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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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, 2004
 
 
¨
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 0-8467

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WESBANCO, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
WEST VIRGINIA
55-0571723
State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
 
 
 
1 Bank Plaza, Wheeling, WV
26003
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
304-234-9000
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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 þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Yes þ No ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of July 30, 2004 there were 19,649,453 shares of WesBanco, Inc. common stock $2.0833 par value, outstanding.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
WESBANCO, INC.
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
ITEM #
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 

1
Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 (unaudited)
3
 
Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)
4
 
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)
5
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)
6
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
7 - 11
 
 
 
2
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
 
 
Condition and Results of Operations
12 - 21
 
 
 
3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
21 - 22
 
 
 
4
Controls and Procedures
22
 
 
 
 
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
 

1
Legal Proceedings
22 - 23
 
 
 
2
Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
23 
 
 
 
3
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
24
 
 
 
4
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
24
 
 
 
5
Other Information
24
 
 
 
6(a)
Exhibits
24
 
 
 
6(b)
Reports on Form 8-K
25
 
 
 
 
Signatures
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
     
 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2004
December 31, 2003



ASSETS
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
Cash and due from banks
   $ 93,025     $ 88,021   
Due from banks interest bearing
   
2,114
   
3,189
 
Federal funds sold
   
   
17,000
 
Securities:
   
 
   
 
 
Held to maturity (fair values of $417,535 and $449,746, respectively)
   
410,339
   
434,226
 
Available for sale, carried at fair value
   
747,088
   
766,883
 

 
Total securities
   
1,157,427
   
1,201,109
 

 
Loans held for sale
   
1,627
   
1,741
 

 
Total portfolio loans, net of unearned income
   
2,028,846
   
1,931,797
 
Allowance for loan losses
   
(27,267
)
 
(26,235
)

 
Net portfolio loans
   
2,001,579
   
1,905,562
 

 
Premises and equipment
   
53,162
   
53,232
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
17,536
   
18,247
 
Goodwill
   
49,868
   
49,868
 
Core deposit intangible, net
   
7,359
   
7,933
 
Bank-owned life insurance
   
67,401
   
66,001
 
Other assets
   
44,725
   
33,103
 

 
Total Assets
 
$
3,495,823
 
$
3,445,006
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
LIABILITIES
   
 
   
 
 
Deposits:
   
 
   
 
 
Non-interest bearing demand
 
$
335,843
 
$
328,337
 
Interest bearing demand
   
281,998
   
307,925
 
Money market
   
552,217
   
563,295
 
Savings deposits
   
354,567
   
352,324
 
Certificates of deposit
   
922,564
   
930,201
 

 
Total deposits
   
2,447,189
   
2,482,082
 

 
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
432,975
   
361,230
 
Other borrowings
   
191,498
   
217,754
 
Junior subordinated debt
   
72,174
   
30,936
 

 
Total borrowings
   
696,647
   
609,920
 

Accrued interest payable
   
5,643
   
5,793
 
Other liabilities
   
27,716
   
28,775
 

 
Total Liabilities
   
3,177,195
   
3,126,570
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
   
 
   
 
 
Preferred stock, no par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding
   
   
 
Common stock ($2.0833 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized;
   
 
   
 
 
21,319,348 shares issued)
   
44,415
   
44,415
 
Capital surplus
   
52,975
   
52,900
 
Retained earnings
   
272,370
   
263,080
 
Treasury stock (1,669,895 and 1,577,884 shares, respectively, at cost)
   
(41,278
)
 
(38,383
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
(8,393
)
 
(1,864
)
Deferred benefits for directors and employees
   
(1,461
)
 
(1,712
)

 
Total Shareholders' Equity
   
318,628
   
318,436
 

 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
 
$
3,495,823
 
$
3,445,006
 

 
 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

3
 
     
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
   

 
 
2004
2003
2004
2003

INTEREST INCOME
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Loans, including fees
 
$
28,618
 
$
28,108
 
$
56,782
 
$
56,855
 
Securities:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Taxable
   
7,069
   
8,047
   
14,362
   
16,644
 
Tax-exempt
   
4,322
   
4,357
   
8,673
   
8,821
 

 
Total interest on securities
   
11,391
   
12,404
   
23,035
   
25,465
 

 
Federal funds sold
   
11
   
107
   
35
   
204
 

 
Total interest income
   
40,020
   
40,619
   
79,852
   
82,524
 

 
INTEREST EXPENSE
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Interest bearing demand deposits
   
178
   
280
   
374
   
584
 
Money market deposits
   
2,311
   
3,037
   
4,647
   
5,935
 
Savings deposits
   
277
   
615
   
557
   
1,309
 
Certificates of deposit
   
6,464
   
8,065
   
12,997
   
16,782
 

 
Total interest on deposits
   
9,230
   
11,997
   
18,575
   
24,610
 
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
3,337
   
3,653
   
6,527
   
7,222
 
Other borrowings
   
578
   
585
   
1,119
   
1,192
 
Junior subordinated debt and trust preferred securities
   
513
   
305
   
942
   
580
 

    
 
Total interest expense
   
13,658
   
16,540
   
27,163
   
33,604
 

 
NET INTEREST INCOME
   
26,362
   
24,079
   
52,689
   
48,920
 
Provision for loan losses
   
1,496
   
2,479
   
3,296
   
4,459
 

 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
24,866
   
21,600
   
49,393
   
44,461
 

 
NON-INTEREST INCOME
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Trust fees
   
3,210
   
2,615
   
6,741
   
5,597
 
Service charges on deposits
   
3,233
   
3,007
   
6,245
   
5,703
 
Bank-owned life insurance
   
732
   
827
   
1,421
   
1,618
 
Other income
   
762
   
472
   
1,630
   
1,245
 
Net securities gains
   
155
   
1,347
   
816
   
2,353
 

 
Total non-interest income
   
8,092
   
8,268
   
16,853
   
16,516
 

 
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Salaries and wages
   
8,294
   
8,091
   
16,684
   
16,051
 
Employee benefits
   
2,984
   
2,561
   
5,789
   
5,043
 
Net occupancy
   
1,362
   
1,341
   
2,930
   
2,831
 
Equipment
   
1,884
   
1,818
   
3,654
   
3,636
 
Core deposit intangible amortization
   
287
   
368
   
574
   
660
 
Other operating
   
6,635
   
6,706
   
12,950
   
12,719
 

 
Total non-interest expense
   
21,446
   
20,885
   
42,581
   
40,940
 

 
Income before provision for income taxes
   
11,512
   
8,983
   
23,665
   
20,037
 
Provision for income taxes
   
2,149
   
1,242
   
4,543
   
3,407
 

 
NET INCOME
 
$
9,363
 
$
7,741
 
$
19,122
 
$
16,630
 

 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Earnings per share - basic
 
$
0.48
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.97
 
$
0.82
 
Earnings per share - diluted
 
$
0.48
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.97
 
$
0.82
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Average shares outstanding - basic
   
19,665,779
   
20,122,685
   
19,692,856
   
20,243,813
 
Average shares outstanding - diluted
   
19,709,958
   
20,145,264
   
19,740,856
   
20,261,825
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Dividends per share
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.24
 
$
0.50
 
$
0.48
 

 
 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
4
 
     
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
   
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
Benefits for
 
 
 
Common Stock
Capital
Retained
Treasury
Comprehensive
Directors &
 
 
 
Shares
Amount
Surplus
Earnings
Stock
Income
Employees
Total

December 31, 2002
 
20,461,745
$44,415
$52,855
$246,148
$(20,482)
$4,305
$(2,070)
$325,171

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
 
 
 
16,630
 
 
 
16,630
Change in accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2,824)
 
(2,824)
   
Comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13,806
Cash dividends: Common ($.48 per share)
 
 
 
 
(9,682)
 
 
 
(9,682)
Treasury shares purchased
 
(480,876)
 
 
 
(11,677)
 
 
(11,677)
Treasury shares sold
 
46,454
 
23
 
1,116
 
 
1,139
Deferred benefits for directors – net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(18)
(18)

June 30, 2003
 
20,027,323
$44,415
$52,878
$253,096
$(31,043)
$1,481
$(2,088)
$318,739

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

December 31, 2003
 
19,741,464
$44,415
$52,900
$263,080
$(38,383)
$(1,864)
$(1,712)
$318,436

Net income
 
 
 
 
19,122
 
 
 
19,122
Change in accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 
 
(6,529)
 
(6,529)
   
Comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,593
Cash dividends: Common ($.50 per share)
 
 
 
 
(9,832)
 
 
 
(9,832)
Treasury shares purchased
 
(140,874)
 
 
 
(4,058)
 
 
(4,058)
Treasury shares sold
 
48,863
 
75
 
1,163
 
 
1,238
Deferred benefits for directors – net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
251
251

June 30, 2004
 
19,649,453
$44,415
$52,975
$272,370
$(41,278)
$(8,393)
$(1,461)
$318,628

 
There was no activity in Preferred Stock during the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003.
 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
5
 
     
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited, in thousands)
 
 
 
 
For the  Six Months Ended June 30,
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
2004
2003

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
   
 
   
 
 
Net income
 
$
19,122
 
$
16,630
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
   
 
   
 
 
provided by operating activities:
   
 
   
 
 
Depreciation
   
2,904
   
2,915
 
Net amortization
   
1,849
   
2,414
 
Provision for loan losses
   
3,296
   
4,459
 
Gains on sales of securities – net
   
(816
)
 
(2,353
)
Gains on sales of loans – net
   
(146
)
 
(290
)
Deferred income taxes
   
(1,387
)
 
(1,010
)
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
   
(1,400
)
 
(1,595
)
Loans originated for sale
   
(11,343
)
 
(19,739
)
Proceeds from the sale of loans originated for sale
   
11,602
   
20,200
 
Other – net
   
(105
)
 
235
 
Net change in:
   
 
   
 
 
Other assets and interest receivable
   
(4,147
)
 
(5,861
)
Other liabilities and interest payable
   
423
   
39,302
 

 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
19,852
   
55,307
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
   
 
   
 
 
Securities held to maturity:
   
 
   
 
 
Proceeds from maturities, prepayments and calls
   
37,480
   
53,128
 
Payments for purchases
   
(13,536
)
 
(20,293
)
Securities available for sale:
   
 
   
 
 
Proceeds from sales
   
66,843
   
96,028
 
Proceeds from maturities, prepayments and calls
   
119,561
   
296,969
 
Payments for purchases
   
(181,442
)
 
(504,525
)
Purchase of loans
   
(17,261
)
 
(10,148
)
Increase in loans
   
(82,053
)
 
(13,092
)
Purchases of premises and equipment – net
   
(2,792
)
 
(2,357
)

 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(73,200
)
 
(104,290
)

 
 
   
 
   
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
   
 
   
 
 
Increase (decrease) in deposits
   
(34,607
)
 
69,744
 
Increase in Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
72,396
   
22,830
 
Decrease in other borrowings
   
(50,557
)
 
(1,070
)
Increase (decrease) in federal funds purchased
   
24,300
   
(19,000
)
Redemption of trust preferred securities
   
   
(12,650
)
Proceeds from the issuance of junior subordinated debt/trust preferred securities
   
41,238
   
30,000
 
Dividends paid
   
(9,673
)
 
(9,700
)
Treasury shares purchased – net
   
(2,820
)
 
(10,538
)

 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
40,277
   
69,616
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(13,071
)
 
20,633
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
108,210
   
81,085
 

 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
95,139
 
$
101,718
 

 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:
   
 
   
 
 
Interest paid on deposits and other borrowings
 
$
27,312
 
$
34,596
 
Income taxes paid
   
7,375
   
3,980
 
Transfers of loans to other real estate owned
   
454
   
1,180
 
 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
6
 
     
 
 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Accounting Policies
Basis of presentation: The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of WesBanco and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accounting and reporting policies followed in the presentation of these financial statements are consistent with those applied in the preparation of the 2003 Annual Report for WesBanco, Inc. on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, adjustments necessary for a fa ir presentation of financial position and results of operations for the interim periods have been made. Such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 are not necessarily indicative of what results may be attained for the entire year.
Reclassification: Certain prior year financial information has been reclassified to conform to the presentation at June 30, 2004. The reclassifications had no effect on net income.
Cash and cash equivalents: For the purpose of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks and federal funds sold. Generally, federal funds are sold for one day periods.
Earnings per share: Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. For diluted earnings per share, the weighted average number of shares for each period assumes the exercise of stock options.
Stock-Based Compensation: In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure”, which provides guidance on how to transition from the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation under APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, to the fair value method of accounting under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, if a company so elects. WesBanco has elected to continue to account for stock-based compensation under APB Opinion No. 25. During the second quarter of 2004, WesBanco issued 63,000 stock options at an average option price of $26.60 per share and a fair value of $6.19 per share. These options vest at December 31, 2004.
 
