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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

  x

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

 

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010

 

or

 

 

  o

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

 

For the transition period from               to              

 

Commission File Number No. 0-14555

 


 

VIST FINANCIAL CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

PENNSYLVANIA

 

23-2354007

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

1240 Broadcasting Road

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(610) 208-0966

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes o No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company x

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o No x

 

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

 

 

Number of Common Shares Outstanding

 

 

as of August 06, 2010

COMMON STOCK ($5.00 Par Value)

 

6,506,640

(Title of Class)

 

(Outstanding Shares)

 

 

 



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VIST FINANCIAL CORP.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2010

 

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

10

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

40

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

61

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

61

 

 

 

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

62

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

62

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

62

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

62

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

62

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

[Removed and Reserved]

62

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

Exhibits

63

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

63

 

 

 

 

Certifications

 

 

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Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

VIST FINANCIAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

25,357

 

$

18,487

 

Federal funds sold

 

7,385

 

8,475

 

Interest-bearing deposits in banks

 

286

 

410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

33,028

 

27,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage loans held for sale

 

3,109

 

1,962

 

Securities available for sale

 

261,292

 

268,030

 

Securities held to maturity, fair value 2010 - $1,950; 2009 - $1,857

 

2,086

 

3,035

 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock

 

5,715

 

5,715

 

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses 2010 - $12,825; 2009 - $11,449

 

882,759

 

899,515

 

Premises and equipment, net

 

5,976

 

6,114

 

Other real estate owned

 

5,148

 

5,221

 

Identifiable intangible assets

 

4,411

 

4,186

 

Goodwill

 

39,999

 

39,982

 

Bank owned life insurance

 

19,141

 

18,950

 

FDIC prepaid deposit insurance

 

4,902

 

5,712

 

Other assets

 

21,038

 

22,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

1,288,604

 

$

1,308,719

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-interest bearing

 

$

114,362

 

$

102,302

 

Interest bearing

 

891,210

 

918,596

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

1,005,572

 

1,020,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

110,384

 

115,196

 

Long-term debt

 

10,000

 

20,000

 

Junior subordinated debt, at fair value

 

19,308

 

19,658

 

Other liabilities

 

8,650

 

7,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,153,914

 

1,183,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock: $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000,000 shares; $1,000 liquidation preference per share; 25,000 shares of Series A 5% (increasing to 9% in 2014) cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding; Less: discount of $1,694 at June 30, 2010 and $1,908 at December 31, 2009

 

23,306

 

23,092

 

Common stock, $5.00 par value; authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued: 6,517,124 shares at June 30, 2010 and 5,819,174 shares at December 31, 2009

 

32,586

 

29,096

 

Stock warrant

 

2,307

 

2,307

 

Surplus

 

65,466

 

63,744

 

Retained earnings

 

13,706

 

11,892

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(2,490

)

(4,512

)

Treasury stock: 10,484 shares at cost

 

(191

)

(191

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

134,690

 

125,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

1,288,604

 

$

1,308,719

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

June 30, 2009

 

June 30, 2010

 

June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fees on loans

 

$

12,415

 

$

12,261

 

$

24,858

 

$

24,603

 

Interest on securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

2,894

 

2,709

 

5,841

 

5,579

 

Tax-exempt

 

450

 

305

 

846

 

591

 

Dividend income

 

8

 

33

 

18

 

67

 

Other interest income

 

266

 

5

 

274

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

16,033

 

15,313

 

31,837

 

30,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on deposits

 

4,238

 

5,172

 

8,740

 

10,326

 

Interest on short-term borrowings

 

18

 

 

18

 

17

 

Interest on securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

1,198

 

1,100

 

2,380

 

2,163

 

Interest on long-term debt

 

89

 

412

 

187

 

917

 

Interest on junior subordinated debt

 

344

 

362

 

689

 

677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

5,887

 

7,046

 

12,014

 

14,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income

 

10,146

 

8,267

 

19,823

 

16,749

 

Provision for loan losses

 

2,010

 

4,300

 

4,610

 

5,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

 

8,136

 

3,967

 

15,213

 

11,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer service fees

 

549

 

596

 

1,132

 

1,254

 

Mortgage banking activities

 

231

 

408

 

365

 

675

 

Commissions and fees from insurance sales

 

3,092

 

3,036

 

6,168

 

5,994

 

Brokerage and investment advisory commissions and fees

 

151

 

152

 

286

 

482

 

Earnings on bank owned life insurance

 

113

 

108

 

191

 

184

 

Other commissions and fees

 

558

 

498

 

1,062

 

971

 

Gain on sale of equity interest

 

1,875

 

 

1,875

 

 

Other income

 

198

 

169

 

241

 

653

 

Net realized gains on sales of securities

 

194

 

126

 

286

 

285

 

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments

 

(6

)

(973

)

(946

)

(973

)

Portion of non-credit impairment loss recognized in other comprehensive loss

 

(47

)

651

 

797

 

651

 

Net credit impairment loss recognized in earnings

 

(53

)

(322

)

(149

)

(322

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income

 

6,908

 

4,771

 

11,457

 

10,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

5,419

 

5,754

 

10,838

 

11,442

 

Occupancy expense

 

1,069

 

881

 

2,217

 

1,950

 

Furniture and equipment expense

 

662

 

634

 

1,286

 

1,240

 

Marketing and advertising expense

 

261

 

335

 

507

 

605

 

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets

 

138

 

171

 

271

 

342

 

Professional services

 

745

 

482

 

1,354

 

1,374

 

Outside processing services

 

854

 

1,086

 

1,885

 

2,037

 

FDIC deposit and other insurance expense

 

524

 

984

 

1,056

 

1,428

 

Other real estate owned expense

 

1,195

 

292

 

1,692

 

618

 

Other expense

 

997

 

948

 

1,849

 

1,810

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other expense

 

11,864

 

11,567

 

22,955

 

22,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

3,180

 

(2,829

)

3,715

 

(1,046

)

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

654

 

(1,321

)

476

 

(1,069

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

2,526

 

(1,508

)

3,239

 

23

 

Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion

 

(419

)

(413

)

(839

)

(825

)

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

 

$

2,107

 

$

(1,921

)

$

2,400

 

$

(802

)

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

June 30, 2009

 

June 30, 2010

 

June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share

 

6,213,284

 

5,791,023

 

6,030,134

 

5,763,648

 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share

 

$

0.34

 

$

(0.33

)

$

0.40

 

$

(0.14

)

Average shares outstanding for diluted earnings per common share

 

6,268,026

 

5,791,023

 

6,076,656

 

5,763,648

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share

 

$

0.34

 

$

(0.33

)

$

0.40

 

$

(0.14

)

Cash dividends declared per actual common shares outstanding

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.10

 

$

0.10

 

$

0.20

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Liquidation

 

Shares

 

Par

 

Stock

 

 

 

Retained

 

Comprehensive

 

Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

Value

 

Issued

 

Value

 

Warrant

 

Surplus

 

Earnings

 

Loss

 

Stock

 

Total

 

Balance, January 1, 2010

 

25,000

 

$

23,092

 

5,819,174

 

$

29,096

 

$

2,307

 

$

63,744

 

$

11,892

 

$

(4,512

)

$

(191

)

$

125,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,239

 

 

 

3,239

 

Change in net unrealized gains on securities available for sale, net of tax effect and reclassification adjustments for losses and impairment charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,583

 

 

2,583

 

Change in net unrealized losses on securities held to maturity, net of tax effect and reclassification adjustments for losses and impairment charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(561

)

 

(561

)

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock

 

 

 

644,000

 

3,220

 

 

1,611

 

 

 

 

4,831

 

Preferred stock discount accretion

 

 

214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

214

 

Stock warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(214

)

 

 

(214

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted stock issued in connection with employee compensation

 

 

 

1,000

 

5

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued in connection with directors’ compensation

 

 

 

48,141

 

241

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

265

 

Common stock issued in connection with director and employee stock purchase plans

 

 

 

4,809

 

24

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

40

 

Compensation expense related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock cash dividends paid ($0.10 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(586

)

 

 

(586

)

Preferred stock cash dividends paid or declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(625

)

 

 

(625

)

Balance, June 30, 2010

 

25,000

 

$

23,306

 

6,517,124

 

$

32,586

 

$

2,307

 

$

65,466

 

$

13,706

 

$

(2,490

)

$

(191

)

$

134,690

 

 

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Preferred Stock

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Liquidation

 

Shares

 

Par

 

Stock

 

 

 

Retained

 

Comprehensive

 

Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

Value

 

Issued

 

Value

 

Warrants

 

Surplus

 

Earnings

 

Loss

 

Stock

 

Total

 

Balance, January 1, 2009

 

25,000

 

$

22,693

 

5,768,429

 

$

28,842

 

$

2,307

 

$

64,349

 

$

14,757

 

$

(7,834

)

$

(1,485

)

$

123,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

23

 

Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net of tax effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(911

)

 

(911

)

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(888

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock discount

 

 

199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

199

 

Stock Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(199

)

 

 

(199

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reissuance of 57,870 shares of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

(870

)

 

 

1,294

 

424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued in connection with directors’ compensation

 

 

 

28,243

 

141

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

219

 

Common stock issued in connection with director and employee stock purchase plans

 

 

 

8,012

 

41

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

61

 

Compensation expense related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock cash dividends paid ($0.20 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,151

)

 

 

(1,151

)

Preferred stock cash dividends declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(716

)

 

 

(716

)

Balance, June 30, 2009

 

25,000

 

$

22,892

 

5,804,684

 

$

29,024

 

$

2,307

 

$

63,654

 

$

12,714

 

$

(8,745

)

$

(191

)

$

121,655

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollar amounts In thousands)

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

3,239

 

$

23

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for loan losses

 

4,610

 

5,125

 

Provision for depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment

 

654

 

677

 

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets

 

271

 

342

 

Deferred income taxes (benefit)

 

523

 

(1,337

)

Director stock compensation

 

265

 

219

 

Net amortization of securities premiums and discounts

 

315

 

437

 

Amortization of mortgage servicing rights

 

47

 

 

Decrease in mortgage servicing rights

 

 

106

 

Net realized losses on sales of other real estate owned (included in other expense)

 

594

 

9

 

Impairment charge on investment securities recognized in earnings

 

149

 

322

 

Net realized gains on sales of securities

 

(286

)

(285

)

Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale

 

12,401

 

38,459

 

Net gains on sales of loans held for sale (included in mortgage banking activities)

 

(319

)

(646

)

Gain on sale of equity interest

 

(1,875

)

 

Loans originated for sale

 

(13,229

)

(41,418

)

Earnings on bank owned life insurance

 

(191

)

(184

)

Compensation expense related to stock options

 

76

 

77

 

Net change in fair value of junior subordinated debt

 

(350

)

596

 

Net change in fair value of interest rate swaps

 

154

 

(278

)

Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable and other assets

 

2,447

 

(2,045

)

Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable and other liabilities

 

959

 

(2,096

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities

 

10,454

 

(1,897

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow From Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases - available for sale

 

(63,491

)

(87,215

)

Principal repayments, maturities and calls - available for sale

 

39,626

 

41,847

 

Proceeds from sales - available for sale

 

34,436

 

41,073

 

Net decrease (increase) in loans receivable

 

8,328

 

(4,126

)

Sales of other real estate owned

 

3,297

 

 

Purchases of premises and equipment

 

(573

)

(763

)

Disposals of premises and equipment

 

57

 

269

 

Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Investing Activities

 

21,680

 

(8,915

)

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Dollar amounts In thousands)

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Cash Flow From Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in deposits

 

(15,326

)

97,314

 

Net decrease in federal funds purchased

 

 

(53,424

)

Net (decrease) increase in short-term securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

(4,812

)

4,789

 

Repayments of long-term debt

 

(10,000

)

(15,000

)

Issuance of common stock

 

4,831

 

 

Reissuance of treasury stock

 

 

424

 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and stock purchase plans

 

40

 

61

 

Cash dividends paid on preferred and common stock

 

(1,211

)

(1,659

)

Net Cash (Used In) Provided By Financing Activities

 

(26,478

)

32,505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

5,656

 

21,693

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

January 1

 

27,372

 

19,284

 

June 30

 

$

33,028

 

$

40,977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Payments For:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

12,304

 

$

14,512

 

Taxes

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Schedule of Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer of loans receivable to real estate owned

 

$

3,818

 

$

1,975

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 1.    Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  For further information, refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.  All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods have been included.

 

The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  For the purpose of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks, federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits in other banks.

 

Subsequent Events

 

Effective April 1, 2009, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 855, Subsequent Events.  FASB ASC 855 establishes general standards for accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued.  FASB ASC 855 sets forth the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition in the financial statements, identifies the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and the disclosures that should be made about events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date.  In preparing the originally issued financial statements, the Company evaluated the events and transactions that occurred after June 30, 2010 through the date these financial statements were issued.

 

Events or transactions that were deemed to be of a material nature and provide evidence about conditions that did exist at June 30, 2010 have been recognized in these consolidated financial statements.  As of June 30, 2010, there were no subsequent events or conditions to disclose that occurred between the date of the financial statements and the date that they were issued.

 

Note 2.    Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In February 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2010-09 Subsequent Events (Topic 855). This update addresses both the interaction of the requirements of Topic 855, Subsequent Events, with the SEC’s reporting requirements and the intended breadth of the reissuance disclosures provision related to subsequent events in paragraph 855-10-50-4. The amendments in this update have the potential to change reporting by both private and public entities, however, the nature of the change may vary depending on facts and circumstances. The amendments in this update are effective upon issuance of the final update, except for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment became effective for the quarter ending after June 15, 2010 so no significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations resulted from the adoption of ASU 2010-09.

 

In February 2010, the FASB issued (ASU) 2010-10 Consolidation (Topic 810). The objective of this Update is to defer the effective date of the amendments to the consolidation requirements made by FASB Statement 167 to a reporting entity’s interest in certain types of entities and clarify other aspects of the Statement 167 amendments. As a result of the deferral, a reporting entity will not be required to apply the Statement 167 amendments to the Subtopic 810-10 consolidation requirements to its interest in an entity that meets the criteria to qualify for the deferral. This Update also clarifies how a related party’s interests in an entity should be considered when evaluating the criteria for determining whether a decision maker or service provider fee represents a variable interest. In addition, the Update also clarifies that a quantitative calculation should not be the sole basis for evaluating whether a decision maker’s or service provider’s fee is a variable interest. The amendments in this Update are effective as of the beginning of a reporting entity’s first annual period that begins after November 15, 2009, and for interim periods within that first annual reporting period. Early application is not permitted. No significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations are expected from the adoption of ASU 2010-10.

 

In March 2010, the FASB issued (ASU) 2010-11 Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). This Update clarifies the type of embedded credit derivative that is exempt from embedded derivative bifurcation requirements. Only one form of embedded credit derivative qualifies for the exemption—one that is related only to the subordination of one financial instrument to another. As a result, entities that have contracts containing an embedded credit derivative feature in a form other than such subordination may need to separately account for the embedded credit derivative feature.  The amendments in this Update are effective for each reporting entity at the beginning of its first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted at the beginning of each entity’s first fiscal quarter beginning after issuance of this Update. No significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations are expected from the adoption of ASU 2010-11.

 

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VIST FINANCIAL CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

In April 2010, the FASB issued (ASU) 2010-13 Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718). This Update addresses the classification of a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades. Topic 718 is amended to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades shall not be considered to contain a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, such an award is not to be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity classification. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The amendments in this Update should be applied by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The cumulative-effect adjustment should be calculated for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the amendments are initially applied, as if the amendments had been applied consistently since the inception of the award. The cumulative-effect adjustment should be presented separately. Earlier application is permitted. No significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations are expected from the adoption of ASU 2010-13.

 

In April 2010, the FASB issued (ASU) 2010-15 Financial Services — Insurance (Topic 944). This Update clarifies that an insurance entity should not consider any separate account interests held for the benefit of policy holders in an investment to be the insurer’s interests and should not combine those interests with its general account interest in the same investment when assessing the investment for consolidation, unless the separate account interests are held for the benefit of a related party policy holder as defined in the Variable Interest Entities Subsections of Subtopic 810-10 and those Subsections require the consideration of related parties. This Update also amends Subtopic 944-80 to clarify that for the purpose of evaluating whether the retention of specialized accounting for investments in consolidation is appropriate, a separate account arrangement should be considered a subsidiary. The amendments do not require an insurer to consolidate an investment in which a separate account holds a controlling financial interest if the investment is not or would not be consolidated in the standalone financial statements of the separate account. The amendments also provide guidance on how an insurer should consolidate an investment fund in situations in which the insurer concludes that consolidation is required. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods upon the date of adoption.  No significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations are expected from the adoption of ASU 2010-15.

 

In July 2010, the FASB issued (ASU) 2010-20 Receivables (Topic 310) covering disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses. This Update is intended to provide additional information and greater transparency to assist financial statement users in assessing an entity’s credit risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses. The Update requires increased disclosures on the nature of the credit risk inherent in the entity’s portfolio of financing receivables, how that risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses and the changes and reasons for those changes in the allowance for credit losses. Entities will need to provide a rollforward schedule of the allowance for credit losses for the reporting period with ending balances further disaggregated on the basis of impairment methods, the related recorded investments in financing receivables, the nonaccrual status of financing receivables by class and the impaired financing receivables by class. The Update will also require additional disclosures on credit quality indicators of financing receivables, the aging of past due financing receivables by class, the nature and extent of troubled debt restructurings by class with their effect on the allowance for credit losses, the nature and extent of financing receivables modified as trouble debt restructurings by class for the past 12 months that defaulted during the reporting period and significant purchases and sales of financing receivables during the reporting period. The amendments in this Update are effective for public entities for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The amendments in this Update encourage, but do not require, comparative disclosures for earlier reporting periods that ended before initial adoption.  No significant impact to amounts reported in the consolidated financial position or results of operations are expected from the adoption of ASU 2010-20.

 

Note 3.    Earnings Per Common Share

 

Basic earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net income, less Series A Preferred Stock dividends and discount accretion, by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding.  Diluted earnings per common share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding to include the effect of stock options, if dilutive, using the treasury stock method.

 

Earnings per common share for the respective periods indicated have been computed based upon the following:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,526

 

$

(1,508

)

$

3,239

 

$

23

 

Less: preferred stock dividends

 

(313

)

(313

)

(625

)

(626

)

Less: preferred stock discount accretion

 

(106

)

(100

)

(214

)

(199

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

 

$

2,107

 

$

(1,921

)

$

2,400

 

$

(802

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average common shares outstanding

 

6,213,284

 

5,791,023

 

6,030,134

 

5,763,648

 

Effect of dilutive stock options

 

54,742

 

 

46,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of common shares used to calculate diluted earnings per common share

 

6,268,026

 

5,791,023

 

6,076,656

 

5,763,648

 

 

Common stock equivalents, in the table above, exclude common stock options with exercise prices that exceed the average market price of the Company’s common stock during the periods presented.  Inclusion of these common stock options would be anti-dilutive to the diluted earnings per common share calculation.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, weighted anti-dilutive common stock options totaled 589,520 and 594,933 respectively.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, weighted anti-dilutive common stock options totaled 661,188 and 666,412 respectively.

