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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 17, 2000
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.
OR
[ ] 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 0-17440
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FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Federally chartered
instrumentality 52-1578738
of the United
States
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer identification
incorporation or organization) number)
919 18th Street, N.W., Suite
200, 20006
Washington, D.C.
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(Address of principal executive (Zip code)
offices)
(202) 872-7700
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Class A Voting Common Stock
Class B Voting Common Stock
Class C Non-Voting Common Stock
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 twelve months (or such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K (17 C.F.R.ss.229.405) is not contained herein, and will
not be contained, to the best of the Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy
or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market values of the Class A Voting Common Stock and Class C
Non-Voting Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant were
$16,621,328 and $152,802,991, respectively, based upon the closing prices for
the respective classes on March 13, 2000, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange. The aggregate market value of the Class B Voting Common Stock is not
ascertainable due to the absence of publicly available quotations or prices with
respect to the Class B Voting Common Stock as a result of the limited market
for, and infrequency of trades in, Class B Voting Common Stock and the fact that
any such trades are privately negotiated transactions.
There were 1,030,780 shares of Class A Voting Common Stock, 500,301 shares
of Class B Voting Common Stock, and 9,403,261 shares of Class C Non-Voting
Common Stock outstanding as of March 13, 2000.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Proxy Statement to be filed on or about April 14, 2000 in connection with
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 1, 2000 (portions of which
are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).
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10
PART I
Item 1. Business
General
The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as "Farmer
Mac," is a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States that was
created to establish a secondary market for agricultural real estate and rural
housing mortgage loans ("Qualified Loans"). Farmer Mac was created by the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. ss.ss. 2279aa et seq.), which amended
the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (collectively, as amended, the "Act") to provide for
the existence of an agricultural secondary mortgage market. Farmer Mac provides
liquidity to the agricultural mortgage market by: (i) purchasing newly
originated Qualified Loans directly from lenders on a continuing basis through
its "cash window"; (ii) exchanging securities issued and guaranteed by Farmer
Mac for newly originated and seasoned Qualified Loans that back those securities
through its "swap" program; (iii) issuing long-term standby purchase commitments
for newly originated and existing (seasoned) Qualified Loans; (iv) purchasing
portfolios of existing loans on a negotiated basis; and (v) purchasing
mortgage-backed bonds secured by Qualified Loans through its "AgVantage"
program. Generally, loans guaranteed through swap and long-term standby purchase
commitment transactions are seasoned loans.
Farmer Mac conducts its business through two programs, "Farmer Mac I" and
"Farmer Mac II." Under the Farmer Mac I Program, Farmer Mac purchases, or
commits to purchase, Qualified Loans, which are not guaranteed by any
instrumentality or agency of the United States, or obligations backed by
Qualified Loans. Under the Farmer Mac II Program, Farmer Mac purchases the
guaranteed portions (the "Guaranteed Portions") of loans guaranteed by the
United States Department of Agriculture (the "USDA") pursuant to the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. ss.ss. 1921 et seq.) (the
"ConAct").
Pursuant to its statutory authority, Farmer Mac guarantees timely payments
of principal and interest on securities backed by Qualified Loans or Guaranteed
Portions ("Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities") and sells those securities in the
capital markets or retains them in its portfolio. At December 31, 1999,
outstanding Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities totaled $2.3 billion. For more
information about Farmer Mac's securities and its financial performance, see
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations."
Farmer Mac's principal sources of revenue are: (i) fees it receives in
connection with the issuance of its guarantee and commitments to purchase
Qualified Loans; (ii) gains on the sales of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
backed by Qualified Loans it purchases; and (iii) net interest income earned on
its retained portfolio of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, its investments,
Qualified Loans purchased pending securitization and mortgage-backed bonds
purchased under AgVantage.
Farmer Mac funds its program operations primarily through the issuance of
debt obligations of various maturities. See "Farmer Mac Guarantee Program --
Financing." As of December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac had outstanding $1.7 billion of
Discount Notes and $796.5 million of Medium-Term Notes, net of unamortized
hedging costs, discounts and premiums. During 1999, Farmer Mac continued its
strategy of using debt issuance to increase its presence in the capital markets
in order to improve the mortgage rates available to farmers, ranchers and rural
homeowners. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions
and Results of Operations --Net Interest Income."
The Farm Credit Administration (the "FCA"), acting through its Office of
Secondary Market Oversight, has general regulatory and enforcement authority
over Farmer Mac, including the authority to promulgate rules and regulations
governing the activities of Farmer Mac and to apply its general enforcement
powers to Farmer Mac and its activities. Farmer Mac is required to meet certain
minimum and critical capital requirements specified in the Act, which were
phased in over the course of a transition period that ended on January 1, 1999,
when the highest minimum and critical capital requirements became applicable. On
November 12, 1999, the FCA published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the
Federal Register, a step in establishing a statutorily required risk-based
capital test for Farmer Mac. For a discussion of Farmer Mac's statutory capital
requirements and its capital levels, see "Government Regulation of Farmer Mac --
Regulation -- Capital Standards" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Overview" and "-- Liquidity and
Capital Resources."
Farmer Mac has three classes of common stock outstanding - Class A Voting,
Class B Voting and Class C Non-Voting (collectively, the "Common Stock"). The
Class A and Class B Voting Common Stock are collectively referred to herein as
the "Voting Common Stock." See "Market for Registrant's Common Equity and
Related Stockholder Matters," in Part II of this report, for information with
respect to Farmer Mac's Common Stock.
Farmer Mac is an institution of the Farm Credit System (a "System
Institution"), although it is not liable for any debt or obligation of any other
System Institution. Likewise, neither the Farm Credit System nor any other
individual System Institution is liable for any debt or obligation of Farmer
Mac.
As of December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac employed 30 persons, located primarily
at its principal executive offices at 919 18th Street, N.W., Suite 200,
Washington, D.C. 20006. Its telephone number is (202) 872-7700.
FARMER MAC GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Farmer Mac I
General
Under the Farmer Mac I Program, Farmer Mac issues and guarantees
securities backed by, or representing interests in, Qualified Loans. A Qualified
Loan is a loan secured by a fee simple mortgage or a long-term leasehold
mortgage, with status as a first lien on Agricultural Real Estate or Rural
Housing (as defined below) that is located within the United States. A Qualified
Loan must also be an obligation of: (i) a citizen or national of the United
States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States; or (ii) a private corporation or partnership whose members, stockholders
or partners holding a majority interest in the corporation or partnership are
individuals described in clause (i). A Qualified Loan must also be an obligation
of a person, corporation or partnership having sufficient indicia of
creditworthiness to indicate a reasonable likelihood of repayment of the loan
according to its terms. A Qualified Loan may be an existing (seasoned) or newly
originated mortgage loan that conforms to Farmer Mac's requirements.
Qualified Loans must be secured either by Agricultural Real Estate or by
Rural Housing. Agricultural Real Estate is defined by Farmer Mac as a parcel or
parcels of land, which may be improved by buildings or other structures
permanently affixed to the parcel or parcels, that (i) are used for the
production of one or more agricultural commodities; and (ii) consist of a
minimum of five acres or are used in producing minimum annual receipts of at
least $5,000. In accordance with the Act, the principal amount of a Qualified
Loan secured by Agricultural Real Estate shall not be greater than $3.6 million,
which has been adjusted for inflation as of October 1, 1999, or such higher
amount as may be necessary to finance up to 1,000 acres of Agricultural Real
Estate. Farmer Mac has limited the maximum loan amount to $6.0 million,
regardless of acreage.
Rural Housing is defined by Farmer Mac as a one- to four-family,
owner-occupied principal residence that is a moderately priced dwelling located
in a community having a population of 2,500 or fewer inhabitants; the dwelling
(excluding the land to which the dwelling is affixed) cannot have a purchase
price or current appraised value of more than $145,375, which has been adjusted
for inflation as of October 1, 1999. In addition to the dwelling itself, a Rural
Housing Qualified Loan can be secured by land associated with the dwelling
having an appraised value of no more than 50 percent of the total appraised
value of the combined property. To date, Rural Housing Qualified Loans have not
represented a significant part of Farmer Mac's business.
Cash Window Purchases
Qualified Loan Purchases. Farmer Mac purchases Agricultural Real Estate
Qualified Loans directly from approved lenders ("Sellers") for cash on a
continuing basis through its "cash window." Farmer Mac primarily purchases fixed
and adjustable rate Qualified Loans, but may also purchase other types of
Qualified Loans, including convertible mortgage loans. Qualified Loans purchased
by Farmer Mac have a variety of maturities and often include balloon payments
and provisions that require a yield maintenance payment in the event of
prepayment (depending upon the level of interest rates at the time of
prepayment). Farmer Mac seeks to develop and offer through the cash window loan
products that are in demand by agricultural borrowers and the lenders who serve
them and that can be securitized and efficiently sold into the capital markets.
In offering to purchase loans through the cash window, Farmer Mac emphasizes the
importance of conformity to its program requirements, including the interest
rate, amortization, final maturity and periodic payment specifications, in order
to facilitate the purchase of individual loans or groups of loans from many
lenders for aggregation into uniform pools that back Farmer Mac Guaranteed
Securities.
Through its "part-time farm" loan program Farmer Mac purchases, or
guarantees securities backed by, Qualified Loans made to borrowers who live on
Agricultural Real Estate but generally derive a significant portion of their
income from off-farm employment. To qualify as a part-time farm, the
Agricultural Real Estate security must include a single-family, owner-occupied,
detached residence that generally constitutes at least 30 percent of the total
appraised value of the property and is used as the borrower's residence. As of
December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac had $76.1 million of outstanding part-time farm
loans in its portfolio.
During 1999, Farmer Mac purchased $391.4 million of loans through its
Farmer Mac I cash window program from 93 Sellers operating throughout the United
States. During the year, the top 10 Sellers generated 74 percent of the Farmer
Mac I cash window loan volume, including loans sold by Zions First National Bank
("Zions"), Farmer Mac's largest Class A and Class C stockholder, and Zions'
"proprietary" products sold to Farmer Mac by other Sellers, which together
represented 35 percent of Farmer Mac's total cash window volume for the year.
While Zions represents a significant portion of Farmer Mac's cash window volume,
Zions-related loans represented only 10 percent of the total Farmer Mac I loans
purchased or guaranteed during 1999. For more information with respect to loan
volume, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations - Results of Operations - Business Volume." As of December
31, 1999, there were $996.7 million of cash window full-time farm loans
outstanding.
Mortgage-Backed Bond Purchases. Through the "AgVantage" program, Farmer Mac
provides an alternative way of accessing the cash window. Under AgVantage,
Farmer Mac purchases (and guarantees timely payment of principal and interest
on) mortgage-backed bonds issued by Sellers who also have been certified as
"AgVantage certified facilities" (each, an "AgVantage Issuer") based upon Farmer
Mac's assessment of their agricultural loan underwriting and servicing
capabilities, as well as their creditworthiness. AgVantage bonds, which are
general obligations of the AgVantage Issuers, are secured by eligible collateral
in an amount ranging from 120 percent to 150 percent of the bonds' outstanding
principal amount. Eligible collateral consists of Qualified Loans having an
aggregate principal balance equal to at least 100 percent of the bonds'
outstanding principal amount and cash or securities issued by the U.S. Treasury
or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States. As of
December 31, 1999, 45 AgVantage transactions had been completed with 15
AgVantage Issuers resulting in Farmer Mac guarantees of $750 million of bonds
with maturities ranging from two weeks to 15 years, most of which being less
than one year. As of December 31, 1999, there remained outstanding $66.4 million
principal amount of AgVantage bonds. In November 1999, legislation was enacted
that expanded the authority of federally-chartered Home Loan Banks to accept
agricultural loans as collateral for their own advances and relaxed the Home
Loan Bank membership requirements for small banks. At this time, it is too early
to assess fully the impact, if any, of these changes upon Farmer Mac.
Swap Transactions
Farmer Mac also acquires Qualified Loans from lenders in exchange for
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities backed by such Qualified Loans. Unlike cash
window transactions, which generally involve loans with Farmer Mac-specified
terms, swap transactions usually are negotiated with the lender and often
involve the acquisition of loans with payment, maturity and interest rate
characteristics other than those of loans that Farmer Mac would normally
purchase through its cash window. Regardless of variances in loan terms from
Farmer Mac's cash window products, Qualified Loans are only eligible for swap
transactions on the basis of their conformity to Farmer Mac's credit standards,
which are discussed under "-- Underwriting and Appraisal Standards" below. In
1999, Farmer Mac consummated two swap transactions with one System Institution
aggregating $176.8 million. As of December 31, 1999, the outstanding balance of
loans underlying Farmer Mac swap transactions was $231.9 million. For more
information with respect to loan volume, see "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of
Operations - Business Volume."
Long-Term Standby Purchase Commitments
In 1999, the use of Farmer Mac's "long-term standby purchase commitment," a
variation on swap transactions for Sellers seeking to obtain the benefits of a
Farmer Mac guarantee on Qualified Loans retained in their portfolios, evolved
into an integral part of the Farmer Mac I program. A long-term standby purchase
commitment permits a lender to segregate a pool of loans in its portfolio and
transfer to Farmer Mac the credit risk on those loans, in return for the payment
of fees on the outstanding balance of the segregated loans approximating what
would have been Farmer Mac's guarantee fee had the loans been exchanged in a
swap transaction. Under a long-term standby purchase commitment, Farmer Mac
commits to purchase any Qualified Loan in a segregated pool of loans subject to
the commitment, if: (a) the Qualified Loan becomes four months delinquent; (b)
the Qualified Loan meets Farmer Mac's cash window requirements at the time the
Seller requests that Farmer Mac purchase the loan; or (c) the Seller requests
that Farmer Mac purchase all of the identified Qualified Loans. In the case of a
delinquent Qualified Loan, Farmer Mac will pay the Seller a predetermined price
for the loan - generally, principal plus accrued interest; in the case of a
Qualified Loan under clause (b) or (c), the price for the Qualified Loan(s)
would be negotiated at the time of purchase. This structure permits the Seller
to retain the segregated loans in its portfolio while reducing its credit and
concentration exposures and, consequently, its regulatory capital requirements.
In consideration for Farmer Mac's assumption of the credit risk on the
segregated loans, the recipient of the commitment pays fees to Farmer Mac on the
outstanding balance of the loans at a level approximating what would have been
Farmer Mac's guarantee fee had the loans been exchanged with Farmer Mac in a
swap transaction. The credit risk to Farmer Mac related to the long-term standby
purchase commitment is the same as that of a swap or AMBS. Through December 31,
1999, 5,441 Qualified Loans having an aggregate principal balance of $637.6
million had been placed under long-term standby purchase commitments with four
System Institutions, of which 5,050 Qualified Loans having an aggregate
principal balance of $575.1 million remained under long-term standby purchase
commitments as of that date. For more information with respect to loan volume,
see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations - Results of Operations - Business Volume."
Negotiated Purchases
Farmer Mac may also purchase portfolios of Qualified Loans that qualify as
"existing loans" and otherwise meet the characteristics of loans qualifying for
swap transactions, as described above. To date, no such transactions have been
completed.
Underwriting and Appraisal Standards
Farmer Mac has established Underwriting and Appraisal Standards for
Qualified Loans in an effort to reduce the risk of loss from defaults by
borrowers and to provide guidance concerning the management, administration and
conduct of underwriting and appraisals to all participants in the Farmer Mac I
Program. These standards were developed on the basis of industry norms for
mortgage loans qualified to be sold in the secondary market and were designed to
assess the creditworthiness of the borrower, as well as the value of the
mortgaged property relative to the amount of the Qualified Loan. Farmer Mac
requires Sellers to make representations and warranties regarding the
conformance of Qualified Loans to these standards and any other requirements it
may impose from time to time.
The Underwriting Standards require, among other things, that the
loan-to-value ratio for any Qualified Loan (other than a part-time farm loan)
not exceed 70 percent (which Farmer Mac reduced from 75 percent in 1997 in light
of its status as a "first loss guarantor"). In the case of newly originated
Agricultural Real Estate Qualified Loans that are not part-time farm loans,
borrowers must also meet certain credit ratios, including: (i) a pro forma
(after closing the new loan) debt-to-asset ratio of 50 percent or less; (ii) a
pro forma cash flow debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1:1 on the
mortgaged property; (iii) a total debt service coverage ratio, computed on a pro
forma basis, of not less than 1.25:1, including farm and non-farm income; and
(iv) a ratio of current assets to current liabilities, computed on a pro forma
basis, of not less than 1:1. In early 1998, Farmer Mac introduced a premium loan
program for loans to highly creditworthy borrowers. Under that program,
Qualified Loans meeting certain more stringent Underwriting Standards than the
foregoing loan-to-value and credit ratios would qualify for purchase at a lower
net yield than those applicable to loans not meeting the higher standards.
In the case of a seasoned loan (a loan that has been outstanding for five
or more years), sustained performance is considered by Farmer Mac to be a
reliable alternative indicator of a borrower's ability to pay the loan according
to its terms. A seasoned loan generally will be deemed a Qualified Loan,
eligible for purchase or inclusion in a pool of loans to be securitized, if it
has been outstanding for at least five years and has a loan-to-value ratio
(based on an updated estimate of value) of 60 percent or less, and there have
been no payments more than 30 days past due during the previous three years and
no material restructurings or modifications for credit reasons during the
previous five years. In the case of existing loans that have been outstanding
for fewer than five years, there must be compliance with the Underwriting
Standards for newly originated loans when the loan was originated.
In the case of Rural Housing Qualified Loans and Qualified Loans under the
part-time farm program, up to 85 percent of the appraised value of the property
may be financed if the amount above 78 percent is covered by private mortgage
insurance. For newly originated Agricultural Real Estate Qualified Loans on
part-time farm properties, the borrower must generate sufficient income from all
sources to repay all creditors. A borrower's capacity to repay debt obligations
is determined by two tests: (i) the borrower's monthly mortgage
payment-to-income ratio should be 28 percent or less and (ii) the borrower's
monthly debt payment-to-income ratio should be 36 percent or less.
The Underwriting Standards provide that Farmer Mac may, on a loan-by-loan
basis, accept loans that do not conform to one or more of the Underwriting
Standards when: (a) those loans exceed one or more of the Underwriting Standards
to which they do conform to a degree that compensates for noncompliance with one
or more other Standards ("compensating strengths"); and (b) those loans are made
to producers of particular agricultural commodities in a segment of agriculture
in which such compensating strengths are typical of the financial condition of
sound borrowers. The acceptance by Farmer Mac of loans that do not conform to
one or more of the Underwriting Standards is not intended to provide a basis for
waiving or lessening in any way the requirement that loans be of consistently
high quality in order to qualify for purchase or inclusion in a pool of loans to
be securitized. The entity that requests the acceptance by Farmer Mac of such
loans bears the burden of convincing Farmer Mac that the loans meet both tests
as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above and that the inclusion of such loans
in a pool will not weaken the overall performance of the pool.
The Appraisal Standards for newly originated Qualified Loans require,
among other things, that the appraisal function be performed independently of
the credit decision making process and conform to the Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice (commonly referred to as USPAP) promulgated by
the Appraisal Standards Board. The Appraisal Standards require the appraisal
function to be conducted or administered by an individual meeting certain
qualification criteria and who (a) is not associated, except by the engagement
for the appraisal, with the credit underwriters making the loan decision, though
both the appraiser and the credit underwriter may be directly or indirectly
employed by a common employer; (b) receives no financial or professional benefit
of any kind relative to the report content, valuation or credit decision made or
based on the appraisal product; and (c) has no present or contemplated future
direct or indirect interest in the appraised property. The Appraisal Standards
also require uniform reporting of reliable and accurate estimates of the market
value, market rent and net property income characteristics of the mortgaged
property and the relative market forces.
