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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(MARK ONE)

 

x

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

 

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2010

 

OR

 

o

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

 

For the transition period from                    to                     

 

Commission File Number:  000-50407

 

FREDERICK COUNTY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

20-0049496

(State of other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

9 North Market Street

Frederick, Maryland 21701

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

301.620.1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company x

 

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

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practical date.  There were 1,469,364 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2010.

 

 

 



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FREDERICK COUNTY BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets, September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income, Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

Item 2.

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

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

 

Item 4T.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

 

Item 4.

Removed and Reserved

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

 

 

Signatures

 

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Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

1,485

 

$

1,447

 

Federal funds sold

 

1,400

 

938

 

Interest-bearing deposits in other banks

 

26,900

 

9,729

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

29,785

 

12,114

 

Investment securities available-for-sale at fair value

 

42,015

 

24,077

 

Restricted stock

 

1,521

 

1,566

 

Loans

 

218,602

 

214,943

 

Less: Allowance for loan losses

 

(3,528

)

(3,127

)

Net loans

 

215,074

 

211,816

 

Bank premises and equipment

 

4,964

 

4,997

 

Other assets

 

4,068

 

3,989

 

Total assets

 

$

297,427

 

$

258,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

$

40,060

 

$

38,199

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

216,322

 

181,113

 

Total deposits

 

256,382

 

219,312

 

Short-term borrowings

 

300

 

500

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,000

 

10,000

 

Junior subordinated debentures

 

6,186

 

6,186

 

Accrued interest and other liabilities

 

1,193

 

811

 

Total liabilities

 

274,061

 

236,809

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, per share par value $0.01; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 1,469,364 and 1,461,802 shares issued and outstanding

 

15

 

15

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

15,013

 

14,702

 

Retained earnings

 

7,875

 

6,987

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

463

 

46

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

23,366

 

21,750

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

297,427

 

$

258,559

 

 

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

 

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Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

September 30,
2010

 

September 30,
2009

 

September 30,
2010

 

September 30,
2009

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fees on loans

 

$

3,392

 

$

3,305

 

$

10,059

 

$

9,748

 

Interest and dividends on investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest — taxable

 

218

 

115

 

491

 

443

 

Interest — tax exempt

 

76

 

58

 

235

 

174

 

Dividends

 

12

 

13

 

37

 

36

 

Interest on federal funds sold

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

2

 

Other interest income

 

18

 

16

 

42

 

37

 

Total interest income

 

3,717

 

3,508

 

10,866

 

10,440

 

Interest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on deposits

 

825

 

1,087

 

2,376

 

3,501

 

Interest on short-term borrowings

 

4

 

3

 

15

 

3

 

Interest on long-term borrowings

 

117

 

117

 

346

 

346

 

Interest on junior subordinated debentures

 

101

 

101

 

303

 

303

 

Total interest expense

 

1,047

 

1,308

 

3,040

 

4,153

 

Net interest income

 

2,670

 

2,200

 

7,826

 

6,287

 

Provision for loan losses

 

410

 

275

 

1,010

 

875

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

 

2,260

 

1,925

 

6,816

 

5,412

 

Noninterest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities gains

 

1

 

 

85

 

117

 

Loss on sale of foreclosed properties

 

 

(5

)

 

(37

)

Service fees

 

100

 

98

 

284

 

267

 

Other operating income

 

49

 

50

 

149

 

155

 

Total noninterest income

 

150

 

143

 

518

 

502

 

Noninterest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

1,201

 

917

 

3,540

 

2,807

 

Occupancy and equipment expenses

 

307

 

318

 

934

 

977

 

Other operating expenses

 

531

 

453

 

1,474

 

1,369

 

Total noninterest expense

 

2,039

 

1,688

 

5,948

 

5,153

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

371

 

380

 

1,386

 

761

 

Provision for income tax expense

 

129

 

121

 

498

 

218

 

Net income

 

$

242

 

$

259

 

$

888

 

$

543

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.16

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.60

 

$

0.37

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

0.16

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.60

 

$

0.37

 

Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

1,473,258

 

1,460,900

 

1,469,011

 

1,460,835

 

Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

1,488,820

 

1,469,858

 

1,481,562

 

1,475,909

 

 

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

 

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Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Shares
Outstanding

 

Common
Stock

 

Additional
Paid-in

Capital

 

Retained
Earnings

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)

 

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, July 1, 2009

 

1,460,802

 

$

15

 

$

14,690

 

$

6,223

 

$

19

 

$

20,947

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

259

 

 

 

259

 

Changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net of income taxes of $168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

258

 

258

 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses realized, net of income taxes of $46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(71

)

(71

)

Total Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

446

 

Shares issued under stock option transactions

 

1,000

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Balance, September 30, 2009

 

1,461,802

 

$

15

 

$

14,700

 

$

6,482

 

$

206

 

$

21,403

 

Balance, July 1, 2010

 

1,474,482

 

$

15

 

$

15,015

 

$

7,633

 

$

291

 

$

22,954

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

242

 

Changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net of income taxes of $145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

223

 

223

 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses realized, net of income taxes of $33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

(51

)

Total Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

414

 

Shares repurchased under stock repurchase transactions

 

(5,118

)

 

 

(62

)

 

 

 

 

(62

)

Compensation expense from stock option transactions

 

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

51

 

Excess tax benefit from equity-based awards

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Balance, September 30, 2010

 

1,469,364

 

$

15

 

$

15,013

 

$

7,875

 

$

463

 

$

23,366

 

 

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Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Shares
Outstanding

 

Common
Stock

 

Additional
Paid-in

Capital

 

Retained
Earnings

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)

 

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, January 1, 2009

 

1,460,802

 

$

15

 

$

14,690

 

$

5,939

 

$

(32

)

$

20,612

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

543

 

 

 

543

 

Changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net of income taxes of $201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

309

 

309

 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses realized, net of income taxes of $46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(71

)

(71

)

Total Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

781

 

Shares issued under stock option transactions

 

1,000

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Balance, September 30, 2009

 

1,461,802

 

$

15

 

$

14,700

 

$

6,482

 

$

206

 

$

21,403

 

Balance, January 1, 2010

 

1,461,802

 

$

15

 

$

14,702

 

$

6,987

 

$

46

 

$

21,750

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

888

 

 

 

888

 

Changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net of income taxes of $305

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

468

 

468

 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses realized, net of income taxes of $33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

(51

)

Total Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,305

 

Shares repurchased under stock repurchase transactions

 

(5,118

)

 

 

(62

)

 

 

 

 

(62

)

Shares issued under stock option transactions

 

12,680

 

 

 

127

 

 

 

 

 

127

 

Compensation expense from stock option transactions

 

 

 

 

 

204

 

 

 

 

 

204

 

Excess tax benefit from equity-based awards

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

Balance, September 30, 2010

 

1,469,364

 

$

15

 

$

15,013

 

$

7,875

 

$

463

 

$

23,366

 

 

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Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

888

 

$

543

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

225

 

245

 

Deferred income benefits

 

(168

)

(10

)

Provision for loan losses

 

1,010

 

875

 

Securities gains

 

(85

)

(117

)

Net premium amortization on investment securities

 

253

 

14

 

Stock option compensation expense

 

204

 

 

Loss on sale of foreclosed properties

 

 

37

 

Decrease in accrued interest and other assets

 

89

 

251

 

Increase (decrease) in accrued interest and other liabilities

 

110

 

(84

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

2,526

 

1,754

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of investment securities available for sale

 

(26,881

)

(8,784

)

Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale

 

4,195

 

4,115

 

Proceeds from maturities, prepayments and calls investment securities available for sale

 

5,269

 

2,454

 

Net redemptions of restricted stock

 

45

 

33

 

Net increase in loans

 

(4,268

)

(749

)

Purchases of bank premises and equipment

 

(192

)

(70

)

Proceeds from sale of foreclosed properties

 

 

484

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(21,832

)

(2,517

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in NOW, money market accounts, savings accounts and noninterest-bearing deposits

 

17,123

 

26,544

 

Net increase (decrease) in time deposits

 

19,947

 

(15,641

)

Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings

 

(200

)

500

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

127

 

10

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

(62

)

 

Excess tax benefit from equity-based awards

 

42

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

36,977

 

11,413

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

17,671

 

10,650

 

Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period

 

12,114

 

16,055

 

Cash and cash equivalents — end of period

 

$

29,785

 

$

26,705

 

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

3,051

 

$

4,185

 

Income taxes paid

 

$

584

 

$

250

 

Foreclosed properties acquired in settlement of loans

 

$

 

$

654

 

 

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

 

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FREDERICK COUNTY BANCORP, INC.

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1.  General:

 

Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. (the “Bancorp”), the parent company for its wholly-owned subsidiary Frederick County Bank (the “Bank” and together with Bancorp, the “Company”), was organized in September 2003. The Bank was incorporated under the laws of the state of Maryland in August 2000 and commenced banking operations in October 2001.  The Bank provides its customers with various banking services.  The Bank offers various loan and deposit products to its customers.  The Bank’s customers include individuals and commercial enterprises within its principal market area consisting of Frederick County, Maryland.  Additionally, the Bank maintains correspondent banking relationships and transacts daily federal funds sales on an unsecured basis with regional correspondent banks.  Note 4 discusses the types of securities the Bank purchases.  Note 5 discusses the types of lending in which the Bank engages.  The Bank does not have any significant concentrations to any one industry or customer.  Bancorp also has a subsidiary trust, established to issue trust preferred securities, and two subsidiaries established to hold foreclosed properties.  The two subsidiaries established to hold foreclosed properties are known as FCB Holdings, Inc. (a direct subsidiary of Bancorp) and FCB Hagerstown, LLC (an indirect subsidiary of Bancorp).  See Note 7 for additional disclosures related to the subsidiary trust.

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, the instructions for Form 10-Q, Regulation S-X, and general practices within the banking industry.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  The results shown in this interim report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other period or for the full year ending December 31, 2010.

 

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  These estimates and assumptions are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and could differ from actual results.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance under ASC Topic 860 Transfers and Servicing, also known as Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-16, for guidance on the transfer and servicing of financial assets.  This guidance eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity” from the original accounting guidance and removes the exception from applying FASB guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities, to qualifying special-purpose entities.  This guidance is effective at the beginning of a reporting entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009.  The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2010 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance under ASC Topic 810 Consolidation, also known as ASU 2009-17, for guidance on the consolidation of variable interest entities.  This amends the original guidance, to require an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity (VIE).  This analysis identifies the primary beneficiary of a VIE as the enterprise that has both (a) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and (b) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.  Additionally, this new guidance requires an enterprise to assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that a VIE operates as designed when determining it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance.  It is effective at the beginning of a company’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009.  The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2010 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

 

In January 2010, the FASB issued new guidance under ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, also known as ASU 2010-06, to improve disclosures about fair value measurements.  The guidance requires entities to disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the same.  It also requires Level 3 reconciliation to be presented on a gross basis disclosing purchases, sales, issuances and settlements separately.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual financial periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for gross basis presentation for Level 3 reconciliation, which is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010.  The disclosure requirements effective for interim and annual financial periods beginning after December 15, 2009 have been adopted for

 

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the interim period ended March 31, 2010.

