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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005

OR

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number: 0-24626

COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (910) 343-0181

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

N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 of 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.    x  Yes    ¨  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 CORPORATE ISSUERS: Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 4,298,316 shares at May 3, 2005

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COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

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COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, CONTINUED

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, there were no options outstanding that were antidilutive since the exercise price did not exceed the average market price.

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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General

Cooperative Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) is a registered bank holding company incorporated in North Carolina in 1994. The Company is the parent company of Cooperative Bank (the “Bank”), a North Carolina chartered commercial bank. Cooperative Bank, headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, was chartered in 1898. The Bank provides financial services through 21 offices in Eastern North Carolina. One of the Bank’s subsidiaries, Lumina Mortgage Company, Inc. (“Lumina”) is a mortgage banking firm originating and selling residential mortgage loans through offices in Wilmington, North Carolina, Surf City, North Carolina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Bank’s other subsidiary, CS&L Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) is a holding company incorporated in Virginia for CS&L Real Estate Trust, Inc. (the “REIT”), which is a real estate investment trust.

Through its offices, the Bank provides a wide range of banking products, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts and individual retirement accounts. It offers an array of loan products: overdraft protection, commercial, consumer, agricultural, real estate, residential mortgage and home equity loans. Also offered are safe deposit boxes and automated banking services through ATMs and Access24 Phone Banking. The Bank also offers free Online Banking and Bill Pay for personal accounts. In addition, the Bank also offers discount brokerage services, annuity sales and mutual funds through a third party arrangement with UVEST Investment Services.

The Bank is scheduled to move the location of two of its Wilmington branches to more desirable locations in 2005. In addition, the Bank will occupy a new operations and training center by June 2005.

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Company to provide the maximum in safety and security for our depositors, an equitable rate of return for our stockholders, excellent service for our customers, and to do so while operating in a fiscally sound and conservative manner, with fair pricing of our products and services, good working conditions, outstanding training and opportunities for our staff, along with a high level of corporate citizenship.

Management Strategy

The Bank’s lending activities have traditionally concentrated on the origination of loans for the purpose of constructing, financing or refinancing residential properties. In recent years the Bank has emphasized the origination of nonresidential real estate loans and secured and unsecured consumer and business loans. As of March 31, 2005, approximately $342 million, or 68%, of the Bank’s loan portfolio, which excludes loans held for sale, consisted of loans secured by residential properties. This compared to approximately $309 million, or 68% at December 31, 2004. The Bank originates adjustable rate and fixed rate loans. As of March 31, 2005, adjustable rate and fixed rate loans totaled approximately 63% and 37%, respectively, of the Bank’s total loan portfolio.

The Bank has chosen to sell a large percentage of its fixed rate mortgage loan originations in the secondary market and through brokered arrangements. This enables the Bank to invest these funds in commercial loans, while increasing fee income and reducing interest rate risk.

Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis

Interest rate sensitivity refers to the change in interest spread resulting from changes in interest rates. To the extent that interest income and interest expense do not respond equally to changes in interest rates, or that all rates do not change uniformly, earnings will be affected. Interest rate sensitivity, at a point in time, can be analyzed using a static gap analysis that measures the match in balances subject to repricing between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Gap is considered positive when the amount of interest rate sensitive assets exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive liabilities. Gap is considered negative when the amount of interest rate sensitive liabilities exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive assets. At March 31, 2005, the Company had a one-year positive gap position of 3.7% as compared to 8.8% at December 31, 2004. During a period of falling interest rates, a positive gap would tend to adversely affect net interest income, while a negative gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income. During a period of rising interest rates, a positive gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income while a negative gap would tend to adversely affect net interest income. It is

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important to note that certain shortcomings are inherent in static gap analysis. Although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods of repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. For example, a part of the Company’s adjustable-rate mortgage loans are indexed to the National Monthly Median Cost of Funds to SAIF-insured institutions. This index is considered a lagging index that may lag behind changes in market rates. The one-year or less interest-bearing liabilities also include checking, savings and money market deposit accounts. Experience has shown that the Company sees relatively modest repricing on these types of transaction accounts. Management takes this into consideration in determining acceptable levels of interest rate risk.

