LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ITLA Capital
Corporation (NASDAQ:ITLA) today reported net income for the quarter
ended September 30, 2005, primarily resulting from the operations
of its wholly- owned subsidiaries, Imperial Capital Bank (the Bank)
and Imperial Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (the REIT) of
$6.3 million or $1.06 per diluted share compared to $5.5 million or
$0.86 per diluted share for the same period last year. President
and Chief Executive Officer George W. Haligowski noted: "I am
encouraged by our quarterly results, which have improved each
quarter this year. The expansion of our national lending platform
continues to gain momentum and our loan portfolio has grown by 40%
during the year. These accomplishments are a tribute to our loan
production team and their resilience to the current competitive
market conditions." The Bank has 20 loan production offices outside
of the state of California and a total of 27 loan production
offices operating as of September 30, 2005. Net interest income
before provision for loan losses increased 18.4 percent to $23.8
million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $20.1
million for the same period last year. The increase was primarily
caused by additional interest income earned due to the growth in
the average balance of our loan portfolio, and an increase in the
average balance of higher yielding investment securities
held-to-maturity as compared to the quarter ended September 30,
2004. This increase was partially offset by additional interest
expense incurred due to the growth in the average balance of
interest bearing liabilities as compared to the same period last
year, deposits repricing to higher current market interest rates,
and the addition of new borrowings at higher current market
interest rates. The provision for loan losses was $1.5 million for
the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $1.1 million for
the same period last year. These provisions for loan losses were
recorded to provide reserves adequate to support known and inherent
losses in our loan portfolio and for specific reserves as of
September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. General and
administrative expenses increased to $12.0 million during the
current quarter, compared to $9.9 million for the quarter ended
September 30, 2004. The increase in general and administrative
expenses was caused by the additional overhead expenses incurred
resulting from the national expansion of our loan production
platform as compared to the same period last year. Our efficiency
ratio (defined as recurring general and administrative expenses as
percentage of net revenue) improved to 49.2 percent for the quarter
ended September 30, 2005, as compared to 49.5 percent for the same
period last year. Loan production was $382.3 million for the
quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $231.5 million for
the same period last year. During the current quarter, the Bank
originated $153.4 million of commercial real estate loans, $83.0
million of small balance multi-family real estate loans, $17.4
million of entertainment finance loans, and its wholesale loan
operations acquired a $128.5 million single-family residential loan
portfolio. This acquisition, which met the Bank's investment
criteria, is not expected to be a recurring activity of the
wholesale loan operations. Loan production for the same period last
year consisted of the origination of $139.6 million of commercial
real estate loans, $59.8 million of small balance multi-family real
estate loans, $27.3 million of entertainment finance loans and $4.8
million of franchise loans. During the current quarter, the Company
continued to deemphasize its franchise lending platform as it
primarily focuses on its commercial real estate and multi-family
real estate loan production. Haligowski commented that: "As a
result of our national expansion, the overall geographic
diversification our portfolio has grown, and the production
contributions from our offices located outside of California have
continued to increase. During the quarter, over 10% of our
commercial real estate loan production and 65% of our multi-family
loan production were generated by these offices." Net income for
the nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased to $17.8 million
or $2.96 per diluted share, compared to $24.9 million or $3.80 per
diluted share for the same period last year. The decrease was
primarily caused by a decline in interest and fee income earned in
connection with the Bank's refund anticipation loan (RAL) program,
which terminated at the conclusion of the 2004 tax season. Despite
the termination of the RAL program, net interest income before
provision for loan losses increased 8.4 percent to $67.7 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $62.4
million for the same period last year. This increase was due to the
growth in the average balance of our loan portfolio, a decrease in
the average balance of low yielding short-term and overnight
investments, and an increase in the average balance of higher
yielding investment securities held-to-maturity as compared to the
same period last year. The decline in the average balance of
short-term and overnight investment securities was a result of the
termination of the RAL program, which generated a substantial level
of liquidity during the quarter ended March 31, 2004. The Bank
invested this additional liquidity in short-term and overnight
investments, which earned a lower yield than the Bank earns on its
current investment portfolio. The increase in net interest income
was partially offset by the additional interest expense incurred
due to the growth in the average balance of our interest bearing
liabilities as compared to the same period last year, deposits
repricing to higher current market interest rates, and the addition
of new borrowings at higher current market interest rates.