The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share as if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period:
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
   

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
   
2004

 

 

2003

 

 

2004

 

 

2003
 

 
 
 
 
 
Net income as reported
 
$
9,363
 
$
7,741
 
$
19,122
 
$
16,630
 
Stock based compensation expense under fair value based method – net of tax
   
(166
)
 
(131
)
 
(216
)
 
(263
)

 
 
 
 
 
Pro forma net income
 
$
9,197
 
$
7,610
 
$
18,906
 
$
16,367
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Earnings per share as reported - basic
 
$
0.48
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.97
 
$
0.82
 
Earnings per share as reported - diluted
 
$
0.48
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.97
 
$
0.82
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Pro forma earnings per share - basic
 
$
0.47
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.96
 
$
0.81
 
Pro forma earnings per share - diluted
 
$
0.47
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.96
 
$
0.81
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
The fair values of stock options granted were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following table sets forth the significant assumptions used in calculating the fair value of the grants:
 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
   

 
   
2004

 

 

2003

 

 

2004

 

 

2003
 

 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average life
   
6 Years
   
N/A
   
6 Years
   
N/A
 
Risk-free interest rates
   
4.16
%
 
N/A
   
4.16
%
 
N/A
 
Dividend yield
   
3.75
   
N/A
   
3.75
   
N/A
 
Volatility factors
   
29.64
   
N/A
   
29.64
   
N/A
 
Fair value of the grants
 
$
6.19
   
N/A
 
$
6.19
   
N/A
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
New accounting standards: In December 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003), “Employers' Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits”, that improves financial statement disclosures for defined benefit plans. The change replaces existing SFAS No. 132 disclosure requirements for pensions and other postretirement benefits and revises employers' disclosures about pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. It does not change the measurement of recognition of those plans required by SFAS No. 87, “Employers' Accounting for Pensions” and SFAS No. 88, “Employers' Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and for Termination Benefits”. SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003) retains the disclosure requirements contained in the original SFAS No. 132, but requires additional disclosures about the plan assets, obligations, cash flows, and net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit pension plans and other defined benefit postretirement plans. SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003) is effective for annual and interim periods with fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003. WesBanco has adopted the revised disclosure provisions.
In January 2003 and December 2003, the FASB issued FIN No. 46 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“VIE’s”), an interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements”, and FIN No. 46-R, a revision of FIN No. 46. Both FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R address the consolidation of entities whose equity holders have either (a) not provided sufficient equity at
 
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risk to allow the entity to finance its own activities or (b) do not possess certain characteristics of a controlling financial interest. FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R require the consolidation of these VIE's by the primary beneficiary of the entity. The primary beneficiary is the entity, if any, that is subject to a majority of the risk of loss from the VIE's activities, entitled to receive a majority of the VIE's residual returns, or both. FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R apply immediately to variable interests in VIE's created or obtained after January 31, 2003. For variable interests in a VIE created before February 1, 2003, FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R apply to VIE's no later than the end of the first reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. The interpretations require certain disclosures in financial statements issued after January 31, 2003.
WesBanco has adopted the provisions under the criteria established by FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R. Accordingly, WesBanco has de-consolidated two of its wholly owned trust subsidiaries created after January 31, 2003, which issued junior subordinated debt to WesBanco. The result was to recognize WesBanco's investment in the common stock of each trust subsidiary in other assets and to report the amount of junior subordinated debt issued by WesBanco to its trust subsidiaries in the liability section of the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Prior to FIN No. 46, WesBanco eliminated the investments in all of its trust subsidiaries and reported trust preferred securities in the liability section of WesBanco's Consolidated Balance Sheet. Management has evaluated its investments in low-income housing partnerships and other limited partnerships and determined that consolidation of these investments is not required. The implementation of FIN No. 46 and FIN No. 46-R did not have a significant impact on WesBanco's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
In March 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 105, “Application of Accounting Principles to Loan Commitments” (“SAB No. 105”). SAB No. 105 summarizes the views of the staff of the SEC regarding the application of generally accepted accounting principles to loan commitments accounted for as derivative instruments. SAB 105 provides that the fair value of recorded loan commitments that are accounted for as derivatives under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” should not incorporate the expected future cash flows related to the associated servicing of the future loan. The provisions of SAB No. 105 must be applied to loan commitments accounted for as derivatives that are entered into after March 31, 2004. The implementation of SAB No. 105 did not have a significant impact on WesBanco's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Note 2 – Business Segments
WesBanco operates two reportable segments: community banking, and trust and investment services. WesBanco’s community banking segment offers services traditionally offered by full-service commercial banks, including commercial demand, individual demand and time deposit accounts, as well as commercial, mortgage and individual installment loans. The trust and investment services segment offers trust services as well as various alternative investment products including mutual funds. The market value of assets under administration of the trust and investment services segment was approximately $2.6 billion at June 30, 2004, $2.5 billion at June 30, 2003 and $2.8 billion at December 31, 2003. These assets are held by WesBanco’s principal banking subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc., in fiduciary or agency capacities for their customers and therefore are not included as assets on Wes Banco’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The following table provides selected financial information for the segments of WesBanco:
 
 
Community Banking
Trust and Investment Services
Consolidated
(Unaudited, in thousands)
 

 
For the three months ended June 30, 2004:
   
 
   
 
   
 
 


 
Net interest income
 
$
26,362
   
 
$
26,362
 
Provision for loan losses
   
1,496
   
   
1,496
 
Non-interest income
   
4,882
 
$
3,210
   
8,092
 
Non-interest expense
   
19,419
   
2,027
   
21,446
 
Provision for income taxes
   
1,675
   
474
   
2,149
 
Net income
 
$
8,654
 
$
709
 
$
9,363
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2003:
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

 
Net interest income
 
$
24,079
   
 
$
24,079
 
Provision for loan losses
   
2,479
   
   
2,479
 
Non-interest income
   
5,653
 
$
2,615
   
8,268
 
Non-interest expense
   
19,206
   
1,679
   
20,885
 
Provision for income taxes
   
868
   
374
   
1,242
 
Net income
 
$
7,179
 
$
562
 
$
7,741
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2004:
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

 
Net interest income
 
$
52,689
   
 
$
52,689
 
Provision for loan losses
   
3,296
   
   
3,296
 
Non-interest income
   
10,112
 
$
6,741
   
16,853
 
Non-interest expense
   
38,534
   
4,047
   
42,581
 
Provision for income taxes
   
3,465
   
1,078
   
4,543
 
Net income
 
$
17,506
 
$
1,616
 
$
19,122
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2003:
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

 
Net interest income
 
$
48,920
   
 
$
48,920
 
Provision for loan losses
   
4,459
   
   
4,459
 
Non-interest income
   
10,919
 
$
5,597
   
16,516
 
Non-interest expense
   
37,306
   
3,634
   
40,940
 
Provision for income taxes
   
2,622
   
785
   
3,407
 
Net income
 
$
15,452
 
$
1,178
 
$
16,630
 

 
 
 
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Note 3 – Goodwill and Core Deposit Intangible
WesBanco’s Consolidated Balance Sheet includes goodwill of $49.9 million at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003. In 2002, WesBanco capitalized $31.0 million in goodwill and $11.1 million in core deposit intangibles in connection with the American acquisition, (“American”). The core deposit intangible is being amortized over a weighted average life of approximately 8 years. Amortization expense on core deposit intangibles totaled $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, compared to $0.4 million and $0.7 million for the corresponding periods in 2003. The remaining goodwill intangible is not subject to amortization but is evaluated annually for possible impairment.
Core deposit intangible amortization for each of the next five years is as follows: (Unaudited, in thousands)
Year
 
Amount



Remainder of 2004
 
$580
2005
 
957
2006
 
802
2007
 
677
2008
 
573




Note 4 – Other Comprehensive Income
The changes in accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
   

(Unaudited, in thousands)
 
2004
2003
2004
2003

Net Income
 
$
9,363
 
$
7,741
 
$
19,122
   $
16,630
 
Securities available for sale:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale
   
(19,489
)
 
657
   
(11,419
)
 
(1,742
)
Related income tax (expense) benefit (1)
   
7,698
   
(260
)
 
4,511
   
688
 
Net securities (gains) losses reclassified into earnings
   
(155
)
 
(1,177
)
 
(816
)
 
(2,182
)
Related income tax expense (benefit) (1)
   
61
   
465
   
322
   
862
 

 
Net effect on other comprehensive income for the period
   
(11,885
)
 
(315
)
 
(7,402
)
 
(2,374
)

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Cash flow hedge derivatives:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives
   
1,938
   
(804
)
 
1,527
   
(650
)
Related income tax (expense) benefit (1)
   
(766
)
 
318
   
(604
)
 
257
 
Net derivative (gains) losses reclassified into earnings
   
(41
)
 
(47
)
 
(83
)
 
(95
)
Related income tax expense (benefit) (1)
   
16
   
19
   
33
   
38
 

 
Net effect on other comprehensive income for the period
   
1,147
   
(514
)
 
873
   
(450
)

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Total change in other comprehensive income (loss)
   
(10,738
)
 
(829
)
 
(6,529
)
 
(2,824
)

 
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(1,375
)
$
(6,912
)
$
12,593
 
$
13,806
 

 
 
(1) Related income tax expense (benefit) is calculated using a combined Federal and State income tax rate approximating 40%.
 

 
The activity in accumulated other comprehensive income is as follows:
(Unaudited, in thousands)
   
Minimum Pension Liability

 

 

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities Available for Sale

 

 

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments Used in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

 

 

Total
 

 
 
Balance, December 31, 2002
 
$
(2,955
)
$
10,337
 
$
(3,077
)
$
4,305
 
Period change, net of tax
   
   
(2,374
)
 
(450
)
 
(2,824
)

 
Balance, June 30, 2003
 
$
(2,955
)
$
7,963
 
$
(3,527
)
$
1,481
 

 
 
Balance, December 31, 2003
   
 
$
561
 
$
(2,425
)
$
(1,864
)
Period change, net of tax
   
   
(7,402
)
 
873
   
(6,529
)

 
Balance, June 30, 2004
   
 
$
(6,841
)
$
(1,552
)
$
(8,393
)

 

Note 5: Junior Subordinated Debt and Trust Preferred Securities
In June of 2004, WesBanco formed WesBanco Capital Trust IV and WesBanco Capital Trust V (the “Trusts”). These Trusts were formed for the purpose of issuing $40.0 million in trust preferred securities through two pooled trust preferred programs. The Trust Preferred Securities were issued and sold in private placement offerings. The proceeds from the sale thereof were invested in Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures issued by WesBanco. All proceeds from the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and the common securities issued by the Trusts are invested in Junior Subordinated Debentures, which are the sole assets of the Trusts. The Trusts pay dividends on the Trust Preferred Securities at the same rate as the distributions paid by WesBanco on the Junior Subordinated Debentures held by the Trusts. Both Trusts provide WesBanco with the option to defer payment o f interest on the debentures for an aggregate of 20 consecutive quarterly periods. Should this option be utilized, WesBanco may not declare or pay dividends on its common stock during any such period. Undertakings made by WesBanco with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by WesBanco of the obligations of the Trust Preferred Securities.
 