 

Note 4.    Stock-Based Incentive Plans

 

The Company has an Employee Stock Incentive Plan (“ESIP”) that covers all officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and is administered by a committee of the Board of Directors.  The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the ESIP is 486,781.  The option price for options issued under the ESIP must be at least equal to 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and shall not be less than the stock’s par value.  Options granted under the ESIP have various vesting periods ranging from immediate up to 5 years, 20% exercisable not less than one year after the date of grant, but no later than ten years after the date of grant in accordance with the vesting.  Vested options expire on the earlier of ten years after the date of grant, three months from the participant’s termination of employment or one year from the date of the participant’s death or disability.  As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, a total of 148,072 shares had been issued under the ESIP.  The ESIP expired on November 10, 2008.

 

The Company has an Independent Directors Stock Option Plan (“IDSOP”).  The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the IDSOP is 121,695.  The IDSOP covers all directors of the Company who are not employees and former directors who continue to be employed by the Company.  The option price for options issued under the IDSOP will be equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.  Options are exercisable from the date of grant and expire on the earlier of ten years after the date of grant, three months from the date the participant ceases to be a director of the Company or the cessation of the participant’s employment, or twelve months from the date of the participant’s death or disability.  As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, a total of 21,166 shares had been issued under the IDSOP.  The IDSOP expired on November 10, 2008.

 

The Company has an Equity Incentive Plan (“EIP”).  The total number of shares which may be granted under the EIP is equal to 12.5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on the date of approval of the EIP and is subject to automatic annual increases by an amount equal to 12.5% of any increase in the number of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock during the preceding year or such lesser number as determined by the Company’s board of directors.  The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the EIP is 676,572.  The EIP covers all employees and non-employee directors of the Company and its subsidiaries.  Incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options and restricted stock grants are authorized for issuance under the EIP.  The exercise price for stock options granted under the EIP must equal the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.  Vesting of awards under the EIP is determined by the Human Resources Committee of the board of directors, but must be at least one year.  The Committee may also subject an award to one or more performance criteria.  Stock options and restricted stock awards generally expire upon termination of employment.  In certain instances after an optionee terminates employment or service, the Committee may extend the exercise period for a vested nonqualified stock option up to the remaining term of the option.  A vested incentive stock option must be exercised within three months following termination of employment if such termination is for reasons other than cause.  Performance goals generally cannot be accelerated or waived except in the event of a change in control or upon death, disability or retirement.  As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, no shares have been issued under the EIP.  The EIP will expire on April 17, 2017.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

The Company’s total stock-based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $76,000 and $77,000, respectively.  Total stock-based compensation expense, net of related tax effects, was approximately $50,000 and $51,000 for the six months ended June, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The Company’s total stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $39,000 and $56,000, respectively.  Total stock-based compensation expense, net of related tax effects, was approximately $26,000 and $37,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  There were no cash flows from financing activities included in cash inflows from excess tax benefits related to stock compensation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.  Total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock options at June 30, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $197,000 and $235,000, respectively.

 

Stock option transactions under the Plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Aggregate

 

Remaining

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise

 

Intrinsic

 

Term

 

 

 

Options

 

Price

 

Value

 

(in years)

 

Outstanding at the beginning of the year

 

780,529

 

$

14.77

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

16,950

 

5.48

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

(10,717

)

15.07

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(8,578

)

10.12

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of June 30, 2010

 

778,184

 

$

14.60

 

$

491,794

 

7.0

 

Exercisable as of June 30, 2010

 

490,586

 

$

18.81

 

$

 

5.8

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of a stock option represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the amount by which the current market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option) that would have been received by the option holder had all option holders exercised their options on June 30, 2010.  The aggregate intrinsic value of a stock option will change based on fluctuations in the market value of the Company’s stock.

 

The fair value of options granted for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 were estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend yield

 

4.61

%

5.32

%

Expected life

 

7 years

 

7 years

 

Expected volatility

 

25.01

%

24.92

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

3.35

%

3.00

%

Weighted average fair value of options granted

 

$

0.94

 

$

0.47

 

 

The expected volatility is based on historic volatility.  The risk-free interest rates for periods within the contractual life of the awards are based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.  The expected life is based on historical exercise experience.  The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of dividend payouts.

 

Note 5.    Comprehensive Income

 

Accounting principles generally require that recognized revenue, expense, gains and losses be included in net income.  Although certain changes in assets and liabilities, such as unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities (including the non-credit portion of any other-than-temporary impairment charges relating to available for sale securities) are reported as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet, such items, along with net income, are components of comprehensive income.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

The following table shows changes in each component of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,526

 

$

(1,508

)

$

3,239

 

$

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized holding gains on available for sale securities

 

3,367

 

(1,493

)

4,146

 

(1,417

)

Change in non-credit impairment losses on available for sale securities

 

(7

)

 

(4

)

 

Reclassification adjustment for credit related impairment on available for sale securities realized in income

 

43

 

322

 

58

 

322

 

Change in non-credit impairment losses on held to maturity securities

 

(2

)

 

(942

)

 

Reclassification adjustment for credit related impairment on held to maturity securities realized in income

 

10

 

 

91

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for investment gains realized in income

 

(194

)

(126

)

(286

)

(285

)

Net unrealized gains (losses)

 

3,217

 

(1,297

)

3,063

 

(1,380

)

Income tax effect

 

(1,094

)

441

 

(1,041

)

469

 

Other comprehensive income (losses)

 

2,123

 

(856

)

2,022

 

(911

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

4,649

 

$

(2,364

)

$

5,261

 

$

(888

)

 

Note 6.    Investment in Limited Partnership

 

In 2003, the Bank entered into a limited partner subscription agreement with Midland Corporate Tax Credit XVI Limited Partnership (“partnership”), where the Bank will receive special tax credits and other tax benefits.  The Bank subscribed to a 6.2% interest in the partnership, which is subject to an adjustment depending on the final size of the partnership at a purchase price of $5 million.  This investment is included in other assets and is not guaranteed.  It is accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC 970, “Real Estate - General,” using the equity method.  This agreement was accompanied by a payment of $1.7 million.  The associated non-interest bearing promissory note payable included in other liabilities was zero at June 30, 2010.  Installments were paid as requested.  The net carrying value of the Midland Corporate Tax Credit XVI Limited Partnership for the period ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $3.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively.  Included in other expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was the Bank’s portion of the partnership’s net operating loss of $83,000 and $165,000, respectively.  Included in other expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was the Bank’s portion of the partnership’s net operating loss of $83,000 and $161,000, respectively.  For 2010, the Bank expects to receive a federal tax credit of approximately $495,000.  For 2009, the Bank received a federal tax credit of approximately $550,000.

 

Note 7.    Segment Information

 

Under the standards set for public business enterprises regarding a company’s reportable operating segments in FASB ASC 280, Segment Reporting, the Company has four reportable segments; traditional full service community banking, insurance operations, investment operations and mortgage banking operations.  The latter three segments are managed separately from the traditional banking and related financial services that the Company also offers.  The community bank is made up of 17 full service branches and performs commercial and consumer loan, deposit and other banking services.  The mortgage banking operation offers residential lending products and generates revenue primarily through gains recognized on loan sales.  Bank lending and mortgage operations are funded primarily through the retail and commercial deposits and other borrowing provided by the community banking segment.  The insurance operation utilizes insurance companies and acts as an agent or brokers to provide coverage for commercial, individual, surety bond, and group and personal benefit plans.  The investment operation provides services for individual financial planning, retirement and estate planning, investments, corporate and small business pension and retirement planning. All inter-

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

segment transactions are recorded at cost and eliminated as part of the consolidation process.  Each of these segments perform specific business activities in order to generate revenues and expenses, which in turn, are evaluated by the Company’s senior management for the purpose of making resource allocation and performance evaluation decisions.

 

The following table shows the Company’s reportable business segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

 

 

Banking and
Financial
Services

 

Mortgage
Banking

 

Insurance
Services

 

Investment
Services

 

Total

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Three months ended June 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income and other income from external sources

 

$

13,007

 

$

829

 

$

3,052

 

$

166

 

$

17,054

 

Income (Loss) before income taxes

 

2,134

 

607

 

510

 

(71

)

3,180

 

Total Assets

 

1,187,813

 

81,248

 

18,205

 

1,338

 

1,288,604

 

Purchases of premises and equipment

 

121

 

 

2

 

 

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income and other income from external sources

 

$

8,858

 

$

994

 

$

3,015

 

$

171

 

$

13,038

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(3,851

)

601

 

464

 

(43

)

(2,829

)

Total Assets

 

1,159,210

 

79,455

 

17,589

 

1,139

 

1,257,393

 

Purchases of premises and equipment

 

136

 

 

140

 

14

 

290

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income and other income from external sources

 

$

23,321

 

$

1,509

 

$

6,129

 

$

321

 

$

31,280

 

Income (Loss) before income taxes

 

1,762

 

1,012

 

1,077

 

(136

)

3,715

 

Total Assets

 

1,187,813

 

81,248

 

18,205

 

1,338

 

1,288,604

 

Purchases of premises and equipment

 

303

 

6

 

237

 

27

 

573

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income and other income from external sources

 

$

18,013

 

$

1,860

 

$

6,535

 

$

517

 

$

26,925

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(3,318

)

1,096

 

1,162

 

14

 

(1,046

)

Total Assets

 

1,159,210

 

79,455

 

17,589

 

1,139

 

1,257,393

 

Purchases of premises and equipment

 

608

 

 

141

 

14

 

763

 

 

Note 8.    Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company uses fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and liabilities and to determine fair value disclosures.  Investment securities classified as available for sale, junior subordinated debentures, and derivatives are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

Management uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments; however, there are inherent weaknesses in any estimation technique.  Therefore, for substantially all financial instruments, the fair value estimates herein are not necessarily indicative of the amount the Company would realize in a sale transaction on the dates indicated.  The estimated fair values of these financial instruments subsequent to the respective reporting dates may be different than the amounts reported at each period end.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

FASB ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.  A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.  The price in the principal (or most advantageous) market used to measure the fair value of the asset or liability shall not be adjusted for transaction costs.  An orderly transaction is a transaction that assumes exposure to the market for a period prior to the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets and liabilities; it is not a forced transaction.  Market participants are buyers and sellers in the principal market that are (i) independent, (ii) knowledgeable, (iii) able to transact and (iv) willing to transact.

 

FASB ASC 820 requires that the use of valuation techniques by the Company is consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach.  The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities.  The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount on a discounted basis.  The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement costs).  Valuation techniques are consistently applied and inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.  In that regard, FASB ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to values determined using unobservable inputs.

 

The three levels defined by FASB ASC 820 hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1:        Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reported date.

 

Level 2:        Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date.  The nature of these assets and liabilities include items for which quoted prices are available but traded less frequently, and items whose fair value is calculated using observable data from other financial instruments.

 

Level 3:        Assets and liabilities that have little to no pricing observability as of the reported date.  These items do not have two-way markets and are measured using management’s best estimate of fair value, where the inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment or estimation.

 

The following tables present the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as reported on the consolidated statements of financial condition at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  As required by FASB ASC 820, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

 

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Available For Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

$

 

$

16,192

 

$

 

$

16,192

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

 

190,159

 

 

190,159

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

10,978

 

 

10,978

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

40,419

 

 

40,419

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

 

461

 

 

461

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

427

 

 

427

 

Corporate and other debt securities

 

 

121

 

 

121

 

Equity securities

 

1,527

 

1,008

 

 

2,535

 

 

 

$

1,527

 

$

259,765

 

$

 

$

261,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,308

 

$

19,308

 

Interest rate swaps (included in other liabilities)

 

 

 

265

 

265

 

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,573

 

$

19,573

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

 

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Available For Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

$

 

$

22,897

 

$

 

$

22,897

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

 

187,903

 

 

187,903

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

17,830

 

 

17,830

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

33,640

 

 

33,640

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

 

420

 

 

420

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

496

 

 

496

 

Corporate and other debt securities

 

 

2,338

 

 

2,338

 

Equity securities

 

1,513

 

993

 

 

2,506

 

 

 

$

1,513

 

$

266,517

 

$

 

$

268,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,658

 

$

19,658

 

Interest rate swaps (included in other liabilities)

 

 

 

111

 

111

 

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,769

 

$

19,769

 

 

The following tables present the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as reported on the consolidated statements of financial condition at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  As required by FASB ASC 820, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

 

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impaired loans

 

$

 

$

 

$

12,537

 

$

12,537

 

OREO

 

 

 

5,148

 

5,148

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

 

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impaired loans

 

$

 

$

 

$

15,107

 

$

15,107

 

OREO

 

 

 

5,221

 

5,221

 

 

The changes in Level 3 liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Total realized and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Gains (Losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value at
December 31,
2009

 

Recorded in
Revenue

 

Recorded in
Other
Comprehensive
Income

 

Transfers Into
and/or Out of
Level 3

 

Fair Value at
March 31,
2010

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

$

19,658

 

$

350

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,308

 

Interest rate swaps

 

111

 

(154

)

 

 

265

 

 

 

$

19,769

 

$

196

 

$

 

$

 

$

19,573

 

 

Certain assets, including goodwill, loan servicing rights, core deposits, other intangible assets, certain impaired loans and other long-lived assets, such as other real estate owned, are to be written down to their fair value on a nonrecurring basis through recognition of an impairment charge to the consolidated statements of operations.  There were no other material impairment charges incurred for financial instruments carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three or six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The following information should not be interpreted as an estimate of the fair value of the entire Company since a fair value calculation is only provided for a limited portion of the Company’s assets and liabilities.  Due to a wide range of valuation techniques and the degree of subjectivity used in making the estimates, comparisons between the Company’s disclosures and those of other companies may not be meaningful.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

The degree of judgment utilized in measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities generally correlates to the level of observable pricing.  Pricing observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of liability, whether the asset and liability has an established market and the characteristics specific to the transaction.  Assets and Liabilities with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of pricing observability and a lesser degree of judgment utilized in measuring fair value.  Conversely, assets and liabilities rarely traded or not quoted will generally have less, or no, pricing observability and a higher degree of judgment utilized in measuring fair value.

 

Generally accepted accounting principles require disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized on the balance sheet, for which it is practical to estimate that value.  In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques.  Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows.  This disclosure does not and is not intended to represent the fair value of the Company.

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the company’s financial assets and financial liabilities:

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash and short-term instruments approximate those assets’ fair values.

 

Investment securities available for sale:

 

Certain common equity securities are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs (exchange quoted prices).  All other securities classified as available for sale are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs.  For these securities, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service with which the Company has historically transacted both purchases and sales of investment securities.  Prices obtained from these sources include prices derived from market quotations and matrix pricing.  The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U. S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayments speeds, credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions.

 

Investment securities held to maturity:

 

Fair values for securities classified as held to maturity are obtained from an independent pricing service with which the Company has historically transacted both purchases and sales of investment securities.  Prices obtained from these sources include prices derived from market quotations and matrix pricing.  The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U. S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayments speeds, credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions.

 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock:

 

Federal law requires a member institution of the Federal Home Loan Bank to hold stock of its district FHLB according to a predetermined formula.  The redeemable carrying amount of Federal Home Loan Bank stock with limited marketability is carried at cost.

 

Mortgage loans held for sale:

 

The fair value of mortgage loans held for sale is determined, when possible, using Level 2 quoted secondary-market prices.  If no such quoted price exists, the fair value of a loan is determined based on expected proceeds based on sales contracts and commitments.

 

Loans (other than impaired loans):

 

Fair values are estimated by discounting the projected future cash flows using market discount rates that reflect the credit and interest-rate risk inherent in the loan.  Projected future cash flows are calculated based upon contractual maturity or call dates, projected repayments and prepayments of principal.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

Mortgage servicing rights:

 

Fair value is based on market prices for comparable mortgage servicing contracts, when available, or alternatively, is based on a valuation model that calculates the present value of estimated future net servicing income.

 

Impaired loans:

 

The Company generally values impaired loans that are accounted for under FASB ASC 310, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan (“FASB ASC 310”), based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral.  Loans are determined to be impaired when management has utilized current information and economic events and judged that it is probable that not all of the principal and interest due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement will be collected. Impaired loans are initially evaluated and revalued at the time the loan is identified as impaired.  Impaired loans are loans where the current discounted appraisal of the underlying collateral is less than the principal balance of the loan and the loan is a non-accruing loan.  Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans and is classified at a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy or based on the present value of estimated future cash flows if repayment is not collateral dependent.  Collateral may be real estate and/or business assets including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable and is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company.  For the purposes of determining the fair value of impaired loans that are collateral dependent, the company defines a current appraisal and evaluation as those completed within 12 months and performed by an independent third party.  Appraised and reported values may be discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business.

 

The recorded investment in impaired loans requiring an allowance for loan losses was $16.4 million at June 30, 2010 compared to $18.9 million at December 31, 2009.  At June 30, 2010 and at December 31, 2009, the related allowance for loan losses associated with those loans was $3.9 million and $3.8 million respectively. The $2.9 million decrease in non-performing loans from December 31, 2009 to June 30, 2010 is primarily due to pay-downs and charge-offs of non-performing commercial real estate loans.  As of June 30, 2010, 68.0% of all impaired loans had current third party appraisals or evaluations of their collateral to measure impairment.  For these impaired loans, the bank takes immediate action to determine the current value of collateral securing its troubled loans.  The remaining 32.0% of impaired loans were in process of being evaluated at June 30, 2010.  During the ongoing supervision of a troubled loan, the Company performs a cash flow evaluation, obtains an appraisal update or obtains a new appraisal.  The Company reviews all impaired loans on a quarterly basis to ensure that the market values are reasonable and that no further deterioration has occurred.  If the evaluation indicates that the market value has deteriorated below the carrying value of the loan, either the entire loan or the partial difference between the market value and principal balance is charged-off unless there are material mitigating factors to the contrary.  If a loan is not charged down, reserves are allocated to reflect the estimated collateral shortfall.  Loans that have been partially charged-off are classified as non-performing loans for which none of the current loan terms have been modified.  During 2010, there were $725,000 in partial loan charge-offs.  In order for an impaired loan not to have a specific valuation allowance it must be determined by the Company through a current evaluation that there is sufficient underlying collateral after appropriate discounts have been applied, that is in excess of the carrying value.

 

Bank owned life insurance:

 

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (“BOLI”) are carried at their cash surrender value.  The Company recognizes tax-free income from the periodic increases in the cash surrender value of these policies and from death benefits.

 

Other real estate owned:

 

Foreclosed properties are adjusted to fair value less estimated selling costs at the time of foreclosure in preparation for transfer from portfolio loans to other real estate owned (“OREO”), establishing a new accounting basis.  The Company subsequently adjusts the fair value on the OREO utilizing Level 3 on a non-recurring basis to reflect partial write-downs based on the observable market price, current appraised value of the asset or other estimates of fair value.

 

Deposit liabilities:

 

The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g., interest and non-interest checking, savings and certain types of money market accounts) are considered to be equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (i.e., their carrying amounts).  Fair values for fixed-rate time deposits are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on time deposits to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits.

 

Federal funds sold and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

 

The fair value of federal funds sold and securities sold under agreements to repurchase is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows using estimated rates currently offered for alternative funding sources of similar remaining maturities.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

Long-term debt:

 

The fair value of long-term debt is calculated based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows, using rates currently available for borrowings with similar features and maturities.

 

Junior subordinated debt:

 

The Company records the fair value of its junior subordinated debt utilizing Level 3 inputs, with unrealized gains and losses reflected in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.  The fair value is estimated utilizing the income approach whereby the expected cash flows over the remaining estimated life of the debentures are discounted using the Company’s credit spread over the current fully indexed yield based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observed market interest rate curves and volatilities.  The Company’s credit spread was calculated based on similar trust preferred securities issued within the last twelve months.