 

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In July 2010, the FASB issued new guidance under ASC Topic Receivables - Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses” also known as ASU 2010-20.  The guidance requires entities to provide disclosures designed to facilitate financial statement users’ evaluation of (i) the nature of credit risk inherent in the entity’s portfolio of financing receivables, (ii) how that risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses and (iii) the changes and reasons for those changes in the allowance for credit losses.  Disclosures must be disaggregated by portfolio segment, the level at which an entity develops and documents a systematic method for determining its allowance for credit losses, and class of financing receivable, which is generally a disaggregation of portfolio segment.  The required disclosures include, among other things, a roll forward of the allowance for credit losses as well as information about modified, impaired, non-accrual and past due loans and credit quality indicators.  ASU 2010-20 will be effective for the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2010, as it relates to disclosures required as of the end of a reporting period.  Disclosures that relate to activity during a reporting period will be required for the Company’s financial statements that include periods beginning on or after January 1, 2011.

 

Note 2. Earnings Per Share:

 

Earnings per share (“EPS”) are disclosed as basic and diluted.  Basic EPS is generally computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period, whereas diluted EPS essentially reflects the potential dilution in basic EPS that could occur if other contracts to issue common stock were exercised.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

Net income

 

$

242

 

$

259

 

$

888

 

$

543

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.16

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.60

 

$

0.37

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

0.16

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.60

 

$

0.37

 

Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

1,473,258

 

1,460,900

 

1,469,011

 

1,460,835

 

Effect of dilutive securities — stock options

 

15,562

 

8,958

 

12,551

 

15,074

 

Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

1,488,820

 

1,469,858

 

1,481,562

 

1,475,909

 

Anti-dilutive securities outstanding

 

118,700

 

 

121,700

 

 

 

Note 3.  Employee Stock Option Plan:

 

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Option Plan that provides for grants of incentive and non-incentive stock options.  This plan has been presented to and approved by the Company’s shareholders.  There were 118,700 stock options granted in April 2010 and 3,000 stock options granted in December 2009.  All prior grants were fully vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2003.  The Company recognizes the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity investment based on the grant-date fair value of the award.  That cost is recognized over the vesting period of the award.  Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 was $51 thousand and $204 thousand, respectively, whereas, no stock-based compensation was recognized in either the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.  As of September 30, 2010, there was $179 thousand of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options that will be expensed over the period October 1, 2010 through April 30, 2012.

 

The weighted-average fair value of options granted in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009 was $3.17 and $2.97, respectively, and was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following weighted average assumptions.

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Risk free interest rate of return

 

3.80

%

3.85

%

Expected option life (months)

 

60

 

120

 

Expected volatility

 

25

%

25

%

Expected dividends

 

%

2.50

%

 

The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.  The expected life is based on historical experience.  The expected volatility is based on historic volatility.  The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s expectation of dividend payouts.

 

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The following is a summary of stock option transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

 

 

 

Options Issued
and Outstanding

 

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

 

Balance at January 1, 2010

 

129,810

 

$

10.02

 

Exercised

 

12,680

 

10.00

 

Granted

 

118,700

 

11.35

 

Balance at September 30 , 2010

 

235,830

 

$

10.57

 

Exercisable at September 30, 2010

 

150,640

 

$

10.32

 

 

Note 4.  Investment Portfolio:

 

The following tables set forth certain information regarding the Company’s investment portfolio at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

 

Available-for-sale portfolio

 

September 30, 2010

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

 

Average
Yield

 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government agencies and corporations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after one year through five years

 

$

431

 

$

27

 

$

 

$

458

 

4.82

%

Due after five years through ten years

 

872

 

30

 

 

902

 

2.82

%

 

 

1,303

 

57

 

 

1,360

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

2,095

 

52

 

 

2,147

 

5.36

%

Due after ten years

 

7,007

 

285

 

 

7,292

 

5.74

%

 

 

9,102

 

337

 

 

9,439

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed debt securities

 

30,545

 

418

 

47

 

30,916

 

3.08

%

Equity securities

 

300

 

 

 

300

 

%

 

 

$

41,250

 

$

812

 

$

47

 

$

42,015

 

3.64

%

 

December 31, 2009

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

 

Average
Yield

 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government agencies and corporations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due within one year

 

$

490

 

$

3

 

$

 

$

493

 

4.46

%

Due after one year through five years

 

1,391

 

29

 

5

 

1,415

 

4.03

%

Due after five years through ten years

 

497

 

29

 

 

526

 

5.00

%

 

 

2,378

 

61

 

5

 

2,434

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

910

 

2

 

3

 

909

 

5.47

%

Due after ten years

 

6,935

 

35

 

28

 

6,942

 

5.90

%

 

 

7,845

 

37

 

31

 

7,851

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed debt securities

 

13,478

 

83

 

69

 

13,492

 

3.63

%

Equity securities

 

300

 

 

 

300

 

%

 

 

$

24,001

 

$

181

 

$

105

 

$

24,077

 

4.38

%

 

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Continuous unrealized
losses existing for less than
12 months

 

Continuous unrealized
losses existing for 12
months and greater

 

Total

 

September 30, 2010
(dollars in thousands)

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Mortgage-backed debt securities

 

$

8,678

 

$

47

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,678

 

$

47

 

Total temporarily impaired securities

 

$

8,678

 

$

47

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,678

 

$

47

 

 

 

 

Continuous unrealized
losses existing for less than
12 months

 

Continuous unrealized
losses existing for 12
months and greater

 

Total

 

December 31, 2009
(dollars in thousands)

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government agencies and corporations

 

$

870

 

$

5

 

$

 

$

 

$

870

 

$

5

 

State and political subdivisions

 

4,112

 

28

 

152

 

3

 

4,264

 

31

 

Mortgage-backed debt securities

 

7,233

 

69

 

 

 

7,233

 

69

 

Total temporarily impaired securities

 

$

12,215

 

$

102

 

$

152

 

$

3

 

$

12,367

 

$

105

 

 

Management systematically evaluates investment securities for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis.  This analysis requires management to consider various factors, which include (1) duration and magnitude of the decline in value, (2) the financial condition of the issuer or issuers and (3) the structure of the security. An impairment loss is recognized in earnings only when: (1) we intend to sell the debt security; (2) it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; or (3) we do not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.  In situations where we intend to sell or when it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security, the entire impairment loss must be recognized in earnings.  In all other situations, only the portion of the impairment loss representing the credit loss must be recognized in earnings, with the remaining portion being recognized in shareholders’ equity as a component of other comprehensive income, net of deferred taxes.  Credit loss is determined by calculating the present value of future cash flows of the security compared to the amortized cost of the security.  Realized gains or losses on the sale of investment and mortgage-backed securities are reported in earnings and determined using the amortized cost of the specific security sold.

 

Restricted Stock

 

The following table shows the amounts of restricted stock as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

 

$

907

 

$

952

 

Federal Reserve Bank

 

574

 

574

 

Atlantic Central Bankers Bank

 

40

 

40

 

 

 

$

1,521

 

$

1,566

 

 

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Note 5.  Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses:

 

Loans consist of the following:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

% of

 

December 31,

 

% of

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

Loans

 

2009

 

Loans

 

Real estate loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction and land development

 

$

22,050

 

10

%

$

15,726

 

7

%

Mortgage loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured by 1 to 4 family residential properties

 

38,176

 

17

%

36,369

 

17

%

Secured by multi-family (5 or more) residential properties

 

11,615

 

5

%

12,348

 

6

%

Secured by commercial properties

 

109,109

 

50

%

106,378

 

49

%

Secured by farm land

 

7,827

 

4

%

6,995

 

3

%

Total mortgage loans

 

166,727

 

76

%

162,090

 

75

%

Loans to farmers

 

76

 

%

46

 

%

Commercial and industrial loans

 

28,040

 

13

%

35,351

 

17

%

Loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures

 

1,709

 

1

%

1,730

 

1

%

 

 

218,602

 

100

%

214,943

 

100

%

Less allowance for loan losses

 

(3,528

)

 

 

(3,127

)

 

 

Net loans

 

$

215,074

 

 

 

$

211,816

 

 

 

 

Transactions in the allowance for loan losses are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

Average total loans outstanding during period

 

$

218,681

 

$

208,906

 

$

216,775

 

$

209,434

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

3,139

 

$

3,038

 

$

3,127

 

$

3,120

 

Recoveries of loans previously charged-off

 

82

 

 

86

 

4

 

Loans charged-off (construction)

 

(103

)

 

(103

)

 

Loans charged-off (commercial and industrial)

 

 

(72

)

 

(298

)

Loans charged-off (commercial real estate)

 

 

(31

)

(500

)

(479

)

Loans charged-off (residential real estate)

 

 

 

(92

)

 

Loans charged-off (consumer)

 

 

 

 

(12

)

Net charge-offs

 

(21

)

(103

)

(609

)

(785

)

Provision charged to operating expenses

 

410

 

275

 

1,010

 

875

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

3,528

 

$

3,210

 

$

3,528

 

$

3,210

 

Ratios of net charge-offs to average loans

 

0.01

%

0.05

%

0.28

%

0.37

%

 

The Company’s charge-off policy states after all collection efforts have been exhausted and the loan is deemed to be a loss, it will be charged to the Company’s established allowance for loan losses.  Consumer loans subject to the Uniform Retail Credit Classification are charged-off as follows (a) closed end loans are charged-off no later than 120 days after becoming delinquent, (b) consumer loans to borrowers who subsequently declare bankruptcy, where the Company is an unsecured creditor, are charged-off within 60 days of receipt of the notification from the bankruptcy court, (c) fraudulent loans are charged-off within 90 days of discovery and (d) death of a borrower will cause a charge-off to be incurred at such time an actual loss is determined.  All other types of loans are generally evaluated for loss potential at the 90th day past due threshold, and any loss is recognized no later than the 120th day past due threshold; each loss is evaluated on its specific facts regarding the appropriate timing to recognize the loss.

 

The Company does not normally engage in partial charge-offs and has not incurred any in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

 

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Note 6.   Deposits

 

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s deposit base at the dates indicated.

