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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

x   QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from            to            .

 

Commission File number 0-11733

 


 

CITY HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

West Virginia

 

55-0619957

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

25 Gatewater Road

Charleston, West Virginia, 25313

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(304) 769-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

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

 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING
 FIVE YEARS

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by the court.    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

 

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

 

Common stock, $2.50 Par Value – 16,622,967 shares as of May 7, 2003.

 



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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q Quarterly Report, including statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such information involves risks and uncertainties that could result in the Company’s actual results differing from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (1) the Company may incur additional loan loss provision due to negative credit quality trends in the future that may lead to a deterioration of asset quality, or conversely, the Company may incur less, or even negative, loan loss provision due to positive credit quality trends in the future; (2) the Company may not continue to experience significant recoveries of previously charged-off loans and the Company may incur increased charge-offs in the future; (3) the Company may experience increases in the default rates on its retained interests in securitized mortgages causing it to take impairment charges to earnings; (4) the Company may not realize the expected cash payments that it is presently accruing from its retained interests in securitized mortgages; (5) the Company could have adverse legal actions of a material nature; (6) the Company may face competitive loss of customers associated with its efforts to increase fee-based revenues; (7) the Company may be unable to maintain or improve upon current levels of expense associated with managing its business; (8) rulings affecting, among other things, the Company’s and its banking subsidiaries’ regulatory capital and required loan loss allocations may change, resulting in the need for increased capital levels; (9) changes in the interest rate environment may have results on the Company’s operations materially different from those anticipated by the Company’s market risk management functions; (10) changes in general economic conditions and increased competition could adversely affect the Company’s operating results; (11) changes in other regulations and government policies affecting bank holding companies and their subsidiaries, including changes in monetary policies, could negatively impact the Company’s operating results; (12) the planned purchase of Trust I and Trust II Capital Securities and the common stock may not occur or may not have the effects anticipated; and (13) the Company may experience difficulties growing loan and deposit balances. Forward-looking statements made herein reflect management’s expectations as of the date such statements are made. Such information is provided to assist stockholders and potential investors in understanding current and anticipated financial operations of the Company and is included pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date such statements are made.

 

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Index

 

City Holding Company and Subsidiaries

 

Part I.

  

Financial Information

    
    

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (Unaudited).

  

  4

         

Consolidated Balance Sheets—March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002.

  

  4

         

Consolidated Statements of Income—Three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

  

  5

         

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity—Three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

  

  6

         

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

  

  7

         

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—March 31, 2003.

  

  8

    

Item 2.

  

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

  

17

    

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

  

28

    

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures.

  

28

Part II.

  

Other Information

    
    

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings.

  

30

    

Item 2.

  

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.

  

31

    

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

  

31

    

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

  

31

    

Item 5.

  

Other Information.

  

31

    

Item 6.

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

  

31

Signatures

  

32

Certifications

  

33

 

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PART I, ITEM 1—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

City Holding Company and Subsidiaries

(in thousands)

 

    

March 31
2003


    

December 31
2002


 
    

(Unaudited)

    

(Note A)

 

Assets

                 

Cash and due from banks

  

$

69,187

 

  

$

109,318

 

Federal funds sold

  

 

—  

 

  

 

20,000

 

    


  


Cash and Cash Equivalents

  

 

69,187

 

  

 

129,318

 

Securities available for sale, at fair value

  

 

488,946

 

  

 

445,384

 

Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost (approximate fair value at March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002—$71,299 and $74,415)

  

 

69,166

 

  

 

72,410

 

    


  


Total Securities

  

 

558,112

 

  

 

517,794

 

Securities purchased under agreement to resell

  

 

—  

 

  

 

27,202

 

Loans:

                 

Residential real estate

  

 

463,813

 

  

 

471,806

 

Home equity

  

 

232,048

 

  

 

210,753

 

Commercial real estate

  

 

288,724

 

  

 

273,904

 

Other commercial

  

 

88,824

 

  

 

95,323

 

Loans to depository institutions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

20,000

 

Installment

  

 

53,488

 

  

 

64,181

 

Indirect

  

 

41,475

 

  

 

48,709

 

Credit card

  

 

18,780

 

  

 

19,715

 

    


  


Gross loans

  

 

1,187,152

 

  

 

1,204,391

 

Allowance for loan losses

  

 

(28,910

)

  

 

(28,504

)

    


  


Net Loans

  

 

1,158,242

 

  

 

1,175,887

 

Retained interests

  

 

82,346

 

  

 

80,923

 

Premises and equipment

  

 

36,736

 

  

 

37,802

 

Accrued interest receivable

  

 

11,102

 

  

 

11,265

 

Net deferred tax asset

  

 

35,748

 

  

 

35,895

 

Other assets

  

 

33,418

 

  

 

31,825

 

    


  


Total Assets

  

$

1,984,891

 

  

$

2,047,911

 

    


  


Liabilities

                 

Deposits:

                 

Noninterest-bearing

  

$

293,062

 

  

$

281,290

 

Interest-bearing:

                 

Demand deposits

  

 

383,335

 

  

 

377,165

 

Savings deposits

  

 

292,668

 

  

 

286,198

 

Time deposits

  

 

620,282

 

  

 

619,927

 

    


  


Total Deposits

  

 

1,589,347

 

  

 

1,564,580

 

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreement to repurchase

  

 

84,330

 

  

 

146,937

 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

  

 

—  

 

  

 

26,284

 

Long-term debt

  

 

25,000

 

  

 

25,000

 

Corporation-obligated mandatorily redeemable capital securities of subsidiary trusts holding solely subordinated debentures of City Holding Company

  

 

87,500

 

  

 

87,500

 

Other liabilities

  

 

30,837

 

  

 

32,217

 

    


  


Total Liabilities

  

 

1,817,014

 

  

 

1,882,518

 

Stockholders’ Equity

                 

Preferred stock, par value $25 per share: 500,000 shares authorized; none issued

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Common stock, par value $2.50 per share: 50,000,000 shares authorized; 16,919,248 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, including 300,781 and 261,563 shares in treasury

  

 

42,298

 

  

 

42,298

 

Capital surplus

  

 

57,653

 

  

 

59,029

 

Retained earnings

  

 

72,101

 

  

 

66,076

 

Cost of common stock in treasury

  

 

(7,533

)

  

 

(6,426

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income:

                 

Unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale

  

 

4,902

 

  

 

5,960

 

Underfunded pension liability

  

 

(1,544

)

  

 

(1,544

)

    


  


Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

  

 

3,358

 

  

 

4,416

 

    


  


Total Stockholders’ Equity

  

 

167,877

 

  

 

165,393

 

    


  


Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

  

$

1,984,891

 

  

$

2,047,911

 

    


  


 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

 

City Holding Company and Subsidiaries

(in thousands, except earnings per share data)

 

    

Three Months Ended March 31


    

2003


    

2002


Interest Income

               

Interest and fees on loans

  

$

20,302

 

  

$

25,573

Interest on investment securities:

               

Taxable

  

 

5,213

 

  

 

4,585

Tax-exempt

  

 

571

 

  

 

731

Interest on retained interests

  

 

3,523

 

  

 

2,806

Interest on federal funds sold

  

 

90

 

  

 

186

    


  

Total Interest Income

  

 

29,699

 

  

 

33,881

Interest Expense

               

Interest on deposits

  

 

5,767

 

  

 

8,978

Interest on short-term borrowings

  

 

434

 

  

 

616

Interest on long-term debt

  

 

278

 

  

 

546

Interest on trust preferred securities

  

 

2,006

 

  

 

2,118

    


  

Total Interest Expense

  

 

8,485

 

  

 

12,258

    


  

Net Interest Income

  

 

21,214

 

  

 

21,623

Provision for loan losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

900

    


  

Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses

  

 

21,214

 

  

 

20,723

Non-Interest Income

               

Investment securities gains

  

 

353

 

  

 

232

Service charges

  

 

6,081

 

  

 

4,629

Insurance commissions

  

 

762

 

  

 

505

Trust fee income

  

 

348

 

  

 

316

Mortgage banking income

  

 

168

 

  

 

186

Other income

  

 

1,273

 

  

 

1,146

    


  

Total Non-Interest Income

  

 