Non-interest income was $1.0 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2005, compared to $14.3 million for the same period
last year. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004,
non-interest income consisted of fee income earned in connection
with the RAL program consisting of $9.3 million of net premiums on
the sale of RAL loans and $4.6 million of processing and
administrative fees. The provision for loan losses was $3.8 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $3.5
million for the same period last year. These provisions for loan
losses were recorded to provide reserves adequate to support known
and inherent losses in our loan portfolio and for specific reserves
as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. General and
administrative expenses increased to $34.3 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $31.7 million for the
same period last year. As discussed above, the increase in general
and administrative expenses was caused by the additional overhead
expenses incurred in connection with the national expansion of our
loan production platform over the same period last year. The
Company's efficiency ratio (defined as recurring general and
administrative expenses as percentage of net revenue) was 49.9
percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to
41.4 percent for the same period last year. The variance in our
efficiency ratio is primarily due to the decline in net revenue
earned as a result of the termination of the RAL program. Loan
production was $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30,
2005, compared to $644.7 million for the same period last year.
During the current nine month period, the Bank originated $339.8
million of commercial real estate loans, $232.5 million of small
balance multi-family real estate loans, $64.4 million of
entertainment finance loans, $2.4 million of franchise loans, and
its wholesale loan operations acquired $621.6 million of small
balance multi-family and single-family real estate loans. Loan
production for the same period last year consisted of $375.7
million of commercial real estate loans, $153.7 million of small
balance multi-family real estate loans, $69.2 million of
entertainment finance loans and $46.1 million of franchise loans.
Total assets increased $676.8 million to $3.0 billion at September
30, 2005, compared to $2.3 billion at December 31, 2004. The
increase in total assets was primarily due to a $711.0 million
increase in our loan portfolio, partially offset by a $31.4 million
reduction in cash and cash equivalents and a $44.1 million decline
in investment securities held-to-maturity. At September 30, 2005,
nonperforming assets totaled $22.4 million or 0.75 percent of total
assets as compared to $14.7 million or 0.63 percent as of December
31, 2004. The increase was primarily attributable to the migration
of a single lending relationship to nonperforming status. Despite
this increase, nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets
is significantly below our average for the past five years of
approximately 1.05 percent. The allowance for loan loss coverage
ratio (defined as the allowance for loan losses divided by
non-accrual loans) at September 30, 2005, was 172.2 percent as
compared to 242.2 percent at December 31, 2004. The allowance for
loan losses as a percentage of our total loans was 1.5 percent at
September 30, 2005, as compared to 1.9 percent at December 31,
2004. The decrease in this percentage primarily reflects the
decline in our overall risk profile due to a broader geographic
diversification of our real estate loan portfolio resulting from
the higher concentration of non-California small balance
multi-family loans as a percentage of our total loan portfolio.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, we had net charge-offs
of $241,000, compared to net charge-offs of $2.3 million for the
same period last year. At September 30, 2005, shareholders' equity
totaled $199.8 million or 6.7 percent of total assets. For the
third quarter of 2005, we repurchased 116,410 shares at an average
price of $53.23 per share. For the nine months ended September 30,
2005, we repurchased 383,108 shares at an average price of $52.60.
Since beginning share repurchases in April 1997, a total of
3,252,610 shares were repurchased returning approximately $87.4
million of capital to our shareholders at an average price of
$26.87 per share. Through our stock repurchase program, over 100
percent of the contributed capital from our initial and secondary
stock offerings has been returned to shareholders. The Company's
book value per share of common stock was $36.91 as of September 30,
2005, an increase of 5.2 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively,
from $35.09 per share as of December 31, 2004 and $34.62 per share
as of September 30, 2004. The Bank had Tier 1 leverage, Tier 1
risk-based and total risk-based capital ratios at September 30,
2005 of 8.31 percent, 10.11 percent and 11.36 percent,
respectively, which represents $96.0 million, $97.9 million and
$32.5 million, respectively, of capital in excess of the amount
required to be "well capitalized" for regulatory purposes. In
addition, the Company, the Bank's holding company, had Tier 1
leverage, Tier 1 risk-based and total risk-based capital ratios at
September 30, 2005 of 8.90 percent, 10.82 percent, and 12.83
percent, respectively, which represents $114.9 million, $116.9
million and $68.7 million, respectively, of capital in excess of
the amount required to be "well capitalized." Haligowski concluded:
"The third quarter continued to reflect the progress achieved in
our national expansion. During the quarter, we opened our east
coast headquarters in New York's Times Square. This office will be
managing and supporting our eastern seaboard commercial real estate
lending efforts. Also, I'm encouraged by our ability to effectively
deploy our excess capital, which has contributed to the growth in
net interest income and earnings per share; however, near-term and
future loan production could be adversely impacted by continued
competition and a flattening yield curve, as we maintain our
pricing and credit disciplines." "Safe Harbor" statement under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release
contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in economic
conditions in the Company's market areas, changes in policies by
regulatory agencies, the impact of competitive loan products, loan
demand risks, the quality or composition of the loan or investment
portfolios, increased costs from pursuing the national expansion of
our small balance multi-family lending platform and operational
challenges inherent in implementing this expansion strategy,
fluctuations in interest rates, and changes in the relative
differences between short and long term interest rates, levels of
nonperforming assets, and operating results, the economic impact of
terrorist actions and other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake and
specifically disclaims 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 the Company's actual results
for 2005 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in
any forward looking statements by, or on behalf of, the Company.