Sellers
A Seller may be a System Institution, bank, insurance company, business
and industrial development company, savings and loan association, association of
agricultural producers, agricultural cooperative, commercial finance company,
trust company, credit union or other financial entity. In order to participate
in the Farmer Mac I program, the Seller must meet minimum eligibility
requirements, including: maintain stockholders' equity of at least $1 million or
at least $500,000 of net worth (as defined by Farmer Mac); have a staff
experienced in agricultural lending and servicing; maintain a fidelity bond and
either an errors and omissions, mortgage impairment or mortgagee protection
policy providing coverage in an amount determined by Farmer Mac from time to
time; and provide representations and warranties to Farmer Mac regarding the
qualifications of Qualified Loans sold to Farmer Mac. In addition, in order to
facilitate a wide distribution of Farmer Mac's Voting Common Stock and give
program participants an ownership interest in the secondary market, Farmer Mac
has established minimum Voting Common Stock ownership requirements for Sellers,
subject to certain limited exceptions.
Servicing
Farmer Mac does not directly service Qualified Loans held in its
portfolio, although it does act as "master servicer" with respect to Qualified
Loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities issued under the Farmer Mac I
Program. Qualified Loans can be serviced only by a Farmer Mac approved servicing
entity that has entered into a central servicing contract with Farmer Mac.
Sellers of Qualified Loans sold into the Farmer Mac I Program have a right to
retain certain servicing functions (typically direct borrower contacts) and may
enter into field servicing contracts with the appropriate central servicers to
specify such servicing functions. Farmer Mac currently utilizes seven central
servicers in its Farmer Mac I program.
Farmer Mac I Securities
Farmer Mac issues securities that are guaranteed by it as to timely
payment of principal and interest and that are backed either by Qualified Loans,
or obligations backed by Qualified Loans, or by Guaranteed Portions.
Collectively, these are called "Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities." Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities issued under the Farmer Mac I Program are referred to as
"Farmer Mac I Securities." Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities issued under the
Farmer Mac II Program are referred to as "Farmer Mac II Securities."
By statute, public offerings of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities are
required to be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") under the federal securities laws; accordingly, Farmer Mac maintains a
shelf registration statement with the SEC pursuant to which public offerings of
such securities can occur. Farmer Mac may also issue Farmer Mac Guaranteed
Securities in private, unregistered transactions. U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, a national banking association based in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
serves as trustee for each trust underlying Farmer Mac I Securities, although
Farmer Mac may assume some or all of the trustee function and, thus, eliminate
some of the cost associated with a third party trustee as soon as practicable.
Farmer Mac I Securities are mortgage pass-through certificates issued and
guaranteed by Farmer Mac that represent beneficial interests in pools of
Agricultural Real Estate Qualified Loans or in obligations backed by pools of
Agricultural Real Estate Qualified Loans. All Farmer Mac I Securities issued by
Farmer Mac during and since 1996 have been single class, "grantor trust"
pass-through certificates, which Farmer Mac calls "Agricultural Mortgage-Backed
Securities" or "AMBS." These securities entitle each investor to receive a
portion of the payments of principal and interest on the underlying pool of
Agricultural Real Estate Qualified Loans equal to the investor's proportionate
interest in the pool. AMBS are backed by Qualified Loans Farmer Mac has acquired
from one or more Sellers, either through its cash window or in negotiated
transactions. AMBS may back other Farmer Mac I Securities, including real estate
mortgage investment conduit securities ("REMICs") and other agricultural
mortgage-backed securities.
Farmer Mac I Securities are not assets of Farmer Mac, except when acquired
for investment purposes, nor are Farmer Mac I Securities recorded as liabilities
of Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac, however, is liable under its guarantee on the
securities to make timely payments to investors of principal (including balloon
payments) and interest based on the scheduled payments on the underlying
Qualified Loans, even if Farmer Mac has not actually received such scheduled
payments. Farmer Mac I Securities enable Farmer Mac to further its statutory
purpose of increasing the liquidity of the agricultural mortgage market and
create a source of guarantee fee income for Farmer Mac. Because it guarantees
timely payments on Farmer Mac I Securities (without the protection afforded by
the minimum 10 percent cash reserve or subordinated interest required prior to
the enactment of changes to Farmer Mac's statutory charter in 1997), Farmer Mac
assumes the ultimate credit risk of borrower defaults on the Qualified Loans
underlying its guaranteed securities. Those loans are subject to the Farmer Mac
Underwriting Standards described above in "-- Underwriting and Appraisal
Standards." See also "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations -- Risk Management -- Credit risk
management."
Farmer Mac receives guarantee fees in return for its guarantee obligations
on Farmer Mac I Securities. These fees are paid as installment payments become
due and are received on the underlying Qualified Loans until those loans have
been repaid or otherwise liquidated from the pool (generally as a result of
default). The aggregate amount of guarantee fees received by Farmer Mac depends
upon the amount of Farmer Mac I Securities outstanding and on the guarantee fee
rate, which, by statute, is capped at 50 basis points (0.50 percent) per annum.
The amount of Farmer Mac I Securities outstanding is influenced by the repayment
rates on the underlying Qualified Loans and by the rate at which Farmer Mac
issues new Farmer Mac I Securities. In general, when the level of interest rates
declines significantly below the interest rates on loans underlying Farmer Mac I
Securities, the rate of prepayments is likely to increase; conversely, when
interest rates rise above the interest rates on the loans underlying Farmer Mac
I Securities, the rate of prepayments is likely to slow. In addition to changes
in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on Farmer Mac I Securities
also is influenced by a variety of economic, demographic and other
considerations, including the obligation of borrowers under most loans
underlying Farmer Mac I Securities to make a yield maintenance payment
(depending upon the level of interest rates) in the event of prepayment of the
underlying loan, which tends to serve as a deterrent to prepayments in a
declining interest rate environment.
Transactions Under the Farmer Mac I Program
The following table summarizes loans purchased or guaranteed subsequent to
the enactment of changes to Farmer Mac's statutory charter in 1996 (the "1996
Act") under the Farmer Mac I program through December 31, 1999.
Farmer Mac I Loans
Purchased or Guaranteed
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Prior to 1999 During 1999 Total
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(in thousands)
Post-1996 Act:
Cash window purchases $ 732,766 $ 391,448 $1,124,214
Swaps 84,355 176,788 261,143
Long-term standby purchase commitments - 637,685 637,685
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Total $ 817,121 $1,205,921 $2,023,042
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In addition, as of December 31, 1999, there remained outstanding $118.2
million of Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act.
These securities are supported by unguaranteed subordinate interests which
represented 10 percent of the balance of the loans underlying the securities at
issuance.
Funding of Guarantee Claims
The primary sources of funding for the payment of claims made under Farmer
Mac guarantees are the fees Farmer Mac receives for providing its guarantees and
Farmer Mac's general assets. A portion of the guarantee fees received by Farmer
Mac is required to be set aside in a segregated account as a reserve against
losses from its guarantee activities. Among other things, this reserve account
must be exhausted before Farmer Mac may issue obligations to the Secretary of
the Treasury against the $1.5 billion Farmer Mac is authorized to borrow from
the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Act to fulfill its guarantee
obligations.
Although total outstanding guarantees exceed the amount held in reserve
and the amount it may borrow from the Treasury, Farmer Mac does not expect
claims under the guarantees to exceed amounts available to satisfy those claims.
For information with respect to the reserve account, see Note 6 to the Financial
Statements. For a more detailed discussion of Farmer Mac's borrowing authority
from the Treasury, see "Farmer Mac's Borrowing Authority from the U.S.
Treasury."
Portfolio Diversification
Farmer Mac has established a policy goal of diversifying its portfolio of
Qualified Loans both geographically and by commodity. For information with
respect to the diversification of Farmer Mac's existing portfolio of Qualified
Loans, see Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations - Risk Management" and Note 10 to the Financial
Statements.
Farmer Mac II
General
The Farmer Mac II Program was initiated in 1992 and is authorized under
Sections 8.0(3) (12 U.S.C. ss. 2279aa(3)) and 8.0(9) (12 U.S.C. ss. 2279aa(9))
of the Act. Under those Sections: (i) Guaranteed Portions are statutorily
included in the definition of loans eligible as "Qualified Loans" for Farmer Mac
secondary market programs; (ii) Guaranteed Portions are exempted from the
underwriting, appraisal and repayment standards that all other Qualified Loans
must meet, and pools of Guaranteed Portions are exempted from any
diversification and internal credit enhancement that may be required of pools of
Qualified Loans that are not Guaranteed Portions; and (iii) Farmer Mac is
authorized to pool Guaranteed Portions and issue Farmer Mac II Securities backed
by such Guaranteed Portions.
United States Department of Agriculture Guaranteed Loan Programs
USDA, acting through its various agencies, currently administers the
federal rural credit programs first developed in the mid-1930s. The USDA makes
direct loans and also issues guarantees on loans made and serviced by
USDA-qualified loan originators (each, a "Lender") for various purposes.
Under the Farmer Mac II Program, Farmer Mac is one of several competing
purchasers from Lenders and others of Guaranteed Portions of farm ownership
loans, farm operating loans, business and industry loans and other loans that
are guaranteed by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the ConAct
(collectively, the "Guaranteed Loans"). Guaranteed Portions, which represent up
to 90 percent of the principal amount of Guaranteed Loans, are fully guaranteed
as to principal and interest by the USDA, which guarantee is supported by the
full faith and credit of the United States.
USDA Guarantees. The maximum loss covered by a USDA guarantee can never
exceed the lesser of: (i) 90 percent of principal and interest indebtedness on
the Guaranteed Loan, any loan subsidy due, and 90 percent of principal and
interest indebtedness on secured protective advances for protection and
preservation of the related mortgaged property made with USDA authorization; and
(ii) 90 percent of the principal advanced to or assumed by the borrower under
the Guaranteed Loan and any interest due (including a loan subsidy).
Each USDA guarantee is a full faith and credit obligation of the United
States and becomes enforceable if a Lender fails to repurchase the Guaranteed
Portion from the owner thereof (the "Owner") within thirty (30) days after
written demand from the Owner when (a) the borrower under the Guaranteed Loan
(the "Borrower") is in default not less than sixty (60) days in the payment of
any principal or interest due on the Guaranteed Portion, or (b) the Lender has
failed to remit to the Owner the payment made by the Borrower on the Guaranteed
Portion or any related loan subsidy within thirty (30) days after the Lender's
receipt thereof.
If the Lender does not repurchase the Guaranteed Portion as provided
above, the USDA is required to purchase the unpaid principal balance of the
Guaranteed Portion together with accrued interest (including any loan subsidy)
to the date of purchase, less the servicing fee, within thirty (30) days after
written demand to USDA from the Owner. While the USDA guarantee will not cover
the note interest to the Owner on Guaranteed Portions accruing after ninety (90)
days from the date of the original demand letter of the Owner (Farmer Mac) to
the Lender requesting repurchase, procedures have been established to require
prompt tendering of Guaranteed Portions.
If in the opinion of the Lender (with the concurrence of the USDA) or in
the opinion of the USDA, repurchase of the Guaranteed Portion is necessary to
service the related Guaranteed Loan adequately, the Owner will sell the
Guaranteed Portion to the Lender or USDA for an amount equal to the unpaid
principal balance and accrued interest (including any loan subsidy) on such
Guaranteed Portion less the Lender's servicing fee. Federal regulations prohibit
the Lender from repurchasing Guaranteed Portions for arbitrage purposes.
Lenders. All Guaranteed Loans must be originated and serviced by eligible
Lenders. Under applicable regulations, all eligible Lenders must be subject to
credit examination and supervision by either an agency of the United States or a
state, must be in good standing with their licensing authorities and must have
met any licensing, loan making, loan servicing and other applicable requirements
of the state in which the collateral for a Guaranteed Loan will be located. Each
Lender must inform the USDA that it qualifies as an eligible Lender and which
agency or authority supervises it.
Loan Servicing. The Lender on each Guaranteed Loan is required by
regulation to retain the unguaranteed portion of the Guaranteed Loan (the
"Unguaranteed Portion"), to service the entire underlying Guaranteed Loan,
including the Guaranteed Portion, and to remain mortgagee and/or secured party
of record. The Guaranteed Portion and the Unguaranteed Portion of the underlying
Guaranteed Loan are to be secured by the same security with equal lien priority.
The Guaranteed Portion cannot be paid later than or in any way be subordinated
to the related Unguaranteed Portion.
Farmer Mac II Securities
Farmer Mac issues and guarantees the timely payment of principal and
interest on Farmer Mac II Securities, which are backed by Guaranteed Portions.
Farmer Mac does not guarantee the repayment of the Guaranteed Portions, only the
Farmer Mac II Securities that are backed by Guaranteed Portions. In addition to
issuing Farmer Mac II Securities to Lenders in swap transactions or to other
investors for cash, Farmer Mac also purchases Guaranteed Portions for retention
in its portfolio under a master Farmer Mac II Security.
Transactions Under Farmer Mac II Program
As of December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac had issued and guaranteed $600.8
million of Farmer Mac II Securities, of which $116.2 million were issued in
1999. Of the $600.8 million of Farmer Mac II Securities issued and guaranteed
through December 31, 1999, $383.3 million were outstanding as of that date. Of
the $383.3 million of outstanding Farmer Mac II Securities, $356.6 million were
held by Farmer Mac. The remaining outstanding Farmer Mac II Securities were held
by other investors. See Notes 4 and 10 to the Financial Statements.
Financing
Debt Issuances
Farmer Mac issues debt obligations, consisting of Discount Notes and
Medium-Term Notes ("Notes"), to obtain funds for the Farmer Mac I and Farmer Mac
II Programs to cover transaction costs, guarantee payments and the costs of
purchasing Guaranteed Portions, Qualified Loans and securities (including Farmer
Mac Guaranteed Securities backed by Guaranteed Portions and/or Qualified Loans.)
Farmer Mac also issues Notes to maintain reasonable amounts for business
operations, including liquidity needs and to increase its presence in the
capital markets in order to improve the mortgage rates available to farmers and
ranchers and rural homeowners, and invests the proceeds of such issuances in
accordance with the policies established by the Board from time to time. The
Board's current policy authorizes Farmer Mac to invest in U.S Treasury, agency
and instrumentality obligations; repurchase agreements; commercial paper;
guaranteed investment contracts; certificates of deposit; federal funds and
bankers acceptances; certain securities and debt obligations of corporate
issuers; asset-backed securities; and corporate money market funds. Farmer Mac's
Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of up to $4.0 billion of Notes,
subject to periodic review of the adequacy of that level relative to Farmer
Mac's borrowing requirements. For information with respect to Farmer Mac's
outstanding investments and indebtedness, see Notes 3 and 5 to the Financial
Statements.
Equity Issuances
By statute, Farmer Mac is authorized to issue Voting Common Stock (which
may include additional shares of Class A and Class B Voting Common Stock),
non-voting common stock (which may include additional shares of Class C
Non-Voting Common Stock) and preferred stock. Voting Common Stock may be held
only by banks, other financial entities, insurance companies and System
Institutions that qualify as eligible participants in the Farmer Mac programs.
Under the Act, no holder of Class A Voting Common Stock may directly or
indirectly be a beneficial owner of more than 33 percent of the outstanding
shares of Class A Voting Common Stock. There are no ownership restrictions
applicable to non-voting common stock, including Class C Non-Voting Common
Stock. Any preferred stock issued by Farmer Mac would have priority over the
Common Stock in payment of dividends and liquidation proceeds. The Class C
Non-Voting Common Stock is, and any preferred stock would be, freely
transferable. The holders of preferred stock would be paid in full at par value,
plus all accrued dividends, before the holders of shares of Common Stock
received any payment upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
business of Farmer Mac. To date, Farmer Mac has not paid any dividends on its
outstanding Common Stock, and does not expect to pay dividends in the near
future, and has not issued any preferred stock. Farmer Mac's ability to declare
and pay a dividend could be restricted if it were to fail to comply with
regulatory capital requirements. See Note 7 to the Financial Statements and
"Government Regulation of Farmer Mac - Regulation - Capital Standards -
Enforcement levels."
Effective August 2, 1999, after obtaining the consent of the holders of
its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, Farmer Mac amended its By-laws to eliminate
the three-to-one preference with respect to dividends and liquidation proceeds
which had been applicable to each share of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock
relative to each share of Voting Common Stock. In conjunction with this Bylaw
amendment, Farmer Mac effected a three-for-one split of its Class C Non-Voting
Common Stock. The two principal reasons for making these changes were to
simplify the reporting of Farmer Mac's earnings per share and improve the
liquidity of Farmer Mac's Class C Stock.
To facilitate the acquisition of Class A Voting Common Stock by lenders
seeking to become approved Sellers in the Farmer Mac program, Farmer Mac
commenced a continuous direct stock offering program for the sale of Class A
Voting Common Stock in early 1998. The direct stock offering program was
suspended in November 1999. Under that program, Farmer Mac sold 40,780 shares of
Class A Voting Common Stock to lenders in satisfaction of Farmer Mac's Ownership
Requirements with respect to Voting Common Stock. As a result of these (and
other previous) issuances, there were outstanding as of December 31, 1999,
1,030,780 shares of Class A Stock, 500,301 shares of Class B Stock and 9,370,961
shares of Class C Stock.
Farmer Mac may obtain capital from future issuances of common stock (both
voting and non-voting) or preferred stock, although it has no current plans to
issue any additional shares of Common Stock, except for programs pursuant to
which employees, members of management or the Board of Directors may be granted
Class C Non-Voting Common Stock as part of their compensation arrangements.
Authority to Borrow from Treasury
The Act authorizes Farmer Mac to borrow up to $1.5 billion from the
Secretary of the Treasury, subject to certain conditions, to enable Farmer Mac
to fulfill the obligations under its guarantee. See "Farmer Mac's Borrowing
Authority from the U.S. Treasury."
Administrative Expenses
By statute, Farmer Mac is authorized to impose charges or fees in
reasonable amounts to recover the costs of administering its activities. In that
regard, Farmer Mac is authorized to require program participants to make
nonrefundable capital contributions to meet the administrative expenses of
Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac would issue shares of Voting Common Stock in exchange for
such capital contributions. No such capital contributions have been required,
and Farmer Mac has no present intention to exercise its statutory authority to
require such contributions.
FARMER MAC'S BORROWING AUTHORITY FROM THE U.S. TREASURY
Farmer Mac may issue obligations to the U.S. Treasury in a cumulative
amount not to exceed $1.5 billion. The proceeds of such obligations may be used
solely for the purpose of fulfilling Farmer Mac's guarantee obligations under
the Farmer Mac I and Farmer Mac II Programs. The Act provides that the U.S.
Treasury is required to purchase such obligations of Farmer Mac if Farmer Mac
certifies that: (i) a portion of the guarantee fees assessed by Farmer Mac has
been set aside as a reserve against losses arising out of Farmer Mac's guarantee
activities in an amount determined by Farmer Mac's Board to be necessary and
such reserve has been exhausted; and (ii) the proceeds of such obligations are
needed to fulfill Farmer Mac's guarantee obligations. Such obligations would
bear interest at a rate determined by the U.S. Treasury, taking into
consideration the average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the
United States as of the last day of the last calendar month ending before the
date of the purchase of such obligations, and would be required to be repaid to
the U.S. Treasury within a "reasonable time," which the Act does not define.
