1ST Constitution Bancorp Reports Operating Results for the Second Quarter and the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

CRANBURY NJ, Jul 28 (MARKET WIRE) --
1ST Constitution Bancorp (NASDAQ: FCCY), the parent company of 1ST
Constitution Bank, reported net income available to common shareholders
of $829 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, or $0.17 per
diluted common share, compared to net income available to common
shareholders of $619 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, or
$0.13 per diluted common share.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company reported net income
available to common shareholders of $1.6 million, or $0.33 per diluted
common share, compared with net income available to common shareholders
of $1.1 million, or $0.24 per diluted common share, for the first six
months of 2010.

All share and per share data for the respective reporting periods have
been adjusted for a 5% stock dividend paid on common shares on February
2, 2011.

The growth in net income available to common shareholders for the quarter
and the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the prior year
periods represents an increase in net income of 34.0% and 41.9%,
respectively. At June 30, 2011, the Company's tangible book value per
common share was $9.75.

Net income available to common shareholders for the quarter ended June
30, 2010 included a charge of $177 thousand, and for the six months ended
June 30, 2010 a charge of $354 thousand, representing the dividends and
discount accretion on the Company's preferred stock issued to the United
States Treasury. There was no such charge for the quarter ended June 30,
2011, or for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as the Company redeemed
all 12,000 shares of its preferred stock issued to the Treasury under the
TARP program on October 29, 2010.

Robert F. Mangano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "The
increase in net income for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011
was principally the result of increases in net-interest income and
non-interest income and a lower provision for loan losses and lower
income tax expense in the three month period ended June 30, 2011."

Net interest income for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 increased to $5.2
million, up $366 thousand, or 7.5 percent, from the $4.8 million reported
for the second quarter of 2010. Further supporting earnings for the
second quarter of 2011 was the continued generation of non-interest
income, which reached $1.1 million, up $133 thousand, or 13.2 percent,
above the same prior year quarter.

The provision for loan losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 totaled
$275 thousand compared to $550 thousand for the same period in 2010. Net
charge-offs for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were $568 thousand,
compared to $417 thousand for the same period in 2010.

At June 30, 2011, the allowance for loan losses was $5.9 million, an
increase of $107 thousand from December 31, 2010. The ratio of the
allowance for loan losses to total loans was 1.72 percent at June 30,
2011, and 1.40 percent at December 31, 2010.

Total assets at June 30, 2011 reached $729.4 million, representing an
increase of $85.0 million compared to total assets of $644.4 million at
December 31, 2010. Deposits at June 30, 2011 were $643.1 million,
compared to $543.7 million at December 31, 2010, and total loans
decreased by $86.4 million, to $346.8 million from $433.2 million at
December 31, 2010.

At June 30, 2011, 1ST Constitution Bank's capital ratios were all above
the levels required to be categorized as "well capitalized." The Bank's
total risk-based capital, Tier I risk-based capital, and leverage capital
were 14.50 percent, 13.25 percent, and 7.96 percent, respectively. The
regulatory requirements to be considered "well capitalized" for total
risk-based capital, Tier I capital, and leverage capital are 10 percent,
6 percent, and 5 percent, respectively.

1ST Constitution Bancorp, through its primary subsidiary, 1ST
Constitution Bank, operates fourteen branch banking offices in Cranbury
(2), Fort Lee, Hamilton, Hightstown, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Jamesburg,
Lawrenceville, Perth Amboy, Plainsboro, Rocky Hill, West Windsor and
Princeton, New Jersey.

1ST Constitution Bancorp common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global
Market under the trading symbol "FCCY." Information about 1ST
Constitution Bancorp can be accessed via the Internet at
www.1STCONSTITUTION.com.