 
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On March 1, 2002, WesBanco assumed $12.65 million of 8.50% Company Obligated Manditorily Redeemable Capital Securities of Subsidiary Trust (“Trust Preferred Securities”) in connection with the American acquisition. On June 30, 2003, WesBanco redeemed all of the 8.50% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures held by WesBanco Capital Trust I, by redeeming 1,265,000 shares of its outstanding 8.50% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities. A total of $12.65 million of Trust Preferred Securities were redeemed at a price of $10.00 per share. In connection with the redemption in the second quarter of 2003, WesBanco included in other operating expenses the write-off of $0.6 million in unamortized issuance costs related to the original issuance of these Trust Preferred Securities.
In June of 2003, WesBanco formed WesBanco, Inc. Capital Trust II and WesBanco, Inc. Capital Statutory Trust III (the “Trusts”). These Trusts were formed for the purpose of issuing $30.0 million in trust preferred securities through two pooled trust preferred programs. The Trust Preferred Securities were issued and sold in private placement offerings. The proceeds from the sale thereof were invested in Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (the “Junior Subordinated Debt”) issued by WesBanco. All proceeds from the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and the common securities issued by the Trusts are invested in Junior Subordinated Debentures, which are the sole assets of the Trusts. The Trusts pay dividends on the Trust Preferred Securities at the same rate as the distributions paid by WesBanco on the Junior Subordinated Debentures held by the Trus ts. Both Trusts provide WesBanco with the option to defer payment of interest on the debentures for an aggregate of 20 consecutive quarterly periods. Should this option be utilized, WesBanco may not declare or pay dividends on its common stock during any such period. Undertakings made by WesBanco with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by WesBanco of the obligations of the Trust Preferred Securities.
WesBanco adopted the provisions of FIN No. 46 in the fourth quarter of 2003. As a result, WesBanco de-consolidated its special purpose trusts which were formed for the issuance of trust preferred securities to outside investors, because they do not absorb a majority of the expected losses or residual returns of the trusts. These Trusts were previously consolidated because they were controlled by WesBanco through a majority voting interest. The effect of such deconsolidation was to remove the Trust Preferred Securities from WesBanco's Consolidated Balance Sheet, recognize WesBanco's junior subordinated debt obligations to the special purpose trusts, and record each of WesBanco's equity investments in the common stock of the special purpose trusts as an other asset. The junior subordinated debt obligations and equity investments were previously eliminated in consolidation.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are presented as a separate category of long-term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. For regulatory purposes, the Federal Reserve Board currently allows bank holding companies to include trust preferred securities up to a certain limit of Tier 1 Capital. The Trust Preferred Securities provide the issuer with a unique capital instrument that has a tax deductible interest feature not normally associated with the equity of a corporation.
The following table shows WesBanco’s Trust Subsidiaries with outstanding Trust Preferred Securities as of June 30, 2004:
 
Trust
 
Junior
Stated
Optional
 
Preferred
Common
Subordinated
Maturity
Redemption
(Unaudited, in thousands)
Securities
Securities
Debt
Date
Date






WesBanco, Inc. Capital Trust II (1)
$13,000
$410
$13,410
6/30/2033
6/30/2008(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
WesBanco, Inc. Capital Statutory Trust III (2)
17,000
526
17,526
6/26/2033
6/26/2008(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
WesBanco Capital Trust IV (3)
20,000
619
20,619
6/17/2034
6/17/2009(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
WesBanco Capital Trust V (4)
20,000
619
20,619
6/17/2034
6/17/2009(5)






Total trust preferred securities
$70,000
$2,174
$72,174
 
 




(1) Fixed rate of 5.80% through June 30, 2008 and three-month LIBOR plus 3.15% thereafter
(2) Fixed rate of 5.55% through June 26, 2008 and three-month LIBOR plus 3.10% thereafter
(3) Fixed rate of 3.96% through September 17, 2004 and three-month LIBOR plus 2.65% thereafter
(4) Fixed rate of 6.91% through June 17, 2009 and three-month LIBOR plus 2.65% thereafter.
(5) Redeemable at par at anytime after the noted date.

The interest expense incurred on these trust preferred securities and junior subordinated debt for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004 was $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, compared to $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the corresponding periods in 2003.
 
Note 6: Pension Plan
The following table presents the net periodic pension cost for WesBanco’s Defined Benefit Pension Plan and the related components in accordance with SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003), “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits”:

(Unaudited, in thousands)
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
2004

 

 

2003

 

 

2004

 

 

2003
 

 
Service cost benefits earned during year
 
$
515
 
$
363
 
$
1,030
 
$
726
 
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
   
652
   
599
   
1,304
   
1,198
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(729
)
 
(590
)
 
(1,458
)
 
(1,180
)
Net amortization and recognized loss
   
175
   
184
   
350
   
368
 

 
Net periodic pension cost
 
$
613
 
$
556
 
$
1,226
 
$
1,112
 

 

Cash Flows
The following table sets forth information about the expected cash flows for the pension plan: (Unaudited, in thousands)
Employer Contributions
 
Amount

2004
 
$1,979

 
 
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Note 7: Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
WesBanco enters into various commitments to extend credit in the normal course of business, which are accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Those instruments include revolving lines of credit to businesses and consumers as well as letters of credit that involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. Since many of those commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. WesBanco adheres to the same credit policies in making such commitments as it does for on-balance sheet instruments, which includes requiring collateral or other security to support financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk. WesBanco's exposure to credit losses on such commitments is lim ited to the contractual amount of those instruments. Probable losses on such commitments are recorded in other liabilities.
Commitments for lines of credit were $373.3 million at June 30, 2004 compared to $325.7 million at December 31, 2003. This increase is primarily due to growth in operating lines of credit to businesses and commercial real estate construction loans. Commitments for letters of credit were $31.7 million at June 30, 2004 and $31.6 million at December 31, 2003. Standby letters of credit are considered guarantees in accordance with the criteria specified by FIN No. 45, which was adopted on January 1, 2003. After that date, WesBanco issued new or modified standby letters of credit with an aggregate contract amount of $5.8 million. The guarantee liability associated with these new or modified standby letters of credit is carried at the estimated fair value of $21 thousand and is included in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2004.

Note 8 – Agreement to Merge
On April 1, 2004, WesBanco announced the execution of a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for the merger of Western Ohio Financial Corporation (“Western Ohio”), Springfield, Ohio, and Western’s affiliate, Cornerstone Bank with and into WesBanco and its principal banking subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc. Under the terms of the transaction, WesBanco will exchange a combination of its common stock and cash for Western Ohio common stock. For each share of Western Ohio common stock that a Western Ohio shareholder owns they will receive, at their election, either $35.00 in cash or 1.18 shares of WesBanco common stock, subject to certain limitations. The exchange is structured to be a 55% stock and 45% cash transaction. As of March 31, 2004, Western Ohio had total assets of $407.4 million, deposits of $257.5 million and stockholders’ equity of $45.3 milli on, currently operating through 7 branches and 15 ATM’s. In June of 2004, WesBanco issued $40.0 million in trust preferred securities in order to assist in funding the cash portion of the transaction, which is approximately $30.0 million. WesBanco has obtained all the necessary regulatory approvals for the Western Ohio acquisition. The closing of the transaction is anticipated to be completed in August of 2004 pending approval by the shareholders of Western Ohio at their upcoming August 17, 2004 special shareholders’ meeting.

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

Management's Discussion and Analysis represents an overview of the results of operations and financial condition of WesBanco, Inc. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Forward-looking statements in this report relating to WesBanco’s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions and adequacy of resources, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information contained in this report should be read in conjunction with WesBanco’s most recent annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as well as the Form 10-Q for the prior quarter ended March 31, 2004, which are available at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov or at WesBanco’s website, www.wesbanco.com. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements, which are not historical fact, involve risks and uncertainties, including those deta iled in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the section “Risk Factors”. Such statements are subject to important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements, including without limitation, the effect of changing regional and national economic conditions; changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and associated interest rate sensitivity; sources of liquidity available to the parent company and its related subsidiary operations; potential future credit losses and the credit risk of commercial, real estate, and consumer loan customers and their borrowing activities; actions of the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers and other regulatory bodies; potential legislative and federal and state regulatory or tax action s and reform; competitive conditions in the financial services industry; rapidly changing technology affecting financial services, and/or other external developments materially impacting WesBanco’s operational and financial performance. WesBanco does not assume any duty to update forward-looking statements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES: WesBanco’s critical accounting policies involving the significant judgments and assumptions used in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of June 30, 2004 have remained unchanged from the disclosures presented in WesBanco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 under the section “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

Overview
WesBanco is a multi-state bank holding company presently operating through 73 banking offices, one loan production office and 105 ATM machines in West Virginia, Central and Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, offering retail banking, corporate banking, personal and corporate trust services, brokerage services, mortgage banking and insurance. Economic factors such as market interest rates, local and regional economic conditions and the competitive environment influence WesBanco’s business volumes.
Despite the continuation of relative historically low short-term interest rates, WesBanco’s net interest income grew in the second quarter and first half of 2004. Overall earning asset growth, primarily in loans, during 2004 as well as a reduction of rates on deposit products in the second half of 2003 and overall lower borrowing costs in 2004 contributed to the expansion of the net interest margin in 2004.
Total loans increased mainly as a result of growth in commercial lending, while WesBanco’s other loan categories showed modest increases. WesBanco has experienced growth mainly in commercial and commercial real estate loans as a result of a greater focus on new business development in all markets as well as the addition of experienced lenders in existing markets and the newer markets of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Central Ohio, as these areas have shown higher levels of growth. WesBanco expects growth opportunities to continue in commercial, although at a somewhat slower rate than the first half of 2004, and to a lesser extent, consumer and mortgage lending.
Total investment securities decreased slightly while cash flows from the portfolio due to calls, maturities and prepayments for 2004 have slowed considerably over the levels experienced in 2003. With the increase in loan demand, a portion of the cash flows have shifted out of the investment portfolio into higher yielding loans.
Total deposits decreased compared to the year end levels due to decreases in interest bearing demand, money market accounts and certificates of deposit. On an average balance basis, deposits increased slightly over the year end 2003 balances. In 2004, more emphasis has been placed on lower cost transaction accounts, with a new campaign to market WesBanco’s free checking products and competitive special certificates of deposit offerings.
Asset quality, which began to improve throughout 2003, continues to show strong improvement in 2004. Since year end 2003, WesBanco experienced lower levels of non-performing assets, a reduced level of charge-offs due to increased collection efforts and recoveries, and improved collateral values on repossessed automobiles, as well as a decrease in loans past due 90 days or more and delinquencies less than 90 days past due.

Earnings Summary
WesBanco’s earnings per share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004 increased 26.3% to $0.48 compared to $0.38 for 2003. Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 increased 21.0% to $9.4 million compared to $7.7 million for 2003. WesBanco’s earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2004 increased 18.3% to $0.97 compared to $0.82 for 2003. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 increased 15.0% to $19.1 million compared to $16.6 million for 2003.
Annualized return on average assets for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004 increased to 1.10% and 1.13%, respectively, compared to 0.93% and 1.01% for the corresponding periods in 2003. Annualized return on average equity for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004 increased to 11.80% and 12.02%, respectively, compared to 9.69% and 10.41% for the corresponding periods in 2003.
 