ITLA Capital Corporation is the largest financial services company
headquartered in San Diego, California, and conducts its operations
through Imperial Capital Bank and Imperial Capital Real Estate
Investment Trust. Imperial Capital Bank has seven retail branch
locations and 27 loan production offices serving the Western United
States, the Southeast, the Mid-Atlantic States, the Ohio Valley,
the Metro New York area and New England. For additional
information, contact Timothy M. Doyle, Executive Managing Director
and Chief Financial Officer, at (858) 551-0511. ITLA CAPITAL
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS September
30, 2005 December 31, (unaudited) 2004 (in thousands except share
amounts) Assets Cash and cash equivalents $56,224 $87,580
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value 92,255
66,845 Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost
251,889 296,028 Stock in Federal Home Loan Bank 35,309 23,200
Loans, net (net of allowance for loan losses of $38,661 and $35,483
as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively)
2,504,777 1,793,815 Interest receivable 14,976 10,695 Other real
estate owned, net -- -- Premises and equipment, net 6,774 6,645
Deferred income taxes 10,617 10,468 Goodwill 3,118 3,118 Other
assets 18,930 19,677 Total assets $2,994,869 $2,318,071 Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity Liabilities: Deposit accounts $1,841,737
$1,432,032 Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings
843,056 584,224 Accounts payable and other liabilities 23,685
20,491 Junior subordinated debentures 86,600 86,600 Total
liabilities 2,795,078 2,123,347 Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized,
none issued -- -- Contributed capital - common stock, $.01 par
value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 8,949,898 and 8,703,894 issued
as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively 77,019
69,327 Retained earnings 213,790 196,032 Accumulated other
comprehensive (loss) income, net (155) 78 290,654 265,437 Less
treasury stock, at cost - 3,537,398 and 3,154,290 shares as of
September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively (90,863)
(70,713) Total shareholders' equity 199,791 194,724 Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity $2,994,869 $2,318,071 ITLA
CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME (UNAUDITED) For the Three For the Nine Months Ended Months
Ended September 30, September 30, 2005 2004 2005 2004 (in thousands
except per share amounts) Interest income: Loans, including fees
$44,278 $28,526 $113,399 $85,386 Cash and investment securities
4,552 2,152 13,863 5,563 Total interest income 48,830 30,678
127,262 90,949 Interest expense: Deposit accounts 15,527 6,632
36,922 19,631 Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings
7,634 2,343 17,366 4,319 Junior subordinated debentures 1,830 1,569
5,264 4,559 Total interest expense 24,991 10,544 59,552 28,509 Net
interest income before provision for loan losses 23,839 20,134
67,710 62,440 Provision for loan losses 1,500 1,100 3,750 3,450 Net
interest income after provision for loan losses 22,339 19,034
63,960 58,990 Non-interest income: Premium on sale of loans, net --
-- -- 9,284 Late and collection fees 181 74 384 259 Other 304 (239)
590 4,731 Total non-interest income 485 (165) 974 14,274
Non-interest expense: Compensation and benefits 5,048 4,938 16,315
16,540 Occupancy and equipment 1,980 1,471 5,381 4,321 Other 4,945
3,472 12,576 10,860 Total general and administrative 11,973 9,881
34,272 31,721 Real estate owned expense, net -- 32 -- 113 Provision
for losses on other real estate owned -- -- -- 1,000 Gain on sale
of other real estate owned, net -- (61) (11) (415) Total real
estate owned expense, net -- (29) (11) 698 Total non-interest
expense 11,973 9,852 34,261 32,419 Income before provision for
income taxes 10,851 9,017 30,673 40,845 Provision for income taxes
4,583 3,519 12,915 15,933 NET INCOME $6,268 $5,498 $17,758 $24,912
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE $1.09 $0.91 $3.08 $4.04 DILUTED EARNINGS
PER SHARE $1.06 $0.86 $2.96 $3.80 DATASOURCE: ITLA Capital
Corporation CONTACT: Timothy M. Doyle, Executive Managing Director
and Chief Financial Officer of ITLA Capital Corporation,
+1-858-551-0511 Web site: http://www.itlacapital.com/
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