Article: American National Bankshares Inc. Announces Record Earnings for Quarter.

DANVILLE, Va., April 19 /PRNewswire/ --

American National Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq: AMNB) today reported record earnings for the first quarter of 2000. American National's net income for the quarter was $2.115 million, a gain of 9.9% from the first quarter of 1999 of $1.924 million.

Earnings per share rose to $0.35 in the quarter from $0.32 in same quarter in 1999. Return on average assets (ROA) for the quarter was 1.71% compared to 1.68% in the comparable period in 1999 and return on average equity (ROE) was 14.77% compared to 13.90% in 1999.

"We are proud of these results which evidence our success as a community bank", said Charles H. Majors, ...

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