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Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS RELEASE

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Alliance Financial Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings

Syracuse, NY, January 28, 2013—Alliance Financial Corporation (“Alliance” or the “Company”) (NasdaqGM: ALNC), the holding company for Alliance Bank, N.A., announced today net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 of $1.3 million or $0.28 per diluted common share, compared with $2.8 million or $0.60 per diluted common share in the year-ago quarter and $2.3 million or $0.48 per diluted common share in the third quarter of 2012. Expenses related to the pending acquisition of the Company by NBT Bancorp Inc. (“NBT”) totaled $1.4 million after tax or $0.31 per share.

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $9.2 million or $1.92 per diluted share, compared with $13.3 million or $2.80 per diluted share in 2011. Expenses related to the Company’s pending acquisition totaled $2.0 million after tax or $0.43 per share in 2012.

Jack H. Webb, President and CEO of Alliance said, “Our fourth quarter loan originations increased 6.6% over the fourth quarter of 2011, capping off a strong year of originations in 2012. Our core business units continue to effectively execute our business strategy of growing organically through meeting the credit needs of qualified borrowers in Central New York. In 2012, we supported the Central New York economy by providing approximately $362 million in loans to consumers and businesses in our markets.”

Balance Sheet Highlights

Total assets were $1.4 billion at December 31, 2012. Loans and leases (net of unearned income) were $928.1 million at the end of 2012, representing growth of $21.7 million from September 30, 2012 and $55.4 million from the end of 2011. The growth in our loan portfolio was funded primarily through cash generated from amortization and maturities of investment securities.

Loan origination volumes in the fourth quarter increased $6.0 million, or 6.6%, to $97.0 million, compared with $91.0 million in the year-ago quarter on increased demand in each of our commercial and indirect lending businesses. Loan originations in 2012 totaled $361.9 million, compared with $255.3 million in 2011.

Commercial loans and mortgages increased $22.8 million in the fourth quarter and totaled $297.3 million at December 31, 2012. Originations of commercial loans and mortgages in the fourth quarter (excluding lines of credit) totaled $34.7 million, compared with $31.3 million in the year-ago quarter and $12.5 million in the third quarter of 2012. Originations in 2012 totaled $76.5 million compared with $75.9 million in 2011.


Residential mortgages outstanding totaled $329.0 million at December 31, 2012. Originations of residential mortgages totaled $38.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $40.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Originations in 2012 totaled $151.2 million compared with $107.5 million in 2011.

Indirect auto loan balances were $199.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter. Alliance originated $22.9 million of indirect auto loans in the fourth quarter, compared with $17.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Originations in 2012 totaled $129.6 million compared with $68.8 million in 2011. The increase in originations this year is attributable to a change in the Company’s rate structure designed to increase its market share without lowering its underwriting standards, along with the implementation of an electronic application system. Alliance originates auto loans through a network of reputable, well established automobile dealers located in central and western New York. Applications received through the Company’s indirect lending program are subject to the same comprehensive underwriting criteria and procedures as employed in its direct lending programs.

The Company’s investment securities portfolio totaled $336.5 million at December 31, 2012. The securities portfolio decreased $37.8 million in 2012 as the Company reinvested cash flows from the portfolio in new loan originations, which provided higher yields than those on securities in which the Company typically invests. Net unrealized gains on our securities portfolio totaled $10.4 million at the end of the fourth quarter.

Deposits totaled $1.1 billion at December 31, 2012 and were relatively unchanged throughout 2012. Low-cost transaction accounts comprised 78.4% of total deposits at the end of the fourth quarter, compared with 77.1% at September 30, 2012 and 71.0% at December 31, 2011. Alliance’s liability mix remained favorably weighted toward transaction accounts in the fourth quarter as retail and municipal depositors continue to prefer transaction accounts over time accounts in the low interest rate environment, and also because of the buildup of cash on commercial customers’ balance sheets.

Shareholders’ equity was $146.9 million at December 31, 2012, compared with $148.4 million at the end of the third quarter. Net income for the quarter increased shareholders’ equity by $1.3 million and was offset by common stock dividends declared of $1.5 million or $0.32 per common share.