The United States government does not guarantee payments due on Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities, funds invested in the stock or indebtedness of Farmer
Mac, any dividend payments on shares of Farmer Mac stock or the profitability of
Farmer Mac.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF FARMER MAC
General
Public offerings of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities must be registered
with the SEC under the federal securities laws. Farmer Mac also is required to
file reports with the SEC pursuant to the SEC's periodic reporting requirements.
Regulation
Office of Secondary Market Oversight
As a System Institution, Farmer Mac is subject to the regulatory authority
of the FCA. Through the FCA's Office of Secondary Market Oversight ("OSMO"), the
FCA has general regulatory and enforcement authority over Farmer Mac, including
the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the activities of
Farmer Mac, and to apply its general enforcement powers to Farmer Mac and its
activities. The Director of OSMO, who was selected by and reports to the FCA
Board, is responsible for the examination of Farmer Mac and the general
supervision of the safe and sound performance by Farmer Mac of the powers and
duties vested in it by the Act. The Act requires an annual examination of the
financial transactions of Farmer Mac and authorizes the FCA to assess Farmer Mac
for the cost of its regulatory activities, including the cost of any
examination. Farmer Mac is required to file quarterly reports of condition with
the FCA, as well as copies of all documents filed with the SEC under the federal
securities laws.
Department of the Treasury
In connection with the passage of the 1996 Act, the Chairmen of the House
and Senate Agriculture Committees requested the FCA, in a cooperative effort
with the Department of the Treasury, to "monitor and review the operations and
financial condition of Farmer Mac and to report in writing to the appropriate
subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee, the House Banking and
Financial Services Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Committee at six-month intervals during the capital deferral period [the
transition period for the phase-in of higher capital standards, as provided in
the 1996 Act] and beyond, if necessary." Although the "capital deferral period"
expired on January 1, 1999, Farmer Mac anticipates this cooperative monitoring
effort between the Treasury and the FCA will continue at least until a final
risk-based capital regulation for Farmer Mac, the promulgation of which is
currently underway, becomes effective.
Comptroller General/General Accounting Office
The Act requires the Comptroller General of the United States to perform
an annual review of the actuarial soundness and reasonableness of the guarantee
fees established by Farmer Mac.
In 1998, the GAO conducted two reviews of Farmer Mac's activities, the
first of which addressed the investment activities of Farmer Mac and other
government-sponsored enterprises and the second of which reviewed Farmer Mac's
statutory mandate and its ability to fulfill that mandate. No similar reviews
were conducted during 1999, but issues raised in the 1998 reviews may still
result in inquiries by Congress or other agencies of the federal government.
Farmer Mac believes that its investment practices represent a prudent business
strategy for a growing company, and that its growth during the four years since
Congress expanded its statutory authorities demonstrates the value of the
government-sponsored agricultural secondary market. The FCA found the business
strategies being employed by Farmer Mac to be safe and sound and consistent
with prior statements by the Board and management in connection with the
adoption of the business strategies. At the end of 1999 Farmer Mac's non-program
assets represented a declining portion of its total assets and off-balance sheet
guarantees.
Capital Standards
General. The Act, as amended by the 1996 Act, establishes three capital
standards for Farmer Mac - minimum, critical and risk-based. The minimum and
critical capital requirements are expressed as a percentage of on-balance sheet
assets and a lower percentage of "off-balance sheet obligations" (primarily
outstanding Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities not owned by Farmer Mac (or an
affiliate)); each of these percentages increased over the course of a transition
period which ended on January 1, 1999, when the highest percentages of minimum
and critical capital specified in the Act were triggered. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations --
Liquidity and Capital Resources" for a presentation of Farmer Mac's current
regulatory capital position. The Act does not specify the required level of
risk-based capital, but directs the FCA to establish a risk-based capital test
for Farmer Mac, which was published for comment on November 12, 1999. See " --
Risk-based capital" below. In the event that Farmer Mac were unable to comply
with existing capital requirements or higher capital requirements that may be
imposed in the future, the FCA could take enforcement actions against Farmer
Mac, including curtailing its business activities. See " -- Enforcement levels"
below.
At December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac's minimum and critical capital
requirements were $79.6 million and $39.8 million, respectively, and its actual
core capital level was $88.8 million, $9.2 million above the minimum
requirement.
Minimum capital level. The highest minimum capital level for Farmer Mac,
which became applicable on and after January 1, 1999, is an amount of core
capital equal to the sum of 2.75 percent of Farmer Mac's aggregate on-balance
sheet assets, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles, plus
0.75 percent of the aggregate off-balance sheet obligations of Farmer Mac,
specifically including: (i) the unpaid principal balance of outstanding Farmer
Mac Guaranteed Securities; (ii) instruments issued or guaranteed by Farmer Mac
that are substantially equivalent to Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities; and (iii)
other off-balance sheet obligations of Farmer Mac.
Critical capital level. By statute, Farmer Mac's critical capital level at
any time must be an amount of core capital equal to 50 percent of the total
minimum capital requirement at that time.
Risk-based capital. The 1996 Act directs the FCA to establish a risk-based
capital test for Farmer Mac, using stress-test parameters set forth therein.
While the Act does not specify the required level of risk-based capital, that
level is permitted to exceed the statutory minimum capital requirement
applicable to Farmer Mac. For several years, Farmer Mac has conducted its own
guarantee fee adequacy analyses, using stress-test models developed internally
and with the assistance of outside experts. Those analyses have taken into
account the diverse and dissimilar characteristics of the various asset
categories for which Farmer Mac must manage its risk exposures, and have evolved
as the mix and character of assets under management shifts with growth in the
business and the addition of new asset categories. Farmer Mac believes that the
risk-based capital test being developed by the FCA should take similar factors
into account and should not result in risk-based capital requirements
significantly higher than the statutory minimum capital level.
In July 1998, the FCA released for public comment a study prepared by
consultants retained by the FCA estimating historical loss rates for
agricultural real estate loans that may be employed in determining the credit
risk component of the risk-based capital test. In January 1999, Farmer Mac
submitted its comments to the study, which raised a number of issues and
concerns with the approach taken in the study. In November 1999, the FCA
published a notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth a proposed risk-based
capital test. Comments on the proposed rulemaking were initially due by March
13, 2000. The FCA has granted an extension of the time for filing comments on
the proposed rulemaking until June 12, 2000, due, in part, to a request by
Farmer Mac. The framework for the proposed rule is specified in Farmer Mac's
statutory charter and is comparable to the statutory risk-based capital
framework applicable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The model underlying the
proposed risk-based capital test is designed to measure the amount of capital
needed for Farmer Mac to maintain adequate capital levels during a ten-year
period of economic stress, based on the Corporation's credit and interest rate
risk profile at the beginning of such stress period. At this time, Farmer Mac is
studying the proposal and is unable to predict when the rulemaking process would
likely conclude and when a final regulation imposing a risk-based capital
requirement on Farmer Mac would become effective.
While a risk-based capital requirement significantly above the statutory
minimum capital level could have a material adverse effect on Farmer Mac, the
ultimate impact of any particular risk-based capital test would have to be
evaluated in light of the level of risk-based capital required relative to
Farmer Mac's then-existing capital position, the categories of assets against
which risk-based capital would have to be maintained, growth in Farmer Mac's
business, Farmer Mac's ability to raise additional equity in the capital
markets, alternative business strategies available to Farmer Mac and legal, as
well as public policy, considerations affecting the applicability of a
risk-based capital requirement to Farmer Mac. In the supplementary information
section of the notice of proposed rulemaking, the FCA noted that "...given
Farmer Mac's current financial position and risk profile, the proposed stress
test would not require Farmer Mac to increase its capital. The risk-based
capital requirement for Farmer Mac produced by the proposed stress test is below
the statutory minimum and critical capital standards. Furthermore, Farmer Mac's
current capital level exceeds both the statutory minimum and critical capital
standards...." Since, however, it is not certain that the proposed rule will be
adopted as a final rule, it is not possible to determine the impact, if any, of
a final risk-based capital regulation on Farmer Mac at this time.
Enforcement levels. The Act directs the FCA to classify Farmer Mac within
one of four enforcement levels for purposes of determining capital compliance.
Prior to the effective date of a final risk-based capital regulation for Farmer
Mac, which is not likely to occur any earlier than late in 2000, the Act
provides that Farmer Mac shall be classified as within "level I" (the highest
compliance level) so long as its capital equals or exceeds the then applicable
minimum capital level. As of December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac was classified as
within level I.
Failure to comply with the applicable minimum capital level in the Act
would result in Farmer Mac being classified as within level III (below the
minimum but above the critical capital level) or level IV (below the critical
capital level). (Level II is not applicable prior to the effectiveness of the
final risk-based capital regulation since it contemplates the failure to comply
with the risk-based capital standard.) In the event that Farmer Mac were
classified as within level III or IV, the Act requires the Director of OSMO to
take a number of mandatory supervisory measures and provides the Director with
discretionary authority to take various optional supervisory measures depending
on the level in which Farmer Mac is classified. The mandatory measures
applicable to level III include: requiring Farmer Mac to submit (and comply
with) a capital restoration plan; prohibiting the payment of dividends if such
payment would result in Farmer Mac being reclassified as within level IV and
requiring the pre-approval of any dividend payment even if such payment would
not result in reclassification as within level IV; and reclassifying Farmer Mac
as within a lower level if it does not submit a capital restoration plan that is
approved by the Director or the Director determines that Farmer Mac has failed
to make, in good faith, reasonable efforts to comply with such a plan and
fulfill the schedule for the plan approved by the Director.
If Farmer Mac were classified as within level III, then, in addition to
the foregoing mandatory supervisory measures, the Director of OSMO could take
any of the following discretionary supervisory measures: imposing limits on any
increase in, or ordering the reduction of, any obligations of Farmer Mac,
including off-balance sheet obligations; limiting or prohibiting asset growth or
requiring the reduction of assets; requiring the acquisition of new capital in
an amount sufficient to provide for reclassification as within a higher level;
terminating, reducing or modifying any activity the Director determines creates
excessive risk to Farmer Mac; or appointing a conservator or a receiver for
Farmer Mac. The Act does not specify any supervisory measures, either mandatory
or discretionary, to be taken by the Director in the event Farmer Mac were
classified as within level IV.
The Director of OSMO has the discretionary authority to reclassify Farmer
Mac to a level that is one level below its then current level (i.e., from level
III to level IV) if the Director determines that Farmer Mac is engaging in any
action not approved by the Director that could result in a rapid depletion of
core capital or if the value of property subject to mortgages backing Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities has decreased significantly.
Item 2. Properties
On September 30, 1991, Farmer Mac entered into a long-term lease for its
principal offices, which are located at 919 18th Street, N.W., Suite 200,
Washington, D.C. 20006. The lease, which is for a term of ten years, covers
approximately 7,500 square feet of office space. Farmer Mac's offices are
suitable and adequate for its present needs.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Not applicable.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Farmer Mac has three classes of common stock outstanding. Class A Voting
Common Stock may be held only by banks, insurance companies and other financial
institutions or similar entities that are not institutions of the Farm Credit
System. Class B Voting Common Stock may be held only by institutions of the Farm
Credit System. There are no ownership restrictions on the Class C Non-Voting
Common Stock.
The Class A and C Common Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
under the symbols AGMA and AGM, respectively. Prior to June 18, 1999, Class A
Common Stock traded on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock
Market under the symbol "FAMCA" and the Class C Common Stock traded on The
Nasdaq National Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "FAMCK."
The Class B Voting Common Stock, which has a limited market and trades
infrequently, is not listed or quoted on any exchange or other medium, and
Farmer Mac is unaware of any publicly available quotations or prices with
respect to that class.
The information below with respect to the Class A and Class C Common Stock
represents the high and low closing sale prices for the periods indicated as
reported by the NYSE and the high and low bids for the periods indicated as
reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Sales Price
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Class A Stock Class C Stock
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High Low High Low
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(dollars per share)
1998
First quarter........... $ 18.88 $ 16.25 $ 21.50 $ 17.25
Second quarter.......... 20.25 16.63 24.50 17.33
Third quarter........... 20.25 18.13 22.83 11.58
Fourth quarter.......... 18.38 17.00 13.50 9.08
1999
First quarter............ $ 18.50 $ 17.38 $ 18.00 $ 13.08
Second quarter........... 18.25 16.38 24.83 15.06
Third quarter............ 16.75 15.25 23.13 17.50
Fourth quarter........... 18.63 14.81 22.63 15.63
2000
First quarter (through March 13) $16.25 $ 15.63 $ 20.75 $ 16.00
As of March 13, 2000, it is estimated that there were 1,603 registered
owners of the Class A Voting Common Stock, 104 registered owners of the Class B
Voting Common Stock and 1,532 registered owners of the Class C Non-Voting Common
Stock outstanding.
As discussed above in "Farmer Mac Guarantee Program - Financing - Equity
Issuances," in early 1997, Farmer Mac commenced a continuous direct stock
offering program for the sale of Class A Voting Common Stock to facilitate the
acquisition of Class A Voting Common Stock by lenders seeking to become approved
Sellers in the Farmer Mac program. The direct stock offering program was
suspended in November 1999, through which time Farmer Mac had sold 40,780 shares
of Class A Voting Common Stock to 113 financial institutions in 115
transactions. The aggregate offering price and proceeds for the sales were
approximately $751,598. The number of shares sold through the direct stock
offering program in 1999 totaled 6,100, involving 21 institutions in 21
transactions. The aggregate offering price and proceeds for the sales in 1999
were approximately $102,094. All of these transactions involved purchases by
approved Sellers to meet the stock ownership requirements for participation in
the Farmer Mac I Program. Farmer Mac's Class A Voting Common Stock is exempt
from SEC registration under Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 by
virtue of Farmer Mac's status as an instrumentality of the United States. No
agent or underwriter was involved in any of these transactions; thus, no
underwriting discounts or commissions were paid.
For information with respect to Farmer Mac's dividend policy, see
"Business - Financing - Equity Issuances" and Note 7 to the Financial
Statements.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
December 31,
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Summary of Financial Condition: 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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(dollars in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents $336,282 $ 540,626 $ 177,617 $68,912 $8,336
Investment securities 847,220 643,562 656,737 85,799 63,281
Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 1,306,223 552,205 442,311 419,260 417,169
Loans 38,509 168,064 47,177 12,999 -
Total assets 2,590,410 1,935,971 1,348,135 603,104 512,464
Notes and bonds payable
Due within one year 1,722,061 1,473,688 856,028 259,164 207,422
Due after one year 750,337 366,122 402,803 287,128 284,084
Total liabilities 2,503,267 1,855,057 1,273,074 555,899 500,752
Stockholders' equity 87,143 80,914 75,061 47,205 11,712
Selected Financial Ratios:
Return/(loss) on average assets 0.31% 0.35% 0.47% 0.14% (0.13%)
Return/(loss) on average equity 8.24% 7.36% 7.57% 2.64% (5.41%)
Average equity to assets 3.71% 4.75% 6.27% 5.28% 2.42%
Year ended December 31,
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Summary of Operations: 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Interest income $140,377 $ 103,561 $ 80,153 $37,353 $36,424
Interest expense 125,419 92,992 72,992 34,623 34,709
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Net interest income 14,958 10,569 7,161 2,730 1,715
Guarantee fee income 7,396 3,727 2,575 1,623 1,263
Gain on issuance of AMBS - 1,400 2,362 1,070 -
Miscellaneous 220 142 253 63 171
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Total revenue 22,574 15,838 12,351 5,486 3,149
Total expenses 11,983 9,323 7,840 5,081 3,796
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Income/(loss) before income taxes and
extraordinary item 10,591 6,515 4,511 405 (647)
Income tax expense/(benefit) 3,670 772 (115) 12 -
Extraordinary gain - - - 384 -
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Net income/(loss) $6,921 $5,743 $4,626 $777 $(647)
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Earnings/(Loss) Per Share:
Basic earnings before extraordinary item $ 0.64 $ 0.53 $ 0.48 $ 0.07 $ (0.14)
Basic net earnings $ 0.64 $ 0.53 $ 0.48 $ 0.15 $ (0.14)
Diluted earnings before extraordinary item $ 0.62 $ 0.52 $ 0.46 $ 0.07 $ (0.14)
Diluted net earnings $ 0.62 $ 0.52 $ 0.46 $ 0.14 $ (0.14)
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Financial information at and for the twelve months ended December 31, 1999,
1998 and 1997 is consolidated to include the accounts of Farmer Mac and its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation ("FMMSC").
The following discussion should be read together with our financial statements
and is not necessarily indicative of our future results. During 1999, the
operations of the Farmer Mac Acceptance Corporation ("FMAC") were merged into
FMMSC. All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this Form 10-K are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
pertaining to management's current expectations as to Farmer Mac's future
financial results, business prospects and business developments. Forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict,
forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and
typically are accompanied by, and identified with, such terms as "anticipates,"
"believes," "expects," "intends," "should" and similar phrases. The following
management's discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements
addressing Farmer Mac's prospects for earnings and growth in loan purchase,
guarantee and securitization volume; trends in net interest income and provision
for losses; changes in capital position; and other business and financial
matters. Management's expectations for Farmer Mac's future necessarily involve a
number of assumptions, estimates and the evaluation of risks and uncertainties.
Various factors could cause Farmer Mac's actual results or events to differ
materially from the expectations as expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements, including: uncertainties regarding the rate and direction of
development of the secondary market for agricultural mortgage loans; the
possible establishment of additional statutory or regulatory restrictions
applicable to Farmer Mac, such as the imposition of regulatory risk-based
capital requirements in excess of statutory minimum and critical capital levels
or restrictions on Farmer Mac's investment authority; substantial changes in
interest rates, agricultural land values, commodity prices and the general
economy; protracted adverse weather, market or other conditions affecting
particular geographic regions or particular commodities related to agricultural
mortgage loans backing Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities; legislative or
regulatory developments or interpretations of Farmer Mac's statutory charter
that could adversely affect Farmer Mac or the ability of certain lenders to
participate in its programs or the terms of any such participation; the
availability of debt funding in sufficient quantities and at favorable rates to
support continued growth; the rate of growth in agricultural mortgage
indebtedness; the size of the agricultural mortgage market; borrower preferences
for fixed-rate agricultural mortgage indebtedness; the willingness of lenders to
sell agricultural mortgage loans into the Farmer Mac secondary market; the
willingness of investors to invest in agricultural mortgage-backed securities;
competition in the origination or purchase of agricultural mortgage loans and
the sale of agricultural mortgage-backed and debt securities; or changes in
Farmer Mac's status as a government-sponsored enterprise.
The foregoing factors are not exhaustive. Other sections of this report
may include additional factors that could adversely impact Farmer Mac's business
and its financial performance. Furthermore, new risk factors emerge from time to
time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor
assess the impact of such factors on Farmer Mac's business or the extent to
which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ
materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Given these potential risks and uncertainties, no undue reliance
should be placed on any forward-looking statements expressed herein.
Furthermore, Farmer Mac undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results
of revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any
future events or circumstances.