 

Interest rate swap agreements:

 

The Company records the fair value of its interest rate swaps utilizing Level 3 inputs, with unrealized gains and losses reflected in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.  The fair value measurement of the interest rate swaps is determined by netting the discounted future fixed or variable cash payments and the discounted expected fixed or variable cash receipts based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observed market interest rate curves and volatilities.

 

Accrued interest receivable and payable:

 

The carrying amount of accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable approximates its fair value.

 

Off-balance sheet credit related instruments:

 

Fair values for off-balance sheet, credit related financial instruments are based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties’ credit standing.

 

The carrying amount of accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable approximates its fair value.

 

A summary of the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments is as follows:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

As of June 30,

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2010

 

2009

 

2009

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Estimated

 

Carrying

 

Estimated

 

 

 

Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Amount

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Financial Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

33,028

 

$

33,028

 

$

27,372

 

$

27,372

 

Mortgage loans held for sale

 

3,109

 

3,109

 

1,962

 

1,962

 

Securities available for sale

 

261,292

 

261,292

 

268,030

 

268,030

 

Securities held to maturity

 

2,086

 

1,950

 

3,035

 

1,857

 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock

 

5,715

 

5,715

 

5,715

 

5,715

 

Loans, net

 

882,759

 

898,014

 

899,515

 

903,868

 

Mortgage servicing rights

 

98

 

98

 

145

 

145

 

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies

 

19,141

 

19,141

 

18,950

 

18,950

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

4,741

 

4,741

 

5,004

 

5,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

1,005,572

 

1,012,700

 

1,020,898

 

1,021,298

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

110,384

 

115,539

 

115,196

 

113,638

 

Federal funds purchased

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

10,000

 

10,149

 

20,000

 

20,300

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

19,308

 

19,308

 

19,658

 

19,658

 

Interest rate swap

 

265

 

265

 

111

 

111

 

Accrued interest payable

 

2,452

 

2,452

 

2,742

 

2,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off-balance Sheet Financial Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit

 

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Note 9.    Securities Available For Sale and Securities Held to Maturity

 

The amortized cost and estimated fair values of securities available for sale and securities held to maturity were as follows at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

Securities Available For Sale

 

Cost

 

Gains

 

Losses

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Gains

 

Losses

 

Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

$

15,704

 

$

501

 

$

(13

)

$

16,192

 

$

23,087

 

$

160

 

$

(350

)

$

22,897

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

182,843

 

7,546

 

(230

)

190,159

 

183,104

 

5,518

 

(719

)

187,903

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

15,240

 

1

 

(4,263

)

10,978

 

22,970

 

115

 

(5,255

)

17,830

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

40,544

 

310

 

(435

)

40,419

 

33,436

 

450

 

(246

)

33,640

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

500

 

 

(39

)

461

 

500

 

 

(80

)

420

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

5,895

 

13

 

(5,481

)

427

 

5,957

 

13

 

(5,474

)

496

 

Corporate and other debt securities

 

143

 

 

(22

)

121

 

2,444

 

1

 

(107

)

2,338

 

Equity securities

 

3,345

 

31

 

(841

)

2,535

 

3,368

 

13

 

(875

)

2,506

 

Total investment securities available for sale

 

$

264,214

 

$

8,402

 

$

(11,324

)

$

261,292

 

$

274,866

 

$

6,270

 

$

(13,106

)

$

268,030

 

 

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June 30, 2010

 

Securities Held To Maturity

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Other-Than-
Temporary
Impairment
Recognized In
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

 

Carrying
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

$

2,008

 

$

 

$

2,008

 

$

3

 

$

(139

)

$

1,872

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

929

 

(851

)

78

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investment securities held to maturity

 

$

2,937

 

$

(851

)

$

2,086

 

$

3

 

$

(139

)

$

1,950

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Other-Than-
Temporary
Impairment
Recognized In
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

 

Carrying
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

$

2,012

 

$

 

$

2,012

 

$

5

 

$

(257

)

$

1,760

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

1,023

 

 

1,023

 

 

(926

)

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investment securities held to maturity

 

$

3,035

 

$

 

$

3,035

 

$

5

 

$

(1,183

)

$

1,857

 

 

The age of unrealized losses and fair value of related investment securities available for sale and investment securities held to maturity at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were as follows:

 

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June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Less than Twelve Months

 

More than Twelve Months

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Securities Available for Sale

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

$

4,484

 

$

(13

)

2

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

4,484

 

$

(13

)

2

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

14,551

 

(197

)

5

 

2,608

 

(33

)

2

 

17,159

 

(230

)

7

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

 

 

8,258

 

(4,263

)

8

 

8,258

 

(4,263

)

8

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

20,769

 

(396

)

25

 

681

 

(39

)

1

 

21,450

 

(435

)

26

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

 

 

 

461

 

(39

)

1

 

461

 

(39

)

1

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

 

 

414

 

(5,481

)

8

 

414

 

(5,481

)

8

 

Corporate and other debt securities

 

 

 

 

121

 

(22

)

1

 

121

 

(22

)

1

 

Equity securities

 

225

 

(64

)

2

 

739

 

(777

)

21

 

964

 

(841

)

23

 

Total investment securities available for sale

 

$

40,029

 

$

(670

)

34

 

$

13,282

 

$

(10,654

)

42

 

$

53,311

 

$

(11,324

)

76

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Less than Twelve Months

 

More than Twelve Months

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Securities Held To Maturity

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust preferred securities - single issuer

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

893

 

$

(139

)

1

 

$

893

 

$

(139

)

1

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

1

 

78

 

 

1

 

Total investment securities held to maturity

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

971

 

$

(139

)

2

 

$

971

 

$

(139

)

2

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Less than Twelve Months

 

More than Twelve Months

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Securities Available for Sale

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

$

16,115

 

$

(350

)

9

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

16,115

 

$

(350

)

9

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

32,690

 

(719

)

12

 

 

 

 

32,690

 

(719

)

12

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

3,468

 

(368

)

2

 

8,524

 

(4,887

)

8

 

11,992

 

(5,255

)

10

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

11,907

 

(246

)

16

 

 

 

 

11,907

 

(246

)

16

 

Trust preferred securities - single issue

 

 

 

 

420

 

(80

)

1

 

420

 

(80

)

1

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

 

 

482

 

(5,474

)

8

 

482

 

(5,474

)

8

 

Corporate and other debt securities

 

138

 

(31

)

1

 

924

 

(76

)

1

 

1,062

 

(107

)

2

 

Equity securities

 

1,041

 

(24

)

2

 

687

 

(851

)

22

 

1,728

 

(875

)

24

 

Total investment securities available for sale

 

$

65,359

 

$

(1,738

)

42

 

$

11,037

 

$

(11,368

)

40

 

$

76,396

 

$

(13,106

)

82

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Less than Twelve Months

 

More than Twelve Months

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

Securities Held To Maturity

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Securities

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust preferred securities - single issue

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

720

 

$

(257

)

1

 

$

720

 

$

(257

)

1

 

Trust preferred securities - pooled

 

 

 

 

97

 

(926

)

1

 

97

 

(926

)

1

 

Total investment securities held to maturity

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

817

 

$

(1,183

)

2

 

$

817

 

$

(1,183

)

2

 

 

At June 30, 2010, there were 34 securities with unrealized losses in the less than twelve month category and 44 securities with unrealized losses in the twelve month or more category

 

Management evaluates investment securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation.  Factors that may be indicative of impairment include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

·                   Fair value below cost and the length of time

·                   Adverse condition specific to a particular investment

·                   Rating agency activities ( e.g. , downgrade)

 

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·                   Financial condition of an issuer

·                   Dividend activities

·                   Suspension of trading

·                   Management intent

·                   Changes in tax laws or other policies

·                   Subsequent market value changes

·                   Economic or industry forecasts

 

Other-than-temporary impairment means management believes the security’s impairment is due to factors that could include its inability to pay interest or dividends, its potential for default, and/or other factors.  When a held to maturity or available for sale debt security is assessed for other-than-temporary impairment, management has to first consider (a) whether the Company intends to sell the security, and (b) whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its amortized cost basis.  If one of these circumstances applies to a security, an other-than-temporary impairment loss is recognized in the statement of operations equal to the full amount of the decline in fair value below amortized cost.  If neither of these circumstances applies to a security, but the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis, an other-than-temporary impairment loss has occurred that must be separated into two categories: (a) the amount related to credit loss, and (b) the amount related to other factors.  In assessing the level of other-than-temporary impairment attributable to credit loss, management compares the present value of cash flows expected to be collected with the amortized cost basis of the security.  The portion of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to credit loss is recognized in earnings (as the difference between the fair value and the present value of the estimated cash flows), while the amount related to other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income.  The total other-than-temporary impairment loss is presented in the statement of operations, less the portion recognized in other comprehensive income.  When a debt security becomes other-than-temporarily impaired, its amortized cost basis is reduced to reflect the portion of the total impairment related to credit loss.

 

If a decline in market value of a security is determined to be other than temporary, under generally accepted accounting principles, we are required to write these securities down to their estimated fair value.  As of June 30, 2010, we owned single issuer and pooled trust preferred securities of other financial institutions, private label collateralized mortgage obligations and equity securities whose aggregate historical cost basis is greater than their estimated fair value (see above).  We reviewed all investment securities and have identified those securities that are other-than-temporarily impaired.  The losses associated with these other-than-temporarily impaired securities have been bifurcated into the portion of non-credit impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive loss and into the portion of credit impairment losses recorded in earnings (see Note 5 of the December 31, 2009 audited consolidated financial statements).  We perform an ongoing analysis of all investment securities utilizing both readily available market data and third party analytical models.  Future changes in interest rates or the credit quality and strength of the underlying issuers may reduce the market value of these and other securities.  If such decline is determined to be other than temporary, we will write them down through a charge to earnings to their then current fair value.

 

A.            Obligations of U. S. Government Agencies and Corporations.  The unrealized losses on the Company’s investments in obligations of U.S. Government agencies were caused by changing credit spreads in the market as a result of the ongoing economic recession.  At June 30, 2010, the fair value of the U. S. Government agencies and corporations bonds represented 6.2% of the total fair value of the available for sale securities held in the investment securities portfolio.  The contractual cash flows are guaranteed by an agency of the U.S. Government.  Because the Company has no intention to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities, the Company does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.  Future evaluations of the above mentioned factors could result in the Company recognizing an impairment charge.

 

B.            Mortgage-Backed Debt Securities.  The unrealized losses on the Company’s investments in federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities and corporate (non-agency) collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”) were primarily caused by changing credit and pricing spreads in the market as a result of the ongoing economic recession.  At June 30, 2010, federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations represented 72.8% of the total fair value of available for sale securities held in the investment securities portfolio and corporate (non-agency) collateralized mortgage obligations represented 4.2% of the total fair value of available for sale securities held in the investment securities portfolio.  The Company purchased those securities at a price relative to the market at the time of purchase.  The contractual cash flows of the federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities are guaranteed by the U.S. Government.  Because the decline in the market value of agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities is primarily attributable to changes in market pricing since the time of purchase and not credit quality, and because the Company has no intention to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.  Future evaluations of the above mentioned factors could result in the Company recognizing an impairment charge.

 

As of June 30, 2010, the Company owned 7 corporate (non-agency) collateralized mortgage obligations in super senior or senior tranches whose aggregate historical cost basis is greater than estimated fair value.  At June 30, 2010, 1 non-agency CMO with

 

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an amortized cost basis of $1.5 million was collateralized by commercial real estate and 6 non-agency CMO’s with an amortized cost basis of $13.7 million were collateralized by residential real estate.  The Company uses a two step modeling approach to analyze each non-agency CMO issue to determine whether or not the current unrealized losses are due to credit impairment and therefore other-than-temporarily impaired.  Step one in the modeling process applies default and severity vectors to each security based on current credit data detailing delinquency, bankruptcy, foreclosure and real estate owned (REO) performance.  The results of the vector analysis are compared to the security’s current credit support coverage to determine if the security has adequate collateral support.  If the security’s current credit support coverage falls below certain predetermined levels, step two is utilized.  In step two, the Company uses a third party to assist in calculating the present value of current estimated cash flows to ensure there are no adverse changes in cash flows during the quarter leading to an other-than-temporary-impairment.  Management’s assumptions used in step two include default and severity vectors and prepayment assumptions along with various other criteria including: percent decline in fair value; credit rating downgrades; probability of repayment of amounts due and changes in average life.  At June 30, 2010, no CMO qualified for the step two modeling approach.  Because of the results of the modeling process and because the Company has no intention to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities, the Company does not consider these CMO investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.  Future evaluations of the above mentioned factors could result in the Company recognizing an impairment charge.

 

C.            State and Municipal Obligations.  The unrealized losses on the Company’s investments in state and municipal obligations were primarily caused by changing credit spreads in the market as a result of the ongoing economic recession and the deterioration of the creditworthiness of certain mono-line bond insurers.  At June 30, 2010, state and municipal obligation bonds represented 15.5% of the total fair value of available for sale securities held in the investment securities portfolio.  The Company purchased those obligations at a price relative to the market at the time of the purchase, and the tax advantaged benefit of the interest earned on these investments reduces the Company’s federal tax liability.  Because the Company has no intention to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.  Future evaluations of the above mentioned factors could result in the Company recognizing an impairment charge.

 

D.            Other Debt Securities and Trust Preferred Securities.  Included in other debt securities available for sale at June 30, 2010, was 1 asset-backed security representing 0.1% of the total fair value of available for sale securities.  Included in trust preferred securities were single issuer, trust preferred securities (“TRUPS” or “CDO”) representing 0.2% and 96.0% of the total fair value of available for sale securities and the total held to maturity securities, respectively, and pooled TRUPS representing 0.2% and 4.0% of the total fair value of available for sale securities and the total held to maturity securities, respectively.

 

The unrealized losses on other debt securities relate primarily to changing pricing due to the economic recession affecting these markets and not necessarily the expected cash flows of the individual securities.  Due to market conditions, it is unlikely that the Company would be able to recover its investment in these securities if the Company sold the securities at this time.  Because the Company has analyzed the credit risk and cash flow characteristics of these securities and the Company has no intention to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities, the Company does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.

 

As of June 30, 2010, the Company owned 2 single issuer TRUPS and 8 pooled TRUPS of other financial institutions whose aggregate historical cost basis is greater than their estimated fair value.  Investments in trust preferred securities included (a) amortized cost of $2.5 million of single issuer TRUPS of other financial institutions with a fair value of $2.3 million and (b) amortized cost of $6.8 million of pooled TRUPS of other financial institutions with a fair value of $505,000.  The issuers in these securities are primarily banks, but some of the pools do include a limited number of insurance companies.  The Company has evaluated these securities and determined that the decreases in estimated fair value are temporary with the exception of six pooled TRUPS which were other than temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company recognized a subsequent net credit impairment charge to earnings of $43,000 on 2 available for sale pooled TRUPS and a subsequent net credit impairment charge to earnings of $10,000 on 1 held to maturity pooled TRUPS as the Company’s estimate of projected cash flows it expected to receive was less than the security’s carrying value.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recognized an initial net credit impairment charge to earnings of $322,000 on 1 available for sale pooled TRUPS as the Company’s estimate of projected cash flows it expected to receive was greater than the security’s carrying value.  The Company performs an ongoing analysis of these securities utilizing both readily available market data and third party analytical models.  Future changes in interest rates or the credit quality and strength of the underlying issuers may reduce the market value of these and other securities.  If such decline is determined to be other than temporary, the Company will record the necessary charge to earnings and/or AOCI to reduce the securities to their then current fair value.

 

For pooled TRUPS, on a quarterly basis, the Company uses a third party model (“model”) to assist in calculating the present value of current estimated cash flows to the previous estimate to ensure there are no adverse changes in cash flows.  The model’s valuation methodology is based on the premise that the fair value of a CDO’s collateral should approximate the fair value of its liabilities.  Conceptually, this premise is supported by the notion that cash generated by the collateral flows through the CDO structure

 

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to bond and equity holders, and that the CDO structure neither enhances nor diminishes its value.  This approach was designed to value structured assets like TRUPS that currently do not have an active trading market, but are secured by collateral that can be benchmarked to comparable, publicly traded securities.  The following describes the model’s assumptions, cash flow projections, and the valuation approach developed using the market value equivalence approach:

 

Defaults and Expected Deferrals

 

The model takes into account individual defaults that have already occurred by any participating entity within the pool of entities that make up the securities underlying collateral.  The analyses show the individual names of each entity which are currently in default or have deferred their dividend payment.  In light of the severity of current economic and credit market conditions, the model makes the conservative assumption that all deferring issuers will default.  The model assesses incremental, near-term default risk by performing a ratio analysis designed to generate an estimate of the CAMELS rating that regulators use to assess the financial health of banks and thrifts which is updated quarterly.  These shadow ratios reflect the key metrics that define the acronym CAMELS, specifically capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity, and sensitivity to interest rates.  The model calculates these ratios for each individual issuer in the TRUPS pool using publicly available data for the most recent quarter, and weighs the results.  Capital adequacy and liquidity measures are emphasized relative to benchmark weights to account for the current stress on the banking system.  The model assigned a numerical score to each issuer based on their CAMELS ratios, with scores ranging from 1 for the strongest institutions, to 4 and 5 for banks believed to be experiencing above average stress in the current credit cycle.  Similar to the default assumption regarding deferring issuers, the model assumes that all shadow CAMEL ratings of 4 and 5 will also default.  The model’s assumptions incorporate the belief that the severity of the stress on the banking system has introduced the potential for a sudden and dramatic decline in the operating performance of banks.  Although difficult to identify, the model uses an estimated pool-wide default probability of .36% annually for the duration of each deal.  This default rate is consistent with Moody’s idealized default probability for applicable corporate credits, and represents the base case default scenario used to model each deal.

 

Prepayments

 

Generally, TRUPS are callable within five to ten years of issuance.  Due to current market conditions and the limited, eight year history of TRUPS, prepayments are difficult to predict.  The model assumes that prepayments will be limited to those issuers that are acquired by large banks with low financing costs.  In deference to the conventional view that the banking industry will undergo significant consolidation over the next several years, the model conservatively estimates that 10% of TRUP’s pools will be acquired and recapitalized over the next 3 to 4 years.  Thereafter, the model assumes no further prepayments.

 

Auction Calls

 

Auction calls are a structural feature designed to create a 10-year expected life for secured by 30-year TRUPS collateral.  Auction call provisions mandate that at the end of the tenth year of a deal, the Trustee submit the collateral to auction at a minimum price sufficient to retire the deal’s liabilities at par.  If the initial auction is unsuccessful, turbo payments take effect that divert cash flows from equity holders to pay down senior bond principal, and auctions are repeated quarterly until successful.  During the period that the TRUPS market was active, it was generally assumed that auction calls would succeed because they offered a source of collateral that dealers could recycle into new TRUPS.  However, given the uncertain future of the TRUPS market, negative collateral credit migration, and the decline in market value of TRUPS, the model assumes that a successful auction call is highly unlikely.  Therefore, model expects that the TRUPS will extend through their full 30-year maturity.

