AUBURN, Ala., June 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq:AUBN), the parent company of AuburnBank, will be added to the Russell 2000^® Index at the conclusion of the Russell US Indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 25, 2018 according to a preliminary list of additions posted June 8, 2018.

The annual reconstitution of the broad-market Russell 3000^® Index captures 3,000 of the largest U.S. stocks, ranking them by total market capitalization.  The largest 1,000 companies in this ranking comprise the Russell 1000^® Index and the next 2,000 companies constitute the Russell 2000^® Index. Membership in the Russell 3000^® Index is effective until the Index’s next annual reconstitution and results in automatic inclusion in the small-cap Russell 2000^® Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes.

"We are pleased to be joining the nationally recognized Russell 2000 Index.  This news reflects our history of sustained growth and continued efforts to increase shareholder value,” said Robert W. Dumas, President and CEO of AuburnBank and Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. “Additional visibility within the investment community and improved liquidity for shareholders often results from membership in the Russell 2000."

Russell US Indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors as the basis for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $9 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell US Indexes. Russell US Indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider.

For more information on the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell US Indexes reconstitution, go to the “Russell Reconstitution” section on the FTSE Russell website.

About Auburn National Bancorporation

Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the “Company”) is the parent company of AuburnBank (the “Bank”), with total assets of approximately $831 million. The Bank is an Alabama state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has operated continuously since 1907. Both the Company and the Bank are headquartered in Auburn, Alabama. The Bank conducts its business in East Alabama, including Lee County and surrounding areas. The Bank operates 8 full-service branches in Auburn, Opelika, Valley and Notasulga, Alabama.  The Bank also operates a loan production office in Phenix City, Alabama. Additional information about the Company and the Bank may be found by visiting www.auburnbank.com.

About FTSE Russell

FTSE Russell is a leading global index provider creating and managing a wide range of indexes, data and analytic solutions to meet client needs across asset classes, style and strategies. Covering 98% of the investable market, FTSE Russell indexes offer a picture of global markets, combined with specialized knowledge gained from developing local benchmarks around the world.

FTSE Russell index expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally.  Approximately $16.2 trillion is currently benchmarked to FTSE Russell indexes.  For over 30 years, leading asset owners, asset managers, ETF providers and investment banks have chosen FTSE Russell indexes to benchmark their investment performance and create investment funds, ETFs, structured products and index-based derivatives. FTSE Russell indexes also provide clients with tools for asset allocation, investment strategy analysis and risk management.

FTSE Russell is wholly owned by London Stock Exchange Group.

All information regarding FTSE Russell and the Russell indexes is from information provided by FTSE Russell.  For more information, visit FTSE Russell at www.ftserussell.com

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements about potential increases in visibility within the investment community and shareholder liquidity due to inclusion in the Russell 2000 Index, future financial and operating results, costs and revenues, economic conditions in our markets, loan demand, mortgage lending activity, changes in the mix of our earning assets (including those generating tax exempt income) and our deposit  and wholesale liabilities, net interest margin, yields on earning assets, securities valuations and performance, interest rates (generally and those applicable to our assets and liabilities), loan performance, nonperforming assets, other real estate owned, provision for loan losses, charge-offs, other-than-temporary impairments, collateral values, credit quality, asset sales, and market trends, as well as statements with respect to our objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements, with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance, achievements, or financial condition of the Company or the Bank to be materially different from future results, performance, achievements, or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements.

All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, together with those risks and uncertainties described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and otherwise in our other SEC reports and filings.

For additional information, contact:
Robert W. Dumas
President and CEO
(334) 821-9200