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Net Interest Income
Net interest income, which is WesBanco’s largest revenue source, is the difference between interest income on earning assets (loans, securities and federal funds sold) and interest expense paid on liabilities (deposits and short and long term borrowings). Net interest income comprised 75.8% of total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2004. Net interest income is affected by the general level of interest rates, changes in interest rates, and changes in the amount and composition of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
Net interest income increased $2.3 million or 9.5% and $3.8 million or 7.7% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003 primarily from growth in earning assets and a lower cost of funds. The net interest margin expanded to 3.67% for the second quarter of 2004 and to 3.69% for the first half of 2004 compared to 3.44% and 3.55% for the corresponding periods in 2003.
Interest income decreased $0.6 million or 1.5% and $2.7 million or 3.2% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the yield on average earning assets for the second quarter and first half of 2004 decreased by 21 basis points to 5.42% and 35 basis points to 5.44% compared to the same periods in 2003. The decrease in average yields was due to the current low interest rate environment, the reinvestment of cash flows from prepayments on the investment portfolio into securities with lower yields and existing loans repricing at the current low interest rates, as well as lower new loan rates. Partially offsetting the decrease in yields for the same periods was the volume of average earning assets increasing $81.6 million or 2.7% and $89.2 million or 2.9%. The volume increases were primarily in average commercial loans. Total average loans as a perc entage of total average earning assets increased to 63.1% and 62.6% for the second quarter and first half of 2004 compared to 59.5% and 60.0% for the same periods in 2003.
Interest expense decreased $2.9 million or 17.4% and $6.4 million or 19.2% for the second quarter and first half of 2004, compared to the corresponding periods in 2003. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the average rate paid on interest bearing liabilities decreased to 2.00% for both the second quarter and first half of 2004, compared to 2.49% and 2.54% for the same periods in 2003. The decrease in the interest bearing liabilities rate was primarily due to WesBanco lowering rates on certain deposit products in the third quarter of 2003, as well as lower borrowing costs. During the same periods the average volume of interest bearing liabilities increased $56.5 million or 2.1% and $58.3 million or 2.2%. The average volume increase for both the second quarter and first half of 2004 was primarily due to WesBanco obtaining an additional $75.0 million in FHLB borrowings and the issuance of $41 .2 million in Junior Subordinated Debt, offset by slightly lower levels of total deposits. WesBanco experienced growth in lower cost interest bearing demand and money market accounts, as well as non-interest bearing demand deposits. These increases helped to offset the decline in more expensive certificates of deposits, which accounted for approximately 48% of total interest expense for both the second quarter and first half of 2004 and 2003.

TABLE 1: AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST ANALYSIS
 
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
   
 
 
2004
2003
2004
2003
   

 
Average
 

 

Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
(dollars in thousands)

 

Volume
Rate
Volume
Rate
Volume
Rate
Volume
Rate

 







ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans, net of unearned income (1)
 
$1,981,904
5.81%
$1,819,403
6.20%
$1,954,934
5.84%
$1,817,922
6.31%
Securities: (2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taxable
 
780,968
3.62
838,206
3.84
785,566
3.66
811,925
4.10
Tax-exempt (3)
 
372,130
7.15
364,154
7.36
373,708
7.14
367,955
7.38

 







Total securities
 
1,153,098
4.76
1,202,360
4.91
1,159,274
4.78
1,179,880
5.12
Federal funds sold
 
4,367
1.01
36,042
1.20
7,421
0.94
34,619
1.18

 







Total earning assets (3)
 
3,139,369
5.42%
3,057,805
5.63%
3,121,629
5.44%
3,032,421
5.79%

 







Other assets
 
278,819
 
290,681
 
274,410
 
288,852
 

 







Total assets
 
$3,418,188
 
$3,348,486
 
$3,396,039
 
$3,321,273
 

 







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest bearing demand deposits
 
$ 291,827
0.25%
$ 283,563
0.40%
$ 292,892
0.26%
$ 280,175
0.42%
Money market
 
558,354
1.66
536,682
2.27
561,310
1.66
525,705
2.28
Savings deposits
 
355,871
0.31
363,794
0.68
353,809
0.32
361,034
0.73
Certificates of deposit
 
926,761
2.81
971,923
3.33
928,580
2.81
971,968
3.48

 







Total interest bearing deposits
 
2,132,813
1.74
2,155,962
2.23
2,136,591
1.75
2,138,882
2.32
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
 
394,063
3.41
354,410
4.13
375,910
3.49
348,572
4.18
Other borrowings
 
180,103
1.29
162,214
1.45
178,030
1.26
164,950
1.46
Junior subordinated debt and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
trust preferred securities
 
37,270
5.54
15,159
8.07
34,103
5.55
13,912
8.41

 







Total interest bearing liabilities
 
2,744,249
2.00%
2,687,745
2.49%
2,724,634
2.00%
2,666,316
2.54%
Non-interest bearing demand deposits
 
322,402
 
298,609
 
318,709
 
294,478
 
Other liabilities
 
32,339
 
41,603
 
32,681
 
38,367
 
Shareholders' equity
 
319,198
 
320,529
 
320,015
 
322,112
 

 







Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
 
$3,418,188
 
$3,348,486
 
$3,396,039
 
$3,321,273
 

 







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest spread
 
 
3.41%
 
3.14%
 
3.43%
 
3.25%
Taxable equivalent net interest margin (3)
 
 
3.67%
 
3.44%
 
3.69%
 
3.55%

 







(1) Total loans are gross of allowance for loan losses, net of unearned income and include loans held for sale. Non-accrual loans were included in the average volume for the entire period. Loan fees included in interest income on loans are not material.
(2) Average yields on securities available for sale have been calculated based on amortized cost.
(3) The yield on earning assets and the net interest margin are presented on a fully taxable-equivalent (FTE) and annualized basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax benefit of income on certain tax-exempt loans and investments using the federal statutory tax rate of 35% for each period presented. WesBanco believes this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and provides relevant comparison between taxable and non-taxable amounts.
 
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TABLE 2. RATE/VOLUME ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND INTEREST EXPENSE (1)
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
Compared to 2003
Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
Compared to 2003
   

(in thousands)
 
 
 
Net Increase
 
 
Net Increase
   
Volume 

 

 

Rate

 

 

(Decrease)
 

 

Volume

 

 

Rate

 

 

(Decrease)
 

Increase (decrease) in interest income:
   
 
   
 
   
 
        
 
   
 
   
 
 
Loans, net of unearned income
 
$
33,910
 
$
(33,400
)
$
510
 
$
17,228
 
$
(17,301
)
$
(73
)
Taxable securities
   
(533
)
 
(445
)
 
(978
)
 
(527
)
 
(1,755
)
 
(2,282
)
Tax-exempt securities (2)
   
2,657
   
(2,692
)
 
(35
)
 
1,097
   
(1,245
)
 
(148
)
Federal funds sold
   
(82
)
 
(14
)
 
(96
)
 
(135
)
 
(34
)
 
(169
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total interest income change
   
35,952
   
(36,551
)
 
(599
)
 
17,663
   
(20,335
)
 
(2,672
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Increase (decrease) in interest expense:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Interest bearing demand deposits
   
240
   
(342
)
 
(102
)
 
170
   
(380
)
 
(210
)
Money market
   
3,341
   
(4,067
)
 
(726
)
 
2,351
   
(3,639
)
 
(1,288
)
Savings deposits
   
(13
)
 
(325
)
 
(338
)
 
(26
)
 
(726
)
 
(752
)
Certificates of deposit
   
(365
)
 
(1,236
)
 
(1,601
)
 
(716
)
 
(3,069
)
 
(3,785
)
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
7,919
   
(8,235
)
 
(316
)
 
2,889
   
(3,584
)
 
(695
)
Other borrowings
   
1,038
   
(1,045
)
 
(7
)
 
456
   
(529
)
 
(73
)
Junior subordinated debt and trust preferred securities
   
2,714
   
(2,506
)
 
208
   
1,588
   
(1,226
)
 
362
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total interest expense change
   
14,874
   
(17,756
)
 
(2,882
)
 
6,712
   
(13,153
)
 
(6,441
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income increase (decrease) (2)
 
$
21,078
 
$
(18,795
)
$
2,283
 
$
10,951
 
$
(7,182
)
$
3,769
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Changes to rate/volume are allocated to both rate and volume on a proportionate dollar basis.
(2) The yield on earning assets and the net interest margin is presented on a fully taxable-equivalent (FTE) and annualized basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax benefit of income on certain tax-exempt loans and investments using the federal statutory tax rate of 35% for each period presented. WesBanco believes this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and provides relevant comparison between taxable and non-taxable amount.
 

Non-interest Income
Non-interest income decreased $0.2 million or 2.1% compared to the second quarter of 2003, while on a year to date basis WesBanco experienced an increase of $0.3 million or 2.0%, with both periods in 2004 being impacted by lower net security gains and to a lesser degree, lower bank-owned life insurance income.
The most significant increase in non-interest income was in trust fees which showed strong increases of $0.6 million or 22.8% and $1.1 million or 20.4% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003, primarily due to new account relationships and a new fee schedule implemented in late 2003. The market value of trust assets under management was approximately $2.6 billion at June 30, 2004, compared to $2.5 billion at June 30, 2003 and $2.8 billion at March 31, 2004. The decline in market value, on a linked-quarter basis from March 31, 2004, was primarily caused by a loss of certain low-fee custodial accounts. The loss of these relationships will not have a significant effect on fee income as they have been substantially offset by higher revenue services and corresponding relationships. For the second quarter and first half of 2004 compared to the same periods in 2003, service charges on deposits increased $0.2 million or 7.5% and $0.5 million or 9.5% due to an increase in ATM and debit card transaction income resulting from customer promotions and as more customers embrace this technology. For the second quarter and first half of 2004 compared to the same periods in 2003, bank-owned life insurance decreased $0.1 million or 11.5% and $0.2 million or 12.2% primarily attributable to a decrease in the yields on the underlying variable return investments as market rates have decreased.
Net securities gains were $0.2 million and $0.8 million for the second quarter and first half of 2004, respectively, compared to $1.3 million and $2.4 million for the same periods in 2003. In 2003, WesBanco sold certain agency mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations with recent high prepayment rates in order to reposition the investment portfolio and to take advantage of market opportunities available at that time.
 
Non-interest Expense
Non-interest expense increased $0.6 million or 2.7% and $1.6 million or 4.0% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003. For the second quarter of 2004, compared to 2003, salaries and employee benefits increased $0.6 million or 5.9% due to normal annual salary increases as well as higher health insurance and pension costs, while most other categories of non-interest expense decreased or had marginal increases compared to the second quarter of 2003. For the second quarter and first half of 2003, other operating expenses included a write-off of $0.6 million in unamortized issuance costs associated with the redemption of the $12.65 million in trust preferred securities. For the first half of 2004, compared to 2003, higher salaries and health insurance and pension costs represented $1.4 million of the increase, while various expense line items within other operating expenses showed minor increases which were mostly offset by other line items decreasing. One of the largest increases was ATM costs based on transaction volume, which increased $0.4 million for the first half of 2004, compared to 2003 as WesBanco added additional machines in high volume areas and expanded higher transaction volumes. Marketing expenses also increased $0.3 million or 20.7%, compared to the first half of 2003, due to additional costs associated with numerous loan and deposit marketing campaigns and additional expense relating to the naming rights for the Wheeling Civic Center, which officially changed the name to “WesBanco Arena”. The largest decrease was in the miscellaneous tax area, which decreased $0.3 million for the first half of 2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to lower franchise tax expense. WesBanco also recorded $0.5 million in losses on equity partnerships and amortization expense relating to low-income housing partnerships as compared to $0.3 million for the first half of 2003, which was partially offset by the tax benefits that WesBanco received on these investments. The efficiency ratio on a GAAP basis improved to 58.31% and 57.38% for the second quarter and first half of 2004 compared to 60.20% and 58.33% for the corresponding periods in 2003.
 
