Malvern Bancorp, Inc. To Commence Stock Offering

PAOLI, Pa., Aug. 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Malvern Federal Bancorp, Inc. ("Malvern Federal Bancorp") (Nasdaq:MLVF), announced today that Malvern Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("Malvern Bancorp-New") and the proposed holding company for Malvern Federal Savings Bank (the "Bank"), and Malvern Federal Mutual Holding Company have received conditional regulatory approval for Malvern Bancorp-New to commence its stock offering in connection with Malvern Federal Mutual Holding Company's proposed mutual-to-stock conversion. Additionally, the registration statement relating to the sale of common stock of Malvern Bancorp-New has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Malvern Bancorp-New is offering for sale between 2,337,500 and 3,162,500 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share. Malvern Bancorp-New may increase the number of shares that it sells in the offering, without notice to persons who have subscribed for shares, by up to 15%, to 3,636,875 shares, as a result of market conditions or demand for shares. The shares being offered for sale represent the 55.5% ownership interest in Malvern Federal Bancorp's common stock now owned by Malvern Federal Mutual Holding Company.

At the conclusion of the conversion and offering, shareholders of Malvern Federal Bancorp, other than Malvern Federal Mutual Holding Company (the "public shareholders"), will have their shares of common stock of Malvern Federal Bancorp exchanged for between 0.6908 and 0.9346 shares of Malvern Bancorp-New, subject to a 15% increase of up to 1.0748 shares, depending on the number of shares sold in the offering. The exchange will result in the current public shareholders of Malvern Federal Bancorp owning approximately the same percentage of Malvern Bancorp-New as they owned of Malvern Federal Bancorp. Malvern Bancorp-New will be 100% publicly owned, and Malvern Federal Bancorp and Malvern Federal Mutual Holding Company will each cease to exist upon completion of the conversion and offering. The number of shares to be sold in the offering and issued to public shareholders of Malvern Federal Bancorp in the share exchange is based on an independent appraisal of the estimated pro forma market value of Malvern Bancorp-New.

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