8,985

 

  

 

7,014

Non-Interest Expense

               

Salaries and employee benefits

  

 

7,738

 

  

 

8,638

Occupancy and equipment

  

 

1,545

 

  

 

1,628

Depreciation

  

 

1,187

 

  

 

1,597

Professional fees and litigation expense

  

 

837

 

  

 

640

Postage, delivery, and statement mailings

  

 

780

 

  

 

834

Advertising

  

 

650

 

  

 

643

Telecommunications

  

 

405

 

  

 

689

Insurance and regulatory

  

 

325

 

  

 

527

Office supplies

  

 

435

 

  

 

337

Repossessed asset losses and expenses

  

 

(191

)

  

 

347

Other expenses

  

 

2,296

 

  

 

2,292

    


  

Total Non-Interest Expense

  

 

16,007

 

  

 

18,172

    


  

Income Before Income Taxes

  

 

14,192

 

  

 

9,565

Income tax expense

  

 

4,840

 

  

 

3,157

    


  

Net Income

  

$

9,352

 

  

$

6,408

    


  

Basic earnings per common share

  

$

0.56

 

  

$

0.38

    


  

Diluted earnings per common share

  

$

0.55

 

  

$

0.38

    


  

Average common shares outstanding:

               

Basic

  

 

16,638

 

  

 

16,888

    


  

Diluted

  

 

16,955

 

  

 

17,016

    


  

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

 

City Holding Company and Subsidiaries

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2003 and 2002

(in thousands)

 

    

Common Stock


  

Capital Surplus


  

Retained Earnings


  

Treasury Stock


      

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income


    

Total Stockholders’ Equity


 

Balances at December 31, 2001

  

$

42,232

  

$

59,174

  

$

41,152

  

$

(136

)

    

$

3,927

 

  

$

146,349

 

Comprehensive income:

                                                 

Net income

                

 

6,408

                      

 

6,408

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of deferred income tax benefit of $1,367:

                                                 

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities of $2,036, net of reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income of $14

                                  

 

(2,050

)

  

 

(2,050

)

                                             


Total comprehensive income

                                           

 

4,358

 

    

  

  

  


    


  


Balances at March 31, 2002

  

$

42,232

  

$

59,174

  

$

47,560

  

$

(136

)

    

$

1,877

 

  

$

150,707

 

    

  

  

  


    


  


 

    

Common Stock


  

Capital Surplus


    

Retained Earnings


    

Treasury Stock


      

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income


    

Total Stockholders’ Equity


 

Balances at December 31, 2002

  

$

42,298

  

$

59,029

 

  

$

66,076

 

  

$

(6,426

)

    

$

4,416

 

  

$

165,393

 

Comprehensive income:

                                                     

Net income

                  

 

9,352

 

                      

 

9,352

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of deferred income taxes of $705:

                                                     

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities of $1,013, net of reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income of $45

                                      

 

(1,058

)

  

 

(1,058

)

                                                 


Total comprehensive income

                                               

 

8,294

 

Cash dividends declared ($0.20 per share)

                  

 

(3,327

)

                      

 

(3,327

)

Exercise of 79,082 stock options

         

 

(1,376

)

           

 

2,151

 

             

 

775

 

Purchase of 118,300 common shares for treasury

                           

 

(3,258

)

             

 

(3,258

)

    

  


  


  


    


  


Balances at March 31, 2003

  

$

42,298

  

$

57,653

 

  

$

72,101

 

  

$

(7,533

)

    

$

3,358

 

  

$

167,877

 

    

  


  


  


    


  


 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

City Holding Company and Subsidiaries

 

(in thousands)

 

    

Three Months Ended March 31


 
    

2003


    

2002


 

Operating Activities

                 

Net income

  

$

9,352

 

  

$

6,408

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                 

Net amortization

  

 

663

 

  

 

169

 

Provision for depreciation

  

 

1,187

 

  

 

1,597

 

Provision for loan losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

900

 

Deferred income tax expense

  

 

853

 

  

 

5,264

 

Realized investment securities gains

  

 

(353

)

  

 

(232

)

Increase in retained interests

  

 

(1,423

)

  

 

(2,791

)

Decrease in accrued interest receivable

  

 

68

 

  

 

1,113

 

Increase in other assets

  

 

(1,671

)

  

 

(1,515

)

Decrease in other liabilities

  

 

(908

)

  

 

(2,057

)

    


  


Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

  

 

7,768

 

  

 

8,856

 

Investing Activities

                 

Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale

  

 

130,025

 

  

 

75,232

 

Proceeds from maturities and calls of securities available for sale

  

 

57,250

 

  

 

24,939

 

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

  

 

(233,017

)

  

 

(154,944

)

Proceeds from maturities and calls of held-to-maturity securities

  

 

3,144

 

  

 

—  

 

Purchases of held-to-maturity securities

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(9,501

)

Net decrease in loans

  

 

17,645

 

  

 

88,034

 

Net decrease (increase) in premises and equipment

  

 

(121

)

  

 

16

 

    


  


Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities

  

 

(25,074

)

  

 

23,776

 

Financing Activities

                 

Net increase (decrease) in noninterest-bearing deposits

  

 

11,772

 

  

 

(2,903

)

Net increase in interest-bearing deposits

  

 

12,995

 

  

 

10,182

 

Net decrease in short-term borrowings

  

 

(62,607

)

  

 

(21,078

)

Proceeds from long term debt

  

 

—  

 

  

 

10,000

 

Purchases of treasury stock

  

 

(3,258

)

  

 

—  

 

Exercise of stock options

  

 

775

 

  

 

—  

 

Cash dividends paid

  

 

(2,502

)

  

 

—  

 

    


  


Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

  

 

(42,825

)

  

 

(3,799

)

    


  


(Decrease) increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

  

 

(60,131

)

  

 

28,833

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  

 

129,318

 

  

 

170,327

 

    


  


Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

  

$

69,187

 

  

$

199,160

 

    


  


 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

March 31, 2003

 

Note A—Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which are unaudited, include all of the accounts of City Holding Company (“the Parent Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “the Company”). All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial condition for each of the periods presented. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that can be expected for the year ending December 31, 2003. The Company’s accounting and reporting policies conform with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Such policies require management to make estimates and develop assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates.

 

The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2002 has been extracted from audited financial statements included in the Company’s 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been omitted. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the 2002 Annual Report of the Company.

 

Note B—Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (“APB 25”), Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options. Using the intrinsic value method prescribed by APB 25, because the exercise price of the Company’s employee stock options equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized.

 

The alternative fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation provided under FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, requires the use of option valuation models, such as the Black-Scholes model, that were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded short-term options, which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options at the time of grant.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

 

Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required to be disclosed by Statement No. 123 and has been determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of that Statement. The fair value for the options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

    

2003


    

2002


 

Risk-free interest rate

  

2.90

%

  

4.34

%

Expected dividend yield

  

2.86

%

  

2.50

%

Volatility factor

  

0.430

 

  

0.437

 

Expected life of option

  

5 years

 

  

5 years

 

 

For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value ($8.93/share and $4.71/share, in 2003 and 2002, respectively) of options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting period. Pro forma net income, basic earnings per share, and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 were:

 

    

2003


    

2002


 
    

(in thousands, except earnings per
share data)

 

Net income, as reported

  

$

9,352

 

  

$

6,408

 

Pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense, net of tax

  

 

(266

)

  

 

(187

)

    


  


Net income, pro forma

  

$

9,086

 

  

$

6,221

 

    


  


    

2003


    

2002


 

Basic earnings per share, as reported

  

$

0.56

 

  

$

0.38

 

Pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense, net of tax

  

 

(0.02

)

  

 

(0.01

)

    


  


Basic earnings per share, pro forma

  

$

0.54

 

  

$

0.37

 

    


  


    

2003


    

2002


 

Diluted earnings per share, as reported

  

$

0.55

 

  

$

0.38

 

Pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense, net of tax

  

 

(0.02

)

  

 

(0.01

)

    


  


Diluted earnings per share, pro forma

  

$

0.53

 

  

$

0.37

 

    


  


 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is presented below for the three months ended March 31:

 

    

2003


  

2002


    

Options


      

Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price


  

Options


      

Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price


Outstanding at January 1

  