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 

$

40,060

 

$

38,199

 

Interest-bearing demand deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

 

14,974

 

12,366

 

Money market accounts

 

67,149

 

54,886

 

Savings accounts

 

5,226

 

4,835

 

Certificates of deposit:

 

 

 

 

 

$100,000 or more

 

53,977

 

42,752

 

Less than $100,000

 

74,996

 

66,274

 

Total deposits

 

$

256,382

 

$

219,312

 

 

Note 7. Trust preferred securities/junior subordinated debentures and other long-term borrowings:

 

In December 2006, Bancorp completed the private placement of an aggregate of $6,000,000 of trust preferred securities through FCBI Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”), a newly formed trust subsidiary organized under Connecticut law, of which Bancorp owns all of the common securities of $186 thousand. The principal asset of the Trust is a similar amount of Bancorp’s junior subordinated debentures. The junior subordinated debentures bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.5375% until December 15, 2011, at which time the interest rate becomes a variable rate, adjusted quarterly, equal to 163 basis points over three-month LIBOR. The junior subordinated debentures mature on December 15, 2036, and may be redeemed at par, at Bancorp’s option, on any interest payment date commencing December 15, 2011. The securities are redeemable prior to December 15, 2011, at a premium ranging up to 103.525% of the principal amount thereof, upon the occurrence of certain regulatory or legal events. The obligations of Bancorp with respect to the Trust’s preferred securities constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by Bancorp of Trust’s obligations with respect to the trust preferred securities to the extent set forth in the related guarantee. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, Bancorp may elect from time to time to defer interest payments on the junior subordinated debentures, resulting in a deferral of distribution payments on the related trust preferred securities.   If the Company defers interest payments on the junior subordinated debentures, or otherwise is in default of the obligations, the Company would be prohibited from making dividend payments to its shareholders.

 

The trust preferred securities may be included in Tier 1 capital for regulatory capital adequacy purposes up to 25% of Tier 1 capital, net of goodwill after its inclusion. The portion of the trust preferred securities not qualifying as Tier 1 capital may be included as part of total qualifying capital in Tier 2 capital, subject to limitation.

 

At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $10,000,000 in borrowings under its credit facility from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (“FHLB”).  Both are in the amount of $5,000,000 with the first being a 4.56% fixed rate advance that matures on April 27, 2012 and the second being a 4.56% convertible advance with a maturity date of September 4, 2012, unless called on September 4, 2010 by the FHLB.  Outstanding advances are secured by collateral consisting of a blanket lien on qualifying loans in the Bank’s residential mortgage loan portfolio and certain commercial real estate loans.

 

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Note 8.  Noninterest Expense:

 

Noninterest expense consists of the following:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2010

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 1010

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries

 

$

1,027

 

$

817

 

$

3,005

 

$

2,445

 

Bonus

 

 

 

5

 

 

Deferred Personnel Costs

 

(11

)

(20

)

(45

)

(53

)

Payroll Taxes

 

65

 

54

 

210

 

179

 

Employee Insurance

 

69

 

55

 

207

 

173

 

Other Employee Benefits

 

51

 

11

 

158

 

63

 

Depreciation

 

74

 

80

 

226

 

245

 

Rent

 

100

 

96

 

300

 

290

 

Utilities

 

22

 

24

 

76

 

77

 

Repairs and Maintenance

 

52

 

59

 

160

 

183

 

ATM Expense

 

21

 

25

 

66

 

79

 

Other Occupancy and Equipment Expenses

 

38

 

34

 

106

 

103

 

Postage and Supplies

 

16

 

17

 

47

 

50

 

Data Processing

 

90

 

102

 

276

 

310

 

Advertising and Promotion

 

46

 

50

 

188

 

122

 

FDIC insurance

 

100

 

80

 

274

 

321

 

Legal

 

24

 

6

 

46

 

23

 

Insurance

 

16

 

13

 

44

 

34

 

Consulting

 

8

 

2

 

17

 

19

 

Courier

 

4

 

4

 

13

 

12

 

Audit Fees

 

48

 

45

 

144

 

141

 

Other

 

179

 

134

 

425

 

337

 

 

 

$

2,039

 

$

1,688

 

$

5,948

 

$

5,153

 

 

Note 9.  401(k) Profit Sharing Plan:

 

The Company has a Section 401(k) profit sharing plan covering employees meeting certain eligibility requirements as to minimum age and years of service.  Employees may make voluntary contributions to the Plan through payroll deductions on a pre-tax basis.  The Company has the discretion to make matching contributions of 100% of the employee’s contributions up to 4% of the employee’s salary.  A participant’s account under the Plan, together with investment earnings thereon, is normally distributable, following retirement, death, disability or other termination of employment, in a single lump-sum payment.

 

The Company made matching contributions of $42 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2010, but no matching contributions for the same period in 2009.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company made matching contributions of $126 thousand and $30 thousand, respectively.

 

Note 10.  Shareholders’ Equity:

 

Capital:

 

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary - actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company, once it exceeds $500 million in assets, and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company’s and the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  The Company’s and the Bank’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

 

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).  Management believes that the Company and the Bank met all

 

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capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of September 30, 2010.

 

As of September 30, 2010, the most recent notification from the regulatory agency categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well capitalized the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table.  There are no conditions or events since that notification which management believes have changed the Bank’s category.

 

The Company’s and the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are presented in the following tables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum To Be Well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalized Under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Capital

 

Prompt Corrective

 

September 30, 2010

 

Actual

 

Adequacy Purposes

 

Action Provisions

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Tier 1 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Risk-Weighted Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

28,903

 

12.33

%

$

9,376

 

4.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

28,085

 

12.03

%

$

9,336

 

4.00

%

$

14,004

 

6.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Risk-Weighted Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

31,840

 

13.58

%

$

18,752

 

8.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

31,010

 

13.29

%

$

18,672

 

8.00

%

$

23,340

 

10.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Average Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

28,903

 

9.69

%

$

11,927

 

4.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

28,085

 

9.46

%

$

11,881

 

4.00

%

$

14,851

 

5.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum To Be Well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalized Under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Capital

 

Prompt Corrective

 

December 31, 2009

 

Actual

 

Adequacy Purposes

 

Action Provisions

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Amount

 

Ratio

 

Tier 1 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Risk-Weighted Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

27,704

 

11.81

%

$

9,384

 

4.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

26,987

 

11.55

%

$

9,344

 

4.00

%

$

14,016

 

6.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Risk-Weighted Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

30,636

 

13.06

%

$

18,767

 

8.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

29,907

 

12.80

%

$

18,688

 

8.00

%

$

23,360

 

10.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1 Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Average Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

$

27,704

 

10.53

%

$

10,522

 

4.00

%

N/A

 

N/A

 

Bank

 

$

26,987

 

10.24

%

$

10,545

 

4.00

%

$

13,181

 

5.00

%

 

On June 26, 2007, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 146,000 shares of its common stock, for an aggregate expenditure of not more than $4.5 million, through September 30, 2012, or earlier termination of the program by the Board of Directors.  Repurchases, if any, by the Company pursuant to this authorization are expected to enable the Company to repurchase its shares at an attractive price, and to provide a source of liquidity for the Company’s shares.  As of September 30, 2010, there have been 5,118 shares repurchased by the Company at an average price of $12.10.

 

Note 11.  Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company follows the guidance issued by the FASB under ASC Topic 825 Financial Instruments regarding fair value

 

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measurements and disclosures topic.  This guidance permits entities to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  The election to use the fair value option is available when an entity first recognizes a financial asset or financial liability or upon entering into a Company commitment.  Subsequent changes must be recorded in earnings.  The Company has yet to apply the fair value option to any assets or liabilities.  This guidance clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.  Under this guidance, fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction costs.  This guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under this guidance are described below.

 

Level 1

 

Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active exchange markets.  Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

 

 

 

Level 2

 

Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets.  Valuations are obtained from third party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities which use observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in active markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include most U.S. government and agency securities, liquid mortgage products, active listed equities and most money market securities.  Such instruments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  As required by fair value measurement and disclosures guidance, the Company does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments.

 

The types of instruments valued based on quoted prices in markets that are not active, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency include most investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, less liquid mortgage products, less liquid equities, state, municipal and provincial obligations.  Such instruments are generally classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Level 3 is for positions that are not traded in active markets or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations are adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, and such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence.  In the absence of such evidence, management’s best estimate is used.

 

Impaired loans are evaluated and valued at the time the loan is identified as impaired, at the lower of cost or market value.  Market value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans and is classified at a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.  Collateral may be real estate and/or business assets including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable.  The value of real estate collateral is determined based on appraisal by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company.  The value of business equipment, inventory and accounts receivable collateral is based on the net book value on the business’ financial statements and, if necessary, discounted based on management’s review and analysis.  Appraised and reported values may be discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business.  Impaired loans are reviewed and evaluated on at least a quarterly basis for additional impairment and adjusted accordingly, based on the same factors identified above.

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

Value

 

Quoted

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

 

 

 

(Fair

 

Prices

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Value)

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Securities available for sale

 

$

42,015

 

$

 

$

42,015

 

$

 

 

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The following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for or disclosed at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

Value

 

Quoted

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

 

 

 

(Fair

 

Prices

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Value)

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Impaired loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction

 

$

2,275

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,275

 

Commercial real estate

 

11,122

 

 

 

11,122

 

Commercial and industrial

 

4,547

 

 

 

4,547

 

Residential real estate

 

717

 

 

 

717

 

Total impaired loans

 

$

18,661

 

$

 

$

 

$

18,661

 

Foreclosed properties

 

$

495

 

$

 

$

 

$

495

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of all assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

 

 

 

Foreclosed

 

Impaired

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Properties

 

Loans

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

 

$

495

 

$

12,350

 

Total net gains (losses) for the period included in:

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of foreclosed properties

 

 

 

Other comprehensive gain (loss)

 

 

 

Purchases

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

 

Transfers in

 

 

7,387

 

Transfers out

 

 

(1,076

)

Balance at September 30, 2010

 

$

495

 

$

18,661

 

 

Note 12.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

FINANCIAL ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

29,785

 

$

29,785

 

$

12,114

 

$

12,114

 

Investment securities available for sale

 

42,015

 

42,015

 

24,077

 

24,077

 

Restricted stock

 

1,521

 

1,521

 

1,566

 

1,566

 

Net loans

 

215,074

 

215,772

 

211,816

 

212,777

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

856

 

856

 

871

 

871

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

256,382

 

$

266,609

 

$

219,312

 

$

224,694

 

Short-term borrowings

 

300

 

300

 

500

 

500

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,000

 

10,701

 

10,000

 

10,695

 

Junior subordinated debentures

 

6,186

 

6,033

 

6,186

 

5,960

 

Accrued interest payable

 

183

 

183

 

194

 

194

 

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value disclosures for financial instruments as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

 

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Cash and cash equivalents:

 

The fair value of cash and cash equivalents is estimated to approximate the carrying amounts.

