Photo Release -- HomeTrust Bank Hires Eric R. Edgison, Senior Vice President, Director of Treasury Management

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ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") HTBI, the holding company for HomeTrust Bank, N.A. (the "Bank"), announced today that the Bank has hired Eric R. Edgison as Senior Vice President, Director of Treasury Management. Edgison reports to Hunter Westbrook, EVP, and Chief Banking Officer. 

Eric Edgison
Eric Edgison, SVP, Director of Treasury Management, HomeTrust Bank


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"Eric has demonstrated a history of significant improvement in sales and fee income generation, which further strengthens HomeTrust Bank's full service commercial bank positioning across our footprint," commented Hunter Westbrook, EVP, and Chief Banking Officer. "HomeTrust is focused on continuing to attract top talent across all lines of business to increase value for our customers and deliver increased returns for our shareholders."

Mr. Edgison has over 20 years of both Treasury Management and Corporate Banking experience. Most recently, he served as the Director of Treasury Management and Merchant Services for CommunityOne Bank in Charlotte, NC. His previous banking experience includes roles in Treasury Management sales, product management and product development with Bank of America, SouthTrust, Wachovia, New Dominion bank, Wells Fargo and First Citizens Bank.   Mr. Edgison has developed Treasury Management platforms for financial Institutions and specializes in the design of customized electronic payment applications. The majority of his career has been spent in Charlotte, NC, although his sales markets have included clients in all 50 states, South America and Europe. Eric is bilingual having studied Spanish at the Defense Language Institute. He has volunteered for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools previously helping with Spanish projects and evaluations for oral presentations.

"I'm pleased to bring my Treasury and Corporate Banking experience and expertise to HomeTrust," said Eric Edgison. "Businesses value the technology-driven Treasury Services and relationship-focused approach to customer service that a regional community bank such as HomeTrust can deliver."  

About HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for HomeTrust Bank, N.A. As of March 31, 2015 the Company had assets of $2.6 billion. The Bank, founded in 1926, is a nationally chartered, community-focused financial institution committed to providing value added community banking through its 45 locations in North Carolina (including the Asheville metropolitan area, the "Piedmont" region, Charlotte, and a loan production office in Raleigh), Upstate South Carolina (Greenville), East Tennessee (including Kingsport/Johnson City, Knoxville, and Morristown) and Southwest Virginia (including the Roanoke Valley). The Bank is the 5th largest community bank headquartered in North Carolina.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements often include words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," and "intend" or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent management's current expectations and forecasts regarding future events many of which are inherently uncertain and outside of our control. Actual results may differ, possibly materially from those currently expected or projected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, include expected cost savings, synergies and other financial benefits from our recent acquisitions might not be realized within the expected time frames or at all, and costs or difficulties relating to integration matters might be greater than expected; increased competitive pressures; changes in the interest rate environment; changes in general economic conditions and conditions within the securities markets; legislative and regulatory changes; and other factors described in HomeTrust's latest annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission-which are available on our website at www.hometrustbanking.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Any of the forward-looking statements that we make in this presentation or our SEC filings are based upon management's beliefs and assumptions at the time they are made and may turn out to be wrong because of inaccurate assumptions we might make, because of the factors illustrated above or because of other factors that we cannot foresee. We do not undertake and specifically disclaim any obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements. These risks could cause our actual results for fiscal 2015 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements by, or on behalf of, us and could negatively affect our operating and stock performance.

WEBSITE: WWW.HOMETRUSTBANKING.COM

The photo is also available via AP PhotoExpress.

CONTACT: HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. Dana L. Stonestreet - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Tony J. VunCannon - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer 828-259-3939

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