The Company’s Tier 1 leverage ratio was 9.37% and its total risk-based capital ratio was 15.27% at the end of the fourth quarter. The Company’s tangible common equity capital ratio (a non-GAAP financial measure) was 7.98% at December 31, 2012.

Asset Quality and the Provision for Credit Losses

Delinquent loans and leases (including non-performing) totaled $12.2 million at December 31, 2012, compared with $10.1 million at September 30, 2012 and $17.0 million at December 31, 2011.


Non-performing assets were $5.5 million or 0.39% of total assets at December 31, 2012, compared with $5.1 million or 0.35% of total assets at September 30, 2012 and $11.7 million or 0.83% of total assets at December 31, 2011. The decline in non-performing assets in 2012 resulted primarily from non-accrual loans returning to accrual status as a result of satisfactory payment performance, charge-offs and pay-offs of non-performing loans. Included in non-performing assets at the end of the fourth quarter are non-performing loans and leases totaling $4.8 million, compared with $4.1 million at September 30, 2012 and $11.3 million at December 31, 2011.

Conventional residential mortgages comprised $2.5 million (43 loans) or 52.7% of non-performing loans and leases, and commercial loans and mortgages totaled $938,000 (16 loans) or 19.5% of non-performing loans and leases at the end of the fourth quarter.

There were $88,000 in net recoveries of loans previously charged-off in the fourth quarter of 2012 and net charge-offs were $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, compared with net charge-offs of $1.3 million and $1.8 in the year-ago periods, respectively. As was previously disclosed in the Company’s 2012 quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the Company recorded write-downs totaling $2.7 million on one commercial relationship between the fourth quarter of 2011 and the third quarter of 2012. Approximately $1.7 million or 51% of the gross charge-offs recognized in 2012 were on this one relationship, which was transferred to real estate owned at a net amount of $898,000 in the third quarter of 2012. Net charge-offs annualized equaled (0.04)% and 0.21%, respectively, of average loans and leases during the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, compared with 0.61% and 0.21% in the year-ago periods, respectively.

No provision for credit losses was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to provision expense of $800,000 in the year-ago quarter. A negative provision expense of $300,000 was recorded in 2012, compared to provision expense of $1.9 million in 2011. Alliance assesses a number of quantitative and qualitative factors at the individual portfolio level in determining the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses and the required provision expense each quarter. In addition, Alliance analyzes certain broader, non-portfolio specific factors in assessing the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses, such as the allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases, the allowance as a percentage of non-performing loans and leases and the provision expense as a percentage of net charge-offs. In doing so, a portion of the allowance has been considered “unallocated”, which means it is not based on either quantitative or qualitative factors, but on the broader, non-portfolio specific factors mentioned above. At December 31, 2012, $279,000 or 3% of the allowance for credit losses was considered to be “unallocated,” compared to $698,000 or 8% at September 30, 2012 and $991,000 or 9% at December 31, 2011. Consistent with the improvement in the Company’s asset quality metrics and net charge-off levels in recent quarters (excluding the charge-offs related to the one commercial relationship discussed above), the relative level of unallocated allowance to the total allowance has trended downward in 2012. Absent any material deterioration in credit quality or material growth in the loan and lease portfolio, some portion of this “unallocated” allowance may be reduced by future probable credit losses, which would have the effect of


lowering the amount of provision expense relative to net charge-offs compared with past quarters, which was the case in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The provision for credit losses as a percentage of net charge-offs was 0% in the fourth quarter compared with 60% in the year-ago quarter. The provision for credit losses as a percentage of net charge-offs was not meaningful in the year-ended December 31, 2012 due to the negative provision that was recorded for the year. The provision for credit losses as a percentage of net charge-offs was 105% in 2011.