 

Investment securities and restricted stock:

 

Fair values are based on quoted market prices for Level 1 and 2, except for certain restricted stocks where fair value equals par value because of certain redemption restrictions.

 

Loans:

 

Fair values are estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics.  Each portfolio is further segmented into fixed and adjustable rate interest terms by performing and non-performing categories.

 

The fair value of performing loans is calculated by discounting estimated cash flows using current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.  The estimated cash flows do not anticipate prepayments.

 

Management has made estimates of fair value discount rates that it believes to be reasonable.  However, because there is no market for many of these financial instruments, management has no basis to determine whether the fair value presented for loans would be indicative of the value negotiated in an actual sale.

 

Deposits:

 

The fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, savings, NOW accounts and money market accounts, is equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (that is, their carrying amounts).  The fair value of certificates of deposit is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows.  The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.  The fair value estimates do not include the benefit that results from the low-cost funding provided by the deposit liabilities compared to the cost of borrowing funds in the market.

 

Short-term borrowings:

 

The fair value of short-term borrowings is determined using rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.

 

Long-term borrowings:

 

The fair value of the long-term borrowings is determined using rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.

 

Junior subordinated debentures:

 

The junior subordinated debentures are unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all present and future senior indebtedness of the Company.  The Company has entered into a guarantee, which together with its obligations under the junior subordinated debentures and the declaration of trust governing the Trust provides a full and unconditional guarantee of the Trust’s preferred securities.  The fair value of junior subordinated debentures is determined using rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.  See Note 7 for additional disclosures.

 

Accrued Interest:

 

The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.

 

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

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This management’s discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to Frederick County Bancorp, Inc.’s (“Bancorp”) and Frederick County Bank’s (the “Bank” and together with Bancorp, the “Company”) beliefs, expectations, anticipations and plans regarding, among other things, general economic trends, interest rates, product expansions and other matters.  Such forward-looking statements are identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “believe”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “likely”, “unlikely”, “continue”, or similar terms

 

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and are subject to numerous uncertainties, such as federal monetary policy, inflation, employment, profitability and consumer confidence levels, both nationally and in the Company’s market area, the health of the real estate and construction market in the Company’s market area, the Company’s ability to develop and market new products and to enter new markets, competitive challenges in the Company’s market, legislative and regulatory changes, changes in accounting principles or the application thereof and other factors, and as such, there can be no assurance that future events will develop in accordance with the forward-looking statements contained herein.  Readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on any such forward-looking statement.  In addition, the Company’s past results of operations do not necessarily indicate its future results.

 

General

 

The following paragraphs provide an overview of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.  This discussion is intended to assist the readers in their analysis of the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto.

 

Bancorp, the parent company for the Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary, was organized in September 2003. The Bank was incorporated under the laws of the state of Maryland in August 2000 and commenced banking operations in October 2001.  The Bank provides its customers with various banking services, from three banking offices in the City of Frederick and one in Walkersville, Maryland.  The Bank is currently planning to establish a fifth banking office located in the City of Frederick, which has received federal and state banking regulatory approvals and is in the process of obtaining the construction permits, and is expected to open in the second quarter of 2011.  The Bank offers various loan and deposit products to its customers.  The Bank’s customers include individuals and commercial enterprises within its principal market area consisting of Frederick County, Maryland.  Additionally, the Bank maintains correspondent banking relationships and transacts daily federal funds sales on an unsecured basis with regional correspondent banks.  Note 4 discusses the types of securities the Bank purchases.  Note 5 discusses the types of lending in which the Bank engages.  The Bank does not have any significant concentrations to any one industry or customer.  Bancorp also has a subsidiary trust, established to issue trust preferred securities, and two subsidiaries established to hold foreclosed properties.  The two subsidiaries established to hold foreclosed properties are known as FCB Holdings, Inc. (a direct subsidiary of Bancorp) and FCB Hagerstown, LLC (an indirect subsidiary of Bancorp).  See Note 7 for additional disclosures related to the subsidiary trust, which issued trust preferred securities.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and follow general practices within the industry in which it operates.  Application of these principles requires management to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  These estimates, assumptions, and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; accordingly, as this information changes, the financial statements could reflect different estimates, assumptions, and judgments.  Certain policies inherently have a greater reliance on the use of estimates, assumptions, and judgments and as such have a greater possibility of producing results that could be materially different than originally reported.  Estimates, assumptions, and judgments are necessary when assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value, when a decline in the value of an asset not carried on the financial statements at fair value warrants an impairment write-down or valuation reserve to be established, or when an asset or liability needs to be recorded contingent upon a future event.  Carrying assets and liabilities at fair value inherently results in more financial statement volatility.  The fair values and the information used to record valuation adjustments for certain assets and liabilities are based either on quoted market prices or are provided by other third-party sources, when available. The estimates used in management’s assessment of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses require that management make assumptions about matters that are uncertain at the time of estimation.  Differences in these assumptions and differences between the estimated and actual losses could have a material effect.  For discussions related to the critical accounting policies of the Company, refer to the sections in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis entitled “Income Taxes” and “Allowance for Loan Losses.”

 

Loans

 

Loans increased by $3.66 million, or 1.70%, from December 31, 2009, to a balance of $218.60 million as of September 30, 2010 and by $7.45 million, or 3.53% from September 30, 2009.  Management continues to be cautious about the economy and therefore has maintained the lower growth loan strategy.

 

Deposits

 

Deposits increased by $37.07 million, or 16.90%, from December 31, 2009 to a balance of $256.38 million as of September 30, 2010, and by $28.60 million, or 12.55% from September 30, 2009.  The balance of certificates of deposit increased to $128.97 million as of September 30, 2010 from $109.03 million as of December 31, 2009; while noninterest-bearing demand deposits increased by $1.86 million from $38.20 million, NOW and savings accounts increased to $20.20 million from $17.20 million, and money market accounts increased to $67.15 million from $54.89 million, all for the same periods.  As a result of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd Frank”) banks are no longer prohibited from paying interest on demand

 

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deposit accounts, including those from businesses, effective in July 2011.  It is not clear what affect the elimination of this prohibition will have on the Bank’s interest expense, allocation of deposits, deposit pricing, loan pricing, net interest margin, ability to compete, ability to establish and maintain customer relationships, or profitability.

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

Net income was $242 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $259 thousand of net income for the same period in 2009.  The decline in earnings for this quarter in 2010 is primarily related to an increase in net interest noninterest expense of $351 thousand primarily reflecting higher salary and compensation expense.  Net interest income for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 increased (on a tax-equivalent basis) to $2.74 million from $2.25 million for the same period in 2009.  Basic earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $0.16 and $0.18, respectively, and were based on weighted-average number of shares outstanding of 1,473,258 and 1,460,900, respectively.  Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $0.16 and $0.18, respectively, and were based on weighted-average number of shares outstanding of 1,488,820 and 1,469,858, respectively.

 

The Company experienced an annualized return on average assets of 0.32% and 0.39% for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Additionally, the Company experienced an annualized return on average shareholders’ equity of 4.14% and 4.86% for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

Net income was $888 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $543 thousand of net income for the same period in 2009.  The increase in earnings for this quarter in 2010 is primarily related to an increase in net interest income (on a tax-equivalent basis) to $8.05 million from $6.43 million for the same period in 2009, which is offset by an increase in income taxes of $300 thousand and by a $204 thousand stock option compensation expense, with the associated tax benefit of $42 thousand being recorded as additional paid in capital and not used to reduce the current period’s income tax expense, and was the result of issuing 118,700 stock options to directors and employees during this period.  Basic earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $0.60 and $0.37, respectively, and were based on weighted-average number of shares outstanding of 1,469,011 and 1,460,835, respectively.  Diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $0.60 and $0.37, respectively, and were based on weighted-average number of shares outstanding of 1,481,562 and 1,475,909, respectively.

 

The Company experienced an annualized return on average assets of 0.42% and 0.28% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Additionally, the Company experienced an annualized return on average shareholders’ equity of 5.20% and 3.43% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

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Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity; Interest Rates and Interest Differential

 

The following tables show average balances of asset and liability categories, interest income and interest expense, and average yields and rates for the periods indicated.

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Three Months Ended September 30,
(dollars in thousands)

 

Average
daily
balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

Average
Yield/
rate

 

Average
daily
balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

Average
Yield/
rate

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

$

1,355

 

$

1

 

0.29

%

$

1,072

 

$

1

 

0.37

%

Interest bearing deposits in other banks

 

29,661

 

18

 

0.24

 

28,310

 

16

 

0.22

 

Investment securities (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

33,355

 

230

 

2.74

 

12,735

 

128

 

3.99

 

Tax-exempt (2)

 

7,458

 

115

 

6.12

 

5,686

 

88

 

6.14

 

Loans (3)

 

218,681

 

3,426

 

6.22

 

208,906

 

3,329

 

6.32

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

290,510

 

3,790

 

5.18

 

256,709

 

3,562

 

5.51

 

Noninterest-earning assets

 

7,657

 

 

 

 

 

5,589

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

298,167

 

 

 

 

 

$

262,298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

 

$

14,634

 

$

10

 

0.27

%

$

14,927

 

$

7

 

0.19

%

Savings accounts

 

5,281

 

2

 

0.15

 

4,464

 

1

 

0.09

 

Money market accounts

 

67,275

 

185

 

1.09

 

47,417

 

143

 

1.20

 

Certificates of deposit $100,000 or more

 

53,464

 

271

 

2.01

 

49,907

 

398

 

3.16

 

Certificates of deposit less than $100,000

 

75,495

 

357

 

1.88

 

70,468

 

538

 

3.03

 

Short-term borrowings

 

424

 

4

 

3.74

 

228

 

3

 

5.22

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,000

 

117

 

4.64

 

10,000

 

117

 

4.64

 

Junior subordinated debentures

 

6,186

 

101

 

6.48

 

6,186

 

101

 

6.48

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

232,759

 

1,047

 

1.78

 

203,597

 

1,308

 

2.55

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

40,938

 

 

 

 

 

36,466

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

1,061

 

 

 

 

 

931

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

274,758

 

 

 

 

 

240,994

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

23,409

 

 

 

 

 

21,304

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

298,167

 

 

 

 

 

$

262,298

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

 

$

2,743

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,254

 

 

 

Net interest spread

 

 

 

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

 

 

2.96

%

Net interest margin

 

 

 

 

 

3.75

%

 

 

 

 

3.48

%

 


(1)

Yields on securities available-for-sale have been calculated on the basis of historical cost and do not give effect to changes in the fair value of those securities, which is reflected as a component of shareholders’ equity.