When Lumina gives a rate lock commitment to a customer, there is a concurrent “lock in” for the loan with a secondary market investor under a best efforts delivery mechanism. Therefore, interest rate risk is mitigated because any commitment to fund a loan available for sale is concurrently hedged by a commitment from an investor to purchase the loan under the same terms. Loans are usually sold within 60 days after closing.

Liquidity

The Company’s goal is to maintain adequate liquidity to meet potential funding needs of loan and deposit customers, pay operating expenses and meet regulatory liquidity requirements. Maturing securities, principal repayments of loans and securities, deposits, income from operations and borrowings are the main sources of liquidity. The Bank has been granted a line of credit by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (“FHLB”) in an amount of up to 25% of the Bank’s total assets. At March 31, 2005, the Bank’s borrowed funds from the FHLB equaled 15.6% of its total assets. Scheduled loan repayments are a relatively predictable source of funds, unlike deposits and loan prepayments that are significantly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition.

At March 31, 2005, the estimated market value of liquid assets (cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and loans held for sale) was approximately $71.6 million, which represents 13.1% of deposits and borrowed funds as compared to $70.8 million or 14.2% of deposits and borrowed funds at December 31, 2004. The increase in liquid assets was due to an increase in loans held for sale.

The Company’s primary uses of liquidity are to fund loans and to make investments. Management considers current liquidity levels adequate to meet the Company’s cash flow requirements. If the loan portfolio continues to increase as it did in the first quarter of 2005, additional funding sources, such as brokered deposits or selling loans, will need to be considered.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Commitments

At March 31, 2005, outstanding off-balance sheet commitments to extend credit totaled $58.3 million, and the undisbursed portion of construction loans was $59.5 million. The Bank continued to be obligated to make future payments under contracts, such as debt and lease agreements, the amounts of which were consistent with the amounts at December 31, 2004 other than the increase in borrowed funds of $17.9 million and the increase in deposits of $27.2 million at March 31, 2005. For further information see “Financial Condition at March 31, 2005 compared to December 31, 2004”.

Capital

Stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2005, was $47.5 million, up 1.2% from $46.9 million at December 31, 2004. Stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2005, includes an unrealized loss net of tax of $294,000 as compared to an unrealized gain net of tax at December 31, 2004, of $68,000 on securities available for sale marked to estimated fair market value.

Under the capital regulations of the FDIC, the Bank must satisfy minimum leverage ratio requirements and risk-based capital requirements. Banks supervised by the FDIC must maintain a minimum leverage ratio of core (Tier I) capital to average adjusted assets ranging from 3% to 5%. At March 31, 2005, the Bank’s ratio of Tier I capital was 8.27%. The FDIC’s risk-based capital rules require banks supervised by the FDIC to maintain risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 8.00%. Risk-based capital for the Bank is defined as Tier I capital plus the balance of allowance for loan losses. At March 31, 2005, the Bank had a ratio of qualifying total capital to risk-weighted assets of 11.35%.

The Company, as a bank holding company, is also subject, on a consolidated basis, to the capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Federal Reserve Board”). The capital requirements of the Federal Reserve Board are similar to those of the FDIC governing the Bank. The Company currently exceeds all of its capital requirements. Management expects the Company to continue to exceed these capital requirements without altering current operations or strategies.

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On March 22, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.05 per share, a 7.1% increase over the $0.0467 paid in fourth quarter, 2004. The dividend was paid on April 15, 2005 to stockholders of record as of April 1, 2005 The fourth quarter per share data was adjusted to reflect the 3-for-2 stock split paid on February 24, 2005 in the form of a 50% stock dividend. Any future payment of dividends is dependent on the financial condition and capital needs of the Company, requirements of regulatory agencies and economic conditions in the marketplace.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Bank’s most significant critical accounting policies are those that govern accounting for loans and its allowance for loan losses and goodwill. A critical accounting policy is one that is both very important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results, and requires a difficult, subjective or complex judgment by management. What makes these judgments difficult, subjective and/or complex is the need to make estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. For further information on the allowance for loan losses, see the “Critical Accounting Policies” and the “Financial Condition” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Note 3 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005. For further information on goodwill, see the “Critical Accounting Policies” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Note 13 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AT MARCH 31, 2005 COMPARED TO DECEMBER 31, 2004