The allowance for credit losses was $8.6 million at December 31, 2012 compared with $8.5 million at September 30, 2012 and $10.8 million at December 31, 2011. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases was 0.93% at December 31, 2012, compared with 0.94% at September 30, 2012 and 1.24% at December 31, 2011. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans and leases was 178% at December 31, 2012, compared with 207% at September 30, 2012 and 96% at December 31, 2011.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $9.6 million in the three months ended December 30, 2012, compared with $10.0 million in the year-ago quarter and in the third quarter of 2012. The tax-equivalent net interest margin decreased 12 basis points in the fourth quarter compared with the year-ago quarter, and decreased 11 basis points from the third quarter of 2012 due to the effect of persistently low interest rates on the Company’s interest-earning assets.

The net interest margin on a tax-equivalent basis was 3.12% in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with 3.24% in the year-ago quarter and 3.23% in the third quarter of 2012. The decrease in the net interest margin compared with the fourth quarter of 2011 was the result of a decrease in the tax-equivalent earning asset yield of 43 basis points in the fourth quarter compared with the year-ago quarter, which was partially offset by a decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities of 34 basis points over the same period. On a linked-quarter basis, the decline in our earning-assets yield was 14 basis points in the fourth quarter, which was offset by a 3 basis point drop in the cost of our interest-bearing liabilities.

Average interest-earning assets were $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter, which was relatively unchanged from the year-ago quarter and from the third quarter of 2012. The average balance of our securities portfolio decreased $43.4 million compared with the year-ago quarter, and was offset by a $40.5 million increase in the average balance of loans and leases as we reinvested cash flows from our securities portfolio in higher yielding loans. Total average loans and leases were 70.2% of total interest-earning assets in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with 66.9% in the year-ago quarter and 69.8% in the third quarter of 2012.

Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2012 totaled $39.4 million, which was down $3.9 million or 8.9% compared with 2011. The tax equivalent net interest margin was 3.21% in 2012,


compared with 3.43% in 2011. The tax-equivalent earning asset yield decreased 48 basis points in 2012 compared with 2011, which was partially offset by a decrease of 28 basis points in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities over the same period.

Average interest-earning assets were $1.3 billion in 2012, which was a decrease of 2.6% from 2011. The changes in the average balances of securities and loans in 2012 compared with 2011 were similar to that as discussed above for the fourth quarter. Total average loans and leases were 68.9% of total interest-earning assets in 2012, compared with 66.1% in 2011.

Net interest margin is expected to remain under pressure in coming quarters as the persistently low interest rate environment continues to negatively affect the return on loan and investment portfolios, while the ability to further reduce funding costs is limited.

Non-Interest Income and Non-Interest Expenses

Non-interest income was $5.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $5.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 and $4.6 million in the third quarter of 2012. The increase resulted from proceeds from the settlement of a bank-owned life insurance contract during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Non-interest income totaled $18.9 million in 2012, compared with $20.0 million in 2011. The $1.2 million decrease from the prior year period resulted largely from $1.3 million in gains on sales of securities recognized in 2011, which were partly offset by a $526,000 increase in gains on the sale of loans during 2012.

Non-interest income (excluding gains on securities sales) accounted for 35.3% of total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with 33.6% in the year-ago quarter. Non-interest income (excluding gains on securities sales) accounted for 32.3% of total revenue in 2012, compared with 30.1% in the year-ago period.

Non-interest expenses were $12.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $10.6 million in the year-ago quarter and $11.7 million in the third quarter of 2012. Merger related expenses (pre-tax) of $2.4 million and $991,000 were accrued in the fourth and third quarters of 2012, respectively. Non-interest expenses were $46.4 million in 2012, compared with $43.6 million in 2011. Merger related expenses totaled $3.4 million in 2012, and included $2.7 million for professional fees and $676,000 for employee related accruals for estimated severance payments, retention awards and merger related bonuses.

The Company’s efficiency ratio was 86.0% in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with 70.6% in the year-ago quarter. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 79.7% in 2012, compared with 70.4% in 2011. Excluding merger related expenses and other non-recurring items, the efficiency ratio was 70.1% and 73.9%, respectively, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.