732,412

 

    

$

13.55

  

537,990

 

    

$

15.04

Granted

  

90,000

 

    

 

28.00

  

332,250

 

    

 

13.30

Exercised

  

(79,082

)

    

 

9.79

  

—  

 

    

 

—  

Forfeited

  

(58,292

)

    

 

42.18

  

(29,842

)

    

 

25.45

    

    

  

    

Outstanding at March 31

  

685,038

 

    

$

13.44

  

840,398

 

    

$

13.98

    

    

  

    

 

Additional information regarding stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2003, is provided in the following table:

 

Ranges of
Exercise Prices


    

No. of
Options
Outstanding


    

Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price


    

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Months)


    

No. of Options
Currently
Exercisable


    

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Options Currently
Exercisable


$  5.75   -  $  8.63

    

185,218

    

$

6.00

    

94

    

185,218

    

$

6.00

$  8.65   -  $12.98

    

45,953

    

 

9.26

    

99

    

45,953

    

 

9.26

$13.30   -  $19.95

    

355,600

    

 

13.68

    

89

    

339,730

    

 

13.61

$25.66   -  $38.49

    

98,267

    

 

28.57

    

110

    

8,267

    

 

34.78

      
                    
        
      

685,038

                    

579,168

        
      
                    
        

 

Note C—Securitizations and Retained Interests

 

Between 1997 and 1999, the Company completed six securitization transactions involving approximately $759.76 million of fixed rate, junior lien mortgage loans. The table below summarizes information regarding delinquencies, net credit losses, and outstanding collateral balances of securitized loans for the dates presented:

 

    

March 31,
2003


  

March 31,
2002


  

December 31,
2002


    

(in thousands)

Total principal amount of loans outstanding

  

$

201,390

  

$

320,152

  

$

226,424

Principal amount of loans 60 days or more past due

  

 

7,088

  

 

7,491

  

 

7,628

Net credit losses during the period

  

 

2,238

  

 

5,155

  

 

14,994

 

The principal amount of loans outstanding is not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company.

 

As of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the Company reported retained interests in its securitizations of approximately $82.35 million and $80.92 million, respectively. The value of the retained interests is determined using cash flow modeling techniques that incorporate key assumptions related to default, prepayment, and discount rates. The Company’s assumption regarding prepayment speed was changed effective March 1, 2003 to reflect higher levels of prepayments for the underlying collateral loans over their remaining lives as compared to the prepayment assumption

 

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previously used. The change in assumption did not result in any impairment and added less than $0.10 million to net income for the first quarter of 2003. Key assumptions used in estimating the fair value of the Company’s retained interests as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, were as follows:

 

    

March 31
2003


      

December 31
2002


 

Prepayment speed (CPR):

               

Through May 2004

  

35.00

%

    

16.00

%

From June 2004—May 2005

  

30.00

%

    

16.00

%

From June 2005—May 2006

  

26.00

%

    

16.00

%

After May 2006

  

20.00

%

    

16.00

%

Weighted average cumulative defaults

  

12.80

%

    

14.19

%

Weighted average discount rate

  

14.00

%

    

14.00

%

 

Prepayment speed (CPR), or constant prepayment rate, represents the annualized monthly prepayment amount as a percentage of the previous month’s outstanding loan balance minus the scheduled principal payment. Weighted average cumulative defaults represents the percentage of actual loan defaults experienced life-to-date plus forecasted loan defaults projected over the remaining life of the collateral loans, divided by the original collateral balance. The weighted average discount rate represents the interest rate used to compute the present value of the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be received by the Company.

 

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company recognized $3.52 million and $2.81 million, respectively, of interest income from the retained interests. Comparatively, the Company received $2.09 million of cash from the retained interests during the first quarter of 2003. The following table reflects the Company’s projection, as of March 31, 2003, of the timing and amount of cash flows forecasted to be derived from the retained interests:

 

      

Undiscounted Cash Flows
Forecasted to be Received


      

(in thousands)

Remainder of 2003

    

$

2,930

2004

    

 

31,135

2005

    

 

35,275

2006

    

 

22,781

2007

    

 

16,035

Thereafter

    

 

48,020

      

      

$

156,176

      

 

Any deviation in the actual prepayment or default rate in future periods from the aforementioned assumed prepayment and default rates will result in a variation in the undiscounted cash flows forecast to be received. For example, should the cumulative default rate exceed the assumed weighted average of 12.80% as of March 31, 2003, the timing of the receipt of cash flows by the Company will likely be delayed and the amount of cash ultimately received by the Company will likely be less than noted above. Similarly, should the actual prepayment rate exceed the assumed curve as described above, the timing of the receipt of cash flows by the Company will likely accelerate. However, accelerating the timing and/or increasing the amount of cash flows to be received by the Company does not inherently result in additional total income being recorded in future periods.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

At March 31, 2003, the sensitivity of the current estimated fair value of retained interests to immediate 10% and 20% adverse changes were as follows:

 

    

(in thousands)

 

Estimated fair value at March 31, 2003

  

$

94,735

 

Discount rate:

        

Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change

  

 

(3,917

)

Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change

  

 

(7,576

)

Default curve:

        

Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change

  

 

(1,504

)

Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change

  

 

(3,291

)

Prepayment curve:

        

Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change

  

 

(1,997

)

Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change

  

 

(3,005

)

 

The Company considers an adverse change in the discount rate and the default curve to be an increase in the actual rates experienced as compared to the assumed rates used for modeling the cash flows. Conversely, the Company considers an adverse change in the prepayment curve to be a decrease in the actual prepayment speed as compared to the prepayment speed assumed for modeling purposes.

 

These sensitivity analyses are hypothetical. As these figures indicate, any change in estimated fair value based on a 10% variation in assumptions cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value is not linear. Also, in this table, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the retained interests is calculated independently from any change in another assumption; in reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another, which may magnify or counteract the sensitivities.

 

Note D—Short-term Borrowings

 

Short-term borrowings include securities sold under agreement to repurchase of $84.33 million and $96.94 million as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. Securities sold under agreement to repurchase were sold to corporate and government customers as an alternative to available deposit products. The underlying securities included in repurchase agreements remain under the Company’s control during the effective period of the agreements. At December 31, 2002, short-term borrowings also included $50.00 million of federal funds sold and $26.28 million of borrowings associated with an interest rate risk strategy in which the Company entered into an investment transaction that entailed the short-sale of a high-coupon, short-term U. S. Treasury bond. The short sale transaction settled on February 15, 2003.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

Note E—Long-Term Debt

 

Through City National, the Company maintains long-term financing from the Federal Home Loan Bank as follows:

 

    

March 31, 2003


      

Amount
Available


  

Amount
Outstanding


  

Interest Rate


    

Maturity Date


            (in thousands)

           

$10,000

  

$

10,000

  

3.49

%

  

January 2004

5,000

  

 

5,000

  

5.48

 

  

February 2008

10,000

  

 

10,000

  

4.86

 

  

October 2008

    

           
    

$

25,000

           
    

           

 

Note F—Trust Preferred Securities

 

The Company has formed two statutory business trusts under the laws of the state of Delaware. The trusts are 100% owned finance subsidiaries of the Company and exist for the exclusive purpose of (i) issuing trust preferred capital securities (“Capital Securities”), which represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the trusts, (ii) using the proceeds from the sale of the Capital Securities to acquire junior subordinated debentures (“Debentures”) issued by the Company, and (iii) engaging in only those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Debentures are the sole assets of the trusts and the Company’s payments under the Debentures are the sole source of revenue of the trusts. The Debentures and the related income statement effects are eliminated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of the trusts, but only to the extent of funds held by the trusts. Distributions on the Capital Securities are cumulative. The Company has the option to defer payment of the distributions for an extended period up to five years, so long as the Company is not in default as to the terms of the Debentures.