 
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Income Taxes
TABLE 3: Reconciliation of Income Tax Rates
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
   

 
 
2004
2003
2004
2003

 
 
 
 
 
Federal statutory tax rate
   
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
Tax-exempt interest income on securities of state and political subdivisions-net
   
(13.3
)
 
(16.2
)
 
(12.9
)
 
(14.8
)
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect
   
0.7
   
(0.3
)
 
0.9
   
0.7
 
Bank-owned life insurance
   
(2.2
)
 
(3.2
)
 
(2.1
)
 
(2.8
)
All other net
   
(1.5
)
 
(1.5
)
 
(1.7
)
 
(1.1
)

 
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
   
18.7
%
 
13.8
%
 
19.2
%
 
17.0
%

 
 
 
 
 

WesBanco’s income tax expense increased $0.9 million or 73.0% and $1.1 million or 33.3% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003. This increase was primarily due to a $2.5 million and a $3.6 million increase in pretax income over the comparable periods in 2003, while levels of tax exempt income remained relatively unchanged. The effective tax rate increased to 18.7% for the second quarter and 19.2% for the first half of 2004, compared to 13.8% and 17.0% for the corresponding periods in 2003.

Financial Condition
Total assets of WesBanco were $3.5 billion as of June 30, 2004, an increase of $50.8 million or 1.5% compared to total assets as of December 31, 2003. The increase was primarily in loans, which was partially offset by a decrease in investment securities. Total liabilities of WesBanco were $3.2 billion as of June 30, 2004, an increase of $50.6 million or 1.6%, compared to December 31, 2003. The increase was primarily due to an increase in total borrowings partially offset by a decrease in total deposits.

Securities
TABLE 4: Composition of Securities
 
June 30,
December 31,
(in thousands)
 
2004
2003

 
 
 
Securities held to maturity (at amortized cost):
   
 
   
 
 
U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency securities
 
$
26,989
 
$
39,574
 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions (1)
   
355,879
   
369,816
 
Other debt securities
   
27,471
   
24,836
 

 
 
 
Total securities held to maturity
   
410,339
   
434,226
 

 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
Securities available for sale (at fair value):
   
 
   
 
 
U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency securities
   
362,651
   
387,419
 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions (1)
   
36,903
   
17,944
 
Mortgage-backed securities
   
339,421
   
348,080
 
Corporate and other securities (2)
   
8,113
   
13,440
 

 
 
 
Total securities available for sale
   
747,088
   
766,883
 

 
 
 
Total securities
 
$
1,157,427
 
$
1,201,109
 

 
 
 
(1) There are no individual securities included in obligations of states and political subdivisions or other securities, which individually or in the aggregate exceed ten percent of shareholders’ equity.
(2) Other securities, classified as available for sale, include equity interests in business corporations.

Total investment securities, which represent a source of liquidity for WesBanco, decreased $43.7 million or 3.6% at June 30, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003. As shown in Table 4, available for sale securities, at fair value, representing 64.5% of total securities decreased $19.8 million or 2.6% and held to maturity securities, representing the remaining 35.5% of total securities decreased $23.4 million or 5.5% at June 30, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003. The decrease in investment securities was primarily due to calls and maturities, which allowed WesBanco to shift these funds out of the investment portfolio into higher yielding loans caused by increased loan growth. At June 30, 2004, the average yield of the available for sale portfolio was 3.88% with a weighted average life of 3.3 years, compared to 3.90% and 3.3 years at December 31, 2003. At June 30, 2004, the average yie ld of the held to maturity portfolio was 6.58% with a weighted average life of 5.3 years, compared to 6.52% and 4.9 years at December 31, 2003.
Cash flows from the portfolio due to calls, maturities and prepayments for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004 decreased to $88.5 million and $157.0 million, respectively, compared to $198.4 million and $350.1 million for the corresponding periods in 2003. This decrease was primarily due to $27.0 million of agency, mortgage-backed and collateralized mortgage obligations being called in the first half of 2004, compared to $214.3 million for the first half 2003. The reinvestment of these cash flows into lower yielding securities contributed to a decrease in the portfolio’s yield for the six months ended June 30, 2004 to 4.78%, compared to 4.94% for the year ended December 31, 2003.
At June 30, 2004, total unamortized premium and discount on the investment portfolio, as a percentage of the total investment portfolio, was 0.73% and 1.69%, respectively, compared to 0.88% and 1.68% at December 31, 2003, respectively. The premium amortization on the investment portfolio recorded as a reduction to interest income for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004 was $1.6 million and $3.2 million, compared to $2.0 million and $3.3 million for the corresponding periods in 2003. Total premium on the investment portfolio, which relates primarily to collateralized mortgage obligations and mortgage-backed securities in the available for sale portion of the investment portfolio, is subject to increased amortization in times of accelerated prepayments.
 
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The discount accretion on the investment portfolio recorded into income was $0.4 million and $0.9 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004 and 2003. The discount primarily relates to obligations of states and political subdivisions, which have longer average maturities, comprising 92.5% of the total discount.
Unrealized pre-tax gains and losses on available for sale securities (fair value adjustments) reflected an $11.2 million market loss as of June 30, 2004, compared to a $1.0 million market gain as of December 31, 2003. These fair value adjustments represent temporary fluctuations resulting from changes in market rates in relation to average yields in the available for sale portfolio. WesBanco may impact the magnitude of the fair value adjustment by managing both the volume and average maturities of securities that are classified as available for sale as well as the portion of new investments allocated to this category versus the held to maturity portfolio. If these securities were held to their respective maturity dates, no fair value gain or loss would be realized. During the second quarter and first half of 2004, proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities were $17.2 m illion and $66.8 million, compared to $47.2 million and $96.0 million for the same periods in 2003. In the first half of 2004, gross security gains of $853 thousand and gross security losses of $37 thousand were realized, compared to $2.2 million and $47 thousand, respectively, for the same period in 2003.

Loans and Credit Risk
TABLE 5: Composition of Loans
 
June 30,
Percent of
December 31,
Percent of
(dollars in thousands)
 
2004
Total
2003
Total

 
 
 
 
 
Commercial
 
$
384,475
   
18.9
%
$
369,786
   
19.1
%
Commercial real estate
   
677,755
   
33.4
   
623,243
   
32.2
 
Residential real estate
   
595,259
   
29.3
   
577,362
   
29.9
 
Home equity
   
116,960
   
5.8
   
111,981
   
5.8
 
Consumer
   
254,397
   
12.5
   
249,425
   
12.9
 

 
 
 
 
 
Total portfolio loans
   
2,028,846
   
99.9
   
1,931,797
   
99.9
 
Loans held for sale
   
1,627
   
0.1
   
1,741
   
0.1
 

 
 
 
 
 
Total Loans
 
$
2,030,473
   
100.0
%
$
1,933,538
   
100.0
%

 
 
 
 
 

Total loans at June 30, 2004 increased $96.9 million or 5.0% compared to December 31, 2003. This increase was primarily driven by a $69.2 million or 7.0% increase in commercial and commercial real estate loans. Residential real estate also registered a modest increase of $17.9 million or 3.1% and consumer and home equity loans, which had been declining steadily over the past two years, increased $10.0 million or 2.8% during the first half of 2004.
Commercial and commercial real estate loan growth was primarily driven by the addition of new lending staff and concerted business development efforts in all markets, particularly in the Columbus, Ohio and Southwestern Pennsylvania areas. General improvement in economic conditions also continued to fuel loan growth in most markets. The increase in residential real estate loans is primarily attributed to the purchase of a $17.3 million pool comprised mainly of 15 year fixed rate loans in the second the quarter of 2004. Growth in commercial loans, at the same time that demand for residential real estate loans has weakened, has led to an increased weighting of the portfolio toward commercial and commercial real estate loans. The purchase of residential real estate loan pools is used primarily to rebalance the overall mix of the portfolio. Home equity loans increased due to new promoti ons being offered on these types of loans. Consumer loans increased as a result of a renewed focus on indirect lending through existing automobile dealer relationships.

TABLE 6: Non-Performing Assets, Other Impaired Loans and Loans Past Due 90 Days or More
 
 
June 30,
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)
 
2004
2003

 
 
 
Non-accrual loans
 
$
8,639
 
$
8,262
 
Renegotiated loans
   
646
   
653
 

 
 
 
Total non-performing loans
   
9,285
   
8,915
 
Other real estate owned and repossessed assets
   
1,708
   
2,907
 

 
 
 
Total non-performing assets
   
10,993
   
11,822
 
Other impaired loans
   
8,397
   
6,031
 

 
 
 
Total non-performing assets and other impaired loans
 
$
19,390
 
$
17,853
 

 
 
 
Loans past due 90 days or more
 
$
4,169
 
$
7,795
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans
   
0.46
%
 
0.46
%
Non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets
   
0.31
   
0.34
 
Non-performing assets as a percentage of total loans, other real estate owned
     and repossessed assets
   
0.54
   
0.61
 
Non-performing loans and loans 90 days or more past due as a
     percentage of total loans
   
0.66
   
0.86
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Non-performing assets consist of non-accrual and renegotiated loans, other real estate owned acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure and repossessed automobiles acquired to satisfy defaulted consumer loans. Other impaired loans include certain loans that are internally classified as substandard or doubtful.
Loans are placed on non-accrual status when they become past due 90 days or more unless the loans are both well secured and in the process of collection. Certain consumer loans  are charged down to the net realizable value at 120 days past due for closed-end loans and 180
 
 
16
 
days past due for open-end revolving lines, and residential real estate loans are charged down to the net realizable value of the collateral at 180 days past due. When a loan is placed on non-accrual, interest income is not recognized as cash payments are received.
Loans are categorized as renegotiated when WesBanco, for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower's financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. Concessions that may be granted include a reduction of the interest rate, the amount of accrued interest, or the face amount of the loan, as well as an extension of the maturity date or the amortization schedule.
WesBanco considers all non-performing loans to be impaired. In addition, WesBanco also categorizes certain other commercial loans as impaired under SFAS No. 114. WesBanco considers loans that are classified as substandard or doubtful because of a borrower's diminished repayment capacity to be impaired when they are not fully secured by collateral. Such loans continue to accrue interest, have not been renegotiated, and may or may not have a record of delinquent payments.
Non-performing loans increased $0.4 million or 4.2% while other real estate owned and repossessed assets decreased $1.2 million or 41.2% between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004, for an overall decrease of $0.8 million or 7.0% in total non-performing assets. Overall, non-performing assets have been trending lower as a percentage of the total loan portfolio over the last twelve months. This positive trend is primarily the result of concerted efforts to improve the quality of the loan portfolio, but is also attributable to improved economic conditions. Other impaired loans increased $2.4 million or 39.2% between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004 primarily as a result of one loan to the lodging industry. Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest decreased $3.6 million or 46.5% between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004. This decrease primarily reflects increased collection efforts for all types of loans when they become past due 30 days.
WesBanco monitors the overall quality of its loan portfolio and off-balance sheet commitments through various methods. Subsequent to loan origination, the process used to measure and monitor credit risk depends on the type of loan. Monitoring the level and trend of delinquent loans is a basic practice for all loan types. Credit risk in the residential real estate, home equity and consumer portfolios is also managed by monitoring market conditions that may impact groups of borrowers or collateral values. Credit risk in the commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolio is managed by monitoring the portfolio for potential concentrations of credit and monitoring borrower compliance with applicable loan covenants. Credit risk is also monitored by an independent loan review function which performs, among other procedures, reviews of large commercial loans within 90 days of origina tion, periodic reviews of commercial loan relationships and consumer loan credit quality trends, charge-offs and compliance with underwriting guidelines.

