Article: Abington bank owners toss plan for holding company: Abington Community Bancorp surprised investors by announcing it would sell the stock to the public.

Byline: Joseph N. DiStefano

Dec. 2--Shares of Abington Community Bancorp jumped 23 percent Thursday to a record $19.48 after the Jenkintown-based owner of Abington Savings Bank surprised investors by announcing plans to scrap the depositor-owned mutual holding company that owns a majority of its shares, and sell the stock to the public. Following Thursday's rise, Abington dropped 11 cents in Nasdaq trading yesterday, to $19.37. While the conversion plan comes "sooner than we expected," other recent mutual stock sales, such as the sale by Fox Chase Savings Bank last summer, have fetched "extremely strong" prices, James C. Record, an analyst at Stern Agee in ...

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