 

The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory redemption to the extent of any early redemption of the Debentures and upon maturity of the Debentures, as outlined below. The following table summarizes the Company’s two trusts:

 

Trust


  

Amount


  

Rate


    

Payment

Frequency


  

Liquidation

Value per

Share


  

Issuance

Date


  

Stated

Maturity

Date


    

(in thousands)

                          

City Holding Capital Trust

  

$

30,000

  

9.150

%

  

Semi-annually

  

$

1,000

  

March 1998

  

April 2028(a)

City Holding Capital Trust II

  

 

57,500

  

9.125

 

  

Quarterly

  

 

25

  

October 1998

  

October 2028(b)

    

                            
    

$

87,500

                            
    

                            

(a)   Redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the Company (i) on or after April, 1, 2008, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at declining redemption prices ranging from 104.58% to 100.00% on April 1, 2018 and thereafter, (ii) in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence and during the continuation of certain pre-defined events.

 

(b)   Redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the Company (i) on or after October 31, 2003, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, or (ii) prior to October 31, 2003, in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence and during the continuation of certain pre-defined events.

 

The obligations outstanding under the aforementioned trusts are classified as “Corporation-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trusts holding solely junior subordinated debentures of City Holding Company” in the liabilities section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Distributions on the Capital Securities are recorded

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

in the Consolidated Statements of Income as interest expense. The Company’s interest payments on the Debentures are fully tax-deductible.

 

Note G—Commitments and Contingencies

 

On December 28, 2001, the Company, its previous management team, and members of the Boards of Directors of both the Company and City National (the “defendants”) were named in a derivative action filed by a shareholder seeking to recover damages on behalf of the Company. The defendants have retained counsel and intend to defend the action vigorously. The Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier has been notified of the claim and has presented a reservation of rights letter to the defendants. It is not possible at this time to provide an evaluation of the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome or an estimate of the amount or range of potential loss.

 

The Company’s principal subsidiary, City National, is subject to local business and occupation taxes (“B&O taxes”) based upon specified sources of revenues as they are received within municipalities in West Virginia. Beginning in 1999 the Company reduced the B&O taxes that City National paid to municipalities in which it operates based on an interpretation the Company received from the West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue. Notwithstanding the Company’s understanding of this interpretation, in November 2000 the City of Beckley assessed City National at the rate existing prior to the reduction taken by City National. On March 19, 2001 an administrative law judge upheld the City of Beckley’s assessment and related penalties. City National appealed the administrative law judge’s decision to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County in West Virginia, which affirmed the administrative law judge’s decision on November 15, 2001. City National appealed this decision to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, which affirmed the circuit court’s decision in a ruling issued on March 14, 2003. The Company does not anticipate any material effect to its earnings from the resolution of the City of Beckley litigation or resolution of ongoing disputes with other municipalities regarding B&O taxes.

 

In the normal course of business, certain financial products are offered by the Company to accommodate the financial needs of its customers. Loan commitments (lines of credit) represent the principal off-balance sheet financial product offered by the Company. At March 31, 2003, commitments outstanding to extend credit totaled approximately $220.31 million. Of this total, $106.60 million was attributable to home equity lines of credit, which have experienced significant growth over the past several months. To a much lesser extent, the Company offers standby letters of credit, which require payments to be made on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. Amounts outstanding pursuant to such standby letters of credit were $6.26 million as of March 31, 2003. Substantially all standby letters of credit have historically expired unfunded.

 

Both of the above arrangements have credit risks essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers and are subject to the Company’s standard credit policies. Collateral is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer. Management does not anticipate any material losses as a result of these commitments.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)—(Continued)

 

 

Note H—Earnings per Share

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

      

Three months ended March 31,


      

2003


    

2002


      

(in thousands, except per share data)

Numerator:

                 

Net income

    

$

9,352

    

$

6,408

      

    

Denominator:

                 

Denominator for basic earnings per share:

                 

Average shares outstanding

    

 

16,638

    

 

16,888

Effect of dilutive securities:

                 

Employee stock options

    

 

317

    

 

128

      

    

Denominator for diluted earnings per share

    

 

16,955

    

 

17,016

      

    

Basic earnings per share

    

$

0.56

    

$

0.38

      

    

Diluted earnings per share

    

$

0.55

    

$

0.38

      

    

 

Options to purchase 155,359 shares of common stock at exercise prices between $28.00 and $42.75 per share were outstanding during the first quarter of 2003 but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and therefore, the effect would be antidilutive. Options to purchase 212,593 shares of common stock at exercise prices between $15.25 and $42.75 per share were outstanding during the first quarter of 2002 but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.

 

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Note I—New Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, is applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. This interpretation requires the guarantor to recognize a liability for the fair value of an obligation assumed under a guarantee. FIN 45 clarifies the requirements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, relating to guarantees. In general, FIN 45 applies to contracts or indemnification agreements that contingently require the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party based on changes in an underlying variable (a specified interest rate, security price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, or other variable) that is related to an asset, liability, or equity security of the guaranteed party. Certain guarantee contracts are excluded from both the disclosure and recognition requirements of this interpretation, including, among others, guarantees relating to employee compensation, residual value guarantees under capital lease arrangements, commercial letters of credit, loan commitments, subordinated interests in an SPE and guarantees of a company’s own future performance. Other guarantees are subject to the disclosure requirements of FIN 45 but not to the recognition provisions and include, among others, a guarantee accounted for as a derivative instrument under Financial Accounting Standards Statement No. 133, a parent’s guarantee of debt owed to a third party by its subsidiary or vice versa, and a guarantee which is based on performance not price. Significant guarantees that have been entered into by the Company are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. The Company does not expect the requirements of FIN 45 to have a material impact on results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

 

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

 

Significant Accounting Policies

 

The accounting policies of the Company conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and require management to make estimates and develop assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and related footnotes. These estimates and assumptions are based on information available to management as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates. As this information changes, management’s estimates and assumptions used to prepare the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures may also change. The most significant accounting policies followed by the Company are presented in Note One to the audited financial statements included in the Company’s 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders. The information included in this Form 10-Q Quarterly Report, including the Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the 2002 Annual Report of the Company.

 

Based on the valuation techniques used and the sensitivity of financial statement amounts to the methods, assumptions, and estimates underlying those amounts, management has identified the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of retained interests in securitized mortgage loans to be the accounting areas that require the most subjective or complex judgments and, as such, could be most subject to revision as new information becomes available. Pages 22-24 of this Form 10-Q Quarterly Report provide management’s analysis of the Company’s allowance for loan losses and related provision expense. The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level believed adequate by management to absorb probable losses in the loan portfolio. Management’s determination of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is based upon an evaluation of individual credits in the loan portfolio, historical loan loss experience, current economic conditions, and other relevant factors. This determination is inherently subjective as it requires material estimates including the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans that may be susceptible to significant change. The allowance for loan losses related to loans considered to be impaired is generally evaluated based on the discounted cash flows using the impaired loan’s initial effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral dependent loans.

 

Note C, beginning on page 10 of this Form 10-Q Quarterly Report, and pages 24 and 25 provide management’s analysis of the Company’s retained interests in securitized mortgage loans. When the Company sold certain receivables in securitizations of high loan-to-value loans, it retained a financial interest in the securitizations. The financial interest, or retained interest, is comprised of the estimated fair value of two components: (1) the excess cash flows between interest collected on the underlying collateral loans minus interest paid to third-party investors plus fees paid for servicing, insurance, and trustee costs, and (2) overcollateralization. Because quoted market prices are not readily available for retained interests, the Company estimates their fair values using cash flow modeling techniques that incorporate management’s best estimates of key assumptions—loan default rates, loan prepayment rates, and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved.

 

The Company recognizes the excess cash flows attributable to the retained interests over the carrying value of the retained interests as interest income over the life of the retained interests using the effective yield method. The Company updates the estimate of future cash flows on a quarterly basis. If upon evaluation there is a favorable change in estimated

 

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cash flows from the cash flows previously projected, the Company recalculates the amount of accretable yield and accounts for the change prospectively with the amount of accretion adjusted over the remaining life of the retained interests. Conversely, if upon evaluation there is an adverse change in either the amount or timing of the estimated future cash flows, an other-than-temporary impairment loss is recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and the accretable yield is negatively adjusted.

 

Financial Summary

 

The Company reported consolidated net income of $9.35 million, or $0.55 per diluted common share, for the three months ended March 31, 2003, compared to consolidated net income of $6.41 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2002. Return on average assets (“ROA”) was 1.89% and return on average equity (“ROE”) was 22.13% for the three months ended March 31, 2003, compared to 1.22% and 17.05%, respectively, for the first quarter of 2002.