TABLE 7: Allowance for Loan Losses
 
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
   
(dollars in thousands)
   
2004

 

 

2003
 

 
 
 
Balance, at beginning of period
 
$
26,235
 
$
25,080
 
Charge-offs:
   
 
   
 
 
Commercial
   
(354
)
 
(1,576
)
Commercial real estate
   
(182
)
 
(186
)
Residential real estate
   
(25
)
 
(215
)
Home equity
   
(34
)
 
(23
)
Consumer
   
(2,406
)
 
(2,243
)

 
 
 
Total charge-offs
   
(3,001
)
 
(4,243
)

 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
Recoveries:
   
 
   
 
 
Commercial
   
221
   
63
 
Commercial real estate
   
4
   
10
 
Residential real estate
   
8
   
23
 
Home equity
   
   
 
Consumer
   
504
   
186
 

 
 
 
Total recoveries
   
737
   
282
 

 
 
 
Net loan charge-offs
   
(2,264
)
 
(3,961
)
 
   
 
   
 
 
Provision for loan losses
   
3,296
   
4,459
 

 
 
 
Balance, at end of period
 
$
27,267
 
$
25,578
 

 
 
 
Annualized net loan charge-offs to average loans outstanding
   
0.23
%
 
0.44
%
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
   
1.34
   
1.39
 
Allowance for loan losses to total non-performing loans
   
2.94x
   
1.65x
 
Allowance for loan losses to total non-performing loans and
     loans past due 90 days or more
   
2.03x
   
1.08x
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level considered appropriate by management to absorb probable losses in the loan portfolio. The provision for loan losses is the amount that is added to the allowance after net charge-offs have been deducted to bring the allowance to the necessary level based on management’s estimate of probable losses. Determining the amount of the allowance requires significant judgement about the collectibility of loans and the factors that deserve consideration in estimating probable credit losses. Management evaluates the adequacy of the allowance at least quarterly. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires material estimates that may be susceptible to significant change.
Larger commercial and commercial real estate loans that exhibit observed credit weaknesses and are deemed to be impaired pursuant to SFAS No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan” are subject to individual review. Where appropriate, reserves are established for these loans based on the present value of expected future cash flows available to pay the loan and/or the estimated realizable
 
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value of the collateral, if any. Reserves are established for the remainder of the commercial and commercial real estate loans based on a migration analysis, which computes historical loss rates on loans according to their internal risk grade. The risk grading system is intended to identify and measure the credit quality of all commercial and commercial real estate loans. Homogenous loans, such as consumer, residential real estate and home equity loans are not individually risk graded. Reserves for homogenous loans are based on average historical loss rates for each category. Historical loss rates for all categories of loans are calculated for multiple periods of time ranging from the most recent quarter to the past three years. Historical loss rates may be adjusted to reflect factors that, in management's judgement, impact expected loss rates such as changing economic conditions, d elinquency and non-performing loan trends, changes in internal lending policies and credit standards, and the results of examinations by bank regulatory agencies and WesBanco's independent loan review function.
Management relies on observable data from internal and external sources to evaluate each of these factors, adjust assumptions and recognize changing conditions to reduce differences between estimated and actual observed losses from period to period. The evaluation of the allowance also takes into consideration the inherent imprecision of loss estimation models and techniques and includes general reserves for probable but undetected losses in each category of loans. While WesBanco continually refines and enhances the loss estimation models and techniques it uses to determine the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses, there have been no material substantive changes to such models and techniques compared to prior periods. While management allocates the allowance to different loan categories, the allowance is general in nature and is available to absorb credit losses for the entire loan portfolio.
Historical net charge-off rates are a significant factor used in evaluating the adequacy of the allowance. Net charge offs for the six months ended June 30, 2004 decreased $1.7 million or 42.8% compared to June 30, 2003, primarily due to a reduction in commercial loan losses. Net loan charge-offs as a percentage of average total loans on an annualized basis for the six months ended June 30, 2004, were 0.23% compared to 0.44% for the six months ended June 30, 2003.
Economic conditions have the greatest impact when adjusting historical loss rates to reflect current conditions. While the overall economy has showed signs of improvement, the economy of the Upper Ohio Valley continues to be adversely impacted by the difficulties facing the steel industry and other metal producing industries. Two of the ten largest integrated steel companies and one of the largest aluminum producers in the United States are headquartered in the Upper Ohio Valley. All three of these companies operated under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act for all or some part of 2003 and the first half of 2004. As of June 30, 2004, WesBanco had no material direct credit exposure to these companies. However, WesBanco extends credit to consumers employed in these industries and to businesses that provide products or services to these industries. In addition, a number of other busines ses not directly associated with metal-producing industries could be adversely impacted by a significant loss of employment if those companies were to discontinue their operations. Approximately 45% of WesBanco’s loan portfolio is to borrowers located in the Upper Ohio Valley.
Other economic factors also influence the allowance for certain types of loans. Commercial and commercial real estate loans are currently impacted by weakness in the lodging, healthcare, transportation and construction sectors. Commercial real estate is also impacted by lower occupancy rates for office buildings and retail space in certain markets. Consumer loans are impacted by disruptions in employment, personal bankruptcies and defaults by consumers that had otherwise satisfactory credit characteristics at the time of default.
The allowance for loan losses was $27.3 million or 1.34% of total loans at June 30, 2004 compared to $26.2 million or 1.36% of total loans at December 31, 2003 and $25.6 million or 1.39% at June 30, 2003. The provision for loan losses decreased $1.0 million or 39.7% and $1.2 million or 26.1% compared to the second quarter and first half of 2003. The lower provision and resulting reduction of the allowance as a percentage of total loans reflect the generally recovering economy and overall improvement in credit quality, evidenced by lower net charge-offs and reduced levels of non-performing loans. Additional losses due to the condition of the steel industry in the Upper Ohio Valley are not estimable or probable, and therefore do not support a higher provision for loan losses at this time.

TABLE 8: Allocation of the Allowance for Loan Losses
 

 

 June 30,

Percent of 

December 31,  

Percent of 

 

 

 2004

 Total

2003 

 Total


 
 
 
 
 
Commercial
 
$
10,197
   
37.4
%
$
9,852
   
37.6
%
Commercial real estate
   
11,178
   
41.0
   
10,660
   
40.6
 
Residential real estate
   
594
   
2.2
   
749
   
2.9
 
Home equity
   
384
   
1.4
   
223
   
0.8
 
Consumer
   
4,914
   
18.0
   
4,751
   
18.1
 

 
 
 
 
 
Total allowance for loan losses
 
$
27,267
   
100.0
%
$
26,235
   
100.0
%

 
 
 
 
 
 
The changes in the amounts allocated to all categories of loans between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004 primarily reflects the combined impact of changes in historical loss rates and the respective changes in the loan balances. The commercial and commercial real estate allocations were impacted to the greatest degree due to the continued growth in those categories of loans. The consumer loan allocation was also impacted by higher historical net charge-offs as a percentage of that category of loans. While management allocates the allowance to different loan categories, the allowance is general in nature and is available to absorb credit losses for the entire loan portfolio.
Management believes the allowance of $27.3 million is appropriate to absorb probable credit losses associated with the loan portfolio at June 30, 2004. However, probable losses associated with the economic conditions described above is difficult to accurately measure and future adjustments to the allowance may be required to the extent such losses are realized to a greater extent than is currently estimable.

Deposits
Deposits, which represent WesBanco’s primary source of funds, decreased $34.9 million or 1.4% between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004. At June 30, 2004, as compared to December 31, 2003, non-interest bearing demand deposits increased $7.5 million or 2.3% and savings accounts increased $2.2 million or 0.6%. These increases were offset by decreases of $25.9 million or 8.4% in interest bearing demand deposits, $11.1 million or 2.0% in money market accounts and $7.6 million or 0.8% in certificates of deposit as compared to December 31, 2003.
 
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The average balance of deposits for the six months ended June 30, 2004 increased by $21.9 million or 0.9% compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003. During the same period, average non-interest bearing demand deposits increased $24.2 million or 8.2% compared to 2003, as more marketing emphasis has been placed on transaction based accounts, which may provide ancillary service charge income and are a lower interest cost funding source. Average interest bearing demand deposits and money market accounts on a combined basis increased $48.3 million or 6.0% as customers continue to favor non-maturity interest bearing accounts in anticipation of rising interest rates. Average certificates of deposit decreased $43.4 million or 4.5% and average savings accounts decreased by $7.2 million or 2.0% compared to the June 30, 2003 average balances.
The average rate paid on interest bearing deposits for the first half of 2004 decreased to 1.75% compared to 2.32% for 2003, primarily due to the effect of WesBanco reducing interest rates on deposit products throughout 2003. Certificates of deposit, which represent the most expensive deposit funding source for WesBanco, comprise 37.7% of total interest bearing deposits yet account for 70.0% of the total interest expense paid on deposits for the first half of 2004. The average rate paid on certificates of deposit for first half of 2004 decreased by 67 basis points to 2.81% compared to 3.48% for the first half of 2003. The decrease in average rates resulted primarily from the maturity of higher cost certificates of deposits, and replacement with lower cost certificates of deposit with varying maturities.
For the remainder of 2004, WesBanco will continue its focus on lower cost transaction based accounts, as well as offering special promotions on certain certificates of deposit maturities based on competition, sales strategies, liquidity and borrowing costs.

Borrowings
Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) borrowings increased $71.7 million or 19.9% between December 31, 2003 and June 30, 2004. At June 30, 2004, WesBanco had $433.0 million outstanding in FHLB borrowings with a weighted average interest rate of 3.34% compared to 3.58% at December 31, 2003. FHLB borrowings have maturities ranging from the years 2004 to 2021. In the second quarter of 2004, WesBanco obtained an additional $75.0 million in mid-term fixed rate FHLB borrowings, with a weighted average rate of 3.26%. Also during the first half of 2004, $40.0 million in FHLB fixed rate and mid-term fixed rate borrowings matured. These matured borrowings carried a weighted average rate of 5.07% and were replaced with a new $40.0 million FHLB borrowing with a weighted average fixed rate of 3.06%. WesBanco uses term FHLB borrowings as a general funding source and to more appropriately mat ch certain assets, as an alternative to shorter term wholesale borrowings. WesBanco periodically analyzes overall maturities of certain FHLB borrowings and may restructure such borrowings through prepayments, which may cause WesBanco to incur a prepayment penalty, or by utilizing interest rate swaps through the derivatives market.
Other borrowings, shown in Table 10, decreased $26.3 million or 12.1% to $191.5 million at June 30, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003 primarily due to reductions in customer repurchase agreements and other borrowings offset by an increase in federal funds purchased.
In June of 2004, WesBanco created two new trusts, WesBanco Capital Trust IV and WesBanco Capital Trust V, which issued $41.2 million of junior subordinated debt to WesBanco, at an initial weighted average rate of 5.44%. In June 2003, WesBanco redeemed all of the 8.50% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures held by WesBanco Capital Trust I, by redeeming 1,265,000 shares of its outstanding 8.50% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities. A total of $12.65 million of trust preferred securities were redeemed at a price of $10.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid interest. Also, in June of 2003, WesBanco created two new trusts, WesBanco, Inc. Capital Trust II and WesBanco, Inc. Capital Statutory Trust III, which issued $30.9 million of junior subordinated debt to WesBanco. Please refer to Note 5, “Junior Subordinated Debt and Trust Preferred Securities”, for additional information.

The following table summarizes the FHLB maturities at June 30, 2004 based on contractual dates: (dollars in thousands)
TABLE 9: FHLB Maturities:
Scheduled
Weighted
Year
Maturity
Average Rate



2004
$ 29,900
1.66%
2005
64,791
2.74
2006
70,008
2.75
2007
147,036
3.21
2008
2009 and thereafter
121,240
4.58



Total
$432,975
3.34%




TABLE 10: Other Borrowed Funds:
 
(in thousands)
   

 June 30,

 

 December 31,

 
 

 

 2004

 

 2003

 

 
 
 
Federal funds purchased
   $

34,300 

   $ 10,000   
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    155,715      169,937   
Treasury tax and loan notes and other
    1,483      37,817   
Revolving line of credit, parent company
   
   
 
 

 
 
 
 Total    $ 191,498     $ 217,754   

 
 
 
 
Capital Resources
Shareholders' equity was $318.6 million at June 30, 2004 compared to $318.4 million at December 31, 2003. Book value was $16.22 per share at June 30, 2004 and $16.13 at December 31, 2003. Tangible book value was $13.31 per share at June 30, 2004 compared to $13.20 per share at December 31, 2003.
 