Overview
1999 was a year of solid growth and strong financial performance for Farmer
Mac, notwithstanding challenges brought about by the natural cycle of the
economics of agriculture and the lessening of mortgage placement activity due to
rising interest rates. Diluted earnings per share were $0.62 for 1999, a 63
percent increase over 1998 diluted earnings per share on a fully taxable
equivalent basis, marking the fourth consecutive year during which Farmer Mac
achieved significant increases in profitability. For the same period, net income
on a fully taxable equivalent basis rose from $4.2 million in 1998 to $6.9
million in 1999.
The year's record earnings were driven by a 143 percent increase in the
amount of loans purchased and guaranteed by Farmer Mac, to $1.3 billion. That
volume increase was largely attributable to greater use of swap and long-term
standby transactions, which aggregated $814.5 million by year-end. Purchases of
loans through the cash window and in Farmer Mac II also increased, from $459.7
million in 1998 to $507.6 million in 1999. Notwithstanding this, cash window
purchases in the latter half of the year were lower than the same period a year
earlier, reflecting the dampening effect upon new mortgage demand of rising
interest rates and the wait-and-see attitude of farmers, brought about by
commodity price volatility and delays in government agricultural program
changes. Recently introduced products, such as the long-term standby purchase
commitment and part-time farm loans, enabled Farmer Mac to continue to enlarge
its base of active program users in all sectors of the agricultural mortgage
industry during 1999, thereby expanding its service to farmers and ranchers. As
a simpler alternative to swaps, long-term standby purchase commitments expand
opportunities for lenders who customarily hold loans in portfolio, notably Farm
Credit System institutions, to obtain the capital and diversification benefits
of the Farmer Mac guarantee. Expansion of the part-time farm program prompted
interest in Farmer Mac among mortgage bankers and other national and regional
lenders, thereby substantially increasing the number of lending outlets offering
our products. This made Farmer Mac loans more accessible to farmers, ranchers
and rural residents in all regions of the nation and positioned the Corporation
for growth in 2000 and beyond.
The increase in business volume lifted total revenues by 43 percent during
1999. The principal factors contributing to higher revenues were net interest
income from spread on portfolio retention of cash window purchases, and
guarantee fees on the higher cumulative amount of guarantees outstanding. Net
interest income was up $4.4 million, from $10.6 million in 1998 to $15.0 million
in 1999, as Farmer Mac guaranteed securities and loans held by Farmer Mac
increased by $624.5 million; guarantee fee income grew 98 percent to
$7.4 million, as outstanding guarantees increased by 107 percent to $2.3
billion. During the same period, operating expenses increased by only 8 percent.
The quality of mortgages covered by Farmer Mac's guarantee remained good,
despite continued stress in some segments of the U.S. agricultural economy in
1999. At year-end, Farmer Mac I loans purchased or guaranteed after changes to
our statutory charter in 1996 placed Farmer Mac in the position of first loss
guarantor ("post-1996 Act loans") showed a modest increase in delinquency rates
of 90 days or longer, to 0.94 percent of the principal amount of all post-1996
Act loans, compared to 0.70 percent at the end of 1998. (External 10 percent
first loss interests mitigate Farmer Mac's credit exposure to pre-1996 Act
loans.) Farmer Mac anticipates fluctuations in the delinquency rate from quarter
to quarter, with higher levels likely in the first and third quarters of each
year, due to the semiannual payment characteristics of most Farmer Mac loans.
Although Farmer Mac experienced loan losses resulting in net charge-offs to the
reserve for the first time ever in 1999, with losses totaling $347 thousand,
that amount was well within loss reserves, which totaled $6.6 million at the end
of the year. It is anticipated that delinquencies may increase again in 2000,
due to both the aging of the guarantee portfolio and pressures on farm profits
due to soft worldwide demand for core agricultural commodities. Nevertheless,
based on United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA" or "the Department")
reports of strong agricultural income figures for 1999, evidence of continuing
strength in agricultural land values in most regions of the country, and
anticipated federal financial support for agricultural producers again in 2000,
Farmer Mac believes overall agricultural mortgage credit quality will be good
and there will be sound business development opportunities in 2000. A
considerable number of the opportunities will likely come from swap and
long-term standby transactions, as lenders become more attentive to issues of
liquidity and portfolio diversification.
In addition to growth in profitability and business volume, other
significant developments in 1999 included:
o In June 1999, Farmer Mac's Class A and Class C common stock began
trading on the New York Stock Exchange and, in July 1999, Farmer
Mac announced a three-for-one stock split of its Class C stock.
The Class C common stock split and the concurrent stockholder-
approved elimination of the previous three-to-one dividend and
liquidation preferences applicable to the Class C stock were
effective on August 2, 1999 and simplified the reporting of
earnings per share.
o In November 1999, the FCA issued a proposed risk-based capital
regulation for Farmer Mac. The public comment period on the
proposed rule ends on June 12, 2000. The proposed risk-based
capital rule and "stress test" computer model is currently under
review by Farmer Mac and other interested parties, and our
evaluation of the stress test has already identified several
specific issues for comment. While we cannot predict when and how
the proposed risk-based capital regulations will affect Farmer
Mac, the FCA has stated that the Corporation's capital level
currently exceeds both the statutory minimum capital and the
proposed risk-based capital requirements.
As we continue to advance Farmer Mac's business in 2000 and beyond, certain
factors and conditions remain likely to constrain our progress. Many
institutions that dominate agricultural lending today have an organizational
bias toward retaining loans in portfolio rather than selling them,
notwithstanding corporate finance and capital planning benefits they might
realize through participation in Farmer Mac's programs. Some lending
institutions subsidize their agricultural mortgage loan rates by price averaging
with non-mortgage loans, or by low-return use of equity, both of which reduce
the relative competitiveness of Farmer Mac's loan rates. Although Farmer Mac has
grown steadily stronger during the last four years, that growth has depended,
and will continue to depend, upon ongoing increases in the volume of loans
covered by its guarantee. Farmer Mac's current share of the agricultural
mortgage market remains relatively small, due to the gradual nature of market
penetration in a mature market. Based upon our dramatic growth rates in the
years since 1996, this implies a significant ongoing opportunity for expansion
of business volume. Over the long term, our strategy for realizing Farmer Mac's
business development and profitability goals is to prompt agricultural mortgage
lenders, be they traditional or non-traditional, to continue to expand their use
of our guarantee through market-oriented programs and products that clearly
benefit the nation's farmers, ranchers and rural homeowners.
A detailed discussion of Farmer Mac's financial results for the years ended
December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 follows.
Average Balances and Rates
The following table provides information regarding interest-earning assets
and interest-bearing liabilities for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and
1997.
1999 1998 1997
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Average Income/ Average Average Income/ Average Average Income/ Average
Balance Expense Rate Balance Expense Rate Balance Expense Rate
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(dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Cash and cash
equivalents $ 568,398 $29,384 5.17% $ 440,815 $ 24,306 5.51% $ 291,525 $16,052 5.51%
Investments 737,275 41,170 5.58% 658,665 38,915 5.91% 534,423 31,319 5.86%
Farmer Mac guaranteed
securities 958,593 63,054 6.58% 474,083 32,922 6.94% 413,966 30,541 7.38%
Loans 99,518 6,769 6.80% 108,743 7,418 6.82% 28,416 2,241 7.89%
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Total interest-earning
assets $ 2,363,784 140,377 5.94% $1,682,306 103,561 6.16% $ 1,268,330 80,153 6.32%
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Funding:
Discount notes $ 1,725,647 88,062 5.10% $1,253,557 68,102 5.43% $ 861,559 46,632 5.41%
Medium term notes 580,164 37,357 6.44% 360,410 24,890 6.91% 372,918 26,360 7.07%
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Total interest-bearing 2,305,811 125,419 5.44% 1,613,967 92,992 5.76% 1,234,477 72,992 5.91%
liabilities
Net non-interest-bearing
funding 57,973 - 0.00% 68,339 - 0.00% 33,853 - 0.00%
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Total funding $ 2,363,784 125,419 5.31% $1,682,306 92,992 5.53% $1,268,330 72,992 5.75%
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Net interest income/
yield $14,958 0.63% $ 10,569 0.63% $ 7,161 0.56%
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The table below sets forth the effect of changes in rates and average
balances on the components of net interest income for the years ended December
31, 1999 and 1998. Combined rate/volume variances are allocated based on their
relative size.
1999 vs. 1998 1998 vs. 1997
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Increase (Decrease) Due to Increase (Decrease) Due to
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Rate Volume Total Rate Volume Total
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(in thousands)
Income from interest-earning assets
Cash and cash equivalents $(1,595) $ 6,673 $ 5,078 $ 22 $ 8,232 $ 8,254
Investments (2,213) 4,468 2,255 256 7,340 7,596
Farmer Mac guaranteed securities (1,828) 31,960 30,132 (1,867) 4,248 2,381
Loans held for securtization (21) (628) (649) (341) 5,518 5,177
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Total (5,657) 42,473 36,816 (1,930) 25,338 23,408
Expense from interest-bearing liabilities (5,464) 37,891 32,427 (1,908) 21,908 20,000
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Change in net interest income $ (193) $ 4,582 $ 4,389 $ (22) $ 3,430 $ 3,408
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income. Net interest income totaled $15.0 million in 1999
compared to $10.6 million in 1998. The increase in net interest income was due
to a 41 percent increase in the average balance of interest-earnings assets,
driven by an 82 percent increase in average on-balance sheet program assets
(Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and loans). The increase in on-balance sheet
program assets resulted from Farmer Mac's retention of cash window purchases
during 1999 and the purchase of $189.8 million of AMBS from capital market
investors (for further information, see "- Business Volume" and "- Balance Sheet
Review - Assets"). During 1999, the average balance of non-program assets (cash
and cash equivalents and investments) increased by 19 percent. Net interest
yield remained unchanged in 1999, averaging 0.63 percent in both 1999 and 1998.
Net interest income totaled $7.2 million in 1997. The $3.4 million
increase from 1997 to 1998 was due to growth in the average balance of
interest-earning assets and a 7 basis point increase in net interest yield. The
increase in the balance of interest-earning assets was due to an increase in
non-program assets as a result of Farmer Mac's expanded debt issuance program
begun in early 1997, and an increase in program assets as a result of retention
of loans purchased through the Farmer Mac I cash window during the later half of
1998. The increase in net interest yield was attributable to the increase in the
average balance of non-interest bearing funding as a result of the $23.0 million
stock issuance that occurred in late 1997.
Other Income. Other income, which is comprised of guarantee fee income,
gain on issuance of AMBS and miscellaneous income, totaled $7.6 million for
1999, compared to $5.3 million for 1998. During 1999, total outstanding
guarantees increased by 107 percent. Similarly, guarantee fee income, the
largest component of other income, increased to $7.4 million from $3.7 million
the prior year, an increase of 98 percent. Gain on issuance of AMBS totaled $1.4
million in 1998. There have been no sales of AMBS since third quarter 1998
because market conditions have favored retention of AMBS (see "- Business
Volume"). Miscellaneous income totaled $220 thousand for 1999, compared to $142
thousand for 1998. Miscellaneous income includes fees and hedging gains and
losses related to program activities, which will fluctuate from period to period
due to various factors including the level of program activity and
delinquencies.
Other income increased slightly from $5.2 million in 1997 to $5.3 million
in 1998, as an increase in guarantee fee income was largely offset by a decrease
in gain on sale of AMBS. Guarantee fee income increased from $2.6 million in
1997 to $3.7 million in 1998 due to a corresponding increase in the outstanding
balance of guaranteed securities. Gains on sale of AMBS decreased in 1998
compared to 1997 due to the retention of loans purchased in the latter half of
1998. In 1998, Farmer Mac recognized a $1.4 million gain on the sale of $141.7
million of AMBS, compared to a $2.4 million gain on the sale of $197.5 million
of AMBS in 1997. Miscellaneous income totaled $142 thousand in 1998, compared to
$253 thousand in 1997. For year-end 1997, miscellaneous income included the
difference between the amount Farmer Mac had accrued for expenses in 1996
related to litigation and the actual amount incurred, which was lower as a
result of the settlement of that litigation in January 1997.
Other Expenses. Operating expenses totaled $8.3 million in 1999, compared
to $7.7 million in 1998 and $6.9 million in 1997. Operating expenses equaled 37
percent of total revenues in 1999, compared to 49 percent in 1998 and 55 percent
in 1997. Farmer Mac's provision for losses totaled $3.7 million in 1999,
compared to $1.6 million in 1998 and $990 thousand in 1997. The increases in the
provision for losses were due to an increase in outstanding AMBS for which
Farmer Mac assumes 100 percent of the credit risk (see " - Risk Management -
Credit risk management").
Income Tax Expense/Benefit. Income tax expense totaled $3.7 million in
1999, compared to an expense of $772 thousand in 1998 and a benefit of $115
thousand in 1997. During 1998 and 1997, Farmer Mac recognized $1.5 million and
$1.7 million, respectively, of previously unrecognized tax benefits, which
related primarily to net operating losses incurred in prior years. Excluding
previously deferred tax benefits, Farmer Mac would have reported income tax
expense of $2.3 million and $1.6 million and net income on a fully taxable
equivalent basis of $4.2 million and $2.9 million for 1998 and 1997,
respectively. Farmer Mac expects its effective tax rate in 2000 to approximate
35 percent due to the effects of non-deductible expenses and a higher statutory
tax rate applicable to higher levels of income. For further information
regarding income taxes, see Note 8 to the Financial Statements.
Business Volume. The following table sets forth information regarding the
volume and balance of loans purchased or guaranteed by Farmer Mac for the
periods indicated:
1999 1998 1997
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(in thousands)
Purchase and guarantee volume:
Farmer Mac I
Cash window $ 391,448 $ 339,904 $ 230,513
Swap transactions 176,788 84,355 -
LTSPC 637,685 - -
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Total Farmer Mac I volume 1,205,921 424,259 230,513
Farmer Mac II 116,148 119,786 95,017
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Total loans purchased or guaranteed $1,322,069 $ 544,045 $ 325,530
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AMBS issuances:
Retained $ 517,801 $ 75,533 $ -
Sold - 141,758 197,504
Swap transactions 176,788 84,355 -
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Total AMBS issuances $ 694,589 $ 301,646 $ 197,504
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Outstanding balance of loans held or
guaranteed by Farmer Mac at December 31 $2,381,608 $1,300,930 $ 890,071
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During 1999, the volume of loans purchased or guaranteed by Farmer Mac
increased 143 percent, bringing the outstanding balance of loans held or
guaranteed by Farmer Mac to $2.4 billion. The increase in loan volume was driven
by swaps and long-term standby purchase commitments (LTSPC - see "- Risk
Management - Credit risk management" for a description of LTSPC), which totaled
$814.5 million during 1999. Swaps and LTSPC typically involve seasoned loans,
while cash window transactions usually represent acquisitions of newly
originated loans. Although cash window purchases increased during the year,
purchase volume in the later half of 1999 decreased compared to the same period
in 1998 as a result of rising interest rates and economic stress in the
agricultural sector, which has reduced agricultural mortgage demand.
During 1999, Farmer Mac issued $694.6 million of AMBS, most of which were
retained by Farmer Mac in contrast to 1998 and 1997 when most or all AMBS were
sold to capital market investors. The decrease in AMBS sold to capital market
investors, and corresponding increase in retained AMBS, was due to market
conditions that have favored retention of AMBS.
Indicators of future purchase and guarantee volume, particularly cash
window activity, include outstanding commitments to purchase Farmer Mac I loans
and the total balance of loans submitted for approval or approved but not yet
purchased. Most purchase commitments entered into by Farmer Mac are mandatory
delivery commitments. If a Seller obtains a mandatory commitment and is unable
to deliver the loans required thereunder within the specified time period,
Farmer Mac requires the Seller to pay a fee to extend or cancel the commitment.
At December 31, 1999, outstanding commitments to purchase Farmer Mac I loans
totaled $12.5 million, compared to $23.8 million at December 31, 1998, while
loans submitted for approval or approved but not yet committed to purchase
totaled $110.7 million at December 31, 1999, compared to $210.2 million at
December 31, 1998. Not all of these loans are purchased, as some are denied for
credit reasons or withdrawn by the Seller.
While significant progress has been made in developing the secondary
market for agricultural mortgages, Farmer Mac continues to face the challenges
of establishing a new market where none previously existed. Acceptance of Farmer
Mac's programs is increasing among lenders, reflecting the competitive rates,
terms and products offered and the advantages Farmer Mac believes its programs
provide. For Farmer Mac to succeed in realizing its business development and
profitability goals over the longer term, agricultural mortgage lenders, whether
traditional or non-traditional, must continue expanding their use of Farmer
Mac's programs and products.
Balance Sheet Review
Assets. At December 31, 1999, total assets were $2.6 billion compared to
$1.9 billion at December 31, 1998. The increase in total assets was primarily
due to growth in program assets, which increased $624.5 million during 1999 to a
total of $1.3 billion. During 1999, Farmer Mac purchased $507.6 million of
Farmer Mac I and II loans and purchased $189.8 million of AMBS from capital
market investors. During the same period, non-program assets were unchanged,
totaling $1.2 billion at December 31, 1999 and 1998.
The remaining growth in total assets was due to increases in the balance
of interest and guarantee fees receivable, which increased in proportion to the
growth of program assets and total guarantees, and prepaid expenses and other
assets. Prepaid expenses and other assets grew by $10.1 million due to: i)
capital expenditures to enhance Farmer Mac's risk management systems; ii) an
increase in the deferred tax assets balance as a result of growth in the reserve
for losses and the change in the unrealized gain/loss on securities available
for sale (see Note 8 to the Financial Statements); and iii) growth in
medium-term note issuance costs, which are classified as other assets, as a
result of increased issuances of longer-term debt to fund retention of AMBS.
Other assets also included property acquired through foreclosure (real estate
owned or REO), which totaled $1.5 million at December 31, 1999. There was no REO
at December 31, 1998.
Liabilities. Total liabilities increased from $1.9 billion at December 31,
1998 to $2.5 billion at December 31, 1999. The increase in liabilities was
primarily due to growth in notes payable, which corresponded to the growth in
on-balance sheet program assets. The remaining increase in total liabilities was
due to increases in accrued interest payable, as a result of the increase in
outstanding notes payable, and the reserve for losses (see "- Risk Management -
Credit risk management"). For further information regarding Farmer Mac's funding
and interest rate risk practices, see "- Risk Management - Interest-rate risk
management."
Capital. At December 31, 1999, stockholders' equity totaled $87.1 million,
compared to $80.9 million at December 31, 1998. The increase was primarily due
to net income earned during 1999. At December 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998,
Farmer Mac's regulatory required minimum capital was $79.6 million and $50.2
million, compared with actual regulatory capital of $88.8 million and $80.7
million, respectively (see " - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital
Requirements").
Off-Balance Sheet Guarantees. At December 31, 1999, outstanding off-balance
sheet guarantees totaled $1.1 billion, compared to $597.6 million at December
31, 1998. For further information regarding off-balance sheet Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities, see "- Risk Management - Credit risk management."
Risk Management
Interest-rate risk management. Interest-rate risk is the risk that
interest rate changes could materially affect the value, or future earnings, of
Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac is exposed to two primary sources of interest-rate risk:
(a) Farmer Mac I and II Securities and other assets held for investment, and (b)
loans.
Farmer Mac is subject to interest-rate risk on all assets held for
investment because of possible timing differences in the cash flows of the
assets and related liabilities. This risk is primarily related to Farmer Mac I
and II Securities because of the ability of borrowers to prepay their mortgages
before the scheduled maturities thereby increasing the risk of asset and
liability cash flow mismatches. Cash flow mismatches in a changing rate
environment can reduce the value or earnings of the Corporation if assets repay
sooner than expected and the resulting cash flows must be reinvested in
lower-yielding investments when Farmer Mac's funding costs cannot be
correspondingly reduced, or if assets repay more slowly than expected and the
associated debt must be replaced by higher-cost debt. Yield maintenance
provisions associated with many of the loans underlying Farmer Mac I Securities
reduce, but do not eliminate, this risk. Yield maintenance provisions require
borrowers to make an additional payment to Farmer Mac when they prepay their
loans. This payment is calculated such that, when reinvested with the prepaid
principal, it should generate substantially the same cash flows that would have
been generated had the loan not been prepaid. None of the loans underlying
Farmer Mac II Securities have yield maintenance provisions. Fixed-rate loans
without yield maintenance provisions represented 28 percent of the total balance
of loans underlying on-balance sheet Farmer Mac I and II Securities at December
31, 1999.
There is less interest-rate risk related to Farmer Mac's portfolio of
non-program assets because it consists entirely of investments that mature or
reprice within one year. However, Farmer Mac does invest in certain
adjustable-rate investments that limit or "cap" the amount the investment coupon
rate can increase. Such capped investments totaled $441.4 million at December
31, 1999.
Farmer Mac's primary strategy to manage interest-rate risk related to
Farmer Mac I and II Securities and other assets held for investment is to fund
them with liabilities that have similar durations, or average cash flow patterns
over time, and provide flexibility to accommodate changing prepayment rates in
changing interest rate environments. To achieve the desired funding objective,
Farmer Mac uses a mix of short-term Discount Notes and callable and non-callable
Medium-Term Notes (see Note 5 to the Financial Statements). By using a mix of
liabilities that includes callable debt, the duration of the liabilities will
tend to increase or decrease as interest rates change in a manner similar to
changes in the duration of the assets (the rate of change in the duration of an
asset or liability to a change in interest rates is referred to as convexity).
Farmer Mac manages the interest-rate risk related to capped adjustable-rate
investments by purchasing interest rate contracts that effectively "uncap" the
investments (see Note 10 to the Financial Statements).
Farmer Mac is also subject to interest-rate risk on loans, including loans
committed to be, but not yet, purchased. When Farmer Mac commits to purchase a
Qualified Loan, it is exposed to interest-rate risk between the time it commits
to purchase the loan and the time it either: (a) sells AMBS backed by the loan,
or (b) issues debt to retain the loan in its portfolio (although issuing debt to
fund the loans as an investment does not fully mitigate interest rate risk due
to the possible timing differences in the cash flows of the assets and related
liabilities, as discussed above). As of December 31, 1999, the balance of loans
committed or purchased and not yet sold or funded as retained investments
totaled $19.7 million. Farmer Mac manages the interest-rate risk related to such
loans, and the debt to be issued to fund the loans as retained investments,
through the use of forward sale contracts involving GSE debt securities and
futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities. At December 31, 1999, the
total notional balance of GSE forward sale contracts and Treasury futures
contracts was $12.6 million and $4.1 million, respectively. Farmer Mac primarily
uses GSE forward sale contracts since such instruments reduce Farmer Mac's
interest rate exposure to changes in both Treasury rates and AMBS and debt
spreads. For further information regarding off-balance sheet derivative
financial instruments, see Note 10 to the Financial Statements.
Farmer Mac has established policies and implemented interest-rate risk
management procedures to monitor its exposure to interest rate risk. The primary
methodology used by management to monitor Farmer Mac's interest rate risk
exposure is measuring the sensitivity of Farmer Mac's market value of equity
(MVE) to changes in interest rates. This and other risk measures are reviewed
regularly by management's Asset Liability Committee and the Finance Committee of
the Board of Directors to ensure compliance with Farmer Mac's interest-rate risk
policy limits.
The simulation of MVE involves generating multiple paths for future
interest rates starting from a "base" yield curve and then discounting the
estimated cash flows under those rate paths to arrive at the estimated fair
value of Farmer Mac's assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items. Farmer
Mac uses a commercially developed model to perform the MVE analyses. The
analysis, which is based on Farmer Mac's existing assets, liabilities and
off-balance sheet financial instruments, and does not assume any new business,
measures the change in MVE under seven interest rate scenarios. The interest
rate scenarios include a "base case" in which the "base" yield curve is equal to
the current yield curve, and six parallel and instantaneous shocks to the "base"
yield curve (plus and minus 100, 200 and 300 basis points). Inherent in the MVE
sensitivity analysis presented is the assumption that interest rate changes
occur as instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve; in reality, such
shifts are rarely instantaneous or parallel. In addition, actual future market
conditions may differ materially from those assumed in the analysis. For
example, actual loan prepayments and Farmer Mac AMBS and debt spreads may differ
significantly from those assumed in the analysis. Accordingly, the results of
the MVE sensitivity analysis should not be viewed as a projection of future
results. The following schedule summarizes the results of Farmer Mac's MVE
sensitivity analysis at December 31, 1999 and 1998.
Percentage Change in MVE from
Base Case
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December 31,
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Interest Rate
Scenario 1999 1998
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+ 300 bp -9.4% -11.0%
+ 200 bp -5.6% -6.9%
+ 100 bp -2.1% -1.2%
- 100 bp -1.1% 0.0%
- 200 bp -6.5% -0.6%
- 300 bp -15.0% -1.2%
At December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac was in compliance with established policy
limits for interest-rate risk.
Credit risk management. Farmer Mac's primary exposure to credit risk is
the risk of loss resulting from the inability of borrowers to repay their
mortgages. Farmer Mac is exposed to credit risk on loans it holds, as well as on
loans backing securities issued to third parties because of Farmer Mac's
guarantee of the timely payment of principal, including any balloon payments,
and interest on the securities. Farmer Mac is also exposed to credit risk on
loans it has committed to purchase through LTSPC transactions. The LTSPC
transaction, which is a variation on a swap transaction, permits a lender to
segregate a pool of loans in its portfolio and transfer the credit risk on those
loans to Farmer Mac, in return for the payment to Farmer Mac of fees on the
outstanding balance of the segregated loans approximating what would have been
Farmer Mac's guarantee fee had the loans been exchanged with Farmer Mac in a
swap transaction.
Loans held or guaranteed by Farmer Mac can be divided into three groups:
(a) pre-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans; (b) post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans; and
(c) Farmer Mac II loans. For pre-1996 Act loans, Farmer Mac's credit risk
exposure is mitigated by subordinated interests. Before Farmer Mac incurs a
credit loss, full recourse must first be taken against the subordinated
interest. The 1996 Act eliminated the subordinated interest requirement. As a
result, Farmer Mac assumes 100 percent of the credit risk on post-1996 Act
Farmer Mac I loans. Farmer Mac mitigates the credit risk related to pre- and
post-1996 Act loans through the application of its Underwriting and Appraisal
Standards and by requiring collateral in the form of the real estate (see
"Business - Farmer Mac I - Underwriting and Appraisal Standards"). In response
to the increased credit risk related to post-1996 Act loans, Farmer Mac
increased the guarantee fee rate and lowered the loan-to-value requirements for
post-1996 Act loans relative to those previously required for pre-1996 Act
loans. Farmer Mac's credit exposure on Farmer Mac II loans is covered by the
"full faith and credit" of the United States by virtue of the USDA guarantee of
the principal and interest on all Guaranteed Portions. Farmer Mac believes it
has little or no credit risk exposure to pre-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans because
of the subordinated interests, or to Farmer Mac II loans because of the USDA
guarantee. The outstanding principal balance of loans held or guaranteed by
Farmer Mac is summarized in the table below.
December 31,
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1999 1998
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(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I loans
Post-1996 Act $ 1,879,978 $ 788,905
Pre-1996 Act 118,214 174,783
Farmer Mac II loans 383,266 336,914
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$ 2,381,458 $ 1,300,602
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Farmer Mac continually assesses its credit risk exposure related to
post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans by monitoring agricultural economic conditions
and evaluating the credit quality of those loans. Despite adverse trends in
agricultural economic conditions in 1999 and continuing into 2000, particularly
low commodity prices, reduced export demand and weather-related problems in
certain areas of the country, Farmer Mac believes that the credit quality of the
post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans remains good, based on Farmer Mac's credit
underwriting, appraisal and diversification standards. Farmer Mac's
diversification standards limit its credit exposure in a particular geographic
region or commodity to a percentage of the total principal amount of all loans
outstanding, considering the credit quality of the loans in that particular
geographic region or commodity group based on the borrower's loan-to-value, debt
service coverage, equity-to-asset and working capital-to-current asset ratios.
The following tables set forth the loan-to-value (based on current loan
balance), geographic and commodity distributions of the post-1996 Act Farmer Mac
I loans as of December 31, 1999 and 1998. For information regarding
loan-to-value, commodity and geographic distributions of all Farmer Mac I loans,
see Note 10 to the Financial Statements.
Distribution of Post-
1996 Act Loans at
December 31,
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1999 1998
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By original loan-to-value ratio:
0.00% to 40.00% 28% 10%
40.01% to 50.00% 22% 17%
50.01% to 60.00% 24% 29%
60.01% to 70.00% 24% 35%
70.01% to 80.00% 2% 9%
80.01% to 90.00% 0% 0%
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Total 100% 100%
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Weighted average loan-to-value ratio 48% 55%
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By geographic region: (1)
Mid-North 19% 16%
Mid-South 4% 6%
Northeast 3% 3%
Northwest 41% 33%
Southeast 1% 4%
Southwest 32% 38%
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Total 100% 100%
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By commodity:
Crops 52% 54%
Livestock 20% 17%
Permanent plantings 24% 27%
Part-time farms 4% 2%
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Total 100% 100%
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(1) Regions are defined in Note 10 to the Financial Statements.
As of December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac's highest geographic concentration was
in the northwest region as a result of several guarantee transactions involving
seasoned loans. This loan concentration is mitigated by the lower loan-to-value
ratios associated with the loans in those transactions. The weighted average
loan-to-value ratio (based on current loan balance) of all outstanding loans
from the northwest region at December 31, 1999 was approximately 46 percent.
Farmer Mac's largest commodity concentration at December 31, 1999 was crops;
however this group consists of several specific commodities, including cotton,
feed grains, vegetables and other crops, none of which comprised more than 14
percent of the total portfolio.
The effectiveness of Farmer Mac's underwriting, appraisal and
diversification standards is reflected primarily through the level of defaulted
loans and related credit losses. At December 31, 1999, post-1996 Act Farmer Mac
I loans that were 90 days or more past due (referred to as non-performing or
"impaired" loans) totaled $ 17.6 million, or 0.94 percent of the total principal
amount of all post-1996 Act loans. The balance of non-performing loans at
December 31, 1998 was $5.5 million, or 0.70 percent of all post 1996-Act loans.
The increase in the delinquency rate of the post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans
from December 31, 1998 to December 31, 1999 was due to the growing number of
loans that are approaching their anticipated peak default years and adverse
conditions affecting the agricultural economy. The following table segregates
the post-1996 Act delinquency rate at December 31, 1999 by year of origination,
geographic region and commodity.
Post-1996 Act
Delinquency Rates
-----------------------
By year of origination:
Prior to 1996 0.20%
1996 3.30%
1997 2.60%
1998 1.49%
1999 0.00%
By geographic region: (1)
Mid-north 0.11%
Mid-south 0.75%
Northeast 0.00%
Northwest 1.38%
Southeast 0.00%
Southwest 0.98%
By commodity:
Crops 1.25%
Livestock 0.51%
Permanent plantings 0.76%
Part-time farms 0.00%
(1) Regions are defined in Note 10 to the Financial Statements.
While the $8.7 billion farm disaster package enacted by Congress last fall
resulted in high levels of farm income during 1999 and agricultural land values
remained stable, low commodity prices and weak demand for U.S. agricultural
products are projected to continue through 2000. Farmer Mac anticipates that
delinquencies may increase again in 2000 due to both the growing number of loans
held or securitized by Farmer Mac that are gradually approaching their
anticipated peak default years and the continuing stress expected in the
agricultural economy, unless there is further federal support for farmers.
Nevertheless, based on strong agricultural income figures reported by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for 1999, continued strong agricultural land values in
most regions of the country and anticipated federal financial support for
agricultural producers again in 2000, Farmer Mac believes that overall credit
quality and sound business development opportunities remain strong.
The primary determinant of the loss that may be incurred on non-performing
loans is loan-to-value. The following table illustrates the distribution of
non-performing loans at December 31, 1999 by loan-to-value (based on current
loan balance and appraised value at the date of initial guarantee by Farmer
Mac):
Distribution of
Post-1996 Act
Delinquencies
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By loan-to-value ratio:
0.00% to 40.00% 6%
40.01% to 50.00% 16%
50.01% to 60.00% 45%
60.01% to 70.00% 33%
70.01% to 80.00% 0%
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Total 100%
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Farmer Mac maintains a reserve to cover credit losses incurred on post-1996
Act loans underlying Farmer Mac I Securities and LTSPCs. At December 31, 1999,
Farmer Mac's reserve for loan losses totaled $6.6 million, compared to $3.3
million at December 31, 1998. Farmer Mac's provision for losses was $3.7 million
for 1999, compared to $1.6 million for 1998. During 1999, Farmer Mac acquired
properties through foreclosure resulting in net charge-offs to the reserve for
losses of $347 thousand. Some of the property was disposed of during 1999, while
the other property, which was acquired in December 1999, continued to be held by
Farmer Mac at year-end. The cost basis in the property held by Farmer Mac at
December 31, 1999 was $1.5 million. No charge-offs were recognized in 1998.
The reserve as a percentage of outstanding post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I
loans was 0.35 percent and 0.41 percent at December 31, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. Management evaluates the adequacy of the reserve for loan losses
on a quarterly basis and considers a number of factors, including: historical
charge-off and recovery activity (noting any particular trends in preceding
periods); trends in delinquencies, bankruptcies and non-performing loans; trends
in loan volume and size of credit risks; current and anticipated economic
conditions; the condition of agricultural segments and geographic areas
experiencing or expected to experience particular economic adversities,
particularly areas where Farmer Mac may have a geographic or commodity
concentration; the degree of risk inherent in the composition of the guaranteed
portfolio; the results of its quality control reviews; and its underwriting
standards.
To a lesser extent, Farmer Mac is also exposed to institutional credit
risk related to: (i) issuers of AgVantage bonds and other investments held by
Farmer Mac; (ii) Sellers and servicers; and (iii) interest-rate contract
counterparties. AgVantage bonds are general obligations of the AgVantage Issuers
and are secured by collateral in an amount ranging from 120 percent to 150
percent of the bond amount. In addition to requiring collateral, Farmer Mac
mitigates credit risk related to AgVantage bonds by evaluating and monitoring
the financial condition of the AgVantage Issuers. Outstanding AgVantage bonds
totaled $66.4 million at December 31, 1999. The credit risk inherent in the
investment portfolio is mitigated by Farmer Mac's policy of investing in highly
rated instruments and by establishing concentration limits, which reduce
exposure to any one counterparty. Farmer Mac's policy limits the dollar amount
of investments with one counterparty, excluding government-sponsored enterprises
(GSEs) and agencies of the U.S. government, to the lesser of 20 percent of
Farmer Mac's stockholders' equity or $25 million, and requires the counterparty
to be rated in one of the three highest rating categories by at least one
nationally recognized statistical rating organization. As of December 31, 1999,
Farmer Mac had investments comprised of commercial paper, corporate debt
securities and asset-backed securities outstanding with 53 counterparties
totaling $582.3 million, of which 41 exceeded 10 percent of Farmer Mac's
stockholders' equity (the cumulative balance of investments to such
counterparties totaled $527.0 million), but no one of which exceeded 19 percent
of its stockholders' equity. In addition, at December 31, 1999, Farmer Mac held
$554.2 million of securities issued by GSEs or agencies of the U.S. government
and $45.7 million in money market investment accounts, with the maximum amount
held in any one money market investment fund at any time during 1999 being
approximately $200 million. The short-term nature of the investment portfolio
also limits its credit risk. At December 31, 1999, 57 percent of the investment
portfolio, excluding GSE and agency investments, consisted of short-term highly
liquid investments. Farmer Mac manages institutional credit risk related to
Sellers and servicers by requiring such institutions to meet certain standards
and by monitoring their financial condition and servicing performance. Credit
risk related to interest-rate contracts is discussed in Note 10 to the Financial
Statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity. The funding needs of Farmer Mac's business programs are driven
by the purchase of Qualified Loans, payment of principal and interest on Farmer
Mac Guaranteed Securities and the maturities of debt. Farmer Mac's primary
sources of funds to meet these needs are issuances of debt obligations,
principal and interest payments on mortgages underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed
Securities and net operating cash flows. Because of Farmer Mac's regular
participation in the capital markets and its status as a GSE, Farmer Mac has
been able to access the capital markets at favorable rates. Farmer Mac also
maintains a portfolio of cash equivalents, comprised of commercial paper and
other short-term investments, to draw upon as necessary. At December 31, 1999
and 1998, Farmer Mac's cash and cash equivalents totaled $336.3 million and
$540.6 million, respectively.
Capital Requirements. The Act, as amended by the 1996 Act, establishes
three capital standards for Farmer Mac - minimum, critical and risk-based. The
minimum capital requirement is expressed as a percentage of on-balance sheet
assets and off-balance sheet obligations, with the critical capital requirement
equal to one-half of the minimum capital amount. Higher minimum and critical
capital requirements were phased in over a transition period, which ended on
January 1, 1999, when the highest level of minimum capital became applicable.
The Act does not specify the required level of risk-based capital. It directs
the FCA to establish a risk-based capital test for Farmer Mac, using stress-test
parameters set forth therein. For a discussion of risk-based capital, including
the potential impact of future risk-based capital requirements on Farmer Mac of
regulations currently proposed by the FCA, see "Government Regulation of Farmer
Mac -- Regulation -- Capital Standards -- Risk-based capital."
Certain enforcement powers are given to the FCA depending upon Farmer
Mac's compliance with the capital standards. See "Government Regulation of
Farmer Mac -- Regulation -- Capital Standards -- Enforcement levels." As of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, Farmer Mac was classified as within "level I" (the
highest compliance level). The following table sets forth Farmer Mac's minimum
capital requirement as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 based on the fully
phased-in requirements. Farmer Mac's actual minimum capital requirement at
December 31, 1998 based on the then-current requirements was $50.2 million.
December 31, 1999 December 31, 1998
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Capital Capital
Amount Ratio Required Amount Ratio Required
--------- -------- --------- --------- -------- ---------
(dollars in thousands)
On-balance sheet assets $2,590,410 2.75% $71,236 $1,935,971 2.75% $53,239
Outstanding balance of Guaranteed - -
Mortgage Securities held by others 1,105,476 0.75% 8,291 597,576 0.75% 4,482
Other off-balance sheet obligations 8,657 0.75% 65 3,601 0.75% 27
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Minimum capital level 79,592 57,748
Actual core capital 88,801 80,665
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Capital surplus $ 9,209 $ 22,917
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Farmer Mac's current surplus capital at December 31, 1999 would support
additional growth in amounts ranging from $330 million of on-balance sheet
assets to $1.2 billion of off-balance sheet guarantees based on existing minimum
capital requirements. Furthermore, Farmer Mac has an even greater ability to
replace on-balance sheet non-program assets with on-balance sheet program assets
and off-balance sheet guarantees and, ultimately, to sell on-balance sheet
program assets in order to support increases in off-balance sheet program
activities. Accordingly, in the opinion of management, Farmer Mac has sufficient
capital, and liquidity, for the next twelve months.