 

As compared to the first quarter of 2002, the increase in the Company’s earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2003 can largely be attributed to a $1.45 million, or 31.37%, increase in service charges earned on depository relationships, a $0.90 million favorable variance in the provision for loan losses, and continued success in managing non-interest expenses. As more fully discussed under the caption Non-Interest Income and Expense, the Company has experienced significant increases in service charge revenues as a result of growth in the number of new customers and in new services provided. The Company has also continued to focus on containing expenses and sustainable reductions have been achieved in virtually all expense categories. Revenue growth and expense containment have resulted in a 16.48% improvement in the Company’s efficiency ratio, which improved to 53.38% for the first quarter of 2003, from 63.91% for the same period of 2002. As discussed under the caption Allowance and Provision for Loan Losses, the Company determined that no provision for loan losses was necessary for the first quarter 2003, as compared to a $0.90 million provision for loan losses recorded during the first three months of 2002.

 

Net Interest Income

 

On a tax equivalent basis, the Company reported net interest income of $21.52 million and $22.02 million for the three month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. This $0.50 million, or 2.27%, decline in net interest income was primarily the result of the $119.86 million, or 6.15%, decline in the average balance of interest earning assets from the first quarter of 2002 to the same period in 2003. Although the average balance of the Company’s investment securities portfolio and its retained interests in securitized mortgage loans increased sizably quarter-to-quarter, these increases were more than offset by a $147.26 million, or 10.96%, decline in the average balance of the Company’s loan portfolio. As a result of the Company’s exit from indirect lending and its decision not to pursue growth in installment/consumer lending, the loan portfolio declined approximately $81 million quarter-to-quarter. Instead, the Company has focused on developing its home equity and commercial loan portfolios. Both portfolios experienced growth during the first quarter of 2003 and the overall mix of the Company’s loan portfolio continues to shift further to real estate-based lending, as strategically planned.

 

Interest income earned on the Company’s retained interests in securitized mortgage loans continued to grow, reflecting a $0.72 million, or 25.55%, increase from $2.81 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002 to $3.52 million for the same period in 2003. This increase was due to the better-than-forecasted performance of the underlying

 

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collateral loan pools. Interest income earned on the Company’s investment securities portfolio increased $0.38 million, or 6.69%, from 2002 to 2003 as a result of the $52.33 million increase in the average balance of the portfolio.

 

Primarily within the time deposit category, the Company has experienced significant reductions in interest expense paid on deposit relationships. The average balance of time deposits declined $111.70 million, or 15.26%, from the first quarter of 2002 to 2003, resulting in a $1.04 million reduction in interest expense. Declines in the interest rate paid on time deposits resulted in an additional $1.69 million reduction in interest expense in the first quarter of 2003, as compared to the first quarter of 2002. The decline in the average balance of time deposits was largely attributable to the runoff of higher-costing certificates of deposit the Company had utilized in 2001 as a funding source to provided needed liquidity. Many of those certificates of deposit had scheduled maturities into the first and second quarters of 2002. As those certificates of deposit matured, the Company chose not to renew the deposits at higher than market interest rates. The decline in the interest rate paid on time and other deposit products has largely followed the overall decline in the interest rate environment experienced throughout the United States during the past year. Because interest rates are at historically low levels, the Company has had limited opportunity to lower rates paid on deposit products, but has experienced a decline in yields earned on its loan portfolio as variable-rate loans have re-priced at lower rates according to their terms and new loan volumes are being recorded at these low interest rates. Should interest rates remain at these low levels, the Company anticipates compression in its net interest margin during the remainder of 2003.

 

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Average Balance Sheets and Net Interest Income

(in thousands)

 

    

Three months ended March 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


 
    

Average
Balance


    

Interest


  

Yield/
Rate


    

Average
Balance


    

Interest


  

Yield/
Rate


 

Assets

                                             

Loan portfolio(1):

  

$

1,196,048

 

  

$

20,302

  

6.79

%

  

$

1,343,307

 

  

$

25,573

  

7.61

%

Securities:

                                             

Taxable

  

 

489,836

 

  

 

5,213

  

4.26

 

  

 

426,535

 

  

 

4,585

  

4.30

 

Tax-exempt(2)

  

 

47,557

 

  

 

879

  

7.39

 

  

 

58,527

 

  

 

1,125

  

7.69

 

    


  

  

  


  

  

Total securities

  

 

537,393

 

  

 

6,092

  

4.53

 

  

 

485,062

 

  

 

5,710

  

4.71

 

Retained interest in securitized loans

  

 

81,293

 

  

 

3,523

  

17.33

 

  

 

72,224

 

  

 

2,806

  

15.54

 

Federal funds sold

  

 

13,725

 

  

 

90

  

2.62

 

  

 

47,730

 

  

 

186

  

1.56

 

    


  

  

  


  

  

Total interest-earning assets

  

 

1,828,459

 

  

 

30,007

  

6.56

 

  

 

1,948,323

 

  

 

34,275

  

7.04

 

Cash and due from banks

  

 

66,148

 

                

 

60,105

 

             

Bank premises and equipment

  

 

37,417

 

                

 

42,523

 

             

Other assets

  

 

78,887

 

                

 

104,784

 

             

Less: allowance for loan losses

  

 

(29,115

)

                

 

(47,453

)

             
    


                


             

Total assets

  

$

1,981,796

 

                

$

2,108,282

 

             
    


                


             

Liabilities

                                             

Interest-bearing demand deposits

  

$

376,488

 

  

$

520

  

0.55

%

  

$

383,421

 

  

$

554

  

0.58

%

Savings deposits

  

 

288,269

 

  

 

451

  

0.63

 

  

 

296,336

 

  

 

895

  

1.21

 

Time deposits

  

 

620,440

 

  

 

4,796

  

3.09

 

  

 

732,138

 

  

 

7,529

  

4.11

 

Short-term borrowings

  

 

107,664

 

  

 

434

  

1.61

 

  

 

113,185

 

  

 

616

  

2.18

 

Long-term debt

  

 

25,000

 

  

 

278

  

4.45

 

  

 

37,148

 

  

 

546

  

5.88

 

Trust preferred securities

  

 

87,500

 

  

 

2,006

  

9.17

 

  

 

87,500

 

  

 

2,118

  

9.68

 

    


  

  

  


  

  

Total interest-bearing liabilities

  

 

1,505,361

 

  

 

8,485

  

2.25

 

  

 

1,649,728

 

  

 

12,258

  

2.97

 

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

  

 

277,766

 

                

 

272,499

 

             

Other liabilities

  

 

29,630

 

                

 

35,739

 

             

Stockholders’ equity

  

 

169,039

 

                

 

150,316

 

             
    


                


             

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  

$

1,981,796

 

                

$

2,108,282

 

             
    


  

         


  

      

Net interest income

           

$

21,522

                  

$

22,017

      
             

  

           

  

Net yield on earning assets

                  

4.71

%

                  

4.52

%

                    

                  


(1)   For purposes of this table, non-accruing loans have been included in average balances and loan fees, which are immaterial, have been included in interest income.
(2)   Computed on a fully federal tax-equivalent basis assuming a tax rate of approximately 35%.

 

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Rate Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income and Interest Expense

(in thousands)

 

    

Three months ended March 31,
2003 vs. 2002
Increase (Decrease)
Due to Change In:


 
    

Volume


    

Rate


    

Net


 

Interest-earning assets:

                          

Loan portfolio

  

$

(2,651

)

  

$

(2,620

)

  

$

(5,271

)

Securities:

                          

Taxable

  

 

931

 

  

 

(303

)

  

 

628

 

Tax-exempt(1)

  

 

(204

)

  

 

(42

)

  

 

(246

)

    


  


  


Total securities

  

 

727

 

  

 

(345

)

  

 

382

 

Retained interest in securitized loans

  

 

374

 

  

 

343

 

  

 

717

 

Federal funds sold

  

 

(568

)

  

 

472

 

  

 

(96

)

    


  


  


Total interest-earning assets

  

$

(2,118

)

  

$

(2,150

)

  

$

(4,268

)

    


  


  


Interest-bearing liabilities:

                          

Demand deposits

  

$

(10

)

  

$

(24

)

  

$

(34

)

Savings deposits

  

 

(24

)

  

 

(420

)

  

 

(444

)

Time deposits

  

 

(1,040

)

  

 

(1,693

)

  

 

(2,733

)

Short-term borrowings

  

 

(29

)

  

 

(153

)

  

 

(182

)

Long-term debt

  

 

(154

)

  

 

(114

)

  

 

(268

)

Trust preferred securities

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(112

)

  

 

(112

)

    


  


  


Total interest-bearing liabilities

  

$

(1,257

)

  

$

(2,516

)

  

$

(3,773

)

    


  


  


Net Interest Income

  

$

(861

)

  

$

366

 

  

$

(495

)

    


  


  



(1)   Fully federal taxable equivalent using a tax rate of 35%.