The Company’s effective tax rate was 35.5% and 24.4% for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, respectively, compared with 21.7% and 25.3% in the year-ago periods, respectively. The decrease in our effective tax rate from 2011 was due to a higher level of tax-exempt income as a percentage to total taxable income.

About Alliance Financial Corporation

Alliance Financial Corporation is a financial holding company with Alliance Bank, N.A. as its principal subsidiary that provides retail, commercial and municipal banking, and trust and investment services through 29 offices in Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego counties. Alliance also operates an investment management administration center in Buffalo, N.Y. and an equipment lease financing company, Alliance Leasing, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Alliance Financial Corporation. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, the following possibilities: an increase in competitive pressure in the banking industry; changes in the interest rate environment which may affect the net interest margin; changes in the regulatory environment; general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally, resulting, among other things, in a deterioration in credit quality; changes in business conditions and inflation; changes in the securities markets; changes in technology used in the banking business; our ability to maintain and increase market share and control expenses; increases in FDIC insurance premiums may cause earnings to decrease; and other risks set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Contact: Alliance Financial Corporation

J. Daniel Mohr, Executive Vice President and CFO

(315) 475-4478


Alliance Financial Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
     Twelve months ended
December 31,
 
     2012      2011      2012     2011  
     (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)  

Interest income:

          

Loans, including fees

   $ 9,501       $ 10,144       $ 38,772      $ 41,877   

Federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits

     33         18         136        22   

Securities

     2,058         2,780         9,343        13,860   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest income

     11,592         12,942         48,251        55,759   

Interest expense:

          

Deposits:

          

Savings accounts

     38         43         123        210   

Money market accounts

     260         338         1,038        1,609   

Time accounts

     720         1,335         3,564        5,673   

NOW accounts

     31         49         127        225   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     1,049         1,765         4,852        7,717   

Borrowings:

          

Repurchase agreements

     210         206         831        825   

FHLB advances

     523         791         2,445        3,279   

Junior subordinated obligations

     164         166         677        638   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     1,946         2,928         8,805        12,459   

Net interest income

     9,646         10,014         39,446        43,300   

Provision for credit losses

     —           800         (300     1,910   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

     9,646         9,214         39,746        41,390   

Non-interest income:

          

Investment management income

     1,967         1,895         7,603        7,746   

Service charges on deposit accounts

     1,110         1,164         4,277        4,463   

Card-related fees

     713         664         2,772        2,701   

Income from bank-owned life insurance

     515         250         1,258        1,018   

Gain on the sale of loans

     595         661         1,809        1,283   

Gain on the sale of securities

     —           —           —          1,325   

Other non-interest income

     367         428         1,132        1,466   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-interest income

     5,267         5,062         18,851        20,002   

Non-interest expense:

          

Salaries and employee benefits

     6,528         5,494         23,631        21,902   

Occupancy and equipment expense

     1,701         1,804         7,066        7,283   

Communication expense

     154         151         623        599   

Office supplies and postage expense

     277         275         1,182        1,142   

Marketing expense

     121         225         772        898   

Amortization of intangible asset

     203         222         867        944   

Professional fees

     2,152         667         5,372        3,087   

FDIC insurance premium

     224         217         866        1,061   

Other operating expense

     1,465         1,585         6,063        6,665   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-interest expense

     12,825         10,640         46,442        43,581   

Income before income tax expense

     2,088         3,636         12,155        17,811   

Income tax expense

     742         791         2,967        4,514   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 1,346       $ 2,845       $ 9,188      $ 13,297   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share and Per Share Data

          

Basic average common shares outstanding

     4,704,855         4,687,802         4,701,687        4,670,052   

Diluted average common shares outstanding

     4,704,855         4,689,427         4,701,687        4,675,212   

Basic earnings per common share

   $ 0.28       $ 0.60       $ 1.92      $ 2.80   

Diluted earnings per common share

   $ 0.28       $ 0.60       $ 1.92      $ 2.80   

Cash dividends declared

   $ 0.32       $ 0.31       $ 1.26      $ 1.22   


Alliance Financial Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

     December 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
     (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)  

Assets

    