 

Cash Flow Projections

 

The model projects deal cash flows using a proprietary model that incorporates the priority of payments defined in each TRUPS offering memorandum, and specific structural features such as over collateralization and interest coverage tests.  The model estimates gross collateral cash flows based on the default, recovery, prepayment, and auction call assumptions described above, a forward LIBOR curve, and the specific terms of each issue, including collateral coupon spreads, payment dates, first call dates, and maturity dates.  To derive a measure of each security’s net revenue, the model adjusts projected gross cash flows by an estimate of net hedge payments based on the terms of the deal’s swap agreements, and subtracted the administrative expenses disclosed in each TRUPS offering memorandum.  To project cash flows to bond and equity holders, the model analyzes net revenue projections through a vector of each TRUPS priority of payments.  The model captures coupon payments to each tranche, the priority of principal distributions, and diversions of cash flows from each security’s lower tranches to the senior tranche in the event of over-collateralization or interest coverage test failures.

 

Valuation

 

The fair value of an asset is determined by the market’s required rate of return for its cash flows.  Identifying the market’s required rate of return for the Notes is challenging, given that, over the last year, trading in TRUPS has virtually ceased, and the few

 

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secondary market transactions that have occurred have been limited to distressed sales that do not accurately represent a measure of fair value.  This task of obtaining a reasonable fair value is further complicated by the fact that TRUPS do not have a benchmark index, such as the ABX, and are not readily comparable to other CDO asset classes.  The model’s solution to this problem was to rely on market value equivalence to derive the fair value of the Notes based on the model’s assessment of the fair value of the underlying collateral.  At this stage of the analysis, it is important to note that the model accounts for the negative credit migration of TRUPS pools by incorporating projected defaults and recoveries into the model’s cash flow projections.  Therefore, so as not to double-count incremental default risk when discounting these cash flows to fair value, the model produces a purchased yield discount rate for the each pool that reflects the pools credit rating at origination.

 

Under market value equivalence, the decline in market value of the TRUPS liabilities should correspond to the decline in the market value of the collateral.  Since there is no observable spread curve for TRUPS on which to base the allocation of this loss, the model allocates the loss pro rata across tranches.  This assumption approximates a parallel shift in the credit curve, which is broadly consistent with the general movement of spreads during the credit crisis.  The model then calculates internal rates of return for each tranche based on their loss-adjusted values and scheduled interest and principal income.  These rates serve as the basis for the model’s estimate of the market’s required rate of return for each tranche, as originally rated.

 

At this stage of the valuation, the model addressed the decline in the credit quality of the collateral.  TRUPS are designed so that credit losses are absorbed sequentially within the capital structure, beginning with the equity tranche and ending with the senior notes.  The par amount of the capital structure that is junior to a particular bond is called subordination, which is a measure of the collateral losses that can be sustained prior to that bond suffering a loss.  As defaults occur, the bond’s subordination is reduced or eliminated, increasing its default risk and reducing its market value.  To account for this increased risk, the model reduces the subordination of each tranche by incremental defaults that projected to occur over the next two years, and then re-calibrates the market discount rate for each tranche based on the remaining subordination.

 

The final step in our valuation was to discount the cash flows that the model projects for each tranche by their respective market required rates of return.  To confirm that the model’s valuation results were reliable, the model noted that under market equivalence constraints, the fair values of the TRUPS assets and liabilities should vary proportionately.

 

The following table provides additional information related to our single issuer trust preferred securities:

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Number of

 

 

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Gain/Losses

 

Securities

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Investment grades:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBB Rated

 

977

 

980

 

3

 

1

 

Not rated

 

1,531

 

1,353

 

(178

)

2

 

Total

 

$

2,508

 

$

2,333

 

$

(175

)

$

3

 

 

There were no interest deferrals or defaults in any of the single issuer trust preferred securities in our investment portfolio as of June 30, 2010.

 

The following table provides additional information related to our pooled trust preferred securities as of:

 

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Deal

 

Class

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Fair
Value

 

Unrealzied
Gain/Loss

 

Lowest Credit
Rating

 

# of
Performing
Issuers

 

Actual
Deferral

 

Expected
Deferral

 

Current
Outstanding
Collateral
Balance

 

Current
Tranche
Subordination

 

Actual
Defaults/
Deferrals as
a % of
Outstanding
Collateral

 

Expected
Deferrals/
Defaults
as a % of
Remaining
Collateral

 

Excess
Subordination
as a % of
Current
Performing
Collateral

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Pooled trust preferred available for sale securities for which an other-than-temporary inpairment charge has been recognized:

Holding #1

 

Class D-1

 

$

 

$

13

 

$

13

 

Ca (Moody’s)

 

45

 

$

208,951

 

$

21,000

 

$

628,879

 

$

65,532

 

33.2

%

5.0

%

0.0

%

Holding #2

 

Class B-2

 

727

 

34

 

(693

)

CC (Fitch)

 

21

 

106,250

 

 

247,750

 

33,000

 

42.9

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

Holding #3

 

Class B

 

725

 

21

 

(704

)

CC (Fitch)

 

21

 

137,100

 

 

345,500

 

62,650

 

39.7

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

Holding #4

 

Class B-2

 

1,125

 

32

 

(1,093

)

Ca (Moody’s)

 

23

 

109,750

 

9,000

 

288,000

 

38,500

 

38.1

%

5.0

%

0.0

%

Holding #5

 

Class B-3

 

442

 

15

 

(427

)

Ca (Moody’s)

 

50

 

146,780

 

5,000

 

601,775

 

53,600

 

24.4

%

1.1

%

0.0

%

 

 

Total

 

$

3,019

 

$

115

 

$

(2,904

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pooled trust preferred held to maturity securities for which an other-than-temporary inpairment charge has been recognized:

Holding #9

 

Mezzanine

 

929

 

78

 

(851

)

CC (Fitch)

 

27

 

69,100

 

15,000

 

277,500

 

20,289

 

24.9

%

7.2

%

0.0

%

 

 

Total

 

$

929

 

$

78

 

$

(851

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pooled trust preferred available for sale securities for which an other-than-temporary inpairment charge has not been recognized:

Holding #6

 

Class B-1

 

1,300

 

162

 

(1,138

)

B+ (S&P)

 

16

 

$

17,500

 

$

15,000

 

$

193,500

 

$

108,700

 

9.0

%

8.5

%

18.8

%

Holding #7

 

Class C

 

1,003

 

100

 

(903

)

CCC (Fitch)

 

31

 

13,000

 

10,000

 

311,750

 

31,550

 

4.2

%

3.3

%

18.3

%

Holding #8

 

Senior Subordinate

 

573

 

50

 

(523

)

Baa2 (Moody’s)

 

6

 

34,000

 

 

126,000

 

81,000

 

27.0

%

0.0

%

10.7

%

 

 

Total

 

$

2,876

 

$

312

 

$

(2,564

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the above factors, our evaluation of impairment also includes a stress test analysis which provides an estimate of excess subordination for each tranche.  We stress the cash flows of each pool by increasing current default assumptions to the level of defaults which results in an adverse change in estimated cash flows.  This stressed breakpoint is then used to calculate excess subordination levels for each pooled trust preferred security.

 

Future evaluations of the above mentioned factors could result in the Company recognizing additional impairment charges on its TRUPS portfolio.

 

E.             Equity Securities.  Included in equity securities available for sale at June 30, 2010, were equity investments in 25 financial services companies.  The Company owns 1 qualifying Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) equity investment with an amortized cost and fair value of approximately $1.0 million, respectively.  The remaining 24 equity securities have an average amortized cost of approximately $85,000 and an average fair value of approximately $54,000.  Testing for other-than-temporary-impairment for equity securities is governed by FASB ASC 320-10 issued in April 2009.  While $739,000 in fair value of the equity securities has been below amortized cost for a period of more than twelve months, the Company believes the decline in market value of the equity investment in financial services companies is primarily attributable to changes in market pricing and not fundamental changes in the earning potential of the individual companies.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, the Company did not recognize any net credit impairment charges to earnings.  The Company has the intent and ability to retain its investment in its equity securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.  The Company does not consider its equity securities to be other-than-temporarily-impaired as June 30, 2010.

 

As of June 30, 2010, the fair value of all securities available for sale that were pledged to secure public deposits, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes required by law, was $234.7 million.

 

               The contractual maturities of investment securities available for sale are set forth in the following table.  Maturities may differ from contractual maturities in mortgage-backed securities because the mortgages underlying the securities may be prepaid without any penalties.  Therefore, mortgage-backed securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following summary.

 

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At June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Securities Available for
Sale

 

Securities Held to Maturity

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Due after one year through five years

 

 

 

 

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

2,823

 

2,834

 

 

 

Due after ten years

 

59,963

 

54,786

 

2,937

 

1,950

 

Agency residential mortgage-backed debt securities

 

182,843

 

190,159

 

 

 

Non-Agency collateralized mortgage obligations

 

15,240

 

10,978

 

 

 

Equity securities

 

3,345

 

2,535

 

 

 

 

 

$

264,214

 

$

261,292

 

$

2,937

 

$

1,950

 

 

Actual maturities of debt securities may differ from those presented above since certain obligations provide the issuer the right to call or prepay the obligation prior to the scheduled maturity without penalty.

 

The following gross gains (losses) were realized on sales of investment securities available for sale included in earnings for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross gains

 

$

202

 

$

175

 

$

300

 

$

363

 

Gross losses

 

(8

)

(49

)

(14

)

(78

)

Net realized gains on sales of securities

 

$

194

 

$

126

 

$

286

 

$

285

 

 

The specific identification method was used to determine the cost basis for all investment security available for sale transactions.  There are no securities classified as trading, therefore, there were no gains or losses included in earnings that were a result of transfers of securities from the available-for-sale category into a trading category.  There were no sales or transfers from securities classified as held-to-maturity.  See Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements for unrealized holding losses on available-for-sale securities for the periods reported.

 

Other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings for the year ended June 30, 2010, for credit impaired debt securities is presented as additions in two components based upon whether the current period is the first time the debt security was credit impaired (initial credit impairment) or is not the first time the debt security was credit impaired (subsequent credit impairments).  The credit loss component is reduced if the Company sells, intends to sell or believes it will be required to sell previously credit impaired debt securities.  Additionally, the credit loss component is reduced if (i) the Company receives the cash flows in excess of what it expected to receive over the remaining life of the credit impaired debt security, (ii) the security matures or (iii) the security is fully written down.

 

Changes in the credit loss component of credit impaired debt and equity securities were:

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

2,564

 

$

 

$

2,468

 

$

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial credit impairments

 

 

322

 

81

 

322

 

Subsequent credit impairments

 

53

 

 

68

 

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

2,617

 

$

322

 

$

2,617

 

$

322

 

 

Note 10.     Loans

 

The components of loans were as follows:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Residential real estate - 1 to 4 family

 

$

162,101

 

$

169,009

 

Residential real estate - multi family

 

45,843

 

38,994

 

Commercial

 

150,977

 

150,823

 

Commercial, secured by real estate

 

356,645

 

362,376

 

Construction

 

93,800

 

100,713

 

Consumer

 

2,856

 

3,108

 

Home equity lines of credit

 

84,347

 

86,916

 

Loans

 

896,569

 

911,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net deferred loan fees

 

(985

)

(975

)

Allowance for loan losses

 

(12,825

)

(11,449

)

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses

 

$

882,759

 

$

899,515

 

 

Changes in the allowance for loan losses were as follows:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Balance, beginning

 

$

11,449

 

$

8,124

 

Provision for loan losses

 

4,610

 

8,572

 

Loans charged off

 

(3,321

)

(5,477

)

Recoveries

 

87

 

230

 

Balance, ending

 

$

12,825

 

$

11,449

 

 

The gross recorded investment in impaired loans not requiring an allowance for loan losses was $5.8 million at June 30, 2010 and $6.3 million at December 31, 2009.  The gross recorded investment in impaired loans requiring an allowance for loan losses was $16.4 million and $18.9 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the related allowance for loan losses associated with those loans was $3.9 million and $3.8 million, respectively.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and year ended December 31, 2009, the average recorded investment in impaired loans was $23.9 million and $18.6 million, respectively. Interest income of $37,000 was recognized on impaired loans for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and interest income of $42,000 was recognized on impaired loans for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

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Note 11.     Acquisitions Including Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 

Acquisitions

 

On September 1, 2008, the Company paid cash of $1.8 million for Fisher Benefits Consulting, an insurance agency specializing in Group Employee Benefits, located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.  Fisher Benefits Consulting has become a part of VIST Insurance.  As a result of the acquisition, VIST Insurance continues to expand its retail and commercial insurance presence in southeastern Pennsylvania counties.  The results of Fisher Benefits Consulting operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements since September 2, 2008.

 

Included in the $1.8 million purchase price for Fisher Benefits Consulting was goodwill of $0.2 million and identifiable intangible assets of $1.6 million.  Contingent payments totaling $750,000, or $250,000 for each of the first three years following the acquisition, will be paid if certain predetermined revenue target ranges are met.  These payments are expected to be added to goodwill when paid.  The contingent payments could be higher or lower depending upon whether actual revenue earned in each of the three years following the acquisition is less than or exceeds the predetermined revenue goals.  No contingent payments were made for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

On April 30, 2010, VIST Insurance purchased a client list from KDN/Lanchester Corp for contingent payments estimated to be $513,000.  Included in the purchase price was $17,000 and $496,000 of goodwill and intangible assets, respectively.  The agreement between VIST Insurance and KDN/Lanchester Corp contains a purchase price consisting of a percentage of revenue for a three year period, after which all revenues generated from the use of the list will revert to VIST Insurance.  As a result of this purchase, VIST Insurance expects to expand its retail and commercial presence in southeastern Pennsylvania.

 

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 

The Company has goodwill and other intangible assets of $44.4 million at June 30, 2010 related to the acquisition of its banking, insurance and wealth management companies.  The Company utilizes a third party valuation service to perform its goodwill impairment test both on an interim and annual basis.  A fair value is determined for the banking and financial services, insurance services and investment services reporting units.  If the fair value of the reporting business unit exceeds the book value, no write down of goodwill is necessary (a Step One evaluation).  If the fair value is less than the book value, an additional test (a Step Two evaluation) is necessary to assess goodwill for potential impairment.  As a result of the goodwill impairment valuation analysis, the Company determined that no goodwill impairment write-off for any of its reporting units was necessary for the six months ended June 30, 2010, however a Step Two goodwill impairment evaluation test was required for the banking and financial services reporting unit.

 

Reporting unit valuation is inherently subjective, with a number of factors based on assumption and management judgments.  Among these are future growth rates, discount rates and earnings capitalization rates.  Changes in assumptions and results due to economic conditions, industry factors and reporting business unit performance could result in different assessments of the fair value and could result in impairment charges in the future.

 

Framework for Interim Impairment Analysis

 

The Company utilizes the following framework from FASB ASC 350 “Intangibles-Goodwill & Other” (“ASC 350”) to evaluate whether an interim goodwill impairment test is required, given the occurrence of events or if circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount.  Examples of such events or circumstances include:

 

·                   a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate;

·                   an adverse action or assessment by a regulator;

·                   unanticipated competition;

·                   a loss of key personnel;

·                   a more-likely-than-not expectation that a reporting unit or a significant portion of a reporting unit will be sold or otherwise disposed of;

·                   the testing for recoverability under FASB ASC 860, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions,” of a significant asset group within a reporting unit; and

·                   recognition of a goodwill impairment loss in the financial statements of a subsidiary that is a component of a reporting unit.

 

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When applying the framework above, management additionally considers that a decline in the Company’s market capitalization could reflect an event or change in circumstances that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of reporting business unit below its carrying value.  However, in considering potential impairment of our goodwill, management does not consider the fact that our market capitalization is less than the carrying value of our Company to be determinative that impairment exists.  This is because there are factors, such as our small size and small market capitalization, which do not take into account important factors in evaluating the value of our Company and each reporting business unit, such as the benefits of control or synergies.  Consequently, management’s annual process for evaluating potential impairment of our goodwill (and evaluating subsequent interim period indicators of impairment) involves a detailed level analysis and incorporates a more granular view of each reporting business unit than aggregate market capitalization, as well as significant valuation inputs.

 

Interim Impairment Tests and Results

 

Management estimates fair value annually utilizing multiple methodologies which include discounted cash flows, comparable companies and comparable transactions.  Each valuation technique requires management to make judgments about inputs and assumptions which form the basis for financial projections of future operating performance and the corresponding estimated cash flows.  The analyses performed require the use of objective and subjective inputs which include market-price of non-distressed financial institutions, similar transaction multiples, and required rates of return.  Management works closely in this process with third party valuation professionals, who assist in obtaining comparable market data and performing certain of the calculations, based on information provided by management and assumptions developed with management.

 

ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell or transfer the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.  ASC Topic 820 further defines market participants as buyers and sellers in the principal market that are (i) independent, (ii) knowledgeable, (iii) able to transact and (iv) willing to transact.

 

ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in valuation techniques:

 

1.               Level 1 inputs are observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

2.               Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability through corroboration with observable market data

 

3.               Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, such as a company’s own data

 

The Company will continue to monitor the interim indicators noted in ASC 350 to evaluate whether an interim goodwill impairment test is required, given the occurrence of events or if circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount, absent those events, the Company will perform its annual goodwill impairment evaluation during the fourth quarter of 2010.

 

Consideration of Market Capitalization in Light of the Results of Our Annual and Interim Goodwill Assessments

 

The Company’s stock price, like the stock prices of many other financial services companies, is trading below both book value as well as tangible book value.  We believe that the Company’s current market value does not represent the fair value of the Company when taken as a whole and in consideration of other relevant factors.  Because the Company is viewed by investors predominantly as a community bank, we believe our market capitalization is based on net tangible book value, reduced by nonperforming assets in excess of the allowance for loan and lease losses.  We believe that the market place ascribes effectively no value to the Company’s fee-based reporting units, the assets of which are composed principally of goodwill and intangibles.  Management believes that as a stand-alone business each of these reporting units has value which is not being incorporated in the market’s valuation of VIST reflected in its share price.  Management also believes that if these reporting units were carved out of the Company and sold, they would command a sales price reflective of their current performance.  Management further believes that if these reporting units were sold, the results of the sale would increase both the tangible book value (resulting from, among other things, the reduction in associated goodwill) and therefore market capitalization, given the market’s current valuation approach described above.

 

Insurance services and investment services reporting units:

 

In performing Step One of the interim goodwill impairment tests, it was necessary to determine the fair value of the insurance services and investment services reporting units.  The fair value of these reporting units was estimated using a weighted average of

 

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both an income approach and a market approach.  The income approach utilizes level 3 inputs and uses a dividend discount analysis, which calculates the present value of all excess cash flows plus the present value of a terminal value.  This approach calculates cash flows based on financial results after a change of control transaction.  The Market Approach utilizes level 2 inputs and is used to calculate the fair value of a company by examining pricing multiples in recent acquisitions of companies similar in size and performance to the company being valued.  Based on the results of the interim goodwill impairment analysis, no goodwill impairment was indicated.

 

Banking and financial services unit:

 

In performing Step One of the interim goodwill impairment test, it was necessary to determine the fair value of the banking and financial services reporting unit.  The fair value of this reporting unit was estimated using a weighted average of a discounted dividend approach, a market (“selected transactions”) approach, a change in control premium to parent market price approach, and a change in control premium to peer market price approach.  Based on the results of the interim goodwill impairment analysis, the fair value of the recorded goodwill of this reporting unit was less than its carrying amount and, therefore, a Step Two goodwill impairment evaluation test was performed to assess the proper carrying value of goodwill.