The Company’s total assets increased 8.4% to $596.3 million at March 31, 2005, as compared to $550.1 million at December 31, 2004. The major change in the assets was an increase of $44.5 million (9.8%) in loans and $3.1 million (42.3%) in loans held for sale which were funded primarily by an increase in deposits of $27.2 million (6.6%), short-term borrowings of $7.9 million (24.6%) and long-term obligations of $10.0 million (18.8%). The increase in loans and deposits was a result of continued growth in newer branches and being located in vibrant markets. The majority of the loan growth occurred in commercial real estate loans due to the economic expansion in the Bank’s market area and the Bank’s increased emphasis on commercial lending. The increase in deposits was mainly in the fifteen month certificate and noninterest-bearing checking accounts. The increase in the fifteen month certificate was due to the Bank offering a competitive promotional rate on a reasonably short term deposit in an effort to foster deposit growth. The Bank continues to emphasize obtaining business accounts, which is the reason for the checking account increase. The Bank also attracted an additional $7.8 million in internet deposits. Internet deposits are usually obtained from other financial institutions with terms primarily of one to two years. Borrowed funds which are collateralized through an agreement with the FHLB for advances increased $15.0 million since December 31, 2004. These advances are secured by the Bank’s investment in FHLB stock and qualifying first mortgage loans. Loans held for sale are funded by a short-term borrowing at another financial institution, which increased $2.7 million since December 31, 2004 and are collateralized by the loans held for sale.

The Company’s nonperforming assets (loans 90 days or more delinquent and foreclosed real estate) were $340,000, or 0.06% of assets, at March 31, 2005, compared to $207,000, or 0.04% of assets, at December 31, 2004. Foreclosed real estate increased to $16,000 at March 31, 2005, from $0 at December 31, 2004. The Company assumes an aggressive position in collecting delinquent loans and disposing of foreclosed assets to minimize balances of nonperforming assets and continues to evaluate the loan and real estate portfolios to provide loss reserves as considered necessary. For further information see “Comparison of Operating Results – Provision and Reserve for Loan Losses”.

COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS

Overview

The net income of the Company depends primarily upon net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between the interest earned on loans, the securities portfolios and interest-earning deposits and the cost of funds, consisting principally of the interest paid on deposits and borrowings. The Company’s operations are materially affected by general economic conditions, the monetary and fiscal policies of the Federal government, and the policies of regulatory authorities. Yields and costs have increased because of the actions taken by the Federal Reserve over the past several months to increase interest rates.

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Net Income

Net income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, of $1.1 million represents a 25.0% increase as compared to the same period last year. The increase in net income for the period ended March 31, 2005 can be attributed to an increase in net interest income of $685,000 and noninterest income of $111,000. For further information see the captions “Noninterest income” and “Noninterest Expense”.

Interest Income

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, interest income increased 19.9% as compared to the same period a year ago. The increase in net interest income is primarily a result of the average balance of interest-earning assets increasing 13.2% and the average yield increasing 33 basis points as compared to the same period a year ago. The yield on average interest-earning assets increased to 5.84% as compared to 5.51% for the same period a year ago which impacted interest income positively.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased 28.5% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, as compared to the same period a year ago. This increase was caused by the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increasing to 2.34% from 2.03% as compared to the same period a year ago, which was due to the rising interest rate environment. In addition, the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities increased 11.4% as compared to the same period a year ago.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, as compared to the same period a year ago, increased 15.7%. The increase was due to a smaller rise in interest-bearing liabilities versus the rise in interest-earning assets. There was also less of an increase in the cost of liabilities, versus the yield on assets. See “Average Yield/Cost Analysis” table for further information on interest income and interest expense.