Cash and due from banks

   $ 33,673      $ 52,802   

Securities available-for-sale

     336,493        374,306   

Federal Home Loan Bank of NY (“FHLB”) Stock and Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) Stock

     7,987        8,478   

Loans and leases held for sale

     2,133        1,217   

Total loans and leases, net of unearned income

     928,094        872,721   

Less allowance for credit losses

     (8,571     (10,769
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loans and leases

     919,523        861,952   

Premises and equipment, net

     16,438        17,541   

Accrued interest receivable

     3,467        3,960   

Bank-owned life insurance

     30,175        29,430   

Goodwill

     30,844        30,844   

Intangible assets, net

     6,827        7,694   

Other assets

     18,797        20,866   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,406,357      $ 1,409,090   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

    

Liabilities:

    

Deposits:

    

Non-interest bearing

   $ 230,555      $ 185,736   

Interest bearing

     864,438        897,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deposits

     1,094,993        1,083,065   

Borrowings

     121,169        136,310   

Accrued interest payable

     754        1,578   

Other liabilities

     16,722        18,366   

Junior subordinated obligations issued to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts

     25,774        25,774   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,259,412        1,265,093   

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Common stock

     5,104        5,092   

Surplus

     47,932        47,147   

Undivided profits

     103,041        99,879   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     3,418        3,951   

Directors’ stock-based deferred compensation plan

     (3,894     (3,416

Treasury stock

     (8,656     (8,656
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     146,945        143,997   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,406,357      $ 1,409,090   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common shares outstanding

     4,782,185        4,769,241   

Book value per common share

   $ 30.73      $ 30.19   

Tangible book value per common share

   $ 22.85      $ 22.11   


Alliance Financial Corporation

Consolidated Average Balances (Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
     Twelve months ended
December 31,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Earning assets:

           

Federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits

   $ 38,882       $ 38,935       $ 53,325       $ 15,890   

Securities(1)

     345,828         389,248         346,706         431,407   

Loans and leases receivable:

           

Residential real estate loans(2)

     330,385         323,976         322,438         329,773   

Commercial loans

     146,448         142,923         146,107         133,662   

Commercial real estate loans

     131,068         121,757         128,274         119,407   

Leases, net of unearned income(2)

     11,017         26,863         15,387         33,140   

Indirect loans

     200,366         160,633         184,511         165,880   

Other consumer loans

     88,139         90,696         88,490         90,621   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans and leases receivable, net of unearned income

     907,423         866,848         885,207         872,483   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total earning assets

     1,292,133         1,295,031         1,285,238         1,319,780   

Non-earning assets

     140,242         134,597         137,717         132,415   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,432,375       $ 1,429,628       $ 1,422,955       $ 1,452,195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest bearing liabilities:

           

Interest bearing checking accounts

   $ 157,830       $ 143,643       $ 153,960       $ 147,236   

Savings accounts

     116,006         105,545         113,961         106,279   

Money market accounts

     375,637         353,317         366,292         364,800   

Time deposits

     247,604         320,256         269,363         333,138   

Borrowings

     125,328         136,151         127,941         143,439   

Junior subordinated obligations issued to unconsolidated trusts

     25,774         25,774         25,774         25,774   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest bearing liabilities

     1,048,179         1,084,686         1,057,291         1,120,666   

Non-interest bearing deposits

     220,820         189,685         205,532         181,039   

Other non-interest bearing liabilities

     16,435         16,225         16,517         15,917   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,285,434         1,290,596         1,279,340         1,317,622   

Shareholders’ equity

     146,941         139,032         143,615         134,573   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,432,375       $ 1,429,628       $ 1,422,955       $ 1,452,195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) The amounts shown are amortized cost and include FHLB and FRB stock
(2) Includes loans and leases held for sale


Alliance Financial Corporation

Investments, Loans and Leases, and Deposits (Unaudited)

The following table sets forth the amortized cost and fair value of the Company’s available-for-sale securities portfolio:

 

     December 31, 2012      September 30, 2012      December 31, 2011  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Securities available-for-sale

                 