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TABLE 11: Capital Adequacy Ratios
The following table summarizes risk-based capital amounts and ratios for WesBanco and its bank subsidiary:
   

Well

June 30, 2004
December 31, 2003
(dollars in thousands)
Minimum (1)
Capitalized (2)
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio

WesBanco, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tier 1 Leverage
    4.0%(3)
N/A
$339,784
10.11%
$292,487
8.76%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
4.0%
6.0%
339,784
15.00
292,487
13.31
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
8.0%
10.0%
367,051
16.21
318,723
14.50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WesBanco Bank, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tier 1 Leverage
4.0%
5.0%
$280,545
8.38%
$273,729
8.23%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
4.0%
6.0%
280,545
12.47
273,729
12.51
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
8.0%
10.0%
307,809
13.68
299,960
13.71







(1) Minimum requirements to remain adequately capitalized
(2) Well capitalized under prompt corrective action regulations
(3) Minimum requirement is 3% for certain highly-rated bank holding companies


WesBanco is subject to various regulatory capital requirements (risk-based capital ratios) administered by 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 material effect on WesBanco’s financial results.
All banks are required to have core capital (Tier 1) of at least 4% of risk-weighted assets, total capital of at least 8% of risk-weighted assets, and a minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio of 3% of adjusted quarterly average assets. Tier 1 capital consists principally of shareholders' equity, excluding unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale and derivatives, less goodwill and certain other intangibles. Total capital consists of Tier 1 capital plus the allowance for loan losses subject to limitation. The regulations also define well-capitalized levels of Tier 1, total capital, and Tier 1 leverage as 6%, 10%, and 5%, respectively. WesBanco and its banking subsidiary were categorized as “well-capitalized” under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003. There are no conditions or events since June 30, 2004 that management believes have changed WesBanco's “well-capitalized” category.
In 2003, the Federal Reserve noted that FIN No. 46 may have implications on how trust preferred securities are reported on bank holding companies’ financial statements. In addition, SFAS No. 150 issued earlier in 2003 provides accounting guidance that reflects the reporting of trust preferred securities. In response, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued a supervisory letter on July 2, 2003 instructing bank holding companies to continue to include the trust preferred securities in their Tier 1 capital for regulatory capital purposes until notice is given to the contrary. On May 6, 2004, the Federal Reserve Board proposed a rule that would retain trust preferred securities in Tier 1 capital, but with stricter quantitative limits and clearer qualitative standards. Under the proposal, after a three-year transition period, the aggregate amount of trust prefer red securities and certain other capital elements would be limited to 25 percent of Tier 1 capital elements, net of goodwill. The amount of trust preferred securities and certain other elements in excess of the limit could be included in Tier 2 capital, subject to restrictions.
As of June 30, 2004, assuming WesBanco was not allowed to include in Tier 1 capital the $70.0 million in trust preferred securities issued by WesBanco, Inc. Capital Trust II, WesBanco, Inc. Capital Statutory Trust III, WesBanco Capital Trust IV and V, WesBanco’s Tier 1 leverage capital ratio would have approximated 8.03% and would still significantly exceed the regulatory required minimums for capital adequacy purposes. Under the newly proposed Federal Reserve Board rule, it is currently anticipated that all of WesBanco’s trust preferred securities will continue to count as Tier 1 capital. If the WesBanco, Inc. Capital Trust II trust preferred securities are no longer allowed to be included in Tier 1 capital, WesBanco would be permitted to redeem the trust preferred securities without penalty, while the WesBanco, Inc. Capital Statutory Trust III would result in an early r edemption penalty. Early redemption of WesBanco Capital Trust IV and V would also result in an early redemption penalty.

Liquidity Risk
Liquidity is defined as the degree of readiness to convert assets into cash with minimum loss. Liquidity risk is managed through WesBanco’s ability to provide adequate funds to meet changes in loan demand, unexpected outflows in deposits and other borrowings as well as to take advantage of market opportunities and meet operating cash needs. This is accomplished by maintaining liquid assets in the form of securities, sufficient borrowing capacity and a stable core deposit base. Liquidity is centrally monitored by WesBanco’s Asset/Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”).
WesBanco determines the degree of required liquidity by the relationship of total holdings of liquid assets to the possible need for funds to meet unexpected deposit losses and/or loan demands. The ability to quickly convert assets to cash at a minimal loss is a primary function of WesBanco’s investment portfolio management. Federal funds sold and U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency Securities maturing within three months are classified as secondary reserve assets. These secondary reserve assets, combined with the cash flow from the loan portfolio and the remaining sectors of the investment portfolio, and other sources, adequately meet the liquidity requirements of WesBanco.
Securities are the principal source of liquidity in total assets. Securities totaled $1.2 billion at June 30, 2004, of which $747.1 million were classified as available for sale. At June 30, 2004, WesBanco had approximately $43.0 million in securities scheduled to mature within one year. Due to the continued low interest rate environment, additional cash flows may be anticipated from approximately $244.4 million in callable bonds, which have call dates within the next year. However, should rates continue to rise, then some or all of these bonds may not be called. Cash and cash equivalents of $95.1 million at June 30, 2004, also serve as additional sources of liquidity.
Deposit flows are another principal factor affecting overall bank liquidity. Deposits totaled $2.4 billion at June 30, 2004. Deposit flows are impacted by current interest rates, products and rates offered by WesBanco versus its competition, as well as customer behavior.
 
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Certificates of deposit scheduled to mature within one year totaled $382.7 million at June 30, 2004, which includes $96.0 million in certificates of deposit with balances of $100,000 or more. In addition to the relatively stable core deposit base, WesBanco’s banking subsidiary maintains a line of credit with the FHLB as an additional funding source. Available lines of credit with the FHLB at June 30, 2004 approximated $763.4 million. At June 30, 2004, WesBanco had $689.2 million of unpledged securities that could be used for collateral or sold, excluding FHLB blanket liens on WesBanco’s mortgage-related assets.
The principal source of parent company liquidity is dividends from WesBanco’s banking subsidiary. There are various legal limitations under Federal and State laws that limit the payment of dividends from WesBanco Bank, Inc., WesBanco’s banking subsidiary, to the parent company. As of June 30, 2004 the parent company may receive without prior regulatory approval a dividend of up to $10.4 million from its banking subsidiary WesBanco Bank, Inc. Additional Parent Company liquidity is provided by the Parent’s security portfolio, available lines of credit with an independent commercial bank and WesBanco Bank, Inc., totaling $23.5 million at June 30, 2004. In July of 2004, WesBanco increased the line of credit with the independent commercial bank to $35.0 million from the existing $20.0 million. In June of 2004, WesBanco also issued $41.2 million in junior subordinated debt , which gave the Parent Company added liquidity which may be used for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, potential acquisitions, share repurchases, dividend reinvestments and employee benefit plans.
Management believes WesBanco has sufficient liquidity to meet current obligations to borrowers, depositors and others.

Item 3. – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Market risk is defined as the risk of loss due to adverse changes in the fair value of financial instruments resulting from fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. Management considers interest rate risk WesBanco’s most significant market risk. Interest rate risk is the exposure to adverse changes in net interest income due to changes in interest rates. Consistency of WesBanco’s net interest income is largely dependent on effective management of interest rate risk. As interest rates change in the market, rates earned on interest rate sensitive assets and rates paid on interest rate sensitive liabilities do not necessarily move concurrently. Differing rate sensitivities may arise because fixed rate assets and liabilities may not have the same maturities or because variable rate assets and liabilities differ in the timing and/or the percentage of rate changes.
WesBanco’s ALCO, comprised of senior management, monitors and manages interest rate risk within Board approved policy limits. Interest rate risk is monitored primarily through the use of an earnings simulation model. The model is highly dependent on assumptions, which change regularly as the balance sheet and interest rates change. The key assumptions and strategies employed are analyzed regularly and reviewed by ALCO.
The earnings simulation model projects changes in net interest income resulting from the effect of changes in interest rates. Certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodologies used in the earnings simulation model. Modeling changes in net interest income requires making certain assumptions regarding prepayment rates, callable bonds, and adjustments to non-time deposit interest rates which may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. Prepayment assumptions and adjustments to non-time deposit rates at varying levels of interest rates are based primarily on historical experience and current market rates. Security portfolio maturities and prepayments are assumed to be reinvested in similar instruments and callable bond forecasts are adjusted at varying levels of interest rates. While we believe such assumptions to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that assumed prepayment rates, callable bond forecasts and non-time deposit rate changes will approximate actual future results. Moreover, the net interest income sensitivity chart presented in Table 12 assumes the composition of interest sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of the period remains constant over the period being measured and also assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration of the maturity or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Since the assumptions used in modeling changes in interest rates are uncertain, the simulation analysis should not be relied upon as being indicative of actual results. The analysis may not consider all actions that WesBanco could employ in response to changes in interest rates.

TABLE 12: Net Interest Income Sensitivity
 
Percentage Change in
 
Net Interest Income from Base
Immediate Change in
Interest Rates

ALCO
(basis points)
June 30, 2004
December 31, 2003
Guidelines




+200
-3.59%
-3.04%
10.0%
+100
-0.20%
-0.39%
N/A
Flat
-100
-0.36%
-1.59%
N/A





Interest rate risk policy limits are determined by measuring the anticipated change in net interest income over a 12-month period assuming an immediate and sustained 200 basis point increase or decrease in market interest rates compared to a stable rate or base model. WesBanco’s current policy limits this exposure to 10.0% of net interest income from the base model for a 12-month period. Table 12 shows WesBanco’s interest rate sensitivity at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 assuming both a 200 and 100 basis point interest rate change, compared to a base model. Since management believes that a 200 basis point decline in market interest rates is unlikely, only a 100 basis point change was evaluated by ALCO. The earnings simulation model projects that net interest income for the next 12-month period would decrease by approximately 0.20% and 3.59% if interest rates were to rise immediately by 100 and 200 basis points, respectively. Net interest income would decrease by approximately 0.36% if interest rates were to decline by 100 basis points. At June 30, 2004, WesBanco’s increased exposure to rising interest rates was impacted by assumptions on callable bonds and by a decrease in the interest sensitivity of the loan portfolio which was partially offset by a decrease in the rate sensitivity on deposit products.
As a alternative to the immediate rate shock analysis, the ALCO monitors interest rate risk by ramping or increasing interest rates 200 basis points gradually over a 12-month period. WesBanco’s current policy limits this exposure to 5.0% of net interest income from the base model for a 12-month period. Management believes that the ramping analysis reflects a more realistic movement of interest rates,
 
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whereas the immediate rate shock reflects a worse case scenario. The simulation model using the 200 basis point ramp analysis projects that net interest income would increase 0.06% over the next 12-months.
WesBanco’s ALCO evaluates various strategies to reduce the exposure to interest rate fluctuations. These strategies at June 30, 2004 emphasized increasing asset sensitivity in anticipation of rising interest rates. Among the strategies evaluated were the continued utilization of interest rate swap agreements and the evaluation of the level and the possible prepayment of borrowings. The interest rate swap agreements employed by WesBanco were purchased at various times in 2001 to effectively convert a portion of prime rate money market deposits to a fixed-rate basis. At June 30, 2004, the notional value of the interest rate swap agreements was $92.8 million, compared to $98.5 million at December 31, 2003. Related market losses of $1.7 million, net of tax, at June 30, 2004 compared to a market loss of $2.6 million, net of tax, at December 31, 2003, are recorded in other comprehen sive income.
Other strategies evaluated by ALCO include managing the level of its fixed rate residential real estate loans through sales of long-term fixed rate real estate loans to the secondary market, the purchase of residential real estate loan pools, primarily adjustable in nature, shortening maturities in the securities portfolio, emphasizing lower cost transaction based accounts, growth in long-term certificate of deposit products and maintaining increased liquidity while not fully reinvesting investment security proceeds from maturities, calls and repayments.