 

The change in interest due to both rate and volume has been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amounts of the change in each.

 

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Allowance and Provision for Loan Losses

 

Management systematically monitors the loan portfolio and the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis to provide for probable losses inherent in the portfolio. Management assesses the risk in each loan type based on historical trends, the general economic environment of its local markets, individual loan performance, and other relevant factors. Individual credits are selected throughout the year for detailed loan reviews, which are utilized by management to assess the risk in the portfolio and the adequacy of the allowance. Due to the nature of commercial lending, evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance as it relates to these loan types is often based more upon specific credit review, with consideration given to the potential impairment of certain credits and historical charge-off percentages, adjusted for general economic conditions and other inherent risk factors. Conversely, due to the homogeneous nature of the real estate and installment portfolios, the portions of the allowance allocated to those portfolios are primarily based on prior charge-off history of each portfolio, adjusted for general economic conditions and other inherent risk factors.

 

In evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, management considers both quantitative and qualitative factors. Quantitative factors include actual repayment characteristics and loan performance, cash flow analyses, and estimated fair values of underlying collateral. Qualitative factors generally include overall trends within the portfolio, composition of the portfolio, changes in pricing or underwriting, seasoning of the portfolio, and general economic conditions.

 

The allowance not specifically allocated to individual credits is generally determined by analyzing potential exposure and other qualitative factors that could negatively impact the adequacy of the allowance. Loans not individually evaluated for impairment are grouped by pools with similar risk characteristics and the related historical charge-off percentages are adjusted to reflect current inherent risk factors, such as unemployment, overall economic conditions, concentrations of credit, loan growth, classified and impaired loan trends, staffing, adherence to lending policies, and loss trends.

 

Determination of the allowance for loan losses is subjective in nature and requires management to periodically reassess the validity of its assumptions. Differences between net charge-offs and estimated losses are assessed such that management can timely modify its evaluation model to ensure that adequate provision has been made for risk in the total loan portfolio.

 

The Company reported a $0.41 million, or 1.42%, increase in its allowance for loan losses during the first quarter of 2003 as a result of net recoveries achieved during the period. Based on management’s analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses as of March 31, 2003, the Company did not record a provision for loan losses for the first quarter of 2003, compared to expense of $0.90 million for the first three months of 2002. Although no provision expense was recorded during the first quarter of 2003, the Company has increased certain risk factors used in its analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses to provide for increased risk of loss throughout the portfolio as a result of continued concern regarding the national and local economy and unfavorable trends in unemployment. Although non-performing loans have declined marginally since December 31, 2002, the Company believes that current economic and employment issues could have a detrimental effect on credit quality and, as a result, has provided for such concerns by increasing its risk factors in each of the commercial, real estate, and consumer loan portfolios.

 

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The allowance allocated to the commercial loan portfolio increased by $1.27 million, or 7.42%, from $17.04 million at December 31, 2002, to $18.30 million at March 31, 2003. In addition to the effect of the increase in risk factors noted above, this increase was due to an increase in the outstanding balance of commercial loans, which increased $8.32 million, or 2.25%, during the quarter. Commercial loans on non-accrual status increased slightly, from $0.58 million at December 31, 2002 to $0.76 million at March 31, 2003.

 

The allowance allocated to the residential real estate portfolio declined $2.07 million, or 28.64%, from $7.22 million at December 31, 2002 to $5.15 million at March 31, 2003. Offsetting the effects of increasing the risk factors within this portfolio, the decline in the allocation of the allowance to real estate loans was primarily the result of significantly lower charge-off experience in recent quarters. The methodology used by the Company to evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses relies on historical charge-off experience in the real estate lending area. During 2001, the Company experienced significant charge-offs in the real estate lending portfolio and such experience factored into the Company’s computation of the allowance for loan losses in recent quarters. However, charge-off experience within this portfolio has been significantly lower over the most recent five quarters, which has resulted in a lower allocation of the allowance for loan losses to the real estate portfolio.

 

The allowance allocated to the consumer loan portfolio increased $1.06 million, or 25.91%, from $4.10 million at December 31, 2002 to $5.17 million at March 31, 2003, primarily as a result of concerns over the economy and trends in unemployment, as noted above. As planned, the outstanding balance of consumer loans (excluding credit cards) has continued to decline over the past several quarters consistent with the Company’s exit from indirect lending and its focus on home equity and other collateral-based lending. However, as of March 31, 2003 consumer loans (excluding credit cards) approximated $94.96 million, a significant portion of which is viewed as unsecured by the Company. Given the economic and unemployment factors noted above, the Company believes that an increased allocation of the allowance for loan losses to the consumer portfolio is appropriate as of March 31, 2003.

 

In addition to potential net recoveries in future periods, the Company could experience improvement in the level of charge-offs as a percent of outstanding loan balances. These factors could result in zero or negative provision expense in future periods. Conversely, in future periods the Company may need to record provision expense associated with the existing loan portfolio due to factors not currently known to management. Factors that might require provision expense would include deterioration in the financial condition of borrowers or a higher level of charge-offs as a percent of outstanding loan balances as compared to historical trends. Future provision for loan losses will be dependent upon trends in loan balances, changes in loan quality, and, as previously discussed, potential recoveries on charged-off loans. Based on the Company’s analysis and consideration of the known factors utilized in computing the allowance for loan losses, management believes that the allowance for loan losses as of March 31, 2003 is adequate to provide for probable losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio.

 

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Three months ended March 31,


    

Year ended
December 31,


 

Allowance for Loan Losses


  

2003


    

2002


    

2002


 
    

(in thousands)

 

Balance at beginning of period

  

$

28,504

 

  

$

48,635

 

  

$

48,635

 

Charge-offs:

                          

Commercial, financial and agricultural

  

 

(532

)

  

 

(7,851

)

  

 

(19,063

)

Real estate-mortgage

  

 

(594

)

  

 

(3,505

)

  

 

(7,360

)

Installment loans to individuals

  

 

(1,007

)

  

 

(1,267

)

  

 

(4,814

)

    


  


  


Total charge-offs

  

 

(2,133

)

  

 

(12,623

)

  

 

(31,237

)

Recoveries:

                          

Commercial, financial and agricultural

  

 

929

 

  

 

349

 

  

 

5,671

 

Real estate-mortgage

  

 

1,178

 

  

 

92

 

  

 

1,849

 

Installment loans to individuals

  

 

432

 

  

 

426

 

  

 

1,786

 

    


  


  


Total recoveries

  

 

2,539

 

  

 

867

 

  

 

9,306

 

    


  


  


Net recoveries (charge-offs)

  

 

406

 

  

 

(11,756

)

  

 

(21,931

)

Provision for loan losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

900

 

  

 

1,800

 

    


  


  


Balance at end of period

  

$

28,910

 

  

$

37,779

 

  

$

28,504

 

    


  


  


As a Percent of Average Total Loans:

                          

Net recoveries (charge-offs) (annualized)

  

 

0.14

%

  

 

(3.50

)%

  

 

(1.75

)%

Provision for loan losses (annualized)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

0.27

 

  

 

0.14

 

As a Percent of Non-Performing Loans:

                          

Allowance for loan losses

  

 

1,056.65

%

  

 

243.08

%

  

 

948.24

%

 

    

As of March 31,


  

As of

December 31,


Summary of Non-performing Assets


  

2003


  

2002


  

2002


Non-accrual loans

  

$

2,148

  

$

14,542

  