Debt securities:

                 

Obligations of U.S. government-sponsored corporations

   $ 15,147       $ 15,148       $ 1,489       $ 1,499       $ 3,134       $ 3,190   

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     66,479         71,230         68,900         73,959         77,541         82,299   

Mortgage-backed securities(1)

     241,482         246,982         257,435         264,583         279,393         285,706   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt securities

     323,108         333,360         327,824         340,041         360,068         371,195   

Stock investments:

                 

Mutual funds

     3,000         3,133         3,000         3,170         3,000         3,111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock investments

     3,000         3,133         3,000         3,170         3,000         3,111   

Total available-for-sale

   $ 326,108       $ 336,493       $ 330,824       $ 343,211       $ 363,068       $ 374,306   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Comprised of pass-through debt securities collateralized by conventional residential mortgages and guaranteed by either Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae, which are, in turn, backed by the United States government.

The following table sets forth the composition of the Company’s loan and lease portfolio at the dates indicated:

 

     December 31, 2012     September 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  
     Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Loan portfolio composition

            

Residential real estate loans

   $ 329,009        35.6   $ 327,454        36.3   $ 316,823        36.4

Commercial loans

     155,512        16.8     147,677        16.4     151,420        17.4

Commercial real estate

     141,760        15.4     126,783        14.1     126,863        14.6

Leases, net of unearned income

     10,247        1.1     11,811        1.3     25,636        3.0

Indirect loans

     199,284        21.6     199,419        22.1     158,813        18.3

Other consumer loans

     87,572        9.5     88,739        9.8     89,776        10.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans and leases

     923,384        100.0     901,883        100.0     869,331        100.0
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net deferred loan costs

     4,710          4,500          3,390     

Allowance for credit losses

     (8,571       (8,483       (10,769  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net loans and leases

   $ 919,523        $ 897,900        $ 861,952     
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

The following table sets forth the composition of the Company’s deposits at the dates indicated:

 

     December 31, 2012     September 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  
     Amount      Percent     Amount      Percent     Amount      Percent  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Deposit composition

               

Non-interest bearing checking

   $ 230,555         21.1   $ 212,437         18.9   $ 185,736         17.1

Interest bearing checking

     157,903         14.4     159,680         14.2     145,885         13.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total checking

     388,458         35.5     372,117         33.1     331,621         30.6

Savings

     117,741         10.8     115,229         10.2     107,311         9.9

Money market

     352,320         32.1     380,623         33.8     330,000         30.5

Time deposits

     236,474         21.6     258,434         22.9     314,133         29.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deposits

   $ 1,094,993         100.0   $ 1,126,403         100.0   $ 1,083,065         100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


Alliance Financial Corporation

Asset Quality (Unaudited)

The following table represents a summary of delinquent loans and leases grouped by the number of days delinquent at the dates indicated:

 

Delinquent loans and leases

   December 31, 2012     September 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  
   $      %(1)     $      %(1)     $      %(1)  
   (Dollars in thousands)  

30 days past due

   $ 6,280         0.68   $ 4,152         0.46   $ 5,202         0.60

60 days past due

     1,116         0.12     1,812         0.20     584         0.06

90 days past due and still accruing

     35         —          —           —          —           —     

Non-accrual

     4,769         0.52     4,104         0.46     11,261         1.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 12,200         1.32   $ 10,068         1.12   $ 17,047         1.96
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) As a percentage of total loans and leases, excluding deferred costs

The following table represents information concerning the aggregate amount of non-performing assets:

 

Non-performing assets

   December 31, 2012      September 30, 2012      December 31, 2011  
   (Dollars in thousands)  

Non-accruing loans and leases

        

Residential real estate loans

   $ 2,533       $ 2,302       $ 3,062   

Commercial loans

     435         579         3,375   

Commercial real estate

     503         505         4,051   

Leases

     677         52         107   

Indirect loans

     226         220         293   

Other consumer loans

     395         446         373   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-accruing loans and leases

     4,769         4,104         11,261   

Accruing loans and leases delinquent 90 days or more

     35         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-performing loans and leases