Item 4. – Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. WesBanco’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have concluded that WesBanco’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q, are effective at the reasonable assurance level as discussed below to ensure that information required to be disclosed by WesBanco in the reports it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that such information is accumulated and communicated to WesBa nco‘s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Limitations on the effectiveness of controls. WesBanco’s management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that WesBanco’s disclosure controls and internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or mo re people, or by management override of the controls.
Changes in internal controls. Our CEO and our CFO have evaluated the changes to WesBanco’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004, as required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and have concluded that there were no such changes that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. – Legal Proceedings
On March 1, 2002, WesBanco consummated its acquisition of American Bancorporation through a series of corporate mergers. At the time of the consummation of this transaction, American Bancorporation was a defendant in a suit styled Martin, et al. v. The American Bancorporation Retirement Plan, et al., under Civil Action No. 5:2000-CV-168 (Broadwater), previously pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. WesBanco became the principal defendant in this suit by reason of the merger. This case involves a class action suit against American Bancorporation by certain beneficiaries of the American Bancorporation Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (the "Plan") seeking to challenge benefit calculations and methodologies used by the outside Plan Administrator in determining benefits under the Plan which w as frozen by American Bancorporation, as to benefit accruals, some years ago. The Plan had been the subject of a predecessor action in a case styled American Bancorporation Retirement Plan, et al. v. McKain, Civil Action No. 5:93-CV-110, which was also litigated in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The McKain case resulted in an Order entered by the District Court on September 22, 1995, which directed American Bancorporation to follow a specific method for determining retirement benefits under the Plan. American Bancorporation has asserted that they have calculated the benefits in accordance with the requirements of the 1995 Order. The purported class of plaintiffs asserts that they are not bound by the 1995 Order since they were not parties to that proceeding and are seeking a separate benefit determination. The District Court in the current case initially limited the class of plaintiffs to a group of approximately 37 individuals and granted partial summary judgmen t to significantly reduce the scope and extent of the underlying case. The Court subsequently granted summary judgment in favor of WesBanco on the remaining claims on March 31, 2004, and the plaintiff has appealed the decision to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
On August 1, 2002, WesBanco was named in a lawsuit filed by a former loan customer of WesBanco's banking subsidiary over a failed purchase of an ambulance service enterprise operated by a local hospital. WesBanco's banking subsidiary was subsequently substituted as the named defendant in the case now styled Matesic v. WesBanco Bank, Inc, et al., Civil Action No. 02-C-293(M), pending in the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia. The suit alleges numerous counts and claims against multiple defendants over the purchase and subsequent failure of the ambulance service. WesBanco's banking subsidiary did make a loan to the plaintiff's company which became delinquent and the bank did recover a portion of the loan through liquidation of pledged collateral. Allegations of fraudulent conduct and tortuous interference are alleged against WesBanco's banking subsidiary. The case is current ly in its discovery phase. The broad and sweeping nature of the alleged conduct makes it difficult to assess the substance of Complaint.
A second suit involving essentially the same issues was filed by another party involved in the ambulance service and this case is styled Ellis v. OVMC, et al., Civil Action NO. 03-C-578(G). This case has recently been consolidated with the Matesic case at the request of the defendants, including the bank. The bank intends to vigorously defend the suit and believes that there is no merit to the allegations of the
 
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 suits.
On April 23, 2004, WesBanco Bank, Inc. (the “Bank”) was served with a Complaint in a suit styled AUM Hospitality, et al. v. NTK Hotel Group and Wesbanco Bank, Inc., et al., under Civil Action No. 04 CV H04 03681, presently pending in the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, Ohio. This is a suit by current or former shareholders of a closely held corporation for fraudulent exercise of control over the corporation against a minority shareholder, David Patel, seeking damages against David Patel and others and seeking to set aside a $13,000,000 first mortgage on a Hampton Inn located in Downtown Columbus with another lender, as well as the Bank’s $1.3 Million second mortgage. The suit alleges that David Patel engaged in illegal conduct in exercising dominion and control over a corporation and that the mortgage instruments are invalid. The mortgage instruments provided funds for the construction of the Hampton Inn upon property owned by AUM Hospitality. The Bank does have title insurance insuring its mortgage interest and the title insurance company has confirmed coverage for the claim and assumed the defense of the claim. The Bank believes that it has substantial defenses to the claim and that it also has recourse to the title insurance company with respect to coverage provided under the title insurance policy.
WesBanco is also involved in other lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. There are no such other matters pending that WesBanco expects to be material in relation to its business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 2. – Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On June 17, 2004, WesBanco Capital Trust IV and WesBanco Capital Trust V were formed by WesBanco under the laws of Delaware, by issuing $40.0 million in Floating Rate and Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due June 17, 2034, to two statutory trusts each of which issued 20,000 shares of trust preferred securities each with a liquidation value of $20.0 million, based upon the debentures and a guarantee for each trust from WesBanco. In connection with the issuance of the trust preferred securities, each trust issued 619 shares of common securities to WesBanco with a liquidation value of $0.6 million. The trust preferred securities were issued and sold in two private placement offerings. For the Floating Rate portion of the issuance totaling $20 million, interest is payable quarterly at a rate of 3.96% for the first three months, resetting quarterly beginning on September 17, 2004 and thereafter, at a rate equal to the three month LIBOR index plus 2.65%. For the Fixed/Floating Rate portion of the issuance totaling $20 million, interest is payable quarterly at an initial rate of 6.91% for the first five years, resetting quarterly beginning on June 17, 2009 at a rate equal to the three month LIBOR index plus 2.65%. The debentures mature on June 17, 2034, and may be redeemed at par anytime commencing in June 2009, without penalty, after the no call period. The debentures and trust preferred securities for both issuances provide that WesBanco has the right to elect to defer the payment of interest on the debentures and trust preferred securities for up to an aggregate of 20 quarterly periods. However, if WesBanco should defer the payment of interest or default on the payment of interest on one or both of the debentures, it may not declare or pay any dividends on its common stock during any such period. A portion of the proceeds received from the Trust Prefe rred Securities issuances will be used to fund the acquisition of Western Ohio Financial Corporation. The remaining proceeds received from the issuances of the Trust Preferred Securities will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, potential other acquisitions, share repurchases, dividend reinvestment plan activity and employee benefit plans activity.
The trust preferred securities were sold to Preferred Term Securities X, Ltd. A placement fee totaling $0.2 million was paid to FTN Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. in connection with the private placements. Each private placement was limited to a single institutional investor, which qualifies as an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D. The issuance of the debentures and the related trust preferred securities were exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

As of June 30, 2004, WesBanco has an active one million share stock repurchase plan approved by the Board on April 17, 2003. The shares are purchased for general corporate purposes, which may include potential acquisitions, dividend reinvestment and employee benefit plans. The timing, price and quantity of purchases are at the discretion of WesBanco, and the plan may be discontinued or suspended at any time.
The following table shows the activity in WesBanco’s stock repurchase plan for the six months ended June 30, 2004:
Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan
Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan





Balance remaining at December 31, 2003
 
 
 
661,117
 
 
 
 
 
January 1, 2004 to January 31, 2004
6,700
$27.86
6,700
654,417
 
 
 
 
 
February 1, 2004 to February 29, 2004
89,174
29.14
89,174
565,243
 
 
 
 
 
March 1, 2004 to March 31, 2004
11,000
30.80
11,000
554,243
 
 
 
 
 
April 1, 2004 to April 30, 2004
4,300
29.09
4,300
549,943
 
 
 
 
 
May 1, 2004 to May 31, 2004
18,000
27.17
18,000
531,943
 
 
 
 
 
June 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004
11,700
27.38
11,700
520,243
 
 
 
 
 




 

Total
140,874
$28.81
140,874
 




 
 
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Item 3. – Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not Applicable

Item 4. – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None

Item 5. – Other Information
On July 22, 2003, the Bank, a wholly-owned banking subsidiary of WesBanco, Inc., entered into an informal agreement styled as a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (the “Federal Reserve”) and the West Virginia Department of Banking (collectively the “regulatory agencies”) to improve and strengthen the Bank's Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering controls and procedures. The Bank has worked with the Federal Reserve and outside consultants to implement revised polices and enhanced procedures which include improvements in its bank secrecy and anti-money laundering record-keeping and reporting procedures, implementation of an enhanced customer due diligence program with additional technological resources, improvements to internal compliance procedures and audit programs and testing of the processes and contro ls. The informal agreement requires quarterly reporting of the Bank's corrective actions under the plan until all corrections required under the terms of the informal agreement are completed to the satisfaction of the regulatory agencies. During the fourth quarter of 2003, an independent third party audit firm completed an audit of the newly-implemented procedures.
The Federal Reserve did conduct a follow-up review of the Bank’s program of compliance and submitted a follow-up letter to the Bank dated April 1, 2004, in which it noted that the Bank had made significant progress toward establishing an effective program commensurate with its size and complexity. In conjunction with a recent regulatory application, the Bank provided a written summary on June 14, 2004, of its progress subsequent to the Federal Reserve’s review. The Federal Reserve accepted this summary as a satisfactory update and waived the requirement to provide a quarterly progress report as of June 30, 2004.

Item 6(a). – Exhibits
2.1
First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 13, 2004, by and between WesBanco, Inc., WOFC, Inc. and Western Ohio Financial Corporation.
 
 
4.1
Indenture dated June 17, 2004 entered into between WesBanco, Inc., as issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee.
 
 
4.2
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of WesBanco Capital Trust IV dated June 17, 2004.
 
 
4.3
Form of Capital Security Certificate of WesBanco Capital Trust IV (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 4.2).
 
 
4.4
Form of Common Security Certificate of WesBanco Capital Trust IV (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 4.2).
 
 
4.5
Guarantee Agreement by and between WesBanco, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company dated June 17, 2004.
 
 
4.6
Indenture dated June 17, 2004 entered into between WesBanco, Inc., as issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee.
 
 
4.7
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of WesBanco Capital Trust V dated June 17, 2004.
 
 
4.8
Form of Capital Security Certificate of WesBanco Capital Trust V (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 4.7).
 
 
4.9
Form of Common Security Certificate of WesBanco Capital Trust V (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 4.7).
 
 
4.10
Guarantee Agreement by and between WesBanco, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company dated June 17, 2004.
   

10.1

Form of Salary Continuation Agreement by and between WesBanco, Inc., WesBanco Bank, Inc., and Robert H. Young. Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2000.
 
 
31.1
Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
31.2
Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
32.1
Chief Executive Officer’s and Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
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Item 6(b). – Reports on Form 8-K
On May 24, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K, in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Representatives of the Registrant made a presentation at the Northeast Super-Community Bank Conference organized by Margolin & Associates, held on May 24th and 25th, 2004, at the Langham Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
On May 28, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On May 28, 2004 notice was sent to WesBanco’s directors and executive officers informing them of a blackout period in which they will be unable to buy or sell shares of WesBanco, Inc. common stock. The reasoning for this blackout period is due to a change in the WesBanco, Inc. KSOP record keepers effective July 1, 2004. The blackout period is expected to begin on June 25, 2004 and end during the week of July 25, 2004.
On June 18, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K, in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Press release dated June 17, 2004; announcing that WesBanco has created two new Capital Trusts for the purpose of issuing a combined total of $40 million in Trust Preferred Securities included in a pooled trust preferred program.
On July 21, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K, in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Press Release dated July 21, 2004; containing the earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004.
On July 28, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K, in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Representatives of the Registrant made a presentation at the KBW Honor Roll and Fifth Annual KBW Community Bank Investor Conference organized by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, held on July 27th and 28th, 2004, at The Pierre Four Seasons in New York, New York.
On August 2, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. furnished a Form 8-K, in accordance with general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K. The information was furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On May 28, 2004, WesBanco, Inc. sent a notice to its directors and executive officers informing them of a blackout period which began on June 25, 2004 and was scheduled to end during the week of July 25, 2004 during which they would be unable to buy or sell shares of WesBanco common stock.  On August 2, the registrant announced that it sent a notice to its directors and executive officers informing them that the blackout period for its employee benefits plans has ended and they may again conduct trading in the registrant's common stock.
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


 
 
WESBANCO, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 9, 2004
 
/s/ Paul M. Limbert

 
 
Paul M. Limbert
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 9, 2004
 
/s/ Robert H. Young

 
 
Robert H. Young
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 





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