 

In accordance with ASC Topic 350-20-35-8, an interim Step Two goodwill impairment evaluation test was undertaken for our banking and financial services reporting unit.  The Step Two test follows the purchase price allocation method which, in determining the implied fair value of goodwill, the fair value of net assets (fair value of all assets other than goodwill, minus fair value of liabilities) is subtracted from the fair value of the reporting unit.  We made fair value estimates for all material balance sheet accounts to reflect the estimated fair value of the Company’s unrecorded adjustments to assets and liabilities including:  loans, investment securities, building, core deposit intangible, certificates of deposit and borrowings.  The Step Two analysis involves the determination of the fair value of the banking and financial services reporting unit’s assets and liabilities.  The supplemental Step Two fair value estimates for Loans and Core Deposit Intangibles are based on the third party valuation used in the most recent annual goodwill impairment valuation for the year ended December 31, 2009 prepared with an as of date of October 31, 2009.  Management believes these valuations continue to indicate the Fair Value since there has been no activity in the market or economic environment that would significantly change these valuations.

 

Based on the results of the Step Two interim goodwill impairment analysis, the fair value of the banking and financial services reporting unit’s goodwill was more than its carrying amount, therefore no goodwill impairment charge was indicated.

 

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill as allocated to our reporting units for the periods indicated were:

 

 

 

Banking and

 

 

 

Brokerage and

 

 

 

 

 

Financial

 

 

 

Investment

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

Insurance

 

Services

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

$

27,768

 

$

10,943

 

$

1,021

 

$

39,732

 

Contingent payments during the year 2009

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

$

27,768

 

$

11,193

 

$

1,021

 

$

39,982

 

Additions to goodwill during the year 2010

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent payments during the year 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2010

 

$

27,768

 

$

11,210

 

$

1,021

 

$

39,999

 

 

Other Intangible Assets

 

In accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 350, the Company amortizes other intangible assets over the estimated remaining life of each respective asset.  Amortizable intangible assets were composed of the following:

 

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June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Amount

 

Amortization

 

Amount

 

Amortization

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortizable intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of client accounts (20 year weighted average useful life) (1)

 

$

5,301

 

$

1,356

 

$

4,805

 

$

1,232

 

Employment contracts (7 year weighted average useful life)

 

1,135

 

1,112

 

1,135

 

1,102

 

Assets under management (20 year weighted average useful life)

 

184

 

72

 

184

 

68

 

Trade name (20 year weighted average useful life)

 

196

 

196

 

196

 

196

 

Core deposit intangible (7 year weighted average useful life)

 

1,852

 

1,521

 

1,852

 

1,388

 

Total

 

$

8,668

 

$

4,257

 

$

8,172

 

$

3,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Amortization Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010

 

$

271

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2009

 

$

343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)    Included in the gross carrying amount for the period ended June 30, 2010 was $496,000 related to the purchase of KDN/Lanchester Corp.

 

Note 12.     Junior Subordinated Debt

 

First Leesport Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust, was formed on March 9, 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  The Trust issued $5 million of 10.875% fixed rate capital trust pass-through securities to investors. First Leesport Capital Trust I purchased $5 million of fixed rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures from VIST Financial Corp.  The debentures are the sole asset of the Trust.  The terms of the junior subordinated debentures are the same as the terms of the capital securities.  The obligations under the debentures constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by VIST Financial Corp. of the obligations of the Trust under the capital securities.  The capital securities are redeemable by VIST Financial Corp. on or after March 9, 2010, at stated premiums, or earlier if the deduction of related interest for federal income taxes is prohibited, classification as Tier 1 Capital is no longer allowed, or certain other contingencies arise.  The capital securities must be redeemed upon final maturity of the subordinated debentures on March 9, 2030.  In October 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $5 million that effectively converts the securities to a floating interest rate of six month LIBOR plus 5.25% (5.63% at June 30, 2010).  In June, 2003, the Company purchased a six month LIBOR cap with a rate of 5.75% to create protection against rising interest rates for the above mentioned $5 million interest rate swap.  Interest rate caps are generally used to limit the exposure from the repricing and maturity of liabilities and to limit the exposure created by other interest rate swaps.

 

On September 26, 2002, the Company established Leesport Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory business trust, in which the Company owns all of the common equity.  Leesport Capital Trust II issued $10 million of mandatory redeemable capital securities carrying a floating interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.45% (3.80% at June 30, 2010).  These debentures are the sole assets of the Trust.  The terms of the junior subordinated debentures are the same as the terms of the capital securities.  The obligations under the debentures constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by VIST Financial Corp. of the obligations of the Trust under the capital securities. These securities must be redeemed in September 2032, but may be redeemed on or after November 7, 2007 or earlier in the event that the interest expense becomes non-deductible for federal income tax purposes or if the treatment of these securities is no longer qualified as Tier 1 capital for the Company.  As of June 30, 2010, the Company has not exercised the call option on these debentures.  In September 2008, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converts the $10 million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 7.25%.  Interest began accruing on the Leesport Capital Trust II swap in February 2009.

 

On June 26, 2003, Madison established Madison Statutory Trust I, a Connecticut statutory business trust.  Pursuant to the purchase of Madison on October 1, 2004, the Company assumed Madison Statutory Trust I in which the Company owns all of the common equity.  Madison Statutory Trust I issued $5 million of mandatory redeemable capital securities carrying a floating interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.10% (3.80% at June 30, 2010).  These debentures are the sole assets of the Trusts.  The terms of the junior subordinated debentures are the same as the terms of the capital securities.  The obligations under the debentures constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by VIST Financial Corp. of the obligations of the Trust under the capital securities. These securities must be redeemed in June 2033, but may be redeemed on or after September 26, 2008 or earlier in the event that the interest expense becomes non-deductible for federal income tax purposes or if the treatment of these securities is no longer qualified as Tier 1 capital for the Company.  In September 2008, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converts the $5

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 6.90%.  Interest began accruing on the Madison Statutory Trust I swap in March 2009.

 

Note 13.     Sale of Equity Interest

 

During the second quarter of 2010 a gain of $1,875,000 was recognized on the sale of a 25% equity interest in First HSA, LLC related to the transfer of approximately $89,000,000 of Health Savings Account (“HSA”) deposits.

 

Note 14.     Regulatory Matters and Capital Adequacy

 

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on their financial statements.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of its assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk-weightings and other factors.

 

Federal bank regulatory agencies have established certain capital-related criteria that must be met by banks and bank holding companies.  The measurements which incorporate the varying degrees of risk contained within the balance sheet and exposure to off-balance sheet commitments were established to provide a framework for comparing different institutions.  Regulatory guidelines require that Tier 1 capital and total risk-based capital to risk-adjusted assets must be at least 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively.  In order for the Company to be considered “well capitalized” under the guidelines of the banking regulators, the Company must have Tier 1 capital and total risk-based capital to risk-adjusted assets of at least 6.0% and 10.0%, respectively.  As of June 30, 2010, the Company has met the criteria to be considered a well capitalized institution.

 

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets.  Management believes, as of June 30, 2010, that the Company and the Bank meet all minimum capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

 

As of June 30, 2010, the most recent notification from the Bank’s primary regulator categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed its category.

 

The Company’s regulatory capital ratios are presented below for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio

 

8.45

%

8.36

%

Tier I risk-based capital ratio

 

11.72

%

10.65

%

Total risk-based capital ratio

 

12.97

%

11.82

%

 

On December 19, 2008, the Company issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) 25,000 shares of Series A, Fixed Rate, Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, and a warrant (“Warrant”) to purchase 364,078 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $5.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000 in cash.

 

The Series A Preferred Stock qualifies as Tier 1 capital and will pay cumulative dividends at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and 9% per annum thereafter.  Under ARRA, the Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time following consultation by the Company’s primary bank regulator and Treasury, not withstanding the terms of the original transaction documents.  Under FAQ’s issued recently by Treasury, participants in the Capital Purchase Program desiring to repay part of an investment by Treasury must repay a minimum of 25% of the issue price of the preferred stock.

 

Prior to the earlier of the third anniversary date of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock (December 19, 2011) or the date on which the Series A Preferred Stock have been redeemed in whole or the Treasury has transferred all of the Series A Preferred Stock to third parties which are not affiliates of the Treasury, the Company can not increase its common stock dividend from the last

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

quarterly cash dividend per share ($0.10) declared on the common stock prior to October 14, 2008 without the consent of the Treasury,

 

The Warrant has a 10-year term and is immediately exercisable upon its issuance, with an exercise price, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, equal to $10.30 per share of common stock. In the event that the Company redeems the Series A Preferred Stock, the Company can repurchase the warrant at “fair value” as defined in the investment agreement with Treasury.

 

On April 21, 2010, the Company entered into separate stock purchase agreements with two institutional investors relating to the sale of an aggregate of 644,000 shares of the Company’s authorized but unissued common stock, par value $5.00 per share (“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $8.00 per share.  The Company completed the issuance of $4.8 million of common stock, net of related offering costs, on May 12, 2010.

 

As a result of the sale of the 644,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on May 12, 2010 at a greater than 10% discount to the market price on the last trading day preceding the date of the agreement to sell such shares, the Warrant issued to Treasury adjusted automatically by its terms so that the Warrant now has an exercise price of $10.19 and the number of shares of common stock into which the Warrant is exercisable is 367,982.

 

Federal and state banking regulations place certain restrictions on dividends paid and loans or advances made by the Bank to the Company.  At June 30, 2010, the Bank had approximately $2.6 million available for payment of dividends to the Company.  Dividends paid by the Bank to the Company would be prohibited if the effect thereof would cause the Bank’s capital to be reduced below applicable minimum capital requirements.

 

Loans or advances are limited to 10 percent of the Bank’s capital stock and surplus on a secured basis.  At June 30, 2010 and at December 31, 2009, the Bank had a $1.3 million loan outstanding to VIST Insurance.

 

As of April 27, 2010, the Company had declared a $0.05 per share cash dividend for common shareholders of record on May 3, 2010, payable May 14, 2010.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, preferred stock dividends and accretion included in income available for common shareholders or basic and diluted earnings per common share on the Series A Preferred Stock were $839,000.

 

Note 15.     Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

 

Commitments to Extend Credit and Letters of Credit:

 

The Bank is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and letters of credit.  Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheets.

 

The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet investments.

 

A summary of the Bank’s financial instrument commitments is as follows:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Commitments to extend credit:

 

 

 

 

 

Loan origination commitments

 

$

60,128

 

$

32,846

 

Unused home equity lines of credit

 

38,808

 

44,091

 

Unused business lines of credit

 

160,294

 

149,032

 

Total commitments to extend credit

 

$

259,230

 

$

225,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit

 

$

11,073

 

$

11,998

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee.  The Bank evaluates each customer’s credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation.  Collateral held varies but may include personal or commercial real estate, accounts receivable, inventory and equipment.

 

Standby letters of credit written are conditional commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.  The majority of these standby letters of credit expire within the next twelve months.  The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending other loan commitments.  The Bank requires collateral supporting these letters of credit as deemed necessary.  Management believes that the proceeds obtained through a liquidation of such collateral would be sufficient to cover the maximum potential amount of future payments required under the corresponding guarantees.  The current amount of the liability as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 for guarantees under standby letters of credit issued is not material.

 

Junior Subordinated Debt:

 

The Company has elected to record its junior subordinated debt at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.  The fair value is estimated utilizing the income approach whereby the expected cash flows over the remaining estimated life of the debentures are discounted using the Company’s estimated credit spread over the current fully indexed yield based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observed market interest rate curves and volatilities.  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the estimated fair value of the junior subordinated debt was $19.308 million and $19.658 million, respectively, and was offset by changes in the fair value of the related interest rate swaps.

 

During October 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $5 million to manage its exposure to interest rate risk.  This derivative financial instrument effectively converted fixed interest rate obligations of outstanding mandatory redeemable capital debentures to variable interest rate obligations, decreasing the asset sensitivity of its balance sheet by more closely matching the repricing of the Company’s variable rate assets with variable rate liabilities.  The Company considers the credit risk inherent in the contracts to be negligible.  This swap has a notional amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the related trust preferred securities, together with the same payment dates, maturity date and call provisions as the related trust preferred securities.

 

Under the swap, the Company pays interest at a variable rate equal to six month LIBOR plus 5.25%, adjusted semiannually (5.63% at June 30, 2010), and the Company receives a fixed rate equal to the interest that the Company is obligated to pay on the related trust preferred securities (10.875%).

 

In September 2008, the Company entered into two interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to interest rate risk.  The interest rate swap transactions involved the exchange of the Company’s floating rate interest rate payment on its $15 million in floating rate junior subordinated debt for a fixed rate interest payment without the exchange of the underlying principal amount.  The first interest rate swap agreement effectively converts the $10 million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 7.25%.  Interest began accruing on this swap in February 2009.  The second interest rate swap agreement effectively converts the $5 million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 6.90%.  Interest began accruing on this swap in March 2009.  Entering into interest rate derivatives potentially exposes the Company to the risk of counterparties’ failure to fulfill their legal obligations including, but not limited to, potential amounts due or payable under each derivative contract.  Notional principal amounts are often used to express the volume of these transactions, but the amounts potentially subject to credit risk are much smaller.  These interest rate swaps are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value through adjustments to other income in the consolidated results of operations.  The fair value measurement of the interest rate swaps is determined by netting the discounted future fixed or variable cash payments and the discounted expected fixed or variable cash receipts based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observed market interest rate curves and volatilities.

 

The estimated fair values of the interest rate swap agreements represent the amount the Company would have expected to receive to terminate such contract.  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the estimated fair value of the interest rate swap agreements was $265,000 and $111,000, respectively, and was offset by changes in the fair value of the related trust preferred debt.  The swap agreements expose the Company to market and credit risk if the counterparty fails to perform.  Credit risk is equal to the extent of a fair value gain on the swaps.  The Company manages this risk by entering into these transactions with high quality counterparties.

 

Interest rate caps are generally used to limit the exposure from the repricing and maturity of liabilities and to limit the exposure created by other interest rate swaps.  In June 2003, the Company purchased a six month LIBOR cap to create protection against rising interest rates for the above mentioned $5 million interest rate swap.  The initial premium related to this interest rate cap

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

was $102,000 and, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the premium’s carrying and market values were approximately $0 and $0, respectively.  The interest rate cap matured in March 2010.

 

The following table details the fair values of the derivative instruments included in the consolidated balance sheet for the year ended:

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging
Instruments under FASB ASC 815:

 

Balance
Sheet
Location

 

Fair
Value

 

Balance
Sheet
Location

 

Fair
Value

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

Other liabilities

 

$

265

 

Other liabilities

 

$

111

 

Interest rate cap (matured March 2010)

 

Other liabilities

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives

 

 

 

$

265

 

 

 

$

111

 

 

The following table details the effect of the change in fair values of the derivative instruments included in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended:

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative

 

 

 

Location of Gain or (Loss)

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Six Months Ended

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging
Instruments under FASB ASC 815:

 

Recognized in Income on
Derivative

 

June 30,
2010

 

June 30,
2009

 

June 30,
2010

 

June 30,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

Other income

 

$

(201

)

$

(77

)

$

(154

)

$

(595

)

Interest rate cap

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives

 

 

 

$

(201

)

$

(77

)

$

(154

)

$

(595

)

 

During the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company had interest receivable under the interest rate swap agreements of $28,000 and $17,000, respectively, which was recorded as a decrease of interest expense on the trust preferred securities.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

GENERAL

 

VIST Financial Corp. (“the Company”) is a Pennsylvania business corporation headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.  The Company offers a wide array of financial services through its banking, insurance and wealth management subsidiaries.  Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis to “VIST,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or similar terms refer to VIST Financial Corp. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.  The Company’s banking subsidiary, VIST Bank, is referred to as “the Bank.”  At June 30, 2010, the Company had consolidated total assets of $1.3 billion, consolidated total deposits of $1.0 billion, consolidated total shareholders’ equity of $134.7 million, and employed 289 full time equivalent employees.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements (included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009) lists significant accounting policies used in the development and presentation of its financial statements.  This discussion and analysis, the significant accounting policies, and other financial statement disclosures identify and address key variables and other qualitative and quantitative factors that are necessary for an understanding and evaluation of the Company and its results of operations.

 

The Company prepares the consolidated financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, which are referred to as GAAP, and which require management to make judgments in the application of its accounting policies that involve significant estimates and assumptions about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, revenue recognition for insurance activities, stock based compensation, derivative financial instruments, goodwill and intangible assets, fair value measurements including other than temporary impairment losses on available for sale securities, the valuation of junior subordinated debt and related hedges, the valuation of deferred tax assets and the effects of any business combinations.  Additional information about these accounting policies is included in the “Critical Accounting Policies” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis in the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.  Although no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies were made during the first six months of 2010, the Company has provided updated information with respect to its accounting for the fair value of financial instruments in Note 8 “Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of Financial Instruments.”

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The Company may from time to time make written or oral “forward-looking statements,” including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the exhibits hereto and thereto), in its reports to shareholders and in other communications by the Company, which are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various factors (some of which are beyond the Company’s control).  The words “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  The following factors, among others, could cause the Company’s financial performance to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements:

 

·                   the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which the Company conducts operations;

·                   the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the potential effects of the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;

·                   inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations;

·                   the timely development of and acceptance of new products and services of the Company and the perceived overall value of these products and services by users, including the features, pricing and quality compared to competitors’ products and services;

·                   the willingness of users to substitute competitors’ products and services for the Company’s products and services;

·                   the success of the Company in gaining regulatory approval of its products and services, when required; the impact of changes in laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions (including laws concerning taxes, banking, securities and insurance);

·                   the ability to control operating risks, information technology systems risks and outsourcing risks, the possibility of errors in the quantitative models used to manage Company business and the possibility that key controls will fail or be circumvented;

 

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·                   the ability to pursue acquisitions, strategic alliances, finance future business acquisitions and obtain regulatory approvals and consents for acquisitions;

·                   changes in consumer spending and saving habits; the nature, extent, and timing of governmental actions and reforms, including the rules of participation for the Trouble Asset Relief Program voluntary Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which may be changed unilaterally and retroactively by legislative or regulatory actions;

·                   changes in accounting standards and practices;

·                   changes in tax legislation and in the interpretation of existing tax laws by U.S. tax authorities that impact the amount of taxes due;

·                   and the success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.

 

The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive.  Readers are also cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date of this report, even if subsequently made available by the Company on its website or otherwise.  The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

 

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OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

Financial Highlights

 

Net income for the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 was $2.5 million as compared to a net loss of $1.5 million for the same period in 2009.  Basic and diluted net income available to common shareholders per common share for the second quarter of 2010 were $.34 and $.34, respectively, compared to basic and diluted net loss to common shareholders per common share of $.33 and $.33, respectively, for the same period of 2009.  Net income for the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $3.2 million as compared to net income of $23,000 for the same period in 2009.  Basic and diluted net income available to common shareholders per common share for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $.40 and $.40, respectively, compared to basic and diluted net loss available to common shareholders per common share of $.14 and $.14, respectively, for the same period of 2009.  Included in earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were pretax other-than-temporary impairment charges on available for sale and held to maturity investment securities of $53,000. Included in earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were pretax other-than-temporary impairment charges on available for sale and held to maturity investment securities of $149,000.

 

The following are the key ratios for the Company as of or for the:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets (annualized)

 

0.74

%

-0.48

%

0.49

%

0.00

%

Return on average shareholders’ equity (annualized)

 

7.77

%

-4.81

%

5.10

%

0.04

%

Common dividend payout ratio

 

14.75

%

-29.01

%

25.13

%

-143.91

%

Average shareholders’ equity to average assets

 

9.56

%

9.99

%

9.52

%

10.30

%

 

Net Interest Income

 

Net interest income is a primary source of revenue for the Company.  Net interest income results from the difference between the interest and fees earned on loans and investments and the interest paid on deposits to customers and other non-deposit sources of funds, such as repurchase agreements and short and long-term borrowed funds.  Interest-earning assets, which consist of investment securities, loans and leases and other liquid assets, are financed primarily by customer deposits and wholesale borrowings.  Net interest margin represents the relationship between annualized net interest revenue (tax-effected) and average interest-earning assets for the period.  All discussion of net interest income and net interest margin is on a fully taxable equivalent basis (FTE).