     4,804         4,104         11,261   

Other real estate and repossessed assets

     725         985         485   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-performing assets

   $ 5,529       $ 5,089       $ 11,746   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Troubled debt restructurings not included in above

   $ 2,792       $ 2,704       $ 1,653   

The following table summarizes changes in the allowance for credit losses arising from loans and leases charged off, recoveries on loans and leases previously charged off and additions to the allowance which have been charged to expense:

 

Allowance for credit losses

   Three months  ended
December 31,
    Twelve months  ended
December 31,
 
   2012     2011     2012     2011  
   (Dollars in thousands)  

Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period

   $ 8,483      $ 11,294      $ 10,769      $ 10,683   

Loans and leases charged-off

     (286     (1,608     (3,264     (3,171

Recoveries of loans and leases previously charged-off

     374        283        1,366        1,347   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loans and leases charged-off

     88        (1,325     (1,898     (1,824

Provision for credit losses

     —          800        (300     1,910   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses, end of period

   $ 8,571      $ 10,769      $ 8,571      $ 10,769   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Alliance Financial Corporation

Consolidated Financial Information (Unaudited)

 

Key Ratios

   At or for the three months
ended December 31,
    At or for the twelve months
ended December 31,
 
   2012     2011     2012     2011  

Return on average assets

     0.38     0.80     0.65     0.92

Return on average equity

     3.66     8.19     6.40     9.88

Return on average tangible equity

     4.93     11.34     8.71     13.91

Yield on earning assets

     3.72     4.15     3.89     4.37

Cost of funds

     0.74     1.08     0.83     1.11

Net interest margin (tax equivalent) (1)

     3.12     3.24     3.21     3.43

Non-interest income to total income (2)

     35.32     33.58     32.34     30.10

Efficiency ratio (3)

     86.00     70.58     79.66     70.35

Common dividend payout ratio (4)

     114.29     51.67     65.63     43.57

Net loans and leases charged-off to average loans and leases, annualized

     (0.04 )%      0.61     0.21     0.21

Provision for credit losses to average loans and leases, annualized

     —       0.37     (0.03 )%      0.22

Allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases

     0.93     1.24     0.93     1.24

Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans and leases

     178.4     95.6     178.4     95.6

Non-performing loans and leases to total loans and leases

     0.52     1.30     0.52     1.30

Non-performing assets to total assets

     0.39     0.83     0.39     0.83

 

(1) Tax equivalent net interest income divided by average earning assets
(2) Non-interest income (excluding net realized gains and losses on securities and other non-recurring gains and losses) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)
(3) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)
(4) Cash dividends declared per share divided by diluted earnings per share


Alliance Financial Corporation

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

 

     2012     2011  
     Fourth     Third     Second     First     Fourth  
     (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)  

Interest income

   $ 11,592      $ 11,979      $ 12,217      $ 12,463      $ 12,942   

Interest expense

     1,946        2,025        2,212        2,622        2,928   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

     9,646        9,954        10,005        9,841        10,014   

Provision for credit losses

     —          —          (300     —          800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

     9,646        9,954        10,305        9,841        9,214   

Other non-interest income

     5,267        4,584        4,524        4,476        5,062   

Other non-interest expense

     12,825        11,713        11,016        10,888        10,640   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense

     2,088        2,825        3,813        3,429        3,636   

Income tax expense

     742        540        895        790        791   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 1,346      $ 2,285      $ 2,918      $ 2,639      $ 2,845   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stock and related per share data

          

Basic earnings per common share

   $ 0.28      $ 0.48      $ 0.61      $ 0.55      $ 0.60   

Diluted earnings per common share

   $ 0.28      $ 0.48      $ 0.61      $ 0.55      $ 0.60   

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

     4,704,855        4,702,294        4,700,992        4,698,567        4,687,802   

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

     4,704,855        4,702,294        4,700,992        4,698,567        4,689,427   

Cash dividends paid per common share

   $ 0.32      $ 0.32      $ 0.31      $ 0.31      $ 0.31   

Common dividend payout ratio (1)