 

 

(2)

Presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the statutory federal income tax rate of 34%. Taxable-equivalent adjustments of $39 thousand in 2010 and $30 thousand in 2009 are included in the calculation of the tax-exempt investment interest income.

 

 

(3)

Presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the statutory federal income tax rate of 34%. Taxable-equivalent adjustments of $34 thousand in 2010 and $24 thousand in 2009 are included in the calculation of the loan interest income. Net loan origination income (expense) in interest income totaled $10 thousand in 2010 and $24 thousand in 2009.

 

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2010

 

2009

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,
(dollars in thousands)

 

Average
daily
balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

Average
Yield/
rate

 

Average
daily
balance

 

Interest
Income/
Expense

 

Average
Yield/
rate

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

$

1,208

 

$

2

 

0.22

%

$

1,103

 

$

2

 

0.24

%

Interest bearing deposits in other banks

 

24,739

 

42

 

0.23

 

22,328

 

37

 

0.22

 

Investment securities (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

25,762

 

528

 

2.74

 

14,449

 

479

 

4.43

 

Tax-exempt (2)

 

7,702

 

356

 

6.18

 

5,686

 

264

 

6.21

 

Loans (3)

 

216,775

 

10,159

 

6.27

 

209,434

 

9,805

 

6.26

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

276,186

 

11,087

 

5.37

 

253,000

 

10,587

 

5.59

 

Noninterest-earning assets

 

7,569

 

 

 

 

 

5,445

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

283,755

 

 

 

 

 

$

258,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

 

$

13,549

 

$

21

 

0.21

%

$

13,064

 

$

20

 

0.20

%

Savings accounts

 

5,088

 

4

 

0.11

 

4,296

 

6

 

0.19

 

Money market accounts

 

62,904

 

535

 

1.14

 

42,452

 

373

 

1.17

 

Certificates of deposit $100,000 or more

 

49,569

 

763

 

2.06

 

52,461

 

1,327

 

3.38

 

Certificates of deposit less than $100,000

 

72,479

 

1,053

 

1.94

 

72,914

 

1,775

 

3.25

 

Short-term borrowings

 

474

 

15

 

4.23

 

77

 

3

 

5.21

 

Long-term borrowings

 

10,000

 

346

 

4.63

 

10,000

 

346

 

4.63

 

Junior subordinated debentures

 

6,186

 

303

 

6.55

 

6,186

 

303

 

6.55

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

220,249

 

3,040

 

1.85

 

201,450

 

4,153

 

2.76

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

39,906

 

 

 

 

 

35,087

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

835

 

 

 

 

 

792

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

260,990

 

 

 

 

 

237,329

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

22,765

 

 

 

 

 

21,116

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

283,755

 

 

 

 

 

$

258,445

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

 

$

8,047

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,434

 

 

 

Net interest spread

 

 

 

 

 

3.52

%

 

 

 

 

2.83

%

Net interest margin

 

 

 

 

 

3.90

%

 

 

 

 

3.40

%

 


(1)

Yields on securities available-for-sale have been calculated on the basis of historical cost and do not give effect to changes in the fair value of those securities, which is reflected as a component of shareholders’ equity.

 

 

(2)

Presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the statutory federal income tax rate of 34%. Taxable-equivalent adjustments of $121 thousand in 2010 and $90 thousand in 2009 are included in the calculation of the tax-exempt investment interest income.

 

 

(3)

Presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the statutory federal income tax rate of 34%. Taxable-equivalent adjustments of $100 thousand in 2010 and $57 thousand in 2009 are included in the calculation of the loan interest income. Net loan origination income (expense) in interest income totaled $46 thousand in 2010 and $18 thousand in 2009.

 

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Rate/Volume Analysis

 

The following table indicates the changes in interest income and interest expense that are attributable to changes in average volume and average rates, in comparison with the same period in the preceding year on a fully taxable equivalent basis.  The change in interest due to the combined rate-volume variance has been allocated entirely to the change in rate.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,
2010 compared to 2009

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,
2010 compared to 2009

 

 

 

Increase (decrease)
Due to

 

Net
increase

 

Increase (decrease)
Due to

 

Net
increase

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Volume

 

Rate

 

(decrease)

 

Volume

 

Rate

 

(decrease)

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits in other banks

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

$

2

 

$

3

 

$

2

 

$

5

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

206

 

(104

)

102

 

251

 

(202

)

49

 

Tax-exempt

 

27

 

 

27

 

63

 

29

 

92

 

Loans

 

154

 

(57

)

97

 

230

 

124

 

354

 

Total interest income

 

388

 

(160

)

228

 

547

 

(47

)

500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

 

 

3

 

3

 

 

1

 

1

 

Savings accounts

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

(3

)

(2

)

Money market accounts

 

59

 

(17

)

42

 

120

 

42

 

162

 

Certificates of deposit $100,000 or more

 

28

 

(155

)

(127

)

(49

)

(515

)

(564

)

Certificates of deposit less than $100,000

 

38

 

(219

)

(181

)

(7

)

(715

)

(722

)

Short-term borrowings

 

3

 

(2

)

1

 

10

 

2

 

12

 

Total interest expense

 

128

 

(389

)

(261

)

75

 

(1,188

)

(1,113

)

Net interest income

 

$

260

 

$

229

 

$

489

 

$

472

 

$

1,141

 

$

1,613

 

 

Net Interest Income

 

Net interest income is generated from the Company’s lending and investment activities, and is the most significant component of the Company’s earnings.  Net interest income is the difference between interest and rate-related fee income on earning assets (primarily loans and investment securities) and the interest paid on the funds (primarily deposits) supporting them.  The Company primarily utilizes deposits to fund loans and investments, with a small amount of additional funding from junior subordinated debentures and minimal short-term and long-term borrowings.  In future periods, the Company may utilize a higher level of short-term and long-term borrowings, including borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank, federal funds lines with correspondent banks and repurchase agreements, to fund operations, depending on economic conditions, deposit availability and pricing, interest rates and other factors.

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

Net interest income (on a taxable-equivalent basis) was $2.74 million in 2010 and $2.25 million in 2009.  The change in net interest income was primarily driven by lower rates paid on certificates of deposit, along with an improvement in the volume of investment securities and loans.  Average earning assets increased by $33.80 million, or 13.17%, since September 30, 2009.  The yield on earning assets in 2010 decreased by 33 basis points to 5.18% from 5.51% in 2009.  The decrease of 77 basis points in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities primarily is the result of the lower rates paid certificates of deposit.  The Company’s net interest margin was 3.75% and 3.48%, and the net interest spread was 3.40% and 2.96%, for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

Interest expense decreased 19.95% from $1.31 million in 2009 to $1.05 million in 2010 due to the reduced rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, which decreased to 1.78% in 2010 from 2.55% in 2009 primarily as a result in declines in rates on certificates of deposit.

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

Net interest income (on a taxable-equivalent basis) was $8.05 million in 2010 and $6.43 million in 2009.  The change in net interest income was primarily driven by lower rates paid on certificates of deposit, along with an increase in the volume of investment securities and loans and an increase in the yield earned on the loan portfolio.  Average earning assets increased by $26.19 million, or 10.35%, since September 30, 2009.  The yield on earning assets in 2010 decreased by 22 basis points to 5.37% from 5.59% in 2009.  The decrease of 91 basis points in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities primarily is the result of the lower rates paid on certificates of deposit.  The Company’s net interest margin was 3.90% and 3.40%, and the net interest spread was 3.52% and 2.83%, for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

Interest expense decreased 26.80% from $4.15 million in 2009 to $3.04 million in 2010 due to the reduced rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, which decreased to 1.85% in 2010 from 2.76% in 2009 primarily as a result in declines in rates on and volumes of certificates of deposit.

 

Noninterest Income

 

Noninterest income was $150 thousand in 2010 and $143 thousand in 2009 for the respective quarters ended September 30.  Gains on sale of securities were $1 thousand in 2010 and none were realized in the same quarter in 2009; however, there were $5 thousand of losses on sale of foreclosed properties in 2009 and none in the third quarter of 2010.  For the nine month-periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, noninterest income was $518 thousand and $502 thousand, respectively.   Gains on sale of securities were $85 thousand and $117 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The nine month period in 2009 includes a $37 thousand loss on the sale of foreclosed properties, while, there was no loss on the sale of foreclosed properties during the same period in 2010.

 

Noninterest Expense

 

Noninterest expense amounted to $2.04 million and $1.69 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The primary increase in noninterest expense in 2010 compared to 2009 relates to increases in salaries of $210 thousand, which includes $51 thousand of stock option compensation expense in 2010, an increase in 401(k) matching contributions of $42 thousand and an increase in FDIC insurance premiums of $20 thousand, reflecting an increase in deposit levels.  Noninterest expense amounted to $5.95 million and $5.15 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The primary increase in noninterest expense in 2010 compared to 2009 relates to increases in salaries of $560 thousand, which includes $204 thousand of stock option compensation expense in 2010, but none in 2009, an increase in 401(k) matching contributions of $96 thousand and increased advertising expenses of $66 thousand.  Salaries expense was also impacted in 2010 due to promotions at the end of 2009, additional personnel for compliance, retail lending and staffing for the anticipated new branch opening in the first quarter of 2011, along with a merit increase for all employees.

 

Income Taxes

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recognized income tax expense of $129 thousand compared to $121 thousand during the same period in 2009.  The effective tax rates for the three-month periods in 2010 and 2009 were 34.77% and 31.84%, respectively.  The increase in income tax expense in 2010 is due to the of the impact of the $51 thousand of stock option compensation expense with the associated tax benefit of $9 thousand being recorded as additional paid in capital and not used to reduce the current period’s income tax expense.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recognized income tax expense of $498 thousand compared to $218 thousand during the same period in 2009.  The effective tax rates for the nine-month periods in 2010 and 2009 were 35.93% and 29.03%, respectively.  The increase in income tax expense in 2010 is due to the higher pre-tax income and the impact of the $204 thousand of stock option compensation expense with the associated tax benefit of $42 thousand being recorded as additional paid in capital and not used to reduce the current period’s income tax expense.

 

Market Risk, Liquidity and Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

Asset/liability management involves the funding and investment strategies necessary to maintain an appropriate balance between interest sensitive assets and liabilities.  It also involves providing adequate liquidity while sustaining stable growth in net interest income.  Regular review and analysis of deposit and loan trends, cash flows in various categories of loans, and monitoring of interest spread relationships are vital to this process.

