EXHIBIT 99
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
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Board of Directors and Stockholders
SFSB Holding Company
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of SFSB Holding
Company and subsidiary as of June 30, 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of income for the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2000 and
1999, consolidated statement of cash flow for the six-month period ended June
30, 2000 and 1999 and the consolidated statement of changes in stockholders'
equity for the six-month period ended June 30, 2000. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.
We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical and procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of which is
the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a
whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should
be made to the accompanying financial statements for them to be in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
We have previously audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report
dated February 11, 2000 we expressed an unqualified opinion on those
consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in
the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1999, is fairly
stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet
from which it has been derived.
/s/S.R. Snodgrass, A.C.
Wexford, PA
August 3, 2000
