HOME BANCORP/IN
8-K, 1998-12-21
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                                    FORM 8-K

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 1998


                                  HOME BANCORP
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           Indiana                          0-22376             35-1906765
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(State or other jurisdiction of           (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            File Number)       Identification No.)

    132 East Berry Street, P.O. Box 989
    Fort Wayne, Indiana                                         46801-0989
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 (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


                                 (219) 422-3502
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

ITEM 5.   Other Events.

           Attached  Press  Release  Relative to Home  Bancorp  Fiscal Year 1998
Record Earnings Stock Repurchase Completed
 

            

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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                           HOME BANCORP
                                                        ------------------ 
                                                           (Registrant)


                                                    /s/ W. Paul Wolf
Date:   December 16, 1998                               ------------ 
                                                        W. Paul Wolf
                                                        Chairman, President, CEO

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                                  NEWS RELEASE

Home Bancorp                                       Date        December 16, 1998
132 EAST BERRY STREET -  P.O. BOX 989              Contact     W. Paul Wolf  
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46801-0989
PHONE:  (219) 422-3502
FAX:  (219) 426-7027

                                  Home Bancorp
                        Fiscal Year 1998 Record Earnings

                           Stock Repurchase Completed


FORT WAYNE,  Indiana,  -- December 17, 1998 -- Home Bancorp (Nasdaq:  HBFW), the
holding  company for Home Loan Bank, Fort Wayne,  Indiana,  announced the fiscal
year 1998 net income of  $2,906,000  after  impacted by a Year 2000 (Y2K) pretax
expense of $140,000,  compared to net income of $2,893,000  for fiscal year (FY)
1997.  Basic  earnings per share (EPS) were $1.32 for FY 1998,  a 10%  increase,
compared to the $1.20  basic EPS for prior year FY 1997.  Diluted  earnings  per
share were $1.28,  an 8.5% increase from the prior year of $1.18 diluted EPS for
FY 1997.

Home Bancorp's  September 30, 1998 total assets increased to $372.4 million from
$346.0 million at fiscal 1997 year end.  Deposits  increased  $18.5 million from
the prior  year to $316.0  million at  September  30,  1998.  Total net loans at
September 30, 1998 were $324.2 million, compared with $284.0 million a year ago,
an historical $40.2 million annual loan growth.

The  company  reported  the  completion  of  stock  repurchase  plan  previously
announced on December 15, 1997 with a total of 241,186 shares repurchased.



       Home Bancorp (Nasdaq)
       Twelve Months September 30:                    1998              1997
       Net Income.....................             $2,906,000        $2,893,000
       Share Earnings:
                Net Income basic......                   1.32              1.20
                Net Income diluted....                   1.28              1.18








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