 

FTE net interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $10.7 million, an increase of $2.0 million, or 22.5%, compared to the $8.7 million reported for the same period in 2009.  FTE net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $20.8 million, an increase of $3.2 million, or 18.3%, compared to the $17.6 million reported for the same period in 2009.  The FTE net interest margin increased to 3.43% for the second quarter of 2010 from 3.05% for the same period in 2009.  The FTE net interest margin increased to 3.42% for the first six months of 2010 from 3.12% for the same period in 2009.

 

The following summarizes net interest margin information:

 

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Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

Average
Balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

%
Rate

 

Average
Balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

%
Rate

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Interest-Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans: (1) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

716,289

 

$

10,400

 

5.74

 

$

699,919

 

$

9,946

 

5.62

 

Mortgage

 

51,301

 

661

 

5.15

 

49,622

 

685

 

5.52

 

Consumer

 

126,218

 

1,625

 

5.17

 

141,335

 

1,884

 

5.35

 

Investments (2)

 

273,600

 

3,586

 

5.24

 

239,876

 

3,219

 

5.37

 

Federal funds sold

 

6,772

 

2

 

0.14

 

13,298

 

5

 

0.17

 

Other short-term investments

 

70,347

 

264

 

1.50

 

363

 

 

0.15

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

1,244,527

 

$

16,538

 

5.26

 

$

1,144,413

 

$

15,739

 

5.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction accounts

 

$

535,200

 

$

1,531

 

1.15

 

$

351,272

 

$

1,302

 

1.49

 

Certificates of deposit

 

425,298

 

2,707

 

2.56

 

479,449

 

3,869

 

3.23

 

Securities sold under agreement to repurchase

 

110,137

 

1,198

 

4.30

 

125,003

 

1,100

 

3.48

 

Short-term borrowings

 

14,620

 

18

 

0.50

 

253

 

 

0.00

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,000

 

89

 

3.53

 

41,925

 

413

 

3.90

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

19,710

 

344

 

6.99

 

18,953

 

362

 

7.66

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

1,114,965

 

5,887

 

2.12

 

1,016,855

 

7,046

 

2.78

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

110,944

 

 

 

 

106,362

 

 

 

 

Total cost of funds

 

$

1,225,909

 

5,887

 

1.93

 

$

1,123,217

 

7,046

 

2.52

 

Net interest margin (fully taxable equivalent)

 

 

 

$

10,651

 

3.43

 

 

 

$

8,693

 

3.05

 

 


(1)                                  Loan fees have been included in the interest income totals presented.  Nonaccrual loans have been included in average loan balances.

(2)                                  Interest income on loans and investments is presented on a taxable equivalent basis using an effective tax rate of 34%.

 

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Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

Average
Balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

%
Rate

 

Average
Balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

%
Rate

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Interest-Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans: (1) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

724,631

 

$

20,758

 

5.70

 

$

699,717

 

$

19,885

 

5.66

 

Mortgage

 

50,044

 

1,324

 

5.29

 

50,160

 

1,448

 

5.77

 

Consumer

 

128,422

 

3,307

 

5.20

 

140,421

 

3,766

 

5.41

 

Investments (2)

 

271,088

 

7,146

 

5.27

 

234,178

 

6,574

 

5.61

 

Federal funds sold

 

17,825

 

11

 

0.13

 

9,981

 

9

 

0.17

 

Other short-term investments

 

35,613

 

263

 

1.49

 

355

 

1

 

0.39

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

1,227,623

 

$

32,809

 

5.32

 

$

1,134,812

 

$

31,683

 

5.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction accounts

 

$

516,099

 

$

3,068

 

1.20

 

$

335,782

 

$

2,411

 

1.45

 

Certificates of deposit

 

436,993

 

5,672

 

2.62

 

474,261

 

7,914

 

3.37

 

Securities sold under agreement to repurchase

 

112,966

 

2,380

 

4.19

 

122,268

 

2,164

 

3.52

 

Short-term borrowings

 

7,351

 

18

 

0.50

 

5,057

 

17

 

0.66

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,552

 

187

 

3.53

 

50,498

 

917

 

3.61

 

Junior subordinated debt

 

19,684

 

689

 

7.06

 

18,565

 

677

 

7.35

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

1,103,645

 

12,014

 

2.20

 

1,006,431

 

14,100

 

2.83

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

106,673

 

 

 

 

105,905

 

 

 

 

Total cost of funds

 

$

1,210,318

 

12,014

 

2.00

 

$

1,112,336

 

14,100

 

2.56

 

Net interest margin (fully taxable equivalent)

 

 

 

$

20,795

 

3.42

 

 

 

$

17,583

 

3.12

 

 


(1)                                  Loan fees have been included in the interest income totals presented.  Nonaccrual loans have been included in average loan balances.

(2)                                  Interest income on loans and investments is presented on a taxable equivalent basis using an effective tax rate of 34%.

 

Average interest-earning assets for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.24 billion, an $100.1 million, or 8.8%, increase over average interest-earning assets of $1.14 billion for the same period in 2009.  The FTE yield on average interest-earning assets decreased by 18 basis points to 5.26% for the second quarter of 2010, compared to 5.44% for the same period in 2009. Average interest-earning assets for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.23 billion, a $92.8 million, or 8.2%, increase over average interest-earning assets of $1.13 billion for the same period in 2009.  The FTE yield on average interest-earning assets decreased by 23 basis points to 5.32% for the first six months of 2010, compared to 5.55% for the same period in 2009.

 

Average interest-bearing liabilities for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.11 billion, a $98.1 million, or 9.7%, increase over average interest-bearing liabilities of $1.02 billion for the same period in 2009.  In addition, average noninterest-bearing deposits increased to $110.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, from $106.4 million for the same time period of 2009.  The interest rate on total interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 66 basis points to 2.12% for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared to 2.78% for the same period in 2009. Average interest-bearing liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.10 billion, a $97.2 million, or 9.7%, increase over average interest-bearing liabilities of $1.01 billion for the same period in 2009.  In addition, average noninterest-bearing deposits increased to $106.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, from $105.9 million for the same time period of 2009.  The interest rate on total interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 63 basis points to 2.20% for the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to 2.83% for the same period in 2009.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, FTE total interest income increased to $32.8 million compared to $31.7 million for the same period in 2009.  The increase in total FTE interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was primarily the result of an increase in average investments and average outstanding commercial loans compared to the same period in 2009.  FTE earning asset yields on average outstanding loans decreased due primarily to lower rates on new loan originations and lower yields on investments.  Average outstanding commercial loan balances increased by $24.9 million, or 3.6% from June 30, 2009 to June 30,

 

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2010.  Average outstanding federal funds sold balances increased by $7.8 million, or 78.6% from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010.  Additionally, average outstanding total investment securities increased by $36.9 million or 15.8% from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010.  FTE earning asset yields on average outstanding investment securities decreased from 5.6% at June 30, 2009 to 5.3% at June 30, 2010.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, total interest expense decreased 14.8% to $12.0 million compared to $14.1 million for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in total interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was primarily the result of a decrease in the interest rates on average time deposits compared to the same period in 2009.  The average interest rate paid on total outstanding interest-bearing liabilities decreased from 2.83% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 to 2.20% for the six months ended June 30, 2010.  The decrease in the average interest rate paid on total interest-bearing deposits was the result of management’s disciplined approach to deposit pricing in response to the decrease in average core deposit interest rates in our competitive footprint.  Total average interest-bearing deposits increased $97.2 million or 9.7% from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010 due primarily to growth in interest-bearing checking and savings accounts.  The average interest rate paid on short-term borrowings and securities sold under agreements to repurchase increased from 3.41% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 to 3.97% for the six months ended June 30, 2010.  The increase in the average interest rate paid on short-term borrowings and securities sold under agreements to repurchase was the result of increases in average interest rates paid on longer-term, wholesale securities sold under repurchase agreements.  Average short-term borrowings and securities sold under agreements to repurchase balances decreased $7.0 million or 5.5% from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010 due primarily to the growth in total average interest-bearing deposits.  Total cost of funds decreased to 2.00% in 2010 from 2.56% in 2009.

 

Provision for Loan Losses

 

The provision for loan losses for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $2.0 million compared to $4.3 million for the same period of 2009.  The provision for loan losses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $4.6 million compared to $5.1 million for the same period of 2009.  Net charge-offs to average loans was 0.72% annualized for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to 0.58% for the year ended December 31, 2009.  The provision reflects the amount deemed appropriate by management to provide a best estimate of probable losses given the present risk characteristics of the loan portfolio.  Management continues to evaluate and classify the credit quality of the loan portfolio utilizing a qualitative and quantitative internal loan review process and, based on the results of the analysis at June 30, 2010, management has determined that the current allowance for loan losses is adequate as of such date.  The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was 1.43% and 1.26%, respectively.  Please see further discussion under the caption “Allowance for Loan Losses.”

 

Non-Interest Income

 

Total non-interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $6.9 million, an increase of $2.1 million, or 44.8%, from income of $4.8 million for the same period in 2009. Total non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $11.5 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 12.6%, from income of $10.2 million for the same period in 2009.

 

The following table details non-interest income (loss) as follows:

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollars amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer service fees

 

$

549

 

$

596

 

$

1,132

 

$

1,254

 

Mortgage banking activities, net

 

231

 

408

 

365

 

675

 

Commissions and fees from insurance sales

 

3,092

 

3,036

 

6,168

 

5,994

 

Broker and investment advisory commissions and fees

 

151

 

152

 

286

 

482

 

Other commissions and fees

 

558

 

498

 

1,062

 

971

 

Earnings on investment in life insurance

 

113

 

108

 

191

 

184

 

Gain on sale of equity interest

 

1,875

 

 

1,875

 

 

Other income

 

198

 

169

 

241

 

653

 

Total other non-interest income before investments

 

6,767

 

4,967

 

11,320

 

10,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on sales of securities

 

194

 

126

 

286

 

285

 

Losses from other-than-temporary impairment

 

(6

)

(973

)

(946

)

(973

)

Losses not related to credit

 

(47

)

651

 

797

 

651

 

Net credit impairment losses on securities recognized in earnings

 

(53

)

(322

)

(149

)

(322

)

Net losses related to investment securities

 

141

 

(196

)

137

 

(37

)

Total other non-interest income

 

$

6,908

 

$

4,771

 

$

11,457

 

$

10,176

 

 

Revenue from customer service fees decreased 7.9% to $549,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $596,000 for the same period in 2009. Revenue from customer service fees decreased 9.7% to $1.1 million for the six months ending June 30, 2010 as compared to $1.3 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease in customer service fees for the comparative three and six month periods is primarily due to a decrease in commercial account analysis fees, uncollected funds charges and non-sufficient funds charges.

 

Revenue from mortgage banking activities decreased 43.4% to $231,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $408,000 for the same period in 2009.  Revenue from mortgage banking activities decreased 45.9% to $365,000 for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $675,000 for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in mortgage banking activities for the comparative three and six month periods is primarily due to a decrease in the volume of loans sold into the secondary mortgage market.  The Company operates its mortgage banking activities through VIST Mortgage, a division of VIST Bank.

 

Revenue from commissions and fees from insurance sales increased 1.8% to $3.1 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $3.0 million for the same period in 2009.  Revenue from commissions and fees from insurance sales increased 2.9% to $6.2 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $6.0 million for the same period in 2009.  The increase for the comparative three and six month periods is mainly attributed to an increase in commission income on group insurance products offered through VIST Insurance, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Revenue from brokerage and investment advisory commissions and fees decreased 0.7% to $151,000 in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $152,000 for the same period in 2009.  Revenue from brokerage and investment advisory commissions and fees decreased 40.7% to $286,000 in the first six months of 2010 as compared to $482,000 for the same period in 2009.  The fluctuations for the comparative three and six month periods are due primarily to the volume of investment advisory services offered through VIST Capital Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Revenue from earnings on investment in life insurance increased 4.6% to $113,000 in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $108,000 for the same period in 2009.  Revenue from earnings on investment in life insurance increased 3.8% to $191,000 in the first six months of 2010 as compared to $184,000 for the same period in 2009.  The increase in earnings on investment in life insurance for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to increased earnings credited on the Company’s separate investment account, bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”).

 

Other commissions and fees increased 12.0% to $558,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $498,000 for the same period in 2009.  Other commissions and fees increased 9.4% to $1.1 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $1.0 million for the same period in 2009.  The increase for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to an increase in customer debit card activity through the debit card network interchange.

 

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Gain on sale of equity interest for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was $1.9 million.  The gain on sale of equity interest is due to the Company’s sale of its 25% ownership in First HSA, LLC to HealthEquity, Inc. during the second quarter of 2010.  The Company became a 25% owner in First HSA, LLC in 2005.  VIST Bank, a subsidiary of the Company, was the custodian of the health savings accounts (“HSA”) generated as a result of the relationship with First HSA and by the end of the second quarter of 2010, transferred the custodial relationship and processing of approximately $89 million in HSA deposits held by VIST bank to HealthEquity, Inc. at the time of the sale.  As a part of this transaction, VIST Bank established an $89 million interest-bearing deposit relationship with a correspondent bank to facilitate the transfer of funds to HealthEquity, Inc. as the HSA deposit accounts were transferred to HealthEquity, Inc.’s operating system.  There was no gain on sale of equity interest recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.

 

Other income increased 17.2% to $198,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $169,000 for the same period in 2009.  Other income decreased 63.1% to $241,000 for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $653,000 for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in other income for the comparative six month periods is due primarily to a settlement of a previously accrued contingent payment of $575,000, which was partially offset by an adjustment for related expenses of $232,000 in 2009.

 

Net realized gains on sales of available for sale securities were $194,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net realized gains on sales of available for sale securities of $126,000 for the same period in 2009.  Net realized gains on sales of available for sale securities were $286,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net realized gains on sales of available for sale securities of $285,000 for the same period in 2009.  Net realized gains on sales of available for sale securities for the three and six month periods in 2010 and 2009 were primarily due to planned sales of existing available for sale investment securities.

 

For the three month period ended June 30, 2010, net credit impairment losses recognized in earnings resulting from OTTI losses on investment securities were $53,000.  For the three month period ended June 30, 2009, there were $322,000 net credit impairment losses recognized in earnings resulting from OTTI losses on investment securities. For the six month period ended June 30, 2010, net credit impairment losses recognized in earnings resulting from OTTI losses on investment securities were $149,000.  For the six month period ended June 30, 2009, there were $322,000 net credit impairment losses recognized in earnings resulting from OTTI losses on investment securities. The net credit impairment losses relate to OTTI charges for estimated credit losses on available for sale and held to maturity pooled trust preferred securities.

 

Management regularly reviews the investment securities portfolio to determine whether to record other-than-temporary impairment.  These impairment losses, which reflected the entire difference between the fair value and amortized cost basis of each individual security, were recorded in the consolidated results of operations.

 

Additional information about investment securities, the gross gains and losses that compose the net sale gains and losses and the process to review the portfolio for other-than-temporary impairment, is provided in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q.

 

Non-Interest Expense

 

Total non-interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $11.9 million, an increase of $297,000, or 2.6%, over total other expense of $11.6 million for the same period in 2009.  Total non-interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $23.0 million, an increase of $109,000, or 0.5%, over total other expense of $22.8 million for the same period in 2009.

 

The following table details non-interest expense as follows:

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollars amounts in thousands)

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

$

5,419

 

$

5,754

 

$

10,838

 

$

11,442

 

Occupancy expense

 

1,069

 

881

 

2,217

 

1,950

 

Furniture and equipment expense

 

662

 

634

 

1,286

 

1,240

 

Marketing and advertising expense

 

261

 

335

 

507

 

605

 

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets

 

138

 

171

 

271

 

342

 

Professional services

 

745

 

482

 

1,354

 

1,374

 

Outside processing

 

854

 

1,086

 

1,885

 

2,037

 

FDIC deposit insurance

 

524

 

984

 

1,056

 

1,428

 

Other real estate owned expense

 

1,195

 

292

 

1,692

 

618

 

Other expense

 

997

 

948

 

1,849

 

1,810

 

Total other non-interest expense

 

$

11,864

 

$

11,567

 

$

22,955

 

$

22,846

 

 

Salaries and benefits decreased 5.8% to $5.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 from $5.8 million for the same period in 2009.  Salaries and benefits decreased 5.3% to $10.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from $11.4 million for the same period in 2009.  Included in salaries and benefits for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 were pre-tax stock-based compensation costs of $39,000 and $56,000, respectively.  Included in salaries and benefits for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 were pre-tax stock-based compensation costs of $76,000 and $77,000, respectively.  Also included in salaries and benefits for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were total commissions paid of $268,000 on mortgage origination activity through VIST Mortgage, insurance sales activity through VIST Insurance, and investment advisory sales through VIST Capital Management compared to commissions paid of $353,000 for the same period in 2009.  Included in salaries and benefits for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were total commissions paid of $496,000 on mortgage origination activity through VIST Mortgage, insurance sales activity through VIST Insurance, and investment advisory sales through VIST Capital Management compared to commissions paid of $736,000 for the same period in 2009.  The decrease for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to a decrease in the number of full-time equivalent employees and a decrease in employer 401(k) matching contributions and commissions paid.  Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees decreased to 289 at June 30, 2010 from 301 at June 30, 2009

 

Occupancy expense and furniture and equipment expense increased 14.3% to $1.7 million for the first three months of 2010 as compared to $1.5 million at the same period in 2009.  Occupancy expense and furniture and equipment expense increased 9.8% to $3.5 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $3.2 million at the same period in 2009.  The increase in occupancy expense and furniture and equipment expense for the comparative three month period is due primarily to an increase in building lease expense and equipment repairs expense and software maintenance expense.

 

Marketing and advertising expense decreased 22.1% to $261,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $335,000 for the same period in 2009.  Marketing and advertising expense decreased 16.2% to $507,000 for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $605,000 for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in marketing and advertising expense for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to a reduction in marketing costs associated with market research, media space, media production and special events.

 

Professional services expense increased 54.6% to $745,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $482,000 for the same period in 2009. Professional services expense remained similar at $1.4 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. The increase for the comparative three month periods is due primarily to an increase in fees for accounting and accounting related services and consulting fees associated with various corporate projects.

 

Outside processing expense decreased 21.4% to $854,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $1.1 million for the same period in 2009. Outside processing expense decreased 7.5% to $1.9 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $2.0 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease in outside processing expense for the comparative three and six month periods are due primarily to a decrease in costs incurred for computer related services and network fees.

 

FDIC insurance expense decreased 46.7% to $524,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $984,000 for the same period in 2009.  FDIC insurance expense decreased 26.1% to $1.1 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $1.4 million for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in insurance expense for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to a $580,000 special industry-side FDIC deposit insurance premium assessed in 2009.

 

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Other real estate owned expense increased 309.2% to $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $292,000 for the same period in 2009.  Other real estate owned expense increased 173.8% to $1.7 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $618,000 for the same period in 2009.  The increase in other real estate expense for the comparative three and six month periods is due primarily to an increase in costs associated with adjusting foreclosed properties to fair value after these assets have been classified as OREO, as well as other costs to operate and maintain OREO property during the holding period. The Company set up an entity specifically for the handling and allocation of interim and participated expenses associated with certain participated ORE properties until the time of their sale.