Other Matters
Year 2000. Concerns regarding the year 2000 date change related to the
possibility that some computer systems would be unable to process date-sensitive
information due to the use of two digits (rather than four) to define the
applicable year. Specifically, the concern was that these computer programs
would recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000,
which could result in miscalculations or system failures. To manage the risks
related to the year 2000 date change, Farmer Mac adopted a Year 2000 Compliance
Plan consisting of four phases: system inventory, system remediation, testing
and contingency planning. The plan encompassed Farmer Mac's internal systems,
which are "PC software-based," as well as an assessment of vendors involved in
critical business processes. Costs to complete its year 2000 readiness efforts
totaled approximately $150 thousand. No significant disruptions to critical
business processes have been experienced as a result of the year 2000 issue.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Farmer Mac is exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates.
Farmer Mac manages this market risk by entering into various financial
transactions, including off-balance sheet derivative financial instruments, and
by monitoring its exposure to changes in interest rates. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk
Management - Interest rate risk management" for further information regarding
Farmer Mac's exposure to interest rate risk and strategies to manage such risk.
For information regarding Farmer Mac's use of off-balance sheet derivative
financial instruments, including Farmer Mac's accounting policies for such
instruments, see Notes 2(k) and 10 to the Financial Statements.
Item 8. Financial Statements
Report of Independent Public Accountants
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and subsidiaries ("Farmer Mac") as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These
financial statements are the responsibility of Farmer Mac's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Farmer Mac as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each
of the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Vienna, VA
January 19, 2000
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, changes
in stockholders' equity, and cash flows of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation and subsidiaries ("Farmer Mac") for the year ended December 31,
1997. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Farmer
Mac's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of
Farmer Mac for the year ended December 31, 1997, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
KPMG LLP
Washington, D.C.
January 23, 1998
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
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1999 1998
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(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 336,282 $ 540,626
Investment securities 847,220 643,562
Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 1,306,223 552,205
Loans 38,509 168,064
Interest receivable 42,900 24,526
Guarantee fees receivable 4,358 2,135
Prepaid expenses and other assets 14,918 4,853
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Total Assets $2,590,410 $1,935,971
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Liabilities:
Notes payable:
Due within one year $1,722,061 $1,473,688
Due after one year 750,337 366,122
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Total notes payable 2,472,398 1,839,810
Accrued interest payable 18,549 9,113
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 5,736 2,875
Reserve for losses 6,584 3,259
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Total Liabilities 2,503,267 1,855,057
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock:
Class A Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
1,030,780 and 1,024,680 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively 1,031 1,025
Class B Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
500,301 and 500,301 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively 500 500
Class C Non-Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
9,370,961 and 9,276,351 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively 9,371 9,276
Additional paid-in capital 71,097 69,984
Accumulated other comprehensive (deficit)/income (1,657) 249
Retained earnings/(deficit) 6,801 (120)
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Total Stockholders' Equity 87,143 80,914
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $2,590,410 $1,935,971
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For Year Ended December 31,
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1999 1998 1997
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(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Interest income:
Investments and cash equivalents $ 70,554 $ 63,221 $ 47,371
Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 63,054 32,922 30,541
Loans 6,769 7,418 2,241
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Total interest income 140,377 103,561 80,153
Interest expense 125,419 92,992 72,992
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Net interest income 14,958 10,569 7,161
Other income:
Guarantee fees 7,396 3,727 2,575
Gain on sale of AMBS - 1,400 2,362
Miscellaneous 220 142 253
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Total other income 7,616 5,269 5,190
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Total revenues 22,574 15,838 12,351
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits 4,577 3,872 3,422
Regulatory fees 502 602 212
General and administrative 3,232 3,235 3,216
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Total operating expenses 8,311 7,709 6,850
Provision for losses 3,672 1,614 990
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Total expenses 11,983 9,323 7,840
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Income before income taxes 10,591 6,515 4,511
Income tax expense/(benefit) 3,670 772 (115)
-------- --------- ---------
Net income $ 6,921 $ 5,743 $ 4,626
-------- --------- ---------
Earnings per share:
Basic net earnings $ 0.64 $ 0.53 $ 0.48
Diluted net earnings $ 0.62 $ 0.52 $ 0.46
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accumulated
Loan Comprehensive Retained
Additional Paid- Receivable for (Deficit)/ Earnings/
Common Stock in Capital Stock Purchase Income (Deficit) Total
------------ ----------------- -------------- -------------- ---------- ----------
(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 1996 $ 9,560 $ 47,195 $ (557) $ 329 $ (9,322) $ 47,205
Issuance of Common Stock
Class A 10 166 176
Class C 1,257 21,767 23,024
Repurchase of Class B
common stock (93) (136) (1,167) (1,396)
Repayment of note
receivable 557 557
Change in unrealized gain
on securities available-for-sale 869 869
Net income 4,626 4,626
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Comprehensive income 5,495
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Balance, December 31, 1997 10,734 68,992 - 1,198 (5,863) 75,061
Issuance of Common Stock
Class A 25 444 469
Class C 42 548 590
Change in unrealized gain
on securities available-for-sale,
net of taxes of $279 thousand (949) (949)
Net income 5,743 5,743
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Comprehensive income 4,794
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Balance, December 31, 1998 10,801 69,984 - 249 (120) 80,914
Issuance of Common Stock
Class A 6 96 102
Class C 95 1,017 1,112
Change in unrealized gain -
on securities available-for-sale, -
net of taxes of $982 thousand (1,906) (1,906)
Net income 6,921 6,921
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Comprehensive income 5,015
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Balance, December 31, 1999 $ 10,902 $ 71,097 $ - $ (1,657) $ 6,801 $ 87,143
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year ended December 31,
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1999 1998 1997
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(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 6,921 $ 5,743 $ 4,626
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by
operating activities:
Amortization of investment premiums and discounts 3,857 3,701 3,102
Increase in interest receivable (18,374) (4,558) (5,147)
Increase in guarantee fees receivable (2,223) (661) (729)
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets (8,867) (1,771) (2,370)
Amortization of debt premiums, discounts and issuance costs 88,337 68,140 46,720
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable 9,436 (670) 2,552
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,861 60 1,094
Provision for losses 3,325 1,614 990
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Net cash provided by operating activities 85,273 71,598 50,838
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale investments (15,029) (377,586) (427,269)
Purchases of investment securities (494,712) (12,315) (211,228)
Purchases of Farmer Mac guaranteed securities (979,967) (169,710) (80,641)
Purchases of loans (395,845) (340,820) (229,628)
Proceeds from repayment of available-for-sale investments 68,251 329,282 47,407
Proceeds from repayment of investment securities 235,984 72,502 21,001
Proceeds from repayment of Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 739,830 132,972 54,508
Proceeds from repayment of loans 6,080 2,612 -
Proceeds from sale of loans - 140,807 195,450
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Net cash used by investing activities (835,408) (222,256) (630,400)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of discount notes 74,159,998 42,476,008 21,290,333
Proceeds from issuance of medium-term notes 450,454 180,000 155,000
Payments to redeem discount notes (74,004,635) (41,928,370) (20,749,007)
Payments to redeem medium-term notes (61,240) (215,030) (30,420)
Proceeds from common stock issuance 1,214 1,059 23,757
Purchase and retirement of stock - - (1,396)
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Net cash provided by financing activities 545,791 513,667 688,267
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (204,344) 363,009 108,705
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 540,626 177,617 68,912
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 336,282 $ 540,626 $ 177,617
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
1. ORGANIZATION
The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation ("Farmer Mac" or the
"Corporation") is a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States
that was created to establish a secondary market for agricultural real estate
and rural housing mortgage loans ("Qualified Loans"). Farmer Mac was created
with the enactment of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. ss.ss.
2279aa et seq.), which amended the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (collectively, as
amended, the "Act") to provide for the existence of an agricultural secondary
mortgage market. Farmer Mac provides liquidity to the agricultural mortgage
market by: (i) purchasing newly originated Qualified Loans directly from lenders
on a continuing basis through its "cash window;" (ii) exchanging securities
issued and guaranteed by Farmer Mac for Qualified Loans that back those
securities (the "swap" program); (iii) issuing long-term standby purchase
commitments for newly originated and existing (seasoned) Qualified Loans; (iv)
purchasing portfolios of existing loans on a negotiated basis; and (v)
purchasing mortgage-backed bonds secured by Qualified Loans through its
"AgVantage" program.
Farmer Mac conducts its business through two programs, "Farmer Mac I" and
"Farmer Mac II." Under the Farmer Mac I Program, Farmer Mac purchases Qualified
Loans, which are not guaranteed by any instrumentality or agency of the United
States, or obligations backed by Qualified Loans or by Guaranteed Portions (as
defined below). Under the Farmer Mac II Program, Farmer Mac purchases the
guaranteed portion (the "Guaranteed Portions") of loans guaranteed by the United
States Department of Agriculture (the "USDA") pursuant to the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. ss.ss. 1921 et seq.) (the "ConAct").
Pursuant to its statutory authority, Farmer Mac guarantees timely payments of
principal and interest on securities backed by Qualified Loans or Guaranteed
Portions ("Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities") and sells those securities in the
capital markets or retains them in its portfolio.
Farmer Mac's principal sources of revenue are: (i) fees it receives in
connection with the issuance of its guarantee and commitments to purchase
Qualified Loans; (ii) gains on the sales of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
backed by Qualified Loans it purchases; and (iii) net interest income earned on
its retained portfolio of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, its investments,
Qualified Loans purchased pending securitization and mortgage-backed bonds
purchased under AgVantage.
During 1999, Farmer Mac purchased loans through its Farmer Mac I cash window
program from 93 Sellers operating throughout the United States. During the year,
the top 10 Sellers generated 74 percent of the Farmer Mac I cash window loan
volume, including loans sold by Zions First National Bank ("Zions"), Farmer
Mac's largest Class A and Class C stockholder, and Zions' "proprietary" products
sold to Farmer Mac by other Sellers, which together represented 35 percent of
Farmer Mac's total cash window volume for the year. Zions-related loans
represented 10 percent of the total Farmer Mac I loans purchased or guaranteed
during 1999.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting and reporting policies of Farmer Mac conform with generally
accepted accounting principles. The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities
(including, but not limited to, the reserve for losses) at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The
following represents the significant accounting policies that Farmer Mac follows
in preparing and presenting its financial statements:
(a) Principles of Consolidation
Prior to 1999, Farmer Mac maintained two wholly-owned subsidiaries. During 1999,
these subsidiaries and their principal activities, which were to facilitate the
purchase and issuance of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and to act as a
registrant under registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, were merged into one subsidiary. The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Farmer Mac and its wholly-owned subsidiary.
All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Farmer Mac considers highly liquid investment securities with original
maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Changes in the
balance of cash and cash equivalents are reported in the Consolidated Statements
of Cash Flows using the indirect method of presentation. The following table
sets forth information regarding certain cash and non-cash transactions for the
years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997.
1999 1998 1997
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(in thousands)
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $ 29,810 $ 29,674 $ 20,083
Income taxes 4,987 1,471 34
Non-cash activity:
Real estate owned acquired through foreclosure 2,102 - -
Loans securitized and retained as Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 517,801 75,567 -
Loans acquired in exchange for AMBS 176,788 84,322 1,050
(c) Investments and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
Investments and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities which Farmer Mac has the
positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as
held-to-maturity. Such securities are carried at cost, adjusted for unamortized
premiums and unearned discounts. Other securities for which Farmer Mac does not
have the positive intent to hold to maturity have been classified as
available-for-sale and are carried at estimated fair value. Unrealized gains and
losses are reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity. Premiums,
discounts and other deferred costs are amortized to interest income over the
estimated life of the security using the effective interest method.
Farmer Mac receives yield maintenance payments when Qualified Loans underlying
certain Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities issued in the Farmer Mac I Program
("Farmer Mac I Securities") prepay. These payments are designed to minimize
Farmer Mac's exposure to reinvestment risk and are calculated such that, when
reinvested with the prepaid principal, they should generate substantially the
same cash flows that would have been generated had the Qualified Loans not
prepaid. Income from yield maintenance payments is recognized when the Qualified
Loans prepay and is classified as interest income in the Consolidated Statements
of Operations.
(d) Loans
Farmer Mac classifies loans as held for investment and reports them at amortized
cost when it has the intent to hold them for the foreseeable future. Loans that
Farmer Mac does not intend to hold to maturity are classified as held for sale
and are reported at the lower of cost or market as determined by outstanding
sale commitments or current market prices. Of the loans held by Farmer Mac at
December 31, 1999, $21.4 million were held for sale and $17.1 million were held
for investment. All the loans held for sale at December 31, 1999 were subject to
sale commitments. Loans held by Farmer Mac at December 31, 1998 were classified
as held for sale.
(e) Issuance of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
Farmer Mac issues guaranteed securities backed by loans acquired through the
Farmer Mac I and II Programs. The issuance of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
generates guarantee fees for the Corporation as compensation for assuming the
credit risk on the underlying loans. These fees are recognized as earned over
the lives of the underlying loans. Farmer Mac recognizes the portion of
guarantee fees generated by Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities held in its
portfolio as guarantee fee income rather than interest income in its
Consolidated Statements of Operations. Approximately $2.6 million, $1.1 million
and $1.1 million of guarantee fees in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively, relate
to Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities held in portfolio. Periodically, Farmer Mac
I Securities are sold to capital market investors. When sold, a gain is
recognized to the extent sale proceeds, net of issuance costs and hedging gains
and losses, exceed the cost basis in the underlying loans.
(f) Non-Performing Loans
Non-performing (or "impaired") loans are loans for which it is probable that
Farmer Mac will not receive all amounts contractually due and include all loans
90 days or more past due unless the loan is in the process of collection. When a
loan held by Farmer Mac is determined to be impaired, interest due on the loan
is not recognized as interest income until the payment is received from the
borrower. When a loan collateralizing a guaranteed security is placed on
non-accrual, the interest income due to the security holder is accrued as part
of the provision for losses. Interest previously accrued on loans held by Farmer
Mac or interest advanced to security holders is reversed or expensed when deemed
uncollectible.
(g) Notes and Bonds Payable
Notes and bonds payable are classified as due within one year or due after one
year based on their contractual maturities. Debt issuance costs, including gains
and losses related to hedging activity, are deferred and amortized to interest
expense using the effective interest method over the estimated life of the
related debt.
(h) Reserve for Losses
Management maintains the reserve at levels it deems adequate to absorb losses
incurred on outstanding Farmer Mac I Securities issued after the passage in 1996
of changes to Farmer Mac's statutory authorities (the "1996 Act"). No reserve
has been made for Farmer Mac I Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act or
securities issued under the Farmer Mac II Program ("Farmer Mac II Securities").
Farmer Mac I Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act are supported by
unguaranteed subordinated interests, which are expected to exceed the estimated
credit losses on those securities. Loans collateralizing Farmer Mac II
Securities are guaranteed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The reserve covers
principal losses, as well as interest due to AMBS investors related to loans
that are 90 days or more delinquent (unless the loan is well collateralized and
in the process of collection). The reserve is increased through periodic
provisions charged to expense and reduced by charge-offs, net of recoveries. In
estimating losses incurred on outstanding Farmer Mac I Securities, management
considers economic conditions, geographic and agricultural commodity
concentrations, the credit profile of the guaranteed securities and loans,
delinquency trends, and historical charge-off and recovery activity.
(i) Earnings Per Share
The following schedule reconciles basic and diluted earnings per share for the
years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997. Basic earnings per share is based
on the weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is based
on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding adjusted to include
all potentially dilutive common stock.
1999 1998 1997
------------------------------- ------------------------------ ---------------------------------
Dilutive Dilutive Dilutive
Basic stock Diluted Basic stock Diluted Basic stock Diluted
EPS options EPS EPS options EPS EPS options EPS
------------------------------- ------------------------------ ---------------------------------
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income $ 6,921 $ - $ 6,921 $ 5,743 $ - $ 5,743 $ 4,626 $ - $ 4,626
Weighted average 10,839 397 11,236 10,774 390 11,164 9,649 354 10,003
shares
Earnings per share $ 0.64 $ 0.62 $ 0.53 $ 0.52 $ 0.48 $ 0.46
(j) Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on the expected future
tax effect of existing differences between the financial reporting and tax
reporting bases of assets and liabilities using enacted statutory tax rates.
Income tax expense/(benefit) is equal to the income taxes payable in the current
year plus the net change in the deferred tax asset or liability balance.
(k) Interest-Rate Contracts and Hedge Instruments
Interest-rate contracts, including interest-rate swaps and caps, are entered
into with the intent of synthetically creating interest-earning assets and debt
instruments. As such, the net differential received or paid is recorded as an
adjustment to interest income or expense of the associated assets or
liabilities, on an accrual basis.
Hedge instruments, currently consisting solely of forward sale contracts
involving GSE debt securities and futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury
securities, are used by Farmer Mac to manage interest-rate risk exposure related
to the purchase of loans and anticipated issuance of debt. Farmer Mac monitors
the correlation of the change in value of the hedge instrument and the change in
value of the hedged item to determine the effectiveness of the hedge instrument.
Gains and losses on hedges that have been terminated or have matured are
deferred as an adjustment to the loans' cost basis if the hedges were effective.
Gains and losses on ineffective hedges, whether or not they have been terminated
or have matured, are recognized directly to income.
(l) Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income, which is presented in the Consolidated Statements of
Changes in Stockholders' Equity, represents all changes in stockholders' equity
except those resulting from investments by or distributions to stockholders, and
is comprised of net income and unrealized gain/(loss) on securities
available-for-sale.
(m) New Accounting Standards
In 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," and SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." These standards, which were
effective beginning in 1998, provide for additional disclosures only and had no
effect on Farmer Mac's financial position or results of operations. Farmer Mac
had no reportable segments as defined in SFAS No. 131.
In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities." The Statement establishes accounting and
reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument (including
certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) be recorded in the
balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value. The
Statement requires that changes in the derivative's fair value be recognized
currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. Special
accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative's gains and losses to
offset related results on the hedged item in the income statement, and requires
that a company must formally document, designate, and assess the effectiveness
of transactions that receive hedge accounting.
SFAS No. 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. SFAS
No. 133 cannot be applied retroactively. SFAS No.133 must be applied to (a)
free-standing derivative instruments and (b) certain derivative instruments
embedded in hybrid contracts that were issued, acquired, or substantively
modified after December 31, 1998. Farmer Mac has not yet quantified the impact
of adopting SFAS No. 133 on its financial statements. However, the Statement
could increase volatility in earnings and other comprehensive income.
(n) Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications of prior year information were made to conform with
the 1999 presentation.
3. INVESTMENTS
The amortized cost and estimated fair values of investments at December 31, 1999
and 1998 were as follows. Fair value was estimated based on quoted market
prices.
1999 1998
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Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Amortized Unrealized Unrealized
Cost Gain Loss Fair Value Cost Gain Loss Fair Value
----------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------ -----------
(in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
Mortgage-backed
securities $ 79,576 $ 1,919 $ - $ 81,495 $ 130,874 $ 1,631 $ - $ 132,505
----------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ----------
Total held-to-maturity 79,576 1,919 - 81,495 130,874 1,631 - 132,505
Available-for-sale:
Asset-backed
securities 103,293 - (214) 103,079 82,487 82 - 82,569
Commercial paper - - - - 9,879 - - 9,879
Corporate debt
securities 179,870 - (263) 179,607 148,897 45 - 148,942
Certificates of deposit 10,000 - (2) 9,998 22,996 - (194) 22,802
Mortgage-backed
securities 474,739 - (1,890) 472,849 244,017 444 - 244,461
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------
Total available-for-sale 767,902 - (2,369) 765,533 508,276 571 (194) 508,653
Cash investment in
guaranteed investment
contract 2,111 - (60) 2,051 4,035 8 - 4,043
------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------
Total $ 849,589 $ 1,919 $ (2,429) $ 849,079 $ 643,185 $ 2,210 $ (194) $ 645,201
------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------
The amortized cost, estimated fair value and yield of investments by remaining
contractual maturity at December 31, 1999 are set forth below. Asset- and
mortgage-backed securities are included based on their final maturities,
although the actual maturities may differ because of prepayments of the
underlying assets or mortgages.
Held-to-Maturity Available-for-Sale Total
------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------
Amortized Amortized Amortized
Cost Fair Value Yield Cost Fair Value Yield Cost Fair Value Yield
--------- ------------ -------- ----------- ------------ ------- ----------- ----------- --------
(dollars in thousands)
Due within one year $ - $ - - $ 26,000 $ 25,998 6.29% $ 26,000 $ 25,998 6.29%
Due after one year
through five years - - - 228,715 228,551 6.28% 228,715 228,551 6.28%
Due after five years
through ten years - - - 13,955 13,996 6.29% 13,955 13,996 6.29%
Due after ten years 79,576 81,495 6.39% 499,232 496,988 6.30% 578,808 578,483 6.31%
--------- ----------- -------- ---------- ------------ ------- ----------- ----------- --------
Total (1) $ 79,576 $81,495 6.39% $ 767,902 $ 765,533 6.29% $ 847,478 $ 847,028 6.30%
--------- ----------- -------- ---------- ------------ ------- ----------- ----------- --------
(1) Total excludes cash investment in guaranteed investment contract which matures within 1 year.
4. FARMER MAC GUARANTEED SECURITIES
As of December 31, 1999 and 1998, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities included the
following:
As of December 31,
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1999 1998
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Premiums, Premiums,
Discounts Discounts
and Other and Other
Principal Deferred Amortized Principal Deferred Amortized
Balance Costs Cost Balance Costs Cost
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---------- -----------
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I
AMBS $ 768,626 $ 458 $ 769,084 $ 75,554 $ 948 $ 76,502
Other 178,768 1,885 180,653 163,735 5,167 168,902
Farmer Mac II 356,629 - 356,629 306,801 - 306,801
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---------- -----------
Total $1,304,023 $ 2,343 $1,306,366 $ 546,090 $ 6,115 $ 552,205
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---------- -----------
The following table sets forth the amortized costs, unrealized gains and losses
and estimated fair values of the Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities at December
31, 1999 and 1998. The method used to estimate fair value is described in Note
11.
As of December 31,
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1999 1998
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Held-to- Available- Held-to- Available
Maturity for-Sale Total Maturity for-Sale Total
------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------
(in thousands)
Amortized cost $ 537,282 $ 769,084 $1,306,366 $ 475,703 $ 76,502 $ 552,205
Unrealized gain 9,130 - 9,130 9,810 - 9,810
Unrealized loss - (143) (143) (344) - (344)
------------ -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------
Fair value $ 546,412 $ 768,941 $1,315,353 $ 485,169 $ 76,502 $ 561,671
------------ -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------
Of the total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities held by Farmer Mac at December 31,
1999, $943.6 million are fixed rate or reprice after one year. There were no
sales of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities from its portfolio during the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998.
5. NOTES AND BONDS PAYABLE
Farmer Mac borrowings are comprised of discount notes and medium-term notes,
both of which are unsecured general obligations of the Corporation. Discount
notes generally have maturities of less than one year, whereas medium-term notes
have maturities of one to 15 years. The following table sets forth information
related to Farmer Mac's borrowings for 1999 and 1998.
1999 1998
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Maximum Maximum
Outstanding Average Outstanding Outstanding at Outstanding at Average Outstanding Outstanding at
December 31, During Year Any December 31, During Year Any
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Amount Cost Amount Cost Month End Amount Cost Amount Cost Month End
----------- ------- ---------- ------- --------------- ----------- ------- ---------- --------- -------------
(dollars in thousands)
Due within one
year:
Discount notes $1,675,861 5.56% $1,725,647 5.10% $1,991,202 $1,432,448 4.95% $1,253,357 5.43% $1,433,197
Current portion
of medium-
term notes 46,200 7.50% 41,240 7.28%
----------- ------- ----------- -------
1,722,061 5.61% 1,473,688 5.02%
Due after one
year:
Medium-term
notes due in:
2000 N/A N/A 46,200 7.50%
2001 138,051 6.10% 109,125 6.12%
2002 35,805 6.12% 5,840 7.33%
2003 73,439 5.71% 73,537 5.72%
2004 46,426 6.66% 6,860 7.47%
2005 18,840 7.35% 18,840 7.35%
Thereafter 437,776 6.63% 105,720 6.29%
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750,337 6.44% 366,122 6.37%
----------- ------- ----------- -------
Total $2,472,398 5.86% $1,839,810 5.28%
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A portion of Farmer Mac's long-term debt is callable. Callable debt gives Farmer
Mac the option to redeem the debt in whole or in part at a specified call date
or at any time on or after a specified call date. The following table summarizes
the maturities, balances and cost as of December 31, 1999 for callable debt by
call period.
Callable Debt at
December 31, 1999
----------------------------------
Maturity Amount Cost
----------- ---------- ----------
(dollars in thousands)
Callable in:
2000 2001-2009 $ 83,079 6.96%
2001 2003 8,187 7.81%
2002 2007-2008 12,059 7.44%
2003 2006 10,000 7.41%
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$113,325 7.11%
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The following schedule summarizes the earliest repricing date of total
borrowings outstanding at December 31, 1999, including callable and non-callable
debt, assuming callable debt is redeemed at the initial call date.
Earliest Repricing Date of
Borrowings Outstanding
----------------------------
Amount Cost
-------------- -----------
(dollars in thousands)
Debt repricing in:
2000 $ 1,805,140 5.67%
2001 117,252 6.14%
2002 47,864 6.45%
2003 60,251 5.68%
2004 34,426 6.73%
2005 18,840 7.35%
Thereafter 388,625 6.47%
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Total $ 2,472,398 5.86%
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During 1999 and 1998, Farmer Mac called $20.0 million and $175.7 million of
callable debt.
Authority to Borrow from the Treasury of the United States
Farmer Mac's statutory charter authorizes Farmer Mac to borrow, under certain
conditions, up to $1.5 billion from the Secretary of the Treasury, if necessary,
to fulfill its obligations under any guarantee. The debt would bear interest at
a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on the then current
cost of funds to the United States. The debt is required to be repaid within a
reasonable time. As of December 31, 1999 and 1998, Farmer Mac had no such debt
outstanding.
6. RESERVE FOR LOSSES
Farmer Mac maintains a reserve to cover losses incurred on loans underlying
Farmer Mac I Securities ("AMBS") and LTSPCs issued since enactment of the 1996
Act. No loss reserve has been made for Farmer Mac I Securities issued prior to
the 1996 Act or for Farmer Mac II Securities (see Note 2(h) and Note 10 for
further information regarding Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities). The reserve
covers principal losses, as well as interest due to AMBS investors related to
loans that are 90 days or more delinquent (unless the loan is adequately
collateralized and in the process of collection).
The following is a summary of the changes in the reserve for losses for the
years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997:
1999 1998 1997
------------ ------------- ------------
(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of year $ 3,259 $ 1,645 $ 655
Provision for losses 3,672 1,614 990
Charge-offs (347) - -
------------ ------------- ------------
Balance, end of year $ 6,584 $ 3,259 $ 1,645
------------ ------------- ------------
A portion of the reserve is specifically allocated to impaired loans when the
fair value of the collateral, less the estimated selling cost, is less than the
cost basis in the loan. The balance of impaired loans and the related reserve
amount at December 31, 1999 and 1998 are summarized in the following table:
1999 1998
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Balance Reserve Net Balance Balance Reserve Net Balance
------------ ----------- ------------ ---------- --------- -------------
(in thousands)
Impaired loans with:
Specific reserve $ 1,048 $ (49) $ 999 $ - $ - $ -
No specific reserve 16,582 - 16,582 5,515 - 5,515
------------ ----------- ------------ ---------- --------- -------------
Total $ 17,630 $ (49) $ 17,581 $ 5,515 $ - $ 5,515
------------ ----------- ------------ ---------- --------- -------------
7. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common Stock
Farmer Mac has three classes of common stock outstanding. Class A Voting Common
Stock may be held only by banks, insurance companies and other financial
institutions that are not institutions of the Farm Credit System. Class B Voting
Common Stock may be held only by institutions of the Farm Credit System. There
are no ownership restrictions on the Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. By
statute, no holder of Class A Voting Common Stock may directly or indirectly be
a beneficial owner of more than 33% of the outstanding shares of Class A Voting
Common Stock. There are no restrictions on the maximum purchase or holdings of
Class B Voting Common Stock.
Dividends have not been paid to any common stockholders nor does Farmer Mac
expect to pay dividends in the near future. Prior to August 1999, the ratio of
any dividends paid and liquidation proceeds distributed on each share of Class C
Non-Voting Common Stock to each share of Voting Common Stock was three-to-one.
Effective August 2, 1999, the three-to-one dividend and liquidation preferences
were eliminated in conjunction with the three-to-one Class C stock split. Farmer
Mac's ability to declare and pay a dividend could be restricted if it failed to
comply with regulatory capital requirements.
Stock Option Plan
In 1992 and 1996, Farmer Mac adopted stock option plans for officers to acquire
shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. Under the 1992 plan, stock options
granted are exercisable immediately, and, if not exercised, will expire ten
years from the date of grant. The exercise price of options granted under the
1992 plan, which were granted in 1992 and 1993, is $2.19 per share. The maximum
number of options that could be issued under the 1992 plan was 345,000, 315,000
of which were issued, net of cancellations. Under the 1996 plan, stock options
awarded under the plan vested in thirds over a three-year period with the last
installment having vested in June 1998; if not exercised, any options granted
under the 1996 plan will expire ten years from the date of grant. The exercise
price of options granted under the 1996 plan, which were issued in 1996, is
$2.625. The maximum number of options that could be issued under the 1996 plan
was 338,490, all of which were issued. In 1997, Farmer Mac adopted a new stock
option plan for all employees and directors, the terms of which are generally
the same as for the 1996 plan. Of the 3,750,000 shares authorized to be issued
under the 1997 plan, 784,585 have been issued, net of cancellations, with
exercise prices ranging from $13.625 to $23.0625 per share for options granted
in 1999. At December 31, 1999, 764,685 options were outstanding under the 1997
plan. For all stock options granted under all three of the Corporation's plans,
the exercise price was equal to the fair market value of the Class C Stock on,
or immediately preceding, the grant date.
The following table summarizes stock option activity for 1999 and 1998:
1999 1998
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Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average
Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price
---------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Outstanding, beginning of year 1,058,547 $ 7.99 832,824 $ 4.52
Granted 375,857 21.73 247,623 19.46
Excercised (59,597) 4.51 (18,999) 4.22
Canceled (19,832) 16.37 (2,901) 13.82
---------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Outstanding, end of year 1,354,975 $ 11.81 1,058,547 $ 7.99
---------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Options excercisable at year end 1,029,167 837,840
---------- -----------
The following table summarizes information regarding options outstanding at
December 31, 1999:
Options Outstanding Options Excercisable
--------------------------- -----------------------
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Exercise Number of Contractual Number of
Price Shares Life Shares
------------- ------------ -------------- --------------
$ 2.19 271,800 3.0 years 271,800
2.63 318,490 6.5 years 318,490
11.83 151,484 7.5 years 151,484
12.67 11,298 8.7 years 7,532
12.92 5,550 7.6 years 5,550
13.63 600 9.1 years -
13.92 600 9.2 years -
16.29 498 9.2 years 498
17.67 1,200 8.3 years 1,200
18.25 6,000 7.8 years 6,000
19.38 33,250 9.7 years 11,083
19.67 1,500 8.2 years 1,500
19.75 2,500 9.9 years -
20.00 214,685 6.4 years 142,790
20.81 11,700 9.6 years 3,900
22.08 322,020 8.0 years 107,340
22.94 1,500 9.6 years -
23.06 300 9.5 years -
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1,354,975 6.4 years 1,029,167
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Farmer Mac uses the intrinsic value method of accounting for employee stock
options pursuant to Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees," and has adopted the disclosure only provisions of
SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." Accordingly, no
compensation expense was recognized in 1999, 1998 and 1997 for employee stock
option plans. Had Farmer Mac elected to use the fair value method of accounting
for employee stock options, net income and earnings per share for the years
ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 would have been reduced to the pro forma
amounts indicated in the following table:
1999 1998 1997
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As Reported Proforma As Reported Proforma As Reported Proforma
------------- ---------- -------------- ----------- ------------- ----------
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income $ 6,921 $ 4,132 $ 5,743 $ 3,263 $ 4,626 $ 4,103
Earnings per share:
Basic net earnings $ 0.64 $ 0.38 $ 0.53 $ 0.30 $ 0.48 $ 0.43
Diluted net earnings $ 0.62 $ 0.37 $ 0.52 $ 0.29 $ 0.46 $ 0.41
The weighted-average fair values of options granted in 1999, 1998 and 1997 were
$11.24, $15.18 and $6.40, respectively. The fair values were estimated using the
Black Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:
1999 1998 1997
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Risk-free interest rate 5.7% 5.5% 6.3%
Expected years until exercise 5 years 5 years 5 years
Expected stock volatility 48.1% 66.2% 51.4%
Dividend yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Restricted Stock
In addition to stock options, the Corporation may issue restricted stock to
employees. Restricted stock entitles participants to all the rights of a
stockholder, except that the shares awarded are subject to forfeiture and/or may
not be disposed of by the participant during the restriction period. The vesting
or restriction period is usually one to two years. The value of restricted stock
granted to employees is amortized over the vesting period. During 1999 and 1998,
32,924 and 20,145 shares of restricted stock were granted, resulting in
compensation expense of $618 thousand and $403 thousand being recognized during
the respective years.
8. INCOME TAXES
The components of the provision for federal income taxes for the years ended
December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 were as follows:
1999 1998 1997
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(in thousands)
Current $ 4,860 $ 1,716 $ 136
Deferred (1,190) 547 1,463
---------- ----------- ----------
3,670 2,263 1,599
Change in net deferred tax
asset valuation allowance - (1,491) (1,714)
---------- ----------- ----------
Net federal income tax
expense (benefit) $ 3,670 $ 772 $ (115)
---------- ----------- ----------
A reconciliation of tax at the statutory federal tax rate to the income tax
provision for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 is as follows:
1999 1998 1997
----------- ----------- ------------
(dollars in thousands)
Tax expense at statutory rate $ 3,601 $ 2,215 $ 1,534
Change in net deferred tax
asset valuation allowance - (1,491) (1,714)
Other 69 48 65
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Income tax expense/(benefit) $ 3,670 $ 772 $ (115)
----------- ----------- ------------
Statutory tax rate 34.0% 34.0% 34.0%
Effective tax rate 34.7% 11.8% (2.5%)
Components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 1999
and 1998 were as follows:
1999 1998
----------- -----------
(in thousands)
Deferred tax asset:
Reserve for losses on guaranteed securities $ 2,239 $ 1,108
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities 855 -
Other 145 198
----------- -----------
Total deferred tax asset 3,239 1,306
Deferred tax liability:
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities - 128
Other - 112
----------- -----------
Total deferred tax liability - 240
----------- -----------
Net deferred tax asset $ 3,239 $ 1,066
----------- -----------
A valuation allowance is required to reduce the net deferred tax asset to an
amount that is more likely than not to be realized. No valuation allowance was
considered necessary at December 31, 1999 and 1998.
9. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
On December 28, 1989, Farmer Mac adopted a defined contribution plan for all of
its employees. Farmer Mac contributes 13.2% of the lesser of an individual's
gross salary or $160,000, plus 5.7% of the difference between (i) the lesser of
the gross salary or $160,000 and (ii) the Social Security Taxable Wage Base.
Employees are fully vested in contributions made to the plan after they have
been employed by Farmer Mac for two years. Pension expense for the years ended
December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 was $358 thousand, $338 thousand and $251
thousand, respectively.
10. OFF-BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND
CONTINGENCIES
Off-Balance Sheet Financial Instruments
Farmer Mac is a party to transactions involving financial instruments with
off-balance sheet risk. These financial instruments include Farmer Mac
guarantees, commitments to purchase and sell loans, interest-rate contracts and
hedge instruments. Farmer Mac uses these financial instruments in the normal
course of business to fulfill its statutory purpose of increasing liquidity for
agricultural and rural residential mortgage lenders.
Farmer Mac Guarantees. As of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the balance of
outstanding guarantees, excluding Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities held in the
Corporation's portfolio, was as follows:
1999 1998
------------- --------------
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I:
Post-1996 Act guarantees:
AMBS $ 497,896 $ 545,614
LTSPC 575,097 -
------------- --------------
Total Post-1996 Act guarantees 1,072,993 545,614
Pre-1996 Act guarantees 5,846 21,848
------------- --------------
Total Farmer Mac I 1,078,839 567,462
Farmer Mac II Securities 26,637 30,114
------------- --------------
Total Farmer Mac I and II $1,105,476 $ 597,576
------------- --------------
AMBS represent guaranteed securities issued after the 1996 Act and for which
Farmer Mac assumes 100% of the credit risk. A long-term standby purchase
commitment (LTSPC) is a long-term guarantee arrangement (similar to a swap
transaction) in which the recipient of the standby commitment segregates a pool
of loans in its portfolio and pays Farmer Mac an annual fee approximating the
usual guarantee fee on the outstanding balance of the loans, in return for
Farmer Mac's assumption of the credit risk on those loans. The credit risk
related to long-term standby commitments is the same as that of AMBS. Pre-1996
Act guarantees include securities issued prior to the 1996 Act. These securities
are supported by an unguaranteed subordinated interest that was equal to 10% of
the initial balance of the loans underlying the securities at issuance. Farmer
Mac's guarantee on Farmer Mac II Securities is covered by the "full faith and
credit" of the United States by virtue of the USDA guarantee of the principal
and interest on all Guaranteed Portions. For further information regarding
Farmer Mac's credit risk related to off-balance sheet guaranteed securities, see
Notes 2(h) and 6.
Commitments. Farmer Mac enters into mandatory and optional delivery commitments
to purchase loans. Most purchase commitments entered into by Farmer Mac are
mandatory commitments, which means the seller must pay a fee to extend or cancel
the commitment. All the loans purchased by Farmer Mac under optional commitments
are forward sold under optional commitments that enable Farmer Mac to cancel the
sale commitment without penalty should the seller fail to deliver under the
purchase commitment. At December 31, 1999, commitments to purchase Farmer Mac I
and II loans totaled $12.6 million, of which $2.4 million were optional
commitments. Outstanding purchase commitments at December 31, 1998, all of which
were mandatory commitments, totaled $23.8 million.
