Louisiana Bancorp Announces 150,000 Share Stock Buyback Program

Louisiana Bancorp LABC, the holding company for Bank of New Orleans, announced today that it has completed its previously announced stock repurchase program and that it will initiate a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to 150,000 shares of its outstanding common stock. These shares may be purchased in the open market or privately negotiated transactions, as and when deemed appropriate by management over the next six months. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could" or "may." Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors ‑ many of which are beyond our control ‑ could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. Louisiana Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, which is available from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, or the Company's website, www.bankofneworleans.net, describes some of See full press release