 

Income Taxes

 

There was income tax expense of $654,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to an income tax benefit of $1.3 million for the same period in 2009.  There was income tax expense of $476,000 for the first six months of 2010 as compared to an income tax benefit of $1.1 million for the same period in 2009.  The effective income tax rate for the Company for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010 was 20.6% compared to (46.7%) for the same period of 2009.  The effective income tax rate for the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was 12.8% compared to (102.2%) for the same period of 2009.  The effective income tax rate for the comparative three and six month periods of both 2010 and 2009 fluctuated primarily due to fluctuations in tax exempt income and net income before income taxes.  Included in the income tax expense or benefit for the comparative three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, is a federal tax benefit of approximately $98,000 and $137,500, respectively, from a $5,000,000 investment in an affordable housing, corporate tax credit limited partnership. Included in the income tax expense or benefit for the comparative six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, is a federal tax benefit of approximately $162,000 and $275,000, respectively, from a $5,000,000 investment in an affordable housing, corporate tax credit limited partnership.

 

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

The total assets of the Company at June 30, 2010 were $1.29 billion, a decrease of approximately $20.1 million, or 3.1% annualized, from $1.31 billion at December 31, 2009.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

Cash and cash equivalents increased $5.7 million, or 41.3% annualized, to $33.0 million at June 30, 2010 from $27.4 million at December 31, 2009.  This increase is primarily related to an increase in cash.

 

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

 

Mortgage loans held for sale increased $1.1 million, or 116.9% annualized, to $3.1 million at June 30, 2010 from $2.0 million at December 31, 2009.  This increase is primarily related to an increase in loans originated for sale into the secondary residential real estate loan market through VIST Mortgage.

 

Securities Available for Sale

 

Investment securities available for sale decreased $6.7 million, or 5.0% annualized, to $261.3 million at June 30, 2010 from $268.0 million at December 31, 2009.  Investment securities are used to supplement loan growth as necessary, to generate interest and dividend income, to manage interest rate risk, and to provide liquidity.  The decrease in investment securities available for sale was due primarily to the sales of mortgage-backed securities used as collateral for the Company’s public funds and structured wholesale borrowings.

 

The securities portfolio included a net unrealized loss on available for sale securities of $2.9 million and $6.8 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  In addition, net unrealized losses of $990,000 and $1.2 million were present in the held to maturity securities at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  Changes in longer-termed treasury interest rates, underlying collateral and credit concerns and dislocation and illiquidity in the current market continue to contribute to the decrease in the fair market value of certain securities.

 

Debt securities that management has no intention to sell or it is more likely than not that the Company will not be required to sell these securities are classified as held-to-maturity and recorded at amortized cost.  Securities classified as available for sale are those securities that the Company has no intention to sell or is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities.  Any decision to sell a security classified as available for sale would be based on various factors, including significant movement in interest rates, changes in maturity mix of the Company’s assets and liabilities, liquidity needs, regulatory capital considerations and other similar factors.  Securities available for sale are carried at fair value.  Unrealized gains and losses are reported in other comprehensive income or loss, net of the related deferred tax effect.  Realized gains or losses, determined on the basis of the cost of the specific securities sold, are included in earnings.  Purchased premiums and discounts are recognized in interest income using a method which approximates the interest method over the terms of the securities.

 

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

 

Management evaluates investment securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation.  Factors that may be indicative of impairment include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

·                   Fair value below cost and the length of time

·                   Adverse condition specific to a particular investment

·                   Rating agency activities ( e.g. , downgrade)

·                   Financial condition of an issuer

·                   Dividend activities

·                   Suspension of trading

·                   Management intent

·                   Changes in tax laws or other policies

·                   Subsequent market value changes

·                   Economic or industry forecasts

 

Other-than-temporary impairment means management believes the security’s impairment is due to factors that could include its inability to pay interest or dividends, its potential for default, and/or other factors.  When a held to maturity or available for sale debt security is assessed for other-than-temporary impairment, management has to first consider (a) whether the Company intends to sell the security, and (b) whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its amortized cost basis.  If one of these circumstances applies to a security, an other-than-temporary impairment loss is recognized in the statement of operations equal to the full amount of the decline in fair value below amortized cost.  If neither of these circumstances applies to a security, but the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis, an other-than-temporary impairment loss has occurred that must be separated into two categories: (a) the amount related to credit loss, and (b) the amount related to other factors.  In assessing the level of other-than-temporary impairment attributable to credit loss, management compares the present value of cash flows expected to be collected with the amortized cost basis of the security.  The portion of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to credit loss is recognized in earnings (as the difference between the fair value and the present value of the estimated cash flows), while the amount related to other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income.  The total other-than-temporary impairment loss is presented in the statement of operations, less the portion recognized in other comprehensive income.  When a debt security becomes other-than-temporarily impaired, its amortized cost basis is reduced to reflect the portion of the total impairment related to credit loss.

 

Federal Home Loan Bank Stock

 

Federal law requires a member institution of the Federal Home Loan Bank to hold stock of its district FHLB according to a predetermined formula.  The Federal Home Loan Bank stock is carried at cost.

 

Loans

 

Total loans, net of allowance for loan losses, decreased to $882.8 million, or 3.7% annualized, at June 30, 2010 from $899.5 million at December 31, 2009.

 

The components of loans were as follows:

 

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June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Residential real estate - 1 to 4 family

 

$

162,101

 

$

169,009

 

Residential real estate - multi family

 

45,843

 

38,994

 

Commercial

 

150,977

 

150,823

 

Commercial, secured by real estate

 

356,645

 

362,376

 

Construction

 

93,800

 

100,713

 

Consumer

 

2,856

 

3,108

 

Home equity lines of credit

 

84,347

 

86,916

 

Loans

 

896,569

 

911,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net deferred loan fees

 

(985

)

(975

)

Allowance for loan losses

 

(12,825

)

(11,449

)

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses

 

$

882,759

 

$

899,515

 

 

Loans secured by real estate (not including home equity lending products) decreased $5.8 million, or 2.0% annualized, to $564.6 million at June 30, 2010 from $570.4 million at December 31, 2009.  This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in commercial real estate loan originations.

 

Total commercial loans decreased to $507.6 million at June 30, 2010 from $513.2 million at December 31, 2009, a decrease of $5.6 million, or 2.2% annualized.  The decrease is due primarily to a decrease in commercial real estate loans outstanding.  There were no SBA loans sold during the period.

 

Consumer and home equity lending products decreased to $87.2 million at June 30, 2010, from $90.0 million as of December 31, 2009.  Consumer demand for these types of loans decreased slightly in 2010.  Although the Company’s focus primarily centered on the commercial customer, management remained disciplined in its pricing of consumer loans.  Despite the numerous economic challenges faced in 2010, the Company was able to maintain most of its outstanding balances through the successful marketing of its Equilock consumer loan product which carries both a fixed and variable component allowing the consumer to lock and unlock the loan at the prevailing interest rate.

 

Loan Policy and Procedure

 

The Bank’s loan policies and procedures have been approved by the Board of Directors, based on the recommendation of the Bank’s President, Chief Lending Officer, Chief Credit Officer, and the Risk Management Officer, who collectively establish and monitor credit policy issues.  Application of the loan policy is the direct responsibility of those who participate either directly or administratively in the lending function.

 

The Bank’s Relationship Managers originate loan requests through a variety of sources which include the Bank’s existing customer base, referrals from directors and various networking sources (accountants, attorneys, and realtors), and market presence.  Over the past several years, the Bank’s Relationship Managers have been significantly increased through (1) the hiring of experienced commercial lenders in the Bank’s geographic markets, (2) the Bank’s continued participation in community and civic events, (3) strong networking efforts, (4) local decision making, and (5) consolidation and other changes which are occurring with respect to other local financial institutions.

 

A credit loan committee comprised of senior management approves commercial and consumer loans with total loan exposures in excess of $2 million.  The executive loan committee comprised of senior management and 5 members from the Board of Directors (including the President of the Company) approves commercial and consumer loans with total exposures in excess of $4.5 million up to the Bank’s legal lending limit.  One of the affirmative votes on both the credit and/or executive loan committee must be either the Chief Credit Officer or the Chief Lending Officer in order to ensure that proper standards are maintained.

 

Lending authorities are granted to individuals based on position and experience.  All commercial loan approvals require dual signatures.  Loans over $1,000,000 and up to $2,000,000 require the additional approval of the Chief Lending Officer (“CLO”), Chief Credit Officer (“CCO”), Senior Credit Officer and/or the Bank Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).  Loans in excess of $2,000,000 are presented to the Bank’s Credit Committee, comprised of the Chief Lending Officer, Chief Credit Officer, Senior Credit Officer, Chief Risk Officer (non-voting), and selected market Executives.  The Credit Committee can approve loans up to $4,500,000 and recommend loans to the Executive Loan Committee for approval up to the Bank’s legal lending limit of approximately $15.2 million

 

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at June 30, 2010.  The Executive Loan Committee is composed of the Bank CEO, the Chief Lending Officer, the Chief Credit Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Senior Credit Officer, the Chief Risk Officer (non-voting member) and selected Board members.  At least one affirmative vote in both the Credit Committee and the Executive Loan Committee must come from the CCO or the CLO.  Individual joint lending authority is granted based on the level of experience of the individual for commercial loan exposures under $2 million.  Higher risk credits (as determined by internal loan ratings) and unsecured facilities (in excess of $100,000) require the signature of an officer with more credit experience.

 

The Bank has established an “in-house” lending limit of 80% of its legal lending limit and, at June 30, 2010, the Bank had no loan relationships in excess of its in-house limit.  Although Bank policy does not prohibit going over the 80% limit but these credits need to be of “high quality”.

 

Through the Chief Credit Officer and the Credit Committee, the Bank has successfully implemented individual, joint, and committee level approval procedures which have monitored and solidified credit quality as well as provided lenders with a process that is responsive to customer needs.

 

The Bank manages credit risk in the loan portfolio through adherence to consistent standards, guidelines, and limitations established by the credit policy.  The Bank’s credit department, along with the Relationship Managers, analyzes the financial statements of the borrower, collateral values, loan structure, and economic conditions, to then make a recommendation to the appropriate approval authority.  Commercial loans generally consist of real estate secured loans, lines of credit, term, and equipment loans.  The Bank’s underwriting policies impose strict collateral requirements and normally will require the guaranty of the principals.  For requests that qualify, the Bank will use Small Business Administration guarantees to improve the credit quality and support local small business.

 

The Bank’s written loan policies are continually evaluated and updated as necessary to reflect changes in the marketplace.  Annually, credit loan policies are approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors thus providing Board oversight.  These policies require specified underwriting, loan documentation and credit analysis standards to be met prior to funding.

 

One of the key components of the Bank’s commercial loan policy is loan to value.  The following guidelines serve as the maximum loan to value ratios which the Bank would normally consider for new loan requests. Generally, the Bank will use the lower of cost or market when determining a loan to value ratio (except for investment securities).  The values are not appropriate in all cases, and Bank lending personnel, pursuant to their responsibility to protect the Bank’s interest, seek as much collateral as practical.

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

a)

 

Unapproved land (raw land)

 

50

%

b)

 

Approved but Unimproved land

 

65

%

c)

 

Approved and Improved land

 

75

%

d)

 

Improved Real Estate

 

80

%

 

Investments

 

a)

 

Stocks listed on a nationally recognized exchanged

 

75

%

 

 

Stock value should be greater than $10.

 

 

 

b)

 

Bonds, Bills and Notes:

 

 

 

c)

 

US Gov’t obligations (fully guaranteed)

 

95

%

d)

 

State, county & municipal general obligations rated BBB or higher

 

varies: 65-85

%

 

 

Corporate obligations rated BBB or higher

 

varies: 65-80

%

 

Other Assets

 

a)

 

Accounts Receivable (eligible)

 

80

%

b)

 

Inventory (raw material and finished goods)

 

50

%

c)

 

Equipment (new)

 

80

%

d)

 

Equipment (purchase money used)

 

70

%

e)

 

Cash or cash equivalent

 

100

%

 

Exception reporting is presented to the audit committee on a quarterly basis to ensure that the Bank remains in compliance with the FDIC limits on exceeding supervisory loan to value guidelines established for real estate secured transactions.

 

Generally, when evaluating a commercial loan request, the Bank will require 3 years of financial information on the borrower and any guarantor.  The Bank has established underwriting standards that are expected to be maintained by all lending personnel.  These requirements include loans being evaluated and underwritten at fully indexed rates.  Larger loan exposures are typically analyzed by credit personnel that are independent from the sales personnel.

 

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The Bank has not underwritten any hybrid loans or sub-prime loans.  Loans that are generally considered to be sub-prime are loans where the borrower has a FICO score below 640 and shows data on their credit reports associated with higher default rates, limited debt experience, excessive debt, a history of missed payments, failures to pay debts, and recorded bankruptcies.

 

All loan closings, loan funding and appraisal ordering and review involve personnel that are independent from the sales function to ensure that bank standards and requirements are met prior to disbursement.

 

Impaired Loans

 

Non-performing loans, consisting of loans on non-accrual status and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest were $22.5 million at June 30, 2010, a decrease from $27.0 million at December 31, 2009.  Generally, loans that are more than 90 days past due are placed on non-accrual status.  As a percentage of total loans, non-performing loans represented 2.51% at June 30, 2010 and 2.96% at December 31, 2009.  The allowance for loan losses represents 57.0% of non-performing loans at June 30, 2010, compared to 42.5% at December 31, 2009.

 

The Company generally values impaired loans that are accounted for under FASB ASC 310, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan (“FASB ASC 310”), based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral.  Loans are determined to be impaired when management has utilized current information and economic events and judged that it is probable that not all of the principal and interest due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement will be collected. Impaired loans are initially evaluated and revalued at the time the loan is identified as impaired.  Impaired loans are loans where the current appraisal of the underlying collateral is less than the principal balance of the loan and the loan is a non-accruing loan.  Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans and is classified at a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy or based on the present value of estimated future cash flows if repayment is not collateral dependent.  Collateral may be real estate and/or business assets including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable and is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company.  For the purposes of determining the fair value of impaired loans that are collateral dependent, the company defines a current appraisal and evaluation as those completed within 12 months and performed by an independent third party.  Appraised and reported values may be discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business.

 

Impaired loans, net of required specific reserves, totaled $12.5 million at June 30, 2010, compared to $15.1 million at December 31, 2009.  The $2.6 million decrease in non-performing loans from December 31, 2009 to June 30, 2010 is primarily due primarily to pay-downs and charge-offs of non-performing commercial real estate loans.  As of June 30, 2010, 68.0% of all impaired loans had current third party appraisals or evaluations of their collateral to measure impairment.  For these impaired loans, the bank takes immediate action to determine the current value of collateral securing its troubled loans.  The remaining 32.0% of impaired loans were in process of being evaluated at June 30, 2010.  During the ongoing supervision of a troubled loan, the Company performs a cash flow evaluation, obtains an appraisal update or obtains a new appraisal.  The Company reviews all impaired loans on a quarterly basis to ensure that the market values are reasonable and that no further deterioration has occurred.  If the evaluation indicates that the market value has deteriorated below the carrying value of the loan, either the entire loan or the partial difference between the market value and principal balance is charged-off unless there are material mitigating factors to the contrary.  If a loan is not charged down, reserves are allocated to reflect the estimated collateral shortfall.  Loans that have been partially charged-off are classified as non-performing loans for which none of the current loan terms have been modified.  During 2010, there were $725,000 in partial loan charge-offs.  In order for an impaired loan not to have a specific valuation allowance it must be determined by the Company through a current evaluation that there is sufficient underlying collateral after appropriate discounts have been applied, that is in excess of the carrying value.

 

The gross recorded investment in impaired loans not requiring an allowance for loan losses was $5.8 million at June 30, 2010 and $6.3 million at December 31, 2009.  The gross recorded investment in impaired loans requiring an allowance for loan losses was $16.4 million and $18.9 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the related allowance for loan losses associated with those loans was $3.9 million and $3.8 million, respectively.  For the periods ended June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the average recorded investment in impaired loans was $23.9 million and $18.6 million, respectively. Interest income of $37,000 was recognized on impaired loans for the year ended June 30, 2010 and interest income of $42,000 was recognized on impaired loans for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

Loans on which the accrual of interest has been discontinued amounted to $22.2 million and $25.1 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  Loan balances past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest but which management expects will eventually be paid in full, amounted to $294,000 and $1.8 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  Loan balances past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest that are brought current will reduce the balance of outstanding loans in this category and loans that are not brought current will also reduce the balance of outstanding loans in this category but will be reported as non-accrual loans after all collection efforts had been exhausted.

 

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The Company continues to emphasize credit quality and believes that pre-funding analysis and diligent intervention at the first signs of delinquency will help to manage these levels.

 

The following table is a summary of non-performing loans and renegotiated loans for the periods presented.

 

 

 

Non-Performing Loans

 

 

 

As Of and For The Period Ended

 

 

 

Three Months

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

Twelve Months

 

 

 

2010

 

December 31,

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accrual loans:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

$

20,860

 

$

24,420

 

Consumer

 

5

 

4

 

Commercial, financial and agricultural

 

1,339

 

716

 

Total

 

22,204

 

25,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

199

 

1,664

 

Consumer

 

 

 

Commercial, financial and agricultural

 

95

 

147

 

Total

 

294

 

1,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total non-performing loans

 

22,498

 

26,951

 

Other real estate owned

 

5,148

 

5,221

 

Total non-performing assets

 

$

27,646

 

$

32,172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troubled debt restructurings

 

$

6,333

 

$

6,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-performing loans to loans outstanding at end of period (net of unearned income)

 

2.51

%

2.96

%

Non-performing assets to loans outstanding at end of period (net of unearned income) plus OREO

 

3.07

%

3.51

%

 

Provision and Allowance for Loan Losses

 

The provision for loan losses reflects the amount deemed appropriate by management to provide a best estimate of probable losses given the present risk characteristics of the loan portfolio.  The provision for loan losses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $4.6 million compared to $5.1 million for the same period in 2009.  The decrease in the provision is due primarily to a slight improvement in economic conditions and a decrease in nonperforming loans and the result of management’s best estimate of probable losses and classification of the credit quality of the loan portfolio utilizing a qualitative and quantitative internal loan review process.  The allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2010 was $12.8 million compared to $11.4 million at December 31, 2009.  The allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2010 was 1.43% of outstanding loans compared to 1.26% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2009.  Management continues to evaluate and classify the credit quality of the loan portfolio utilizing a qualitative and quantitative internal loan review process.

 

The allowance for loan losses has been established based on certain impaired loans where it is recognized that the cash flows are discounted or where the fair value of the collateral is lower than the carrying value of the loan.  The Company has also established an allowance on classified loans which are not impaired but are included in categories such as “doubtful”, “substandard” and “special mention”.  Though being classified to one of these categories does not necessarily mean that the loan is impaired, it does indicate that the loan has identified weaknesses that increase its credit risk of loss.  The Company has also established a general allowance on non-classified and non-impaired loans to recognize the probable losses that are associated with lending in general, though not due to a specific problem loan.  The allowance for loan losses is an amount that management believes to be adequate to absorb probable losses in the loan portfolio.  Additions to the allowance are charged through the provision for loan losses.  Management regularly assesses the adequacy of the allowance by performing an ongoing evaluation of the loan portfolio, including such factors as charge-off history, the level of delinquent loans, the current financial condition of specific borrowers, value of any collateral, risk characteristics in the

 

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loan portfolio, and local and national economic conditions.  All criticized and classified loans are analyzed individually while pass rated loans are evaluated by loan category based on historical performance.  Based upon the results of such reviews, management believes that the allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2010 was adequate to absorb probable credit losses inherent in the portfolio as of that date.