 

The conduct of our banking business requires that we maintain adequate liquidity to meet changes in the composition and volume of assets and liabilities due to seasonal, cyclical or other reasons.  Liquidity describes the ability of the Company to meet financial obligations that arise during the normal course of business.  Liquidity is primarily needed to meet the borrowing and deposit withdrawal requirements of the customers of the Company, as well as for meeting current and future planned expenditures.  This

 

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liquidity is typically provided by the funds received through customer deposits, investment maturities, loan repayments, borrowings, and income.  Management considers the current liquidity position to be adequate to meet the needs of the Company and its customers.

 

The Company seeks to limit the risks associated with interest rate fluctuations by managing the balance between interest sensitive assets and liabilities.  Managing to mitigate interest rate risk is, however, not an exact science.  Not only does the interval until repricing of interest rates on assets and liabilities change from day to day as the assets and liabilities change, but for some assets and liabilities, contractual maturity and the actual maturity experienced are not the same.  Similarly, NOW and money market accounts, by contract, may be withdrawn in their entirety upon demand and savings deposits may be withdrawn on seven days notice.  While these contracts are extremely short, it is the Company’s belief that these accounts turn over at the rate of five percent (5%) per year. The Company therefore treats them as having maturities staggered over all periods.  If all of the Company’s NOW, money market, and savings accounts were treated as repricing in one year or less, the cumulative gap at one year or less would be $(59.32) million.

 

Interest rate sensitivity is an important factor in the management of the composition and maturity configurations of the Company’s earning assets and funding sources.  An Asset/Liability Committee manages the interest rate sensitivity position in order to maintain an appropriate balance between the maturity and repricing characteristics of assets and liabilities that is consistent with the Company’s liquidity analysis, growth, and capital adequacy goals.  It is the objective of the Asset/Liability Committee to maximize net interest margins during periods of both volatile and stable interest rates, to attain earnings growth, and to maintain sufficient liquidity to satisfy depositors’ requirements and meet credit needs of customers.

 

The table below, “Interest Rate Sensitivity Gap Analysis,” summarizes, as of September 30, 2010, the anticipated maturities or repricing of the Company’s interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the Company’s interest rate sensitivity gap (interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities), the Company’s cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap, and the Company’s cumulative interest sensitivity gap ratio (cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap divided by total assets).  A negative gap for any time period means that more interest-bearing liabilities will reprice or mature during that time period than interest-earning assets.  During periods of rising interest rates, a negative gap position would generally decrease earnings, and during periods of declining interest rates, a negative gap position would generally increase earnings.  The converse would be true for a positive gap position.  Therefore, a positive gap for any time period means that more interest-earning assets will reprice or mature during that time period than interest-bearing liabilities.  During periods of rising interest rates, a positive gap position would generally increase earnings, and during periods of declining interest rates, a positive gap position would generally decrease earnings.

 

It is important to note that the following table represents the static gap position for interest sensitive assets and liabilities at September 30, 2010.  The table does not give effect to prepayments or extensions of loans as a result of changes in general market interest rates.  Moreover, while the table does indicate the opportunities to reprice assets and liabilities within certain time frames, it does not account for timing differences that occur during periods of repricing.  For example, changes to deposit rates tend to lag in a rising rate environment and lead in a falling rate environment, although this will not always be the case.  Nor does it account for the effects of competition on pricing of deposits and loans.  For example, under current market conditions, market rates paid on deposits may not be able to adjust by the full amount of downward adjustments in the federal funds target rate, while rates on loans will tend to adjust by the full amount, subject to certain limitations.  In response to the weak economic climate, the Company has maintained a higher level of liquidity over the past year, mostly in interest-bearing deposits in other banks with the majority being held at the Federal Reserve.

 

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Interest Rate Sensitivity Gap Analysis

September 30, 2010

 

 

 

Expected Repricing or Maturity Date

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Within
One Year

 

One to
Three Years

 

Three to
Five Years

 

After
Five Years

 

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

$

1,400

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,400

 

Interest-bearing deposits in other banks

 

26,900

 

 

 

 

26,900

 

Investment securities(1)

 

881

 

10,491

 

7,901

 

22,442

 

41,715

 

Loans

 

90,827

 

84,581

 

30,540

 

12,654

 

218,602

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

120,008

 

95,072

 

38,441

 

35,096

 

288,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Savings and NOW accounts

 

1,010

 

2,020

 

2,020

 

15,150

 

20,200

 

Money Market accounts

 

3,357

 

6,715

 

6,715

 

50,362

 

67,149

 

Certificates of deposit

 

86,681

 

27,302

 

14,990

 

 

128,973

 

Short-term borrowings

 

300

 

 

 

 

300

 

Long-term borrowings

 

5,000

 

5,000

 

 

 

10,000

 

Junior subordinated debentures

 

 

6,186

 

 

 

6,186

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

96,348

 

47,223

 

23,725

 

65,512

 

232,808

 

Interest rate sensitivity gap

 

$

23,660

 

$

47,849

 

$

14,716

 

$

(30,416

)

$

55,809

 

Cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap

 

$

23,660

 

$

71,509

 

$

86,225

 

$

55,809

 

 

 

Cumulative gap ratio as a percentage of total assets

 

7.95

%

24.04

%

28.99

%

18.76

%

 

 

 


(1) Excludes equity securities.

 

In addition to the Interest Rate Sensitivity Gap Analysis, the Company also uses an earnings simulation model on a quarterly basis to closely monitor interest sensitivity and to expose its balance sheet and income statement to different scenarios.  The model is based on current Company data and adjusted by assumptions as to growth patterns, noninterest income and noninterest expense and interest rate sensitivity, based on historical data, for both assets and liabilities projected for a one-year period.  The model is then subjected to a “shock test” assuming a sudden prime interest rate increase of 200 basis points or a decrease of 200 basis points, but not below zero.  The results show that with a 200 basis point rise in the prime interest rate the Company’s net interest income would decrease by 1.68%.  However, a decrease in the prime interest rate of 200 basis points was not considered to be feasible since this would infer that the federal funds interest rate would fall below zero.

 

Certain shortcomings are inherent in this method of analysis.  For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or repricing periods, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates.  Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates.  Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable-rate mortgage loans, have features that restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the loan.  Further, in the event of a change in interest rates, prepayment and early withdrawal levels could deviate significantly from those assumed.  Finally, the ability of many borrowers to service their debt may decrease in the event of a significant interest rate increase.

 

Critical Accounting Policy:

 

Allowance for Loan Losses

 

The Company makes provisions for loan losses in amounts deemed necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at an appropriate level.  The Company’s provision for loan losses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $410 thousand and $275 thousand, respectively, and for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $1.01 million and $875 thousand, respectively.  The provision for loan losses is determined based upon Management’s estimate of the amount required to maintain an adequate allowance for loan losses reflective of the risks in the Company’s loan portfolio.  At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the allowance for loan losses was $3.53 million and $3.13 million, respectively.  The change in the allowance from December 31, 2009 reflects the provision of $1.01 million less net charge-offs of $609 thousand, consisting of $695 thousand in charge-offs and $86 thousand in recoveries, as compared to a provision of $875 thousand less net charge-offs of $785 thousand, consisting of $789 thousand in charge-offs and $4 thousand in recoveries in the same period of 2009.  The $695 thousand of charge-

 

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offs in 2010 is a result of one (1) commercial real estate relationship in the amount of $500 thousand, one (1) commercial construction in the amount of $103 thousand and one (1) residential real estate relationship in the amount of $92 thousand, as compared to the $789 thousand of charge-offs in 2009, which consisted of three (3) commercial real estate relationships in the amount of $480 thousand, four (4) commercial and industrial relationships in the amount of $298 thousand and three (3) consumer relationships in the amount of $11 thousand.

 

The Company prepares a quarterly analysis of the allowance for loan losses, with the objective of quantifying portfolio risk into a dollar amount of inherent losses.  The determination of the allowance for loan losses is based on eight qualitative factors and one quantitative factor for each category and type of loan along with any specific allowance for adversely classified loans within each category.  Each factor is assigned a percentage weight and that total weight is applied to each loan category.  Factors are different for each category.  Qualitative factors include: levels and trends in delinquencies and nonaccrual loans; trends in volumes and terms of loans; effects of any changes in lending policies, the experience, ability and depth of management; national and local economic trends and conditions; concentrations of credit; quality of the Company’s loan review system; and regulatory requirements.  The total allowance required thus changes as the percentage weight assigned to each factor increased or decreased due to the particular circumstances, as the various types and categories of loans change as a percentage of total loans and as specific allowances are required due to increases in adversely classified loans.

 

The allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings.  The allowance is based on two basic principles of accounting: (i) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Contingencies Topic, which requires that losses be accrued when they are probable of occurring and estimable and (ii) ASC Receivables Topic, which requires that losses be accrued based on the differences between the loan balance and either the value of collateral, or the present value of future cash flows, or the loan’s value as observable in the secondary market.  A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  Impaired loans are any loans that have been classified by internal measurements as substandard or worse.  Factors considered by Management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the projected potential cash flow of the borrower.  Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired.  Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and borrower, including the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.  The provision for loan losses included in the statements of operations serves to maintain the allowance at a level Management considers adequate.

 

The Company’s allowance for loan losses has three basic components: the specific allowance, the formula allowance and the pooled allowance.  Each of these components is determined based upon estimates that can and do change when the actual events occur.  As a result of the uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, Management’s estimate of loan losses and the related allowance could change in the near term.

 

The specific allowance component is used to individually establish an allowance for loans identified as impaired.  When impairment is identified, a specific reserve may be established based on the Company’s calculation of the estimated loss embedded in the individual loan.  Impaired loans are any loans that have been classified by internal measurements as substandard or worse.  Impairment testing includes consideration of the borrower’s overall financial condition, resources and payment record, support available from financial guarantors and the fair market value of collateral. These factors are combined to estimate the probability and severity of inherent losses.  Large groups of smaller balance, homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual consumer and residential mortgage loans for impairment.  At September 30, 2010 there were $19.74 million of impaired loans, classified by internal measurements in the substandard category.  Included in this amount were four (4) commercial real estate loan relationships in the amount of $1.85 million and two (2) commercial and industrial loan relationships in the amount of $387 thousand, totaling $2.23 million, all of which were in a nonaccrual status, that were deemed to be impaired, and required a special reserve of $21 thousand.  In addition, there were $4.98 million of performing impaired loans that required specific reserves of $1.06 million and the remaining loans of $12.52 million which did not require any additional specific reserve.  At December 31, 2009 there were $12.95 million of impaired loans, classified by internal measurements in the substandard category.  Included in this amount were three (3) commercial real estate loan relationships in the amount of $840 thousand and one (1) construction loan relationship in the amount of $103 thousand, totaling $943 thousand, all of which were in a nonaccrual status, that were deemed to be impaired and required a specific reserve of $223 thousand.  In addition, there were $4.38 million of performing impaired loans that required specific reserves of $377 thousand and the remaining loans of $7.63 million which did not require any additional specific reserve.  All of the impaired loan relationships discussed are in different types of businesses.