$

2,126

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

  

 

588

  

 

1,000

  

 

880

    

  

  

Total non-performing loans

  

 

2,736

  

 

15,542

  

 

3,006

Other real estate owned

  

 

387

  

 

2,295

  

 

403

    

  

  

Total non-performing assets

  

$

3,123

  

$

17,837

  

$

3,409

    

  

  

 

Retained Interests

 

Between 1997 and 1999, the Company completed six securitization transactions involving approximately $759.76 million of fixed rate, junior lien mortgage loans. The Company retains a financial interest in each of the securitizations comprised of (1) the interest collected on the underlying mortgage loans in excess of the interest required to be paid to third-party investors and administrative fees and (2) overcollateralization, or the amount by which the principal balance of the underlying mortgage loans exceeds the principal balances payable to the third-party investors. As of March 31, 2003, $201.39 million of securitized loans remain outstanding and principal balances payable to investors approximate $88.44 million. As a result, as of March 31, 2003, the Company’s retained interests in securitized mortgage loans represents the Company’s financial interest in $112.95 million of overcollateralization and the excess interest to be derived from $201.39

 

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million of loans still outstanding over the interest required to be paid to investors on $88.44 million of principal outstanding plus administrative fees. As of March 31, 2003, the weighted-average interest rate earned on the collateral loans approximates 14.49% and the weighted-average interest rate paid to investors approximates 6.94%. Administrative fees, comprised primarily of loan servicing fees, trustee fees, and insurance premiums, total 1.44%.

 

Neither the outstanding balance of the mortgage loans underlying the securitization transactions nor the outstanding principal balance owed to investors in the securitization transactions is included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Investors in the securitization transactions do not have direct recourse to the Company for amounts of principal or interest owed them. The Company’s exposure is limited to the Company’s holdings of “first loss” positions in each of the securitizations. The overcollateralization that currently exists is used to provide additional loss protection to the investors for defaults on the underlying mortgage loans in the securitization transactions. However, to the extent that loan defaults exceed those projected by the Company in estimating the fair value of its retained interests, the Company could experience impairment in the fair value of its retained interests and recognize an impairment loss in its Consolidated Statements of Income. Insurance, the premiums for which are paid from the excess cash flows, is provided for the benefit of the investors to further protect investors from a loss of principal. The Company would not be obligated to provide additional funds or assets in the event that the overcollateralization is extinguished by excessive defaults experienced in the underlying mortgage pools or if the insurer was unable to fulfill its commitment to the investors.

 

Principal amounts owed to investors are evidenced by securities (i.e., “Notes”). The Notes are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, as owner of the retained interests in the securitization transactions, or, if the holder of the retained interests does not exercise such option, at the option of the note insurer, on or after the date on which the related note balance has declined to 5% or less of the original note balance. Based on the Company’s cash flow modeling as of March 31, 2003, the Company believes that five of the six securitizations could be subject to this redemption provision at various times throughout the remainder of 2003. The Company may elect to redeem the outstanding Notes periodically over the next several months as the outstanding balance of the Notes continues to decline toward, and ultimately, below the 5% redemption target.

 

As of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the Company reported retained interests in its securitizations of approximately $82.35 million and $80.92 million, respectively. The value of the retained interests is determined using cash flow modeling techniques that incorporate key assumptions related to default, prepayment, and discount rates. Using these assumptions, the Company forecasts the amount and timing of future cash flows that it expects to receive based on the then current outstanding balance of the mortgage loans underlying the securitization transactions and amounts owed to investors in the Notes. During the first quarter of 2003, the Company received $2.09 million of cash from the retained interests, compared to interest income accrued during the same period of $3.52 million.

 

Non-Interest Income and Non-Interest Expense

 

Non-Interest Income: Non-interest income increased $1.97 million, or 28.10%, from $7.01 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002 to $8.98 million for the first quarter of 2003. This increase was almost entirely attributable to the $1.45 million, or 31.37%, increase the Company experienced in service charge revenues quarter-to-quarter. Since 2001, the Company has been focused on increasing the number of its core deposit customers. Additionally, over the same period, the Company has implemented a number of additional products and services for its depository customers. The combined effect

 

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of increased accounts and increased products and services has led to significant increases in service charge revenues, and has continued to drive revenue growth during the first quarter of 2003.

 

Investment security gains were largely associated with the Company’s investment transaction that entailed the short-sale of a high-coupon U. S. Treasury bond as part of an interest rate risk management strategy. This transaction settled in February 2003.

 

Non-Interest Expense: Non-interest expense declined $2.17 million, or 11.91%, from $18.17 million in the first quarter of 2002 to $16.01 million in 2003. Although expense reductions were generally experienced in most categories, compensation costs exhibited the largest dollar decline, quarter-to-quarter. Expenses associated with salaries and employee benefits declined $0.90 million, or 10.42%, from $8.64 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002 to $7.74 million for the same period of 2003. This decline corresponds to the decline in the number of full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) employed by the Company during these periods. The number of FTEs declined by 37, or 4.87%, from 759 FTEs as of March 31, 2002 to 722 at March 31, 2003.

 

Other significant expense savings were noted in the areas of depreciation expense, which declined $0.41 million, or 25.67%, quarter-to-quarter, and losses and expenses associated with repossessed assets, which reflected a net expense of $0.35 million for the first quarter of 2002, compared with net revenues of $0.19 million for the first quarter of 2003. The decline in depreciation expense reflects the Company’s focus on limiting capital expenditures to only those fixed assets that are necessary to improve customer service, lower other expenses, or increase revenues. Repossessed asset losses and expenses reflected net revenues during the first quarter of 2003 as a result of $0.22 million of non-recurring gains realized on the disposal of other real estate owned (“OREO”) properties.

 

Market Risk Management

 

Market risk is the risk of loss due to adverse changes in current and future cash flows, fair values, earnings or capital due to adverse movements in interest rates and other factors, including foreign exchange rates and commodity prices. Because the Company has no significant foreign exchange activities and holds no commodities, interest rate risk represents the primary risk factor affecting the Company’s balance sheet and net interest margin. Significant changes in interest rates by the Federal Reserve could result in similar changes in LIBOR interest rates, prime rates, and other benchmark interest rates that could affect the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment securities portfolio, interest paid on the Company’s short-term and long-term borrowings, interest earned on the Company’s loan portfolio and interest paid on its deposit accounts. The Company’s Asset and Liability Committee (“ALCO”) has been delegated the responsibility of managing the Company’s interest-sensitive balance sheet accounts to maximize earnings while managing interest rate risk. ALCO, comprised of various members of executive and senior management, is also responsible for establishing policies to monitor and limit the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk and to manage the Company’s liquidity position. ALCO satisfies its responsibilities through periodic meetings during which product pricing issues, liquidity measures and interest sensitivity positions are monitored. As of March 31, 2003, the Company believes that it will likely experience compression in its net interest margin over the next several months should interest rates remain at their historically low levels. However, the Company also believes that it has positioned its balance sheet to benefit from rising interest rates such that increases in interest rates will favorably impact the Company’s net income.

 

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Liquidity

 

The Company evaluates the adequacy of liquidity at both the Parent Company level and at City National. Liquidity at the Parent Company level is largely dependent upon the dividend capacity of City National. Among other things, the Parent Company uses cash to pay dividends to its stockholders, to remit interest payments to City Holding Capital Trust and City Holding Capital Trust II, and to repurchase the Company’s common stock. Dividends paid by City National are essentially the sole source of cash for the Parent Company. City National’s primary regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), maintains a dividend policy that requires that any dividends in amounts exceeding the earnings retained by City National in the current year plus retained net profits for the preceding two years must be approved by the OCC before City National can declare the dividend. Because of the net loss reported by City National in 2001, City National is required to request and receive permission from the OCC to pay cash dividends to the Parent Company during 2003. During the first quarter of 2003, the OCC approved the payment of $30.00 million of cash dividends to the Parent Company; however, there can be no assurance that the OCC will approve subsequent dividend requests. Therefore, until City National has achieved a sustained level of earnings that will enable City National to comply with the OCC’s dividend policy, as noted above, cash balances available to the Parent Company will continue to be subject to OCC approval. Management believes that the liquidity position of the Parent Company is adequate to satisfy its funding and cash needs as of March 31, 2003.

 

City National manages its liquidity position in an effort to effectively and economically satisfy the funding needs of its customers and to accommodate the scheduled repayment of borrowings. Funds are available to City National from a number of sources including depository relationships, sales and maturities within the investment securities portfolio, and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank and other financial institutions. City National’s assets are significantly funded by deposits and capital. However, City National maintains borrowing facilities with the Federal Home Loan Bank and other financial institutions that are accessed as necessary to fund operations and to provide contingency funding mechanisms. City National maintains a contingency funding plan, incorporating these borrowing facilities, to address liquidity needs in the event of an institution-specific or systematic financial industry crisis. Additionally, City National maintains a significant percentage (87.61% or $488.95 million at March 31, 2003) of its investment securities portfolio in the highly liquid available-for-sale classification. As such, these securities could be liquidated, if necessary, to provide an additional funding source. As of March 31, 2003, the Company believes that City National maintained a sufficient liquidity position to satisfy its funding and cash needs.

 

The Company manages its asset and liability mix to balance its desire to maximize net interest income against its desire to minimize risks associated with capitalization, interest rate volatility and liquidity. With respect to liquidity, the Company has chosen a conservative posture and believes that its liquidity position is strong. The Company’s net loan to asset ratio is 58.35% as of March 31, 2003. Although the Company has obligations to extend credit, these obligations are primarily associated with existing home equity loans that have predictable borrowing patterns across the portfolio. The Company has significant investment security balances which totaled $558.11 million at March 31, 2003 and which greatly exceeded the Company’s non-deposit sources of borrowing which totaled $227.67 million. The Company funds its assets primarily with deposits, which fund 80.07% of total assets as of March 31, 2003. Further, the Company’s deposit mix has a very high proportion of transaction and savings accounts that fund 48.82% of the Company’s total assets.

 

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Capital Resources

 

During the first quarter of 2003, stockholders’ equity increased $2.48 million, or 1.50%, from $165.39 million at December 31, 2002 to $167.88 million at March 31, 2003. Net income of $9.35 million reported for the quarter was generally offset by the declaration of a $3.33 million ($0.20 per share) cash dividend payable to holders of the Company’s common stock and $3.26 million of stock repurchases transacted during the three months ended March 31, 2003.

 

In July 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved a stock repurchase program relative to the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the repurchase program, management has been authorized to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in open market purchases, block transactions, private transactions or otherwise at such times and at such prices as determined by management. During the first quarter of 2003, the Company acquired 118,300 shares of its common stock at an average price of $27.54 per share. Since initiating the repurchase plan, the Company has acquired 420,700 shares of its common stock at an average price of $25.51 per share. There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to reacquire its common shares or to what extent the repurchase program will be successful.

 

Regulatory guidelines require the Company to maintain a minimum total capital to risk-adjusted assets ratio of 8%, with at least one-half of capital consisting of tangible common stockholders’ equity and a minimum Tier I leverage ratio of 4%. Similarly, City National is also required to maintain minimum capital levels as set forth by various regulatory agencies. Under capital adequacy guidelines, City National is required to maintain minimum total capital, Tier I capital, and leverage ratios of 8.00%, 4.00%, and 4.00%, respectively. To be classified as “well capitalized,” City National must maintain total capital, Tier I capital, and leverage ratios of 10.00%, 6.00%, and 5.00%, respectively.

 

                  

Actual


 
    

Minimum


    

Well-
Capitalized


    

March 31
2003


      

December 31
2002


 

City Holding:

                             

Total

  

8.00

%

  

10.00

%

  

13.69

%

    

13.36

%

Tier I Risk-based

  

4.00

 

  

6.00

 

  

10.25

 

    

9.87

 

Tier I Leverage

  

4.00

 

  

5.00

 

  

8.75

 

    

8.49

 

City National:

                             

Total

  

8.00

%

  

10.00

%

  

13.47

%

    

12.97

%

Tier I Risk-based

  

4.00

 

  

6.00

 

  

12.00

 

    

11.52

 

Tier I Leverage

  

4.00

 

  

5.00

 

  

10.67

 

    

10.41

 

 

Item 3—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure of Market Risk

 

The information called for by this item is provided under the caption “Market Risk Management” under Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Item 4—Controls and Procedures

 

Within the 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are

 

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effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Since the date of the evaluation, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item   1. Legal Proceedings

 

A derivative action was filed on December 31, 2001 in the Circuit Court for Kanawha County, West Virginia by a purported shareholder on behalf of the Company and City National seeking to recover, on behalf of the Company and City National, alleged damages caused by the purported breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and breach of contract by certain directors and former directors and former executive officers of the Company and City National. An amended complaint was filed on May 16, 2002. On August 22, 2002, Paul Tallman was added as an additional plaintiff and plaintiff Scott Andrews was dismissed from the proceedings.

 

The Amended Complaint alleges that during an approximate time period of late 1997 through 2000, the defendants did not properly manage the Company and City National-resulting in substantial charges against earnings. The Amended Complaint seeks to have three former executive officers return to the Company any compensation paid to them after termination of their employment. The Amended Complaint seeks an award of attorneys’ fees and other unspecified damages. A motion to dismiss pursuant to West Virginia Rule of Court 23.1 (failure to make a proper demand upon the current Company board of directors) was filed by the defendants, and briefed and argued before the Court by all parties. On March 26, 2003, the Court denied Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. A status conference/scheduling hearing has been set for May 19, 2003. It is the defendants’ intention to vigorously protect their interests. The Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier has been notified of the claim and has presented a reservation of rights letter to the defendants. It is not possible at this time to provide an evaluation of the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome or an estimate of the amount or range of potential loss.

 

The Company’s principal subsidiary, City National, is subject to local business and occupancy taxes (“B&O taxes”) based upon specified sources of revenues as they are received within municipalities in West Virginia. Beginning in 1999 the Company reduced the B&O taxes that City National paid to municipalities in which it operates based on an interpretation the Company received from the West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue. Notwithstanding the Company’s understanding of this interpretation, in November 2000 the City of Beckley assessed City National at the rate existing prior to the reduction taken by City National. On March 19, 2001 an administrative law judge upheld the City of Beckley’s assessment and related penalties. City National appealed the administrative law judge’s decision to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County in West Virginia, which affirmed the administrative law judge’s decision on November 15, 2001. City National appealed this decision to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, which affirmed the circuit court’s decision in a ruling issued on March 14, 2003. The Company does not anticipate any material effect to its earnings from the resolution of the City of Beckley litigation or resolution of ongoing disputes with other municipalities regarding B&O taxes.

 

In addition, the Company is engaged in various legal actions that it deems to be in the ordinary course of business. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for probable costs of current litigation. As these legal actions are resolved, however, the Company could realize positive and/or negative impact to its financial performance in the period in which these legal actions are ultimately decided. There can be no assurance that current actions will have immaterial results, either positive or negative, or that no material actions may be presented in the future.

 

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Item 2.

  

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

  

None.

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

  

None.

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

  

None.

Item 5.

  

Other Information

  

None.

Item 6.

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

    
    

(a) Exhibits

    
    

 99.1 Section 906 Certification for Gerald R. Francis

 99.2 Section 906 Certification for Charles R. Hageboeck

    
    

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

    
    

On January 22, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, attaching a news release issued on January 21, 2003, announcing the Company’s earnings for the fourth quarter of 2002.

    

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

City Holding Company
(Registrant)

/s/    GERALD R. FRANCIS        


Gerald R. Francis
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

/s/    CHARLES R. HAGEBOECK        


Charles R. Hageboeck
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

/s/    MICHAEL D. DEAN        


Michael D. Dean
Senior Vice President—Finance
and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Date: May 9, 2003

 

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CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Gerald R. Francis, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of City Holding Company;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

  a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

  b.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

  c.   Presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

  a.   All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

  b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

/s/    GERALD R. FRANCIS        


Gerald R. Francis
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: May 9, 2003

 

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CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Charles R. Hageboeck, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of City Holding Company;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

  a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

  b.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

  c.   Presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

  a.   All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

  b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

/s/    CHARLES R. HAGEBOECK        


Charles R. Hageboeck
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 9, 2003

 

 

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