Farmer Mac is exposed to interest-rate risk from the time it commits to purchase
the loans to the time it either (a) sells AMBS backed by the loans or (b) issues
debt to retain the loans in its portfolio (issuing debt to fund the loans as an
investment does not fully mitigate interest-rate risk exposure because of
possible timing differences in the cash flows of the assets and related
liabilities). Commitments to sell AMBS totaled $23.8 million at December 31,
1999. There were no outstanding sale commitments at December 31, 1998. Farmer
Mac manages the interest-rate risk related to loans not yet sold or funded as a
retained investment through the use of off-balance sheet financial instruments -
currently, forward sale contracts involving GSE debt securities and futures
contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities (see "Interest-rate contracts and
hedge instruments").
Interest-rate contracts and hedge instruments. Farmer Mac uses interest-rate
swaps and caps to reduce interest-rate risk related to specific assets
(asset-linked) or liabilities (debt-linked). Interest-rate swaps are contractual
agreements between two parties for the exchange of periodic payments based on a
notional amount and agreed-upon fixed and variable rates. Interest-rate swaps
are entered into in conjunction with the purchase of loans and investments or
the issuance of debt to synthetically create LIBOR-based variable rate
instruments. Interest-rate caps are agreements in which one party makes a
one-time up-front premium payment to another party in exchange for the right to
receive payments based on a notional amount and the amount, if any, by which the
agreed-upon index rate exceeds the specified "cap" rate. Interest-rate caps are
purchased to uncap certain variable-rate investments. The following schedule
summarizes, by contractual maturity date, the notional amounts and
weighted-average interest rates of outstanding interest-rate contracts at
December 31, 1999 and 1998. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, all interest-rate
contracts were asset-linked.
As of December 31, 1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 - 09 Thereafter Total
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ -----------
(dollars in thousands)
Amortizing basis swaps $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 79,576 $ 225,909 $ 305,485
Pay fixed swaps - - - 19,000 - - - 19,000
Weighted-average
pay rate - - - 6.78% - - - 6.78%
Purchased caps - - 100,000 135,000 210,000 - - 445,000
Weighted-average
strike rate - - 8.50% 8.50% 8.50% - - 8.50%
---------
Total notional amount $ 769,485
---------
As of December 31, 1998
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 - 08 Thereafter Total
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------- ----------
(dollars in thousands)
Amortizing basis swaps $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 130,874 $ 116,584 $ 247,458
Pay fixed swaps - - - - 10,000 - - 10,000
Weighted-average
pay rate - - - - 6.25% - - 6.25%
Purchased caps - - - 100,000 135,000 - - 235,000
Weighted-average
strike rate - - - 8.50% 8.50% - - 8.50%
---------
Total notional amount $ 492,458
---------
Although interest-rate contracts reduce Farmer Mac's exposure to interest-rate
risk, they do increase credit risk exposure. Credit risk arises from the
possibility that a counterparty will be unable to perform according to the terms
of the contract and is mitigated by dealing with counterparties with high credit
ratings (no less than BBB+ at December 31, 1999), establishing and maintaining
collateral requirements and entering into netting agreements. Netting agreements
provide for netting all amounts receivable and payable under all transactions
covered by the netting agreement between Farmer Mac and a single counterparty.
Farmer Mac's exposure to credit risk related to interest-rate contracts is based
on the cost to replace all outstanding interest-rate contracts for each
counterparty with which Farmer Mac was in a net gain position ("net replacement
value"), including the effect of netting agreements. At December 31, 1999 and
1998, the net replacement value of interest rate contracts was $4.6 million and
$1.8 million, respectively. Of the net replacement value exposure outstanding at
December 31, 1999, $3.7 million was collateralized by $8.6 million of marketable
securities and $900 thousand was uncollateralized. No collateral was held at
December 31, 1998.
Hedge instruments, currently consisting of forward sale contracts involving GSE
debt securities and futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities, are
used by Farmer Mac to reduce its interest-rate risk exposure related to the
purchase of loans and the anticipated issuance of debt. The total notional
balance of open futures contracts at December 31, 1999 and 1998 was $4.1 million
and $20.1 million, respectively. The outstanding balance of forward sale
contracts involving GSE debt securities totaled $12.6 million at December 31,
1999. No such contracts were outstanding at December 31, 1998.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
The following table sets forth the geographic and commodity diversification, as
well as the range of loan-to-value ratios, of Farmer Mac I Securities and loans
held for securitization as of December 31, 1999 and 1998:
1999 1998
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------
Post-1996 Pre-1996 Post-1996 Pre-1996
Act Act Act Act
Guarantees Guarantees Total Guarantees Guarantees Total
--------------- --------------- ---------- -------------- ---------------- ----------
(in thousands)
By geographic region: (1)
Mid-North $ 351,809 $ 16,425 $ 368,234 $ 128,025 $ 24,137 $ 152,162
Mid-South 66,293 13,544 79,837 41,778 20,762 62,540
Northeast 50,833 4,057 54,890 25,611 4,604 30,215
Northwest 785,547 20,804 806,351 289,759 23,757 313,516
Southeast 21,604 17,291 38,895 12,159 28,358 40,517
Southwest 603,892 46,093 649,985 291,573 73,165 364,738
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
Total $ 1,879,978 $ 118,214 $ 1,998,192 $ 788,905 $ 174,783 $ 963,688
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
By commodity:
Crops $ 974,102 $ 71,591 $ 1,045,693 $ 416,517 $ 102,280 $ 518,797
Livestock 378,818 17,501 396,319 136,120 28,636 164,756
Permanent plantings 450,973 29,122 480,095 217,175 43,867 261,042
Part-time farms 76,085 - 76,085 19,093 - 19,093
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
Total $ 1,879,978 $ 118,214 $ 1,998,192 $ 788,905 $ 174,783 $ 963,688
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
By loan -to-value:
0.00% to 40.00% $ 509,485 $ 15,124 $ 524,609 $ 77,336 $ 23,620 $ 100,956
40.01% to 50.00% 421,478 21,723 443,201 127,005 34,629 161,634
50.01% to 60.00% 460,195 41,308 501,503 227,770 52,303 280,073
60.01% to 70.00% 447,720 35,314 483,034 283,485 56,964 340,449
70.01% to 80.00% 33,656 4,745 38,401 70,347 7,267 77,614
80.01% to 90.00% 7,444 - 7,444 2,962 - 2,962
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
Total $ 1,879,978 $ 118,214 $ 1,998,192 $ 788,905 $ 174,783 $ 963,688
-------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
(1) Geographic regions - Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI); Mid-South(KS,
OK, TX); Northeast (CT, DE, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA,
VT, WV) Northwest (ID, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WA, WY); Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA,
LA, MS, SC); Southwest (AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT).
Loan-to-value ratios are based on collateral values at origination of the loan.
Current loan-to-value ratios may be higher or lower than the original
loan-to-value ratios.
11. FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES
The following table sets forth the estimated fair values and carrying values of
financial assets and liabilities at December 31, 1999 and 1998. Significant
estimates, assumptions, and present value calculations were used for purposes of
the following disclosure, resulting in a high degree of subjectivity inherent in
the indicated fair values. Accordingly, these fair value estimates are not
necessarily indicative of what Farmer Mac would realize in an actual sale.
1999 1998
--------------------------- ---------------------------
Estimated Carrying Estimated Carrying
Fair Value Amount Fair Value Amount
-------------------------------------------------------
(in thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 336,282 $ 336,282 $ 540,626 $ 540,626
Investment securities 849,079 847,220 645,201 643,562
Farmer Mac guaranteed securities 1,315,353 1,306,223 561,671 552,205
Loans 39,945 38,509 169,652 168,064
Off-balance sheet items in a gain position:
Commitments to purchase loans 213 - - -
Futures contracts 13 - 74 -
Interest-rate contracts 5,063 - 1,793 -
Commitments to sell GSE debt securities 81 - - -
Financial liabilities:
Notes and bonds payable:
Due within one year 1,723,103 1,722,061 1,475,102 1,473,688
Due after one year 756,569 750,337 390,556 365,146
Off-balance sheet items in a loss position:
Commitments to purchase loans - - 12 -
Interest-rate contracts 1,736 - 4,302 -
Except for cash and cash equivalents, investments, futures contracts and
commitments to sell GSE debt securities, the estimated fair value for Farmer
Mac's financial instruments were calculated by generating multiple paths for
future interest rates starting from the current yield curve and then discounting
the projected cash flows for each instrument under those interest rate paths.
For cash and cash equivalents, the carrying value approximates fair value. For
investments, futures contracts and commitments to sell GSE debt securities, fair
value was based on quoted market prices.
12. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
1999 Quarter Ended 1998 Quarter Ended
------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
Dec 31 Sept 30 June 30 Mar 31 Dec 31 Sept 30 June 30 Mar 31
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Interest income $ 41,688 $ 39,123 $ 31,531 $ 28,035 $ 27,854 $ 26,796 $ 25,437 $ 23,475
Interest expense 38,070 35,310 27,584 24,455 24,859 24,130 22,964 21,040
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net interest income 3,618 3,813 3,947 3,580 2,995 2,666 2,473 2,435
Guarantee fee income 2,388 1,899 1,644 1,465 1,093 1,037 841 756
Gain on sale of AMBS - - - - - 420 552 428
Miscellaneous 110 (88) 132 66 26 54 14 48
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total revenues 6,116 5,624 5,723 5,111 4,114 4,177 3,880 3,667
Other expenses 3,142 2,967 3,158 2,716 2,450 2,388 2,411 2,074
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Income before income taxes 2,974 2,657 2,565 2,395 1,664 1,789 1,469 1,593
Income tax expense/(benefit) 1,082 901 873 814 566 664 (306) (152)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net income $ 1,892 $ 1,756 $ 1,692 $ 1,581 $ 1,098 $ 1,125 $ 1,775 $ 1,745
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Earnings Per Share:
Basic net earnings $ 0.17 $ 0.16 $ 0.16 $ 0.15 $ 0.11 $ 0.10 $ 0.16 $ 0.16
Diluted net earnings $ 0.17 $ 0.16 $ 0.15 $ 0.14 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.16 $ 0.16
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) (1) Financial Statements.
Refer to Item 8, above.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules.
All schedules are omitted since they are not applicable, not
required, or the information required to be set forth therein is included in
the financial statements, or in notes thereto.
(3) Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) Exhibits.
* 3.1 - Title VIII of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as most recently amended
by the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, P.L. 104-105 (Form 10-K
filed March 29, 1996).
* 3.2 -Amended and restated By-laws of the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
August 12, 1999).
+* 10.1 -Stock Option Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 19.1 to Form 10-Q
filed November 10, 1992).
+* 10.1.1 -Amendment No. 1 to Stock Option Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit
10.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 16, 1993).
+* 10.1.2 -1996 Stock Option Plan (Form 10-Q filed November 10, 1996).
+* 10.1.3 -Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan.
+* 10.2 -Employment Agreement dated May 5, 1989 between Henry D. Edelman and
the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K filed
February 14, 1990).
+* 10.2.1 -Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 10, 1991 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K filed April 1, 1991).
+* 10.2.2 -Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1993
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
+* 10.2.3 -Amendment No. 3 dated as of September 1, 1994 to Employment
Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1994).
+* 10.2.4 -Amendment No. 4 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed
March 29, 1996).
+* 10.2.5 -Amendment No. 5 dated as of September 13, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November
10, 1996).
+* 10.2.6 -Amendment No. 6 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November
14, 1997).
+* 10.2.7 -Amendment No. 7 dated as of September 4, 1998 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August
14, 1998).
+* 10.2.8 -Amendment No. 8 dated as of September 3, 1999 to Employment Contract
between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August
12, 1999).
+* 10.3 -Employment Agreement dated May 11, 1989 between Nancy E. Corsiglia
and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K
filed February 14, 1990).
+* 10.3.1 -Amendment dated December 14, 1989 to Employment Agreement between
Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit
10.5 to Form 10-K filed February 14, 1990).
+* 10.3.2 -Amendment No. 2 dated February 14, 1991 to Employment Agreement
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant(Previously filed
as Exhibit 10.7 to Form 10-K filed April 1, 1991).
+* 10.3.3 -Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1993
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.9 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).
+* 10.3.4 -Amendment No. 4 dated September 1, 1993 to Employment Contract
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed
as Exhibit 10.11 to Form 10-K filed March 30, 1994).
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
+* 10.3.5 -Amendment No. 5 dated as of September 1, 1994 to Employment Contract
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.12 to Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994).
+* 10.3.6 -Amendment No. 6 dated as of September 1, 1995 to Employment Contract
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 1995).
+* 10.3.7 -Amendment No. 7 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed
March 29, 1996).
+* 10.3.8 -Amendment No. 8 dated as of September 13, 1996 to Employment
Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q
filed November 10, 1996).
+* 10.3.9 -Amendment No. 9 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract
between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 14, 1997).
+* 10.3.10-Amendment No. 10 dated as of September 4, 1998 to Employment
Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q
filed August 14, 1998).
+* 10.3.11-Amendment No. 11 dated as of September 3, 1999 to Employment
Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q
filed August 12, 1999).
+* 10.4 -Employment Agreement dated September 13, 1989 between Thomas R. Clark
and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-K
filed April 1, 1990).
+* 10.4.1 -Amendment No. 1 dated February 14, 1991 to Employment Agreement
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.9 to Form 10-K filed April 1, 1991).
+* 10.4.2 -Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1993
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.12 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).
+* 10.4.3- Amendment No. 3 dated September 1, 1993 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.16 to Form 10-K filed March 30, 1994).
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
+* 10.4.4 -Amendment No. 4 dated as of September 1, 1994 to Employment
Contract between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.17 to Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994).
+* 10.4.5 -Amendment No. 5 dated as of September 1, 1995 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November
10, 1995).
+* 10.4.6 -Amendment No. 6 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed
March 29, 1996).
+* 10.4.7 -Amendment No. 7 dated as of September 13, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November
10, 1996).
+* 10.4.8 -Amendment No. 8 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November
14, 1997).
+* 10.4.9 -Amendment No. 9 dated as of September 4, 1998 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant(Form 10-Q filed August 14,
1998).
+* 10.4.10-Amendment No. 10 dated as of September 3, 1999 to Employment Contract
between Thomas R. Clark and the Registrant(Form 10-Q filed August 12,
1999).
+* 10.5 -Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1997 between Tom D.
Stenson and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Form
10-Q filed November 14, 1997).
+* 10.5.1 -Amendment No. 1 dated as of September 4, 1998 to Employment
Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Previously filed
as Exhibit 10.8.1 to Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1998).
+* 10.5.2 -Amendment No. 2 dated as of September 3, 1999 to Employment Contract
between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 12,
1999).
+* 10.6 -Employment Agreement dated October 7, 1991 between Michael T. Bennett
and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.16 to Form 10-K
filed March 30, 1992).
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
+* 10.6.1 -Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1993
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Previously filed
as Exhibit 10.17 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).
+* 10.6.2 -Amendment No. 2 dated September 1, 1993 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.21 to Form 10-K filed March 30, 1994).
+* 10.6.3 -Amendment No. 3 dated September 1, 1994 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.22 to Form 10-K filed August 15, 1994).
+* 10.6.4 -Amendment No. 4 dated as of September 1, 1995 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 1995).
+* 10.6.5 -Amendment No. 5 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March
29, 1996).
+* 10.6.6 -Amendment No. 6 dated as of September 13, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 1996).
+* 10.6.7 -Amendment No. 7 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 14, 1997).
+* 10.6.8 -Amendment No. 8 dated as of September 4, 1998 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August
14, 1998).
+* 10.6.9 -Amendment No. 9 dated as of September 3, 1999 to Employment Contract
between Michael T. Bennett and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August
12, 1999).
+* 10.7 -Employment Agreement dated March 15, 1993 between Christopher A. Dunn
and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.17 to Form 10-Q
filed May 17, 1993).
+* 10.7.1 -Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1993
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
+* 10.7.2 -Amendment No. 2 dated September 1, 1993 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Previously
filed as Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10-K filed March 30, 1994).
+* 10.7.3 -Amendment No. 3 dated as of September 1, 1994 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Previously filed as
Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994).
+* 10.7.4 -Amendment No. 4 dated as of September 1, 1995 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 1995).
+* 10.7.5 -Amendment No. 5 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March
29, 1996).
+* 10.7.6 -Amendment No. 6 dated as of September 13, 1996 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 1996).
+* 10.7.7 -Amendment No. 7 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract
between Christopher A. Dunn and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed
November 14, 1997).
* 10.9 -Lease Agreement, dated September 30, 1991 between 919 Eighteenth
Street, N.W. Associates Limited Partnership and the Registrant
(Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Form 10-K filed March 30,
1992).
* 21 -Subsidiaries.
21.1 -Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, a Delaware Corporation.
* 99.1 -Map of U.S. Department of Agriculture (Secretary of Agriculture's)
Regions (Previously filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Form 10-K filed April 1,
1991).
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
The Registrant filed a report on Form 8-K on December 2, 1999,
reporting the merger, effective November 29, 1999, of its two wholly-owned
subsidiaries.
* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
By: Henry D. Edelman Date
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
- --------------------------------- Chairman of the Board and March 17, 2000
Charles Eugene Branstool Director
- --------------------------------- President and Chief March 17, 2000
Henry D. Edelman Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
- --------------------------------- Vice President - Business March 17, 2000
Nancy E. Corsiglia Development and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Name Title Date
Director March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------
Kenneth E. Graff
Director March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------
W. David Hemingway
Director March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------
Mitchell A. Johnson
Director March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------
Lowell Junkins
Director March 17, 2000
- ---------------------------------------
James A. McCarthy
Director March 17, 2000
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Robert J. Mulder
Director March 17, 2000
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John G. Nelson
Director March 17, 2000
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David J. Nolan
Director March 17, 2000
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Peter T. Paul
Director March 17, 2000
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Marilyn Peters
Director March 17, 2000
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John Dan Raines, Jr.
Vice Chairman March 17, 2000
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Gordon Clyde Southern
Director March 17, 2000
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Clyde A. Wheeler
Director March 17, 2000
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Donald W. Winters
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
/s/ Henry D.Edelman March 17, 2000
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By: Henry D. Edelman Date
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
/s/ Charles Eugene Branstool Chairman of the Board and March 17, 2000
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Charles Eugene Branstool Director
/s/ Henry D. Edelman President and Chief Executive March 17, 2000
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Henry D. Edelman Officer)
/s/ Nancy E. Corsiglia Vice President - Business March 17, 2000
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Nancy E. Corsiglia (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Name Title Date
/s/ Kenneth E. Graff Director March 17, 2000
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Kenneth E. Graff
/s/ W. David Hemingway Director March 17, 2000
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W. David Hemingway
/s/ Mitchell A. Johnson Director March 17, 2000
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Mitchell A. Johnson
/s/ Lowell Junkins Director March 17, 2000
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Lowell Junkins
/s/ James A. McCarthy Director March 17, 2000
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James A. McCarthy
/s/ Robert J. Mulder Director March 17, 2000
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Robert J. Mulder
/s/ John G. Nelson Director March 17, 2000
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John G. Nelson
/s/ David J. Nolan Director March 17, 2000
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David J. Nolan
/s/ Peter T. Paul Director March 17, 2000
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Peter T. Paul
/s/ Marilyn Peters Director March 17, 2000
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Marilyn Peters
/s/ John Dan Raines, Jr. Director March 17, 2000
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John Dan Raines, Jr.
/s/ Gordon Clyde Southern Director March 17, 2000
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Gordon Clyde Southern
/s/ Clyde A. Wheeler Vice Chairman March 17, 2000
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Clyde A. Wheeler
/s/ Donald W. Winters Director March 17, 2000
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Donald W. Winters