 

The formula allowance component is used for estimating the loss on internally risk rated loans meeting the Company’s internal criteria for classification as special mention are segregated from performing loans within the portfolio. These internally classified loans are then grouped by loan type (commercial, commercial real estate, commercial construction, residential real estate, residential construction or installment).  Each loan type is assigned an allowance factor based on Management’s estimate of the associated risk, complexity and size of the individual loans within the particular loan category. Classified loans are assigned a higher allowance factor

 

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than non-classified loans due to Management’s concerns regarding collectability or Management’s knowledge of particular elements surrounding the borrower. Allowance factors increase with the worsening of the internal risk rating.

 

The pooled formula component is used to estimate the losses inherent in the pools of non-classified loans.  These loans are then also segregated by loan type and allowance factors are assigned by Management based on delinquencies, loss history, trends in volume and terms of loans, effects of changes in lending policy, the experience and depth of Management, national and local economic trends, concentrations of credit, quality of loan review system and the effect of external factors (i.e. competition and regulatory requirements).  The allowance factors assigned differ by loan type.

 

Allowance factors and overall size of the allowance may change from period to period based on Management’s assessment of the above-described factors and the relative weights given to each factor.  In addition, various regulatory agencies periodically review the allowance for loan losses.  These agencies may require the Bank to make additions to the allowance for loan losses based on their judgments of collectibility based on information available to them at the time of their examination.

 

Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate at September 30, 2010.  There can be no assurance, however, that additional provisions for loan losses will not be required in the future, including as a result of changes in the economic assumptions underlying Management’s estimates and judgments, adverse developments in the economy, on a national basis or in the Company’s market area, or changes in the circumstances of particular borrowers.

 

As of September 30, 2010, the real estate loan portfolio constituted 86% of the total loan portfolio, as compared to 82% at December 31, 2009.  While this exceeds the 10% threshold for determining a concentration of credit risk within an industry, we do not consider this to be a concentration with adverse risk characteristics given the diversity of borrowers within the real estate portfolio and other sources of repayment.  An industry for this purpose is defined as a group of counterparties that are engaged in similar activities and have similar economic characteristics that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic or other conditions.  Additionally, the loan portfolio does not include concentrations of credit risk in residential loan products that permit the deferral of principal payments that are smaller than normal interest accruals (negative amortization); loans with high loan-to-value ratios; or loans, such as option adjustable-rate mortgages, that may expose the borrower to future increases in repayments that are in excess of increases that would result solely from increases in market interest rates.  However, the Company does have interest only home equity lines of credit with outstanding balances of $9.43 million of at September 30, 2010.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

September 30,
2010

 

September 30,
2009

 

September 30,
2010

 

September 30,
2009

 

Average total loans outstanding during period

 

$

218,681

 

$

208,906

 

$

216,775

 

$

209,434

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

3,139

 

$

3,038

 

$

3,127

 

$

3,120

 

Recoveries of loans previously charged-off

 

82

 

 

86

 

4

 

Loans charged-off (construction)

 

(103

)

 

(103

)

 

Loans charged-off (commercial and industrial)

 

 

(72

)

 

(298

)

Loans charged-off (commercial real estate)

 

 

(31

)

(500

)

(479

)

Loans charged-off (residential real estate)

 

 

 

(92

)

 

Loans charged-off (consumer)

 

 

 

 

(12

)

Net charge-offs

 

(21

)

(103

)

(609

)

(785

)

Provision charged to operating expenses

 

410

 

275

 

1,010

 

875

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

3,528

 

$

3,210

 

$

3,528

 

$

3,210

 

Ratios of net charge-offs to average loans

 

0.01

%

0.05

%

0.28

%

0.37

%

 

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The allocation of the allowance, presented in the following table, is based primarily on the factors discussed above in evaluating the adequacy of the allowance as a whole.  Since all of those factors are subject to change, the allocation is not necessarily indicative of the category of recognized loan losses, and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category.

 

Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

% of
Loans

 

2009

 

% of
Loans

 

Real estate loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction and land development

 

$

339

 

10

%

$

195

 

7

%

Mortgage loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured by 1 to 4 family properties

 

785

 

17

%

354

 

17

%

Secured by multi-family (5 or more) residential properties

 

368

 

5

%

244

 

6

%

Secured by commercial properties

 

1,311

 

50

%

1,624

 

49

%

Secured by farm land

 

100

 

4

%

74

 

3

%

Total mortgage loans

 

2,564

 

76

%

2,296

 

75

%

Loans to farmers

 

 

%

 

%

Commercial and industrial loans

 

613

 

13

%

617

 

17

%

Loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures

 

12

 

1

%

19

 

1

%

 

 

$

3,528

 

100

%

$

3,127

 

100

%

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Nonaccrual loans:

 

 

 

 

 

Construction

 

$

 

$

103

 

Commercial real estate

 

1,847

 

840

 

Commercial and industrial

 

387

 

 

Total nonaccrual loans

 

2,234

 

943

 

Loans 90 days past due and still accruing

 

 

 

Total nonperforming loans

 

2,234

 

943

 

Foreclosure properties

 

495

 

495

 

Total nonperforming assets

 

$

2,729

 

$

1,438

 

Nonperforming assets to total assets

 

0.92

%

0.56

%

 

There were no other interest-bearing assets at September 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009 classified as past due 90 days or more and still accruing, restructured or problem assets, and no non-impaired loans which were currently performing in accordance with their terms, but as to which information known to Management caused it to have serious doubts about the ability of the borrower to comply with the loan as currently written.

 

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Information concerning the Company’s recorded investment in impaired loans is as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Impaired loans with no allowance:

 

 

 

 

 

Construction

 

$

2 ,031

 

$

2,125

 

Commercial real estate

 

7,458

 

2,561

 

Commercial and industrial

 

4,220

 

3,282

 

Residential real estate

 

367

 

 

Total impaired loans with no allowance

 

$

14,076

 

$

7,968

 

Impaired loans with allowance:

 

 

 

 

 

Construction

 

$

365

 

$

365

 

Commercial real estate

 

4,240

 

3,853

 

Commercial and industrial

 

537

 

239

 

Residential real estate

 

521

 

525

 

Total impaired loans with allowance

 

$

5,663

 

$

4,982

 

Specific allocation of allowance

 

$

1,078

 

$

600

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Impaired performing loans:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate — construction

 

$

2,396

 

$

2,387

 

Commercial real estate

 

9,851

 

5,574

 

Commercial and industrial

 

4,370

 

3,521

 

Residential real estate

 

888

 

525

 

Total impaired performing loans

 

$

17,505

 

$

12,007

 

Impaired nonperforming loans (nonaccrual):

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate — construction

 

$

 

$

103

 

Commercial real estate

 

1,847

 

840

 

Commercial and industrial

 

387

 

 

Total impaired nonperforming loans

 

$

2,234

 

$

943

 

Total impaired loans

 

$

19,739

 

$

12,950

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Average recorded investment in impaired loans

 

$

15,431

 

$

11,551

 

Interest income recognized on nonaccrual impaired loans based on cash payments received

 

$

 

$

 

Interest income forgone on nonaccrual loans

 

$

 

$

32

 

 

At September 30, 2010, there were $14.08 million of impaired loans with no specific reserves that consisted of two (2) construction loans in the aggregate amount to $2.03 million, seven (7) commercial real estate loans in the aggregate amount of $7.46 million, seven (7) commercial and industrial loans totaling $4.22 million and one (1) residential mortgage loan for $367 thousand.  By comparison at December 31, 2009 there were $7.97 million of impaired loans which required no specific reserves consisting of six (6) commercial real estate loans in the aggregate amount of $2.56 million, five (5) commercial and industrial loans totaling $3.28 million and three (3) construction loans for an aggregate of $2.13 million at December 31, 2009.  In addition at September 30, 2010, there were $5.66 million of impaired loans, which required specific reserves totaling $1.08 million, that consisted of one (1) construction loan for $365 thousand, ten (10) commercial real estate loans in the aggregate amount of $4.24 million, two (2) commercial and industrial loans totaling $537 thousand, and one (1) residential mortgage loan for $521 thousand compared to $4.98 million of impaired loans, which required specific reserves totaling $600 thousand, that consisted of one (1) construction loan for $365 thousand, seven (7) commercial real estate loans in the aggregate amount of $3.85 million, two (2) commercial and industrial loans totaling $239 thousand and one (1) residential mortgage loan for $525 thousand at December 31, 2009.

 

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The increase in impaired loans is primarily related to two (2) commercial real estate loan relationships, aggregating $5.81 million, with no missed payments as of September 30, 2010 and two (2) commercial and industrial loan relationships totaling $575 thousand, with missed payment history, which required specific reserves of $231 thousand at September 30, 2010.  They all have been experiencing some cash flow problems, which causes the Company to have concerns about the ability of the borrowers to continue to perform in accordance with the current terms of the loan.

 

There are no loans that had a specific allowance as of December 31, 2009 that are still in the Company’s loan portfolio as of September 30, 2010 where the specific allowance has been reduced or eliminated.

 

Loans are placed into a nonaccruing status and classified as nonperforming when the principal or interest has been in default for a period of 90 days or more unless the obligation is well secured and in the process of collection.  A debt is “well secured” if it is secured by (i) pledges of real or personal property, including securities, that have a realizable value sufficient to discharge the debt, (including accrued interest), in full, or (ii) the guarantee of a financially responsible party.   A debt is “in the process of collection” if collection on the debt is proceeding in due course either through legal action, including judgment enforcement procedure, or, in appropriate circumstances, through collection efforts not involving legal action which are reasonably expected to result in repayment of the debt or in its restoration to a current status.

 

Loans classified as substandard or worse are considered for impairment testing.  A substandard loan shows signs of continuing negative financial trends and unprofitability and therefore, is inadequately protected by the current sound worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any.  The borrower on such loans typically exhibit one or more of the following characteristics: financial ratios and profitability margins are well below industry average; a negative cash flow position exists; debt service capacity is insufficient to the service debt and an improvement in the cash flow position is unlikely within the next twelve months; secondary and tertiary means of debt repayment are weak.  Loans classified as substandard are characterized by the probability that the Bank will not collect amounts due according to the contractual terms or sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

 

Loss potential, while existing with respect to the aggregate amount of substandard (or worse) loans, does not have to exist in any individual assets classified as substandard.  Such credits are also evaluated for nonaccrual status.