 

The following table presents a comparative allocation of the allowance for loan losses.  Amounts were allocated to specific loan categories based upon management’s classification of loans under the Company’s internal loan grading system and assessment of near-term charge-offs and losses existing in specific larger balance loans that are reviewed in detail by the Company’s internal loan review department and pools of other loans that are not individually analyzed.  The allocation is made for analytical purposes and is not necessarily indicative of the categories in which future credit losses may occur.

 

 

 

Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses

 

 

 

As Of and For The Period Ended

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

Twelve Months

 

 

 

2010

 

December 31,

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Amount

 

Loans

 

Amount

 

Loans

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

8,320

 

64.9

%

$

4,745

 

56.2

%

Residential Real Estate

 

4,199

 

32.8

 

6,170

 

43.4

 

Consumer

 

297

 

2.3

 

527

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Allocated

 

12,816

 

100.0

 

11,442

 

100.0

 

Unallocated

 

9

 

 

7

 

 

Total

 

$

12,825

 

100.0

%

$

11,449

 

100.0

%

 

The unallocated portion of the allowance is intended to provide for possible losses that are not otherwise accounted for and to compensate for the imprecise nature of estimating future loan losses.  Management believes the allowance is adequate to cover the inherent risks associated with the Company’s loan portfolio.  While allocations have been established for particular loan categories, management considers the entire allowance to be available to absorb probable losses in any category.

 

The following table shows the activity in the Company’s allowance for loan losses:

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance of allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

 

$

12,770

 

$

8,165

 

$

11,449

 

$

8,124

 

Loans charged-off:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial, financial and agricultural

 

(701

)

(359

)

(1,359

)

(894

)

Real estate — mortgage

 

(1,319

)

(11

)

(1,936

)

(222

)

Consumer

 

(8

)

(76

)

(26

)

(139

)

Total loans charged-off

 

(2,028

)

(446

)

(3,321

)

(1,255

)

Recoveries of loans previously charged-off:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial, financial and agricultural

 

15

 

8

 

22

 

19

 

Real estate — mortgage

 

46

 

 

51

 

 

Consumer

 

12

 

2

 

14

 

16

 

Total recoveries

 

73

 

10

 

87

 

35

 

Net loan charged-offs

 

(1,955

)

(436

)

(3,234

)

(1,220

)

Provision for loan losses

 

2,010

 

4,300

 

4,610

 

5,125

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

12,825

 

$

12,029

 

$

12,825

 

$

12,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net charge-offs to average loans (annualized)

 

0.88

%

0.20

%

0.72

%

0.27

%

Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding

 

1.43

%

1.36

%

1.43

%

1.36

%

Loans outstanding at end of period (net of unearned income)

 

$

895,584

 

$

887,236

 

$

895,584

 

$

887,236

 

Average balance of loans outstanding during the period (1) 

 

$

891,744

 

$

885,233

 

$

901,582

 

$

885,852

 

 


(1) Excludes loans held for sale

 

Deposits

 

Total deposits at June 30, 2010 were $1.01 billion compared to $1.02 billion at December 31, 2009, a slight decrease of $15.3 million, or 3.0% annualized.

 

The components of deposits were as follows:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand, non-interest bearing

 

$

114,362

 

$

102,302

 

Demand, interest bearing

 

351,774

 

375,668

 

Savings

 

111,462

 

83,319

 

Time, $100,000 and over

 

241,018

 

248,695

 

Time, other

 

186,956

 

210,914

 

Total deposits

 

$

1,005,572

 

$

1,020,898

 

 

Non-interest bearing deposits increased to $114.4 million at June 30, 2010, from $102.3 million at December 31, 2009, an increase of $12.1 million or 23.6% annualized.  The increase in non-interest bearing deposits is primarily due to an increase in non-interest bearing commercial accounts.  Management continues its efforts to promote growth in these types of deposits, such as offering a free checking product, as a method to help reduce the Company’s overall cost of funds.  Interest bearing deposits decreased by $27.4 million or 6.0% annualized, from $918.6 million at December 31, 2009 to $891.2 million at June 30, 2010.  The decrease in interest bearing deposits is due primarily to the transfer of approximately $88.6 million in HSA deposits as part of the sale of the Company’s 25% equity investment in First HSA, LLC offset by a $61.2 million increase in interest bearing core deposits including MMDA and time deposit accounts.  Management continues to promote these types of deposits through a disciplined pricing strategy as a means of managing the Company’s overall cost of funds, as well as, management’s continuing emphasis on increasing market share through commercial and retail marketing programs and customer service.

 

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Borrowings

 

Total borrowings at June 30, 2010 were $139.7 million compared to $154.9 million at December 31, 2009, a decrease of $15.2 million, or 19.6% annualized.  Borrowed funds from various sources are generally used to supplement deposit growth.  Securities sold under agreements to repurchase were $110.4 million at June 30, 2010 and $115.2 million at December 31, 2009, respectively.  Commercial loan demand and purchases of investment securities were funded primarily by interest-bearing deposits.  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, long-term borrowings consisting of advances from the FHLB were $10.0 million and $20.0 million, respectively.

 

Off Balance Sheet Commitments

 

The Bank is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and letters of credit.  Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheet.

 

The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.

 

A summary of the contractual amount of the Company’s financial instrument commitments is as follows:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Commitments to extend credit:

 

 

 

 

 

Loan origination commitments

 

$

60,128

 

$

32,846

 

Unused home equity lines of credit

 

38,808

 

44,091

 

Unused business lines of credit

 

160,294

 

149,032

 

Total commitments to extend credit

 

$

259,230

 

$

225,969

 

Standby letters of credit

 

$

11,073

 

$

11,998

 

 

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee.  The Bank evaluates each customer’s credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation. Collateral held varies but may include personal or commercial real estate, accounts receivable, inventory and equipment. At June 30, 2010 the amount of commitments to extend credit was $259.2 million as compared to $226.0 million at December 31, 2009.

 

Standby letters of credit written are conditional commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.  The majority of these standby letters of credit expire within the next twenty-four months.  The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending other loan commitments.  The Bank requires collateral supporting these letters of credit as deemed necessary.  Management believes that the proceeds obtained through a liquidation of such collateral would be sufficient to cover the maximum potential amount of future payments required under the corresponding guarantees.  The current amount of the liability as of June 30, 2010 for guarantees under standby letters of credit issued was $11.1 million as compared to $12.0 million at December 31, 2009.

 

Junior Subordinated Debt

 

On March 9, 2000 and September 26, 2002, the Company established First Leesport Capital Trust I and Leesport Capital Trust II, respectively, in which the Company owns all of the common equity.  First Leesport Capital Trust I issued $5 million of mandatory redeemable capital securities carrying an interest rate of 10.875%, and Leesport Capital Trust II issued $10 million of mandatory redeemable capital securities carrying a floating interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.45%.  These debentures are the sole assets of the Trusts.  These securities must be redeemed in March 2030 and September 2032, respectively, but may be redeemed on or after March 2010 and November 2007, respectively, or earlier in the event that the interest expense becomes non-deductible for

 

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federal income tax purposes or if the treatment of these securities no longer qualifies as Tier I capital for the Company.  In October 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converts the First Leesport Capital Trust I $5 million of fixed-rate capital securities to a floating interest rate of six month LIBOR plus 5.25%.  In September 2008, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converts the Leesport Capital Trust II $10 million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 7.25%.  Interest began accruing on the Leesport Capital Trust II swap in February 2009.

 

On June 26, 2003, Madison established Madison Statutory Trust I in which the Company owns all of the common equity.  Madison Statutory Trust I issued $5 million of mandatory redeemable capital securities carrying a floating interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.10%.  These debentures are the sole assets of the Trusts.  These securities must be redeemed in June 2033, but may be redeemed on or after September 26, 2008 or earlier in the event that the interest expense becomes non-deductible for federal income tax purposes or if the treatment of these securities no longer qualifies as Tier I capital for the Company.  In September 2008, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converts the Madison Statutory Trust I $5 million of adjustable-rate capital securities to a fixed interest rate of 6.90%.  Interest began accruing on the Madison Statutory Trust I swap in March 2009.

 

Capital

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

Total shareholders’ equity increased $9.3 million, or 14.8% annualized, to $134.7 million at June 30, 2010 from $125.4 million at December 31, 2009.  The increase is the net result of net income for the period of $3.24 million less common stock dividends declared of $586,000 and preferred stock dividends declared of $625,000, proceeds of $305,000 from the issuance of shares of common stock under the Company’s employee benefit and director compensation plans, proceeds of $4.83 million from the issuance of common stock, a decrease in the unrealized loss on securities, net of tax, of $2.0 million and stock-based compensation costs of $76,000.

 

As of June 30, 2010, the Company continues to carry 25,000 shares of Series A, Fixed Rate, Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, and a warrant (“Warrant”) to purchase 364,078 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $5.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000 in cash issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”).  The Warrant has a 10-year term and is immediately exercisable upon its issuance, with an exercise price, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, equal to $10.30 per share of common stock.  The Series A Preferred Stock qualifies as Tier 1 capital and will pay cumulative dividends at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and 9% per annum thereafter.  The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time following consultation by the Company’s primary bank regulator and Treasury.  Participants in the Capital Purchase Program desiring to redeem part of an investment by Treasury must redeem a minimum of 25% of the issue price of the preferred stock from the proceeds of a qualifying equity offering.

 

On April 21, 2010, the Company entered into separate stock purchase agreements with two institutional investors relating to the sale of an aggregate of 644,000 shares of the Company’s authorized but unissued common stock, par value $5.00 per share (“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $8.00 per share.  The Company completed the issuance of $4.8 million of common stock, net of related offering costs, on May 12, 2010.

 

As a result of the sale of the 644,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on May 12, 2010 at a greater than 10% discount to the market price on the last trading day preceding the date of the agreement to sell such shares, the Warrant issued to Treasury adjusted automatically by its terms so that the Warrant now has an exercise price of $10.19 and the number of shares of common stock into which the Warrant is exercisable is 367,982.

 

Regulatory Capital

 

Federal bank regulatory agencies have established certain capital-related criteria that must be met by banks and bank holding companies.  The measurements which incorporate the varying degrees of risk contained within the balance sheet and exposure to off-balance sheet commitments were established to provide a framework for comparing different institutions.  Regulatory guidelines require that Tier 1 capital and total risk-based capital to risk-adjusted assets must be at least 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively.  In order for the Company to be considered “well capitalized” under the guidelines of the banking regulators, the Company must have Tier 1 capital and total risk-based capital to risk-adjusted assets of at least 6.0% and 10.0%, respectively.  As of June 30, 2010, the Company has met the criteria to be considered a well capitalized institution.

 

Other than Tier 1 capital restrictions on the Company’s junior subordinated debt discussed later, the Company is not aware of any pending recommendations by regulatory authorities that would have a material impact on the Company’s capital, resources, or liquidity if they were implemented, nor is the Company under any agreements with any regulatory authorities.

 

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The adequacy of the Company’s capital is reviewed on an ongoing basis with regard to size, composition and quality of the Company’s resources.  An adequate capital base is important for continued growth and expansion in addition to providing an added protection against unexpected losses.

 

An important indicator in the banking industry is the leverage ratio, defined as the ratio of common shareholders’ equity less intangible assets (Tier 1 risk-based capital), to average quarterly assets less intangible assets.  The leverage ratio at June 30, 2010 was 8.45% compared to 8.36% at December 31, 2009.  This increase is primarily the result of an increase in total equity.  At June 30, 2010, the capital ratios were above minimum regulatory guidelines.

 

As required by the federal banking regulatory authorities, guidelines have been adopted to measure capital adequacy.  Under the guidelines, certain minimum ratios are required for core capital and total capital as a percentage of risk-weighted assets and other off-balance sheet instruments.  For the Company, Tier 1 risk-based capital consists of common shareholders’ equity less intangible assets plus the junior subordinated debt, and Tier 2 risk-based capital includes the allowable portion of the allowance for loan losses, currently limited to 1.25% of risk-weighted assets.  Any portion of the allowance for loan losses that exceeds the 1.25% limit of risk-weighted assets is disallowed for Tier 2 risk-based capital but is used to adjust the overall risk weighted asset calculation. By regulatory guidelines, the separate component of equity for unrealized appreciation or depreciation on available for sale securities is excluded from Tier 1 risk-based capital.  In addition, federal banking regulatory authorities have issued a final rule restricting the Company’s junior subordinated debt to 25% of Tier 1 risk-based capital.  Amounts of junior subordinated debt in excess of the 25% limit generally may be included in Tier 2 risk-based capital.  The final rule provided a five-year transition period, ending September 30, 2009.  Recently, the Federal Reserve extended this transition period to March 31, 2011.  This will allow bank holding companies more flexibility in managing their compliance with these new limits in light of the current conditions of the capital markets.  At June 30, 2010, the entire amount of these securities was allowable to be included as Tier 1 risk-based capital for the Company.  For the periods ended June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s capital ratios were above minimum regulatory guidelines.

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s risk-based capital amounts and ratios as of:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Tier 1 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

Common shareholders’ equity excluding unrealized gains (losses) on securities

 

$

134,690

 

$

125,428

 

Disallowed goodwill and intangible assets

 

(44,307

)

(44,024

)

Junior subordinated debt

 

19,158

 

19,508

 

Unrealized losses on available for sale debt securities

 

1,956

 

3,942

 

Total Tier 1 Capital

 

111,497

 

104,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 2 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

Allowable portion of allowance for loan losses

 

11,901

 

11,449

 

Total Tier 2 Capital

 

11,901

 

11,449

 

Total risk-based capital

 

$

123,398

 

$

116,303

 

Risk adjusted assets (including off-balance sheet exposures)

 

$

951,163

 

$

984,296

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio

 

8.45

%

8.36

%

Tier I risk-based capital ratio

 

11.72

%

10.65

%

Total risk-based capital ratio

 

12.97

%

11.82

%

 

Liquidity

 

Adequate liquidity means the ability to obtain sufficient cash to meet all current and projected needs promptly and at a reasonable cost.  These needs include deposit withdrawal, liability runoff, and increased loan demand.  The principal sources of liquidity are deposit generation, overnight federal funds transactions with other financial institutions, investment securities portfolio scheduled cash flows, prepayments and maturities, and maturing loans and loan payments.  The Bank can also package and sell residential mortgage loans into the secondary market.  Other sources of liquidity are term borrowings from the Federal Home Loan

 

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Bank, and the discount window of the Federal Reserve Bank.  In view of all factors involved, management believes that liquidity is being maintained at an adequate level.

 

At June 30, 2010, the Company had a total of $139.7 million, or 10.8% of total assets, in borrowed funds.  These borrowings included $110.4 million of repurchase agreements, $10 million of term borrowings with the Federal Home Loan Bank, and $19.3 million in junior subordinated debt.  The FHLB borrowing has a final maturity of January 2011 at an interest rate of 3.53%.  At June 30, 2010, the Company had a total of $7.4 million in federal funds sold.  At June 30, 2010, the Company had a maximum borrowing capacity with the Federal Home Loan Bank of approximately $307.0 million.  In the event that additional short-term liquidity is needed, the Bank has established relationships with several correspondent banks to provide short-term borrowings in the form of federal funds purchased.

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

The banking industry has been required to adapt to an environment in which interest rates may be volatile and in which deposit deregulation has provided customers with the opportunity to invest in liquid, interest rate-sensitive deposits.  The banking industry has adapted to this environment by using a process known as asset/liability (“ALM”) management.

 

The Company remains slightly asset sensitive and will continue its strategy to originate adjustable rate commercial and installment loans and use investment security cash flows and non-interest bearing and core deposits and customer repurchase agreements to reduce the wholesale borrowings to maintain a more neutral gap position.

 

ALM management is intended to provide for adequate liquidity and interest rate sensitivity by matching interest rate-sensitive assets and liabilities and coordinating maturities on assets and liabilities.  With the exception of the majority of residential mortgage loans, loans generally are written having terms that provide for a readjustment of the interest rate at specified times during the term of the loan.  In addition, interest rates offered for all types of deposit instruments are reviewed weekly and are established on a basis consistent with funding needs and maintaining a desirable spread between cost and return.

 

During October 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $5 million.  This derivative financial instrument effectively converted fixed interest rate obligations of outstanding junior subordinated debt instruments to variable interest rate obligations, decreasing the asset sensitivity of its balance sheet by more closely matching the Company’s variable rate assets with variable rate liabilities.

 

During 2008, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements with a combined notional amount of $15 million.  These derivative financial instruments effectively converted floating rate interest rate obligations of outstanding junior subordinated debt instruments to fixed interest rate obligations, decreasing the asset sensitivity of its balance sheet by more closely matching the Company’s fixed rate assets with fixed rate liabilities.

 

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Item 3.        Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

There have been no material changes in the Company’s assessment of its sensitivity to market risk since its presentation in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC.

 

Item 4.        Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of June 30, 2010.  Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded, as a result of the material weakness described in the following paragraph, that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of such date.

 

On November 9, 2009, the Company concluded, as a result of discussions with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, that it would amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 to revise its accounting for certain junior subordinated debentures and the related hedges.  The Company determined that the accounting treatment under FASB ASC 815 previously used to report the fair value of junior subordinated debt, the fair value of the cash flow hedges and the resultant change in value in accumulated other comprehensive income was incorrect.  The accounting treatment should have been in accordance with FASB ASC 825 and the changes in value reported in operations.  (The Company had elected accounting treatment under FASB ASC 825 for the junior subordinated debt and therefore it was required to use the same accounting treatment for the related cash flow hedges and did not have the option to utilize the accounting treatment prescribed by FASB ASC 815.)  This accounting error and the corresponding restatements resulted in management’s determination that a material weakness existed with respect to the internal controls over financial reporting related to accounting for the fair value of junior subordinated debt and related interest rate swaps at December 31, 2008.  The material weakness was not identified until November 2009, and continued to exist at March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009.  To remediate this material weakness, in addition to current procedures the Company has added a review specifically for disclosures and accounting treatment for all complex financial instruments acquired or disposed of during each reporting period.  The material weakness described relates only to the applicable accounting treatment to these complex financial instruments.

 

Except as described in the preceding paragraph to remediate the material weakness described, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1         Legal Proceedings — None

 

Item 1A      Risk Factors

 

There are no material changes to the risk factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.  Please refer to that section for disclosures regarding the risks and uncertainties related to the company’s business.

 

Item 2         Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

No shares of the Company’s common stock were repurchased by the Company during the three month period ended June 30, 2010.  The maximum number of common shares that may yet be purchased under the Company’s current stock repurchase program is 115,000 shares.

 

Item 3         Defaults Upon Senior Securities — None

 

Item 4         [Removed and Reserved]

 

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Item 5         Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Title

 

 

 

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation of VIST Financial Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2008).

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of VIST Financial Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2008).

 

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

32.1

 

Rule 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

VIST FINANCIAL CORP.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated: August 06, 2010

By

/s/Robert D. Davis

 

 

 

 

 

Robert D. Davis

 

 

President and Chief

 

 

Executive Officer

 

 

 

Dated: August 06, 2010

By

/s/Edward C. Barrett

 

 

 

 

 

Edward C. Barrett

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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