The foregoing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are
not historical facts and include expressions about management's
confidence and strategies and management's expectations about new and
existing programs and products, relationships, opportunities, taxation,
technology and market conditions. These statements may be identified by
such forward-looking terminology as "expect," "look," "believe,"
"anticipate," "may," "will," or similar statements or variations of such
terms. Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking
statements. Factors that may cause results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in
the direction of the economy in New Jersey, the direction of interest
rates, effective income tax rates, loan prepayment assumptions, continued
levels of loan quality and origination volume, continued relationships
with major customers including sources for loans, a higher level of net
loan charge-offs and delinquencies than anticipated, bank regulatory
rules, regulations or policies that restrict or direct certain actions,
the adoption, interpretation and implementation of new or pre-existing
accounting pronouncements, a change in legal and regulatory barriers
including issues related to compliance with anti-money laundering and
bank secrecy act laws, as well as the effects of general economic
conditions and legal and regulatory barriers and structure. 1ST
Constitution Bancorp assumes no obligation for updating any such
forward-looking statements at any time, except as required by law.

1st Constitution Bancorp
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
( Unaudited )

($ in thousands except
per share amounts) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2011 2010 2011 2010
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Income Statement Data :
Interest income $ 7,085 $ 7,076 $ 14,019 $ 13,926
Interest expense 1,871 2,227 3,640 4,638
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Net interest income 5,214 4,849 10,379 9,288
Provision for loan
losses 275 550 675 850
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Net interest income
after prov.for loan
losses 4,939 4,299 9,704 8,438
Non-interest income 1,141 1,007 2,165 1,956
Non-interest expenses 5,156 4,279 9,819 8,413
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Income before income
taxes 924 1,027 2,050 1,981
Income tax expense 95 231 431 486
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Net income 829 796 1,619 1,495
Preferred stock
dividends and
accretion 0 177 0 354
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Net income available
to common
shareholders $ 829 $ 619 $ 1,619 $ 1,141
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Per Common Share Data
(a) :
Earnings per common
share - Basic $ 0.17 $ 0.13 $ 0.34 $ 0.24
Earnings per common
share - Diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.13 $ 0.33 $ 0.24
Tangible book value
per common share $ 9.75 $ 10.04
Average common shares
outstanding :
Basic 4,803,337 4,753,152 4,803,166 4,754,401
Diluted 4,849,945 4,778,072 4,861,949 4,774,464

(a) Includes the
effect of the 5%
stock dividend paid
February 2, 2011.

Performance Ratios :
Return on average
assets 0.45% 0.49% 0.47% 0.46%
Return on average
equity 6.55% 5.42% 6.52% 5.18%
Net interest margin
(tax-equivalent
basis) 3.25% 3.17% 3.38% 3.05%
Efficiency ratio 81.1% 73.1% 78.3% 74.8%

December
June 30, 31,
2011 2010
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Balance Sheet Data:
Total Assets $ 729,431 $ 644,395
Investment Securities 253,614 167,361
Loans, including loans held for sale 346,839 433,206
Allowance for loan losses (5,870) (5,763)
Goodwill and other intangible assets 5,559 610
Deposits 643,108 543,735
Shareholders' Equity 52,433 49,681

Asset Quality Data :
Loans past due over 90 days and still accruing $ 0 $ 0
Nonaccrual loans 5,689 8,809
OREO property 6,789 4,851
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Total non-performing assets 12,478 13,660
Net charge-offs for the six-month period and
year, respectively 568 1,068
Allowance for loan losses to total loans 1.72% 1.40%
Nonperforming loans to total loans 1.67% 2.14%
Nonperforming assets to total assets 1.71% 2.12%

Capital Ratios :
1st Constitution Bancorp
Tier 1 capital to average assets 8.56% 9.63%
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets 13.68% 12.99%
Total capital to risk weighted assets 15.13% 14.43%
1st Constitution Bank
Tier 1 capital to average assets 7.96% 9.51%
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets 13.25% 12.78%
Total capital to risk weighted assets 14.50% 13.92%

CONTACT:
Robert F. Mangano
President & Chief Executive Officer
(609) 655-4500

Joseph M. Reardon
Senior Vice President & Treasurer
(609) 655-4500

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