     114.29     66.67     50.82     56.36     51.67

Common book value

   $ 30.73      $ 31.03      $ 30.69      $ 30.30      $ 30.19   

Tangible common book value (2)

   $ 22.85      $ 23.11      $ 22.73      $ 22.30      $ 22.11   

Capital Ratios

          
Holding Company           

Tier 1 leverage ratio

     9.37     9.43     9.38     9.26     9.09

Tier 1 risk based capital

     14.32     14.82     14.74     14.99     14.71

Tier 1 risk based common capital (3)

     11.58     11.98     11.89     12.05     11.81

Total risk based capital

     15.27     15.79     15.75     16.09     15.97

Tangible common equity to tangible assets(4)

     7.98     7.85     7.85     7.75     7.69
Bank           

Tier 1 leverage ratio

     8.91     8.86     8.81     8.68     8.50

Tier 1 risk based capital

     13.65     13.96     13.86     14.10     13.80

Total risk based capital

     14.60     14.94     14.89     15.21     15.05

Selected ratios

          

Return on average assets

     0.38     0.64     0.82     0.74     0.80

Return on average equity

     3.66     6.32     8.21     7.51     8.19

Return on average tangible common equity

     4.93     8.57     11.22     10.33     11.34

Yield on earning assets

     3.72     3.86     3.95     4.04     4.15

Cost of funds

     0.74     0.77     0.83     0.98     1.08

Net interest margin (tax equivalent) (5)

     3.12     3.23     3.26     3.22     3.24

Non-interest income to total income (6)

     35.32     31.54     31.14     31.26     33.58

Efficiency ratio (7)

     86.00     80.56     75.52     76.05     70.58

Asset quality ratios

          

Net loans and leases charged off to average loans and leases, annualized

     (0.04 )%      0.18     0.08     0.66     0.61

Provision for credit losses to average loans and leases, annualized

     —          —          (0.14 )%      —          0.37

Allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases

     0.93     0.94     0.99     1.08     1.24

Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans and leases

     178.4     206.7     133.5     105.0     95.6

Non-performing loans and leases to total loans and leases

     0.52     0.46     0.74     1.03     1.30

Non-performing assets to total assets

     0.39     0.35     0.47     0.65     0.83

 

(1) Cash dividends declared per common share divided by diluted earnings per common share
(2) Common shareholders’ equity less goodwill and intangible assets divided by common shares outstanding


(3) Tier 1 capital excluding junior subordinated obligations issued to unconsolidated trusts divided by total risk-adjusted assets
(4) The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as the Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets ratio (TCE), to provide information for investors to effectively analyze financial trends of ongoing business activities, and to enhance comparability with peers across the financial sector. The Company believes TCE is useful because it is a measure utilized by regulators, market analysts and investors in evaluating a company’s financial condition and capital strength. TCE, as defined by the Company, represents common equity less goodwill and intangible assets. A reconciliation from the Company’s GAAP Total Equity to Total Assets ratio to the Non-GAAP Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets ratio is presented below:

 

     December 31,
2012
    September 30,
2012
    June 30,
2012
    March 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Total assets

   $ 1,406,357      $ 1,446,040      $ 1,422,838      $ 1,415,594      $ 1,409,090   

Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net

     37,671        37,873        38,094        38,317        38,538   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Tangible assets (non-GAAP)

     1,368,686        1,408,167        1,384,744        1,377,277        1,370,552   

Total Common Equity

     146,945        148,378        146,844        144,992        143,997   

Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net

     37,671        37,873        38,094        38,317        38,538   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Tangible Common Equity (non-GAAP)

     109,274        110,505        108,750        106,675        105,459   

Total Equity/Total Assets

     10.45     10.26     10.32     10.24     10.22

Tangible Common Equity/Tangible Assets (non-GAAP)

     7.98     7.85     7.85     7.75     7.69

 

(5) Tax equivalent net interest income divided by average earning assets
(6) Non-interest income (net of realized gains and losses on securities and other non-recurring items) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)
(7) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)