorp, Inc., with over $1.8 billion in assets, is the parent company\nof Embassy Bank For the Lehigh Valley, a full-service community bank that has\nserved Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley since 2001. With ten branch locations\nand a comprehensive suite of digital banking services, Embassy Bank remains\ncommitted to providing exceptional financial solutions to the community.\n\nEmbassy Bank was recently named the Lehigh Valley’s “Best Bank & Mortgage\nCompany” for the fifth consecutive year by the Who’s Who in Business\nsurvey published in Lehigh Valley Style magazine. The Bank also ranks fourth\nin deposit market share across Lehigh and Northampton Counties as of June\n2025, earned The Morning Call’s “Best Bank” designation in 2025, and\ncontinues to hold a 5-Star Bauer Financial rating, reflecting its strong\nperformance and long-standing stability.\n\nFor more information, visit www.embassybank.com.\n\nSafe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis document may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private\nSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could\ndiffer materially from those set forth in such statements due to various\nrisks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other\nfactors that could cause actual results and experience to differ from those\nprojected include, but are not limited to, the following: ineffectiveness of\nthe company’s business strategy due to changes in current or future market\nconditions; the effects of competition, and of changes in laws and\nregulations, including industry consolidation and development of competing\nfinancial products and services; interest rate movements; changes in credit\nquality; difficulties in integrating distinct business operations, including\ninformation technology difficulties; volatilities in the securities markets;\nand deteriorating economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties,\nincluding those detailed in Embassy Bancorp, Inc.’s filings with the U.S.\nSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The statements are valid only as of\nthe date hereof and Embassy Bancorp, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update\nthis information.\n\nContact:\nDavid M. Lobach, Jr.\nChairman, President and CEO\n(610) 882-8800\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a1e5ff81-14fd-479b-9fbe-5f5a65008eb0)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-01T20:15:00.103791503Z","server_sent_at_ms":1780344900103},"received_at":"2026-06-01T20:15:00.178Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"40764","press_release_id":"51330","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Banks","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"buyback","narrative":"Embassy Bancorp’s board authorized an additional $5 million for common stock repurchases, expanding its existing program.\n\nThe company had already utilized $4.856 million of its initial $5 million authorization, leaving only $144,000 remaining.\n\nCEO David M. 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