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AVERAGE YIELD/COST ANALYSIS

The following table contains information relating to the Company’s average balance sheet and reflects the average yield on assets and average cost of liabilities for the periods indicated. Such annualized yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balances of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented. The average loan portfolio balances include nonaccrual loans.

Provision and Reserve for Loan Losses

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 the Bank had net charge-offs against the allowance for loan losses of $20,000 compared to $28,000 for the same period in 2004. The Bank added $325,000 to the allowance for loan losses for the current three-month period as compared to $220,000 for the same period last year, increasing the

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balance to $4.7 million at March 31, 2005. The increase in the provision for loan losses was caused by the increase in the loan portfolio and the Bank’s increased emphasis on commercial loans. The asset quality of the Bank remained at a desirable level. This brings the ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans to 0.92% at March 31, 2005 as compared to 0.94% at December 31, 2004. This percentage declined because of the increase in loans in the Bank’s portfolio. Management considers the current level of the allowance to be appropriate based on loan composition, the current level of delinquencies and other nonperforming assets, overall economic conditions and other factors. Future increases to the allowance may be necessary, however, due to changes in loan composition or loan volume, changes in economic or market area conditions and other factors. Additionally, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan losses. Such agencies may require the recognition of adjustments to the allowance for loan losses based on their judgments of information available to them at the time of their examination.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income increased by 9.7% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, as compared to the same period a year ago. The change in noninterest income can be attributed to gain on sale of loans and service charges and fees on loans increasing $28,000 and $83,000 respectively. These changes were primarily caused by an increase in mortgage banking activities.

Noninterest Expense

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, noninterest expense increased 6.4% as compared to the same period last year. Compensation and fringe benefits and occupancy and equipment increased $226,000 and $33,000 respectively. Compensation and related costs increased due to increases in costs of benefits, staffing levels, incentive pay and normal increases in salaries. The occupancy and equipment increase can be primarily attributed to a rise in data processing maintenance and supplies.

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was 37.6% and 34.3% respectively. The higher rate in 2005 resulted principally from a change in organizational structure, which included the formation of Holdings and the REIT, that the company implemented in December 2002. In addition to the benefits for which the revised structure was implemented, it also resulted in reduced state income taxes. State taxing authorities have recently announced that they will vigorously pursue taxpayers who have utilized certain organizational structures that result in reduced state income taxes, including the structure of the Company has utilized. While the Company believes its tax position is sound, it has decided to modify its business plan in 2005 and subsequent years in response to that announcement. For further information on income taxes see “Income Taxes” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Note 10 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in the Annual Report.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This document, as well as other written communications made from time to time by Cooperative Bankshares, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) and oral communications made from time to time by authorized officers of the Company, may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections, such as earnings projections and business trends) that are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the PSLRA). Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as “believe,” “expect,” “should,” “planned,” “estimated” and “potential”. For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA. The Company’s ability to predict future results is inherently uncertain and the company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. These factors include among others, changes in market interest rates and general and regional economic conditions, changes in government regulations, changes in accounting principles and the quality or composition of the loan and investment portfolios and other factors that may be described in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in its annual report on Form 10-K, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet website (www.sec.gov) and to which reference is hereby made.

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ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk is interest rate risk. Interest rate risk is the result of differing maturities or repricing intervals of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the fact that rates on these financial instruments do not change uniformly. These conditions may impact the earnings generated by the Company’s interest-earning assets or the cost of its interest-bearing liabilities, thus directly impacting the Company’s overall earnings. The Company’s management actively monitors and manages interest rate risk. One way this is accomplished is through the development of, and adherence to, the Company’s asset/liability policy. This policy sets forth management’s strategy for matching the risk characteristics of the Company’s interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities so as to mitigate the effect of changes in the rate environment. The Company’s market risk profile has not changed materially since December 31, 2004.

ITEM 4 – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures”, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon their evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for the purpose of ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In addition, based on that evaluation, no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Not applicable

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders

None

Item 5. Other Information

None

Item 6. Exhibits

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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.

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