 

Impaired loans include loans that have been classified as substandard or worse.  However, certain of such loans have been paying as agreed and have remained current, with some financial issues related to cash flow that has caused some concern as to the ability of the borrower to perform in accordance with the current loan terms, but it has not been extreme enough to require the loan be put into a nonaccruing status.

 

The Company does not have a formal modification program such as the Making Home Affordable Program, but instead uses a system whereby loans are modified on a case-by-case basis, based upon an analysis of the individual borrower’s situation and the causes of the weakness in the individual loan.  To date, loan modifications have primarily involved commercial real estate mortgages and commercial and industrial loans and have included reducing the interest rate on the loan to a level that is in line with current market rates for similar type loans, converting to an interest only period, usually six to twelve months, or re-amortizing the loan.  For the first none months of 2010, the Company has made concessions on only a few residential mortgage loans which included reducing the interest rate on two (2) residential mortgage loans in the amount $830 thousand and an interest only period of six to twelve months for a $473 thousand residential loan.

 

Troubled debt restructured loans, which are included in the total of impaired loans, amounted to $9.83 million as of September 30, 2010: loans converted to interest only periods for six to twelve months in the amount of $5.83 million, reduced interest rates on loans in the amount of $1.20 million, and loans that have been re-amortized in the amount of $2.80 million.  These loans have specific reserves of $589 thousand based on the collateral value.

 

As noted above the Company does not have a formal modification program; however, it had four (4) loan relationships as of September 30, 2010 that had been modified and then subsequently re-defaulted.  First of the loan relationships involves a $760 thousand commercial real estate loan, the second involves a $612 thousand commercial real estate loan, the third is a commercial and industrial loan in the amount of $178 thousand and the last is a loan relationship for a $70 thousand commercial real estate loan.

 

Loans classified as non-performing are nonaccrual loans and loans 90 days or more past due.  The Company does not have any loans 90 days or more past due that are still in an accruing status. If a loan has been modified and it is current as to principal and interest for a period of at least six months then it is classified as a performing loan, otherwise it is considered to be a non-performing loan.

 

The Company’s charge-off policy states after all collection efforts have been exhausted and the loan is deemed to be a loss, it will be charged to the Company’s established allowance for loan losses.  Consumer loans subject to the Uniform Retail Credit Classification are charged-off as follows (a) closed end loans are charged-off no later than 120 days after becoming delinquent, (b) consumer loans to borrowers who subsequently declare bankruptcy, where the Company is an unsecured creditor, are charged-off within 60 days of

 

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receipt of the notification from the bankruptcy court, (c) fraudulent loans are charged-off within 90 days of discovery and (d) death of a borrower will cause a charge-off to be incurred at such time an actual loss is determined.  All other types of loans are generally evaluated for loss potential at the 90th day past due threshold, and any loss is recognized no later than the 120th day past due threshold; each loss is evaluated on its specific facts regarding the appropriate timing to recognize the loss.

 

The Company does not normally engage in partial charge-offs and has not incurred any in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, including unused portions of lines of credit, and standby letters of credit.  The Company has also entered into long-term lease obligations for some of its premises and equipment, the terms of which generally include options to renew.  The above instruments and obligations involve, to varying degrees, elements of off-balance sheet risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition.  With the exception of these instruments and the Company’s obligations relating to its trust preferred securities, the Company does not have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

 

Commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Contractual
Amount

 

Financial instruments whose notional or contract amounts represent credit risk:

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit

 

$

22,640

 

Standby letters of credit

 

2,956

 

Total

 

$

25,596

 

 

See Note 9 to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 for additional information regarding the Company’s long-term lease obligations.

 

Capital Resources

 

The ability of the Company to grow is dependent on the availability of capital with which to meet regulatory capital requirements, discussed below.  To the extent the Company is successful it may need to acquire additional capital through the sale of additional common stock, preferred stock (which the Company does not currently have authorized), or subordinated debt.  There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to the Company on a timely basis or on attractive terms.  On December 15, 2006, the Company completed the issuance of $6.00 million of trust preferred securities, as discussed above, that can be recognized as capital for regulatory purposes.  Under Dodd-Frank, the capital treatment of the Company’s trust preferred securities is grandfathered, but we will not be able to issue additional trust preferred securities which count as capital at the holding company.  The Company has an unsecured revolving line of credit borrowing arrangement with an unaffiliated financial institution in the amount of $4.00 million with outstanding balances of $300 thousand and $500 thousand as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  This facility matures on July 22, 2011, has a floating interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 0.50%, subject to a minimum rate of 4.25%, and requires monthly interest payments only.  The purpose of this facility is to provide capital to the Bank, as needed.  The Bank expects to have this credit facility renewed, but there can be no assurance.

 

The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.  The Company will be subject to such requirements when its assets exceed $500 million, it has publicly issued debt or it engages in certain highly leveraged activities.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary - actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  The Bank’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

 

Significant further growth of the Company may be limited because the current level of capital will not support rapid short term growth while meeting regulatory capital expectations.  Loan portfolio growth will need to be funded primarily by increases in deposits as the

 

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Company has limited amounts of on-balance sheets assets deployable into loans.  Growth will depend upon Company earnings and/or the raising of additional capital.

 

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).  Management believes that the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject as of September 30, 2010 and that the Company would meet such requirements if applicable.  See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for a table depicting compliance with regulatory capital requirements.

 

As of September 30, 2010, the most recent notification from the regulatory agency categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well capitalized the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table in Note 10.  There are no conditions or events since that notification which management believes have changed the Bank’s category.

 

On June 26, 2007, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 146,000 shares of its common stock, for an aggregate expenditure of not more than $4.5 million, through September 30, 2012, or earlier termination of the program by the Board of Directors.  Repurchases, if any, by the Company pursuant to this authorization are expected to enable the Company to repurchase its shares at an attractive price, and to provide a source of liquidity for the Company’s shares.  As of September 30, 2010, there have been 5,118 shares repurchased by the Company at an average price of $12.10.

 

Inflation

 

The effect of changing prices on financial institutions is typically different than on non-banking companies since virtually all of a Company’s assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. In particular, interest rates are significantly affected by inflation, but neither the timing nor magnitude of the changes are directly related to price level indices; therefore, the Company can best counter inflation over the long term by managing net interest income and controlling net increases in noninterest income and expenses.

 

Item 3.                    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

See “Market Risk, Liquidity and Interest Rate Sensitivity” at Page 25.

 

Item 4T.                 Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated, as of the last day of the period covered by this report, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.  There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Act of 1934) during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II — Other Information

 

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.  On July 30, 2010, the Bank was served with a lawsuit, Pionteck, v. Frederick County Bank, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt Division, alleging noncompliance the ATM notice requirements of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act.  The complaint, which purports to be a class action, was filed on July 15, 2010.  If the class action proceeds and the Bank is ultimately found to be liable, statutory damages from the noncompliance could be up to 1% of the Bank’s net worth, approximately $270 thousand at September 30, 2010.  The Bank is in the process of discussions with respect to the possible settlement of the claims for an amount, inclusive of plaintiff legal fees and costs, below the maximum statutory damages.  The Company’s September 30, 2010 financial statements reflect a reserve for litigation and settlement costs that the Company believes to cover substantially all remaining expense to be incurred in connection with this matter.  If settlement on the terms under discussion is reached and approved by the court, the Company believes that it would not have a material adverse affect on the Company’s financial position.  There can be no assurance that any settlement can be reached, or that final settlement will not result in greater expense than that anticipated in as a result of the current discussions.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.  Not Applicable.

 

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

 

(a)   Sales of Unregistered Securities.  None

 

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(b)   Use of Proceeds.  Not Applicable.

 

(c)   Registrant Purchases of Securities

 

The following table provides information on the Company’s purchases of its common stock during the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

 

Period

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased

 

Average Price Paid
per Share

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs(1)

 

Maximum Number of
Shares that may yet be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs

 

July 1-31, 2010

 

0

 

N/A

 

0

 

0

 

August 1-31, 2010

 

0

 

N/A

 

0

 

0

 

September 1-30, 2010

 

5,118

 

$

12.10

 

5,118

 

140,882

(2)

 


(1)          On June 26, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the repurchase of up to 146,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock, subject to a maximum expenditure of $4.5 million.  Repurchases under the program may be made on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions from time to time until September 30, 2012, or earlier termination of the program by the Board.

 

(2)          Subject to a maximum expenditure of $4.5 million.  Number of shares indicated is the remaining number of shares authorized for repurchase as of the end of the indicated period.

 

Item 3.             Defaults upon Senior Securities.  None

 

Item 4.    Removed and Reserved

 

Item 5.             Other Information            None

 

Item 6.  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibits

 

 

 

3(a)

 

Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended(1)

3(b)

 

Bylaws of the Company(2)

4(a)

 

Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2006 between Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee(3)

4(b)

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as December 15, 2006 between Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and Martin S. Lapera and William R. Talley, Jr. as Administrators(3)

4(c)

 

Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006 between Frederick County Bancorp, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Guarantee Trustee(3)

10(a)

 

2001 Stock Option Plan(4)

10(b)

 

Employment Agreement between the Bank and Martin S. Lapera(5)

10(c)

 

Employment Agreement between the Bank and William R. Talley, Jr. (6)

10(f)

 

2002 Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended(7)

10(g)

 

Amendment No. 1 to the 2002 Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan(7)

10(h)

 

Promissory Note with Atlantic Central Bankers Bank (8)

10(i)

 

Amendment to Loan Documents (9)

11

 

Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Income — Please refer to Note 2 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein

21

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

31(a)

 

Certification of Martin S. Lapera, President and Chief Executive Officer

31(b)

 

Certification of William R. Talley, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

32(a)

 

Certification of Martin S. Lapera, President and Chief Executive Officer

32(b)

 

Certification of William R. Talley, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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(1)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(3)          Not filed in accordance with the provision of Item 601(b)(4)(v) of Regulation SK.  The Company agrees to provide a copy of these documents to the Commission upon request.

(4)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-111761).

(5)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2009.

(6)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2009.

(7)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(8)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(9)          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

FREDERICK COUNTY BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 8, 2010

   By:

/s/ Martin S. Lapera

 

 

Martin S. Lapera

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 8, 2010

   By:

/s/ William R. Talley, Jr.

 

 

William R. Talley, Jr.

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer